This route is for the Japanese version of the game. Time starts selecting "Start Game" [section=Stardust Fields] Mario's house Bowser fight (skip tutorials) Mushroom on right side of courtyard (Super Mushroom from toad) 1-UP Mushroom (trade Precious Item) Mushroom from '?' block on hedge Board the Koopa Cruiser

Walk through the first two rooms Passport photoes 2 Mushrooms from '?' blocks Check the barrel in the next room Jump/counter during first Goomba fight Jump during second Goomba fight Mario: level up POW Hit the '!' block at the end of the cruiser

Fawful ● Jump/counter w/ both bros. ● Skip the tutorial before turn 2

Border Jump (get hit twice with each bro to avoid extra fireworks) Unlock Pipe #1 2 Mushrooms from '?' blocks on following screen Talk to Tolstar, head right

16 coins from the bros. block 10 coin block on the next screen Mushroom from '?' block Take the bike pads to the left 12 coins from the bros. block Go right a screen

Syrup; jump tutorial Skip both repeat tutorials Do the jump course, picking up the Mushroom and the Syrup Exit the screen south

10 coin block on the right ledge Syrup and coin block on the upper platform Spin across; 12 coins from bros. block Go right and complete the bros. attack tutorial

First strike the second Fighter Fly on the next screen ● M: Splash Bros. on Cannon ● L: Jump on Fighter Fly ● M: Splash Bros on Cannon Luigi: level up POW

First strike the third Fighter Fly ● M: Splash Bros. on Cannon ● L: Jump on Fighter Fly ● M: Splash Bros. on Cannon ● L: Jump on Fighter Fly

Pause and use a Syrup on Mario 10 coin block

First strike the fourth Fighter Fly ● M: Splash Bros. on Cannon ● L: Jump on Fighter Fly ● M: Splash Bros. on Cannon ● L: Jump on Fighter Fly Mario: level up POW

Pause and use a Syrup on Mario 8 coins from bros. block If you don't have at least 100 coins, head north and hit the 10 coin block Go left and talk to Tolstar

Boss: Tolstar (52 HP) ● Alternate Splash/Bounce Bros. for the whole fight Luigi: level up POW [section=Hoohoo Mountain & Beanbean Castle] Pick up 2 Mushrooms in the cave

Head south down the stairs on the first screen of Hoohoo Village Get the Mushroom all the way to the left Enter the cave, pick up all the coins and the Mushroom Exit the cave, loop around and head left Take the lower path in the next room all the way to the left to Fawful After the cutscene, backtrack right twice and take the upper-left path Talk to the bottom Hoohooligan, then enter the Hammerhead Bros. house Head left to the mountain

Go right on the first two screens North, first strike the Dry Bones ● M: Jump on Beanie ● L: Bounce Bros. on Dry Bones ● M: Splash Bros. on Dry Bones Mario: level up POW Luigi: level up POW

Tunnel clip up to the '!' block Mushroom from the '?' block

Go back down and extinguish the fire statue Get the 1-UP and coins before Hoohooros

Boss: Hoohooros (45 HP) ● M: Jump on pillar that Hoohooros didn't hide under ● L: Jump on pillar ● M: Splash Bros. on Hoohooros ● L: Jump on pillar ● M: Splash Bros. on Hoohooros ● L: Jump on pillar ● M: Splash Bros. on Hoohooros ● L: Bounce Bros. on Hoohooros ● M: Splash Bros. on Hoohooros ● L: Bounce Bros. on Hoohooros Mario: level up POW

Hit the '!' block and extinguish the fire statue Collect the Syrup and head up through the next 3 screens, grabbing the Mushroom and Syrup before Dragohoho Talk to Blablanadon

Boss: Dragohoho (80 HP) ● M: Splash Bros. ● L: Bounce Bros. ● Repeat After unlocking Bounce Bros Advance, fail the advance commands after the first action command (faster animation) Luigi: level up STACHE

If Mario didn't unlock Splash Bros. Advance, make sure he gets it sometime before the Queen Bean fight (take an encounter somewhere and use Splash Bros.)

Go left and get the Hammers Drop down on the left and start the mountain descent (Nut on screen to the right) Go right past the mine cart cave and get the items on the bridge Backtrack and start the mine cart minigame

Items after mine cart cave Hammer tutorial Head south to Beanbean Castle Town Cutscenes; enter the castle Talk to the servant to the left

Sewers Room 1: 3 corks, exit up Room 2: wheel, 2 corks, exit up Room 3: go right Room 4: wheel, 4 corks, exit up Room 5: 2 items, wheel, backtrack to room 3 Room 3: 3 items, 2 corks, exit up

