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Update #3 - Having just unlocked the vanish cap last time I played, I activated the wing and metal caps, got every secret castle star I could without having opened the 50 star door, and proceeded to whittle away at the stars in every course. I also beat Bowser in the Fire Sea.

I have completed 64 over a dozen times but I havent played it enough to need a randomizer or some sort of fan-made version to spice things up, at least not yet. My approach to make this playthrough unique has been to get every secret castle star as early as possible, and otherwise always keep the number of stars I have in each level equal as much as the game allows.

For example at a certain point I had three stars in the first four courses, two in courses 5-8, one star in DDD and none in courses 10-13. So I got the first star in 10-13, then the second star in 9-13, then the third star in 5-13. I worried this would be tedious but the game is small enough and numbered courses generally close enough together that its not annoying. I am definitely wondering if Ill regret intentionally saving all 15 100 coin stars for the end though >_> we will find out soon!

But yeah, I got all the secret castle stars except for the ones you need 50+ for, which means I have 11 with four to go (still need MIPS 2, Toad 3, Wing Mario Over the Rainbow and Bowser in the Sky red coins). I got the first three stars in the first 13 courses, which seemed like a fitting stopping point for my first day of play.

I had a lot of fun despite a brutal sunburn from this weekend. The burning, wish-you-could-tear-off-your-skin itch is real.

I still cant resist long jumping onto a goombas head.

Next up is MIPS 2, Toad 3, Wing Mario Over the Rainbow and getting the first three stars for TTC and RR. Then Ill go about getting the 4th star for each course, and I will decide if Ive changed my mind about nabbing the Bowser in the Sky red coins star early. I dunno, RR 100 coin star would be a perfectly epic one for star 120.

Stars: 50/120