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Super Mario 64 DS - Strategy Guide (Page 09)

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Face the direction that the carpet that you are on is going. When it 
reaches the end of the rainbow, jump onto the carpet that is to the right. 
Ride the carpet as it goes along the rainbow. It will come to a large 
platform that the carpet will go through. When you reach the platform, jump 
over it, and then jump back onto the carpet.

Ride the carpet around the rainbow for a while. Soon the rainbow will take 
the carpet inside a large house. As soon as you are in the house, get off 
of the carpet. There is a ? box in the house. Break open the ? box, and 
take the power flower that is inside it. Since you are Mario, you will 
start to float.

Quickly float to the middle of the house, and then float straight up. There 
is a hole in the middle of the roof, so float up through the hole. When you 
are through the hole, float over one of the flat parts of the roof, and 
land. The power star is on the roof, all you need to do is to run over and 
take it.

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Star 3: Coins Amassed in a Maze
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Recommended Character: Luigi

As soon as you start the level, turn around. There will be a pole there, a 
good distance from the platform that you are on. Run, and do a long jump 
over to the pole. When you reach the pole, climb all the way up to the top 
of it. After that, jump onto the platform that is there.

Run across the platform until you reach the group of spinning, circular 
platforms. Jump onto the first spinning platform. As you go across the 
platform, go to the left. Jump to the platform that is to the left of the 
one you are on. Run across that platform, and on one side of it you will 
find a solid platform. Jump onto the solid platform. There will be another 
narrow platform next to the solid platform. Jump onto that platform, and 
then jump down from it.

You will land on a large platform. There is a large structure on one side 
of the large platform. There are several smaller platforms inside the large 
structure. Do a backward somersault in order to get onto the lower of these 
smaller platforms. You have now entered the maze. Go about the maze, 
searching for eight red coins. All eight red coins are in the maze. When 
you have them all, jump onto the main platform that holds the structure. 
The power star will be on it. Have fun!

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Star 4: Swingin' in the Breeze
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Recommended Character: Luigi

As soon as you start the level, turn around. There will be a pole there, a 
good distance from the platform that you are on. Run, and do a long jump 
over to the pole. Slide down the pole, onto the platform that it is on. The 
platform that you will be on is the highest in a chain of platforms. Run 
down the rest of the platforms that are there, going until you reach the 
large, tilting platform.

On one end of the tilting platform there is another platform; on the other 
end there is empty air. Run over to the side that is closest to empty air, 
and stand on it for a few seconds. Then, run across the tilting platform 
and jump onto the platform that is next to it.

Run across that platform, and you will come to another platform. The other 
platform swings back and forth. Wait until the swinging platform is close 
to you, and then jump on it. Ride the swinging platform as it swing to the 
other side. Then, jump onto the platform that it swings next to.

Walk across that platform. At the end of that platform, there will be a 
small gap. Three donut platforms are after the small gap. Jump onto the 
donut platforms, and then run across them. When you reach the end of the 
donut platforms, jump onto the tilting platform that is after them.

Wait on the tilting platform for a second, and then run to the other side 
of it. It is right next to another set of donut platforms. Jump onto the 
first donut platform. As soon as you land on it, do a backward somersault 
up to the next set of donut platforms.

Turn around when you land on the set of higher donut platforms, and run to 
the end of them. There will be a small gap, and after the gap there is a 
solid platform. A fire emitter shoots fire at the gap. Wait until it stops 
shooting fire, and then jump across the gap (a long jump is best).

When you land on the solid platform, go to the other end of it. Jump across 
the gap that is there, onto the next set of donut platforms. Run across the 
donut platforms, and jump to the moving platform that is after them (do a 
regular jump or a long jump depending on how far away the moving platform 
is. Ride the moving platform to the platform with a Goomba on it, and then 
jump onto that platform.

When you are there, there will be two routes for you to go. You can either 
continue across the platform, or you can jump up the slope that is next to 
the platform. For this power star, you need to jump up the slope. There are 
three flat blocks sticking out of the slope, jump up them in order to get 
up the slope.

