The Story

Character Select

Luigi:

Mario:

Character Differences

Luigi World Select:

Mario World Select:

Luigi World 1:

Mario World 1:

Character Powers

* Mario *

Mario has a Fire Flower in his reservation:

Mario has pressed [SELECT] to use this item:

Note: The current item reserved will not appear on the map screen because a couple of items will be shown in this box instead. Items in this box on the map screen show that it will take effect in the next level.

Mario used a Kuribo's shoe to take effect in the next level:

* Ice Flower *

Rumor has it that Mario has developed a new technique: Ice Powers. He has supposedly found the rare Ice Flower and harnessed it's power to turn enemies into throwable ice blocks. It's a very rare flower and rather expensive, however, rumor has it that Mario has gotten interested in alchemy and is learning how to mix items to create a new one...

Mario using ice balls:

The ice balls at work:

Using the ice blocks:

* Mega Star *

This item gives Mario invincibility for an entire level.

* Luigi *

This is the current item equipped for Luigi:

This is the number of uses left for this item:

* Level Pass *

This item can be used to clear a level at any time. Just press select anywhere in a level and you will exit it, completing that level. However, this only works on normal levels, not Fortresses and Airships.

* Item Bag *

This item has unique powers. When equipped, pressing select will take your current power-up and take it away from you and store it into your item box. This can be used up to 5 times, making it easy to obtan rare items easily, however, it's very expensive!

* Star Equip *

This lets Luigi use a Starman at any time in a level, but it only has one use. This is very useful to get past those difficult areas.

* !-switch *

This lets Luigi use the !-switch at any time in a level. However, the !-switch abilities do not include changing enemies into coins, only changing switch blocks and bricks into coin.

* Savior Wings *

This wings will save Luigi if he happens to fall into a pit. If he touches the bottom of the screen, he'll be given the Raccon suit, thrown into the air and given a short amount of flying time to recover from the fall.

* POW Block *

With this item equipped, press [SELECT] to clear all the enemies on the screen. You only get two uses out of this item, however, it's stackable. Equipping 2 POW blocks gives you 4 uses. 3 gives you 6 and 4 gives you 8 (limit).

* Ice Blocks *

This item lets you generate an ice block out of thin air by holding [SELECT] and pressing . You only get 9 uses out of this item.

* Stop Watch *

With this item equipped, press [SELECT] to freeze all sprites on the screen for a small period of time. There's only one use for the stop watch, but this item is stackable. You can equip it multiple times for a greater effect. Equipping a stop watch twice will give you the effect twice as long. It can be equipped up to 8 times for 8 times the effect.

* Star Feather *

The Star Feather grants Luigi very unique abilities. It grants him the same powers as the Raccoon Suit, with many additional ones. First off, by holding , you can charge your P-Meter, even from a standing state. By holding [DOWN] then pressing and continuingly holding down , you will turn into Star Mode. Star mode makes Luigi invincible from all enemies. He can also destroy bricks and eye blocks by being over them from above, but not from the side or under. However, under Star mode, the timer runs down 4x quicker, so using it too much will shorten your length of time to complete the level, so beware! This item is very hard to find and very expensive to buy, however, Luigi has been seen taking alchemy classes and supposedly can mix items together somehow to reproduce the Star Feather effect...

Star Luigi at a standing position:

Star Luigi charging his P-Meter from a standing position:

Star Luigi flying:

Star Luigi in Star mode:

Breaking a brick from above (note, not seen because he is mid-blink animation due to time running out in this mode):

Breaking an eye block from above (note, not seen because he is mid-blink animation due to time running out in this mode):

Shell Kicking

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There are two new ways to kick shells.

* Upward Kick*

Holding [UP] before letting go of will send shell into the air. Be careful, you cannot catch an airborn kicked shell! The speed that the shell will move depends on the speed of the moving character.

* No Spin Kick*

Holding [DOWN] before letting go of will send a shell forward without a spin. A non-spinning shell will stop on the ground on. This is useful for carrying shells for long distances.

Goal Cards

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Goal cards will soon serve a new purpose, right now collecting three yields a coin bonus, but this will change soon. The effects of 3 leaves is unknown, so beware of glitches.

There's now a 4th goal card you can collect:

Mushroom

Flower

Star

Leaf

Your two current goal cards are shown in the lower right hand corner, the third is not shown at the bottom since your cards are cleared after three levels:

Fortresses and Keys

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Fortresses usually contain a Boom-Boom at the end of them. Defeating a Fortress level for the first time will cause the Boom-Boom to produce a key, which is to be used later in the world to get further into it.

Fighting a Boom-Boom:

Obtaining its key:

The key is in your item box now:

Using the key to unlock the path:

However, you can re-enter fortresses for replaying them, but defeating the same Boom-Boom another time will yield a generic ? ball:

Mushroom Shops

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Mushroom shops are placed in each world. Entering them lets you spend your hard earned coins to buy items. Different houses yield different items and prices. There are six chests in the shop. The farthest left chest contains the first item at the top of the list and continues to the right in the same fashion. If you don't have sufficient coins to buy an item, you will not be able to open its chest. If you decide not to buy anything, just simply leave through one of the doors to the left or right of the house.

!-switch Powers

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The !-switch now has new powers that extend beyond the orginal. Now a !-switch will deactivate/activate certain blocks, and in some levels, turn enemies into red coins. Red coins are worth 5 times the amount of regular coins.

Inactive and active blocks:

Activate the !-switch here:

Orange blocks are activated:

Blue blocks become deactivated:

Kuribo's Shoe

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Kuribo's shoe now has the ability to stand on lava.

Vines, Fences and Ladders

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Some fences can now be climbed on. Ladders in some levels may also be climbed on. A new feature added for climbing these and vines is the ability to jump from them.

Clinging to a fence:

Jumping from a fence:

Clinging to the fence above:

New Suits

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* Mouser Suit *

The Mouser Suit makes the wearer a bit speedier than normal. He can also generate exploding bombs by holding [UP] and pressing . You can also do a spin attack by holding [UP] before jumping.

* Panda Suit *

The Panda Suit lets the wearer defy gravity. Hold [UP] + [A] when you touch a ceiling to flip upside down and stick to it. Continue holding [A] to remain on the ceiling. Very useful to getting to some secrets or by-passing hard situations. You can do a spin attack by holding down [UP] before jumping.

* Boomerang Suit *

The Boomerang Suit makes it's wearer completely invulnerable to fire balls and lava (yes, you can walk on lava!). You can also throw boomerangs that can destroy many enemies.

Bonus Stage

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The bonus stages are indicated with a star on their level tile. The include bonus stage has you collect falling red coins for thirty seconds. If you fall down one of the gaps or if the time runs out, the stage ends and the prize appears at the bottom of the screen.

Collect these coins as they fall, number left to get the 1st prize shown in the status bar:

Don't down fall these gaps, else the stage ends:

Collection prize chart:

0-2 Coins : 4th prize

3-5 coins : 3rd prize

6-8 coins : 2nd prize

9 + coins : 1st prize

The 3rd and 2nd prizes differ between Mario and Luigi.

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And now, the downloads!
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KNOWN BUGS: Palette issues with Mario/Luigi when going into/leaving a level at times. The game over screen isn't complete, thus, a game over crashes the game. The
Save the King castle at the end of World 1 Mario's side looks ugly, I know.