Before starting your run, it's recommended that you enable debug mode by pressing X, B, R, B, Y, L on the title screen.

Remove the memory card before pressing start on the title screen. Timing starts when you accept a file name. [section=Prologue] Move around the railing into the Lord Crump cutscene

Lord Crump ● Mario: Jump x2 ● Superguard Crump's Jump ● Mario: Jump x2

Exit the harbor, Goombella joins your party Break Zess T.'s Contact Lens

Enter the Toad Bros. Bazaar ● Order the Contact Lens ● Buy 5 or 7 Fright Masks (Buy 5 if you do Yoshi Skip using the left Spania, or 7 if you use the right Spania.) ● Buy 3 Fire Flowers

If you plan on saving during the run, hit the save block and select the bottom option. If not, it is faster to have Goombella explain saving to you, so jump into her cutscene.

Enter Frankly's house Outside, choose the top dialogue option first (scroll up and press A) and the bottom option second (press B.) Go down the pipe to Rogueport Sewers Start the Goomba Trio battle

Goomba Trio ● Mario: Fright Mask

Go down the pipe after the battle Break one of the yellow blocks in front of the pipe in the next room and go down Get Pretty Lucky from the invisible block Get the Black Key Use the Black Key to unlock the Plane Curse chest

Backtrack to the first room of the sewers Use HRG (Hazard Respawn Glitch) to get to the Petal Meadows pipe early

[section=Petal Meadows]
Jump into the Hooktail cutscene Go right to the bridge screen Check the bushes from behind and hit the switch in the background to create the bridge Enter Petalburg Talk to Mayor Kroop in the first house on the second screen E-mail on the way to the gate Talk to the Koopa next to the gate to exit Petalburg

Get the POW Block by hammering the block Check the pedestal in the first fortress area

Bald Clefts ● Mario: POW Block

Get the POW Block by checking the bush near the Paragoomba Check the pedestal in the second fortress area

Bristles ● Mario: POW Block

Get the Fire Flower from the block Enter and talk to the Thwomp to start the quiz

Super Fun Quirk Quiz 65 (1, 3, 4, 2, 3) Go down the pipe Head left to get the Moon Stone

Fuzzies ● Mario: Fire Flower

Return to the right to get the Sun Stone

Fuzzies ● Mario: Fire Flower

Backtrack to the center area

Gold Fuzzy ● Mario: Jump x2 ● Goombella: Headbonk ● Guard Fuzzy Horde ● Superguard Gold Fuzzy ● Mario: Jump x2 on Gold Fuzzy ● Goombella: Fire Flower

Get Multibounce from the block Go back to Petal Meadows

Koops joins your party Get the Fire Flower from the block Place the Sun and Moon Stones Use Koops to hit the left switch, and Mario to hammer the right switch Enter Hooktail Castle

[section=Hooktail Castle] Use the spring to reach the upper level of the first room Use the Plane Panel to fly across the broken bridge Get Power Bounce from the block Say "No" when asked to read the letter Check the Red Bones

Red Bones ● Koops: Fire Flower ● Mario: Fire Flower ● Level 2: FP

Hold Koops out in front of the yellow switch, then either lower the purple block or jump on the door lock to reach the yellow block Ride the yellow block up and jump over the Star Piece Drop down to the lower platform and get the Castle Key Go all the way right and get the Black Key Escape the spike maze and get the Paper Curse Get Attack FX R

Open the Badge menu as you unspin from the bars ● Equip Attack FX R ● Equip Power Bounce ● Check the e-mail

Backtrack to Red Bones room and get the Castle Key Go back to Save Block/Big Green block room and ride the block up to unlock the door In the upper hallway, jump on the first switch Either use Koops to hit the second switch, or jump to the open window On the way up in the next room, use Koops to get the Life Shroom Go left to start the cutscene with Ms. Mowz Get the Castle Key from the chest

Dull Bones ● Mario: Run Away

Get speed glitch after the encounter by pressing A on one of the last two frames before returning to the field Go right through the locked door Ride the yellow block up to the Plane Panel and use it to reach the door on the platform Lower the yellow block in the next room and use Koops to get the Castle Key Climb the stairs and unlock the door Maneuver around the outside room and enter Hooktail's tower

