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The other button challenges aren't as notable as the [[ABC]], because they are relatively trivial.

== B Button Challenge ==
{{main|B Button Challenge}}
The B Button Challenge is basically the same as the [[ABC]], except it is about avoiding the use of the B Button. In most levels, the B Button isn't required, but some of the ones that seem to require it have exploitable glitches to avoid pressing B.

=== Unavoidable B presses ===
(100% Only) The player must press B three times in [[Bob-omb Battlefield|BoB]] to defeat King Bob-omb.

The player must press B in Bowser in the Fire Sea, but can avoid pressing B again by letting Mario drop Bowser into the mine.

(100% Only) The player must press B two times to collect two MIPS stars.

The player must press B three times in order to beat Bowser in the Sky. The first two throws are simple; for the third, Mario gets hit by Bowser's Fire, causing him to release Bowser, which allows us to avoid pressing B a fourth time.

Although the player must press B to defeat Bowser in the Dark World, this press is conventionally excluded from totals, because 120 stars can be collected even without completing BitDW.

=== Unavoidable B Presses (J-Version) ===
On the J-Version of the game, the player can only use the B Button to initiate text with NPCs, and this introduces additional B presses.

(100% Only) The player must press B three times to collect three toad stars.

===Total Counts<nowiki/>===
{| class="article-table"
!
!Japanese N64 Version
!All other versions
|-
|Any%
|4
|4
|-
|120 Star
|12
|9
|}

== Z Button Challenge ==
{{main|Z Button Challenge}}
=== Unavoidable Z Presses ===
(100% Only) The player must press Z three times during the fight with King Whomp, since we have to ground pound his back three times.

(100% Only) The player must press Z to ground pound the blue coin block in JRB in order to get the 100 coin star, since there are only 74 other coins in the course.

=== Total Counts ===
{| class="article-table"
!Any%
!120 Star
|-
|0
|4
|}

== Other Button Challenges ==

=== The Start Button Challenge ===
The player must press Start to progress from the start screen to the file select screen.

=== The C Buttons Challenge ===
(100% Only) The player must press C Button to enter first-person mode in order to enter the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]].

=== The R Button Challenge ===
The R Button is never required in the game.

=== The L Button Challenge ===
The L Button is never required in the game.

=== The D-Pad Buttons Challenge ===
The D-Pad Buttons are never required in the game.

== Total Counts ==
{| class="article-table"
!
!Any% U
!120 Star U
!Any% J
!120 Star J
|-
|B
|4
|9
|4
|12
|-
|Z
|0
|4
|0
|4
|-
|Start
|1
|1
|1
|1
|-
|C
|0
|1
|0
|1
|-
|R
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|L
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|D-Pad
|0
|0
|0
|0
|}

== Related Videos ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hRXtpgFV8 The B Button Challenge]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErD-2wg3O10 The Z Button Challenge]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WSsMgJSK98 The Other Button Challenges]

[[Category:Challenges]]