TTYD NMS/Glitchless

TTYD No Major Glitches Route by Almolicious and Cinealma

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Prologue


*Rougeport*
Lord Crump
Mario: Jump x2
Superguard
Mario: Jump x2


Note: It's always faster to fail the action command for the 2nd jump.


Goombella joins your party
Break Contact Lens
Toad Bros. Bazaar
-Order Contact Lens
-Buy 3 Fire Flowers
-Buy 5 Fright Masks
Hit the Save Block (If you don't, Goombella will explain saving to you. If you never save it is faster to have Goombella explain it)


Robbed by Bandit (Don't chase him to get the coins back, you make it up later)
Meet Frankly


*Rougeport Sewers*
Goomba Trio
Fright Mask


Get Pretty Lucky from invisible block


Get Black Key and Plane Curse
Go to the Thousand-Year Door


*Rougeport*
Equip Power Smash (before you go down the pipe)


*Rougeport Sewers*
Blooper Battle
Goombella: Fire Flower
Mario: Full Power Smash
Goombella: Headbonk x2
Mario: Failed Power Smash
Go to Petal Meadows


Chapter 1


*Petal Meadows*
Collect Close Call on the 2nd screen
Go to Petalburg


*Petalburg*
Get Turtley Leaf from bushes in front of Kroop’s house (You can skip this if you feel confident about dodging encounters)
Talk to Mayor Kroop
E-Mail on the way to the gate


Get POW block in box


Bald Clefts
Mario: POW Block


Get POW Block from bush


Bristles
Mario: POW Block


Get Fire Flower from Block
Hit heart block (Or use turtley leaf if low on coins)


*Shhwonk Fortress*
Thwomp Quiz
Q1: “Stone Keys” (1st Answer)
Q2: “16 Coins” (3rd Answer)
Q3: “Kroop” (4th Answer)
Q4: “Hooktail Castle” (2nd Answer)
Q5: “Go Through a Pipe” (3rd Answer)


Get Moon Stone


Fuzzy Battle
Mario: Fire Flower




Get Sun Stone


Fuzzy Battle
Mario: Fright Mask


Gold Fuzzy Battle
Mario: Full Power Smash
(Fuzzy horde appears)
Goombella: Headbonk x2 on Gold Fuzzy
Guard Fuzzy horde
Superguard Gold Fuzzy
Mario: Jump x2 on Gold Fuzzy
Goombella: Headbonk x2 on Gold Fuzzy (x1 if you land the superguard)


Get Multibounce from block
Go Back to Petal Meadows


*Petal Meadows*
Koops joins your party
Get Fire Flower from block
Get Happy Heart on top of brick block
Go to Hooktail Castle


*Hooktail Castle*
Get Power Bounce in first hall from block


Koops’ Dad letter (don’t read)
Red Bones Battle
Koops: Fire Flower
Mario: Failed Power Smash


Level up! (FP > 10)

Do Flip Skip


Go all the way to the right and get Black Key from chest
Get Paper Curse
Get Attack FX R

(Pause while unspinning to skip animation)
Read Email (Do this now or the game will explain emails every time)

Unequip:
Power Smash
Equip:
Power Bounce
Attack FX R


Backtrack to Red Bones room and get Castle Key
Go back to Save Block/Big Green block room


In Upper Hallway, hit first “!” block
Use Koops to hit 2nd “!” block


(Optional, jump to the window from the gap. Landing this saves 8 seconds, but wastes about 30 if you miss it)


In big green block room, grab life shroom on the way up with Koops.


Ms. Mowz Cutscene
Get Castle Key


Dry Bones
Mario: Run Away (You can do 8 frame perfect pauses here to skip this, but lol)


Go through locked door
Get last Castle Key and go through big locked door


Boss: Hooktail
Mario: Power Bounce x9
Koops: Shell Toss
Guard Hooktail Fire
Mario: Power Bounce x8
Koops: Shell Toss (If at any point you get less than these numbers, just jump and shell shot until her cutscene activates. DO NOT use FP)
Guard Hooktail Foot
Hooktail Cutscene (Answer “Yes” for 1000 coins to take 5HP of damage)
Mario: Power Bounce x8
Koops: Shell Toss

