Secret pathways
There are different level colors (yellow and red) in
the game. Red indicates that it leads to a secret pathway. Yellow
indicates that it leads to a regular pathway.
Maximum lives
Find Yoshi and place a power-up that is not already
in use in the item box. Enter a previously completed course and
find a berry that is positioned just above Yoshi's mouth. Press
[Select] to drop the power-up from the item box. Have Yoshi
jump so that he eats the berry and the power-up at the same time.
The game will freeze and the coin total will increase rapidly.
Press [Start] + [Select] to exit the level after accumulating
ninety-nine lives.
Go to the Forest of Illusion 1 with a cape, Locate the section
with the caterpillars on the logs. Instead of killing the caterpillars,
jump up and hold [Y] + [B] and try to land the first
caterpillar on the head so it's hat falls off. Repeat this for
the second and third caterpillars. After hitting the third caterpillar,
return to the first caterpillar (his hat will be back on). Repeat
this procedure until symbols begin appearing above the caterpillar's
heads. Use this trick to collect coins, lives and points, but
make sure you do not run out of time.
Go to Vanilla Doom Secret Area 3. Move past the middle of the
area to find a location where if Mario pushes a yellow block,
a P will appear. Use this P at the middle of the area, then return
to the beginning of the area. All the turtles should have been
changed into gray coins. Collect all the coins to gain more than
sixty lives.
Go to Yoshi's Island 2. At the beginning of the level, pick up
the shell and throw it at all the Koopas on the platform. Hit
all the question blocks and a few will result in extra lives.
Then, get to the midpoint of the level and go down the first blue
pipe after this point. Take the blue blocks and throw them at
the flying question blocks, or if you have Yoshi, make him jump,
then jump off him at the blocks. After getting the extra life,
go out and backtrack -- the extra life will still be there. Return
as many times as needed to collect it again.
Complete the Forest of Illusion 1. Reach the midpoint and hit
the flashing block when it becomes a feather. Wait for it to become
a Starman, and then collect it. Then, continue on through the
level and kill everything that appears. After the Starman expires,
press [Start] and press [Select] to exit out the stage.
Then, return to start at the midpoint. Get the Starman again,
kill everything, and repeat until 99 lives are obtained.
Go to the Forest Of Illusion 4. When first starting, jump on the
green turtle shell and take it to the pipe to the right. Jump
and take the extra kufe from the Laiktu. Kick it at the pipe and
it will bounce back and forth. The Laiktu in the pipe and in the
cloud will throw Spikeys in the pit. Stand there and jump over
an occasional Spikey until 99 lives are collected. Note: Make
sure that time does not run out during the trick.
Go to either the first Koopa Castle, Iggy, or the fourth, Ludwig
Von Koopa. Get to the area where you climb on the fences. As long
as you do not touch the ground, you should jump on (not punch)
the climbing turtles. After jumping on several, you will get extra
lives. The fourth castle is a better place for this trick because
it is bigger and have some turtles that regenerate.
Once you have unlocked secret area above the Donut Ghost House
#1, get Yoshi, then go to the secret area. Keep going in the area
again and go to the "?" where you get Yoshi. You will
see a extra life appear. Repeat as many times as needed.
Complete all of the Special levels in Star Road. Also, it is preferred
that you have already completed the level involved in this trick.
The level is right after the Ghost House in Vanilla Dome. Enter
the level and make your way to the half-way marker, making sure
to break the tape between the posts. This will make the trick
much easier to perform. Now, continue through the level a bit
further. You will see a yellow masked Koopa on a platform. Bounce
on it to knock it out of its shell, but make sure that it does
not fall off of the platform. Allow it to get back into the shell
so it starts spinning wildly. Jump onto the tall, narrow platform
to the right of the platform that the yellow masked Koopa is on
and remain there. The yellow masked Koopa will spin off of the
platform it was originally on and will fall onto the ground to
the left of the tall, narrow platform and will continuously smash
against it. Since the Bullet Bills in the level have pre-set paths,
they will not hit you from the position that you are in. Instead,
most of them will hit the spinning shell. After the shell hits
several Bullet Bills, you will begin gaining two extra lives at
a time. If you have already completed the level, wait until the
timer has about five to ten seconds remaining. Then, press [Start]
to pause game play, and then press [Select] to exit the level.
If you have not accumulated the desired amount of lives, re-enter
the level. You will start at the half-way marker. Repeat the trick
until you have the maximum number of lives.
Go to the Forest Of Illusion 1 and get the star out of the box
near the half way point. Run and kill all the enemies on the way
to the end of the level. Repeat this to get up to 99 lives.
Power-up mushrooms
When a red mushroom appears, remember that it always
goes to the right.
Berries
Red Berry: Get Yoshi to eat ten of these. Yoshi will lay an egg;
a red mushroom lies inside.
Pink Berry: Get Yoshi to eat two of these. Yoshi will lay an egg;
a cloud appears and throws smiley coins at you. Collect all the
ones it throws out to get a green mushroom.
Green Berry: you Only need to eat one of these for its effect.
