Super Mario 3D Land/Special 8-3

This is another World 5-Castle clone. Only the changes and Star Medal locations are listed here. For a more detailed guide, please see World 5-Castle.

Changes

• This is a speedrun and Giant Cosmic Mario level (see Special 1-1 for explanations).
• At the start, both bricks are empty.
• After the first set of moving platforms, all the bricks are empty.
• Just before the first batch of Thwomps, all the bricks are empty. There is no checkpoint flag.
• The wooden platforms just before where Bowser would start shooting fire don't raise.
• There is no Bowser.
• Where Bowser would start shooting fire, all bricks except the one furthest away from the screen are empty (said brick contains a coin).
• There are more pillars where Bowser would be fought, some of which are in a row blocking your path, so you need to break them by making Giant Cosmic Mario run into them.
• Instead of a switch, there's a green clock. When you grab it, Giant Cosmic Mario disappears.

Star Medal locations

1. On the third batch of moving platforms, stay on the platform you're on until you hit the Medal. After that, immediately get off the sinking platform.
2. When you get to the second batch of Thwomps, wall-jump off the first one.
3. At the jump to where Bowser would be standing, use Giant Cosmic Mario to destroy the pillar on the left. Grab the Star Medal that was revealed.