1 Warp Route

-1 WARP-

As a reminder to those who want to run this category (or those who are too lazy to read the rules), you can only use 1 warp cannon, while other secret exits are freely allowed. The fastest cannon is the one accessed by the 1-3 Secret Exit.

If you want backup propellers during your run, the mushroom houses in Worlds 1, 5, and 6 guarantee at least 1 propeller suit and the one in World 7 guarantees 2. Visiting these is useful [Patterns listed here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/wii/960544-new-super-mario-bros-wii/map/6629?raw=1] in case you take damage and the next backup propeller is several stages away. This is recommended to players starting with this category or any longer category that visits multiple worlds, although 1 Warp is a shorter category that shouldn’t rely on visiting mushroom houses as much as longer categories that visit more houses with better patterns like Cannonless or  100%.

1-1 (Grab Propeller Suit)
1-2
1-3 Secret Exit
Cannon 

At this point, the route basically becomes the 2nd half of the cannonless route.

5-1
5-2 / 5-3 

* 5-3 can be up to 5 seconds faster [depends on strats that you use] but significantly harder. Additionally, it has a singular backup propeller that is in a roulette block, in case you don't want to have to reset.*

5-Fortress
5-4 
5-Ghost House

If the number of times you have died before this point if either 0 or 3, the vines will block your way to 5-Castle. If they do block your path, it is fastest to go int 5-5 and intentionally die at the start. Once the vines do not block off access to 5-Castle, proceed.

5-Castle (Backup propellers exist here)

6-1
6-3
6-Fortress
6-5 Secret Exit
6-Castle 
6-Airship 

• It is important that you have propeller suit entering 6-Airship, because it is used to speed up the second Bowser Jr. fight significantly by simply not boarding the clown car and simply fight him similarly to the fight in World 4. *

7-1 (Backup propellers exist in here, 7-2, and 7-3)
7-2
7-3
7-Fortress Secret Exit
7-6
7-Castle Secret Entrance

8-1 (damage boost x2)
8-2 Secret Exit
8-7 (reobtain mushroom)
8-Airship (reobtain propeller suit)
8-Castle

shoutouts and thanks to PidgeySR and DiamondcrafterA for proofreading the guide

10 Hint Movies Route

Get every star coin in every level you play except for 2 star coins which adds up to 37. I practiced on world 1, and I skipped
1-4 #2/3 because I didn't want an ice flower. Also, 1-5 #2 and 1-Castle #3 are slowish. One idea for one we skip is 3-1 #2.

Route:
1-1
1-2
1-3
Star House: Use if you're like me and want to have a star in 2-3.
1-Tower
1-4
Goombaless Manipulation: https://pastebin.com/Erp4vD6s
1-5: Play this instead of 1-6 because you need to beat the level for a hint movie.
1-Castle
2-1
2-3
2-Tower
2-4 Secret
2-Castle
3-1: Also required for a hint movie.
Watch those hint movies!

Notes: Any time a movie requires a certain number of star coins to show up, you have to beat its respective level. We skip a movie that only requires 25 star coins to show up in 2-6 because it costs 10 star coins to purchase.

9-1 any% route

Recently I thought of a much better route for 9-1 any% so I will put it here. (Star coin information included)

**World 1 (1)**

1-1 (123)
1-2 (123)
1-3 Normal (123)
1-3 Secret
Star House
1-Cannon

**World 5**

5-1
Use Star
5-2/5-3
5-F
5-4
5-Ghost House Secret
5-Cannon

**World 8**

8-1
8-2 Secret
8-7
8-A
8-C

**Credits**

**World 1 (2)**

1-F (123)
1-4 (123)
1-6 (123) (interchangeable)
1-5 (123) (interchangeable)
1-C

*Warp to w9*

**World 9**

9-1

This saves time over the original route because of map movement, save prompts after 1-F and 1-C, and the world 2 cutscene is shorter.

