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Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury: World 3 walkthrough

A world with two bosses: a ninja on a train and a giant snake.

  • About 25–28 min in the videos
  • 2 parts · 3 steps
  • 2 bosses

Compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 5 guides · checked Oct 18, 2026

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Video: ProsafiaGaming on YouTube. Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.

What each player can do here

P1 · Player 1
  • Everyone plays the same courses at once. Anyone can float into a bubble to sit out a tricky bit, and players can lift and toss one another.
P2 · Player 2
  • Up to four people play 3D World together; lives are shared across the group.

If your skill levels differ: A newer player can float into a bubble at any time to skip a jump that looks too hard. How to split the roles

The Bullet Bill Express

Part 1 of 2. Beat Pom Pom on the train.

  1. BothPom Pom makes shadow clones that attack with her. Only the real one can be hurt: she has the hair bow and the pink shuriken.

A Banquet with Hisstocrat

Part 2 of 2. Beat the snake king.

  1. BothHis weak spot is the X on top of his head. Get a cat suit from a Super Bell (some helper snakes carry one).
  2. BothClimb the tall helper snakes with plates on their noses and dive onto his head.

Where people tend to fall

  • Cracked plates break under you; between snake waves he drops boulders from above.

Boss

Pom PomThe train boss

  1. Clones: Find the one with the bow and pink shuriken and stomp her.

HisstocratThe snake king

  1. Plates: Climb the plate snakes as a cat and dive on the X on his head.
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Steps compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 5 text guides, checked Oct 18, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide.