How do I break the yellow block surrounded by grey blocks in World 3-1?

  1. Get large after eating the first meat.
  2. Destroy the X-Naut so you can feel safe (however, you aren't necessarily safe)
  3. Go to the left of the yellow block, so you can see the whole block in your screen.
  4. Then go to the bottom-right side very very slowly, so you can see much more of the yellow block.
  5. Finally fire to destroy the yellow block!

Not having the game myself, I couldn't test this, but I think I figured out how to get it.

I read a whole bunch of walkthroughs and watched LP's but everyone just skips that block. I think if you go past the gray blocks with Bowser as big as you can get him, then turn around and breathe fire it should destroy the yellow block. There's a hammer guy immediately after this that you would then take damage from (or the fire stick I guess) to get really small.

Whatever the object is would fall into the lava, but (from one of the LPs I watched anyway) the item sits on top of the lava. You should be able to drop, grab the item, then jump back up before hitting the lava.