Acorn Plains Way

The following is the featured article of May 2019. "Acorn Plains Way" has been featured, meaning it was chosen as the article of the month.

Acorn Plains Way also known as Acorn Plains-1, is the first level of Acorn Plains in New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. This level introduces the new enemy type, Waddlewings, as well as the new item, the Super Acorn. The Super Acorn can allow Mario to transform into Flying Squirrel Mario. The stage consists of several flat plains, elevating platforms that shift position, as well as some areas underground. 

Features

The course is a simple grassland level, littered with pipes, blue platforms, Piranha Plants, and elevated platforms. Different secrets are hidden throughout the level that can be found by using the Flying Squirrel suit or Balloon Baby Yoshi. The level contains two sub-levels, one in the sky and another underground.

Changes from original

There is a Super Crown found inside the ? Block next to the Brick Block. Under the platform, the Super Crown replaced the Super Acorn inside the ? Block next to the Brick Block. After collecting the eight Red Coins, a Super Crown may appear along with the 1-Up Mushroom and Super Acorn. Peachette can also collect the third Star Coin.

Star Coins

This Star Coin can be seen hovering in plain view, after obtaining the Super Acorn from the Waddlewing, you'll see a set of three raised platforms. Jump onto the highest platform (the middle one) and preform a jump and glide to collect it.

After collecting the first coin, fall back to the ground and look for a green pipe jutting out from the ground. Go down the pipe to a small underground subsection and collect the Star Coin on the line of blocks.

Progress further into the level until you come across another set of 3 raised platforms. The top of the middle platform will contain a train of coins that will lead to a glide that will push you upwards onto another platform. There's an upside down pipe here that will take you to another level subsection. The subsection contains a long vertical drop with Waddlewings as obstacles. Glide down the path of coins and you'll collect the last Star Coin as you reach the end.