Get all the items in the room behind Lady Lima; take the stairs up to Queen Bean

Boss: Queen Bean (100 HP) ● M: Splash Bros. Advance ● L: Hammer ● Repeat Mario: level up POW Luigi: level up STACHE [section=Chucklehuck Woods 1 & Woohoo Hooniversity] Exit the castle; badge tutorial Leave town and activate Pipe #4 Talk to the guards on top of the cliff and head to Chateau de Chucklehuck

Walk through the barrel maze

Boss: Popple & Rookie 1 (Rookie: 120 HP) Ideally, Luigi dies at the end of this fight when Popple attacks and runs away. Taking 2 hits from Rookie's hammers sets Luigi's HP up for the level up skip. ● M: Splash Bros. on Rookie ● L: Bounce Bros. Advance (fail) on Rookie ● Repeat Mario: level up STACHE Luigi: level up STACHE (if he's still alive)

Pick up the items at the top-left of this room, then head left Hammer moves tutorial Get the green goblet first, then the red goblet Enter the woods

Mushroom on second screen Open the gate, head left at the save album and get the items on that screen Go back and open the second gate

Barrel storage, sign glitch, head back a screen Get the items in the right hedge Action command glitch, get Barrel Hop on Mario's B button Backtrack to the second screen and go up Get the items and take Pipe #5 to Pipe #4

Go north to Hoohoo Mountain Barrel clip past the black rocks, get the items and go up the stairs 1-UP, barrel clip to Monty Mole for a Max Nut Barrel clip back and go to Teehee Valley

High Jump past the springs (using them will softlock the game) Barrel clip past both rocks on the path Hat teleport to Little Fungitown

Buy the Mush Badge from the badge shop and equip it to Mario Sell everything at the item shop besides Mushrooms and Super Mushrooms (you can keep a 1-UP for safety) Buy as many Mushrooms as possible Take Pipe #7 to Pipe #4

Head right and barrel clip to Woohoo Hooniversity From the main room, barrel clip into the bottom-right room Use the water to move the block; hit it to open the way to the boss Barrel Hop, clear action commands, and barrel clip back to the main room (keep blank A button on Luigi) Items near the top-left of the room, Mushroom one room up if you want Hit the block on the left with Luigi leading to keep blank A button Go north, entering Cackletta's room with Luigi leading

Boss: Cackletta (300 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat From here on, Luigi should always use Knockback Bros. whenever possible to increase the advance command counter. Both Mario and Luigi level up HP for the rest of the run (give Mario POW once or twice if he's extremely low).

5 items from '?' blocks on the path to the Popple & Rookie fight Use the sign near the locked door to get Barrel Hop on Luigi's B button Barrel clip into the locked room Clear all action commands here and High Jump up

Boss: Popple & Rookie 2 (Rookie: 250 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. on Rookie ● L: Knockback Bros. on Rookie ● Repeat [section=Gwarhar Lagoon & Chucklehuck Woods 2] Go left to the Fire Palace and get the Firebrand Action command glitch at the hole near Luigi Get Barrel Hop on Mario's B button Head back to the entrance of the Fire Palace and get Barrel Hop on Luigi's B button Exit and barrel clip to the surf spot and surf to Gwarhar Lagoon Barrel clip past the black rock, then barrel clip to Hermie

Boss: Hermie III (380 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. on Hermie III ● L: Knockback Bros. on left claw (right claw once the left claw is bandaged) ● Repeat If Hermie hides in his shell, use Hand on Mario's turn

Barrel clip back to the surf spot and surf to Joke's End Barrel clip past the black rocks and take Pipe #9 to Pipe #5 Barrel clip to the Winkle area, and then barrel clip to Popple

Boss: Popple (620 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat

Barrel clip out of the Winkle area, then barrel clip to the Chuckleroot and talk to him to open the gates Clear action commands in the room to the left of the Chuckleroot (summoning a barrel in Chuckleroot's room (Barrel Break included) will crash the game)

Talk to Chuckleroot's granddaughter and dig up the 5 Chuckle Beans Proceed to Wiggler

Boss: Wiggler (34 HP) ● M: Jump on 3rd segment ● Counterattack 1st or 2nd segments ● L: Knockback Bros. on 4th segment ● M: Jump on remaining segment ● L: Knockback Bros. on Wiggler

Use the hole for action command glitch Backtrack to the Chuckleroot and hat teleport past him Pick up the items on the way to Chuckolator

Boss: Chuckolator (300 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat [section=Airport, Teehee Valley, & Joke's End] Grab the Mushroom on the way through the cave Castle cutscenes

Take Pipe #3 to Pipe #4 Head to the airport; use Mario's High Jump to get Thunderhand on Luigi Clear the Piranhas on the entrance screen Go two screens left and clear the Piranhas Go back right and clear the final Piranha Get Barrel Hop on Mario's B button

Boss: Mom Piranha (220 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. on Mom Piranha ● L: Knockback Bros. on Piranha Plant ● Repeat

