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New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: World 5: Soda Jungle walkthrough

A jungle of twelve courses that starts with Bowser Jr.'s airship and hides a haunted section.

  • About 48–55 min in the videos
  • 4 parts · 4 steps
  • 3 bosses

Steps from 14 text guides, 2 videos to watch · checked Oct 19, 2026

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What each player can do here

P1 · Player 1
  • Mario, Luigi or a Toad: the standard heroes, who get the full effect of every power-up, including the gliding Super Acorn.
  • Toadette can take this seat too: the Super Crown turns her into Peachette, who floats, double-jumps and bounces back once out of a pit before landing again.
P2 · Players 2–4
  • Nabbit: enemy attacks never hurt him and his courses start with 100 extra seconds, but power-ups do nothing for him, and pits, lava, poison or getting crushed still cost a life.
  • Either player can tuck into a bubble during multiplayer and float along until ready to rejoin; Deluxe uses two buttons held together for this.one guide

If your skill levels differ: Nintendo made Nabbit and Toadette for younger and less experienced players, so the newer player takes one of them. Nabbit ignores enemy hits, which means that seat mostly fails on pits and lava; the more confident player takes Mario, Luigi or a Toad and grabs the power-ups. How to split the roles

The Mighty Cannonship

Part 1 of 4. Survive the airship and beat Bowser Jr. underwater.

  1. BothThe airship ends in a flooded room where Bowser Jr. fights from a submarine. You cannot stomp him here; his own homing torpedoes are the weapon.

The courses

Part 2 of 4. Clear the jungle and find the way out of the haunted area.

  1. BothTwelve courses in all, the airship included, with a haunted section that holds the second ghost house.
  2. BothTo leave the haunted section, find the secret exit in Painted Swampland or in Deepsea Ruins.

Snake Block Tower

Part 3 of 4. Ride the Snake Block up and beat a giant Boom Boom.

  1. BothA giant Snake Block carries you up the tower; jump over the electric Amps it passes.

Iggy's Volcanic Castle

Part 4 of 4. Cross the lava waves and beat Iggy.

Boss

Bowser Jr.The airship boss

  1. Homing torpedo: He fires a homing torpedo at you. Move so that he sits between you and the torpedo, and it hits him instead.
  2. Torpedo waves: After each hit he sends rows of regular Torpedo Teds across the room before the next homing one. Three hits end it.

Boom BoomThe tower boss

  1. Giant: Kamek's magic makes him far bigger than before; otherwise the fight plays like the earlier towers.

Iggy KoopaThe castle boss

  1. Pipes: Iggy travels through four pipes, two on the floor and two on the ceiling, and can run along the ceiling. Wait until he is back on the floor to go for him.
  2. Lava creatures: Some of his shots land in the lava and become lava creatures; watch for eyes in the lava. Three stomps beat him.
Sources (16)

Steps compiled from 14 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. The videos are there to watch each part; they are not counted as sources for the steps. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.