Hooktail ● Mario: Power Bounce x9 ● Koops: Shell Toss ● Guard Hooktail's fire ● Mario: Power Bounce x8 ● Koops: Shell Toss ● Answer "Yes" (press A) to end the cutscene early (you will take 5 HP damage from Hooktail's bite) ● Mario: Power Bounce x8 ● Koops: Shell Toss

[section=Pre-Chapter 2] Peach Segment ● Enter the left door and leave immediately ● Walk down the hallway and talk to TEC

Bowser Segment ● Walk to the end of the room

Exit Petalburg to the left Peach e-mail before the bridge Return to Rogueport Sewers

You can speedswap across the water after the last platform to save about a second Go down the left pipe in the next room Use Paper Mode to drop down and go down the pipe Step on the center of the pedestal in front of the Thousand-Year Door

Head back to Rogueport Sewers Go down both pipes, take the north loading zone through the bars Talk to Punio, choose the top dialogue option Talk to Punio again to the right Go to Boggly Woods

[section=Boggly Woods] Go right and enter the Shadow Sirens cutscene Go to the Great Tree Talk to Punio by the door Talk to Punio again by the secret entrance

Leave Great Tree for Flurrie cutscene You can jump right on the first frame after exiting the pipe to move closer to the loading zone during Punio's dialogue Maneuver around to the stumps at the back of the next room Get P-Down, D-Up P from the hidden block on the stumps Use Koops to hit the switch that raises the Plane Panel Use the Plane Panel to fly across to the top of the cliff Get Quake Hammer from the red block

Head down the pipe to Flurrie's house Check the door to talk to Flurrie Choose the bottom dialogue option Leave the house to trigger the Shadow Sirens cutscene Return to the Shadow Sirens

Shadow Sirens ● Mario: Jump x2 on Marilyn ● Koops: Power Shell ● Superguard Vivian's attack ● Superguard Marilyn's attack ● Guard Beldam's attack ● Mario: 4-bar Earth Tremor (5-bar if you failed one or both of the superguards) ● Koops: Power Shell

Get the Necklace Either return to the right or use the tree to the left to fall out of bounds, respawning at the right Return to Flurrie's house Flurrie joins your party Go back to Great Tree (e-mail on the screen with the Great Tree) Blow away the secret entrance and enter the Great Tree

[section=The Great Tree] Walk forward to trigger the X-Naut fight

X-Nauts ● Mario: Fright Mask

Take the pipe in the first room Walk right and take the pipe in the second room Climb up to where the Puni cells are Go right to start the Ms. Mowz cutscene, followed by an X-Naut fight

X-Naut ● Mario: Power Bounce x4

Take the Red Key back and unlock the Puni Elder Drop down on the way back to the front of the tree and get the Power Punch from the bush Get the Puni Orb from the Puni Elder Place the Orb in the pedestal in the room above the entrance to reveal a pipe Encounter the X-Naut

X-Nauts ● Mario: Fright Mask

Place the Puni Orb and blow the Punies off the ledge Unlock the left door and blow the Punies across the gap In the next room, jump down from the upper platform and maneuver to the pipe with more jumps to keep the Punies from leaving you Go right and fight the 10 Jabbi squad using Flurrie Jump down and get the Blue Key

Backtrack to the bubble room Jump down and get the Thunder Rage from the bush to the right Leave the 11 Punies here and return to the cells Unlock the blue cell to free the 90 trapped Punies

Backtrack to the bubble room again Jump to the pipe in the room after the cells to keep all 91 Punies with you as you transition Blow the 91 Punies across the gap

Jump down to the pipe again to keep all 101 Punies through the room transition Head left using Flurrie to stun the Pider Switch to Koops and use him to reveal the hidden block under Damage Dodge P (alternatively, you can hammer the hidden block from the platform) Use the block to jump across to the left, skipping the second Pider Switch back to Flurrie and use her in the 100 Jabbi squad fight

Either Goombella buffer into the right loading zone in the room after the Jabbi fight, or walk against the bottom wall, moving right slowly to bypass the loading zone. Move right until you can hear a collision noise when moving against the north wall in Paper Mode. Switch from up to up-left and release R to clip onto the seam. Maneuver around to the left side of the Puni Orb pedestal and drop down to the pipe on the stump.

