Super Mario 256 (Omega Games version)

Super Mario 256 is a 3D platformer that was introduced on July 5, 2015, and already, people are hyped up about it. It's a sequel to Super Mario 64 and technically, Super Mario 64 DS. The developers are working on it, and hopefully, they'll release it everywhere soon.
==Development==
Super Mario 256 had a handful of beta elements. It was originally going to take place in Peach's "New" Castle, was originally going to have more characters, and originally was going to have about 174 stars. An original manuscript was made on green paper, that way, the president could distinguish it. Sadly, this original manuscript was lost. In June 2015, a new manuscript was made in a yellow composition book. It took away 20 stars and took away some characters. Original ideas for characters would be Daisy, Kooper from Paper Mario, Yvan from the Tabooki series, Toad, Gizmo, and even Sanjay and Craig. However, they deleted all these characters because the developers worried that it would be too many characters. Plus, they were just plain stupid. As quoted by president, ShinySnivyStudios,
In the new manuscript, the game takes place at Mario's Castle in Mario Land in order to keep Peach's Castle's "old design", has 154 stars in order to not frustrate players too much, and has 7 characters. The game is set to release in August 12 in America, August 26 in Japan, September 9 in Europe, but Australia banned Omega Games and its systems for some reason, so its release date is yet to be announced.
==Plot==
One day, Mario wrote a letter to Peach, saying,
So, Peach went there, but Luigi, Wario, and a few unfamiliar faces came too! But, when they went inside the castle, it was dark and Mario wasn't there. Pretty soon, they disappeared, too. When the Lakitu Bros. (the cameramen) heard about this, they told Yoshi, who came to help.
==Characters==
There are 7 characters in the game, including 1 that can be unlocked after you get all 154 stars.
Image	Name 	Painting Location 	Boss
 	Yoshi 	N/A 	N/A
 	Mario 	Castle (1F) 	Goomboss
 	Luigi 	Course 5: Bantam's Manor 	King Boo
 	Wario 	Castle (2F) 	Petey Piranha
 	Waluigi 	Castle Courtyard 	Koopa the Quick
 	Captain Toad 	Course 11: Zip Line Mountains	Eyerok
 	??? (Unlocked after you get all 154 stars)	Course 15: Cloud Land 	Bowser Jr.
==Mario's Castle==
Mario's Castle is a nice castle. There's a courtyard, backyard, rooftop, and 4 floors including a basement.
===Courtyard===
*Waluigi's Painting
===1F===
*Course 1: Scenic Grasslands
*Course 2: Dusty Desert
*Course 3: Waterworld
*Course 4: Colossal Classic
*Wing Cap Course
*Mario's Painting
*Mario's Secret Slide
===Backyard===
*Metal Cap Course
*Bowser Course 1
===Basement===
*Course 5: Bantam's Manor
**Luigi's Painting
*Course 6: Pipe Labyrinth
*Course 7: Pokankhamen's Tomb
*Course 8: Superstar Harbor
*Bowser Course 2
===2F===
*Course 9: Snowy Whomp Mountains
*Course 10: Land of Fail
*Course 11: Zip Line Mountain
**Captain Toad's Painting
*Wario's Painting
*Notebook Land
===3F===
*Course 12: Jumbling Jungle
*Course 13: Coastal City
**Vanish Cap Course
*Course 14: Clock Tower
**Remote Control Course
===Rooftop===
*Course 15: Cloud Land
**???'s Painting
*Bowser Course 3
==Courses==
There are 15 main courses in this game with 8 stars each including a 100-coin star. The following guide will tell you how to obtain all 120 stars of these courses.
===Course 1: Scenic Grasslands===
What a view! This course offers a magnificent view of the course, but this is no time for viewing. We need to get more stars to rescue Mario!
====King Bob-omb's Strike Back====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap
Go up to the pillar on the right and climb up it. Grab the wing cap and fly to the ledge on the northwest part of the map. There, you can battle King Bob-omb and get your star!
====Paratroopa's Race====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go up to Paratroopa and challenge him to a race. If you win, he'll give you a star. (FUN FACT: Paratroopa is Koopa the Quick's brother. He quit racing due to losing a lot despite cheating.)
====5 Scenic Silver Stars====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap
Collect 5 silver stars all over the level. You need to look hard.
