

To get it, press the switch, and a box will appear under that coin. The second red coin is right where the purple switch is.Run back to the platform you started on and grab the coin before the boxes disappear. To get it, press the purple switch under the flames that you avoided in the normal route to make a couple of boxes appear under it. The first red coin is located in midair on the right of the platform you start out on.The first is the red coin star, and is the same as in the Nintendo 64 version. There are two secret stars on the level leading up to Bowser. Press the switch to make the checkered floor turn into stairs, then jump up the stairs and jump into the pipe on the top to get to Bowser. Run up to the pieces of wood on the right and single jump onto each of them to get up to the platform with the purple switch. Run to the end of the next one and single jump onto the gray platform with the Goombas below. Jump onto the blue platform in front, and, making sure it doesn't tilt too far, do a double jump onto the next one. Ride the platform to the next gray platform with a Goomba on it. (An easier way is to just long jump from the center platform to the next gray one.) Jump onto a moving platform, then when it connect with the next pair of platforms, jump onto one of them. Wait until the orange platform sticks out enough to reach the next gray platform, then jump onto it and then jump onto the grey platform. Jump onto it and then jump onto the center platform and collect the coins in the item box. When you reach the end of the walkway, wait until the orange platform sticks out enough to be able to jump on it. Stay clear of the Amps spinning around the crystals. The Goombas, run up the small bridge to the green walkway. Wait until one of the moving platforms to become just below the level Mario is at, and then jump onto it. Run up the incline ahead (on the right), avoid the flames, and run up the next ramp going the other way, collecting the coins as you go up.

Avoid the switch for now, and jump onto one of the moving platforms ahead (or long jump across the whole gap), which will take you to the other side. (There is a space for the Metal Cap box, but at this point the box should not appear.) Begin by running or jumping over the narrow walkway, and then avoid the flames being shot over the purple switch. Mario will drop into the Dark World, and a message will appear from Bowser.
