The Dragon Path

The Dragon Path is the first stage of World 3 in Super Mario Adventure. The stage is a foggy, lush mountain range surrounded by what resembles The Great Wall of China. Massive, red, Chinese Dragons fly around the stage, allowing for transport around the rather large area. One blue dragon one takes Mario underneath the level, where there is a golden shrine to a dragon who slightly resembles Rayquaza; this is where the first fight against Dra-Goon takes place. Fireworks can be lit using the Dragon Flower, fireworks can destroy objects, including certain walls. Wooden Dragons in the same design as the real ones can be moved using pulleys. They can be travelled across to reach new peaks like bridges.

In the Hua-Nam hub, The Dragon Path portal can be found towards the north end of the map, resting underneath the the bridge that connects the two plateaus that make up most of Hua-Nam.

Sidescroller: Run the Dragon Gauntlet
After entering the Stage, Mario, like all the sidescrolling levels, must simply reach the goal at the end. The level makes large use of the fireworks gimmick to destroy walls, what walls the player chooses to hit can make the level much harder or a lot easier, as some of the paths are heavily guarded by Dragoopa's and Ninba's, as well as filled with traps. The Dragon Flower is also available, and can be used to burn down parts of wooden dragons to open up another path.