SUPER MARIO 64 DS TIPS & TRICKS
Flower 4
Metal Wario; he is invincible and can stay underwater.
teleport in world 4
If you go down where the penguins mom is, there is a place with a bridge, a red coin, and a sign with an arrow. Go to the end of the bridge and stand there. (You have to be close to the edge) You will disappear and end up on top of the mountain
Avoid death from high falls
If you fall from a very high location, wait until you are just above the ground and press R. You will do a butt slam and will not get hurt.
Save 15 seconds in Level 2
In the first stage level 2, footrace with Koopa the Quick, you have to race koopa to the top of the mountain, when you get to the mountain it takes a while to get there, so when you start you see some barrels. look at where they are coming from, a hole, step in the hole you teleport to the top. they should save you about 15 seconds.
Quick Star
Be Luigi and go into the mirror room and get a flower. Go into the mirror door and you will end up in a white room with a star.
Secret Star for the secret slide
If you make under 20.99 seconds you get a special star.
Secret Area
After you have three stars, one of the doors leads to a aquarium type room. Looking from the painting to the door, you should see to black boxes aroud the top of the frame. The black box on the left takes you to a secret area.
Run
Press any direction then Y to accelerate. Hold Y to remain that way.
Run Dive
Start running then press A. Mario will do an instant dive, then slide on his stomach. While sliding it would be best to press B to hop quickly back on his feet.
Run Jump Dive
Start running, then press B. Mario will jump with medium acceleration. Then, press A and Mario will dive in mid- air. REMEMBER: This works best for gaps that you can get the triple jump to work. Then as you slide on your stomach, press B.