It's night! Also, we meet our first Hammer Brothers here.
World 3-1
There is a Mushroom/Fire Flower in the third ? block at the start. There is also an underground coin room in the second pipe. If you need a Mushroom, you can find one here. Leaving takes you to the bridge, and three bridge tiles before the brown block is where you can jump straight up for a 1-Up if you've warped here or gotten enough coins in World 2-3.
The Hammer Brothers make their debut here after the bridge. They will throw hammers at an arc as they move back and forth and occasionally jump, landing on one of the sets of bricks above or below or even on the ground. You can get rid of them by hitting the brick they are standing on from underneath, or with a fireball. If you stand right in front of a Hammer Brother, their hammers can't hit you, but they can still touch you. You can find a Mushroom/Fire Flower in the top row of bricks.
After the jumping board, you can hit the right-most brick on the top row of bricks to find another coin heaven. This will deposit you near the end after you get your fill of coins.
If you don't take the Coin Heaven route, there is a Mushroom/Fire Flower in the lower-right ? block. There is also a hidden coin block in the second brick in the row of bricks afterwards. Watch out for all the Koopas.
There are two Koopas on the stairs before the end. If you can position yourself carefully, you can keep jumping on the Koopas and keep racking up points until you start racking up lives. This is not easy to do, but if you can keep doing this, you can get more than enough lives to beat the game with.
World 3-2
This one is a straight-up run and jump stage. The lone ? block contains a Mushroom/Fire Flower, and the bricks after it contain a Starman (top) and coins (bottom). The only enemies you have here are Koopas, Goombas and Para-Troopas, and if you know what you're doing, you may be able to get a life or two by kicking the Koopas and running after it to defeat some enemies.
World 3-3
It's more island hopping, much like with 1-3. There are not a lot of coins here, so collecting them all is essential if you want the extra life in World 4-1. There are not many enemies here, but you'll want to watch for them.
The lone ? box is early in the level and contains a Mushroom/Fire Flower.
The "balance" platforms on the string above can be trouble if you don't know how to move on them. As you stand on one, your platform will go down while the other goes up. If the one you're on goes too far down, both of the platforms will fall and you'll fall to your death. Be fast and keep jumping if you need to.
World 3-4
You'll be avoiding Podaboos and Fire Bars at the start, so keep an eye out on what is going on below.
The three ? blocks have a Mushroom/Fire Flower in the middle.
With the three pairs of Fire Bars, the top bar in the third pair moves in the opposite direction of the first two. After this, watch for Podaboos as you avoid Bowser's fireballs on the way to the bridge.
Bowser turns into a Buzzy Beetle when killed with fireballs here. This is interesting, as we haven't seen one yet.
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