Palm Tree Walkway

Palm Tree Walkway is the first level of Tropical Beach Island, and the first beach level of the episode. The level features exploration in surface, and underwater. This is one of the few levels that has branching paths that you can take, with both paths connecting to the end. Each path contains a separate secret mission, and other goodies that can be found.

Level Info:
Difficulty: Easy/Medium

Missions: Main Mission, Switch-Star, Enemy Gauntlet

Bosses: N/A

Secret Exits: N/A

Development History
The stage was first developed late in Demo 2's development as a Beta Road Stage. In Demo 3, the stage is completed however the final result turned out unsatisfactory. In Demo 4 the level received a complete revamp.

Trivia

 * The music used in the level's abovewater sections is the Beach theme from Super Mario 3D Land.
 * The music used in the level's underwater sections is the Underwater theme from Super Mario 3D Land.
 * There were certain plans to change the soundtrack to Sunshine Seaside from Super Mario 3D World, but these plans were scrapped behind the scenes. (The planned music can be used in another project, however)

Lore
Palm Tree Walkway is the leisure seaside plains located in the westernmost edges of Tropical Beach Island and the first location travellers see when they arrive to the island. These plains are mainly serene, with a few people setting up summer houses for vacation, swimming in Cerulean Ocean and walking through the beach to arrive at Seashore City.

There are two paths that can be taken, depending on what the travellers desire: The abovewater area features bridges that the travellers can witness the awestruck scene of jumping fish! Or the underwater path with diving gears, seeing the small coral reefs and the pale gray coralstone labyrinths with marvelous appearances. Some say a mythical sea creature had gone through these labyrinths in the past, leaving its scales around. The scales were taken by divers, and some are kept as mementos of their great journey, some are sold to collectors for riches, as some say they're really valuable, as they belong to a mythical creature after all.