Star Guide Note: Star 7 will always be to get 100 coins.

Course 1 ------- Star 1: Climb to the top of the mountain and beat the bomb boss (pick him up from behind and throw him on the ground 3 times). Star 2: Beat the turtle in a race from the beginning of the stage to the top of the mountain (use teleporter). Star 3: In the yellow box on the island in the sky. Use cannon to get up to it. Star 4: Get all 8 red coins. Star 5: Fly through the middle of the 5 rings of gold coins in the air. Use the wing cap. Star 6: Butt-slam the wooden post that the chomp is attached to 3 times.

Course 2 ------- Star 1: Climb to the top of the mountain and beat the giant stone guy (run in front of him, make him fall, then butt smash him in the back 3 times). Star 2: Once you defeat the stone guy, a tower will appear in his place. Climb to the top of it. Star 3: Launch yourself out of the cannon to the platform underneath the flagpole. Climb down the pole to get the star. Star 4: Get all 8 red coins. Star 5: Jump into tree at beginning of level to release an owl. Use him to fly into the cage in the sky. Star 6: Launch yourself out of the cannon at the corner of the farthest brick wall of the 2 closest.

Course 3 ------- Star 1: Coax giant eel out of the ship, and swim into open window he was in. Open chests in correct order (you figure it out). Star 2: Once again, coax giant eel from his little cave. The star is attached to his tail. Star 3: Swim through the tunnel near the ship. You will surface in a cave. Open chests in correct order. Star 4: Get all 8 red coins. Star 5: Launch yourself out of the cannon onto the leftmost spike that extends out of the water (you have to hit the top of the spike, or you will slide down). Then climb to the top of the spike and jump onto the ledge with the yellow box containing the star. Star 6: Hit the green block and jump off the ledge into the water, then run to the star in the bubbles.

Course 4 ------- Star 1: Climb onto the house where you start, go down the chimney and finish the race. Star 2: Take the baby penguin that you see when you start down to the mama penguin. Star 3: Go down the chimney again, and beat the penguin in a race to the end. Star 4: Get all 8 red coins. Star 5: Talk to the snowball at the top of the mountain. Get down the slide before the head does and stand next to his body. Star 6: Launch yourself out of the cannon at the tree across the chasm. Follow the path and climb up to the star.

Course 5 ------- Star 1: Kill enough small ghosts to make the large ghost appear in the main room of the mansion. Then kill the large ghost. Star 2: On the spinning wheel at the bottom of the outside shed, kill small ghosts until a large ghost appears. Kill the large ghost. Star 3: Upstairs, in the room where the small books fly out at you, there are 3 books sticking out. Hit them in this order: Book on the top, book on the right, book on the left. Star 4: Get all 8 red coins. Star 5: Upstairs in the room on the far right, there is a platform you can stand on it and look up. You will see a platform up high that you need to jump to. Use the wall kick to reach it. Go through the double doors and beat the ghost outside. Star 6: Get the blue box, then quickly go up to where the double doors leading to the big ghost on top of the mansion is. Instead of going outside, go through the ghost picture on the wall, and beat an eyeball for the star.

Course 6 ------- Star 1: On the middle of the island where Nessie (the blue water creature) is. Star 2: Get all 8 red coins. Star 3: When you take the elevator down to the blue water creature area, get the green block. Then quickly run to the switch under the water. This will open the metal bars guarding the door in front of you. Go in the door. The star is across a chasm. Star 4: Just before you drop down into the green fog area, there is a map on the wall. Look at the map. The down arrow is where you will start. The up arrow is where you can get out. The 3 blue circles are ledges that you can double jump and catch on. Jump up to the one corresponding to the second blue circle from left. There is a door there, it will take you up to the star. Star 5: Same as star 4 except use the blue circle on the far left. You need to jump and travel across the grating to get the star, or just long jump over to it. Star 6: Stand under the place where the giant boulders fall down. Look up and towards the door. The star is on the ledge. Course 7 ------- Star 1: Knock the large Bully into the lava. Star 2: There is an island all the way across the level with 3 small Bullies on it. Knock them all into the lava, and a Bully monster will appear. Knock him in for the star. Star 3: Get all 8 red coins. Star 4: In one corner of the level, there is grating. Make your way over to it and use the spinning log to get on the island against the grate. The star is there. Star 5: Jump into the volcano in the center of the level. Make your way to the top by running and jumping along the side. The star is at the top. Star 6: Jump into the volcano in the center of the level. Jump onto the moving platform. Keep climbing to the top.