====8 Red Coins to Look Out For====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap
There are 2 coins on the ground. Pick them up. The rest of the coins you need the wing cap for, so grab them, then fly away!
====King Bob-omb Strikes Back Again====
Characters Required: Yoshi
Items Required: Wing Cap
Do what you did before in the first one. He's tougher than before, so watch out!
====Goombario's Challenge====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
It's Goombario! Except instead of helping you, he gives you a challenge. It goes like this: You spin around on the spin panel until you get dizzy. Then, you must navigate a 2D platformer area using mixed-up controls. Fall off, and you lose. You have 15 seconds to complete it. If you do, you get a star!
====Scenic Switch Star====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Metal Cap
Go to the pillar and climb it like earlier. Press the switch, get the metal cap, and go to a lake on the west side. Walk on the bottom and break the shield!
===Course 2: Dusty Desert===
Whew, this place is hot, hot, hot! Stop dying of thirst and get more stars!
====Mummify King Pokankhamen====
Characters Required: Yoshi
Items Required: None
Follow the path to get to the northeast ledge. King Pokankhamen is a giant Pokey that can be eaten by Yoshi. When you eat his head, Yoshi will spit out the star, because we need it!
====To the Top of the Pyramid====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap (optional)
Go to the pyramid on the northwest corner. The blocks will push in and out to make platforms. Memorize the pattern, get up to the top and grab your star. Or...you can go to the ledge, grab a Wing Cap, and fly over there. (That is optional)
====Don't Touch The Cactus====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go up to the cactus in the southeast corner and touch it. Yep.
====8 Dusty Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Search for the red coins hidden in the level. Unlike last time, you don't need the Wing Cap.
====Through the Metal Cage====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Vanish Cap
Go and get a Vanish Cap and walk through the cage that's located in the northeastern ledge. (NOTE: You don't get the Vanish Cap until later in the game, so do this later.)
====Skip Like A Rock====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Go to the pyramid. There's a large patch of quicksand there. Now, here's a technique: long jump into the quicksand. By pressing the jump button at just the right time, you can perform another long jump over the quicksand. Repeat until you get to the other side. Do this technique to get the star!
====Switch Star of the Desert====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go to the ledge and press the switch. Go all the way to the start and break the shield.
===Course 3: Waterworld===
No, this is not the movie critics call the worst movie ever. It's a world full of water! I'm thirsty from that last course!
====The Great Pirate Ship====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Stay on the path until you get to a ship. Long jump into it. Repeat 3 times until you get to the biggest pirate ship. Get the star.
====8 Wet Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: Metal Cap
There are 2 on the pirate ship, 2 in the water, (1 you need the Metal Cap for) and 4 on land.
====Cannon to the Ledge====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Go to the big pirate ship. There's a cannon. Use it to get on the ledge.
====Find the Secret Star Cave====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Metal Cap
Get the Metal Cap and use it to get to the cave in the northeast corner.
====5 Seasick Silver Stars====
Characters Required: Anyone (But Captain Toad)
Items Required: Metal Cap
There are 2 on the ships, 2 in the water, and 1 on land.
====Third's the Charm====
Characters Required: Anyone (But Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Long jump twice onto the ships. On the second ship, there is a small opening where the star is. Very precisely, jump into the hole to get this hard star.
====Switch Star of the Waterworld====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Metal Cap
Press the switch in the southwest corner and use the Metal Cap to get the star in the water.
===Course 4: Colossal Classic===
It's colossal, it's a classic, it's Colossal Classic! Enjoy a stroll around this course with giant statues of old power-ups!
====Stomp the Giant Goomba====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go to the end of the path and stomp a giant Goomba. Easy, right? RIGHT?!
====4 Giant Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Unlike most levels, this level has 4 giant red coins in each corner. How neat!
====3 Giant Gold Stars====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Like 4 giant red coins, this level has 3 gold stars instead of 5 silver stars.
====Colossal Switch Star====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Press the giant switch in the southwest corner, then run to the star that's in the northeast corner.
====Hit the ? Block====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Yoshi and Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Run to the ? block statue. You can't traditionally hit it, but you can kick it. Do that to get the star.
====The Secret Star Room====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Go to the hill statue and ground pound it. It should open up a secret room where the star is.
