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The super
secret world named SPECIAL by the 800 foot tall letters in the sky above
is the hardest Koopa trick yet. Here he has his special Koopa reserves
living off the land and ready to attack. Maybe you can penetrate the forces
and discover the magic that lies at the end of the SPECIAL area, but only
if you are good enough.
Level Type Vertical Climb, Vertical Drop
Dragon Coin 1 Climb to the top of the second vine from the left and at the top is a Dragon Coin.
Dragon Coin 2 Climb a bit further to find another Dragon Coin in plain view.
Dragon Coins 3, 4 and 5 When you have climbed to the top, drop back down and there will be three dragon coins waiting.
The super secret 3 1-UPs Bash the Yellow Blocks when you are climbing up and one of them should contain a P-Switch. Carry it to the top and hit it and drop down on the far right of the screen. You should land on a secret ? Block in front of a pipe. This will take you to a bit under where you want to go, home to three 1-UPs.
End Tape At the end of the horizontal bit of the level, after the Lakitu.
Tubular most frustrating level ever
Level Type The dreaded pit of Doom
No Yoshies Beyond this Point Yoshi will have to be scrapped in order to finish this level.
Dragon Coin 1 This is above the second Chargin' Chuck on the pipes.
Gulp! When you reach the pit you must hit the P-Switch and drop down onto the spring. Bounce up and hit the ? Block and bounce up again to get the P-Balloon. You must cross this pit without getting hit by any enemies and by collecting balloons to stay afloat or you fall into the pit.
Dragon Coin 2 Under a ? Block shortly after you have the balloon.
Dragon Coin 3 Above the second baseball throwing Chuck above the pit.
Balloon 2 The second balloon is in a ? Block just past the second baseball throwing Chuck. You will have to move fast to get the next one!
Dragon Coin 4 Between two lava lotus plants.
Dragon Coin 5 Knocking about under a lava lotus. Grab it quick.
Balloon 3 In the ? Block above the fifth Dragon Coin.
End Tape You'll be happy to see this. Float through to get big points and go to level Way Cool.
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Level Type Wire platforms with ON/OFF switches!
On and Off This level is quite simple as long as you don't hit the wrong switches. Hit the first one and you will be OK. Do not hit the third or fourth ones unless you are sure that you are high enough to survive. Stick close to the bottom and you should stay fine.
Dragon Coins 1, 2 and 3 Hit Switch 1 to get the first Dragon Coin and hit switch two to stay on course. Don't hit the next three sets of switches and you should sail right into Dragon Coin 3 and 4 before dismounting.
Dragon Coin 4 Once you have started riding the ropes, ride the third one under the little, black, furry thing. The Dragon Coin is here.
Dragon Coins 5-8 There's a pair of wings that you can grab with yoshi (shortly after the return to normal ground) that will take you to a little bonus area where there's about 4 other dragon coins along with another exit to the level.
End Tape Quite happily sitting after the long platform bit. Just jump straight through that goal. It will take you to level Awesome!
Level Type Extremely Icy Level (with shades of SMB)
Dragon Coin 1 In the second valley (where the angry No-Shell Koopa kicks the Blue Shell)
Dragon Coin 2 Above the pool of water after the third valley.
The Purple Pillars Little Cheep-Cheep fish will leap out at you and Banzai Bills will fire at you. Keep your head and just remember, only four more levels after this!!!
Dragon Coin 3 Above the Purple Pillars (here is where the SMB bit comes in. Know what I'm talking about yet?)
Dragon Coin 4 Above an icy blue block. A Banzai Bill busts his way through here like he owns the place. Careful now.
Dragon Coin 5 This is quite close to the end of the level, just to the left of an icy blue block.
End Tape At the bottom of the icy slope after Dragon Coin 5. I'll bet you're glad to see it, especially as it takes you to level Groovy!
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Level Type Intro Level
Deja Vu Recognise this place? Yep, it's the demo level at the beginning of the game. Run around and kick some serious Koopa heiny. This is probably the easiest level in the SPECIAL zone, so take advantage of it.