Jump to the pipe in the next room with all 101 Punies

Either use Koops to hit the blue switch in water room, or jump across the platforms in the lower room to keep the Punies with you as you enter the pipe to the basement. If you use Koops, return and take the Punies over the lily pads.

Place the Puni Orb in the pedestal leading to the lowest room in the Tree Place the Puni Orb in the center pedestal to trigger the first escape Head up the right pipe (leave the Punies here)

X-Nauts ● Mario: Fright Mask

During the first escape, go right at the narrow path room and get the Super Boots Break the floor panel in the room adjacent to the Super Boots chest and use Koops to get Charge Return to the basement room where you triggered the first escape (via the red door) to trigger the second escape Head up the right pipe (leave the Punies here)

X-Nauts ● Mario: Jump x2 on the first X-Naut ● Koops: Fright Mask ● Level 3: BP

Return to the entrance of the Great Tree

Magnus von Grapple ● Koops: Power Punch on Mario ● Mario: Spin Jump ● Guard (or superguard) Magnus's stomp attack ● Koops: Swap to Goombella ● Mario: Spin Jump ● Magnus creates X-Fists, swap Mario to front ● Mario: Spin Jump on Magnus ● Goombella: Swap to Flurrie ● Guard or don't guard the next three attacks to lower Mario's health to 1 HP. Each X-Fist does 4 HP damage to the front party member, and Magnus's earthquake attack does 2 HP damage to both Mario and his partner ● Mario: Power Bounce x5 (x6 if you didn't superguard)

[section=Pre-Chapter 3] Peach Segment ● Wait for the right door to open ● Dance with the Peach hologram (at least 10/16 dance cues required to progress)

Bowser Segment ● Complete 1-1 (161 is the fastest possible time, 160 with meats)

Leave the screen with the Great Tree E-mail as you move left on the screen after the Great Tree Get the Honey Syrup on the way out of Boggly Woods Take the pipe back to Rogueport Sewers Use the Honey Syrup going through the bars Stand on the pedestal in front of the Thousand-Year Door

Go to the Howz of Badges ● Sell Quake Hammer ● Sell P-Down, D-Up P ● Sell Attack FX R ● Sell Pretty Lucky ● Buy Power Rush

Flurrie superslide onto the outer seam of the inn Move across and open the Ultra Hammer chest

Enter the Toad Bros Bazaar ● Buy Contact Lens (receive Mushroom if you bought 7 Fright Masks in Prologue)

Visit Charlieton ● Buy Mega Rush (if he has it)

Give Zess T. the Contact Lens If you didn't get Mega Rush, go to the blimp/train area to reset what Charlieton is selling

Go to Westside Goods ● Buy 1 Dried Shroom ● Buy 1 Dizzy Dial (receive Mushroom if you bought 5 Fright Masks in Prologue)

Answer anything for first question, “Yellow” for second (3rd option) Talk to Don Pianta

Westside Goods ● Store 1 Dizzy Dial, 1 Mushroom, 1 Dried Shroom

On your way to the harbor, check to see if Charlieton has Mega Rush if you didn’t get it first try Go to Rogueport Harbor and talk to Francesca (first dialogue option) Reset Charlieton's inventory if you didn't get Mega Rush yet

Talk to Don Pianta and get the Blimp Ticket E-mail on the way to the blimp If you don't have Mega Rush, you must keep checking/resetting Charlieton's inventory until you can purchase it

Open the Badge menu ● Equip Multibounce ● Equip Mega Rush ● Equip Power Rush

Take the blimp to Glitzville

[section=Glitzville] Go to the Glitzville Shop ● Buy 1 Power Punch ● Buy 1 Point Swap

Enter the Glitz Pit Go into the lower lobby doors Head back-stage through the left door and walk around to Grubba's office Do not sign up to be a fighter

Jump from the end of the sofa up to the bookcase Head through the vent to trigger a later point in the chapter Use an Ultra Hammer spin to break the vent on the right side and exit Check the desk drawer and read the paper Chase Grubba to the arena