As soon as you get onto the platform at the top of the slope, turn left and 
go to the end of the platform. It is next to a platform that swings back 
and forth. Wait until the swinging platform is next to the platform that 
you are on, and then jump onto it. Ride the swinging platform across the 
sky. When it comes to another platform, jump onto that platform. As soon as 
you reach the platform after the swinging platform, run across it. You will 
find the power star that will allow you to beat this level.

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Star 5: Tricky Triangles!
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Recommended Character: Yoshi

As soon as you start the level, turn around. There will be a pole there, a 
good distance from the platform that you are on. Run, and do a long jump 
over to the pole. Slide down the pole, onto the platform that it is on. The 
platform that you will be on is the highest in a chain of platforms. Run 
down the rest of the platforms that are there, going until you reach the 
large, tilting platform.

On one end of the tilting platform there is another platform; on the other 
end there is empty air. Run over to the side that is closest to empty air, 
and stand on it for a few seconds. Then, run across the tilting platform 
and jump onto the platform that is next to it.

Run across that platform, and you will come to another platform. The other 
platform swings back and forth. Wait until the swinging platform is close 
to you, and then jump on it. Ride the swinging platform as it swing to the 
other side. Then, jump onto the platform that it swings next to.

Walk across that platform. At the end of that platform, there will be a 
small gap. Three donut platforms are after the small gap. Jump onto the 
donut platforms, and then run across them. When you reach the end of the 
donut platforms, jump onto the tilting platform that is after them.

Wait on the tilting platform for a second, and then run to the other side 
of it. It is right next to another set of donut platforms. Jump onto the 
first donut platform. As soon as you land on it, do a backward somersault 
up to the next set of donut platforms.

Turn around when you land on the set of higher donut platforms, and run to 
the end of them. There will be a small gap, and after the gap there is a 
solid platform. A fire emitter shoots fire at the gap. Wait until it stops 
shooting fire, and then jump across the gap (a long jump is best).

When you land on the solid platform, go to the other end of it. Jump across 
the gap that is there, onto the next set of donut platforms. Run across the 
donut platforms, and jump to the moving platform that is after them (do a 
regular jump or a long jump depending on how far away the moving platform 
is. Ride the moving platform to the platform with a Goomba on it, and then 
jump onto that platform.

When you are there, there will be two routes for you to go. You can either 
continue across the platform, or you can jump up the slope that is next to 
the platform. For this power star, you need to continue across the 
platform. When you reach the end of the platform, jump to the donut 
platforms that are after it.

Run across those donut platforms, and then run up the slope that is after 
them. Run over the slope, onto the next set of donut platforms. Since you 
will probably start sliding when you go down the slope, you need to slow 
yourself down so that you do not slide off of the level. When you are 
almost to the bottom of the slope, quickly jump and pound the ground to 
keep from sliding.

After that, run across that set of donut platforms, and jump onto the next 
group of donut platforms. At the end of that group of donut platforms, 
there is a gap followed by a solid platform. The only problem is, there is 
a fire emitter shooting fire at the gap. Wait until the fire emitter stops 
shooting fire, and then jump across the gap.

At the end of the solid platform, there is a ! switch followed by several 
triangles. When you step on the switch, all of the triangles will turn 
upside-down. They will make platforms that you can jump on. Jump across the 
triangles. You only have a limited amount of time, so make sure that you go 
quickly. At the end of the triangles there is a solid platform with a star 
on it. Take the star to finish the level.

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Star 6: Somewhere over the Rainbow
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Recommended Character: Mario

In order to open up the cannon for this level, you need to start out as 
Mario. As soon as you start the level, turn around. There will be a pole 
there, a good distance from the platform that you are on. Run, and do a 
long jump over to the pole. When you reach the pole, climb all the way up 
to the top of it. After that, jump onto the platform that is there.