Characters	Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad* • Toadette** • Nabbit**/*** • Mii*
	Supporting characters	Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshi (Balloon, Bubble, Glowing)
	Bosses	Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., Larry Koopa, Wendy O. Koopa, Iggy Koopa, Roy Koopa, Ludwig von Koopa) • Bowser Jr. • Bowser
Enemies and obstacles	Enemies	Amp* • Banzai Bill • Big Amp* • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle* • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Dry Bones • Big Deep Cheep** • Big Eep Cheep** • Big Fuzzy • Big Goomba • Big Koopa Troopa • Big Piranha Plant • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Venus Fire Trap** • Big Wiggler • Blooper • Blooper Baby* • Blooper Nanny* • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Stunner • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber* • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Cooligan • Dai Gorō • Deep Cheep** • Dragoneel • Dragoneel (purple)* • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fire Piranha Plant • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Fliprus • Foo • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba (balloon)* • Goombrat • Grrrol • Gūrindai • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro • Ice Piranha Plant • Jellybeam* • King Bill • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Lava Geyser • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep* • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Meteor • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba* • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • Red Skull Box • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench* • Scaredy Rat* • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiked Ball • Spinner • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swoop* • Targeting Ted • Thwimp* • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Urchin • Waddlewing • Wiggler
	Obstacles	Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Fire Bar • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Burner • Cannon • Cannonball* • Fire Bar • Giant Cannonball • Icicle • Obake Block • Red Skull Box • Skewer • Skull Box* • Spiked Ball • Spinner • Spiny Egg
Worlds and levels	Acorn Plains	Acorn Plains Way • Tilted Tunnel • Crushing-Cogs Tower • Yoshi Hill • Mushroom Heights • Rise of the Piranha Plants • Lemmy's Swingback Castle • Blooper's Secret Lair • Waddlewing Warning!*** • Crooked Cavern*** • Flame-Gear Tower*** • Rolling Yoshi Hills*** • Piranha Heights*** • Piranha Gardens*** • Lemmy's Lights-Out Castle*** • Cheep Chomp Chase***
	Layer-Cake Desert	Stone-Eye Zone • Perilous Pokey Cave • Fire Snake Cavern • Stoneslide Tower • Spike's Spouting Sands • Dry Desert Mushrooms • Blooming Lakitus • Morton's Compactor Castle • Piranha Plants on Ice • Piranha Plants on Ice • Spike's Tumbling Desert*** • Underground Grrrols*** • Piranhas in the Dark*** • Wind-Up Tower*** • The Walls Have Eyes*** • Stone Spike Conveyors*** • Spinning Sandstones*** • Morton's Lava-Block Castle*** • Slippery Rope Ladders***
	Sparkling Waters	Waterspout Beach • Tropical Refresher • Giant Skewer Tower • Haunted Shipwreck • Above the Cheep Cheep Seas • Urchin Shoals • Dragoneel's Undersea Grotto • Larry's Torpedo Castle • Skyward Stalk • Huckit Beach Resort*** • Urchin Reef Romp*** • Shish-Kebab Tower*** • Haunted Cargo Hold*** • The Great Geysers*** • The Great Geysers*** • Dragoneel Depths*** • Larry's Trigger-Happy Castle*** • Beanstalk Jungle***
	Frosted Glacier	Spinning-Star Sky • Cooligan Fields • Freezing-Rain Tower • Prickly Goombas! • Scaling the Mountainside • Icicle Caverns • Swaying Ghost House • Fliprus Lake • Fliprus Lake • Broozers and Barrels*** • Cooligan Shrooms*** • Icicle Tower*** • Fire and Ice*** • Weighty Waddlewings*** • Ice-Slide Expressway*** • Peek-a-Boo Ghost House*** • Wendy's Thwomp Castle*** • Fliprus Floes***
	Soda Jungle	The Mighty Cannonship† • Jungle of the Giants • Bridge over Poisoned Waters • Bramball Woods • Snake Block Tower • Which-Way Labyrinth • Painted Swampland • Deepsea Ruins • Seesaw Bridge • Wiggler Stampede • Iggy's Volcanic Castle • Flight of the Para-Beetles • All Aboard!†/*** • Giant Swing-Along*** • Dancing Blocks, Poison Swamp*** • Heart of Bramball Woods*** • Stone-Snake Tower*** • Stone-Snake Tower*** • Painted Pipeworks*** • Deepsea Stone-Eyes*** • Sumo Bro Bridge*** • Wiggler Floodlands*** • Iggy's Swinging-Chains Castle*** • Para-Beetle Parade***
	Rock-Candy Mines	Fuzzy Clifftop • Porcupuffer Falls • Grinding-Stone Tower • Waddlewing's Nest • Light Blocks, Dark Tower • Walking Piranha Plants! • Thrilling Spine Coaster • Screwtop Tower • Screwtop Tower • Roy's Conveyor Castle • Mount Fuzzy*** • Porcupuffer Cavern*** • Smashing-Stone Tower*** • Spike's Seesaws*** • Light-Up-Lift Tower*** • Rising Piranhas*** • Spine Coaster Stowaways*** • Sumo Bro's Spinning Tower*** • Switch-Lift Express*** • Roy's Ironclad Castle***
	Meringue Clouds	Land of Flying Blocks • Seesaw Shrooms • Switchback Hill • Slide Lift Tower • Spinning Spirit House • Bouncy Cloud Boomerangs • A Quick Dip in the Sky • Snaking above Mist Valley • Ludwig's Clockwork Castle • Boarding the Airship • Frozen Fuzzies*** • Wiggler Rodeo*** • Rainbow Skywalk*** • Stonecrush Tower*** • Vanishing Ghost House*** • Above the Bouncy Clouds*** • Flame Chomp Ferris Wheel*** • Three-Headed Snake Block*** • Ludwig's Block-Press Castle*** • Bowser Jr. Showdown***
	Peach's Castle	Meteor Moat • Magma-River Cruise • Rising Tides of Lava • Firefall Cliffs • Red-Hot Elevator Ride • The Final Battle • Magma Moat*** • Magmaw River Cruise*** • Hot Cogs*** • Firefall Rising*** • Current Event*** • The Final Battle***
	Superstar Road	Spine-Tingling Spine Coaster • Run for It • Swim for Your Life! • Hammerswing Caverns • Spinning Platforms of Doom • Fire Bar Cliffs • Lakitu! Lakitu! Lakitu! • Pendulum Castle • Follow That Shell! • Spine Coaster Connections*** • P Switch Peril*** • Star Coin Deep Dive*** • Hammerswing Hangout*** • Under Construction*** • Fire Bar Sprint*** • Cloudy Capers*** • Impossible Pendulums*** • Flying Squirrel Ovation***
	Coin Courses	World Coin-1 • World Coin-2 • World Coin-3 • World Coin-4 • World Coin-5 • World Coin-6 • World Coin-7 • World Coin-8
	Other	Secret Island
Collectibles and objects	Power-ups	Fire Flower • Ice Flower • Mini Mushroom • Penguin Suit • Propeller Mushroom • Super Acorn (P-Acorn) • Super Crown** • Super Mushroom • Super Star (Boost Star)
	Items	? Switch • ! Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Blue Coin • Boost Star • Coin • Dash Coin • Green Coin • Red Coin • Star Coin • Yoshi Egg
	Objects	3-Up Moon Block • Barrel • Beanstalk • Boost Block • Brick Block • Cannon Pipe • Checkpoint Flag • Coin Block • Donut Lift • Flying Question Block • Giant Brick Block • Giant Question Block • Giant Snake Block • Goal Pole • Green Ring • Ice Block • Light Block • Note Block • POW Block • P-Switch • Qestion Block • Red Ring • Roulette Block • Snake Block • Super Guide Block • Springboard • Stretch Block • Warp Door • Water Pipe • Water Ball • Wooden Block
Miscellaneous	Other	Ash • Current • Floating Jump • Koopa Clown Car • Lava • Poisoned Water • Quicksand • Sand Geyser • Spine Coaster • Stone-Eye • Water Geyser
	Info	Gallery (Luigi U/Deluxe)
*-Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U • **-Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe • ***-Exclusive to New Super Luigi U †-Level before the world