Course 8 ------- Star 1: Get it from the vulture flying near the pool of water outside the pyramid. Star 2: In an alcove on the outside of the pyramid near the top. Star 3: Inside the pyramid, all the way at the top. Star 4: Outside the pyramid, stand on the top of the 4 posts that you can walk up. After you touch all 4, the top of the pyramid will open up. Fly into it, and a cage will bring you down to the red building in the center of the floor. Climb in and beat the 2 hands. Star 5: Get all 8 red coins. Star 6: Get the 5 special gold coins inside the pyramid. 2 of them are on the moving sand bridge, the other 3 are in the center of small square platforms up higher than the sand bridge.

Course 9 ------- Star 1: On the top of the submarine. Star 2: Swim all the way down when you start the level. There are 4 chests. Open them in the correct order. Star 3: Get all 8 red coins. Star 4: The bubbles on the ground in the room with the submarine will send up rings. Swim down through 5 in a row. The star will appear on the ground in the bubbles. Use the green block to get the star. Star 5: The manta ray will leave rings of water behind him. Swim through 5 in a row. Star 6: In the red gate in the water. You need to get the blue box, then the green box, then the star. Course 10 ------- Star 1: Climb up the mountain by going above where the triangular bumps are coming from, and walk along side of the large penguin. He will block the wind. The star is at the top. Star 2: Knock the big Ice Bully off the platform. Star 3: Get the star in the 3D ice puzzle near where you start. Star 4: There is a helicopter guy in the water near the ramp where the triangular bumps come at you. Jump on his head and fly over to the wooden platform. The left box is the star, the right box is the turtle shell. Star 5: Get all 8 red coins by using the shell. Star 6: Use the turtle shell to slide up the ramp with the 3 yellow coins and crawl into the cavern. Get the blue box to get the star in the maze. Course 11 ------- Star 1: In the yellow box near the small moving platforms with the arrows on them. Star 2: In the yellow box on the highest air-island. Star 3: Find all 5 secret spots. Star 4: In the cage up high. Star 5: Get all 8 red coins. Star 6: Use the cannon to launch yourself into the grate in the corner of the level, and swim to the other section of this stage. Use the blue box to get behind the grate near the corner of this section. Up top is the star.

Course 12 ------- Star 1: At the very top of the mountain. Star 2: Catch the monkey at the very top of the mountain and follow him. He will open the cage with the star. Star 3: Get all 8 red coins. Star 4: Near the top of the mountain, there will be a vertical wall about the same size as the entrance to course 8 that you can jump through. You can see it when you touch it because it will shake. Star 5: Step on the flat switch near the top of the mountain. This will make a block appear in front of you, and a block appear in front of the waterfall. You need to go to the waterfall and jump on the block to get the star that is behind the water. Star 6: Use the cannon to shoot yourself into the star that is sitting on top of the mushroom platform. The cannon is on a thin ledge beneath the ledge where the gophers are. The bomb guy is on a small ledge below where the first monkey is.