Run across the platform until you reach the group of spinning, circular 
platforms. Jump onto the first spinning platform. As you go across the 
platform, go to the left. Jump to the platform that is to the left of the 
one you are on. Run across that platform, and on one side of it you will 
find a solid platform. Jump onto the solid platform. There will be another 
narrow platform next to the solid platform. Jump onto that platform, and 
then jump down from it.

You will land on a large platform. There is a large structure on one side 
of the large platform. Run to the other side of the platform, where the 
blue coin switch is. Since this is not the one hundred coin star, you do 
not need to press the blue coin switch yet. Just after the blue coin 
switch, you will find two tall walls. The walls go high up.

Since you are Mario, there is an easy way to get to the top of these walls. 
In order to get to the top of the walls, simply do wall kicks up them. When 
you are at the top, run across the platform that is there. Soon you will 
see a Bob-omb Buddy. Talk to him and he will open the cannon.

After you have talked to him, run the rest of the way across the platform. 
There is a yellow platform at the end of it. Step on the yellow platform, 
and it will take you down. When it is as low as it will go, do a long jump 
over to the nearest spinning platform.

When you land on it, go to the left and jump to the spinning platform that 
is there. Then, run across that spinning platform and jump onto the solid 
platform that is at the end of it. There is a floating carpet at the end of 
the solid platform

Go to the end of the platform, and jump onto the floating carpet. The 
carpet will begin to move along the rainbow path that is in front of it. 
Ride the floating carpet as it goes along the rainbow. Occasionally it will 
go under platforms. This is no reason for concern; all you have to do is 
jump over the platforms, and back onto the carpet when it comes out from 
under the platform.

Eventually, the floating carpet will reach the end of the rainbow. At the 
end of the rainbow, there will be two other carpets that you can jump onto. 
Since they are on opposite sides of each other, listen carefully so that 
you jump onto the correct carpet.

Face the direction that the carpet that you are on is going. When it 
reaches the end of the rainbow, jump onto the carpet that is to the left. 
You will then be on the correct carpet. Ride that carpet as it goes along.

Soon it will start circling around a circular platform with two smaller 
platforms sticking out of it. Continue to ride the carpet, but make sure 
that you jump over the platforms sticking out of the main platform. If you 
do not jump over them, they will knock you off of the carpet. Ride the 
carpet as it circles the circular platform several times. After a while, it 
will stop going around the circular platform and will once again go 
straight.

When it goes under more platforms, jump over that platforms and back onto 
the carpet. Soon it will come to a set of donut platforms (that's just what 
they are called; they don't look like donuts). The donut platforms fall 
when you step on them. Jump onto the donut platforms, and then do a 
continuous jump up to the platform above the donut platforms.

Once you are on that solid platform, you will be even with the Rainbow 
Cruiser. There is a bridge, leading from the platform to the cruiser. Go 
across the bridge, onto the cruiser. As soon as you step on the cruiser, 
strong winds will blow you to the back of the cruiser. Go to the very back 
of the cruiser, and you will find the cannon. Jump into the cannon.

Inside the cannon, start by looking at the platform in the distance. There 
is a pole sticking out of it. Move the cannon so that the middle of the top 
and bottom crosshairs are lined up with the pole. Then, move the cannon up 
so that the crosshair is inside the circular rainbow. Aim inside the 
rainbow, but make sure that your crosshair is in the top half of the 
rainbow. When you have done all that, shoot out of the cannon.

You will fly through the air, and you will grab onto the pole. Slide down 
the pole, onto the platform. There is a ! box on the platform. As you go to 
the ! box, make sure that you are not grabbed by the purple enemy that is 
on the platform. Break open the ! box, and you will find the power star 
inside of it.

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Star 7: Switch Star of the Manor
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Recommended Character: Mario

This level requires the ability to float. For this reason, you should start 
the level out as Mario. As soon as you start the level, turn around. There 
will be a pole there, a good distance from the platform that you are on. 
Run, and do a long jump over to the pole.

