Superstar Saga Speedrun Route (Updated 2017)

Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga Any% Route

-- Mushroom Kingdom --

Tutorial fight, say no to tutorials
1 Super Mushroom, 1 Mushroom from Toad
1 Mushroom, 1UP (Something precious)


-- Koopa Cruiser --

2 Mushrooms
Goomba fights (get all counter attacks on first fight)
MARIO LV.2: +POW

*Fawful (Say no to tutorial, get all counter attacks)


-- Stardust Fields --

Border Jump (Say Yes to question, lose two lives on both bros)
Get Warp Pipe #1
2 Mushroom before Tolstar
16 coin ML Block
10 coins, 12 coin ML Block, 1 Mushroom before Jump Tutorial
1 Mushroom, in tutorial room
Learn High Jump and Spin Jump, then do Jump Course Skip
Get first strike on the fighter fly in the next room Use Splash 2 times
LUIGI LV.2: +POW
10 coins, 1 coin, 1 Syrup, 12 coin ML Block before Bros tutorial
Get first strike on second Fighter Fly, use Splash twice
Get first strike on third Fighter Fly, use Splash once
MARIO LV.3: +POW
10 coins, 8 coin ML block (101 coins total)
Use Syrup on Mario

*Tolstar (Alternate Splash/Bounce Bros, have Luigi use Syrup on Mario when Mario runs out of BP, Luigi uses jump when out of BP)

1up Shroom (Tolstar)
LUIGI LV.3: +POW
2 Mushroom in cave after Tolstar
Go to HooHoo Village

-- HooHoo Mountain Village --

Go to low cave, get 2 Mushrooms, 15 coins
Talk to Fawful
Go to high cave, get all items inside and on the bridge
Talk to lowest bridge HooHoo
Talk to Hammerhead Bros, go to HooHoo Mountain


-- Hoohoo Mountain --
1 Mushroom in first room
1 Syrup, in first fountain room
Go to top right room with the dead end and encounter the drybones
1 Splash Bros, 1 Bounce Bros, and 1 Jump
MARIO/LUIGI LV.4: +POW
Attempt Ledge Clip, then spin jump to the !Block to trigger the Fountain
1 Mushroom in room with ! block
10 coins, 1UP in room before Hoohoroos


*HooHoroos

Any Jump actions are done on pillars, attack the pillar Hoohoroos

is not hiding under on the first jump.

1- Jump (Mario), Jump (Luigi)
2- Splash, Jump
3- Splash, Syrup on Mario
4- Splash, Jump
5- Splash, Bounce (if needed, use Jump on Hoohoroos instead if Mario was doing 11 damage)


1up Shroom (Hoohoroos)
MARIO LV.5: +POW
1 Syrup in Dry Bones room
1 Syrup, 1 Mushroom in room before Dragohoho

*Dragohoho (80 HP, make sure the fight ends on Mario's 4th Splash Bros)

1 Super Mushroom (Dragohoho)
LUIGI LV.5: +POW
Talk to Hammerhead Bros
1 Nut
20 coins
2 Mushrooms, 2 Syrups (bridge)
Leave Mountain
Cart minigame
1 Nut, 1 Mushroom
Hammer Tutorial
Go to Castle Town

-- Castle Town/Sewers --

2 Mushrooms (water wheel room)
2 Mushrooms, 1 Syrup (last room before Lady Lima)
2 Syrup, 2 Mushroom, 10 coins (room behind lady lima)

*Queen Bean (Alternate Splash Advanced/Hammer, use Syrup if needed)

1 Mushroom, 1 Syrup, 1up DX (Queen Bean)
MARIO LV.6 +POW
LUIGI LV.6 +STACHE
Get Pipe #4
Go to Chucklehuck Woods


-- Chucklehuck Woods --

*Popple & Rookie (Alternate Splash/Bounce)

1up Shroom (Popple)
MARIO LV.7 +POW
LUIGI LV.7 +STACHE
20 coins, Super Nut, Super Syrup (hidden room up top)
Hammer Tutorial
1 Mushroom (first major room in forest)
1UP, Herb, 5 coins (room with koopa)
Sign glitch
Get items in the right box hedge
Action command glitch (High Jump on back Mario)
Pestnut jump
10 coins, 1 Mushroom, 1 Syrup
Get Pipe #5

-- Little Fungitown --

Follow south path in BeanBean Land towards Super Hammers
Use action command glitch to get Thunderhand on front Luigi while on the bridge on the screen before Lakipeas spawn
Get Super Hammers
Get Pipe #6, go to Pipe #4
Head to Guffwha Ruins
Rock skip
2 Mushrooms, 1 Syrup, 1UP
Fungitown skip
Buy Mush Badge, sell all items except for Mushrooms and 1 1UP, then buy as many Mushrooms as possible
Get Pipe #7, go to Pipe #6
Enter Teehee Valley

-- Teehee Valley --

Enter Teehee Valley
Sign Glitch to put Spin Jump on back Luigi
Rock Skip
1 Super Mushroom, 1 Syrup, 10 coins
Big Skip
Use Luigi Spin Jump to get Firebrand on front Mario

*Popple and Birdo (Alternate Chopper/Knockback)

5 Ultra Syrup (Popple)
MARIO LV.8-11: +POW
LUIGI LV.8: +BP
LUIGI LV.9-11: +STACHE

Leave Teehee Valley
Luigi Spin Jump to upper right area
1 Red Pepper, 1 Green Pepper
Go to Pipe #6, Warp to #7
Buy Mush Badge AA
Sell all items except Mushrooms and 1UPs, and Red Peppers, buy Mushrooms (need 80)
Go to Pipe #6, Warp to #4
Go to Castle Town, talk to Queen Bean
Go to Pipe #3, Warp to #1
Go to Bowser's Castle


-- Bowser's Caslte --

1 Ultra Syrup, 1 Ultra Mushroom
Bowser's Castle skip
1 Ultra Syrup, 1 Ultra Mushroom

*Bowletta (alternate Chopper, Knockback)

*Cackletta
Use Ultra Syrup as needed
BP is restored at start of fight
Chopper Right Arm
Red Pepper on Mario
Mario (hopefully) dies, Luigi survives
1UP on Mario
Chopper on Head
Mario Jump on left hand, Luigi uses Knockback if necessary.
Chopper/Knockback Heart for two turns
Kill Head, then Arms
Chopper/Knockback Heart (NOTE: If less than 50 Power this will not kill.  Do only 3-5 hits on Chopper bros if low on power to avoid powerful attacks.  This may also vary depending on your mashing skill.)
Chopper/Knockback Heart again to kill


Escape
Time stops when Peasley's last text box disappears