All Ghost Houses Route

Originally made by CatSR and MysteryMudkip, Updated by NateCC14

1-1 (Get Propeller Suit)
1-2
1-3 
1-3 Secret 
Star House
1-Cannon
5-1 
5-3/5-2
5-T 
5-4 
5-GH Secret 
5-Cannon 
8-1
8-2 Secret
8-7
8-A (Get Propellor Suit)
Warp to W1
1-T 
1-4 
1-6 
1-C
2-1 
2-3 
2-T
2-4 Secret
2-C
3-1 
3-2 
Use Star to skip Ice Bros
3-GH Secret 
3-Cannon
Warp back to World 3
3-T
3-4 Secret 
3-5 
3-4
3-C
Warp to W6 after entering W4 
6-1 
6-3
6-T 
6-5 Secret
6-C 
6-A
7-1 
7-2
7-3
7-T 
7-GH Secret or Regular Exit
Warp to World 4
4-1 (Get Penguin Suit) 
4-2 
4-T 
4-4 
4-GH Secret or Regular Exit
Warp to W8
8-C

All power-ups route

(The route may get changed due to discoveries)
In 1-1 you need to collect the first Mushroom in the highest question block near the start of the level because you cant collect the checkpoint and it doesn't count as a power-up despite giving you the ability. After getting the checkpoint (you can get the checkpoint but it doesn't count as a mushroom) you can get a propeller in the question block.

In 1-2 right before the checkpoint you need to ground pound into the cluster of brick-blocks, and hit the brick-block closest to the checkpoint (If your confused about this, see the WR video)

For the end strategy, Beat 5-1 -> die in 5-1 -> defeat the piranha plant -> Get the fire flower, ice flower, penguin suit, and get the mini in the toad house -> equip all of those 

Thanks to DCA and TheCodingBoy for helping lower the WR and discovering strats. 
Special thanks to Gix for making the category official.

All Powerups W5 Toad House

Green: do these first, check which pattern you have
Red: Bowser (Jr.)

Just follow the path
https://imgur.com/N6Id3ho

All Secrets Route

1-1
1-2
1-3
1-3 Secret
Star House
1-Tower
1-4
1-6
1-Castle
2-1
2-3
2-Tower
2-4
2-6 Secret
2-4 Secret
2-Castle
3-1
3-2
Star
3-Boo House Secret
3-Tower
3-4 Secret
3-5
Red Switch
3-5 Secret
Star House
3-4
3-Castle
4-1
Star
4-2 or 4-3
4-Tower
4-Tower Secret
4-4
4-Boo House Secret
Star House
4-Cannon
6-1
6-3
6-Tower
6-5
6-5 Secret
6-6 Secret
6-Castle
6-Ship
7-1
7-2
7-3
7-Tower
7-Tower Secret
7-Boo House Secret
1-Cannon
5-1
Star
5-2 or 5-3
5-Tower
5-4
5-Boo House Secret
5-Cannon
8-1
8-2 Secret
8-7
8-Ship
8-Castle

Notes: I don't like this category as much as All Towers, but there are less overworld encounters.

All Towers Route

This is an update of the route for All Towers, thanks to DCA for improving it.

**World 1 (1.0)**

1-1
1-2
1-Mushroom House (get star and backup prop)
1-3 Secret
1-3 Normal (interchangeable between here and second w1 visit)
1-Cannon

**World 5**

5-1
5-2 / 5-3
5-Tower
5-4
5-Ghost Secret
5-Cannon

**World 8 (1.0)**

8-1
8-2 Secret
8-2 Regular
8-7
8-Ship
8-3
8-Tower


*Back to W1 after finishing 8-T*

World 1 (2.0)

1-3 Normal (interchangeable between here and first w1 visit)
1-Tower
1-4
1-6
1-Castle

