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Super Mario 64 DS




Star bonus
Rabbit for Luigi
Glowing rabbits
More mini-games
Mini-game requirements
Getting Luigi
Getting Mario
Getting Wario
Secret Star
Secret Star in Castle
Secret Star in Mirror Room
Secret in Peach's Castle
Secret in Ship
Secret area
Mushroom 1-Ups
Easy lives
Easily refill health
Easy Stars
Psyche Out! mini-game
Mario loses hat
Drain water under bridge and Star
Shortcut to King Bomb-Omb
Snowmans Land
Stop The Clock level
Shifting Sand Land
Easy lives in Hazy Maze
Extra life on Princess' Secret Slide
Star in Tick Tock-Clock
Flood in Wet Dry World
No water in Wet Dry World
Mysterious mountainside in Tall, Tall Mountain
Fun with Goomboss
Defeating the Goomboss
Defeating King Boo
Defeating Lethal Bombs
Walk while underwater
Classic Mario game reference
Luigi drawing
Drawing
Alternate Mario or Yoshi introduction drawings
Drawing controls
Mario's basic techniques
Character power-ups


Star bonus
Obtain all 150 stars and go outside the castle. Climb inside the
cannon opening that is now located where the grating was near
the Fish Pond. Aim to land onto the roof, to get three lives and
a red block for flying Mario.


Rabbit for Luigi
Go to the area with all the ghosts and where the door is located.
Jump, then grab the ledge. Climb it, then jump up again. There
should be a green rabbit up there.




Glowing rabbits
There are seven glowing rabbits that randomly replace each of
the character's mini-game rabbits. Once you catch all seven, you
will receive a key that unlocks the white door to the right of Wario's.
You will receive a Star. In order to find the glowing rabbits, you must
first find all the regular rabbits for each character. The location of
the glowing rabbits is as follows:

Rabbit 1: Caught with Luigi. It is found in the underground hallway 
near the Lethal Lava Land course.

Rabbit 2: Caught with Yoshi. It is found in the garden on the outside
of the castle near the bushes.

Rabbit 3: Caught with Wario. It is found in the hall of the Tiny-Huge
Island course.

Rabbit 4: Caught with Mario. It is found on the staircase leading up to
the Tick-Tock Clock course and the Rainbow Ride course.

Rabbit 5: Caught with Luigi. Found in the Bob-Omb Battlefield hall.

Rabbit 6: Caught with Wario. Found in the same place you found it
with Wario. It is found in the hall of the Tiny-Huge Island Course.

Rabbit 7: Caught with Mario. Found in the Jolly Roger Bay hall.

To unlock to glowing rabbits, you must find all seven rabbits for
each character. Note: Luigi only has six, as his seventh
one is on the roof of the castle which cannot be accessed until
all 150 Power Stars are recovered. After this, eight white rabbits
will appear at random. For the most part, each character has about
two rabbits, but at the very least one. Generally, the glowing rabbit
for each character can be found by going to all the rabbits, then the
last one is the glowing rabbit. Once a rabbit is found that is glowing,
you do not have to go to that one to make the last one glowing. There
is no order on the characters; just start with Luigi and go to all rabbits
until a glowing rabbit or all have been checked. Then, switch to Mario,
Yoshi, and Wario. Continue until the final rabbit is found. The eighth
glowing rabbit will give you a key that will open the door next to Wario's
refereed to as "The Empty Room." This room contains a Power Star
and nothing else.


More mini-games
To unlock more mini-games in the rec room, catch a rabbit with the
character you want more mini-games with. For example, catch a rabbit
with Mario to get another Mario mini-game. Additionally, after you have
been in Princess Toadstool's (Peach's) room with the big dresser and all
the drawers, go outside in the front yard of the castle. You will need to
be playing with Yoshi. You will see three rabbits grouped up together. If
you go near them, they will run away very fast. Run after them and catch
them with your tongue. The rabbit will plead to let it out. You will automatically
spit it out. After it complains about you about almost swallowing it, it will
give you a key to the drawers, which will unlock more mini games in the
rec room for Yoshi. You will get three keys, because there are three rabbits.


