RTA Guide/All Red Coin Stars
The goal of the All Red Coin Stars extension category is to complete the game as fast as possible while collecting all red coin stars (both in the 15 main stages and the relevant castle secret stars).
Category rules
- Collect all red coin stars (both in the 15 main stages and the relevant castle secret stars)
- LBLJ is allowed
- MIPS Clip is allowed
- SBLJ or any form of skipping the 30 Star Door other than MIPS Clip is banned
- Intro Skip and Soft Reset gameshark codes are allowed
Version
If you do not skip the intro, the Japanese version of the game saves 0.3 seconds over the US version. If you do skip the intro, the US version of the game saves 2 seconds over the Japanese version.
Suggested routes
The beginner route loses around half a minute to the advanced route, mainly due to having to collect an extra star.
Beginner (no LBLJ)
- Lakitu Skip
- Bob-omb Battlefield
- Whomp's Fortress
- The Secret Aquarium Red Coins
- Jolly Roger Bay
- Cool, Cool Mountain
- Bowser in the Dark World
- Lethal Lava Land
- Hazy Maze Cave
- Vanish Cap under the Moat Red Coins (Do not activate the switch. Instead, wall kick near the 8th Red Coin over the cage.)
- Tower of the Wing Cap Reds
- Big Boo's Haunt
- Shifting Sand Land
- MIPS Clip
- Dire, Dire Docks
- Bowser in the Fire Sea
- Wet-Dry World
- Tiny-Huge Island
- Tall, Tall Mountain
- Snowman's Land
- 50 Star Door BLJ
- Wing Mario Over the Rainbow Red Coins
- Tick Tock Clock
- Rainbow Ride
- Endless staircase BLJ
- Bowser in the Sky
Advanced (LBLJ)
- LBLJ
- Bowser in the Dark World
- Lethal Lava Land
- Hazy Maze Cave
- Vanish Cap under the Moat Red Coins (Do not activate the switch. Instead, wall kick near the 8th Red Coin over the cage.)
- Cool, Cool Mountain
- Whomp's Fortress
- The Secret Aquarium Red Coins
- Jolly Roger Bay
- Tower of the Wing Cap Reds
- Bob-omb Battlefield
- Big Boo's Haunt
- Shifting Sand Land
- MIPS Clip
- Dire, Dire Docks
- Bowser in the Fire Sea
- Wet-Dry World
- Tiny-Huge Island
- Tall, Tall Mountain
- Snowman's Land
- 50 Star Door BLJ
- Wing Mario Over the Rainbow Red Coins
- Tick Tock Clock
- Rainbow Ride
- Endless staircase BLJ
- Bowser in the Sky
Route variations
HMC and LLL swap
The order of HMC and LLL can be swapped to get the difficult star HMC Reds out of the way earlier, but this will lose 1.2 seconds.