Super Mario Bros. 3 Walkthrough Part 2

Part 2: No deaths! Whoo!

Fort 2/2, 1-5, 1-6, W1 Airship. 2-1

You know a bunch of deaths are coming soon... but not in world 1. :D We even do a level of world 2!

Mini-boss: Boom Boom: Jump on his head when he isn't spiky 3 times and you'll beat him. He gets faster after each hit. If you have good timing, you can beat him and he won't be able to fight back. All Boom Booms are basically the same... though some fly, have blocks as obstacles or both... all are beat the same way. They can even be beat cheaply as shown in this part every time no matter which version you encounter. XD
So this part will be the only one where I'll cover the Boom Boom boss strategies.

Boss: Larry: His only 2 attacks are jumping, and the magic rod... He only jumps when he wants to get to another ground level or after you jump on him to hit him... and he shoots his rod periodically directly at you. So right after he shoots, jump over the projectile right on top of him. That's all.

Enjoy!