Secret Aquarium
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The Secret Aquarium is a secret stage accessed by entering the hole in the wall on the right side of the Jolly Roger Bay room. It consists of a room fully filled with water; it contains 40 yellow coins that can be used to refresh Mario's air. There are also 8 red coins that must be collected to spawn a star. It is the only stage to have an (albeit implicit) time limit, as you cannot resurface and there are a limited amount of coins you can use to refresh your air.
| The Secret Aquarium | |
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| Abbreviation | SA |
| Terrain | Water |
| Setting | Day |
| Water | All |
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| Coins | 56 (  ×40 •  ×8)
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| Enemy Coins | None |
| Stars |  ×1
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A Presses
Altough the stage itself does not require any A presses, as it can easily be done by swimming with the B button, entering the aquarium is a challenge on its own. The current strategy used is very complicated. Because the final text redirection is done using a door that requires 1 star, the whole strat has to be done at the beginning of the game. We have to enter Bowser in the Dark World, get the basement key, and go to Shifting Sand Land. Once in there, the TAS creates a setup using various objects found in the course to make sure Mario gets the right angle and speed for the lobby move.[1]
Coins
| Location | Count |
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| 4 coin rings around 4 of the red coins | 32 |
| Another coin ring above the star marker | 8 |
| 8 red coins | 16 |
| Total | 56 |