There are 2 levels called 'Gloomy Ambience', both in the second overworld. The first Bowser stage, and the location of the first key.Īccessible from the bridge leading to Bowser's Fiery Castle. The first two minigames will already be unlocked, while the other three are unlocked by completing the Rainbow Coin Challenges in Super Sweet Sugarland, Sky-High Islands, and Luna Park. One is accessible from the yellow stand in the first overworld, one from Drybone Desert, and one from Sky-High Islands.Ī small outlined house in the first overworld. There are 3 levels called 'Above the Clouds,' all of which feature the Cloud Cap. Mario must collect many more stars, and after reaching eighty, he gains access to Rashay's Moon Cellar, where, with the help of the colored Goombas, he defeats Rashay and rescues Princess Peach, and they all have dinner outside of Peach's Castle.Īll the stars you collect in these secret levels will count towards your Hidden Stars count. With rescuing Princess Peach and stopping Rashay now being the objective, Mario continues onward into the Shadow Factory, fights Shadow Mario, and then uses the key he obtains to reach the rocket ship, which he uses to go to the moon. He continues on, collecting more stars, and eventually, Rashay appears, revealing himself as the problem on the moon, and kidnaps Princess Peach, he then escapes, as the colored Goombas appear again, much stronger this time, and Mario once again defeats them. Still worried about the moon, he continues collecting stars, with the next objective being to get into the Shadow Factory, after he collects enough, colored Goombas appear to fight him and are defeated. The game starts out with two tiny meteors crashing down and becoming Prickly Piranha Plants that threaten Princess Peach, Mario goes over to defeat them, then Princess Peach warns Mario of danger coming and the moon.įrom here, Mario collects stars in various worlds, unlocking more with the number of stars he collects, and eventually defeating Bowser. In conclusion, the difficulty curve is about as steep as in Mario 64, it starts a bit higher and oscillates more though.' Plot In one of Kaze's YouTube videos, a user by the name of Thirteen 1355 asked about the difficulty and Kaze replied with: 'i want to get a good balance between difficulty and exploration factor - i want the player to be able to beat the game with a low amount of struggle, but i also want to make the player work hard to get all stars there are.

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