
Perhaps the fastest way to gain a lot of 1-Ups is in World 1-2.

Here are some tricks to get your life count up to the maximum 1,110 VERY quickly. You will have to play the level you were working on again, but you won't be punished by losing your shiny stars. You will return to the map screen outside the last level you beat. Never die more than 5 times in a level in the main worlds - if you see the help box appear, simply restart your 3DS. Get the Gold Flag (land on the very top of the flag pole) on every level, including the Special World, and clear every level once as Mario and also as Luigi. You can see a Gold Flag on the map screen (top screen) once you attain it and a L on the on the map screen (top screen) for each level you've beat with Luigi so you can keep track. Here's how to get 5 shiny stars.īeat all the levels in all the main worlds.Ĭollect all the Star Medals from every level, including the Special World but excluding Purple "?" cube bonus levels.Ĭlear Special World 8 then return to and Clear 2nd World 8-Castle. These stars are normally gold, but can be made sparkly as well. You can have up to 5 stars next to your save game profile.