Mini-game requirements
Mario

Sort Or 'Splode: One rabbit.
Trampoline Time: Two rabbits.
Shuffle Shell: Three rabbits.
Bounce And Trounce: Four rabbits.
Connect The Characters: Five rabbits.
Shell Smash: Six rabbits.
Trampoline Terror: Seven rabbits.

Wario

Coincentration: One rabbit.
Bingo Ball: Two rabbits.
Psyche Out!: Three rabbits.
Slots Shot: Four rabbits.
Lakitu Launch: Five rabbits.
Intense Coincentration: Six rabbits.
Giant Snowball Slalom: Seven rabbits.

Yoshi

Hide And Boo Seek: One rabbit.
Puzzle Panel: Two rabbits.
Boom Box: Three rabbits.
Tox Box Shuffle: Four rabbits.
Which Wiggler?: Five rabbits.


Getting Luigi
Go to the courtyard with the fountain and the ghosts. Look for one
ghost that larger than the others. Use Mario to stomp him. Enter the
small object that it drops to reach Boo's mansion. Get the first Star.
On the second one, go up to the second floor. Continue on to defeat
Big Boo and get Luigi's key.


Getting Mario
To rescue Mario, you need at least 8 Stars. Go into the castle version
of the rec room, where Toad is worried about losing Peach's rec room
keys. Open the 8 Star door. Go forward, jump across the platforms,
climb the pole, and reach the top of the huge tree. Jump down the hole
on top of it. To defeat the following Boss, Goomboss as Yoshi, just run
behind him, swallow a minion, and throw it back at him. After each hit,
he will grow and redden. After three hits, he will be defeated and you will
get the key to Mario's room. Then, just unlock the door and go inside.


Getting Wario
Play as Luigi in the Mirror Room. Jump into Wario's painting and defeat
the Giant Ice Bully to get Wario's key.


Secret Star
When you go up the stairs and have one Star, you can go through a
door with a number one on it. When you go in, go through one of the
pictures of Peach. One of them contains a level with a secret Star.

As Luigi, from the main hallway go into the door at the top of the first
staircase. Go up the stairs and into the door at the top of this staircase.
Then, go into the door with red carpet around it. There will be a room
with a huge mirror in it. Get a flower on one of the pedestals and go
through the mirror. Enter the door in the reflection. You will be in a
room that is all yellow, with a lone Star.

Go to the rec room where you play mini-games. Jump into the painting
in that room. Collect the five Blue Stars to get the real Star to appear.
This is also a level that appears when you play in multi-player mode.

Go to the second floor with Luigi. There is a Toad across from the Tall
Tall Mountain entrance, located directly behind the steps that go to the
third floor. Speak to the Toad and he will tell you about the mirror room.
Before he finishes, he also gives you a Star.

Go into the basement with Wario. Go to the entrance to Hazy Maze Cave
but do not jump in. Go all the way around and down the steps. You should
see a Toad in the left hand corner. Speak to him for a Star.

In all the levels leading up to a Bowser fight (the levels that bring you
to a transport pipe), there are a possible of two secret Stars. One is
to find all eight red coins. The other is to find a switch Star by stepping
on a Star button.

Finish the secret level in the character selection room in less than 21
seconds to get another Star.


Secret Star in Castle
Stand on the sun platform in the middle of the main room in the castle
with Mario. Gaze up at the sun above the final Boss door. You must
perform this trick with Mario because he is the only person that can fly.
Inside, you must collect eight red coins and a Star will appear on the
center platform. Note: You can only receive this star after
you reach a certain point in the game. You will know you have reached
this point when the sun shines through onto the platform.


Secret Star in Mirror Room
Once you have access to the second floor, visit the Mirror Room with
Luigi. Grab a flower and walk into the mirror to pass through it. Go
straight to the door in the background and it will open, bringing you
to a completely white room with a star in it. To get back into the main
area, grab another flower or go to the right to free Wario (if you already
have not done so).


Secret in Peach's Castle
Enter the room where you can change into different characters (Before
the room with the Toad and pastel colors). Jump into the glass window
of Peach next to Yoshi's door (on the right). You will enter a Castle
Secret. You can get three Stars here. Make it to the bottom of the slide
to get the first. Make it to the end of the slide in under twenty seconds
for the second. Get every coin in the level (including blue ones) for the third.


