This level works a bit differently from the other levels you’ve completed thus far. Here, you have only 100 game seconds on the clock to make your way through the whole level! Fortunately, you can collect + Clocks along the way to extend the time limit, but trying to collect the three Green Stars and the Stamp in one run can be a challenge!
Green Star #1
The first star is placed deviously just off the camera behind the level’s start. Simply walk toward the camera to reveal it. It’s sitting on an invisible cloud platform, so it’s safe to jump out to it.
You’re going to be sprinting for the vast majority of this level, and you start off next to a tough jumping test: rotating platforms with large sections cut out of them. If you’re staying at a full sprint, you can easily make these jumps, so long as you time your crossing right.
Green Star #2
A Rabbit with the second Green Star hops out of the bushes near a Coin fountain. Keep up your speed and run this fuzz ball down as quick as you can!
Stamp
To the north is another large chasm bridged by more of those rotating platforms that are missing even larger pieces than the one before. Crossing it can be a challenge with most characters, but Peach’s float makes things easier. In your rush, don’t miss the small platforms to the left. They contain a Character Switch that will reveal the Stamp for the level.
Green Star #3
After surviving the second set of rotating platforms, a swarm of Mini Goombas and Goombas try to stop your from reaching this Cloud Cannon. You’re sent to another cloudy paradise that provides you with a Super Star, Dash Panels, and plenty of Goombas to squash. Don’t miss the final Green Star at the end of the run!
Just before you reach the Goal Pole, you encounter an ? Block that contains an infinite number of Coins. This is a trap! Remember that you started this level with a mere hundred ticks on the clock.. You probably don’t have a lot of time left at this point! Beating this level unlocks 3-A.