| Toad Town Tunnels |
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| After Chapter 1... Enter and go right. Save if you want to and break the Yellow Block with your Hammer. Proceed right and try not to get in battles with Gloombas: Save your strength for the next fight. You will eventually be in a room with a pipe to another platform. When you get to the other platform, a loud voice with yell, "BLOOPER!" to inform the guardian of the sewers to kill the intruder. There isn't much too this. A series of timed Power Jumps and Headbonks should beat him in no time. My stats by this time were 20 HP, 20 FP, and 6 BP, with the badges Power Jump, HP Plus, Refund, and Speedy Spin. Once you're done with the battle, open the chest to the right to get the Shrink Stomp Badge. Now it's OK to fight those strangely diffucult Gloombas, that offer a large amount of Star Points (Usually 4 for one Spike Gloomba). After Chapter 2 Enter and go left. Break the Stone Block with your Super Hammer. Walk to the left a little and once again, a loud voice will yell, "BLOOPER!" If you haven't noticed, this guy's bigger and beefier than the last one. A combination of Shell Shots and Hammer Throws should be your attack. He attacks with a strength of 4, so you may have some worries, though it can be reduced with Shrink Stomp. Every now and then, he will surge himself with electricity. You shouldn't worry about that, since you're not making any direct contact, so just keep using Shell Shots and Hammer Throws. Heal if necessary. After the battle, a blue "!" switch will fall. Hit it and three pipes will spring out of the ground. Each one links to a different area. The one of the left goes to Dry Dry Outpost, the middle goes to Koopa Village, and the right goes to Goomba Village. These can be useful when searching for Chuck Quizmo or doing Koopa Koot Errands. Anyway, go to the left and smash the stone block. In this next room, you can hit the three yellow blocks and get 2 coins and a Snowman's Doll. Jump on a rising platform on the left and proceed left after you can jump to another one. Go sideways-down the pipe and go left. This will be a room with Spiked Gloombas, who are tough, but give a nice amount of Star Points. Hit the wooden block to the left the them and jump on the springboard. Open the chest and find the Power Smash Badge. Go back to the right and onto the platform that sinks with Mario's large weight. Jump to the other platform and to the doorway on the right, using precise timing. Jump on one of the rising platforms and onto the stationary one. Fly all the way to the right with Parakarry to get a Star Piece. Now go onto another rising platform and STAY THERE UNTIL YOU TOUCH THE CEILING. You will find an attic. Go to the right in the attic and down a hole. Hit the Super Block to the right and upgrade your partner. Go down the pipe to the left and go out the way you came. After Chapter 3... Oops! This isn't here yet! |
| Just south of Tayce T.'s House is a pipe sticking out the ground. This is the entrance to Toad Town Tunnels. As you progress through the game, you will be able to go deeper through these sewers, finding use Badges and Power-ups. |