Mario time! First thing's first: go right. Hit the first three ? Blocks for acoin from each and stomp the Goomba here. Grab the three coins on the blueplatform then jump onto the red one and hit the ? Block between the two brickblocks. A Super Mushroom will appear (unless you're replaying this course andyou're not Small Mario, in which case a Fire Flower will appear). Grab it anddrop down to the ground to your right. Stomp the Goomba then jump onto theledge and hit the Large ? Block for a number of coins.
Star Coin #1
| The first Star Coin of the game is sitting atop three blocks floating above a number of Note Blocks. To get this one, drop down onto the Note Blocks. As you land, press 'A' to perform a large jump. You'll jump up high and be able to land on the blocks with the Star Coin. Do so and grab the coin, then drop down and continue right. |
Drop onto the next set of Note Blocks. Bounce up into the Large ? Block tocollect to coins and cause a Fire Flower to appear. Jump onto the block andgrab it. Continue right. Drop to the ground below and stomp the three-highGoomba stack if you so wish. Hit the two brick blocks up ahead for a coin each.Stomp the Koopa Troopa on the pink platform, then jump up to the orange one atthe top. Hit the brick block here multiple times for coins. It will eventuallyturn into a Gold Block! As you move you will automatically collect coins fromthis block, although it will eventually disappear.Continue right, over the next set of Note Blocks and hit the Checkpoint Flag onthe pink platform. Further right you can hit the two Large ? Blocks. The one onthe left contains two coins and a Fire Flower whilst the right one containsthree coins. Collect what you want, stomp the Goomba stack if you wish then run right.
Star Coin #2
| You will reach yet another set of Note Blocks. This time there's a Star Coin protected by a ring of brick blocks above this set. Bounce off the Note Blocks and up into the brick blocks to break them. Once you've created an opening, bounce into the ring and grab the Star Coin. Keep going right. |
There's a brick block two grassy platforms just past the Note Blocks. You canground pound this block multiple times for a number of coins. When you'reready, continue to the Large ? Block with the red Koopa Troopa on it. Hit it toknock the Troopa off, then hit it with a fireball (assuming that you're stillFire Mario to grab an extra coin. Jump onto the Large ? Block and hit the threeblocks above for a coin from each.Move right and stomp the next red Koopa Troopa so that it withdraws into itsshell. Kick this shell to the right so that it gets stuck in the small ditchwith the brick block in it. Stand on the brick block as the shell hits theblock multiple times, giving you a coin each time. The block will eventuallyturn into a Gold Block. As you're standing on the block, you'll receive most,if not all of the coins that it is dropping, netting you a tonne of coins! Itwill eventually break, at which time you need to jump up and out of the way ofthe shell.Hop up onto the green platform back to your left and hit the brick block aboveit until it turns into a Gold Block. Wear the block then enter the green WarpPipe to your right. You'll be fired into the sky!You're in a bonus area. Hit the P-Switch to turn all of the coins to your rightinto brick blocks, as well as cause a very large number of blue coins to appeartemporarily.
Star Coin #3
| Run along the brick blocks as fast as you can, before they switch back to coins and you fall back to the main part of the course. Collect all of the blue coins as you go and jump off the brick block ledge at the end into the Star Coin to collect it. You'll drop back to the main part of the course. |
You'll fall back to the ground. You can move onto the Note Blocks to your leftthat you skipped if you want and bounce up and collect a few extra coins aswell as stomp the Goomba. Once you're done, move on. Jump up the colouredplatforms when you reach them, until you're at the top, blue platform.You'll see a very large Goomba stack here. You can use this stack as a steppingstone to the top of the Goal Pole if you wish, by stomping and performing alarge jump off of the top Goomba of the stack and using the gained momentum toreach the Goal Pole. If you do this, make sure that you time your jump so thatthe Goombas are about halfway between you and the Goal Pole and that you aimproperly. Alternatively, you can stomp all of the Goombas in the stack withouttouching the ground for a 1-Up, and then attempt to take a running jump off ofthe blue platform onto the top of the Goal Pole for a second 1-Up. Once yougrab the Goal Pole, you are done!
