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WORLD 3
Level 1
If you go straight down at the start, there is a small gap on the edge of the screen you can go down for a power up.
You can jump out of the water and run across land to find a power-up.
Near the end, there's a place where you can go down. In this little section is a 1-up block surrounded by coins.
Level 2
There are enough starmen hidden in this level to keep you invincible for the platform ride. The first one is near where you jump on the moving platform.
Hitting the P-switch will make the coins turn into a platform, allowing you to get a hidden 1-up.
After you go through the exit pipe, fly up to find coins and a 1-up around a Rail platform.
Mini Fortress
The fifth door leads to a ledge with a 1-up block on it.
The sixth door leads to Boom-Boom.
The last door leads to a secret coin room.
Level 3
The tide goes up and down in this level. Be very careful when it's down because the giant fish can eat you in one gulp.
At the first horizontal stretch of blocks, there's a P-switch you can find with the help of a Koopa shell. If you hit it, you can get the power-up in the Note Block easily.
The second P-switch you find will make the rows of coins into platforms. Run to the end of the level, FAST!
Beyond the exit pipe is a 1-up block you can try for if you're feeling lucky.
Level 4
To make it over the giant jump, slide down the hill and jump at the last second, this is very tricky and it's best to fly if you can. If you fall in the water, there's an invisible block to help you get over.
At the part with the upside-down pipe, kick a Koopa shell so that it goes back and forth underneath it. Lakitu will toss Spinys continuously and they will be hit by the shell, giving you points and eventually 1-ups.
Level 5
If you're Frog Mario, you can enter the second right-side-up pipe. Hold Right as you fall to reach a giant block with three 1-ups inside.
At the second upside-down pipe, there's a hidden 1-up in the current that you can get if you're Frog Mario.
Level 6
At the part with a block on a lower platform, kick a Koopa shell down there so it hits the block and collects the 10 coins inside it.
Use an Ice block to make the P-switch appear on the last lower platform. Then hit the 1-up block above you so that it goes right (hit its left side). Then quickly hit the P-switch so that the 1-up falls through the coins and you can get it.
Level 7
In the first set of blocks, there's a 1-up inside one of them.
At the second set of blocks, you can make a vine grow from one of the top ones. Climb it and go left to find a P-switch. If you weren't able to get the 1-up before because you were small, you can now get it. Also, climb the vine and jump off to the right to find a cloud platform with a pink Note Block. This one takes you to a special Coin Heaven where you can get a Jugem's Cloud item.
Mini fortress 2
No secrets here.
Level 8
This is another rising and falling tide stage. There are some blocks that create vines which you can use to stay out of reach.
Grab all the coins you see. At the end of the stage is a P-switch which will allow you to get some more coins. If you can get 44 or more, the white Mushroom House will appear on the map, and you can get a P-wing.
Level 9
There's another White Block here. Hold Down for five seconds to drop into the background. If you can make it down the next pipe while still in the background, you'll become invisible!
Between the White Block and that pipe are two Bullet Bills. Kick a Koopa shell so it bounces between them. Find a safe spot and watch as it hits them and gives you points and 1-ups.
In the underwater section, you can swim all the way to the left to find a pipe. Go down it and hold Right to find a Frog Suit.
Bonus Section
On the World Map, get a Hammer from one of the Hammer Bros. Use it to break the rock so you can access the Canoe. You can use the Canoe to reach islands that have bonus games and Toad's Houses on them.
Airship
The Airships never have any hidden bits. Just lots of cannons and awkward jumps.
Look at level 2.
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Look at level 4.
Page last updated: September 3rd, 1998