Super Mario 3D Land: S8- Bowser's Castle

We need 290 Star Coins to unlock this level. We have 30 seconds to start. We'll get clocks from Hammer Bros. We hit the P-Switch for a bridge. At the end of the path is a Mystery Box in between two lava pillars. Jump carefully. Next is a green arrow platform we take while avoiding Blaargs. Over the long item block is the first Star Coin. We hit a P-Switch to make a platform rise up to the level of three Hammer Bros. We find the second Star Coin here. At the end of the purple path are appearing platforms to a Mystery Box that takes you to stones rolling in the lava. Dry Bowser appears. We reach Dry Bowser, who makes shockwaves when he lands. These shockwaves will also take out the Hammer Bros it reaches. The third Star Coin is in a corner before the switch. We reach the switch and Dry Bowser falls in. Past the gate, we warp to the flagpole, where we get a 1-up.

We see a picture floating down from the sky. The Tanooki Toads look at it and freak out. Bowser's got Peach in a cage again. Let's remedy the situation!

For some reason, we find ourselves at regular World 8's Bowser Castle. We still have all of the Star Coins, but the level is incomplete.

Super Mario 3D Land: S8-5 (Airship)

We need 270 Star Coins to unlock this level. It's an Airship. Cosmic Mario's here, too. We cross some quickly spinning gears and find the first Star Coin surrounded by brick blocks. The second Star Coin is on a bridge of brick blocks. We bounce on a springy mushroom to reach a higher gear. There's more past the Airship where you think the level should end. Hop up to the higher Airship and you'll find more gears. The third Star Coin is to the left. I recommend using a Tanooki Suit here. Soon after that is the flagpole. Cosmic Mario will follow you until you reach the flagpole.

Super Mario 3D Land: S8-4

We need 260 Star Coins to unlock this level. We have 30 seconds to start. The item block gives us a Boomerang Flower. We take a cylindrical grate down the lava. The first Star Coin is on the right end of the nut and bolt. We warp using the orange Mystery Box. We get a Boomerang Flower from Red Coins. We take another cylindrical grate and get the second Star Coin using a boomerang. On the rotating cylinder, we need to use a boomerang at the end to reach the third Star Coin on the right. We warp inside the cylinder to a clock and the flagpole and get a 1-up.

Super Mario 3D Land: S8-3 (Castle)

We need 250 Star Coins to unlock this level. It's a castle. We have 30 seconds to start and Cosmic Mario's here. We get the first Star Coin over a square platform that disappears into the lava. The second Star Coin is near the second set of Thwomps. Wall jump off it to get it. Towards the end is an obstacle course with pillars. Before you jump across the gap with Podoboos, let Cosmic Mario break the pillar in the upper left corner for the third Star Coin. We run in a circle along the pillars so Cosmic Mario will destroy them so we can proceed. He disappears once we reach the clock. We get a 1-up at the flagpole.

Super Mario 3D Land: S8-2

We need 240 Star Coins to unlock this level. This level has rotating green platforms that move much faster. We have to cross them and deal with Rocky Wrenches. We get the first Star Coin over the third rotating green platform from the Rocky Wrench that throws coins. We need a Tanooki Suit to get the second Star Coin (but, in general, it's a good idea to have one in this level). After the first Star Coin are some Rocky Wrenches and green platforms. We go to the left to find a Rocky Wrench in a pipe. This takes us to a large plaform with a brick block, which hides a gear. We need to spin the gear with our tail to move the platform up to the second Star Coin. We jump down to six Rocky Wrenches, some of which throw coins. Past them is a long platform that moves in an arc. We go the the far edge and let it rotate to the top. Don't jump at the first place you see: there's a Poison Mushroom there. The third Star Coin is down to the right of the last arcing platform. Jump down to get it. The Mystery Box will take you to an area with cutouts. The left Mystery Box will put you in a better position to get a 1-up at the flagpole. The right one will take you directly to the flagpole.

Super Mario 3D Land: S8-1

We're finally in Special World 8! This looks nothing like World 8: new music, different background, and we have to unlock all of the levels and complete them before moving onto the next. Here goes! We need 230 Star Coins to unlock S8-1. We have 30 seconds to start. Cosmic Mario follows us. We have to jump over spike blocks on a bridge and dodge Spinies. There are Poison Mushrooms in the left and right item blocks. We get the first Star Coin over a swinging spike. The second Star Coin is over the cracked stone. Don't worry about falling off: there's a warp pipe at the bottom. The third Star Coin is near the green pipe at the end. We wall-jumped to get it. The pipe takes us to the flagpole, with a 100 second clock nearby.

Super Mario 3D Land: S7- Castle

We need 220 Star Coins to unlock this level. We have 30 seconds to start. And Cosmic Mario's following us. Great. He's still a giant. The first Star Coin is over a pillar, so we jump from the long item block to get it. We ride a wooden square up. In the first alcove of a stone wall is the second Star Coin. We now have an obstacle course. You can try jumping over the pillars or wall-jump off them and let Cosmic Mario destroy them. We wall-jump off a pillar for the third Star Coin. We won't have to deal with Bowser in this level, thankfully. At the end of the bridge is a 100 second clock and Cosmic Mario disappears. Inside is a orange Mystery Box that warps us to the flagpole.