History VideoGame / SuperMario3DWorld

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Many level names resort to this, such as "Conkdor Canyon", "Pretty Plaza Panic", "Hands-on Hall", "Boiling Blue Bully Belt", etc.

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btNKUSgRePI One of the secrets in a level]] takes you to a bunch of black blocks stacked together to form an [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda1 8-bit Link from the original game]]. Light them all up to reveal the sprite, and the "Item get" jingle from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' plays, followed by the main theme.

* EmbeddedPrecursor: The title screen lets you access a slightly tweaked NES version of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' called ''Luigi Bros.'', done in celebration of Advertising/TheYearOfLuigi, [[UnlockableContent unlocked via]] completing the game or [[OldSaveBonus already having a]] ''VideoGame/NewSuperLuigiU'' save file[[note]](Wii U version only; the Switch port does not take ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' into account.)[[/note]]. Now Luigi is both Player 1 ''and'' 2, with the second player being the original palette.

** The Toad playable here is blue, the same color of the Toad playable in the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] version of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[["{{Tagline}} Mario's latest is the cat's pajamas!"]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[{{Tagline}} Mario's latest is the cat's pajamas!]]"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Meow."'']]

->''"Mario's latest is the cat's pajamas!"''
-->-- '''Narrator''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnInWnRCTKk&feature=youtu.be October 2013 trailer]]

* {{Pun}}: Princess Peach's Double Cherry CatchPhrase is "Sooo peachy!"

** "World Castle-7: Simmering Lava Lake" is a combination of TideLevel and LethalLavaLand due to the player having to navigate a lake of lava that rises and sinks. As always in most ''Mario'' platformers, touching that lava is [[OneHitKill instant death]].

*** "World Star-9: Cosmic Cannon Cluster" leans more towards the intersection of SpaceZone and RemilitarizedZone, but also has a few UnderTheSea touches where Mario has to use a Cannon Box to make his way through the level.

* SpaceZone: The respective maps of [[spoiler:all four secret worlds (Star, Mushroom, Flower and Crown]] are space-themed, though only [[spoiler:Worlds Star and Crown]] have actual space-themed levels (the former has Rainbow Run, Super Galaxy, Honeycomb Starway, Cosmic Cannon Cluster and Captain Toad Takes A Spin; the latter has Champion's Road, Captain Toad's Fiery Finale and Mystery House Marathon), and it's also in the former world where [[spoiler:Rosalina can be unlocked to play as her]]. There's also the earlier Beep Block Skyway from World 4.

*** "World 6-2: Spooky Seasick Wreck" and its remake "World [[UnusualChapterNumbers Mushroom]]-6: Gigantic Seasick Wreck" are {{Ship Level}}s that mix BigBoosHaunt with GangplankGalleon. The latter level has GustyGlade touches due to Ty-Foos hindering your progress, unless you take them out with the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Mega Mushroom]].
*** "World 6-5: Ty-foo Flurries" is a mix of SlippySlideyIceWorld, GustyGlade and MookThemedLevel, since this level introduces the Ty-Foos.
*** "World Castle-7: Simmering Lava Lake" is a combination of TideLevel and LethalLavaLand due to the player having to navigate a lake of lava that rises and sinks. As always in most ''Mario'' platformers, touching that lava is [[OneHitKill instant death]].
*** "World Star-6: Honeycomb Starway" is a SpaceZone that turns into this. It's an AutoScrollingLevel consisting of hexagon platforms appearing at the top of the screen as the level scrolls. Eventually, the level starts sending in instant-death [[LethalLavaLand lava]] hexagons and [[SlippySlideyIceWorld slippy-slidey]] ice hexagons (next to each other, of course), accompanied by fire-spitting Piranha Plants keeping you constantly on the move. Its remake level, "World Flower-10: Honeycomb Skyway" is also this, adding in fire bars that can take away your power-ups, but it's a LevelInTheClouds.
*** "World Star-8: Peepa's Fog Bog" combines BigBoosHaunt with SlippySlideyIceWorld and a small dose of BubblegloopSwamp.

** "World 6-2: Spooky Seasick Wreck" and its remake "World [[UnusualChapterNumbers Mushroom]]-6: Gigantic Seasick Wreck" are {{Ship Level}}s that mix BigBoosHaunt with GangplankGalleon. The latter level has GustyGlade touches due to Ty-Foos hindering your progress, unless you take them out with the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Mega Mushroom]].
** "World 6-5: Ty-foo Flurries" is a mix of SlippySlideyIceWorld, GustyGlade and MookThemedLevel, since this level introduces the Ty-Foos.
** "World Star-6: Honeycomb Starway" is a SpaceZone that turns into this. It's an AutoScrollingLevel consisting of hexagon platforms appearing at the top of the screen as the level scrolls. Eventually, the level starts sending in instant-death [[LethalLavaLand lava]] hexagons and [[SlippySlideyIceWorld slippy-slidey]] ice hexagons (next to each other, of course), accompanied by fire-spitting Piranha Plants keeping you constantly on the move. Its remake level, "World Flower-10: Honeycomb Skyway" is also this, adding in fire bars that can take away your power-ups, but it's a LevelInTheClouds.
** "World Star-8: Peepa's Fog Bog" combines BigBoosHaunt with SlippySlideyIceWorld and a small dose of BubblegloopSwamp.