====The Mystery of the Star Statue====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
There is a big star statue in the southeast corner. It's actually a real star. Pick it up.
===Course 5: Bantam's Manor===
It's a spooky place! That's because it's Bantam's Manor! Boos, eyes, puzzles, oh my! Just one question: who is Bantam? It sounds like a chicken. (NOTE: Yoshi nor Captain Toad cannot enter this course.)
====Boot Big Boo====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Yoshi and Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Defeat every Boo in the house to face Big Boo to get the star.
====8 Spooky Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Yoshi and Captain Toad, and so on)
Items Required: None
Half are in the manor, and half of them are outside the manor.
====The Mystery Shack====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Vanish Cap
Go to the shack south of the manor. An invisible wall blocks the path. You need a Vanish Cap to pass and get the star.
====The Endless Hallway====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go downstairs, take a left, then take a right. The hallway will get bigger, and bigger, and bigger...yeah. You need to walk a lot.
====Mr. I-Si-U====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go downstairs, take a right twice then take a left. Big Mr. I will be there. Defeat him and get your star.
====The Scrambled Hallway====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go to where Big Mr. I was, then you'll be stuck in an endless loop. Don't panic. Go right three times and down twice. Walk a bit and you'll see the star. (TIP: If you do the famous Konami code by going up twice, down twice, left, right, left, right, then by pressing B, A, then start, then the secret sound will appear indicating that you did it right. If you unpause the game, walk a bit and you'll see Luigi's painting.)
====A Special Guest====
Characters Required: Luigi
Items Required: None
(CAUTION: This is one of the hardest stars in the game. Get some experience before doing this one.) As Luigi, go to the second floor of the manor. (You can only get this star after you've unlocked him.) It's King Boo again! Except he's way, way, way, tougher.
===Course 6: Pipe Labyrinth===
This is one of the most confusing courses in the game. Its mixed pipes have something to talk about.
====Pipe to the Lake====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
From the start, go north, pipe, west, pipe, east, pipe, north, pipe, east, pipe, then fall down the hole, go through the pipe, walk a bit, and you'll see a star above the lake. Grab it.
====8 Rest Area Red Coins====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go to the hole room, but go 90 degrees clockwise, then go through the pipe. The red coins are in the air and you need to wall jump to get to them.
====The Totally Secret Room====
Characters Required: Wario
Items Required: Metal Cap
Go behind where you start to see an almost invisible crack. By using Metal Wario, hit the crack until you see a pipe. Go through it to get the star.
====Mouser Mania====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Yoshi and Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Get to the hole room to find Mouser. He'll throw bombs and you have to throw them back to him like in the original Super Mario Bros. 2.
====Makin' Me Dizzy====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go to the hole room and go around the hole 10 times. The star should appear. If it doesn't, you either did it too many times or too little times. If that happens, walk out and in the room to try again.
====Switch Star of the Labyrinth====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go to the rest area, wall jump to the switch, press it, go to the third room, and break the shield.
===='Till The End====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Metal Cap (optional)
Go to the lake, go to the pipe beyond it, enter the poisonous maze, go through it using the Metal Cap, (or not) then congratulations! You made it to the end of this course!
===Course 7: Pokankhamen's Tomb===
Remember Pokankhamen? He has his own tomb! Be warned, though: it's one of the glitchiest levels in the game. Wait, those glitches were made on purpose! It's not really a glitch if it was made on purpose, so let's call them "purpo-glitches".
====Navigate to the Coffin====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Navigate the course until you get to the top. There will be a coffin with a star. Grab it.
====5 Shiny Silver Stars====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Find silver stars hidden in all of the level.
====8 Mummified Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Find the red coins in the corners of this level.
====The Conveyor Belt====
Characters Required: Wario
Items Required: None
Purpo-glitch #1: In the top, there's a conveyor belt carrying sand. Go on it and eventually, you'll clip inside the wall and you'll land in a room separate from the tomb, then grab the star. (TIP: This only works with Wario.)
====Pokankhamen's Rebirth====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go up to the top and battle Pokankhamen once again! Or just go behind him and take the star. Your choice!
====The Treasure Room====
Characters Required: Captain Toad
Items Required: Vanish Cap
Purpo-glitch #2: Grab a Vanish Cap and go to the wall just as the power goes away. If you do it right, Captain Toad will move up inside the wall until you get into a room full of treasure and a star!
