Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you initiate Time Stop using the big whomp, it's actually possible to obtain the star from "blast away the wall" without using the normal cannonless strategy. In order to achieve this, you need to get a firsty off of the whomp (harder than it looks) then bounce on the invisible piranha plant then just fall into the star.
This works because when Time Stop is initiated, all objects besides the one that would be talking freeze in place, and don't change until the text box has disappeared. We took advantage of this by jumping through the part of the wall that you're supposed to blast away, as when Mario is far enough away, that part isn't solid. The piranha plant is always loaded, so you can always get a jump off of it no matter where you are.
This can be done without cheats, only on the Japanese version.
Music is "Move Out" by MK2
If you initiate Time Stop using the big whomp, it's actually possible to obtain the star from "blast away the wall" without using the normal cannonless strategy. In order to achieve this, you need to get a firsty off of the whomp (harder than it looks) then bounce on the invisible piranha plant then just fall into the star.
This works because when Time Stop is initiated, all objects besides the one that would be talking freeze in place, and don't change until the text box has disappeared. We took advantage of this by jumping through the part of the wall that you're supposed to blast away, as when Mario is far enough away, that part isn't solid. The piranha plant is always loaded, so you can always get a jump off of it no matter where you are.
This can be done without cheats, only on the Japanese version.
Music is "Move Out" by MK2