Dragon Coin 1 Right there, you can see it! It is after the ? Block on the floor.
Dragon Coin 2 It is under a Lava Lotus. it is there and you can see it! Why am I telling you?
Dragon Coin 3 After the Jumping Piranha Plant that blows fireballs. You can see it!
Dragon Coin 4 Above a baseball chucking Chuck. Use the diagonal platform to grab this obvious treasure item.
Dragon Coin 5 Above the lava lotus almost directly after the last one (probably the only part of the game where you can see two at once!)
End Tape If you are mad then you can jump from the yellow pipes to get points. This goal will lead you right to the level named Mondo.
Level Type The tides of Terror
Tidal Mayhem YES! The water in this level flows up and down at will. There are certain points where it will rise and fall and you can use this to bag you a few prizes!
Dragon Coin 1 When the tide is up, swim to the right and grab the Dragon Coin over the snapping plants, next to the green pipe.
Dragon Coin 2 At the top of the three-tiered hill.
Warp Pipe There is a warp down a short pipe next to a taller blue one. It leads to a sort of snowy/cloudy area.
Dragon Coin 3 This is down the Warp Pipe. Lovely.
Dragon Coin 4 Under the long lines of ? Blocks.
Dragon Coin 5 This is next to the Hammer Brother near the end pipe.
End Tape Head for the end and you will find a warp pipe. This takes you to the goal. This in turn takes you to the next level, Outrageous.
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Level Type Burnt-out forest
Goodness Graceous, Little balls of fire Leaping around this level are a bunch of nameless fiends. They are little fire balls who leave even smaller fireballs in their wake. Rats.
Dragon Coin 1 Close to the beginning of the level above the wiggler.
Dragon Coin 2 Further on in the level among the Bullet Bill firing field.
Dragon Coin 3 This one is also in the Bullet Bill firing field. Careful now.
A Bit of Pipe When you reach the tall pipe, you'll wish you had taken the springboard with you. If you still can't get up there then use the Bullet Bills to bounce you higher.
Dragon Coin 4 You will reach blocks which burst and sprout out enemies. Grab the Dragon Coin under them.
Dragon Coin 5 You won't see one for a while, but don't fret. It is under the aming Flying Hammer Brother near the end of the level.
End Tape Carefully knock the Amazing Flying Hammer Brother off his blocks and ride them as high to the right as it will go. Now jump off and fall through the goal, taking you to the LAST LEVEL of the game (unless you missed some!) Funky!
Level Type Time expanding Green Berry level
No Yoshi, you Die If you wish to get through this level, you need Yoshi. You only have 200 seconds on the clock to do one of the longest levels in the game, so you need Yoshi to eat the time increasing Green Berries. Get a Yoshi before you come in, and don't lose him.
Dragon Coin 1 Over the pits with Blue Koopa Troopas on the little islands in between.
Dragon Coin 2 When you reach the line of ? Blocks with a line of note blocks with a Sumo Koopa above and next to you, then beat them up and smash the two yellow blocks. Nip left to grab the Dragon Coin.
Dragon Coin 3 Grab the Dragon Coin above the Chuck not doing anything. He will whistle and you will be stormed by Super Koopas.
Dragon Coin 4 This sits in a neat little package just before a nasty baseball chucking Chuck.
Dragon Coin 5 This is just after a hill with three baseball Chucks on. Don't wind them up.
End Tape From Dragon Coin 5 you will run under a message written in coins. "YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER!!" The end tape is just after this and it will trigger the magic available only to those strong enough to beat the SPECIAL zone.
And with a deep breath, the Marios left the tricky SPECIAL zone via a Star Road. It took them straight back to Yoshi's House, but something was different. The maps were a different colour and some enemies were different too. Most of all were the Koopas who had taken to wearing Mario masks, but the Piranha Plants had turned into Pumpkin Plants and the Bullet Bills were now Pidgit Bills! How strange.
The total flashed 96 and the game player left me alone.
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