====Goodbye, Tomb====
Characters Required: Waluigi
Items Required: None
Purpo-glitch #3: Start and do a backwards somersault at just the right angle. If you do it right, Waluigi will be outside the level, with a star nearby.
===Course 8: Superstar Harbor===
All aboard! Welcome to the harbor! We need to get to Bowser's ship. After him!
====After Bowser's Boat!====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Start and go all the way to the harbor. You'll see a yellow and green boat. Long jump into it and get the star! (This unlocks Bowser's second course)
====Get Up There====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap (optional)
Get to a cannon (located in row 3, house 7) and use it to get to the northwestern ledge. (Or you can use a Wing Cap located in row 7, house 3)
====Search the Town For 8 Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Search all of the town for 8 red coins.
====5 Supersilverstars====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap
Search for 5 silver stars atop buildings.
====Come Out, Star!====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
The star is in row 4, house 5.
====Onto the Clock Tower====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap
Go up to the very top of the clock tower in the very center of town.
====Switch Star of the Harbor====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Go to the southeast corner of town, press the switch, then go next to row 4, house 1.
===Course 9: Snowy Whomp Mountains===
Welcome to the Snowy Whomps, where snow and Whomps await.
====Whomps Keep Tumblin' Down====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Yoshi and Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Go to the cannon in the center and shoot to the leftmost mountain. Whomp King will be there. Defeat him.
====The 1,000-Year-Old Star====
Characters Required: Yoshi
Items Required: None
Eat a campfire to have Fire Power! Use it to melt the ice containing the star.
====Chill the Bully====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Shoot to the seventh mountain from the left and defeat the Chill Bully.
====To the Bottom of the Frozen Lake====
Characters Required: Yoshi or Wario
Items Required: None
Shoot to the rightmost mountain and melt or ground-pound the frozen surface. At the bottom is the star.
====8 Freezing Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Shoot to every mountain to collect all 8 red coins.
====Whomp is Tumblin' Down Again====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Shoot to the second mountain from the left and defeat the Whomp King again, who is tougher this time.
====Frozen Switch Star====
Characters Required: Yoshi
Items Required: None
Press the switch, eat a campfire, shoot to the sixth mountain from the left, melt the ice, then break the shield.
===Course 10: Land of Fail===
What have you done?! This lava-drenched Scenic Grasslands was caused by Bowser, but everybody thinks it was you! You monster! You're also guaranteed to fail. Hence this course's name. (NOTE: Only Mario can enter this course.)
====King Bob-Omb Has Had Enough====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go to the northwestern ledge using a Koopa shell. King Bob-omb will tell you,
He's the toughest him in the game, so watch out!
====8 Lava-Drenched Red Coins====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Collect 8 red coins using a Koopa shell. (HINT: The coins are in the same place as before.)
====Paratroopa the Cheater====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go to the ledge and challenge Paratroopa to a race to the southeast corner. Except this time, Paratroopa will just warp there! CHEATER! It doesn't matter, though, because he gives you the star anyway! Awwww, how nice!
====5 Owie Silver Stars====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Get the silver stars using the Koopa shell. And yes, they are in the same place as last time.
====Drain the Hurt====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go to the ledge to find a Crystal Tap. That should drain all the lava. Get your star that's down there!
====Goombario's Challenge Again====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
You haven't forgot about Goombario, haven't you? He has another challenge: the first challenge except the controls are even more mixed-up and there are more obstacles. And, oh yeah, you still have to complete it in 15 seconds.
====The Switch Star Again====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: Metal Cap
This switch star is the same as the first one. Not much to say here.
===Course 11: Zip Line Mountain===
This is perhaps the funnest Mario course ever. You get to ride zip lines and even a slide! Wheeeeeee!
====Zip to the Main Mountain====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Wario)
Items Required: None
Take the first zip line, walk a bit, take the zip line on the right, walk a bit, take the zip line, (Wario's too heavy for this one. See To the Secret Mountain.) take another zip line, take the zip line in the middle, take the west zip line, and then you'll see the star.
====Zip the Bully Out====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Take the first zip line, then take the one on the left. Big Bully is there. Take him out.
