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Guide Version 0.3
By Nin64Dude (Nin64Dude@aol.com)
Date: 2/17/99
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CONTENTS:
1. Updates
2. Characters
3. Mushroom Village
4. Items
5. Spaces
6. Boards (SOON TO BE UP)
7. Types of Minigames/Minigames (MINIGAMES SOON TO BE UP)
8. Tips/Tricks/Rumors
9. Credits
10. Suggestions/Comments/Help
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1. UPDATES
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0.1 - Starting to get things up and running
- "Boards" section will be added soon
- "Minigames" section will be added soon
0.2 - "Hey, Nin64Dude, you made some mistakes on the Eternal Star and
Bowser's Magma Mountain tricks. The Magma Mountain trick needs
1000 coins and the Eternal Star stage is for real, needing 100
stars to get. -Jay"
I KNOW, I KNOW! I started this guide a couple of days after it was
released and made some mistakes on what I thought was 100 stars
(for Magma Mountain) and rumors that weren't found out yet.
Sorry! That won't happen again! By the way, this update was just
for these mistakes and some codes, but I'm working hard on a
totally comprehensive and ORIGINAL minigame/board section (some
I see were copied and pasted from other guides at GameFAQs,
hmm..). I will also be adding some other little cool things
(such as a more detailed "characters" section). Stay tuned!
0.3 - Man! I thought I could live up to the "Sorry! This won't happen
again!" but I guess not. One day after the 0.2 update I have to update
again, fixing more mistakes. Here are the mistakes I received from 30
people or so:
1. Apparently, you need 980 for the Magma Mountain item.
2. This is not confirmed, but a couple of people told me you had to play
through all the stages to get the Magma Mountain item in the Mushroom
Shop. Gamesages says you need 1000 coins, so I'm sticking with them
until proven wrong. Please write if you got it and tell me how you did.
Again, the Eternal Star thing was a rumor when I made this guide! It's
deleted and gone for good as a rumor, so stop writing in about that! The
minigame/board section is taking longer than expected because I'm trying
to find the right format for each section and what I want to put in
them. This update I added a couple of secret items and that's about it
(besides correcting the mistakes). The next update (I hope) when I add
the boards/minigames section I will add a TON of other stuff with it. I
hope the next update will be the big update (which will be 1.3 by the
way) and not another update for mistakes.
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2. CHARACTERS
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All the characters are said to be the same, but I've concluded that
there are some distinct differences in some of them. DK seems to get
caught up when in a group of characters and slower than the rest, but he
jumps higher and is good at blocking people (such as people trying to
get ahead of you). Others, like Yoshi, seem to out maneuver DK and
Wario. Some characters are better than others at certain minigames, like
Princess Peach who is good at the "Bumper Balls" game. Please mail me if
you want to voice your opinion on this and I will put your responses up
in this section.
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3. MUSHROOM VILLAGE
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1. Warp Pipe: This goes to the main game or a tutorial. When you enter
the main game Toad will ask you things like how many players, character
selection, etc. He/She/It (Toad) will also ask you to choose between 20,
35, or 50 turns. 20 turns is called "Lite Play" which is about 30
minutes, "Standard Play" is about a hour and a half, while 50 turns
("Full Play") will keep you playing until your eyes close shut from
irritation. You can choose a board here also . . . check out the boards
section when it is up for more info.
2. Option House: You can change mono/stereo and erase saved data. You
can also buy the talking parrot and jukebox record at the Mushroom Shop
to listen to some tunes here.
3. Mushroom Bank: Coins and stars are put here as well as the items you
buy from the Mushroom Shop.
4. Mushroom Shop: You can use the coins you earn to buy items that will
help you in the normal game and do other little fun things. Check the
items section for more info on them.
5. Minigame House: Here you can do a number of things. You can view the
minigames you've played, rent them for once at a time, or buy some to
play over and over again. Most range from 50-450 coins (1-player games
cost the least, 4-player games cost the most). You can also go to
Minigame Stadium, where players compete for coins. Basically you go
around a star shape which determines if you are "red" or "blue" (see the
spaces section) and play minigames until the set amount of turns are up.
6. Minigame Island: Here you go from minigame to minigame until you pass
all 50 minigames. A good way to practice your minigame skills. You can
also get some special minigames here.
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4. ITEMS
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There are various items in the Mushroom Shop. I will try to explain them
as best as I can, but I haven't gotten all of them yet so I just took
most of the text right from the game. The number next to the title of
the item is the amount of coins needed to purchase it.
Plus Block (x200): This appears randomly, and you get the number of
coins shown.
Speed Block (x200): This appears randomly, and only numbers 8 to 10 will
appear on the block.
Minus Block (x100): This appears randomly, and you lose the number of
coins shown.
Slow Block (x100): This appears randomly, and only 1 to 3 will appear on
the block.
Warp Block (x200): This appears randomly, and players change positions
on the board.
Event Block (x200): This appears randomly, and Boo, and Koopa Troopa, or
Bowser will appear.
Casino Box (x300): Bet your coins and recieve double or lose half of
your coins depending on if you won.
Lucky Box (x400): Get 10 percent interest on the coins you collect.
Mecha Fly Guy (x100): This counts how many times you rotated the control
stick. Use it in the Minigame House.
Talking Parrot (x50): This parrot is good at mimicing other characters
voices. Use it at the Options House.
Record (x50): Use this record at the jukebox in the Options House.
KNOWN SECRET ITEMS
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Magma Mountain (x980): This will let you go to the hidden board map of
"Magma Mountain".
How to get it: You need to get 1000 coins to recieve this Bowser themed
stage.
No Boo (x500): No Boo on some stages.
How to get it: Get 'Eternal Star' stage (see tricks section)
Submitted by: various people
No Koopa (x500): No Koopa on some stages.
