Super Mario Bros. Wonder: Here’s a few tips for secret seekers!

Mario and friends often find themselves among unusual baddies, tricky platforms, and picky power-ups. But sometimes there’s something secret that comes up on their adventures.

The Super Mario Bros.™ Wonder game continues this fine tradition, so let’s get you in the mood for a little secret finding! We’re not going to spoil anything specific here (or they wouldn’t be a secret), but we’ll point out a couple things you may not know.

OK, let’s start with collectibles. Collectibles won’t always be out in the open, so check suspicious corners, crouch over pipes (especially ones that extend past the bottom of the course or look a bit different), and touch as many Wow Buds as you can to get coins or open pathways (they look like little glowing flower buds … not to be confused with Talking Flowers … who talk).

Tip: You may need to play a course multiple times before you find everything. As a fun little extra, try swapping the Talking Flower voice language in the Settings menu when you replay courses. This won’t help you find any secrets, but it would be very international of you to try!

Most courses have at least one Wonder Seed, three 10-flower coins, and a flagpole. Yep, that flagpole isn’t just a way to end the course: If you’re able to touch the very top of it, it counts as a gold flagpole.

Tip: If you’re having trouble getting to the top, try equipping a badge (like the Parachute Cap Badge) before starting a course, or use a midair spin with the R Button.

The game keeps track of all this stuff by the way. When you’re on the world map, press the + Button and select “Courses.” You’ll see an overview of everything you’ve found thus far. If you’ve found everything in a course, you’ll see a faint green checkmark in the background.

Tip: If you’ve found everything in the World, you’ll see that green checkmark in the top right of the screen. You can also check on your collectibles while playing a course.

Ah, something tricky is going on, isn’t there? This situation means that