Extra lives
Note: The following trick only works on The Lost Levels. Hold A
and press Start at the game over screen. The game will start with
ten lives.
Note: This trick only works on a new game. Select the "Toy Box"
option at the main menu, then select "Fortune Teller". Keep
looking at the cards until five lives are earned. Return to the
main menu and choose to play the "Original" levels. Start a new
game to begin with ten lives instead of five.
Begin game play in level 1-1. Locate the hidden extra life
mushroom above the bush after the first pipe that you can enter.
Save the game at this point. Load that file to find that you have
one more life. Repeat until the desired amount of lives have been
collected. Note: Depending on how many lives are desired, this
procedure may require a large amount of time.
Always restart with ten lives
Save and exit the game after only having one life left. Select
the "Toy Box" option at the main menu, then select "Fortune
Teller". Keep looking at the cards until five lives are earned.
Return to the saved game. After losing a life, the game will
start over with ten lives.
Unlimited lives
Immediately hold A when a life is lost, and keep the button held
until the map appears.
Control view
Press Select during game play to switch the screen from being
centered to an edge. Hold Up or Down to shift it up and
down.
Unlimited continues
Hold A at the game over screen.
Play as Luigi
Press Select at the map screen.
Play as Luigi in You vs. Boo
Use Luigi in the Japanese Mario Game then select "End" Go to You
VS. Boo and you can use Luigi.
You vs. Boo bonus levels
Score at least 100,000 points during game play. Then, select Boo
as a character at the title screen.
Restart a Boo in You vs. Boo levels
To restart a Boo for a level in You Vs. Boo, go to the main
screen, highlight the level, and press Start.
Select Mario's form
Press Select at the "You vs. Boo" mode level selection screen to
cycle Mario into his super, fire, and normal forms. Note: This
also may be done in versus mode with the link cable.
Lost Levels bonus levels
Score at least 300,000 points during game play. Then, select
Luigi as a character at the title screen.
Level select
Successfully complete the first quest.
View fireworks
Successfully complete a level with a time that ends in a 1, 3, or
6. Jump on top on top of the flag with any ending time to get
three fireworks.
Reveal Yoshi egg locations in challenge mode
Locate one Yoshi egg, then go to the toybox and select Yoshi's
head.
Shortcuts
Go to a green or white pipe at the beginning or middle of any
level. Jump on top of it, then press Down.
Get 127 lives
Go to level 3-1 and locate the two Koopa Troopas at the end
stairway. Jump on the second Troopa to trap it against the
stairway. Repeatedly jump on it until 127 lives are
collected.
Go to star level 7-1. At the end, before you jump on the flag,
when the hard enemies with the shells are approaching jump on one
of the steps ahead of them. Then, jump once in one of them. You
will continue to jump. Do not stop, as this will discontinue you
getting lives.
Start a new game and go to Fortune Telling for 5-up Card for a
total of ten lives. Start on level 1-1 and play through to level
1-2 where the coins are located. Go through that, but before
leaving that room, jump to the top to enter the warp. Warp to
level 3-1 and play through to level 3-2. Start on level 3-2 by
jumping on the first turtle. Run with it for points and a 1-up
and do same with second turtle until you have reached the point
where the star and turtle are between the wall. Get the star to
kill the turtle and get all the coins up to that point. Repeat
until you have the desired amount of lives.
Advance to level 5-1
Go to level 4-2 get at the end of the level. Note: It helps if
you are big. Jump on the pipe, but not when the plant is up. When
you are on the pipe, jump and break the brick ceiling. Jump
through the opening and walk to the right. If you are in
challenge mode, you will enter another room. If you are in
original 1985 mode, you will enter a room with a pipe. Jump on it
and press Down to go to level 5-1.
Easy points
Use the "Extra lives" trick to start with at least 10 lives. Play
until reaching level 3-2. At the beginning, hit the turtle shell
and follow it until it hits all the enemies. You should get at
least 20,000 points and an extra life. Repeat this until reaching
300,000 points to race Boo or play the Lost Levels.
Go to world 5-1 and a Koopa will be the first thing you see. Kill
it and kick it forward. Follow it until you hear an extra life
sound. Do not jump. Doing this will not take away lives.
Japanese version of Super Mario Brothers 2
Accumulate 300,000 points in the Classic game without losing all
lives, and without saving and restarting the game. A new "Super
Mario Bros. For Super Players" game will be unlocked.