These will add some extra seconds to your timer. You can find
Green Berries in the last level, Funky, of special world.
Secret keys
Donut Plains 1: Take a Yoshi (unless you complete the green switch
palace) and a Cape Feather. Go near the end of course and fly
up the row of green blocks.
Donut Plains 2: Proceed until you see a short pipe. Go up the
pipe (as big Mario) and break the blocks. Get the shell, throw
it at the highest block, and climb the vine.
Vanilla Dome 1: Take a Yoshi (unless you hit the red switch) and
Cape. Get to the red blocks and jump. While in the air, jump off
Yoshi and aim for the yellow block. (Repeat aiming for the top
of the block.) Climb the vine.
Vanilla Dome 2: Go on top of the second block that normally has
a flower. Jump onto the high platform. Grab and carry the P-switch
to the block barrier. Stomp on it and go down the hole that now
has coins on the roof. Fall onto the platform, get the key, and
swim to the keyhole.
Defeating Football Players
When the Football Players charge you, hit them in the
head. As soon as they finish being dizzy, hit them in the head
again. This will either slow them down if you do not have Yoshi,
or knock them out if you do. Never try to get rid of two football
players at the same time.
Get Mario a cape from any level. When you get close to a Football
Player, on land or in air, press [Y]. This will quickly defeat
the football player. You can do this with any of the sports players.
Defeating Bowser
Wait until Bowser tosses a pair of MechaKoopas at you.
Knock one out, then grab it and toss it up at Bowser. To do this,
press [X] to pick it up, hold [X] and press [Up],
then release [X]. If timed correctly, it will hit Bowser
in the head. After hitting Bowser twice, he will fly away. Small
fireballs will fall from the top of the screen -- avoid them.
When Bowser returns, the Princess will appear and toss either
a mushroom or a flower at you. Bowser's floating thing will flip
upside down, and a ball of blue will fall out and roll at you.
Jump over it -- you cannot stand on it. He will eventually toss
more MechaKoopas at you. Use the same method done earlier. After
hitting him twice, Bowser will fly away again. More fireballs
will fall from the top, the Princess will toss something at you,
and Bowser will return again. This time, he will bounce around
madly on the floor with his flying clown propeller. Do not touch
the propeller. Eventually, he will stop and either flip upside
down and drop a ball at you, or toss more MechaKoopas at you.
Toss the MechaKoopas back at him. After hitting him three times,
he will fly away and the Princess will fall out of the sky.
When facing Bowser, press [A] instead of [B] to jump
over the blue ball. You can bounce off of it instead of dying.
Moon star
On the map that features that various levels that can
be selected, enter the cave. To the right is a level where you
ride on skeleton heads on lava the entire time. In the middle
there is a piece of land with two yellow tunnels. Inside is a
turtle and a cape. Get the cape and run on the left side of the
tunnels until you have enough power to fly to the ceiling. Go
all the way to the left to find a compartment area with a moon
item. Get it and you will have three or four lives.
Star Worlds
1. Go to Donut Plains. Hit the green switch, then just go right
and up the "!"s at the end. Otherwise, you have to fly.
Put the key in the hole. You can now go underwater to a red dot
on the map . In this level, go to the P switch and carry it to
the next "?". Hit it and then the "?". Put
the key in the nearby keyhole. A secret ghost house will appear.
Enter it, and locate the room with the door with no platform underneath
of it. Get the P switch (to the left) and bring it there. Hop
on it. Do not go through any door. Stand directly in front of
it and jump. A vine will appear. Quickly climb the vine to reach
a platform with a secret blue door. Enter and defeat the Big Boo
three times with the blue bricks to open the Star Road.
2. Go to Vanilla Dome 1. You need the red switch; it appears later
on in Vanilla Dome. Go to Dome 1 and keep going right up the red
"!"s and to the key. Go to Vanilla Secret 1 (which just
appeared) and have Yoshi. Find the pipe coming out of the left
wall near the top. Use a spring to go up. Jump off Yoshi's back
and into the pipe.
3. Finish Soda Lake.
4. Complete Forest Of Illusion 4 the secret way. You must go down
a blue pipe near a P switch and complete the Fortress.
5. Use Yoshi to get the key at the end of Valley of Bowser 4.
Easy Star Roads and Star Worlds
To have access to other places in the game easier,
unlock the Star Worlds early. To do this, exit Donut Secret House
to the first Star Road. Enter the first Star World, and complete
the key section which will allow you access to Star World 2 where
you can find the Blue/Purple Yoshi. You can now complete all levels
of the Star Road, even the fifth world, without having all the
color blocks up. You can even complete the "Special"
area. The Purple Yoshi will become invaluable in the "Special"
area.
Red exit
Fly over the blue exit with Yoshi's Wings or Caped
Mario and walk forward to get to the red exit.
Castle 2: Bonus area
Enter castle number 2 with a cape, avoid the Thwimps,
and fly up through the small opening in the ceiling on the left.
This will take you to a bonus area.
