Easy Coins
If you stand still and then Spin Jump on a dancing flower you will get a coin.
Extra Lives
When you perform the following 6 actions during the game you will be able to gain the indicated amount of extra lives.
- Jump on 7 turtles to get an extra life. If you are fast enough you can keep jumping on the turtles until there are no more to jump on.
- Go to World 2-3. Just before the flag are some stairs with a turtle moving down. Use a precisely timed jump to continue bouncing on it’s shell to collect up to 99 lives.
- When you are riding on a Yoshi jump on the bullets 7 or 8 times to get as many extra lives as you want.
- Kill 8 enemies with a star on you to get an extra life. If you are fast enough you can keep it going until the star runs out.
- Kill 8 enemies with a turtle shell you will get an extra life. If you run fast enough you can keep hitting the turtle shell until there are no more enemies.
- Freeze the Pokeies then do a quick Ground Pound to get at least 5 extra lives.
Unlock Alternate Endings
When you complete the game with less than 100 Star Coins the Princess will say ‘Did I ever tell you about the Secret World?’. If you complete the game with ALL Star Coins from Worlds 1 through 8 the Princess will say ‘Oh Mario, tell me about your adventure again!’ (alternatley complete the game twice to get this ending).
Unlock Levels
When you have beaten the game World 9 will become unlocked and if you then collect ALL the Star Coins in a world the corresponding level will become available.
Unlock Level 9-1:
Collect ALL Star Coins for World 1.
Unlock Level 9-2:
Collect ALL Star Coins for World 2.
Unlock Level 9-3:
Collect ALL Star Coins for World 3.
Unlock Level 9-4:
Collect ALL Star Coins for World 4.
Unlock Level 9-5:
Collect ALL Star Coins for World 5.
Unlock Level 9-6:
Collect ALL Star Coins for World 6.
Unlock Level 9-7:
Collect ALL Star Coins for World 7.
Unlock Level 9-8:
Collect ALL Star Coins for World 8.