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CHEATS WANTED - does anybody know any good cheats for Mario Advanced yet?
Yoshi's Challenge
Description:
After beating Wart (world 7-2) the Yoshi Challenge is opened up. If you want to go back and replay a certain level to get the coins, press left and right on the game selection screen on your saved game. A level with all coins collected will show up with a red dot on the overall level overview at the start of each game.
The idea of Yoshi's Challenge is to replay the levels to try and find two eggs that are hidden away in the dark world. The only problem is, if you die, you will loose any eggs you have collected on a level so far. So the added challenge is to finish a level in one life. After unlocking Yoshi's Challenge the blue sky of the title screen will turn into a red one. Also a Yoshi's egg appears underneath the title.
99 Lives Trick
Description:
In world 5-3 come up to the surface and throw the shell on the ground there, it will keep bouncing off of the walls back and forth. Jump and land on the shell and wait for the birds to drop the bombs. The shell will kill the bombs, and after you get a certain amount you start getting 1-UPS, you can do this forever until you have 99.
Sleep Mode
Description:
So you're in the middle of playing Super Mario and the telephone rings... Or let's say you feel the sudden urge to check IGN for new GBA stories, but you're in the middle of a level -- what do you do? How about putting your GBA to sleep to preserve batteries? Press the Select and R buttons at the same time and the game will drop into deep sleep. To wake it up again, press Select and L.
Unlimited Hearts from Big Baddies
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Description:
Mario Advance is a revamp of Super Mario Bros 2 with a few additions and enhancements. Among the new features are enlarged versions of the classic enemies and heart power-ups more frequently available. If you're observant, you'll see that these two features actually combine in a useful trick.
If you pick up the giant enemies, (anything giant will do, Shy Guys, Ninjaks, it works on all of them) and throw them, they will release a heart. If you don't kill them (i.e. throw them at another enemy or hit them with an object) you can pick them up & throw them once again, getting another heart. To this again and again until you reach full life and be on the lookout-there are many "planted" as sprouts you can pull up. They are also helpful to keep alive during the boss battles you can find them in.
Be careful not to let the giant bad guys land on you, or you'll lose the heart you gain (and possibly more)!
Warp Zone Locations
Description:
Warp to World 4: In level 1-3 go to the area just before the brick background. Pick up the plants until you get a bottle. Then go past the brick background until you find a pot and throw the bottle on it. Go through the door and down the pot into World 4.
Warp to World 5: To warp to level 5, first get to level 3-1. When you enter the first door, fall all the way down. You have to be in the middle as you fall. When you stop, you will find a platform with a door. Enter the door, then look for the potion in the grass. Pick it up, then throw it on the ground, enter the door in cyberspace, and go into the vase and you will be at level 5.
Warp to World 6: In level 4-2 In the area with the whales find a bottle and throw it on the next pot. Enter the doorway and go down the pot into World 6.
Warp to World 7: Work your way to level 5-3. (It would be a good idea to choose Luigi for this level because of his superb jumping skills.) Go up the ladder at the beginning of the level, and then jump up onto the ledge above the ladder. As soon as you get on top of the ledge, grab the first grass on the right. It is a potion. Use the potion and go through the door. Now, while in sub-space, go down through the jar and voila! Now you're in Level 7!
Description:
After beating Wart (world 7-2) the Yoshi Challenge is opened up. If you want to go back and replay a certain level to get the coins, press left and right on the game selection screen on your saved game. A level with all coins collected will show up with a red dot on the overall level overview at the start of each game.
The idea of Yoshi's Challenge is to replay the levels to try and find two eggs that are hidden away in the dark world. The only problem is, if you die, you will loose any eggs you have collected on a level so far. So the added challenge is to finish a level in one life. After unlocking Yoshi's Challenge the blue sky of the title screen will turn into a red one. Also a Yoshi's egg appears underneath the title.
99 Lives Trick
Description:
In world 5-3 come up to the surface and throw the shell on the ground there, it will keep bouncing off of the walls back and forth. Jump and land on the shell and wait for the birds to drop the bombs. The shell will kill the bombs, and after you get a certain amount you start getting 1-UPS, you can do this forever until you have 99.
Sleep Mode
Description:
So you're in the middle of playing Super Mario and the telephone rings... Or let's say you feel the sudden urge to check IGN for new GBA stories, but you're in the middle of a level -- what do you do? How about putting your GBA to sleep to preserve batteries? Press the Select and R buttons at the same time and the game will drop into deep sleep. To wake it up again, press Select and L.
Unlimited Hearts from Big Baddies
Last Updated:
Description:
Mario Advance is a revamp of Super Mario Bros 2 with a few additions and enhancements. Among the new features are enlarged versions of the classic enemies and heart power-ups more frequently available. If you're observant, you'll see that these two features actually combine in a useful trick.
If you pick up the giant enemies, (anything giant will do, Shy Guys, Ninjaks, it works on all of them) and throw them, they will release a heart. If you don't kill them (i.e. throw them at another enemy or hit them with an object) you can pick them up & throw them once again, getting another heart. To this again and again until you reach full life and be on the lookout-there are many "planted" as sprouts you can pull up. They are also helpful to keep alive during the boss battles you can find them in.
Be careful not to let the giant bad guys land on you, or you'll lose the heart you gain (and possibly more)!
Warp Zone Locations
Description:
Warp to World 4: In level 1-3 go to the area just before the brick background. Pick up the plants until you get a bottle. Then go past the brick background until you find a pot and throw the bottle on it. Go through the door and down the pot into World 4.
Warp to World 5: To warp to level 5, first get to level 3-1. When you enter the first door, fall all the way down. You have to be in the middle as you fall. When you stop, you will find a platform with a door. Enter the door, then look for the potion in the grass. Pick it up, then throw it on the ground, enter the door in cyberspace, and go into the vase and you will be at level 5.
Warp to World 6: In level 4-2 In the area with the whales find a bottle and throw it on the next pot. Enter the doorway and go down the pot into World 6.
Warp to World 7: Work your way to level 5-3. (It would be a good idea to choose Luigi for this level because of his superb jumping skills.) Go up the ladder at the beginning of the level, and then jump up onto the ledge above the ladder. As soon as you get on top of the ledge, grab the first grass on the right. It is a potion. Use the potion and go through the door. Now, while in sub-space, go down through the jar and voila! Now you're in Level 7!