Cheese Bridge: Second exit
On the Cheese Bridge level, get Yoshi though the entire
stage but do not exit. Jump below it and jump off Yoshi so that
you are behind the exit. Then, fly a bit to find another exit.
This will give you the ability to go to Soda Lake and also allows
you use the Star in the middle of the world.
Cheese Bridge: Skip first part
Get all the way back and run with Yoshi and a cape.
At the end of the platform, jump and keep [Jump] held. You
will fly off screen then come down and hit a saw. You will hit
another, then you will miss one. However, at the last second a
saw will appear and you will automatically jump off of it.
Cheese Bridge: Purple Yoshi
Without raising one up, go to Cheese Bridge and get
Yoshi's wings. When you are at the bonus stage, just drop and
you will have a Purple Yoshi.
Cheese Bridge: Get a soda
Go to Cheese Bridge area with Yoshi. Get to the end
by hopping on the saws, but do not use Yoshi wings. At the last
platform before the exit, run from left to right and run off the
platform. When you get past the Exit Tape, press [A] to jump
off Yoshi as he falls to his doom. Keep running to reach a moon
and another exit. Now climb down the vine to the soda.
Chocolate Island 2: Special secret
Spend under 50 seconds in the first two sections combined
to reach the flat land with the secret key.
Chocolate Island 3: Fortress
With Yoshi, eat the blue turtle at the end and fly
under the win.
To get to Chocolate Fortress, go to the end of the level and do
not go through the finish line. Note: A Cape is required. Jump
over the finish line and jump into the sky. You will have a very
long jump automatically. There will be a new finish line. Go through
it.
Donut Ghost House: Secret area
Enter the Donut Ghost House in Donut Plains with flying
power. After entering, fly directly above where the door is located
to reach a walkway. Move all the way across the walkway and fall
at the end to reach four yellow blocks and a door. Enter the door
to reach a ending goal. Walk into it to get to a top secret area
which Mario can enter at any time to get Yoshi, fire power, and
flying power.
Donut Plains 1: Get rid of baseballs
and spores
You can get rid of the baseballs that the football
players throw and the little spores that the plants eject by spinning
your cape around. The spores and baseballs will make a tiny cloud,
then disappear.
Donut Plains 1: Get to secret without
finding the Green Switch Palace
Near the end, when four caped enemies fly at you at
different heights, knock out the bottom one to get his cape. Go
back a bit, then hit the top one (not with your cape, they are
too short). Go back to the end of that "runway" and
fly up until you go past the top of the screen. You should see:
a green tunnel protruding from the top of the level, then a key
along with a keyhole next to it. Land here. Pick up the key the
same way as you would pick up a shell. March over to the keyhole
with key in hand. (If you have Yoshi, make him eat the key, then
walk up to the keyhole. It will open and take you inside.)
Donut Plains 1: Get Caped Mario or
Luigi fast
Jump on the first red caped Troopa. Once you get the
Feather, do not step on the shell-less Troopa. Return to where
you saw the caped Troopa. It will be there again. Step on it to
get another Feather.
Donut Plains 1: Hold item in your
hands while on Yoshi
Get a Cape and get on any color Yoshi. Go to Donut
Plains 1. Wait until you get to the platform near the end, where
some flying Koopas fly at you in a vertical row. Dodge them, then
stand on the top platform and fly up to the zone with a key and
keyhole above you. This may require a few attempts. Then, go to
the yellow pipe that is vertical, with a horizontal one below
it. Set your Yoshi in the corner. Go back up and get the key.
Jump over the keyhole with it, and drop it in the exact same spot
where your Yoshi is located. Jump down and hold [Y]. if done
correctly, you will now be sitting on Yoshi, holding the key in
your hands.
Donut Plains 2: Faster way to Bowser
Get to Donut Plains 2. Go to the area with the pipes,
jump up, and go though the last pipe in the line. Put the key
in the hole and go and push the green button. Go back to Donut
Plains 1 and get a feather. Keep going until reaching the green
wall. Run up the wall with the feather and put the key in the
hole. Go to the level that is now open. Get to the P button, pick
it up, and carry it to blocks. Set it down and push it. Go through
the coins and get the key. Put it in the hole and go to the Ghost
House. G to the area where you get the P button. Go to the brown
door, push the button, and get on boxes. Jump and climb the vine,
then go though the silver door. Defeat the big Boo, go to the
star, and get the key in Everyone Down. When you get to the bottom
right level, go though the Star transporter and go to the Castle.
Jump down from the edge after you complete the Haunted House that
you came to from the water. Go to the tube and enter it to get
to a cliff by Bowser's Castle. Press [A] + [B] + [X]
+ [Y] + [R] + [L] to jump off to Bowser's Castle.
Donut Plains 4: Easy coins and extra
lives
You can earn coins and extra lives at a fast rate if
your timing is perfect. Enter the level with Yoshi and a item
in the box that is different than what you are wearing. Go past
the save point to the berry in the bush -- do not eat the berry
yet. Once the item is down to or close to the berry, jump at the
exact moment. They should freeze. Press [Select] and you
will have a maximum of 99 extra lives and 100 coins.