Secret in Ship
Got to the room on the first floor with the entrance to the level with
the sunken ship picture. There all small square holes on the walls. Jump
in the one on the left to get a 1-Up. Jump into the one on the right to
enter the Castle Secret. To earn a Star you must swim through the
tank and get all eight red coins. To get air, you must grab the other
coins -- their is no way to get out of the water.


Secret area
When you have a good amount of Stars, go to the part of Peach's
castle, where there is a flame-like painting on the wall. Then, go down
the left hallway until you reach a dead end. Jump through the wall at
the dead end. If done correctly on the correct wall, you will access a secret level.


Mushroom 1-Ups
When you get a power-up mushroom (that makes your character
bigger), start plowing down enemies, signs, etc. A number will appear
after every object you hit. After the number "8" appears, you will
earn a 1-Up for each enemy hit.




Easy lives
Play a level with a 1-Up, such as Bomb-Omb Battlefield. Collect the 1-Up
mushrooms, leave the level, then go back in and repeat. You can do this
as many times as desired.

You must have at least 8 Stars and Mario unlocked for this trick. Go
to the area where you unlocked Mario (past the character selection,
through he door that required eight Stars to unlock, in the portrait
of Mario) as Mario. Go down the tree stump to fight Goomboss, then
kick the back of his head to get the mushroom. Eat it and wait for
him to turn. He will create three Goombas at a time. Because you are
big, you will automatically kill them. Continue to stand there and you
will start racking up lives (three at a time). You can get up to fifteen
lives at a time by doing this. Once the mushroom wears off, kill yourself
and jump back in, repeating the process.

Go up to the room with each character's door. There will be a stained-glass
portrait of Princess Peach. Jump into the portrait on the right hand side
of the of the room to access a Secret Star room. Go down the slide in
front of you and about halfway down, you will run into a 1-Up. Repeat
this as many times as needed.


Easily refill health
If you are low on health, just find a body of water and jump in. Stay at
the surface and your health meter will refill. Additionally, to regain
health, just collect coins. You can also try to destroy an enemy to see
if an item appears.


Easy Stars
Some very easy Stars appear when you talk to some Toads in different
rooms around the castle.


Psyche Out! mini-game
The mini-game tests your psychic abilities. There is a trick to beating
this game. If you look carefully at the waving card, you should see a faint
outline of the image that is on the back of the card. If you can not see
the image immediately, wait a few seconds and you should get a glimpse.
This will happen more frequently on the harder levels.


Mario loses hat
Go to the level where you can see the snow level in the mirror. Climb the
mountain when you get to the head where the penguin is found. The snow
head guy will blow you off. If you are Mario, your hat will fall off and you
can leave the level without it.


Drain water under bridge and Star
After getting Wario, go to the basement type place. Go though one of
the doors with no star on it. You will reach a sign that says something
about the two pillars in front of you. Ground Pound both of them, and
the water will sink. After that, go outside close to under the bridge.
There will be a one of those black brink type things -- make sure you
have Wario. Then, ground pound it. You must collect all the red coins
to get the Star in that secret spot.


Shortcut to King Bomb-Omb
When you get past the gate, you will see hill with a red coin. The only
way to get up that hill is to hold Y (dash). Every once in a while, change
the camera angle. Another way is by transportation. Go along the normal
path of the level and you will eventually see a hole in the wall. Stand in
that hole and do not press anything. You will be instantly warped to the
second top layer of the mountain. The last way are the cannons. Just
blast yourself up there, but be careful. Mario flies slightly below the target.
Make sure you raise the cannon a little above your target. This will save some time.


Snowmans Land
Go in the mirror room and find the snowman painting in the mirror. You will
see that it is only in the reflection. Jump in the wall that the snowman
painting should be on and you will be in Snowmans Land.


Stop The Clock level
To stop the clock level on the third floor of the castle, jump in at
exactly 12 o'clock. Additionally, go in at 3, 6, or 9 o'clock to make
it slow, medium, or fast; respectively.