Macho Grubba ● Mario: Power Bounce x4 ● Flurrie: Swap to Koops ● Grubba powers up ● Mario: Power Bounce x4

[section=Pre-Chapter 4] Peach Segment ● Visit TEC ● Ride the elevator up ● Enter the first door on the right ● Check the second locker from the left and change into an X-Naut ● Exit, go right, and talk to Grodus ● Change back into Peach and exit the room

Bowser Segment ● Check the bush that the Puni Elder is hiding behind

Leave Glitzville E-mail before the sewer grate in West Rogueport Fall down into Rogueport Sewers Double jump up to the platform to Twilight Town (Use a Fright Mask on the left Spania if you prefer that strategy) Get rejected by the Twilight Town pipe Break the gray block that leads to Fahr Outpost Head down the pipe on the right side of the room Use Paper Mode to fall through the bars (switch to Flurrie to cut the spin animation short) Use Flurrie to reveal the pipe leading to the Pit of 100 Trials entrance Go down the pipe and exit to the right Stand on the pedestal in front of the Thousand-Year Door

E-mail leaving Frankly's house Talk to Darkly Go back to West Rogueport Sewers (switch to Koops while falling down the grate) Double jump up to the platform to Twilight Town (Use a Fright Mask on the left Spania if you prefer that strategy) Enter the pipe to Twilight Town

[section=Twilight Town and Creepy Steeple] Go right and talk to the gatekeeper Return to the Mayor's house to see him turned into a pig Talk to the shop manager's wife Return to the gatekeeper and proceed to Twilight Trail

Get the Shop Key by shooting Koops under the fallen log Get the Black Key in the shed Unlock the back room in the shop Unlock the Black Chest to get the Tube Curse Take the Boo's Sheet and Jammin' Jelly (and the Life Shroom if you lost the one from Hooktail Castle)

Exit the shop normally, or use Flurrie to superslide on the back room door to fall out of bounds and back to the Twilight Trail entrance E-mail outside the shop Use Tube Mode to move through the next three screens Use the Jammin' Jelly under the fallen log (also switch to Flurrie if you didn't do the shop superslide) Use Flurrie to blow away the haystack

Walk through the next two screens, using Flurrie to open a path in the tree trunk Use Flurrie to reveal a floor panel on the following screen Swap to Koops in the background and push the rock Proceed to Creepy Steeple

If you are not in peril, drop down into the well and take damage from the Buzzy Beetle, then run away Use Tube Mode to bypass the gate Enter Creepy Steeple Push the statue at the right side of the room Fall down and release the Boos (choose the first option. If you're short on coins, you can choose the third option to get an Ultra Shroom to sell on the train.) Return to the first room of Creepy Steeple

Talk to the Boo and answer "No" Go through the bottom door Hit the red switch once Go up the stairs and get the Steeple Key using Koops Fall back down to the main room and enter the upper door Hit the red switch twice Go up the stairs and unlock the tower Climb the spiral staircase

Doopliss ● Mario: Power Bounce x7 ● Doopliss Copies Mario ● Koops: Boo's Sheet on Mario ● Doopliss attacks ● Mario: Jump x2

Backtrack to Twilight Town Run away from Doopliss Check the leftmost bush on the far left side of Twilight Town to find the Superbomb Show the Superbomb to Vivian Vivian joins your party Run away from Doopliss again and backtrack to Creepy Steeple

Drop into the well (if you're not in peril, take damage from the Buzzy Beetle and then run away) Follow the path into the room with the parrot Get The Steeple Key, the Letter P, and Power Plus Leave the room and backtrack to Doopliss

Spell out Doopliss' name (ランペル) ● Up, left, up x2, A ● Down x2, right, down, A ● Left, down, left, A ● Up x4, left, A ● Right x5, down x3, A

Chase Doopliss back to Creepy Steeple Enter the upper door Hit the red switch once Climb to the top of the tower

Doopliss ● Mario: Power Bounce x7 ● Level 4: BP

[section=Pre-Chapter 6] Peach Segment ● TEC Quiz (2, 1, 3, 2, 3)

Bowser Segment ● Beat 2-1 (154 is the fastest possible time)