Get a spare Feather and be caped. Go to the place with Goombas.
Jump on one twice, jump to the next, and repeat the process to
get easy lives.
Donut Secret 1: Extra lives
Reach the part where Mario inflates like a balloon.
Inflate him, then fly to the part where he hits a turtle with
his feet. Hit the turtle and let Mario fall. Hit it again and
keep the shell. Then, go through the tube and reach to the part
where there are two blocks and some sleeping fish. Get them out
of there and put the shell between the two blocks. Have Mario
touch the shell and it will start rolling. Get Mario on it and
it will start giving points and then lives.
Donut Secret 2: Extra lives
Early in the level, you will hit a block resulting
in a vine. Climb to the top of it. There will be another block
on the little island. Hit that block and get the star. Very quickly
(it helps if you have a Feather, as you can fly) make your way
past the tubes and over the gap. There will be another block there,
with another star. If you are still invincible from the first
one and get the second one, run and hit any enemy. Just before
the end, hit all the turtles. After you hit a few enemies, you
should be getting an extra life for each one you kill. Remember
that you have to be extremely fast to make it before the first
star runs out.
Forest Fortress: Extra lives
Get a cape and go to Forest Fortress. At the end of
the level, do not go through the big red Boss doors. Instead walk
a little to the left and jump up onto the little ledge. Go to
the right, and there will be a platform just big enough to fly
from. You will notice a pool of lava there. Use your cape to fly
over it, keeping balance. Be careful of the fireballs. At the
end of the lava, you will find a compartment with 10 to 15 extra
life mushrooms and a Boss door to take you to the same place as
the original door.
At the end of the Forest Fortress in the Forest Of Illusion world
get to a point before the first red door. Do not go in it. You
will see stones on top of the first door. Go on those stones then
go down the stairs and fly across the lava. Fireballs will shoot
up when you are flying across. At the end of the lava there will
be nine boxes. In those nine boxes are nine extra lives. There
will be another red door. Go in that red door and defeat Renzor.
Note: This requires some time. If you know how to fly well with
Luigi or Mario then you should get through this trick easily.
Forest Of Illusion 1: Extra lives
Go to the power-up box. Get a Star and run forward
very quickly to get extra lives. Press [Start] + [Select]
to go back to that level and repeat the process as many times
as needed.
Get a Star just beyond the halfway point and kill as many things
as possible that appear on the screen.
Get the Star from the item change box. Then, run through the world
and after you get the first extra life, you will get one life
for each tomato gut or turtle, and two for each caterpillar.
Forest Of Illusion 1: Easy points
Go to the part where there are a group of enemies such
as Koopa Troopas and Goombas that hop out of the bushes. Hop on
the first Wiggler then jump on things until you get to the end
of the platform. Go back and you will see the Wigglers are not
red anymore. The enemies will jump out of the bushes again. After
you get a 5-Up, hit the Wigglers and things will appear at the
top of them. You can get a million points for each one. You cannot
go past 9,999,990 points, but it does help you to get lives.
Forest Of Illusion 2: Finding the
blue blocks
The Blue Switch Palace is found in the Forest Of Illusion
2. Play the water maze as far up and to the right as you can go.
There are some diversions that lead you to pick up a life in the
mid-level of the maze, but eventually you have to go up in order
to find your way down. Work your way towards the bottom of the
maze. If you are in the correct section, you will see a wall to
the left that is rectangular and marked off by a line from the
larger wall that sits on it. You can walk right through that wall,
going left rather than right. The key to the blue switch palace
comes into view very quickly.
Forest Of Illusion 4: Fortress
On Forest of Illusion 4, you should get to a place
with a P switch and a Lakuti in a pipe in the air. Fly up with
the cape to get in the tube, or use Lakuti's cloud.
Forest Of Illusion 4: Easy lives
Find the extra life on a fishline. Jump and get it.
If you die, you still have the same amount of lives as before
you played the level.
Iggy's Castle 1: No map music
Go to Iggy's Castle 1. Defeat Iggy, but jump into the
lava as he is dying. The music will be gone when you return to
the map screen.
Iggy's Castle 1: Extra lives
You will find turtles patrolling a red fence-like structure.
Knock the turtles of the fence with your bottom and they will
eventually become extra lives. Stay on the fence and do not use
your fist to knock them off.
Iggy's Castle 1: Carry an item while
climbing across the fence
Throw the item straight up and jump on the fence to
catch the item (for example, a P switch).
Larry's Castle: Fortress
On the part where the moving thing is going down and
there is a door to the right, follow the moving thing down.
Lenny's Castle: Secret mushroom and
half-way point
Enter Lenny's Castle and ride the brown blocks until
it gets to the end. When it goes down the hole, stand on the tip
of the last brown block. You should go down a bit more and you
should see two dinosaur tokens, the half-way point, and a red
mushroom.
Ludwig's Castle: Bonus area
Go to the very end of the hall on the first screen.