Shifting Sand Land
To get to Shifting Sand Land you must enter through a wall hidden
down near the Lethal Lava Land level.


Easy lives in Hazy Maze
Go to the part with the poisonous gas maze. Get to the section
aboveground that has two gopher holes on it. Near that area should
be a breakable box with a Super Mushroom inside. Get the Super
Mushroom and run to the two gopher holes. Walk over the holes, killing
the alternating gophers back and forth until the mushroom wears off.
It is possible to get 40 lives this way. Note: This works best
with Wario.


Extra life on Princess' Secret Slide
If you get the first 1-Up mushroom, there is a second 1-Up behind the
Star Box's platform.


Star in Tick Tock-Clock
As you enter the room with the Tick-Tock-Clock level, there is a Toad
standing against the right brick column. Talk to him as Mario and he
will give you a Star.


Flood in Wet Dry World
After getting the key from the second Bowser, go upstairs and walk
through the door that leads to the room with all the pictures. Stop when
you get through it and look around. In front of you is a picture of a
spider. It is Wet Dry World. To flood it, jump very high into the picture.
If you time the triple jump extremely well, you will flood Wet Dry World.


No water in Wet Dry World
This trick is very similar to the "Flood in Wet Dry World" hint. The only
difference is, instead of jumping high into the picture, jump very low
into it. You should try to jump directly into the bottom of the picture.


Mysterious mountainside in Tall, Tall Mountain
Go to the top of the mountain and get the Wario hat. Jump down until
you see a group of coins on the side of the mountain. Jump through
the wall to enter a secret slide game, in which the reward is a Star.


Fun with Goomboss
Go back to the place behind the Princess's Drawers to the door with an
8 on it with Mario. Enter the fight with Goomboss, and eventually he will
throw a mushroom. Touch the mushroom and Mario will grow tall, just like
in the classic Mario games.


Defeating the Goomboss
As Yoshi, run around the arena as fast as possible and try to get behind
the Goomboss. Swallow a Goomba that follows him. Wait for it to become
an egg and throw it at him. Repeat this two more times.


Defeating King Boo
Get to King Boo by going through the Luigi picture in the Boo House. You
can tell where he is when he disappears in the mirror by looking for his
shadow on the floor.


Defeating Lethal Bombs
To kill the Lethal Bombs, either jump at them or punch/kick them ahead of time.


Walk while underwater
Play as Yoshi and find Wario's hat. Then, get his power-up so that you
are metal. Before it runs out, get hit by an enemy while near a slope
like the sunken ship. For example, jump off the bow to the wall and get
hit by the eel. Yoshi will lose his cap, but not swim. You can walk around
on the bottom slowly, but can still drown.


Classic Mario game reference
When the game starts, go to the rec room. You will hear the level
selection screen music from Super Mario Bros. 3.


Luigi drawing
At the main menu, when Mario's face is looking around, tap his face
the first time he turns and faces all the way to the right. It will draw
Luigi's face instead of Mario's.


Drawing
When the game starts and Mario's head appears, touch him. The screen
will draw Mario. To draw your own picture, touch the pencil on the
bottom-right. You have a paint meter at the bottom. This determines
how much more you can draw before it automatically makes it into an
object. Additionally, if you cannot figure out what to draw, press R or L
before you start drawing. A faded image of Mario will appear. The same
happens for Yoshi if he was on the screen that was touched at the start.

At the title screen, press B to take a still picture of Mario for you to
trace. Also, when you are drawing on "Touch Draw", press Up or X to
bold, Down or B to un-bold, Left or Y to delete, and Right or A to undelete.


Alternate Mario or Yoshi introduction drawings
At the first time on the start up screen, you will see Mario:

Touch Mario the first time for a front portrait.
Touch Yoshi the first time for a side portrait.
Touch Mario a second time for a side portrait.
Touch Yoshi a second time for a side portrait with a heart.
Touch Mario a third time for a side portrait of Luigi with an "!".
Touch Yoshi a third time for a side portrait with a star.
It then cycles again.

At the introduction screen, touch the floating power star when it drops
down to the touch screen. The game will draw the characters' pictures
differently. For example, if you do it for Yoshi, a heart or a star will
appear by his drawn head. As for Mario, his head is drawn at a different
angle, or Luigi's head is drawn instead.


