How to Solve the Slippenglide Island Ice Block Puzzle in Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood It's full of fresh ideas and clever inventions that expand the platform RPG genre in many cool ways. There is also a slippery ice block puzzle. Some habits are hard to die.

If you're one of those people who has PTSD flashbacks to Pokemon Gold & Silver's Ice Path at the mention of puzzles like this, fear not. We suffered, so you don't have to. Here is a full walkthrough of the Slipenglide Island ice block puzzle.

How to move the first block of ice into place

Technically, the first ice block is the one that leaves the puzzle entrance. you must Knock three ice blocks into the water to create a bridge Then you will be able to leave the cave. stand on the right big chunk of ice hit it with a hammer It causes you to slip along the path and fall into the water. One left, two left.

The ice blocks will continue to move in the direction they hit until they hit a wall or spike pit.

Spikes will destroy blocks, but the destroyed blocks will immediately respawn in their original location so you can try again.

To get started, you need to: Go up the stairs to the right of the entrance and turn on the Luigi switch.. Mario will be alone for this task while Luigi will be waiting to press switches and move platforms and walls inside the puzzle.

Have Luigi hit the switch to move the yellow platform to the top. During steps let mario step on it. Next, ahLuigi hit the switch again Move the platform back to its original position. Mario can then start skipping. Point the ice platform to the next solid platform.

The ice platform has three levels. Smooth platforms break when stepped on, broken platforms break completely, and Mario immediately falls through a completely broken platform when he tries to step on it.

On the first yellow platform Jump forward, right, and forward again Go to the next yellow platform. Jump onto the sturdy platform in front and hit by a large block of ice Knock it to the ground with a hammer.

Here are the actions you need to perform to move the block to the exit:

1. Try it at on I'm thinking of moving to the south.

2. Try it at right I'm thinking of moving to the west.

3. Try it at bottom Go one block north.

4. Try it at right I'm thinking of moving back to the west.

5. Try it at on To the south, to move it out of the room.

6. finally, right. It slides to the left and falls into the water, forming the next section of the bridge.

With the second block in place, you can: Enable switch floating You can build a new ice platform on top of it. Two blocks down, one block left. Go back to the big room And then go up the stairs again. Assign Luigi to the switch and activate it. To return the yellow platform to its original position:

How to move the last block of ice into place

When you arrive at the yellow platform, Have Luigi press the switch. Once you stop moving, Jump forward three times, then jump twice onto the moving yellow platform..

This platform moves on its own, so you'll need to time your jump here to avoid the ice platform breaking beneath you.

When the platform moves to the other side, Jump to the next platform and hit the ice block with your hammer To knock you to the ground.

From here you can do a tricky diagonal jump to reach the item chest in the upper left corner of the room. It may seem like you can't jump at first, but with a little practice you will be able to.

|Here's what you need to do to get the last block of ice in place:

1. Try it at left I'm thinking of moving to the east.

2. Try it at on I'm thinking of moving to the south.

3. Try it at right I'm thinking of moving to the west.

4. Have Luigi activate the switch, causing the yellow gate to move into position blocking the ice block from moving to the spike to the south.

5. Try it at on Go through the yellow door to the south.

6. Try it at left Move one space west.

7. Try it at on I'm thinking of moving to the south.

8. Stand on the left spike and position yourself diagonally so you can hit the ice block. leftcausing it to slide westward.

9. Try it at bottom I'm thinking of moving north.

10. Try it at right I'm thinking of moving to the west.

11. Try it at on To the south, to move it out of the room.

Hit the block on the right and it will slide west and fall into the water, completing the ice block bridge. congratulations. You have successfully navigated yet another little ice block puzzle of your life.