You will see the door to the next room and the mushroom next to
the door. Do not go through the door. Instead, walk slightly to
the left and look at the blocks on the ceiling. One of them is
a square, and you can jump through it. Jump up and to the right
and you will find a green pipe that will take you to a bonus area.
Soda Lake
In Cheese Bridge area, get Yoshi then hop on the saws
at the end of the stage. Then, get to the end point. Use Yoshi
to go back a platform, then fly under the end post and you will
end up on another platform. Keep going forward. You should find
a 3-Up Moon and another end point. Touch this point to end the
stage. After you end it, you will find a vine growing into the
water. Climb down this vine to reach a stage point called "Soda
Lake". After you have completed the stage, press [Down]
to climb down the waterfall to reach the lonely rock with a star
point.
Special Zone
To get to the sixth star on the Star Road levels, you
must get all of the switches(red, green, blue, yellow). After
this, go to the fifth Star Road level. You must have the Feather.
Go to the part where you get the "P" and hit the question
mark where the coins will go across the screen. Hit the "P"
then get on top of where the coins (now blocks) are located. Next,
go back towards the beginning just enough to have enough room
to fly. Turn back the other way and fly. After his cape goes to
a parachute, press [Back] so you can keep flying. You will
see some blocks, then a gap with some yellow blocks. Go in between
the two (in the gap). Follow it to where the key is located. This
will lead you to eight new levels in a special world. After completing
these, it will change all of the Koopas to Marios and the flowers
to funny looking flowers.
When you reach the dot below the mountains on Star Road, jump
across until you see the blue "P" button. Hit the box
that makes the coins appear, collect a few, and hit the "P"
button. Note: A cape is needed for this and all of the color blocks
with a "!" in them. When the coins turn to blocks, get
a good running start and land when you see the blocks with the
"!" in them. Go to the end where you see a key and a
keyhole. Put the key in the hole to get to the "Special"
levels. Complete those and the land colors and characters will
be different.
Special Zone: Classic Mario music
Wait for approximately two minutes in the Special Zone
to hear the classic Mario theme from the NES.
Special Zone: Blue Yoshi
On Tubular in Special, it is much easier to get a Blue
Yoshi and jump from the question marks rather than getting the
"P" that makes Mario float. Simply look for the "?"
and jump on them. When you get to the Koopas, swallow one, and
Yoshi will be able to fly. Fly over the first football player,
under the second, and under the two flowers shooting red. You
will have enough power to fly to the end.
Star Road levels: Polka-dot egg
In each level in Star Road, there will be a polka-dot
egg. When Mario gets close to it, the egg will hatch, and out
will pop a baby Yoshi. Note: It will never be green. Feed this
baby Yoshi by picking him up and walking towards enemies, Yoshi
first. After eating five enemies, the baby Yoshi will grow into
an adult Yoshi. You will be able to ride around on a Yoshi that
is not green.
Star World 2: Extra lives
On Star World 2 (the underwater level with the blue
Yoshi), obtain the Yoshi, then go back onto the level. Collect
the tar and proceed right, killing enemies as you go. You will
eventually get extra lives. Make sure you reach the "?"
block before the invincibility runs out. Collect the star from
it, then continue through the level. Each enemy you kill will
give you an extra life. Repeat the level several times for 99
lives.
Star World 2: Adult Yoshi
In Star World 2, the underwater level, instead of feeding
enemies to the blue Yoshi, feed him the invincibility star to
automatically turn him into an adult.
Sunken Ghost Ship level: Extra lives
On the final part of level, when you are falling with
all the Koopa Troopas, after you hit the water watch out for the
spiked things. Then, float down in the water and three 1-Up Mushrooms
will appear. Grab them, then swim up and hit the Green "?"
to finish the level with three extra lives.
During one part of the Sunken Ghost Ship there will be a bullet
cannon just one space below a piece of wood. Go underneath the
wood and keep touching the top. You will keep jumping bullets
and get extra lives. Note: You must be Super Mario to do this.
Super Special Area
Complete Star World 5 with a key (need all switches
pushed) and go to the Super Special Area. Beat all the boards
in the Super Special Area to get a super ending. At the end of
the last special world, the message "YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER"
will be spelled with coins. A teleporter will take Mario to Yoshi's
House, with a map in different colors.
Top Secret Area
In Donut Plains, there is a Ghost House -- not the
one with the Big Boo, but the one to the north. Make sure that
Mario has a Cape and use it. At the beginning of the level, run
and fly up. You will get on a platform. When you do, proceed until
you find a different way down. There will be invisible Ghosts
waiting. Ignore them and hit the blocks to get extra lives. Then,
get to the goal and you will unlock a hidden level. This small
area has no enemies, just refills: Yoshi, extra lives, Capes,
Mushrooms, and Flowers. Go here to recover after you are hurt
badly.
Top Secret Area: Quick Mario jumps
Note: The following trick requires a controller a auto-fire
feature. Get Yoshi and Super Mario. Go to a set of two blocks,
turn on the auto-fire, and hold the jump and dismount buttons.
Mario will jump up and down extremely fast.
