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Controls


Mario's Moves
You can defeat enemies by jumping on them, kicking shells at them, or striking them with Mario's tail or fireballs.

Move Press left or right on to walk. If you do this while holding down , Mario will run. Press up or down on when standing in front of a vine to climb it. Stand in front of a door and press up on to pass through the door.
Crouch Press down on to crouch. You can also press down on to slide down slopes (except when wearing the Frog Suit).
Use Pipes Press down on to enter normal pipes. Jump while holding up on for upside-down pipes.
Swim Press to swim and to adjust your position. With the Frog Suit, you can use to swim and to accelerate.
Jump Press to jump, or hold it to jump higher. When in the water, press up on and to jump out of the water.
Super Jump Press when landing on an enemy to jump even higher.
Grab/Kick Koopas After jumping on a Koopa, you can pick up the shell by running into it from the side while pressing . To kick the shell, let go of .
Fireballs Press to throw fireballs. (You must pick up a Fire Flower first.)
Float As Tanooki Mario and Raccoon Mario, you can float by rapidly pressing after a jump.
Tail Wag As Tanooki Mario and Raccoon Mario, you can use a tail attack by pressing . Use your tail to break blocks and attack enemies.
Fly As Tanooki Mario or Raccoon Mario, run until the P on the power meter at the bottom of the screen lights up, then press repeatedly to fly.
Transform Press down on and at the same time to temporarily turn Tanooki Mario into an invulnerable statue.