**World 2**

2-1
2-3
2-Tower
2-4 Secret
2-Castle

**World 3**

3-1
3-2
Use star
3-Tower
3-4 Secret
3-5
3-4 Regular
3-Castle

**World 4**

4-1
4-2
4-Tower Secret
4-Tower Regular
4-Cannon

**World 6**

6-1
6-3
6-Tower
6-5 Secret
6-Castle
6-Ship

**World 7**

7-1
7-2
7-3
7-Tower

*Go to World 8*

**World 8 (2.0)**

8-Castle

Better All Secrets Route

Shoutouts to R0main for telling me that I̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶ getting to World 8 early skips Airship cutscenes.
1-1
1-2
1-3 Secret
1-Cannon
5-1
5-2 or 5-3
5-Tower
5-4
5-Boo House Secret
5-Cannon
Warp to World 1
1-3
Star House
1-Tower
1-4
Goombaless Manip
1-6
1-Castle
2-1
2-3
2-Tower
2-4
2-4 Secret
2-6 Secret
2-Castle
3-1
3-2
Star (Make sure to wipe out both Ice Bros.)
3-Boo House Secret
3-Tower
3-4 Secret
3-5
3-5 Secret
3-4
Red Switch
3-Castle
4-1
Hope for Fishless
4-2 or 4-3
4-Tower
4-Tower Secret
4-4
4-Boo House Secret
4-Cannon
6-1
6-3
6-Tower
6-5
6-5 Secret
6-6 Secret
6-Castle
6-Ship
7-1
7-2
7-3
7-Tower
7-Tower Secret
7-Boo House Secret
Warp to World 8
8-1
8-2 Secret
8-7
8-Ship
8-Castle

Full Inventory Guide

This category is not on the leaderboards yet. To complete this, you need to memorize World 1, World 2, and World 3 red mushroom house patterns. You also need to be able to do 2-3 infinite lives. Don't get items you don't need.
1-1
1-2
Mushroom House
1-3
Star House
1-1 Toad with 3-8 as the last digit on the clock. (Mushroom)
Mushroom House
1-Tower
1-4
Goomba
Mushroom House
1-1, 1-2, or 1-3 Toad Mushroom
Mushroom House
1-6
1-Castle
Death in Slowest Level 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-6
1-1, 1-2, 1-3, or 1-6 Toad Mushroom
Mushroom House
2-1
Mushroom House
2-3 Infinite Lives
2-Tower
2-1 Toad Mushroom
Mushroom House
2-4 Secret
2-Castle
3-1
3-2
Avoid Ice Bros. if possible
3-Tower
3-1 or 3-2 Toad Mushroom
Mushroom House
3-Boo House
Mushroom House
Continuously grind the Ice Bros. and die in 3-1 or 3-2 to get toads, whichever level is slower, until 99 mushrooms and penguin suits. Get 2-3 infinite lives again as needed.
2-1 Toad Mushroom
Mushroom House
Die in levels that aren't 2-1, and use the mushroom houses until at 99 propellors, ice flowers, and fire flowers. Get 2-3 infinite lives as needed.
Grind for star houses by finishing 2-1 with toad and with 9 as the last digit on the clock.
Once you get 99 stars, you win!
Mushroom House Patterns: https://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/960544-new-super-mario-bros-wii/faqs/58356
Information About Toad: https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960544-new-super-mario-bros-wii/64172245

Mushroom Grinding Strats for Max%

The video goes through strats for all three podoboo patterns with and without the propeller mushroom item. Lmk if you have more questions.

https://youtu.be/4JpT0927og4

Namn	Författare
1 Warp Route	mudkipfish75 4 years ago
10 Hint Movies Route	Smajet 7 years ago
9-1 any% route	LunaEclipse4 5 years ago
All Ghost Houses Route	CatSR 4 years ago
All power-ups route	GlowyOrange 6 years ago
All Powerups W5 Toad House	TheCodingBoy 6 years ago
All Secrets Route	Smajet 7 years ago
All Towers Route	R0main 4 years ago
Better All Secrets Route	TheSmajet 6 years ago
Full Inventory Guide	Smajet 7 years ago
Mushroom Grinding Strats for Max%	gasping-muffin 2 years ago