Course 13 ------- Star 1: At the green pipe near the flat switch that makes a bridge out to the air-island. Make sure you are small. Then kill the 5 piranha that spit fire at you and you will get the star. Star 2: In a yellow box almost at the very top of the mountain. You need to be small. Star 3: Just past the hole where the black balls roll out of, there is a koopa troopa. Be small here and talk to him. Beat him in a race and you will get a star. Star 4: Find all 5 secret spots when you are big. Star 5: Get small and launch yourself from the cannon at the tree. When you catch the tree, climb down and walk across the wooden bridge and into the hole. Get all 8 red coins. Star 6: Get big, climb to the pool at the very top of the mountain and do a butt-slam in the center. You will create a hole. Transform into small mario, climb back up, go down the hole, and beat the caterpillar.

Course 14 ------- Star 1: Climb up along the normal path, and you will see the star within some grating. You can jump onto the platforms nearby and get it. Star 2: Climb up farther than star 1, and you will eventually come to a monster who will throw you up. Go past him and jump across the chasm. The star is just ahead. Star 3: Stand on the clock hand that looks like an arrow and let it swing you around. When you see the star in front of you, jump onto the ledge and get it. Clock must be moving. Star 4: Climb up to the very top of the stage, swing around on the clock hand, and jump onto the blue stomping stone for the star. Clock must be moving. Star 5: Climb up higher than star 1, but not as high as star 4. You will see the star in a cage. You need to stand on top of the cage, then jump onto the platform that comes in and out of the wall to get the star. Star 6: Get all 8 red coins.

Course 15 ------- Star 1: On one end of the pirate ship. Star 2: Ride the carpets up as high as you can go. The star is on top of the castle in the sky. Star 3: Get all 8 red coins. Star 4: From the section where there are 4 spinning circular islands, go towards the tilting bridges and the platforms that swing back and forth. Go across one of the swinging platforms and you should see a flat switch on the ground near some triangular blocks. Step on it and the blocks will turn upside down so you can jump on them temporarily. Climb up them for the star. Star 5: From the section where there are 4 spinning circular islands, go towards the tilting bridges and the platforms that swing back and forth. Climb up the steep wood slope, and go across the swinging platform to get the star. Star 6: Launch yourself from the cannon so you catch the large pole coming from the island in the sky. Climb down and the star is in the yellow box. The cannon is on the opposite side of the pirate ship as star 1. To get the pink bomb guy, just wall kick your way up to the top ledge of the red coin maze. The blue coins will show you where you need to wall kick.

Castle Secret Stars

Extra Stars: 1) On the main floor of castle, go up the stairs, and into the door on the right with a star on it. Jump through the princess window on the right. Finish the slide and hit the yellow box at the end. 2) In the room with the picture to course 3, there are 2 holes in the wall with the door up high that you can backflip into. One of them has extra men, and the other is a bonus swimming level. Collect all 8 red coins in the swimming level. 3) After you have 20 stars, catch the bunny in the lower level of the castle where courses 6-8 are. 4) After you have 20 stars, talk to the toadstool guy in the room where you enter course 6. 5) After you have 50 stars, catch the same rabbit you caught down where courses 6-8 are again. 6) After you have 50 stars, in the upper level of the castle where courses 10-13 are, one of the toadstool guys will give you a star if you talk to him. 7) Up in the room with courses 14 and 15, talk to the toadstool guy and get a star. 8) In the room with courses 14 and 15, go into the room high up in the wall across from where course 15 is. There is a bonus level there. Collect all of the red coins for a star. 9) Bowser level 1: Get all 8 red coins. 10) Bowser level 2: Get all 8 red coins. 11) Bowser level 3: Get all 8 red coins. 12) Green switch level: Get all 8 red coins. 13) Blue switch level: Get all 8 red coins. 14) Red switch level: Get all 8 red coins. 15) On the main floor of castle, go up the stairs, and into the door on the right with a star on it. Jump through the princess window on the right. Finish the slide in under 21 seconds.

Guide to the switches

Green Switch: In Course 6, make your way to the area where Nessie (sea monster) lives. Climb on her head and steer her over to the island where there is red grating on the ground but not blocking the door. Jump off onto the red grating, go through the door, and jump into the pool of metallic liquid. Now, just keep moving down the pathway until you reach the green switch.