Top Secret Area: Unlimited lives
Go to the Top Secret Area and get a Yoshi. Go back
and jump under the Yoshi block to get a 1-Up. Repeat this as many
times as desired.
Twin Bridges
Ever wondered where the other bridge is in the "Twin
Bridges" section? This area may look small but consists of
many levels. Vanilla Secret 2 and 3, Cheese Bridge area, Soda
Lake, Star Road, Cookie Mountain, Butter Bridge 1 and 2, Vanilla
Fortress (underwater), and the Castle (#4). To get to the ones
with Vanilla in their name, go into Vanilla Dome 1 with the red
switch pushed and you will find the key. Then, complete Vanilla
Secret 1 and go through the pipe. The Fortress is in the middle
of a waterfall and is completely underwater except for the Boss.
Once you have finished Vanilla Fortress another bridge appears,
showing Butter Bridge 1 and 2, Soda Lake, and the Star Road (can
be found in the Cheese Bridge area (see the "Get A Soda"
hint.)
Valley Of Bowser: Secret key
In the ghost house, hit the first P switch, and run
as fast as you can to the right until you reach the last door
(and a free extra life). Go in, but do not hit the P switch yet.
Carry it over the tempting coin pyramid, and jump into what appears
to be a dead-end (except the door that goes back to the beginning).
Hit the question mark box and create a staircase of coins by directing
them with the D-Pad. You do not have to hold it down --
they will keep going in the last given direction until they hit
a wall or coins. After you have made a staircase with them, hit
the P switch, and climb up quickly to find a secret key. It also
helps if you are small, but it is possible to get in there when
you are big -- just duck and jump.
On the first ghost house (not the secret one), get a feather and
run to the right. Then run back to the left where you began and
fly up. Run to the right to the secret key, and you will be taken
to the Top Secret Area.
Valley Of Bowser 2: Warp to Valley
Fortress
After the second room in the third room, run to the
right with a feather, when the ceiling goes away. Jump to the
left and you will never come down. Keep running to the left and
you will fall into a room with a keyhole. The secret takes you
to Valley Fortress (probably the hardest level in the game). After
that, you will be led to the back door (you skip the first part).
Valley Of Bowser 4
When you first start, you are getting a lift from a
train of bricks. After about the first five spikey cannonballs,
you will come across two bricks in the slight form of stairs near
to the lava. To avoid death, jump on the bottom brick, wait about
30 to 45 seconds, and a train of bricks will come to your rescue
and take you to safety.
Vanilla Dome 1: Fortress
You need Yohsi, or the Red Switch Palace. Eat the blue
shell with Yoshi, but first eat all of the other Koopas at the
bottom. Run with the shell in your mouth. You should have just
enough power to fly up on of the Red Switch Palace dotted lines.
Vanilla Dome 3. Unlimited Mushrooms
or Feathers
Go down the first gold pipe to enter an area of ice
and water. You will receive a Mushroom or Feather if you get past
the shell-creatures when you exit the pipe at the end. You will
appear from a green pipe. Next, go back and go down the gold pipe
again to receive another Mushroom or Feather. Repeat this as many
times as needed.
Vanilla Dome 3: Extra points
Go to near the end of Vanilla Dome #3, where you can
see the exit. Use a cape, fly up, and find the little :"chompers".
Jump over them and jump on the "P". A small staircase
of "?"s going down will appear, and the finish bar will
be at the bottom. Jump over and hit the bar when it is up and
get a high score.
Vanilla Secret 2: Extra lives
Start the level with a Cape. Do not kill any of the
numerous enemies. Instead, immediately fly up. You will land on
some clouds. Fly over everyone. Go to the "P" the go
to the beginning of the level. Again, do not kill anyone. Now,
step on the P. Everyone will be silver coins. Collect them, and
by the end of the level, you will have about 50 lives. Keep on
doing this to get 99 lives.
Go past the checkpoint and go to the part where the red enemies
with spikes in their back are located. Hit the second yellow block
above them to reveal the silver "P". Collect it, then
go back to the beginning where the turtles are, while still having
the silver "P" in your hand. Release it and collect
all the rings where that the turtle used to be at. If done correctly,
you should have between 48 and 54 extra lives. Repeat the process
to gain the maximum number of lives.
Yoshi's Island 1: Hidden platform
About mid-way through the level, fly high into the
air to discover a platform with a moon on it.
Yoshi's Island 1: 3-Up
With a cape, break the midway tape and kill all the
Rexes. Run back to the pipe before the midway tape, and run right.
Jump and begin flying when you get to the ledges with the Yoshi
Coin on top. Stay as high as you can, and you will reach a ledge
of clouds. On top of the ledge will be a 3-Up.
Yoshi's Island 3: Mushrooms
Get Blue Yoshi and Feathered Mario. Go to Yoshi Island
3 and in the first stage, get to the halfway pole. Get a turtle
shell in your mouth to let you fly, and go where the "!"
blocks are located. Just to the right slightly, fly right underneath
them, bouncing Yoshi's head against them to get a hoard of big-powered
mushrooms.