** "World Star-6: Honeycomb Starway" turns into this. It's an AutoScrollingLevel consisting of hexagon platforms appearing at the top of the screen as the level scrolls. Eventually, the level starts sending in instant-death [[LethalLavaLand lava]] hexagons and [[SlippySlideyIceWorld slippy-slidey]] ice hexagons (next to each other, of course), accompanied by fire-spitting Piranha Plants keeping you constantly on the move. Its remake level, "World Flower-10: Honeycomb Skyway" is also this, adding in fire bars that can take away your power-ups.

* LevelInTheClouds: The map of World 6 and the levels Clear Pipe Cruise, Pretty Plaza Panic, and The Great Goal Pole are all sky-themed. In addition to cloud platforms, there are Donut Blocks and Clear Pipes required to travel across the sections of the sky. The latter two levels have strict time limits, so Mario and his friends have to move quickly through the clouds and floating platforms.

** "World Castle-7: Simmering Lava Lake" is a combination of TideLevel and LethalLavaLand due to the player having to navigate a lake of lava that rises and sinks. As always in most ''Mario'' platformers, touching that lava is [[OneHitKill instant death]].

*** "World 6-2: Spooky Seasick Wreck" and its remake "World [[UnusualChapterNumbers Mushroom]]-6: Gigantic Seasick Wreck" are {{Ship Level}}s that mix BigBoosHaunt with GangplankGalleon. The latter level has GustyGlade touches due to Ty-Foos hindering your progress, unless you take them out with the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Mega Mushroom]].
*** "World 6-5: Ty-foo Flurries" is a mix of SlippySlideyIceWorld, GustyGlade and MookThemedLevel, since this level introduces the Ty-Foos.
*** "World Star-6: Honeycomb Starway" turns into this. It's an AutoScrollingLevel consisting of hexagon platforms appearing at the top of the screen as the level scrolls. Eventually, the level starts sending in instant-death [[LethalLavaLand lava]] hexagons and [[SlippySlideyIceWorld slippy-slidey]] ice hexagons (next to each other, of course), accompanied by fire-spitting Piranha Plants keeping you constantly on the move. Its remake level, "World Flower-10: Honeycomb Skyway" is also this, adding in fire bars that can take away your power-ups.
*** "World Star-8: Peepa's Fog Bog" combines BigBoosHaunt with SlippySlideyIceWorld and a small dose of BubblegloopSwamp.

** Spooky Seasick Wreck mixes BigBoosHaunt with GangplankGalleon.
** Peepa's Fog Bog combines BigBoosHaunt with SlippySlideyIceWorld and a small dose of BubblegloopSwamp.
** ''World [[UnusualChapterNumbers Star]]-6: Honeycomb Starway'' turns into this. It's an AutoScrollingLevel consisting of hexagon platforms appearing at the top of the screen as the level scrolls. Eventually, the level starts sending in instant-death lava hexagons and slippy-slidey ice hexagons (next to each other, of course), accompanied by fire-spitting Piranha Plants keeping you constantly on the move.

* OneTimeLevel: Every Sprixie House can only be entered once to collect a stamp. After taking the stamp, the house vanishes and cannot be entered again.

** In the opening scene, Bowser [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda bottles a fairy]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btNKUSgRePI One of the secrets in a level]] takes you to a bunch of black blocks stacked together to form an [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda1 8-bit Link from the original game]]. Light them all up to reveal the sprite, and the "Item get" jingle from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' plays.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btNKUSgRePI One of the secrets in a level]] takes you to a bunch of black blocks stacked together to form an 8-bit Link from the original game. Light them all up to reveal the sprite, and the "Item get" jingle from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' plays.

** Towering Sunshine Seaside (World Flower-9) is a remake of Sunshine Seaside (World 5-1), but only in the main portion of the level rather than a ride with Plessie, plus the music having a castle theme instead of a beach theme. Likewise, you have ''[[SongsInTheKeyOfPanic 100 seconds]]'' to finish the level. This level has Mario and friends fighting Fire Bros. standing on Tower Goombas, and defeating them all opens a Warp Box leading to the Goal Pole.

* PalmtreePanic: The map of World 5, and the levels Plessie's Plunging Falls, Pipeline Lagoon and Sunshine Seaside. The former one has Mario and company riding alongside Plessie across a tropical river with cascades. The second one leans towards UnderTheSea, and has a part where Mario and his friends can witness a beautiful underwater landscape with sunken ships as they travel across a Clear Pipe. The last one is set on a wide, open-ended beach with sandy statues, and continues with a subterranean river traversed with the help of Plessie.

* OffModel:
** Done deliberately with Peach's proportions changing to fit the Cat Suit, as the model for the latter is shared among the playable characters.
** This also happens with Rosalina. Boomerang and Tanooki Rosalina suffer this, since they share the same models and animations with Boomerang and Tanooki Peach. Rosalina noticeably looks off with Peach's girly running animations in those powered-up forms.