Blue Switch: From the door that leads to course 6 (facing away from the door), go left, and left again. There should be a door with no star on it. Go into it and you will come to an area with a pool of water, and two platforms protruding from it. Jump onto the platforms and do butt-slams on both. This will drain the moat. Once you have drained the moat, go out the now accessible door, and head towards the waterfall. There will be a hole you can fall in. Follow the path through this area and jump onto the blue switch.

Red Switch:When you first enter the castle, there is a large picture of a sun on the ground. After you collect 10 or more stars, stand in the center and look up at the light. You will be taken to another world, and will be flying. The red switch is in the middle of the large center tower.

Codes

Control the Ending Camera: After beating the 3rd Bowser, plug a controller into port 2. Use the analog control stick to maneuver the camera during the ending sequence.

Yoshi!: After getting 120 stars, find the cannon that’s outside the castle and shoot to the top of the castle. You will find Yoshi walking around. Talk to him and he will give you 100 lives and a new Triple Jump.

Use Mario’s Hat as a weapon: Go to Snowmans Land (Course 10) and go to the big snowman. Get your hat blown off and when you land, don’t pick up your hat! Go to the tree in the lower right corner of the course and use the warp there. Warp 3 times and then go back to your hat. Mario will wear the first and second hats, then carry the 3rd one in his hand! You can use your hat as a weapon. Warning: When Mario has the hat in his hand, Mario will lose more damage than usual. To put the hat back on, take the warp or get a star.

Use Mario’s Hat as a weapon 2: Snowmans Land isnt the only place to carry your hat! Go to Shifting Sand Land (Course 8) and go to where the Pink Bob omb is, let the bird take your hat. Hit the bird, but don’t get the hat. Go under the Palm Tree and use the warp. Warp 3 times then go get your hat. Again, Mario will pick up the first 2 caps and hold the 3rd one and use it as a weapon. Warning: When Mario has the hat in his hand, Mario will lose more damage than usual. To put the hat back on, take the warp or get a star.

Life Reversal(Note: This trick only works on the Japanese version.): When you fight Bowser for the first time, keep avoiding him and collect the coins from Bowser’s flames. After collecting 1,000 coins, an M will appear next to your lives. Now when you lose a life, your lives go up, and when you gain a life, your lives go down. Warning: If you have 120 stars, DON’T talk to Yoshi or he will take your M away.

Easier Way to catch the rabbit: Here's an easier way to catch the bunny in the basement. Chase him to one of the two dead ends where he goes(the entrance to the desert level and the place where the Mushroom man is) and run at him. Watch the exact route he takes to get away. Then, chase him back to the same place. This time, stand in the spot where he runs to and walk slowly towards him. He'll run straight at you, if you get it perfect he'll bump right into you. Just punch and you'll pick him up. This works in either dead end, but you have to be pretty accurate, but it is still much easier than diving at him.

Make Koopa Disappear: Koopa the quick may be fast, but you can leave him behind in the blink of an eye. In fact, you can make him disappear altogether. You'll need to get the wing cap to perform this stunt, so when you enter Bob omb Battlefield, run over to the wing cap block, get the cap, then return to the area where Koopa the Quick is waiting. Starting from just in front of the cannon hole on the stone platform, perform a triple jump in order to launch Mario into the air. The point at which you launch into the air is the critical part of this trick. Fly for a short distance, then land, you'll receive the regular message from Koopa the Quick. If you accept you'll hear the race music, but Koopa the Quick will never show up.

What can you do next?: After getting 120 stars and talking to Yoshi, a few changes will happen in the game: 1. You will get a new Triple Jump. Try it out and see what you can do with it! 2. Go to Cool, Cool Mountain (Course 4) and select Star 3, Big Penguin Race. The penguin will be bigger than before. 3. The Final Bowser will say something different.