Star Warp 4
To get to the fourth Star Road warp point, go into
the Fortress just outside the Haunted Forest (after Forest Secret
Area). Get a Cape, then proceed towards the end of the stage.
Jump over the stone walkway that leads to the first Reznor, and
you will see a giant lava pit. Get some momentum, go into a flying
run, but hold [A] (spin jump) instead. Doing this will cause
you to spin jump off the lava balls, and you will make it to the
other side without any problems. Then, defeat the Reznor.
Get to Bowser's Castle quickly
Get to the Star Road entrance on the second island.
When on each level of Star Road, complete it by the using the
key. There is a key on each level; you just need to find it and
its keyhole. Then on the last stage, you can complete it normally.
Follow that path and the next stage will be Bowser's Castle.
Red spaces
Donut Plains 1: Kill the four super Koopas near the end, run on
the top, and fly up with or without Yoshi.
Donut Secret 1: With Yoshi, hit the P switch and eat the green
fish. Go to the key.
Donut Secret House: On the last room hit the P switch, you will
notice three "?" blocks. Go on the second block and
hit it. Climb up the vine and run right to a blue door.
Donut Plains 2: Go until you see a rectangle block moving upwards
and a pipe up. Go in the pipe and either fly up to the key, get
the shell and hit the fourth block. With Yoshi, eat the shell
and fly up with your wings.
Star Road 1: Go to the extreme right and break the blocks to the
right to reach the key.
Star Road 2: Go through the level and go under the tube instead
of going into it.
Star Road 3: Kill Lakuti with a blue block and get in his cloud
to go up.
Star Road 4: Get to the part where there is a green shell, a Koopa
without his shell, and some grey blocks. Get the green and red
switches and go under the blocks.
Star Road 5: After Yellow Yoshi and there is a Koopa with two
Spinies. Eat the Koopa and have Yoshi wing up, or fly up.
Donut Ghost House: With a cape, go to the first hole and run left
to fly.
Vanilla Secret 1: When there is a trampoline and a group of Koopas,
with a cape go down and run to jump.
Vanilla Dome 2: Jump out of the water to the right, then left.
Carry the switch, get the coins, hit it, and go down.
Cheese Bridge Area: Have Yoshi and jump under the win. Jump off
Yoshi when you are past it. Continue on as if the goal was not
even there.
Forest of Illusion 1: Get the P and go left.
Forest Ghost House: When you are on top of the first room do not
go in the first door.
Forest of Illusion 2: When you see a Yellow Mushroom Palace go
left through the wall.
Forest of lIlusion 3: Go in one of the green pipes.
Chocolate Island 2: Complete the level in less than 50 seconds
Valley Ghost house: Go left in the second room and fly up until
you see a key and keyhole. Hold [Down/Right], and when you
duck, start jumping right.
Valley of Bowser 4: Eat the key with Yoshi.
See different costumes
When you have an invincibility star, you obviously
flash different colors. But, when you pause game play, you can
see the different costumes, including Luigi's.
Torpedo Mario/Luigi
Once Mario or Luigi has a cape and is in mid-air, press
[Back] to create a parachute. If you keep pressing [Back]
you will go a little higher each time. Then, press [Down]
and either [Y] or [B] to drop straight down and act
like a torpedo. Any enemies near you should be flipped on their
backs. To return to the original airborne state, press [Back]
again. Note: This process can be repeated as many times as needed.
Easy save
Since the game automatically saves the game each time
a castle is completed, just finish an easy ghost house to save
the game as needed.
Easy level completion
On Star Road. get a Blue Yoshi. Go to any outdoor level
and eat a Koopa. Fly towards the end of the level. Once you run
out of shell power, eat another Koopa and repeat until you complete
the level. Note: This only works on levels without a roof, such
as Yoshi island 1. This is very useful in water levels.
Extra points
Get a fire flower and a feather. Move away from your
enemies and keep pressing [Select]. Get the flower and then
the feather. You will get 1000 extra points each time you get
the feather.
Steal a cape from a flying turtle
without shell
In some Worlds, there are turtles that fly with a flashing
cape. Jump on one. The turtle should die and the flashing cape
will turn into a Feather. Note: The turtle's cape has to be flashing
red, yellow, and orange very fast.
Change direction while flying
Have Mario run and jump while wearing a Cape. When
Mario gets to a certain point, he will begin to descend. You must
still be pressing [Y], but may release [B]. Pressing
[Back] will help him stay aloft. If you want him to change
directions, hold [Back] and immediately press [X] (and
keep holding [Y]). Stop [Back] as soon as Mario changes
direction. Then, you can press [Back] to keep aloft (it is
a different direction than before). If done correctly, Mario will
switch directions and go very quickly. However, sometimes he will
keep going the same direction, and move very slowly. The more
you practice the timing, the more times Mario will switch. This
is a very difficult maneuver. Try using Donut Plains 1 down the
second pipe for a large practice arena.
Glitch: Jump up repeatedly
When you are in the dungeon levels and have a column
of bricks going up with a space to the left, walk forward until
there is little space left. You can jump up and will not come
back down. Keep going up all the way to the top.