Peach Segment
Enter shower area and leave immediately to open door
Visit TEC


Bowser Segment
Walk to the end of the hall


Intermission
Go back to the Thousand-Year Door
Go to Boggly Woods


Chapter 2


*Boggly Woods*
Go right for Shadow Sirens cutscene
Go to the Great Tree
Get FP Plus by the running water to the left of the tree


Leave Great Tree for Flurrie cutscene
Go to Flurrie’s House
Get P-Down, D-Up in the hidden block on the way to Flurrie’s (This block is on the stump behind the first full grass patch)
Raise Plane panel


Talk to Flurrie
Leave Flurrie’s house for Shadow Sirens cutscene
Go back to the Shadow Sirens
Get Quake Hammer in the block on the way to the Shadow Sirens


Shadow Sirens
Koops: Power Shell
Mario: Jump x2 on Marilyn
Guard all attacks (You can superguard Vivian and Marilyn in order to skip an Earth Tremor bar)
Koops: Power Shell
Mario: Full Earth Tremor (4 Bars if superguards landed)




Grab necklace
Go back to Flurrie’s House (Optional: Do Treep Clip to the far left of the room)


Flurrie joins your party
Go back to Great Tree
(E-mail on screen with great tree)
Blow away secret entrance and enter Great Tree


*The Great Tree*
X-Nauts
Mario: Fright Mask


Go to the top of the tree (where the cells are)
Enter storage room


X-Naut
Mario: Power Bounce x4


Get Ultra Shroom from Chest
Get Red Key and unlock Elder
Get Power Punch on the way back to Tree Entrance (You can hold R while going off the ledge to cancel forward momentum and land closer to the bush)


Get 10 Punies and Puni Orb
Use Puni Orb to make Pipe appear


X-Nauts
Mario: Fright Mask


Level up! (FP > 15)


Blow Punies across gap (unlock door while they are in bubbles, save this for later if on JP to avoid a crash)


10 Jabbi fight
Get Blue Key
Backtrack to bubble room


Pick up Thunder Rage from the bush in the bubble room (You can hold R while going off the ledge to cancel forward momentum and land closer to the bush)


Go back to cells and release all Punies (leave 10 punies in the bubble room on your way up)
Puni glitch to the pipe below the cell room


Go back to bubble room and blow the 91 Punies across

In the room with the two Pale Piranhas, puni glitch to the pipe. (Optional: Use Flurrie to lock Mario's position facing left by tapping "X" then "A" a moment after)


Run by Pider using Flurrie
Reveal Hidden block below Damage Dodge P with Koops (switch fast) (You can also walk to the very edge and hit the block with your hammer)
Grab Damage Dodge P (If you miss it you will come back for it later)

100 Jabbi fight

Situation 1: Cage Skip

Do Cage Skip
Do the water room puzzle (Optional: Do Water Switch Skip (lol))
Take the punis down to the basement of the tree and activate the escape (if you missed Damage Dodge P grab it now)
Head up to the room where you get the blue key (Leave the Punis behind, you don't need them)

Fight: X-Nauts
Mario: Fright Mask

Go through the open door and get the super boots
Head back down to the basement of the tree the way you came
Reactivate the escape then head back up to the first room of the tree

Fight: X-Nauts
Mario: Fright Mask


Situation 2: No Cage Skip

Lock the Punis in the cage
Use paper mode to get out of the cage and go down the pipe. Hit the switch.
Backtrack to the room where you got the blue key
The order of the switches is Sun-Moon-Puni-Star
Get super boots
Backtrack to the punis and smash the floor panels (if you missed Damage Dodge P grab it here)
Blow the punis down the hole
Take the punis back up the pipe and smash the floor panel. Blow them through the hole down on to the stump and go through the pipe
Do the water room puzzle (Optional: Water Switch Skip)
Take the punis down to the basement of the tree and activate the escape
Head up to the room where you get the blue key (Leave the Punis behind, you don't need them)

Fight: X-Nauts
Mario: Fright Mask

Go up to the top of the tree

Boss: Magnus Von Grapple
Koops: Power Punch on Mario
Mario: Power Bounce x7
Superguard Magnus Attack
Koops: Shell Toss
Mario: Power Bounce x6
Magnus creates fists
Mario: Power Bounce x6
Koops: Shell Toss (if needed)


Peach Segment
Visit TEC for dancing (just walk around the door until it opens)


Bowser Segment
Beat 1-1 (161 is best possible time, 160 if you get the meats)