====Zip to Find 8 Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Wario)
Items Required: None
Zip to every single mountain to find the 8 red coins.
====Can You Do This?====
Characters Required: Luigi or Waluigi
Items Required: Vanish Cap
Grab a Vanish Cap on the second mountain, do a backwards somersault to do a spin, and land in the metal cage under the surface of the mountain to get the star. Backwards long jumps are too precise to do this.
====To The Secret Mountain====
Characters Required: Wario
Items Required: None
Remember that one line was too heavy for Wario? Well, if you use Wario on that line, a secret path is discovered that leads to the secret mountain, Captain Toad's painting, and a star!
====Mountain's Secret Slide====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Wario)
Items Required: None
Go to the final mountain and jump at the right spot to find a door. Enter the door for a slide! There are sharp turns and two dead ends on the slide, so be careful!
====Switch Star of Zip====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Press the switch on the first mountain, then zip to the third one and break the shield!
===Course 12: Jumbling Jungle===
This course is confusing; I recommend getting some experience, first.
====Stay on the Path====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
You must stay on the wiggling, squiggling, path or else the star on the end will disappear. This is one of the hardest levels in the game.
====Atop the Jungle Gym====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
You must get the star on top of the jungle gym consisting of ropes and tires. It's harder than it looks.
====Scuttlebug Web====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Go to the Scuttlebug web in the southwest corner and battle the huge Scuttlebug to get the star.
====Look For 8 Puzzling Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Look for 8 red coins that occasionally teleport throughout the level.
====Cross the Poison Pool====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Cross a poison pool in the north end using a Koopa shell.
====5 Puzzle Silver Stars====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Catch 5 teleporting, silver stars.
====Switch Star of the Jungle====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Press the switch in the northwest corner and break the shield in the southeast corner.
===Course 13: Coastal City===
Wow, there are so many streets in this wide, gargantuan city.
====Mr. Blizzard Freezes The City====
Characters Required: Anyone (but Yoshi and Captain Toad)
Items Required: Wing Cap
Go and get a Wing Cap somewhere in the city and fly around Mr. Blizzard. Eventually, he'll get dizzy and fall down. Then you can get your star!
====8 Red Coins Atop Buildings====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap
Get 8 red coins on top of buildings that you need the Wing Cap to get to. (NOTE: Where the star is, the Vanish Cap course is nearby.
====Ring Ye Olde Clock Tower====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap
Go up to where Mr. Blizzard was and ring the bell. Like before, you need a Wing Cap to get to it.
====5 City Silver Stars====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Wing Cap
Find 5 silver stars that, as usual, you need the Wing Cap to get to.
====The Gutter and The Star====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
You need to find a star where 2 alleys meet.
====Let the Chain Chomp Go====
Characters Required: Anyone (But Yoshi and Captain Toad)
Items Required: None
Ground-pound the stick that's holding it in place to let the Chain Chomp loose and get the star.
====Switch Star of the City====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
You need to press the switch on one side and break the shield at another.
===Course 14: Clock Tower===
Does this course remind you of anything? No? OK, then.
====Swing to the Top====
Characters Required: Captain Toad
Items Required: Vanish Cap
Navigate the 20 floors of the tower until you go outside. Use Captain Toad's rope to swing and get the star. (NOTE: If you fall down, you'll eventually reach the ledge where the Remote Control course is. Also, you need the Vanish Cap to spring up from the 5th floor to the 16th floor.)
====Green, Red, and Blue====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Vanish Cap
Go up the 18th floor to see a green, red, and a blue switch. In what order you press them depends on what character you are. If you're Mario, it's red, blue, green, if you're Luigi, it's green, blue, red, and if you'e any other character, it's blue, green, red.
====8 Slippy Red Coins====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Vanish Cap
Go up to the 17th floor and collect the coins while on Flip Panels.
====5 Clock Silver Stars====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Collect the 5 stars on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floor.
====Raged Against the Machine====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: None
Use the spring on the 5th floor, except don't use the Vanish Cap. You'll get caught in the machinery, where the star is.
====To Infinity and the End====
Characters Required: Luigi or Waluigi
Items Required: Vanish Cap
At the 20th floor, there's a ledge. Do a backwards somersault and spin to an area where the star is.
