Seaside Town
As soon as you get to town, enter the door to the left of the shop.
Go inside and buy 3 Fire Bombs. If you don’t have enough, make sure to come back later. We’re going to need them eventually, so hold on to them.
From there, do any more shopping or resting that you may need and then head to the house in the top left corner of the area.
Go inside and speak to Elder to advance the story.
After speaking with him, go upstairs and speak to the frog. He will have a shop you where you can spend frog coins.
He does off the Exp. Booster. This will double your Exp. earned when equipped. If you have enough, it is recommended to buy it.
When you’re done in Seaside Town, exit it and travel to Sea.
Sea
As soon as you land, follow the path into the next room and speak to the NPC to buy some items if you’d like.
Exit through the bottom right.
Drop down and get the Super Star chest. Take out as many enemies as you can with it.
Enter the next area and then take the bottom left exit.
Run along the water and jump into the whirlpool.
Go through cave underwater and follow the path until you come up to an area with a chest.
Get the chest, drop down and exit left.
Jump into the next whirlpool.
Continue to the ship and ride down the pipe.
Sunken Ship
When you begin, go through the door on the right to find a save block.
Save and then go back and take the other door this time.
Continue through the small areas until you reach a room with a stack of crates and rats going up and down the stairs.
Go behind the stack of crates to find a flower.
Go down the stairs and get the chest by standing on the tall stack of crates.
Exit that room and you’ll now be in a long room with a lot of guarded doors. Each door leads to a puzzle, so let’s start at the beginning.
Room #1
You need to get the paratroopa to knock the ball onto the switch. If you miss, exit the room and then re-enter it to try again.
It’ll follow you around, so get behind the stack and then quickly run to the front as it approaches the ball.
Room #2
For this, you need jump up and hit the boxes to stop the springboards. You need to bounce the ball onto the switch.
You can see the solution pictured below.
Room #3
This room is a maze. It’s hard to describe since you can’t see, but you can feel your way through it. I’ll try my best below.
- Go straight back until you stop.
- Run to the right and jump.
- Keep jumping up and then come left until you are visible again.
- Take the entrance on the right.
- Go right and jump up onto the boxes.
- Follow the path around until you drop down.
- Go left, right and then right while jumping.
- Keep jumping until you pop up.
- Jump up and hit the switch.
Skip this room if you can’t find your way through.
Exit Room #3 and take the exit on the left.
Drop down and get the chest.
Then, jump over the crates and speak to the NPC to see what he has for sale.
Afterwards, go through the bottom floor door and it’ll be time for more puzzles.
Room #4
In this room, you’re going to have follow the moving coin. You need to collect every coin it leaves. After you’ve collected them all, you need to collect the moving coin last. You need to be quick as the coins will disappear.
Room #5
Jump up and hit the block on the far left.
Then, quickly get under the next block by standing on its shadow. Jump up to hit the cannon ball so that it shoots up and hits the next box. Repeat that all the wat down the line. Remember, position yourself on the box’s shadow before jumping at the cannonball.
Room #6
Jump up on the stack of barrels and one will fall down. Jump on it to move it. Move it onto one of the switches and then stand on the other one.
You can save you game in here as well.
Enter the door in the puzzle room and then jump up into each box and spell the password, “PEARLS.” When you have, interact with the horn in the room.
King Calamari
First, take Geno and Bowser with you.
To start the fight, use Geno Boost on Bowser and then have Bowser use a fire bomb. This will take out all of the tentacles at once.
You can use another fire bomb on the second wave of tentacles and then finish them off with physical attacks.
Now that you’re to the body, use a fire bomb to clear the tentacles and focus your physical attacks on the body.
After the fight, go through door ahead of you.
Jump onto the crates in the next room and then jump up. Go through the top floor door.
Jump over the bullets and take the top floor exit. If you’re knocked down, climb back up and try again.
Once through, go down the stairs. Go through the door and then get on the stack of crates in the back corner.
Jump over from the crates and get the two chests.
Get down and then go through the next door.
There will be another Mario in the next room. Get the bottom middle of the area and jump to reveal a crate above.
Get under the Hidden Treasure and get on the other Mario’s head.
Jump and then jump again while in the air to reach it.
It can be tricky landing on the other Mario’s head, but just keep trying and it’ll happen.
From there, exit the room. Take the next exit and then go behind the big wall of crates to find a hidden door. Go in it and get the chest.
After that, go down the stairs to save your game. You can also get the chest in here as well.
Jump from the stairs over the wall of crates and hit the chest.
This will actually be fight against Whuhoh.
Win the fight to earn the Safety Badge.
Go through the doors until you come to another whirlpool. Go to it and get the bottom of the water.
Back track a bit to get the frog coins.
After you get those, continue forward. Keep going until you come to a bigger room with a stack of barrels in the top left corner.
Go along the left wall and go behind the stack of barrels to enter a somewhat hidden door.
A Safety Ring can be found in a chest through that door.
Exit that room and then jump onto the stack of barrels in the top right corner.
Keep jumping up and you’ll climb out of the water. Jump back in the water and you can swim over to a frog coin.
Go through the door that was ahead of you when you climbed out of the water.
You’ll run into some pirates in the next room.
Beat the pirates, get the chest and then climb the stairs.
Beat the pirates at the top of the stairs and then enter the door.
Jonathan Jones
Bring Bowser with you.
Use physical attacks on Jones and use Bowser’s Terrorize special. This will damage multiple enemies in a single hit.
Repeat that until it’s Jones and Mario fighting. Just keep attacking him with physical attacks until it’s over.
After the fight, you’ll have earned the next Star Piece.
Exit the ship and travel back to Seaside Town.
Seaside Town
Once you get back, you’ll be speaking with the toads. Although, something won’t be quite right.
When asked to hand over the Star Piece, do it.
Chase after them by going left and taking the exit.
When they try to swim away, they’ll be stopped and it’ll be time for a boss battle.
Speardovich
Speardovich has some heavy attacks, so you’re going to want to have either Peach or Mallow with you in battle. Use their healing abilities when party HP gets low.
Continue attacking him while using Mallow or Peach as support if needed.
After the fight, you’ll be given the Star Piece back.
Pick up the key after the fight.
Return to Seaside Town and use the key on a locked room where the toads were being held.
If you gave up the Star right away, you’ll be rewarded with a Flower Box in here.
With that taken care of, you can explore and shop here now that it’s returned to normal.
When you’re ready to continue, head back to Elder’s house and speak with him.
He’ll tell you about Land’s End. When the conversation is over and you’re ready to leave, exit town and head for Land’s End.
Had kinda hoped that Luigi would be a party member in the remake, he’s in the instruction manual for the og Mario RPG on SNES and in photos from the beta.