Intermission
(Peach e-mail outside Great Tree)
Leave Boggly Woods and grab Damage Dodge in the sewers
Go to The Thousand-Year Door


Howz of Badges
        -Sell Damage Dodge
        -Sell Damage Dodge P
        -Sell P-Down, D-Up P
        -Sell FP Plus
        -Sell Happy Heart
        -Sell Attack FX R
        -Sell Close Call
        -Sell Pretty Lucky
        -Buy Power Rush
Toad Bros Bazaar
        -Buy Contact Lens

Charlieton
        -Buy Mega Rush from Charlieton (Go to the area with the blimp if he doesn't have it, in order to reset his inventory)


West Side Goods
        -Buy Dried Shroom
        -Buy Dizzy Dial (Get Mushroom)
Answer anything for first question, “Yellow” for second
        -Buy 3 Thunder Bolts
Talk to Don Pianta
        -Store 3 Thunder Bolts, 1 Dizzy Dial, 1 Dried Shroom, 1 Mushroom

Toad Bros Bazaar
        -Buy 6 Fright Masks
        -Sell Ultra Shroom
        -Store Ice Storm

Go to Rougeport Harbor and talk to Francesca
Give Lumpy 300 coins
Go Back to Don Pianta and get Blimp Ticket
(e-mail on way to blimp)
Go to Glitzville


Chapter 3

*Glitzville*
Go inside the lower lobby doors
Sign up to be a fighter


For the 5 fights you use fright masks on, you only have 1 extra. Do not waste your extra unless it is absolutely necessary. You need 1 star point from these battles to not be over-leveled, but it is ok to normally kill 2-3 enemies.


Rank 19: Goomba Bros.
Standard - Appeal, Powershell

Backups:


Rank 18: KP Koopas
Standard - Fright Mask
Don't Use Items - Spin Jump, Quake Hammer


Rank 17: Pokey Triplets
Standard - Fright Mask
Don't Use Items - Quake Hammer, Power Shell


Rank 16: Dead Bones
Standard - Power Shell
Don't Attack With Partner - Quake Hammer
Don't Use Flower Points - Hammer, Shell Toss


Rank 15: Spike Storm
Standard - Fright Mask
Don't Use Items - Earth Tremor


Rank 14: Hand-It-Overs
Standard - Fright Mask
Don't Use Items - Gale Force, Power Bounce


Rank 13: Mind Bogglers
Standard - Fright Mask
Don't Use Items - Gale Force


After you rank up to #13, Go outside and get Yoshi Egg


Souvenir Shop
Buy 1 Power Punch
Store Power Punch
Withdraw Ice Storm
Buy 5 Earthquakes


You should have 5 Earthquakes, 1 Ice Storm, 1 Thunder Rage, 1 Life Shroom and 2 Fire Flowers.


(E-mail entering the Glitz Pit after getting Yoshi egg)


Rank 12: Punk Rocks
Standard - Earthquake
Don't Use Items - Quake Hammer


Rank 11: Bomb Squad
Standard - Fire Flower
Don't Use Items - Multibounce, Powershell


Rank 10: Armored Harriers
Standard - Gulp


Armored Harriers (before Yoshi)
Mario: Run Away


Yoshi hatches and joins your party


Beat Armored Harriers: Level up! (FP > 20)


Enter Major League


Rank 9: Tiny Spinies
Standard - Earthquake
Don't Use Items - Quake Hammer, Gulp


Rank 8: Poker Faces
Standard - Quake Hammer
Don't Attack With Mario - Superguard
Don't Use Flower Points - Superguard
Don't Use Your Hammer - Superguard


After you get to rank #8, Get Super Hammer
Break Block in Minor League locker room
Get Dubious Paper confiscated


Rank 7: Shell Shockers
Standard - Earthquake, Ice Storm, Power Bounce
Don't Attack With Mario - Earthquake, Ice Storm, Ground Pound
Don't Use Items - Power Bounce, Gulp
Don't Use Your Jump - Earthquake, Ice Storm, Ground Pound


Rank 6: The Fuzz
Standard - Earthquake, Jump
Don't Attack With Mario - Earthquake, Shell Toss
Don't Use Items - Gulp, Power Bounce
Don't Use Your Jump - Earthquake, Shell Toss


Rank 5: Magikoopa Masters
Standard - Thunder Rage, Fire Flower
Don't Use Items - Power Bounce, Gulp