Leave Twilight Town and switch to Yoshi Peach e-mail exiting the Twilight Town door Go left and down the pipe to Fahr Outpost Get Double Dip P from the hidden block Leave Fahr Outpost

Go down the pipe on the right side of the sewers screen Fall through the bars in Paper Mode and head right Break the gray block and open the left pipe to Poshley Heights Head left and board the train

[section=Excess Express, Riverside Station, & Poshley Sanctum] Talk to the conductor at the back of the train

Sales Stall ● If you picked up the Ultra Shroom in Creepy Steeple, sell it here ● Buy 4 Boo's Sheets ● Buy 1 Thunder Rage

Talk to Pennington in the kitchen Examine the floor in front of room 3 Talk to Heff. T Get the Galley Pot from the drawer Talk to Pennington in Room 6

Talk to Sylvia in Room 8 to find out about Bub’s present Talk to Bub twice Talk to the conductor Get the Autograph from the engineer Give Bub the Autograph

Talk to the conductor Use Vivian to talk to the ghost in room 4 Get the Diary from the baggage car Give the Diary to the ghost Give the Blanket to the conductor (receive Mushroom) Go to sleep in room 5

Head to room 6 to talk to Pennington (e-mail in dining car) Get the Vital Paper in Room 1 Return to room 6 and give Pennington the Vital Paper Use Vivian to catch Zip Toad in Room 5 Return the Briefcase when prompted Exit the train Talk to the Riverside worker to get the Key Unlock the door and head inside

Use Tube Mode to hit the blue switch in the second room Go up the stairs and get the Station Key in the next room with Yoshi Go back one room and unlock the door to go outside Drop down and blow away the posters with Flurrie Use Tube Mode to enter the maze Get P-Up, D-Down and proceed through the next two rooms

Multibounce on all of the Goombas Hit the numbered switches to spawn the stairs Get the Ultra Boots Spring Jump out of the room and fall down through the vent

Open the Badge menu ● Unequip Power Bounce ● Equip Power Plus ● Switch to Yoshi

Spring Jump to get the Elevator Key Begin backtracking to the first room of Riverside Get the Thunder Rage in the area outside from invisible block (toss the Mushroom if your inventory is full) Ride the elevator down and hammer Smorgs away Activate both switches to lower the bridge Get back on the Excess Express (e-mail in front of the train)

Go to sleep in room 5 Go talk to engineer to start the Smorg sequence E-mail in the dining car Head all the way left and clear the Smorgs in the baggage car Spring Jump up to the roof Use Yoshi to run to the front of the train

Smorg ● Yoshi: Thunder Rage ● Mario: Spin Jump (make sure you hit both action commands for the Spin Jump) ● Yoshi: Thunder Rage ● Mario: Spin Jump (both action commands) ● Guard Smorg Attack to be put in peril ● Mario: Target Smorg's body and Spin Jump (both action commands)

Sleep in the bed again Get off the train and head to the Sanctum Spring Jump up to the switch on the left and go to the back room Spring Jump up to the right ledge and Shell Toss the Garnet Star with Text Storage Leave the Sanctum and go back to Rogueport Sewers via the blue pipe Open and use the pipe on the right

[section=Keelhaul Key] Head right and get the Thunder Rage on the cliff screen Keep going right and fall onto the out of bounds Embers to start the Bobbery sequence early

Embers ● Mario: Ultra Hammer Spin ● Yoshi: Thunder Rage

Hammer the tree to knock Bobbery down Get a Coconut on the screen to the left Take the Coconut to Flavio for the Chuckola Cola Take the Cola back to Bobbery Goombella buffer through the loading zone to the left Navigate the back seam and enter Pirate's Grotto early

[section=Pirate's Grotto] Follow the path through the first two rooms Get the Gate Handle early by jumping to the platform on its right with Tube Mode Keep going right, and head up and around to the storage room Get the Grotto Key and backtrack two rooms Drop down and unlock the door, then head down Use Tube Mode to navigate through the next two rooms to the left

You can use Paper Mode against the north wall to dodge the first set of Bill Blasters. The same strat works against the south wall for the second set of Bill Blasters.