When you reach the pole, climb all the way up to the top of it. After that, 
jump onto the platform that is there. Run across the platform until you 
reach the group of spinning, circular platforms. Jump onto the first 
spinning platform, and run straight across it. At the end of the first 
spinning platform, do a long jump over to the over straight across from it. 
Run across that spinning platform, and jump onto the solid platform that is 
after it. There is a floating carpet at the end of the solid platform

Go to the end of the platform, and jump onto the floating carpet. The 
carpet will begin to move along the rainbow path that is in front of it. 
Ride the floating carpet as it goes along the rainbow. Occasionally it will 
go under platforms. This is no reason for concern; all you have to do is 
jump over the platforms, and back onto the carpet when it comes out from 
under the platform.

Eventually, the floating carpet will reach the end of the rainbow. At the 
end of the rainbow, there will be two other carpets that you can jump onto. 
Since they are on opposite sides of each other, listen carefully so that 
you jump onto the correct carpet.

Face the direction that the carpet that you are on is going. When it 
reaches the end of the rainbow, jump onto the carpet that is to the right. 
Ride the carpet as it goes along the rainbow. It will come to a large 
platform that the carpet will go through. When you reach the platform, jump 
over it, and then jump back onto the carpet.

Ride the carpet around the rainbow for a while. Soon the rainbow will take 
the carpet inside a large house. As soon as you are in the house, get off 
of the carpet. On one side of the house, there is a set of stairs leading 
outside. Go up the stairs, and head outside.

You will find yourself on a small platform sticking out of the house. A 
platform made of wooden planks is right next to it, a short ways down. Walk 
off the platform sticking out of the house, and onto the wooden plank 
platform. Then, run across all of the wooden planks until you reach the 
star switch.

As soon as you reach it, step on the star switch. Then, run all the way 
back into the house.  There is a ? box in the house. Break open the ? box, 
and take the power flower that is inside it. Since you are Mario, you will 
start to float. Quickly float to the middle of the house, and then float 
straight up. There is a hole in the middle of the roof, so float up through 
the hole. When you are through the hole, float over to the glass enclosure 
with the power star in it. Crash into the glass enclosure, and you will 
receive the power star that it holds.

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100 Coin Power Star
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Recommended Character: Mario

To get this power star, you need to collect one hundred coins. Here are the 
locations of many of the coins in the level.

On the first circular platform that you encounter if you go on the first 
carpet, there are eight red coins.

If you jump backward to the pole when you begin the level, you will find 
that the pole is on long platform. There are five yellow coins on that 
platform.

If you go the route that takes you to the power star for Swingin' in the 
Breeze, you will encounter a large, swinging platform. There are five coins 
in a vertical live above that platform.

Right before you reach the tricky triangles, you will encounter on slope. 
There are donut platforms on either side of the slope. You will find five 
yellow coins on the slope.

If you take the route that leads to the power star for Swingin' in the 
Breeze, you will encounter two swinging platforms on your journey. There 
are five yellow coins on the platform just before the second swing.

If you collect all eight red coins in the maze, they will give you the 
equivalent of sixteen yellow coins.

Next to the large maze, you will find a blue coin switch. When you pound 
the switch, six blue coins will appear. In order to get five of the blue 
coins, you will have to do wall kicks as Mario.

On two of the four spinning platforms in the center of the level, there are 
groups of eight yellow coins.

The Lakitu, which flies around the four spinning platforms in the center of 
the level, will produce five yellow coins if you defeat him.

There are five yellow coins inside the big house.

If you go on the carpet that leads to the big house, you can get five 
yellow coins. Ride the carpet as it goes through the house. When it is 
outside of the house again, continue to ride it as it goes under a few 
platforms. On one of these platforms you will find five yellow coins.

There are eight yellow coins on the Rainbow Cruiser.

The Bob-omb and the Goomba, which are on the cruiser, will give you one 
yellow coin each if you defeat them.

The Lakitu that flies around the cruiser will produce five yellow coins if 
you defeat him.

There is well over one hundred coins in the locations listed above. If you 
collect most of the coins that are listed, you will be able to get one 
hundred coins and the power star.