Rank 4: Craw Daddy
Standard - Gale Force
Don't Attack With Partner - Power Smash
Don't Use Flower Points - Hammer, Shell Toss


Beat Rank #4 or #5 (depending on star points): Level up! (BP > 6)


Go to telephone booth to get Key
Go to storage room


Blow away/break boxes and hit switch to reveal staircase
Go left and into the vent and listen to Grubba/Jolene


Rank 3: Hamma, Bamma, and Flare
Standard - Earthquake, Earth Tremor
Don't Attack With Mario - Earthquake, Gulp
Don't Use Items - Earth Tremor, Power Shell
Don't Use Special Moves - Earthquake, Gulp


Rank 2: Chomp Country
Note: Get into peril during Chomp Country by blocking one chomp (-4 HP) and letting the other attack you (-5 HP)
Standard - Multibounce In Peril
Don't Attack With Mario - Gulp
Don't Use Flower Points - Hammer In Peril
Don't Use Your Jump - Gulp


Rank 1: The Koopinator
Standard: Quake Hammer, Jump
Don't Attack With Mario - Gale Force
Don't Use Flower Points - Hammer
Don't Use Your Hammer - Gale Force
Don't Use Your Jump - Quake Hammer


Register for Rawk Hawk fight
Pick up Ice Storm in Major League locker room
Escape locker room and make your way to the ring
Equip Power Bounce, Multibounce, Mega Rush and Power Rush


Rawk Hawk
Mario: Power Bounce x7


Backup strat: Defend x3 (do not guard any attacks) will put you in Peril


Note: Watch for falling ceiling items and adjust accordingly to make sure you’re at 1HP for the Power Bounces


Go to Grubba’s office from Champion room and chase after him


Boss: Macho Grubba
Mario: Power Bounce x4
Yoshi: Ice Storm (hopefully freezes him to skip power up)
Grubba Powers Up
Mario: Power Bounce x4


Note: You can do 6 Power Bounces and then Jump x2 if you are low on FP. Just make sure you do 60 HP of damage before he takes his second turn


Level Up! (BP > 9)


Peach Segment
Visit TEC
Ride Elevator Up
Go right and change into X-Naut
Talk to Grodus
Change back to Peach


Bowser Segment
Talk to Puni Elder


Intermission
Leave Glitzville
*Rougeport*
(Peach e-mail before grate)
Get rejected by Twilight Pipe
Go to Thousand-Year Door


(e-mail leaving frankly's house)
Talk to Darkly
Go to Twilight Town


Chapter 4


*Twilight Town*
Go Talk to Gatekeeper
Talk to shop manager’s Wife
See Mayor turned into a pig
See gatekeeper turned into a pig


Get Shop Key with Koops
Get Black Key


Pick up Life Shroom
Pick up Boo’s Sheet
Get Tube Curse
(e-mail leaving shop)


Go to Creepy Steeple


*Creepy Steeple*
Drop down into the well
Buzzy Beetle
Buzzy Beetle first attack
Mario: swap partner out
Partner: swap partner out
Don’t guard Buzzy Beetle attack
Mario: swap partner out
Partner: swap partner out
Don’t guard Buzzy Beetle attack
Mario: Run Away


Go inside the Steeple
Release the Boos (Guess 50 for 1 coin)
Talk to the Boo and answer “No”


Go through bottom door
Hit red “!” switch once
Go up the stairs and grab Steeple Key
Go through top door in boo room
Hit red “!” switch twice
Go to the top of the steeple


Boss: Doopliss
Mario: Power Bounce x7
Doopliss Copies Mario
Partner: Boo Sheet on Mario
Mario: Jump x2


End of Chapter?


*Creepy Steeple*
Make your way back to Twilight Town
Run Away from Doopliss


*Twilight Town*
Buy 6 Thunder Rages (Receive Super Shroom)
Find Superbomb
Vivian Joins your party
Run away from Doopliss again
Go Back to Creepy Steeple


*Creepy Steeple*
Go into well and make your way to the room with the parrot
Get Power Plus
Get The Letter “P”
Get Steeple Key


Go back to Doopliss and spell his name out
Chase him back to Creepy Steeple


Hit top red “!” switch once


Boss: Doopliss
Mario: Power Bounce x7


Vivian really joins your party


Peach Segment
TEC Quiz
Q1: Thousand-Year Door Opens (2nd Answer)
Q2: To conquer the world (1st answer)
Q3: A 1,000 year-old demon’s soul (3rd answer)
Q4: Bring the demon back to life (2nd answer)
Q5: Crystal Stars (3rd Answer)


