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New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe: World 3: Sparkling Waters walkthrough

One of the two roads after the desert: a beach and reef world with a flooded tower and Larry's castle.

  • About 32–37 min in the videos
  • 3 parts · 5 steps
  • 2 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 courses

Part 1 of 3. Clear the world's nine courses.

  1. BothNine courses: five regular ones, a haunted shipwreck, a secret course, the tower and Larry's castle.
  2. BothA Balloon Baby Yoshi sits on the map path just before Urchin Shoals (course 4).single source
  3. BothClearing Larry's castle opens the way to The Mighty Cannonship, the first course of Soda Jungle.

Giant Skewer Tower

Part 2 of 3. Get through the Skewers and beat Boom Boom.

  1. BothPart of the tower is underwater, with giant Skewers slamming out of the walls; swim past each one while it pulls back.

Larry's Torpedo Castle

Part 3 of 3. Pass the Burners and Torpedo Teds and beat Larry.

  1. BothClimb the moving fences while timing the Burner flames, then swim through the flooded rooms where Torpedo Teds launch.

Boss

Boom BoomThe tower boss

  1. Jump and spin: Now he can jump, and this time the spin attack stays after you stomp him. Keep dodging and stomp him three times.

Larry KoopaThe castle boss

  1. Water spouts: Geysers rise out of the arena floor. Ride a tall one to stay above Larry, avoid his slow magic shots, and stomp him three times.
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.