Tips and Tricks

All of the tips and tricks for the game used in any run will be posted here.

Red Mushroom Houses
You'll encounter these mainly during secretless and 100%. Gamefaqs has a really good guide on the matter.

http://faqs.ign.com/articles/105/1053782p1.html

Star Mushroom Houses
Useful in cannonless/warpless and 100%. Take about 18 seconds a piece, including item use screen.

Yoshi Flutter Trick
You can flutter with Yoshi without losing speed. When you go to flutter, stop holding left or right (whichever direction you're headed), and Yoshi will flutter without losing speed.



Penguin Speed Boost
You can get a bit of a speed boost with the penguin suit, even if you aren't on ice. Do a slide, jump (2), slide a little bit more, and spin jump out of the slide while moving. Repeat.

This video shows a good example of how penguin boost works.



1-4 Iceless Coin
You can get a star coin in 1-4 without the use of the ice flower or penguin suit. If you drop from the right to the left at the correct time, you can get past the bubbles pushing you up into the enemy. Very useful in cannonless/secretless when you want to keep your prop.



Propeller Skips
Many levels have gaps that the propeller can be used to make easier, or pass, the levels listed are fairly major skips that the propeller can be used in, either to skip using platforms set on a scrollng path (2-6, 3-T, 3-5, 3-C, 5-4, 7-3, 7-T, 7-4), or to skip large portions of levels with minimal risk (6-T climb while the spikes are out, 8-A screw skips. Using the propeller to skip a gap in a level is not a propeller level skip, nor is using the propeller to skip objects/enemies quicker. Most towers and vertical levels are faster with the propeller and the propeller is used to "skip" climbing the level, but these are also, not propeller skips.

2-6 Prop Skip
You can skip most of the moving block portions in this stage too with the use of the prop.

3-5 Block Skip
Use prop to skip the autoscroll block in this level. Useful in cannonless/warpless and 100%.

5-4 Boat Skip
You can use prop to skip the boat in 5-4 by using the platforms above where the enemies spawn. Useful in any% runs.



7-T Banzai Skip
Good luck doing this without getting hit.



8-A Screwless Skips
Requires prop.

8-C Jump Over Bowser
You can jump over Bowser in 8-C during the first fight without prop.