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8. Castle Secret Stars
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Secret Star 1: The Princess's Secret Slide
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Recommended Character: Yoshi

In order to get your first secret star, head into the castle. Go up the 
stairs and head right, towards the small door. Enter the door (you need 1 
power star to do this), and you will find yourself in room several doors in 
it. In the room there will be two pictures of Princess Peach. Go to the 
center of the room, and then turn right and jump into the picture. You will 
enter one of the secret areas in the castle, in which a large slide is 
housed. Go onto the slide and ride it all the way to the bottom, using left 
and right to steer. Be careful not to fall off. When you get to the end, 
open up the yellow box on the platform. Inside will be the power star.

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Secret Star 2: The Princess's Secret Slide Revisited
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Recommended Character: Yoshi

Head into the same area where you got secret star one. Instead of merely 
completing the slide, you have to complete it in 21 seconds. There are 
three ways to do this.

(1) Go down the slide as quick as you can, always pressing forward, never 
hitting a wall, and never slowing down. It is a small challenge to do it 
this way, but with some practice it can be easily done. 

(2) After you get past the enclosed portion of the slide, jump off of it to 
your right as Yoshi. Do your flutter kick and keep heading to the right. If 
done at the right time and place, you will land on the top of the area 
where you collect the power star. Perform several long jumps, and make you 
way across the area, back to the track. Jump back onto the track and ride 
it the short way down to the end of the track. You should easily complete 
the slide in good time.

(3) Ride down the slide, looking at the lower screen to see where it makes 
a loop. When you at the place where slide goes over itself, jump off the 
edge of the slide and pound the ground. You will land on another part of 
the slide. Keep going until you reach the end of the slide. This little 
shortcut will save you some time, allowing you to collect the power star.

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Secret Star 3: Sunshine Isles
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Recommended Character: None

Once you have one power star, you can acquire this secret star. In order to 
get this secret star, head to the Rec. Room, which is after the character 
room. In the Rec. Room, you will find a picture of several islands. Jump 
into the picture to enter that world.

To get the single power star that is in the island world, all you need to 
do is to collect all five silver stars. Go around the level, using the map 
to help you find the silver stars. There is one silver star above a palm 
tree, another one is in the talons of the bird, another on is on a lone 
island, another one is on top of the main island, and the final silver star 
is in a cave at the bottom of the main island. Once you have all five 
silver stars, the power star will appear in the glass enclosure on one of 
the islands. Break the glass and you will receive the power star.

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Secret Star 4: The Secret Aquarium
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Recommended Character: None

Go into the same room where the picture that grants you access to Jolly 
Roger Bay is. Go up to the picture. Instead of jumping in it, turn around 
and face the opposite wall. On either side of the back wall is a small hole 
in the wall that can be accessed by performing a double jump. Enter the 
hole on the left, and it will take you to yet another secret area. This 
time you will be enclosed in a tank full of water. Swim around and collect 
all eight red coins, gathering yellow coins if you need them for air. Once 
you have collected all eight red coins a power star will appear in the 
center on the floor of the tank. Retrieve it and you will be released from 
your temporary imprisonment, not to mention you will have another power 
star to your name.

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Secret Star 5: Goomboss Battle 8 Red Coins
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Recommended Character: Yoshi

This secret star is in the Goomboss battle level. In order to get to the 
Goomboss battle level, start off by heading into the castle. Head up the 
first flight of stairs, then turn left and head to the door with a one on 
it. Go into it. Head straight across the carpet, and go through the center 
door. Now you will be in the rec. room. Turn right and head to the right 
wall of the room, and then turn left and go into the door with an eight on 
it. Inside that room you will see a picture of Mario. Jump into the picture 
to enter this level.

Inside the level, you have the daunting task of collecting every single red 
coin in the level. Start by sliding down the first log you are on. Keep 
going along the platform you land on, following it as it turns slightly to 
the left. Jump onto the square platform, and from there jump onto the next 
large platform. Defeat the Goomba if he gets in your way.

