Since finding the route for this category was really hard for me, I decided I'd make this for anyone else that wants to learn this category. Refer to the rules if you want to know what you need to do to 100% the game. I would strongly recommend 100 percenting the game yourself before running this category. 100% routes are the same for Mario and Toadette, the main difference between the two is that you need to take a detour as Mario to get a baby Yoshi for the water levels. Getting a baby Yoshi allows Mario to swim much faster than he normally can. Getting a baby Yoshi is not needed for toadette due to the fact that Toadette naturally swims that fast. The normal and nabbit categories are redundant since you can’t 100% the game as nabbit, and the only two characters you can switch between are Mario and Toadette.
Throughout the run, you will want to get P-Acorns and Stars. Stars are mainly used for Nabbit chases, though a star is something you may want to have for level 9-8. Stars are obtained by either forcing fireworks (a star is obtained with the last two digits on the timer being an 88 or a 99) or getting lucky by getting one from overworld enemies. P-Acorns are used to either skip levels or go through them fast. P-Acorns are used in 1-2’s normal exit, 5-T, 6-6, 6-T2, 7-1, Elevator, and 9-1. I would use them on 9-2 or 9-7, and 7-6 instead of 6-6 and 9-1 P-Acorn for starting out.
The route itself is as follows:
1-1
1-2 (Secret) (1,2,3)
Acorn Secret
5-1
Nabbit 1
1-2 (Normal)
1-T
1-3
1-5
1-4
1-C
2-1 (For whatever reason, the warp pipe doesn’t spawn on the map until you beat this level)
Nabbit 5
5-2 (Normal)
5-2 (Secret)
5-6
5-7
5-C
6-1
6-2
6-T (Normal)
6-T (Secret)
6-3
6-4
6-5 (Secret)
6-T2
6-C (Back Door)
6-6
Nabbit 6
6-5 (Normal)
6-7
6-C (Front Door)
2-3
2-2
2-T
2-5
2-6
2-C
2-4 (Normal)
2-4 (Secret)
Layer-Cake Secret
Nabbit 2
4-1
4-2
4-T
4-3
4-4
4-5
4-GH (Normal)
4-GH (Secret)
4-C
Glacier Secret
Nabbit 4
3-1
3-2
3-T
Ghost Ship (Secret)
Ghost Ship (Normal)
3-4
Sparkling Secret
3-3
3-5
Nabbit 3
3-C
5-A
5-3
5-T
5-GH (Secret) (1,3)
5-GH (Normal) (2)
5-4 (Secret)
5-4 (Normal)
5-5 (Normal)
5-5 (Secret)
Soda Secret
7-1
7-3
7-2
7-T
7-GH (Secret) (1,2,3)
7-GH (Normal)
Nabbit 7
7-4/7-5 (Random which level you do first due to the nature of the rainbow road.)
7-6
7-C
7-A
8-1 (Secret)
8-1 (Normal)
8-4
8-2
8-3
Elevator
Bowser
9-1
9-8
9-7
9-6
9-5
9-4
9-3
9-2
9-9 (100%)
(I listed all of the notable star coin layouts that may be useful to know.)
(If you use P-Acorn in 9-7 instead of 9-2 I would play the levels in W9 in the following order: 9-8, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-9)