====Tick-Tock Switch Star====
Characters Required: Anyone
Items Required: Vanish Cap
Press the switch on the 1st floor and break the shield on the 16th floor.
===Course 15: Cloud Land===
This is the final main course in the game and is also one of the hardest. (NOTE: Only Mario can enter this course.)
====Cloudy Cruise====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go past the 4 moving clouds, then go straight. You'll be on a cloud on a path with obstacles. The star is in a red-roofed house.
====Up, and Up, and Up====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go to the red-roofed house and board a slow-moving cloud. Finally, after enough time, you'll get the star.
====Flippity Doo====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go past the 4 clouds, take a right, then take a left. The star is past 3 fast-moving Flip Panels. Time your jumps right.
====The Obstacle Course====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Come to the huge square block, take a right, then take a left. The star follow blocks that crumble fast. You can't just jump over them, so...
====Wrecking Balls====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go to the block, take a right, then take another right. There are two fast-moving wrecking balls that are in front of the star. If you stay on them for too long, then bye-bye!
====The 8 Red Coins of the Cloud Maze====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
Go to the block, then take a left. There is a maze containing the 8 red coins. (NOTE: On the side of the maze is where the hidden character's painting is.)
====Switch Star of the Clouds====
Characters Required: Mario
Items Required: None
This is like Up, and Up, and Up, except this time, you need to press a switch and break a shield.
The remaining 15 stars are 100-coin stars, and a lot of people know what those are. I hope you enjoyed this guide to the main courses!
==Endings==
There are 3 endings to this game. Each ending requires a certain number of stars or a certain character unlocked.
===Bronze Ending (80-153 Stars) & Silver Ending (154 Stars)===
In these two endings, Mario defeats Bowser and flies to the front of his castle. Mario uses the stars to save the castle. Out of nowhere, Peach appears, thanks everyone for saving her, and invites everyone to a big feast. When the player gets one of these endings, his/her file selection button will be bronze or silver (depending on which ending you get).
===Gold Ending (??? Unlocked)===
In this ending, Mario defeats Bowser Jr. and gets the key to the mystery person's room. The remaining cast is in the character selection room of the castle. Then, Mario arrives, carrying the key. He stands in front of the door, unlocks it with the key, and opens it. There is a very scary shadow that keeps getting closer to our heroes. Then, the true form is revealed: a boo named Bantam. He introduces himself, then her tells the heroes his story and why he got locked up:
Then, Mario accepts Bantam into his team, then Peach invites all the crew to fun. When the player gets one of this ending, his/her file selection button will be gold along with the word, "CLEAR".
==Music==
Almost all of the music in this game is borrowed from other Mario games because time was very limited and the developers didn't have time to make their own music, with the exception of the title screen and Zip Line Mountain, which has music based on Antonin Dvořák's symphony From the New World.
*File Selection: Cover version of "Choose Your Pipe" from Super Mario Land 2
*Mario's Castle and Captain Toad's course: Ballad version of "Pinna Park" from Super Mario Sunshine
*Courses 1, 3, 9, & 15: Cover version of "Athletic Theme" from Super Mario Land 2
*Courses 2, 7: Cover version of "Spin-Dig Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy 2
*Course 4: Cover version of "Overworld Theme" from Super Mario Land
*Course 5 and Luigi's course: Cover version of "Twisted Mansion" from Mario Kart 8
*Courses 6, 10, and Mario's course: Cover version of "Easton Kingdom" from Super Mario Land
*Course 8: Cover version of "Bianco Hills" from Super Mario Sunshine
*Course 12 and Wario's course: Cover version of "Chai Kingdom" from Super Mario Land
*Course 13: Cover version of "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy 2
*Course 14: Cover version of "Clock Tower" from Super Mario 3D Land
*Mario's Secret Slide & Waluigi's course: Cover version of "Athletic Theme" from New Super Mario Bros.
*Notebook Land: Cover version of "Editor Land" from Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
*Normal boss battles: Cover version of "Boss Battle" from Super Mario 64
*Bowser's courses: Cover version of "Castle Theme" from New Super Mario Bros.
*Bowser boss battles (1st & 2nd): Cover version of "The Giant" from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
*Final boss: Cover version of "Final Boss" from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
==Trivia==
*The American release date has been changed from August to July due to the developers working faster than normal.