Easier way to Slide Backwards: At the edge of a slide (beginning),turn around so Mario is facing you, then jump/A, kick/B and push backwards and you will land on the slide backwards!!

Carry the Rabbit to Other Areas: Find a door which you can easily go in and out of. After going through the door, quickly execute a jump kick back at the door. Usually you'll go through the door completely without opening it. However, if you time it right, you can "merge" Mario with the door, i.e. half of Mario will be on one side and the other half will be on the other side. There is a situation in which you can actually do something weird with this trick. If you manage to find the rabbit in the basement and catch him, don't collect his star. Instead, carry him to a door and set him down just in front of it. Now go through the door and try the jump kick trick mentioned above until you get Mario "merged" with the door (don't be surprised if it takes a while to get the timing right). Now pick the rabbit back up and set him down on the other side of the door. Go through the door and now you can carry the rabbit to some other parts of the castle. This trick may be just "for kicks", but it is kind of fun to do.

Hidden passageway into the castle?: After you get 120 stars, go find Yoshi and talk to him. Then grab the winged cap out of the red box and go back to that cannon. Pull all the way back so you launch as high as possible, and then fly onto the red brick ledge just before the highest grating on the castle. Now, standing on the ledge facing the grating, run forward towards the grating. If it doesn't work first time just run at it again. Sometimes you will run up the wall this means you have to do it again. You may have to dive at the joining of where you are standing and the wall. Eventually you will just go through the wall and fall into the castle without going through the main door. Now you appear to be stuck in a dark black room with the main doorway leading back out into the courtyard. Run through the door and the whole outside turns into a black box, but the whole of the inside is now visible. This is mostly likely just a glitch, but it's still pretty neat. For those of you that haven't figured it out yet, you can do a back-flip to turn things back to normal (when you are facing the opposite direction, so you'll back-flip right above the door.) This way, you don't have to press reset every time you feel the urge to try this trick.

Play as Toad: You first need to start a new game. You first need to get 5 stars. Then go to the Princess's Secret Slide. Get the star in the box at the end. Then go and get 4 stars in the first ice level. Then go out and stand in the sunbeam, and look up. you will be in the flying cap stage. Go and hit the red switch in the center, and then comitt suicide. You will now be back in the castle. Go and beat the first Bowser, and then go to the basement. Get 5 stars, and then catch the bunny. Don't get his star, but instead try to get him into the room with two pillars. When you get him in there, throw him in the water so he will drown. Then go and get 35 stars in any of the courses. Go back to the basement, and catch the bunny again. This time throw him into the fire, and then take him to toad. Get 10 stars and then go into the clock level. Make sure you enter at 12:36. If you do, when you get to the thwomp at the top of the stage, he will call you a butthead, and then jump off the ledge, follow him. When you exit the clock stage, he will be running around the castle. Catch him. Then get 40 stars and take him to the Toad that you first encounter when you enter the castle. Pause the game and select the new option "Use Thwomp". Mario will take the thwomp out and hit Toad on the head with it. Toad will then say that "I am at your control". You will then be able to save the game. Now when you start that game, you can play as either Mario or Toad.

Play as Princess Toadstool: Start a new game. Then get 10 stars. Go to the flying hat level, and hit the red switch, and comitt suicide. Then leave, and beat the first Bowser. Then go to the basement and get 5 stars. Then catch the bunny. Don't take his star, but instead, take him and jump into the sand world with him. Then in the sand world, get 5 stars. Then get 30 stars in any of the levels. Then go and recapture the bunny. This time take him into the room with the pool of silver water. Drop him in the water. Then get 50 more stars in any of the courses. You should now have 100 stars. Go to the first toad you talked to when you entered the castle, and he will say "You got rid of that pesky bunny!, good job. Here, go ahead and take the rest of the stars!". Then go outside the castle and shoot out of the cannon, talk to yoshi, and get the flying cap. Then fly into the picture of the Princess thats in the front of the castle. When you do, she will say "Ouch!". She will then come out and say "Who did that?". She will then see Mario and say "You're here!". She will then say "I love you Mario, you can do anything you want to with me" You can then save the game. And when you start that game up, you can play as Mario or Princess Toadstool.

