Play as Small Mario with Hat or Super Mario without a Hat As an advantage, Luigi is better at flutter jumping as Tanooki Luigi than Mario.Ĭomplete Worlds 1-8 to unlock the Special World.įinish the Special World, then beat the game Then complete Castle S1 and Luigi will be unlocked, select him by clicking 'L' on the touch screen while selecting a stage, vice versa if you want to play as Mario. Get a 5 Star Profile described in detail below to unlock the Final Level, aka S8-Crown.Ĭomplete the first 8 worlds as Mario, unlocking the special worlds. It may take a few tries before this works.

No presses of JUMP are needed to keep Mario jumping on the shell. If you land on it in the right place, Mario will bounce, getting a life every time he lands after the first few hits. Try to jump on the Koopa near the edge where it turns around. Kick the Koopa into the narrowest portion of water on the far left so it bounces quickly back away and towards the screen. There is a Koopa Troopa in front of the water. Near the beginning of the stage, there is a patch of water. Video of an Infinite 1-Ups Technique in World 4-1 World 4-1Īnother location where this can happen is in World 4-1. With proper timing, you can get up to 3 1-Ups per second! With proper timing, you'll continue to bounce on the Koopa shell as long as you don't move in any direction. The shell will bounce between the wall and the Question Mark Box on the ground. Stand directly in front of the first one you encounter and jump on top of it. Just past the mid-level flag, you'll enter a corridor with three Koopa Troopas. Perhaps the fastest way to gain a lot of 1-Ups is in World 1-2. Here are some tricks to get your life count up to the maximum 1,110 VERY quickly. You will have to play the level you were working on again, but you won't be punished by losing your shiny stars.

You will return to the map screen outside the last level you beat.

Never die more than 5 times in a level in the main worlds - if you see the help box appear, simply restart your 3DS. Get the Gold Flag (land on the very top of the flag pole) on every level, including the Special World, and clear every level once as Mario and also as Luigi. You can see a Gold Flag on the map screen (top screen) once you attain it and a L on the on the map screen (top screen) for each level you've beat with Luigi so you can keep track. Here's how to get 5 shiny stars.īeat all the levels in all the main worlds.Ĭollect all the Star Medals from every level, including the Special World but excluding Purple '?' cube bonus levels.Ĭlear Special World 8 then return to and Clear 2nd World 8-Castle.

These stars are normally gold, but can be made sparkly as well. You can have up to 5 stars next to your save game profile.

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