After that, keep heading straight, jumping onto the first log as soon as it 
comes above the murky water. Go to the edge of that log, and jump onto the 
next log when it starts to come out of the water. Do the same thing for the 
third log. Once you are on the third log, jump on the solid platform in 
front of you.

Now that you are on solid ground, turn left. There will be a single 
platform, moving forward and backward, out in the middle of emptiness. When 
the platform comes near, jump on it. Wait while it take you to the midpoint 
between a log and the platform you were. At this point it will meet up with 
another moving platform. Jump over to the other moving platform. Ride it to 
the log, and then jump onto the log. On the log is a large block that only 
Wario can destroy. If you are not Wario, defeat the Goomba that is also on 
the log, and take the Wario cap that he has on. As Wario, break the block 
and take your first red coin.

Next, make your way back across the moving platforms. Safely back on normal 
ground, go straight, taking the first right you come to. There will he a 
wire net, spanning a large gap. Jump up to the wire net, and hang on to it. 
Make your way to the middle of the net, where a red coin will be. Once you 
have taken the red coin, you are free to turn around and head back to where 
you first got on the wire net.

With two red coins in your possession, go straight, heading towards the log 
that is sticking out of the water. You will come to a Piranha Plant; merely 
defeat it and jump onto the log. Jump onto the pole on the log. Ignoring 
the Lakitu, quickly climb up to the top of the pole. Once you are there, 
jump off, onto the circular platform. Extending out of the circular 
platform is a large branch. Walk around the platform until you see the 
branch. Walk onto the branch, all the way out until you reach the red coin. 
When you have the red coin that was on the branch, head back to the pole, 
and slide down it to the log.

On one side of the log is a narrow walkway. Jump to the narrow walkway, and 
make your way across it. Destroy or jump over any boxes you encounter. When 
the path splits into two ways, take the left route. It will make one last 
turn, and then it will become a dead end. Just past the walkway is a log, 
going up and down. When it is near the ground, jump onto it. Ride it to the 
top. When it is as high as it will go, jump up to get the red coin (you may 
want to do a backward somersault).

Wait until the log goes back down to the ground, and then jump back onto 
the walkway. Follow the walkway, going straight when the road offers you 
two ways to go. Soon you will come to a semi-long and wide section of the 
walkway. It will be parallel to one of the main platforms. Jump onto the 
main platform. Turn to face both the Piranha Plant, and the logs that move 
up and down. Defeat the Piranha Plant, and then jump onto the first log. 
When the next log is low enough for you to safely jump on it, jump on it. 
Keep doing this until you are on the log right next to the final log. A 
Piranha Plant is sleeping on the final log, next to a red coin. Carefully 
jump onto the log, next to the Piranha Plant. Quickly defeat the Piranha 
Plant before it can wake up. With the log free of enemies, take the red 
coin.

Once you have done that, make your way back down the many logs until you 
are once again back on a normal platform. If the Piranha Plant has grown 
back, do not hesitate to destroy it. Facing away from the logs you were 
just on, turn to the left. You will see a large platform. Jump over to the 
platform (a long jump is safest). The platform is shaped like a large box, 
and there is a smaller platform in the middle of it. Jump onto the middle 
platform. There is a red coin just above it. Jump up to take the coin, and 
then jump back onto the box-shaped platform.

For the next red coin, you will need to be Mario. If you are not Mario, you 
will need to get his cap. There should be a Goomba on the box-shaped 
platform. He will most likely be wearing Mario's cap. (If he is not, you 
will need to look search for Mario's cap. If it is not there it is probably 
on the extremely large log. Just jump onto the log next to the platform you 
are on, and then go straight onto the next platform. The large log is right 
next to that platform.) Defeat the Goomba, and take Mario's hat.