Glitch: Maintaining flight with a turtle
shell
You must be an experienced flyer to do this trick.
First, get a Feather to turn into Cape Mario. Choose a good level
where you have plenty of room to fly. Find an empty turtle shell.
Hold [Y] to pick up the turtle shell. While holding [Y],
run in one direction until you are ready to fly. Fly into the
air by holding [B], and keep holding the shell . Try to fly
as high as you can. Just before you reach maximum height, quickly
release [Y] while holding [Up]. This will kick the shell
up into the air. Immediately after you do this, simultaneously
release [B] and hold [Y] then turn in the opposite direction.
Press [Back] to extend your cape and you should now be flying
in the opposite direction. If timed correctly, you will catch
the turtle shell that you kicked up in mid-flight, and you will
be flying with a turtle shell. The controls are the exactly same
for flying without a turtle shell, however Mario will appear differently.
He will not be holding out his cape, but instead will look as
if he were just holding a turtle shell. Push [Back] every
once in a while to keep flying. This trick must be done very quickly,
and requires a bit of practice.
Glitch: Waste a Special Key
Get Yoshi to eat the key, then spit it back out so
it is next to the keyhole. Jump over the key and the keyhole,
so you are on the opposite side of the keyhole from the key. Get
Yoshi to eat the key again from across the keyhole. The key will
be dragged into the keyhole. The hole will open and close without
taking Mario and Yoshi inside.
Glitch: More coins
Get Yoshi to dash at a berry. When you are very close
to it, eat it when you dash into it. You will hear the coin sound
twice, but you only ate one berry. You will get two coins per
berry this way.
Glitch: Double prizes
Get two holdable items (except for shells) and throw
it so it is exactly in back/front of the other item. Dash at it
and you will notice you are holding both. Clear the course to
get double items.
Glitch: Three player game
Go to an empty file, select a one player game, reset
the SNES, then go to the same file that now says "0".
Complete Yoshi's Island 1. Make it so you have a Flower in Luigi's
reserve box and a Flower Suit. Die by falling into a hole so Luigi
is now small and there is a Flower in the reserve box. Die with
Mario and do not do anything to him or go to Yoshi's Island 1.
Press [Start], [Select], then with Luigi, get Yoshi
and press [Select]. Eat the Flower that falls, then complete
the level. You will notice that Luigi goes to Yoshi's Island 3
and Yoshi stays at Yoshi's Island 2. There are now three players,
Mario, Luigi, and Plain Yoshi.
Glitch: Luigi in Mario's clothes
Get an invincibility star and pause game play as Luigi.
He will either be wearing his own clothes, Fire Flower Luigi clothes,
Fire Flower Mario's clothes or Mario's clothes.
Glitch: Luigi referred to as Mario
Complete any castle as Luigi. When the castle destroying
sequence plays, the message at the bottom will mention Mario instead
of Luigi.
Glitch: Fire Cape
Eat a Cape and a Flower at the same time with Yoshi
and you will have a Cape and a Fire Suit.
Glitch: Small Mario with a Flower or Cape
Get a Feather or Fire Flower at the same time Super
Mario gets injured.
Glitch: Red star
Go near a yellow invincibility star, pause game play,
then see the different colors it changes.
Glitch: Die in Larry's Castle
In Larry's Castle, go the end of the first room. If
you get there before the moving thing does and drop down the secret
hole very fast, you will die.
Glitch: Ludwig's castle sound
Go to the room where a falling ceiling with spike is
located. Go to the end of the room when the ceiling is on the
floor. It will make a sound. Pause game play then resume, You
will hear the same sound. Also, spin jump and it will make make
the same sound, instead of the normal spin jump sound.
Glitch: Switch Forest Of Illusion 2 and
3
Complete the Forest Of Illusion 2 level with Mario
the normal way, then complete Forest Of Illusion 3 with Luigi
the secret way. Then, go back to Forest Of Illusion 2 and complete
it with Mario the secret way. Complete Forest Of Illusion 3 with
Luigi the normal way, then reset the game without saving it. Go
to the same file, and Forest Of Illusion 2 will have no water
-- sometimes you will get stuck, then Forest Of Illusion 3 will
have water, and is "easier".
Glitch: Switch stuck in Yellow Switch Palace
Complete Yoshi's Island 1 then go north to Yellow Switch
Place. Once inside, pick up the "P" switch (it is blue
with a white P on it). Do not put it down. Keep it in your hands
and go through the pipe without releasing [Y]. Then, face
the pipe where you just entered. Release [Y] repeatedly.
Soon, the switch will be stuck inside the pipe. You will see it
shaking on the pipe.
Glitch: Infinite spinning shell
Go to the Donut Cave level (the second level after
you finish Yoshi's Island). Pick up a shell (by walking into one
while pressing [B]) and throw it just before one of those
things go down to crush you. The shell should get stuck and keep
on spinning in that yellow stuff.
Glitch: Faster music
Be on a Yoshi in the special level Funky. When the
timer goes to 100, eat a Green Berry. When returns to 100, the
music will be faster.