Bowser Segment
Beat 2-1 (153 is best possible)


Intermission
Leave Twilight Town
Go to The Thousand-Year Door


Talk to Flavio in Rougeport Bar
Talk to Flavio again at the harbor
Talk to Frankly
Take on ???’s Trouble
Break into Bobbery’s House


Go to the top of Hooktail Castle
Use Flurrie to reveal Attack FX B
Go back to Rogueport


Talk to Podley to get the Old Letter
Talk to Ms. Mowz on the rooftops
Ms. Mowz joins your party
Give Bobbery the old letter
(e-mail in rogueport square)

Go to Keelhaul Key by boat


Note: Pay Gus both times you pass him in this segment. It’s only 20 coins.


Chapter 5


*Keelhaul Key*
Go right and fight embers


Embers
Mario: Thunder Rage
Yoshi: Thunder Rage


Hit invisible block by cliff area
Get Thunder rage in Yellow box


Go to Bobbery


Embers
Mario: Thunder Rage
Yoshi: Thunder Rage


Level Up! (BP > 12)


Knock Down Bobbery
*******Get a Coconut*******
Go back to Flavio and trade the coconut for the Chuckola Cola


Go back to Bobbery and give him the Chuckola Cola
Bobbery joins your party

Go back to flavio and lead him to the door, open it with Bobbery (Hammer the tall statue 4 times and spin jump on the small statue 3 times)

Use Yoshi to cross the floor spikes


Use Yoshi hover to go past the Bullet Bill Blaster


Go up the cliffs and head left
Use Koops to hit the “!” switch
Get the key and head back down to the locked door in the save block room


Use tube mode to get by the wall spikes
Use Bobbery to blast away the wooden planks


Run into first set of bullet bills
Bullet Bills

T1:
Mario: Run Away


Use invincibility to run to the second set of Bullet Bill Blasters


Bullet Bill Blasters
T1:
Mario: Thunderrage


Collect all the coins that drop. Ideally you want to have 49 coins minimum when back in Rogueport.


Talk to black chest


Embers
Mario: Thunder Rage
Yoshi: Thunder Rage


Get Boat Curse
On the way back, get hit by one of the bullet bills

T1:
Mario: Swap Partners
Partner: Swap to yoshi

DONT Block (You should be at 2hp after this) (in the event that a bullet bill targets the back partner, just fall in the water later)

Head back up to the top and use boat mode to sail back to the first room and get the gate handle
Go back to the third room of grotto and use the gate handle
Go back up to the top and go down the waterfall and through the gate
Dodge the waves and head to the right (If one is coming right at you, move backwards for a moment before going up/down)

Complete the puzzle to get the toads to dry land
Go into the area with Cortez's shup. At this point, fall in the water until you are at 1HP
Enter Cortez's room

Boss: Cortez (3 phases, 20 HP each)

T1:
Mario: Power Bounce x3
T2:
Mario: Power Bounce x3
T3:
Mario: Power Bounce x3

(If you level here, get into peril on the water)

Go back to the room with the toads and blow up the wall

Boss: Lord Crump

Power Bounce x4

*Crump Heals

Power Bounce x4

Peach Segment:

Go up to the potion room

Place the potions in the order: Red Blue Yellow Green

Play the minigame. Make sure you get around 30 seconds for cooking, the timer is lenient but not very
Upload the disk drive
Go back to the room and drink the green potion
Go back to tech

Bowser Segment:
Mash Text

Pre Chapter 6:

Go talk to Don Pianta
Take the boat to Keelhaul and go get the wedding ring
Take it back to Franky and Franchesca
Go back to Don Pianta and get the train ticket
Enter the train

Chapter 6

Sales Stall (Express Excess Shop)
        -Buy 4 Boo Sheets (1 is extra in case you mess up SSS / are doing glitchless)
        -Store 4 Boo Sheets and Super Shroom
        -Withdraw 1 Thunder Bolt and 1 Power Punch


Tell the conductor about the “sticky, yummy threat”
Talk to Pennington in the Kitchen
Examine the floor in front of room 3
Talk to Heff. T
Get the Galley Pot from the drawer
Talk to Pennington in Room 6