As Mario, you are now ready to retrieve the next red coin. Next to the box-
shaped platform are several other platforms, suspended in the air. They are 
turned so that they are the shape of a diamond. Jump across the three 
platforms until you come to the platform with the ? box on it. Facing away 
from the diamond-shaped platforms, turn to the right. Still facing right, 
jump up and break open the ? box. Take the power flower that comes out. 
Once you have the power star, float straight ahead and up, to the top of 
the large log. Float fast, as you barely have enough time to make it to the 
top. The red coin is at the very top.

With seven red coins in your control, you only need one more to make the 
power star appear. Turn to the right, and jump down to the ground (just to 
make sure you fall in the right direction, look at the map and see that you 
are falling towards the area, not out into the abyss). There will be a 
Luigi cap on a Goomba. Defeat the Goomba, and take the cap. When you have 
the cap on, jump down from the log, onto the platform. Follow the platform 
as it turns to the right. As soon as you are at the end of the platform, 
jump onto the log. Go straight across the log, and jump onto the next 
platform. You should notice that you are once again on the box-shaped 
platform!

Once again, go up the diamond-shaped platforms. Go under the ? box, and 
open it to get the power flower inside of it. As Luigi, you will be 
invisible. Make your way back across the platforms, all the way to the base 
of the tree with last red coin you got on it. Go to around the middle of 
the tree, and then turn away from the tree. Crouch down, and do a backward 
somersault. If you positioned yourself correctly, you will land in a cut 
out portion of the tree. Go through the wire wall (you are invisible after 
all), and take your final red coin.

The power star will then appear. Head back to the box-shaped platform. 
Instead of turning to go up the diamond-shaped platforms, keep going 
straight. On the first log in front of you will be the power star. Do a 
long jump over to the log, and then get the power star on it.

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Secret Star 6: Goomboss Battle Switch Star
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Recommended Character: Mario

You need to be Mario to retrieve this power star, so it is advisable that 
you switch to him before entering the level. For this secret star, head 
into the Goomboss battle level. Once you are inside, slide down the log you 
start out on. Instead of following the path to the left, jump onto the 
square platform that is to the left. Once you are on it, jump to the small 
walkway next to the platform. Walk carefully along the walkway, going until 
you meet back up with the main path. Turn right onto the path. Follow the 
main path, and then take the first path off to the right. It will be 
narrow. Walk with it as it slants upward. 

At the top it will flatten out into a large area. There will be a Piranha 
Plant in the center. Defeat the Piranha Plant, and then jump across the set 
of four platforms. When you are past the platforms, you will end up on a 
walkway, high in the air. Go along the walkway, and turn into the first 
indention to your left. There will be a star switch there. Step on the 
switch, and then head out of the indentation and towards the end of the 
walkway.

At the end of the walkway, there will be a tall wall with several wire 
walls around it. Jump onto the tall wall, and then do a wall jump to the 
wire wall. Keep doing wall kicks from one wall to another. Soon you will be 
at the top, and you will land on a platform. The star is on the platform as 
well. Jump into the glass enclosure to break it and claim your next power 
star.

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Secret Star 7: Castle Courtyard 8 Red Coins
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Recommended Character: Mario

You can only acquire this power star for a short amount of time, so we 
recommend getting it as soon as you can become Mario. If you do not get it, 
just talk to one of the Toads that gives you a power star. They should give 
you this power star.

For this star, you should be Mario. When you enter the castle as Mario, 
head straight across the floor. Go slightly to either the left or right, 
and go into one of the plain, wooden doors. On the other side of the door, 
you will see a hallway with a ghost in it. Go into the hallway, and follow 
the ghost through the hallway.

At the other end of the hallway you will find a door. Go through the door, 
and you will enter the castle courtyard. There are many Boos in the 
courtyard, and several of them have red coins. Go around the courtyard, 
defeating the Boos and taking their red coins. To defeat the Boos, punch 
them while they are visible, or jump above them and pound them. Once you 
have collected all eight red coins from the Boos, a power star will appear 
on the side of the courtyard opposite the door you came from. Collect the 
power star.

