Tower of the Wing Cap Red Coin Star

For a tutorial on speedrunning this star, see the RTA Guide
For a tutorial on RTABC for this star, see the RTABC Guide

Tower of the Wing Cap Red Coins is a secret star in the stage Tower of the Wing Cap. To get this star, Mario must collect all 8 Red Coins in the level.

Tower of the Wing Cap Red Coin Star
Star Info
Course Tower of the Wing Cap
Height Above Ground 347[1]
Course Records
TAS World Record 19.30[2]
RTA World Record 18.55 (18.53 IGT)[3]
ABC Minimum 0
ABZ Minimum 4[4]

Locations

  • 2 are located in each of the 4 coin rings in the level (Right, Left, Front, and Back) for a total of all 8 red coins.

A Presses

There are 0x A presses required to get the star and hit the switch. This strategy doubles as the TAS WR with a time of 19"30. The star is too high to be collected with a dive recover but Mario can just maintain height from flying. Mario grabs the star before landing (which would've triggered the switch textbox). Note that the RTA record seems to have a shorter time because it doesn't include the textbox that appears when first entering the level, which takes ~ 1.46 seconds.


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