More Baddies – Jet Engine and Cannonball

These two aren’t strictly baddies as they aren’t sentient but they are as likely to kill you as anything you’ll ever see in SMB3. Appearing on the airships, they begin to fill the screen and overwhelm you. With the way the airship levels move without you; you can’t run away from the danger of this deadly pair.

More Baddies – Rocky Wrench

Rocky Wrench shows up in the airship fortresses and appear to be the mechanics of the ships. It makes sense then that they would be trying to defend their ships. I have to recommend disposing of them as quickly as possible before they can throw the wrenches. The wrenches they toss are slow and can keep you from a safe landing.

More Baddies – Fire Chomp

I almost typed fire chimp when starting this article. Not even close.

Fire Chomps only show up in the Sky world and when they do it’s easy to panic. They can fly, shoot fireballs, and explode.  Strangely they are much weaker defensively that Chain Chomps and can be dispensed by a simple stomp.

More Baddies – Chain Chomp

SMB3 producer, Shigeru Miyamoto, says the Chain Chomp was inspired by a neighbors dog. He would go on peaceful walks only to be interrupted by a fearsome hound chained to a post. Despite knowing he was safe at a distance the dog was terrifying.

The Chain Chomps can be defeated by a shell, hammer or star but realistically it’s better just to walk on by like you would with a dog on a chain. Don’t linger; when the level timer reaches 160 the Chains break and you don’t want to be around when that happens.

 

More Baddies – Bob-ombs

Bob-ombs follow Bowser with such devotion that they are willing to die for him. You can stomp them, kick them, throw them, it doesn’t matter because eventually they’ll explode and when they do you had better not be around. Bob-ombs are one of the very few enemies who make their first appearance in SMB2 to show up in SMB3. They’ve gone on to show up in almost every Mario game hence.