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Secret Star 8: The Secret of Battle Fort
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Recommended Character: None

This is a fun challenge to do, but you need a character besides Yoshi do 
complete it. For this challenge, head into the courtyard. When you are 
there, head to the upper right corner of the courtyard. There will be 
several red brick blocks there. Punch the blocks to break them open. Under 
one of the blocks is a hole. When you find the hole, fall into it.

You will go  to Battle Fort. In order to get the power star that is held 
there, you need to collect all five silver stars. Start by running forward 
towards the pole. Jump over the wind-up enemy that is there, and jump onto 
the pole.

When you reach the pole, climb to the top of it. You will find a silver 
star above the wire path at the top of the pole. Jump off the pole and take 
the silver star. Then, jump down to the bast of the level, and pound the 
ground before you land so that you do not take damage. A Goomba is walking 
peacefully near the base of the pole. He is so calm, so you would not 
expect that he was a silver star thief. Run over to the Goomba and defeat 
it to take its silver star.

With two silver stars in your control, run over to the wall of the level. 
From there, run along the edge of the wall until you come to a corner with 
four brick blocks in it. Break open the brick block that is closest to the 
corner, and a silver star will appear.

With three silver stars in your control, run along the edge of the level. 
Destroy all of the Goombas that you encounter. One of the Goombas has a 
silver star, and it will appear when you defeat the Goomba.

After that, look at the map on the bottom screen to find which corner the 
last silver star is in. Run over to that corner, and break the brick block 
that is closest to the corner. When the block breaks, it will reveal the 
silver star that was inside of it. Take your fifth silver star, and the 
power star will appear inside of the glass enclosure. The glass enclosure 
is in one of the corners of the level, so run over to it and break it open. 
You will receive the power star, and you will exit the level.

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Secret Star 9: Bowser in the Dark World 8 Red Coins
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Recommended Character: Yoshi

When you have twelve power stars, you can attempt to collect the eight red 
coins in the Dark World. When you enter the castle, head up the center set 
of stairs, and go into the large star door to the left. Run straight 
through the hallway, until you fall down into the Dark World.

Inside the dark world, head straight until you come to the first fire 
emitter. As soon as it stops shooting fire, run onto the switch that is 
next to it. The switch will make block paths to two red coins. First, run 
straight across from the fire emitter to find the first red coin. Quickly 
get the red coin and head back to where you started the level, making sure 
that you are not burned by the fire emitter. Go to the very beginning of 
the level, and you will find a path made of three blocks, leading to the 
second red coin. Take the red coin, and get back onto solid ground before 
the blocks disappear.

With two red coins in your control, head all the way across the level, up 
to where the narrow, twisting path is (see next power star for more exact 
directions). The third red coin is beside the crystal that the second 
spherical enemy flying around. Take the coin, and keep on going.

When you get to the yellow platform that moves back and forth, jump onto it 
and over to the platform that is above it. When it starts to come out the 
other side, jump down, and take the red coin that is there. Then, before 
the yellow platform starts to go back the other way, jump onto the next 
platform.

There will be two moving platforms that go by the platform you will be on. 
Go onto the first one that passes you, and, if you are facing straight away 
from the yellow platform, go to the lower left corner of the platform. 
Stand there as it goes along its specified path, and you will get the red 
coin that is there.

With that red coin in your control, jump to the next set of moving 
platforms, and from there, jump onto the solid platform. Go straight to the 
end of the platform, and you will see a narrow walkway coming out to your 
right. Fall onto it, and follow it to the circular platform in the sky. The 
next red will be on the platform. Take your sixth red coin, and then head 
back to the platform that the walkway comes out of.

Jump onto the first tilting platform. Once you are on it, run to the other 
side of it and jump onto the higher tilting platform. Run across that 
platform, and at the end of it, jump on the platform that is high in the 
air.

On that platform, turn around and face away from Bowser's tube, which would 
be straight ahead. There are several other platforms in the air. Jump and 
flutter kick (or do long jumps if you are not Yoshi) from one platforms to 
another, until you reach the final platform. The red coin is on it. Next, 
jump back across the platforms until you are at the one you jumped on from 
the tilting platform.

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