Check the black chest in the wrecked ship at the end of the path

Embers ● Mario: Ultra Hammer Spin ● Yoshi: Thunder Rage ● Level 5: BP

Open the chest for Boat Mode

Return to the room with the floodgate and use the Gate Handle. On the way back, you can take damage from the Bullet Bills to try to get close to peril. The Bullet Bills do 4 HP damage unguarded.

Climb up and around to the boat panel at the top of the waterfall and sail down through the open floodgate Head right to the large room with the Toads Dock at the boat panel and hit both background switches Go one room right after freeing the Toads If you're not in peril, fall in the water to take damage Enter the Black Skull and confront Cortez

Cortez ● Mario: Jump x2 ● Phase 2 starts ● Mario: Jump x2 ● Phase 3 starts ● Mario: Jump x2

Exit the Grotto to the left Use Ultra Boots Time Stop to avoid the ground trigger that starts the Flavio cutscene and return to the blue pipe

Sort glitch the Life Shroom on Mario. If you don't have it, you can grab Keel Mangos near the blue pipe

Go back to Rogueport Sewers

[section=X-Naut Fortress] Head west, and then up to the underground town Do Teleporter Room Early and enter the teleporter to X-Naut Fortress

Exit the teleporter room and go left to get the first Card Key Head back right and read the red note to advance the game sequence to Chapter 7 Enter Grodus' office and get the Card Key Exit and use the Z-Yuz to set up a Yoshi Teleport to Sublevel 3 (guard his attack to get put at 7 HP) Go to the left end of the hall and get the Card Key at the end of the tile room

Go right and use the 3 Card Keys Use Bobbery to hit the switch on the right, and then use Vivian to go under the wall

Badge Menu ● Equip Power Bounce

Either travel through the background or use Yoshi to clip to the other side of the room and then Spring Jump to the moving platforms Hover with Yoshi to get the final Card Key Hover to the save block, and then to the recovery block Spring Jump back up to the moving platforms Use the Card Key to enter the final room

Magnus von Grapple 2.0 The following strategy assumes that Mario has 7 HP. If he doesn't, you'll need to make an adjustment. (Magnus's dive attack does 6 HP damage unguarded. From 10 HP, a reasonable backup would be to guard & defend one turn, and then defend the next. The boss strategy then picks back up at the Power Bounces.) ● Mario: Swap to Flurrie ● Flurrie: Swap to Yoshi ● Do not guard Magnus's attack ● Mario: Power Bounce x5 ● Yoshi: Defend ● Mario: Power Bounce x5

[section=Pre-Chapter 8] Bowser Segment ● Inspect the lock on the Poshley Sanctum door

Take the elevator to Sublevel 4 and talk to TEC Head up to Sublevel 2 and go two rooms to the left Leave the X-Naut Fortress via the teleporter

Head left towards the loading zone (e-mail) Go down the pipe in the next room Fall through the bars and go down the pipe

While going through the bars: ● Equip P-Up, D-Down

Go right and stand on the pedestal in front of the Thousand-Year Door Enter the Palace of Shadow

[section=Palace of Shadow] Run through the first two rooms Get the Shooting Star from the block Run between the Bombshell Bills with Yoshi Avoid the Bombshell Bill Blasters by either Spring Jumping to the candles on the wall, or by jumping between them in Paper Mode

Get All or Nothing in the spike room Progress through the fire bar room (get the Boo's Sheet here) Check the Dark Bones in the next room

Dark Bones ● Mario: Multibounce ● Yoshi: Boo's Sheet on Mario ● Mario: Jump x2 on Dark Bones ● Level 6: BP

Get the Palace Key Skip the next set of cannons, and then get First Struck by a Bombshell Bill from the second set

Bombshell Bill ● Don't Guard the First Strike (The attack will do 7 damage unguarded) ● Mario: Run Away

Endless Room Down - Down - Up - Up - Down - Up - Down

Jump into the water while blowing up the left Chain Chomp statue Hit the blue switch (switch to Yoshi in the background) Jump into the water while blowing up the right Chain Chomp statue Hit the blue switch (switch to Yoshi in the background)

Head right towards Gloomtail Enter Gloomtail's room

Gloomtail ● Mario: Power Bounce x5 ● Yoshi: Boo's Sheet on Mario ● Gloomtail attacks with random breath ● Mario: Power Bounce x5 ● Level 7: BP