Talk to Lady Lima; cutscenes Go to the throne room and talk to Queen Bean Head to the item shop and sell everything besides Mushrooms and Super Mushrooms (you can keep a 1-UP for safety) Buy as many Mushrooms as possible, then as many Super Mushrooms as possible Exit town to the east and barrel clip into Teehee Valley

Watch Peach get kidnapped, return to the entrance screen and barrel clip past the black rock Get the Super Mushroom and the 1-UP to the left Hat teleport past the wall (The Big Skip) Head left and take the yellow pipe Barrel clip to the upper part of the room before Popple & Birdo Enter the Popple & Birdo room with Mario leading, or else the game softlocks

Boss: Popple & Birdo (Birdo: 500 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. on Birdo ● L: Knockback Bros. on Birdo ● Repeat

Take the yellow pipe up and rescue Peach Escort Peach through the first two screens Summon a barrel on screen 3 to hit the button (clear action commands afterwards on this screen) Finish the escort

Boss: Trunkle (140 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. on the tree

Go to the item shop and sell everything besides Mushrooms and Super Mushrooms (can keep 1-UPs for safety) Buy as many Super Mushrooms as possible Take Pipe #7 to Pipe #3 Action command glitch; get Barrel Hop on Mario's B button Pipe #3 to Pipe #9

Head up and around to the fourth room Barrel clip to the upper right room Barrel clip to the '!' block, then back to the open door Go left, up, left, up, and left again Hat teleport out of bounds and skip the final door Get Barrel Hop on Mario again and barrel clip up to Jojora's room

Boss: Jojora (Chucklissa: 500) ● M: Chopper Bros. on Chucklissa ● L: Knockback Bros. on Chucklissa ● Repeat

Backtrack to the staircase with Scaratroopeas and encounter the closest one Deathwarp back to Beanbean Castle (make sure to pick the bottom option if you saved at all during the run) Enter the castle to trigger the Bowser's Castle cutscene Take Pipe #3 to Pipe #1 Use the sign in the spike room to get Spin Jump on Luigi's B button Head to Hoohoo Village and talk to Blablanadon to go to Bowser's Castle [section=Bowser's Castle] Get the Ultra Mushroom on the left Barrel clip up to Iggy's room Barrel clip past the trigger for the dizzy sequence and encounter Iggy

Boss: Iggy (650 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat

Teleport out Summon a barrel and swap Mario to front so both Mario and Luigi can jump Walk through the next few rooms to Morton Trigger Morton's cutscene, then summon barrel and swap Mario to front Jump to Morton

Boss: Morton (900 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat

Teleport out Barrel clip in the doorway and head right Go up the stairs and left, and barrel clip up to the next room Barrel clip up to the whirlwind room Use Luigi's Spin Jump to travel to the right Enter Lemmy's room (you can clear Luigi's Spin Jump now)

Boss: Lemmy (600 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat

Teleport out Put out the fire to the left (you can head down here to get a 1-UP for safety) Mechakoopa game Summon barrel, then bring water to the next room Hammer Mario in front of the left Piranha sprout to reveal the '!' block

Boss: Ludwig (700 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat

Teleport out Hit the button past the fence (Super Mushroom on the right) Get Barrel Hop on Mario's B button if you lost it somewhere Enter the next door Barrel clip to the button to unlock the gate Unlock the next gate and grab the Ultra Mushroom and 1-UP 2D Mario section Hit the simu-blocks on the way to Roy and teleport out

Boss: Roy (920 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat

Barrel clip up to the next door Summon barrel and hit the button Use barrel to light the torches Barrel clip past the spike rollers (clear action commands) Get the Ultra Mushroom and enter Wendy's room

Boss: Wendy (500 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. ● Repeat

Teleport out Backtrack to the fenced area between Ludwig and Roy; action command glitch for Barrel Hop on Mario's B button Head back to the door after Roy and barrel clip in the doorway; go right Use hammer in the next room to make it to the '!' block without Fire Dash Go right at the branching path and barrel clip up to Larry's room Barrel clip past the gate

Boss: Larry (600 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. (you should get Knockback Bros. Advance here or earlier)

Teleport out, head up and around to the room before Fawful Ultra Mushroom to the left of the save album

Boss: Fawful (430 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. (need at least 4 hits) ● L: Knockback Bros. Advance

Ultra Mushroom on the right

Boss: Bowletta (700 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. ● L: Knockback Bros. Advance

Final Boss: Cackletta's Soul (Head: 180 HP; Arms: 90 HP; Heart: 800 HP) ● M: Chopper Bros. on left arm ● L: Max Nut ● M: Chopper Bros. on head ● L: Knockback Bros. Advance on right arm ● M: Chopper Bros. on heart ● L: Knockback Bros. Advance on heart

Escape (summon barrel to hit the button if you still have Barrel Hop) Talk to Blablanadon Cutscenes; time ends on final text box