How to get it: Get 'Eternal Star' stage (see tricks section)
Submitted by: various people
Credits (x100): See the credits.
How to get it: Get 'Eternal Star' stage (see tricks section)
Submitted by: various people
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5. SPACES
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Blue and Red Spaces:
Most of the board is blue with some red spaces. The blue reward you 3
coins, while the red take three coins (except for the last 5 turns which
is double). These determine the types of minigames you play (besides in
Minigame Stadium). If one person would land on red and the other blue, a
1 vs. 3 minigame would result at the end the round and so on.
Blue Minigame:
If you land on this star space you will go into a one-player minigame
where you try to get coins.
Question Mark:
These do different things for different boards. Some switch Toad and
Bowser, while others change where you go or move you to another space.
Blue Mushroom:
A Blue Mushroom can be really good or really bad. When you hit the
spinning mushroom you either get a red mushroom which grants you another
turn or a purple mushroom which sits you out for a turn.
Blue Exclamation Mark:
This pulse-pounding game can mess up your chance at winning or knock an
opponent out of the competition. There is three spinning blocks, the two
outside blocks are one of the characters while the middle shows what's
going to happen. There are different middle blocks, such as giving your
opponent 10 or 20 coins, trading coins and trading stars.
Red Bowser:
This space chooses a random "Bowser" minigame for you. The Bowser
minigames include "Coins for Bowser" which is basically stealing all or
some of your coins. "Bowser Balloon Burst" is where the losers lose 20
coins and the winner wins nothing. "Bowser Revolution" makes all the
characters coins the same amount (usually a low one). "Bowser's Face
Lift" is a Bowser head similar to Mario's head in Super Mario 64 where
you need to change the face to what it shows (this also is a winner gets
nothing, loser loses 20 coins game). "Bowser Roulette" is just like the
blue exclamation mark game but one block it stuck on Bowser, making you
give different things to him. There is always a gold titled game usually
called "100 Star Present" or "1000 Coin Present". YOU CAN NOT LAND ON OR
WIN THESE GAMES! Whenever your about to land on it it speeds up or goes
back one.
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6. BOARDS
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SOON TO BE UP
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7. TYPES OF MINIGAMES/MINIGAMES
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TYPES OF MINIGAMES:
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Bonus Games - In these games you can earn more than ten coins (except in
Memory Match). If you do lose, you won't lose any coins.
Success Games - If you win a Success Game, you earn ten coins. Losing
costs you ten coins except in the Pipe Maze Challenge, which you won't
lose any coins at it.
Chance Games - Chance games take other players coins if you win and give
your coins to the other players if you lose.
2-on-2 Games - You team up with another player and win ten coins each if
you win. Losing, however, will make you shell up ten coins each to the
other two opponents.
Racing Games - If you win at these games you win ten coins. When you
lose you don't have give up any coins.
Point Games - Like racing games, winning gives you ten coins and losing
loses you nothing. If there is a tie, both of the tied people win ten
coins.
Survival Games - The last player standing wins. Again, ten coins goes to
the victor and nothing is lost to the losers.
MINIGAMES
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SOON TO BE UP
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8. TIPS/TRICKS/RUMORS
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This section will be scant on tips and hints because I plan on adding
way more with my next update (which will also include the Boards and
Minigames sections). I just added some various codes from Gamesages.
Gameshark codes fall under the "tricks" section which will be added in
the next update. Please feel free to mail me if you have anything you
would like to add.
TRICKS:
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GETTING COINS EASY
If you are playing solo but want to get all the coins and stars from the
other CPU players, try this. Right at the end of the game go to the
options screen and change all the CPU players to 2P, 3P, and 4P. All the
coins and stars they earned will be put in the Mushroom Bank. This will
also work for 2 and 3 player games.
DIFFERENT TITLE SCREEN
If you beat the normal game with a character, the character that you
chose will have his or her graphic on the title screen.
BUMPER BALL MAZE 1
To access the minigame "Bumper Ball Maze 1" you must reach the goal of
Minigame Island and defeat Toad in a game of "Slot Car Derby 2."
Submitted by Jim L. Patzer (from Gamesages)
BUMPER BALL MAZE 2
To unlock Bumper Ball Maze 2, you must clear all 50 minigames on
Minigame Island and then go talk to Toad at the Goal.
Submitted by Jim L. Patzer (from Gamesages)
BUMPER BALL MAZE 3
Once you have set new records on Bumper Ball Mazes 1 & 2, Bumper Ball
Maze 3 will become selectable.
Submitted by Jim L. Patzer (from Gamesages)
ETERNAL STAR STAGE
To unlock the Eternal Star stage, get 100 stars and it will open up.
Submitted by Gamemaster01 (from Gamesages)
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9. CREDITS
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If you have submitted anything I use in this guide your name, e-mail
address, or whoever you want to be known as will be put here.
MetroidMoo - Thanks go out to MetroidMoo (MetroidMoo@aol.com) who I took
a lot of his layout from his Pok‚mon guide for this guide.
Nintendo Power - For the "Types of Minigames".
Gamesages - For the numerous codes.
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10. SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS/HELP
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E-mail Address: Nin64Dude@aol.com
Please head your mail "SUGGESTIONS". At the bottom of your mail put what
you want to be called, whether it be your name, e-mail address or alias.
Please contribute to this guide if you think anything is missing, in
need of correction, or something that you think would be cool to add.
Also if you need help on a certain part of the game that you don't
understand, I will try to explain it as best as I can and will put your
mail in the future "FAQ" section.
Copyright:
(c) Copyright 1999 Nin64Dude. If you want to use this guide on your
site, please contact me via e-mail. Do not change, steal, or sell
my guide for profit. And remember to add updates when they are made if
you use it on a site!