Get the Star Key Get first struck by the Chain Chomp and fall in the water twice to get back into peril Use the Boat panels to reach the Riddle Tower

Riddle Tower ● 1F Bottom Left: Hit the left switch three times followed by the right switch twice ● 1F Top Left: Break the gray block and leave ● 1F Top Right: Run through the wall on the right and hit the switch ● 1F Bottom Right: Blow away the center of the room with Flurrie ● 2F Bottom Left: Do not pick up an HP drop  ⁃ Dull Bones: First strike Jump x1  ⁃ Red Bones: First strike Jump x1  ⁃ Dry Bones: First strike Jump x1  ⁃ Dark Bones: First strike Jump x2 ● 2F Top Left: Break both gray blocks and leave ● 2F Top Right: Blow up the wall on the right with Bobbery ● 2F Bottom Right: Hit the invisible switch ● 1F Top Left: Break the gray block and hit the switch ● 2F Top Left: Hit the switch ● 3F: Place the Star Key and use a Pedestal Key at each pedestal ● 1F: Exit Riddle Tower

Jump around the Shadow Sirens fight trigger (this is required) and head right Uncover the staircase using Flurrie Use Yoshi to cross the gap at the top of the stairs Use Koops to hit the red switch Exit the room on the right

Use Yoshi to hover behind the green block Hit the purple switch, use Yoshi to hover across the gap to reach the door Spring Jump to the first pole Either Spring Jump to the second pole or use Yoshi to cross the gap

(Optionally, you can do an extended Yoshi Hover to the right here and land on the ground to the next area. This saves around 30 seconds optimally.)

Use Bobbery to hit the switch at the top of the stairs to reveal a platform You can cross the stationary wooden wheel by jumping on top of it in Paper Mode

Open the Badge menu ● Equip All or Nothing ● Switch to Flurrie

Blow away the block disguise with Flurrie Destroy the block with the Ultra Hammer and Spin Jump through the floor (switch to Yoshi) Navigate the narrow path room

Use the Plane Panel to reach the loading zone in the center of the next room Hit the red switch and use Yoshi to reach the Palace Key Exit and fall down to the bottom of the large room (you can get a Life Shroom by hovering off to the right) Use the spring to get back to the Plane Panel Use the Plane Panel to reach the locked door Enter the throne room

[section=Grodus, Bowser, and Shadow Queen] Grodus ● Yoshi: Shooting Star ● Mario: Power Bounce Grodus x6 (5 damage)

Bowser and Kammy Koopa ● Mario: Power Bounce x6 (5 damage) on Kammy ● Yoshi: Boo's Sheet on Mario ● Bowser attacks ● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (6 damage) on Bowser ● Yoshi: Defend ● Bowser attacks ● Mario: Jump x2 (both action commands) ● Level 8: BP

Open the Badge menu ● Equip Double Dip P ● Unequip Multibounce ● Equip Charge

Start the Shadow Queen fight

Shadow Queen ● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (getting capped at 6 gives the same result) ● Yoshi: Swap to Bobbery ● Shadow Queen attacks ● Mario: Power Bounce x4 (or x6 if not in danger) ● Bobbery: Bomb Squad ● Phase 2 starts ● Mario: Failed Jump on Dead Hand ● Bobbery: Boo's Sheet on Mario ● Shadow Queen attacks ● Bomb Squad detonates

Crystal Star Cutscene

Shadow Queen ● Mario: Charge ● Bobbery: Double Dip -> Boo's Sheet on Mario + Nothing ● Shadow Queen attacks (swap partner to front) ● Bobbery: Double Dip -> Power Punch on Mario + Point Swap on Mario ● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (getting capped at 6 gives the same result) ● Shadow Queen attacks (if a Dead Hand steals HP from partner, you'll need to do an extra bounce; swap Mario to front) ● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (getting capped at 6 gives the same result)

[big]If Shadow Queen steals HP from Bobbery and you get capped at 6 both times:[/big] ● Partner: Swap partner ● Shadow Queen kills Mario (Life Shroom) ● Mario: Art Attack

Mash through the epilogue Timing ends on the circular fade to black before credits start (first fully black frame)