Talk to Sylvia in Room 8 to find out about Bub’s present
Talk to bub twice
Talk to the conductor
Get the autograph from the engineer
Give Bub the autograph


Talk to the conductor to learn about the missing blanket
Use Vivian to talk to the ghost in room 4
Get Diary from the baggage car
Give Diary to the ghost
Give blanket to the conductor (Receive Mushroom)
Go to sleep in room 5


(e-mail in dining car)
Talk to Pennington in room 6
Get vital paper in Room 1
Give Pennington the Vital Paper
Use Vivian to catch Zip Toad in Room 5
Return the briefcase


*Riverside Station*
Talk to the Riverside worker to get the Key
Unlock the door and head inside


Use Tube Mode to hit the blue “!” switch
Go up the stairs and get the Station Key in the next room
Unlock the door and go outside


Blow away the posters with Flurrie
Use Tube Mode to get down the vertical tunnel


Multibounce on all Goombas
Hit the “!” switches as instructed


Get the Ultra Boots
Spring out of the room and get the Elevator Key


Get Thunder Rage in the area outside from invisible block
Ride elevator up and hammer Smorgs away
Pull switch and hit blue “!” switch
Get back on the Excess Express
(e-mail in front of train)


Go to sleep
(e-mail leaving cabin 5)
Go talk to Engineer


Get rid of Smorg’s in the baggage car

Equip Power Plus


Boss: Smorg
Mario: Power Punch
Yoshi: Thunder Rage
Mario: Power Bounce x6
Yoshi: Thunder Bolt
Guard Smorg Attack to be put in peril
Mario: Jump x2



Go to Poshley Sanctum
Spring Jump up on the poles to reveal the pipe
Grab the Garnet Star
Leave Sanctum


Peach Segment
Visit TEC


Bowser Segment
Beat 3-1 (156 is best possible)


Intermission
(peach e-mail leaving train)
Go to The Thousand-Year Door
Go to the Trouble Center (pay Gus)
Take on Frankie’s trouble
(e-mail in front of Frankly's house)
Go to Chet Rippo in the sewers
-Raise BP (15), Lower HP (5)


Get Ultra Hammer
Talk to Frankie about the trouble
Get 999 coins from Lumpy
Talk to Professor Frankly to learn about Fahr Outpost
Get the wedding ring (pay Gus again)
Give Frankie the wedding ring to get the gold card
Go to Pianta Parlor and buy exactly 204 piantas
Buy 6 Power Rushes from the Pianta Parlor
De-equip Power Plus
Equip all 6 power rushes
Go to Fahr Outpost


Chapter 7


*Fahr Outpost*
Go all the way right
Speak to the Mayor with Bobbery out
Go back to Rougeport sewers
Break the large blocks blocking the warp pipes and hit all the switches


The Hunt for General White
1. Go to Petalburg and talk to Kroop
2. Go to Keelhaul and talk to Pa-Patch
Enter Keelhaul Galleria and withdraw 4 Boo Sheets and 2 Thunder Bolts
3. Go to Glitzville and talk to Podler
4. Go to the Great Tree and talk to first Puni inside
5. Go to Poshley Heights and talk to Goldbob (give him all your coins)
6. Go to Twilight Town and talk to the Twilighter by the Inn
7. Go back to Fahr Outpost


Wake up General White
Go to the Moon


*Moon*
Go 3 screens to the right and blow up the rock to reveal the pipe
Enter the X-Naut Fortress
Equip Multibounce


*X-Naut Fortress*
X-Nauts
Mario: Multibounce


Level up! (BP > 18)


Equip Power Plus


Go to the first electric tile room and get the elevator key
Go to Sublevel 1


Go right and enter access code (014029)
Thwomp Quiz
Q1: Elevator Key (3rd answer)
Q2: Koopie Koo (4th answer)
Q3: 6 Feet (2nd answer)
Q4: Hooktail’s Belly (3rd answer)
Q5: Prince Mush (1st answer)
Get Elevator Key
Go to Sublevel 2


Go left to the second electric tile room and get card key
Go all the way right to Grodus’ office and get a card key
Go to Sublevel 3


Go left to the third electric tile room and get card key
Note: You can use Yoshi to make the tiles move quickly, but it’s harder to keep pace


Go right and use the 3 card keys


Navigate the room and hit the stairs switch
Hover with Yoshi to get the card key
Use Card key to enter the final room


Note: You can hover from the card key platform  to get on top of the save block, at which point you should hover to the heal block, and then perform a spring jump to get to the moving platform. This will skip going through the background again. If you can’t get on top of the save block, you will probably have to fight the Z-Yux (2 of them in 1 fight) so he doesn’t first attack you. If you stand directly to the right of the heal block, you can time a spring jump to get up to the moving platform, but the moving platforms are off screen.