Drawing controls
Thicker lines: To make your picture's lines thicker, press Up.

Thinner lines: To make your picture's lines thinner, press Down.

Erasing: To erase what you drew, press Left. To put it back, press Right.

Stretch: Press Left or Right to spin the image(s) to the left or right
in a cyclone type pattern. If you press Down, the image stretches apart.
If you press Up, the images will come together.

Grabbing your drawing: You can use the touchpad to play and animate
the drawing.

Keeping picture still: If your picture starts moving around strangely,
press L or R to snap back in place.

Reviving: If you accidentally press the pencil and want the same one
back, just click the glove. Your picture is drawn back.

Switching: You can switch the image in the background by clicking on
the Yoshi square on the other side. This also applies by clicking on the
Mario square for the other side.


Mario's basic techniques
Note: These basic techniques can be performed in standard mode:

Run: Press any direction then Y to accelerate. Hold Y to remain that way.

Run Dive: Start running then press A. Mario will do an instant dive, then
slide on his stomach. While sliding it would be best to press B to hop
quickly back on his feet.

Run Jump Dive: Start running, then press B. Mario will jump with medium
acceleration. Then, press A and Mario will dive in mid- air.
Note: This works best for gaps that you can get the triple
jump to work. Then as you slide on your stomach, press B.

Running Slide Kick: Start running, then hold R and press A while still
moving to do a sliding kick towards an enemy.

Dash: Do not press any direction and hold Y. Mario will charge up and
run in place. Then, hold any direction to dash off.

Double Jump: This requires timing. When standing still, press B to jump.
Just as you land, jump again. You should go higher. Note: It will
not work a third time.

Triple Jump: You must be moving. Do the same thing as the Double Jump,
but time it correctly one more time to do a super high jump.

Triple Jump Dive: Perform the Triple Jump, then press A.

3 hit combo: Press A(3) while standing still to do two punches and a jump-kick.

Ducking: Press R to duck, crouch, or get down.

Ledge Grabbing: When you grab a ledge quickly press B to get up or R to descend.

Tree Climbing: When climbing on a tree, hold Y to accelerate up. When at
the top of the tree, do not move then press Up. You will do a hand stand
on top of the tree. Press B to go flying high into the air.
Note: This is useful for places that you cannot reacy by foot.

Power Dunk: When in mid-air at almost any time, press R. Mario will stop
in mid-air for a full second, curl up, then descend at a good speed directly
downward. This is useful for boxes that need smashing.

Crawling: Hold R and press in any direction to crawl. Crawling works best
in small narrow spaces where it is easy to fall.

Super Backflip Somersault: Hold R and make sure you are crouching,
then jump. You can maneuver slightly while in the air.

Super Hop: Long jump when needed to get to the other side of a gap.
Run or jog, then hold R and jump.

Wall Jumping: Jump on a wall at a certain angle. Mario will slide down
the wall. Press B to jump very high off of the wall.

Breakdance Sweep Kick: Remain still, then hold R and press A. Mario
will sweep his feet around, then get back in crouching position.


Character power-ups
Luigi

Flower: Makes Luigi invincible to most things. He can go through
screens and other objects.

Note: Luigi can run on water for a short time. Also, if you
jump and hold it, he kicks his feet fast and falls slower. If you try to
do a triple jump with Luigi it can be more difficult -- if you hold it for
about one second, he kicks and you will not be able to finish the triple jump.

Mario

Feather: Jump three times to make Mario fly.

Flower: Make mario inflate and float slowly; handles easier than the feather.

Note: Mario is just the basic character with no special abilities.

Wario

Flower: Metal Wario; he is invincible and can stay underwater.

Note: Wario is the slowest character. He also lacks jumping
skills, but he is the best at Ground Pounds. He can break black bricks.

Yoshi

Flower: Makes Yoshi's mouth full of flame and can breath fire. If you
ever see fire, such as in the basement, you can eat it and can spit
fire once.

Note: Kump and hold it for about a second. Yoshi will with kick
his feet (faster than Luigi) and hover for about two seconds.