Play as Luigi: At the beginning, use the face stretching trick, and hold his face in any other position but the normal one, then press start, while still holding R. Select a new game, and get to the second bowser, without saving. Beat bowser, DON'T SAVE, take the key to the second floor locked door, and hold the L button as he opens it. Now get 50 stars (Without Saving it). Go down to the basement, and catch the rabbit. After you get the star, pick him up again, and take him to toad. Drop him in front of Toad. Use your 50 stars to go to the 3rd floor, and go into the area where the rainbows connect the clouds. Fly to the area with only the cannon on the platform (if there's a bomb on the platform, it's the wrong one). Shoot yourself onto the platform with the poles on the bottom. From there grab the red coin in the transparent cloud, and hit the Z button, to fall. You land outside the castle. Go back to the 3rd floor, make sure you have less than 70 stars, and run up the endless staris. Go to the 120th princess picture, and punch it. Go back to the bottom. Go back to the 120th bowser picture and punch it. Go back to the basement, and talk to Toad there. He tells you the rabbit ran off to rainbow ride. Go there and shoot to the platform where you get the 6th objective. (Somewhere over the rainbow) The rabbit is standing there, catch him again (be careful not to fall off) and he will give you 100 lives and 120 stars!!!! Go outside the castle now and find the cannon that is opened up. Shoot to the roof and you will see Yoshi. Talk to him, and he says the fun is not over yet, and tells you to look around outside some more. MAKE SURE YOU HAVEN'T SAVED!! You cannot do this part if you have EVER saved!! Grab the wing cap, and go back to the cannon and shoot straight up, and fly into the princess picture (you knew there was more to that than meets the eye!). Inside is the 2nd best plumbr on earth, Luigi!!!!! He thanks you for finding him and gives you a super secret star!!! He asks if you want to save, Say Yes!!! You can get a completely new ending if you go get bowser, and at the beginning you get to pull Luigi's face around instead of mario's. When you choose your game, you can choose to play as Luigi or Mario!!!! Luigi has nothing new yet, but he's still awesome to play as! (maybe the combo of luigi and the new triple jump are something SWEET!)

Castle Secret Stars-Extra Stars 1) On the main floor of castle, go up the stairs, and into the door on the right with a star on it. Jump through the princess window on the right. Finish the slide and hit the yellow box at the end. 2) In the room with the picture to course 3, there are 2 holes in the wall with the door up high that you can backflip into. One of them has extra men, and the other is a bonus swimming level. Collect all 8 red coins in the swimming level. 3) After you have 20 stars, catch the bunny in the lower level of the castle where courses 6-8 are. 4) After you have 20 stars, talk to the toadstool guy in the room where you enter course 6. 5) After you have 50 stars, catch the same rabbit you caught down where courses 6-8 are again. 6) After you have 50 stars, in the upper level of the castle where courses 10-13 are, one of the toadstool guys will give you a star if you talk to him. 7) Up in the room with courses 14 and 15, talk to the toadstool guy and get a star. 8) In the room with courses 14 and 15, go into the room high up in the wall across from where course 15 is. There is a bonus level there. Collect all of the red coins for a star. 9) Bowser level 1: Get all 8 red coins. 10) Bowser level 2: Get all 8 red coins. 11) Bowser level 3: Get all 8 red coins. 12) Green switch level: Get all 8 red coins. 13) Blue switch level: Get all 8 red coins. 14) Red switch level: Get all 8 red coins. 15) On the main floor of castle, go up the stairs, and into the door on the right with a star on it. Jump through the princess window on the right. Finish the slide in under 21 seconds.

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