Boss: Magnus Von Grapple 2.0
Mario: Power Bounce x5


Bowser Segment
Go into Poshley Sanctum


Intermission
Go to Sublevel 4 and talk to TEC
Head to sublevel 2 and go 2 rooms to the left
Leave the X-Naut Fortress via teleport
Open The Thousand-Year Door


Chapter 8


Run past swoopulas on first staircase
Avoid Bombshell Bills by running between them with Yoshi or using Vivian for safety


Do cannon skip 1


Go through Spike Room
Go through Fire Bar room (there is a hidden boo sheet on the stand between the 2 fire bars if you want an extra)


Dark Bones
Mario: Multibounce
Yoshi: Thunder Bolt on Dark Bones


Level Up! (BP > 21)


Get Palace Key


Run between Bombshell Bills (or use Vivian)


Do cannon skip 2


Run between second Bombshell Bills (or use Vivian)


Do cannon skip 3

Endless Room
Down - Down - Up - Up - Down - Up - Down


Break Chain Chomp statues outside the Riddle Tower with Bobbery to reveal pipes
Hit blue “!” switches to reveal boat panels


Go right to Gloomtail


Gloomtail
Mario: Power Bounce x6


Get the Star Key
Make your way back to the Riddle Tower
Use the Boat panels to reach the Riddle Tower


Riddle Tower
        1F Bottom Left: Hit lift switch 3 times, right switch 2 times
        1F Top Left: Break Gray block and leave
        1F Top Right: Run through the wall and hit the switch
        1F Bottom Right: Blow away center with Flurrie
        2F Bottom Left: First Strike Dull Bones, Red Bones, Dry Bones, then Dark Bones
        2F Top Left: Break 2 Gray blocks and leave
        2F Top Right: Blow up wall with Bobbery
        2F Bottom Right: Hit invisible Block
        1F Top Left: Break Last Block and get key
        2F Top Left: Get Key
        3F: Insert Star Key, Insert all Palace Keys





Situation 1: No SSS

Shadow Sirens
Mario: Jump on Beldam x2
Yoshi: Boo Sheet on Mario
Guard Attacks
Mario: Power Bounce Doopliss x3
Yoshi: Defend
Guard Attack
Mario: Power Bounce Marilyn x3

Level Up! (BP > 24)

Situation 2: SSS

Do SSS



Uncover staircase with Flurrie
Use Yoshi to cross the gap


Use Koops on red “!” switch
Hit Green switch once


Use Yoshi to cross the Gap
Hit Purple Switch, Use Yoshi across next gaps to the door


Spring Jump to the poles (You can use Yoshi to hover across the 2nd gap)
Use Bobbery to hit red “!” switch and cross gap to chain chomp
Cross the turning wheel


Blow away block with Flurrie
Spin Hammer and Spin Jump through the floor


Use the plane panel to reach the area in the middle of the room
Hit red “!” switch and use Yoshi to get to the Palace Key


Fall down and use the spring to get back up to the plane panel
Fly across the room and unlock the door


Boss: Grodus
Yoshi: Thunder Bolt on Grodus X
Mario: Power Bounce Grodus x4


Boss: Bowser / Kammy Koopa
Mario: Power Bounce Bowser x5
Yoshi: Defend
Guard Kammy’s Attack if she targets Mario
Mario: Power Bounce Kammy x3


Level Up! (BP > 27)


Have Bobbery as your partner before Shadow Queen


Final Boss: Shadow Queen
Bobbery: Bomb Squad
Mario: Power Bounce x4
Phase 2 Starts
Mario: Failed Jump
Bobbery: Boo Sheet on Mario
Bomb Squad goes off


Crystal Stars Cutscene


Mario: Power Bounce x5
Bobbery: Boo Sheet on Mario
Shadow Queen Attacks
Mario: Power Bounce x5


Aftermath
Credits Roll


Timing Ends as soon as you see “The End” on screen after the credits.