I am currently running 70 stars. Did my first run on console and got 1 hour 48 minutes. (really bad considering my pb on emulator is 1 hour 24 minutes).

So what would be the most efficient way to practice? Should I practive every star 1 by 1? Or should I do more runs? The run was frustrating because I died on spots which I did well on practice, haha.

Also I have gameshark and all that which is great for practicing. Cheers! :)

You should see which stars/stages you are the worst at, and practice them the most. If you have an everdrive, you can also get a practice rom called usamune, which is really good for practicing.

add level select, timer, and level reset codes those help a lot if you can’t run usamune