Note: You can check your inventory by pressing on the map screen.
You can defeat enemies by jumping on them, kicking shells at them, striking them with Mario’s tail or throwing fireballs at them.

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.
Squat	As Super Mario, you can squat by pressing down on . You can also press down on to slide down slopes (except when wearing the Frog Suit).
Use Pipes	Press down on to enter certain pipes. Press up on for upside-down pipes.
Swim	Press repeatedly to swim and to adjust your direction. With the Frog Suit, you can use to swim and to accelerate.
Jump	Press to jump, or hold it to jump higher. While swimming near the surface, 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 its shell by running into it from the side while holding . To kick the shell, let go of . If you walk into a shell without holding , you will kick it immediately without picking it up.
Fireballs	Press to throw fireballs (only as Fire Mario).
Float	As Tanooki Mario and Racoon Mario, you can float by rapidly pressing after a jump.
Tail Wag	As Tanooki Mario and Racoon Mario, you can use your tail to break blocks and attack enemies by pressing .
Fly	As Tanooki Mario or Racoon Mario, run until the P on the power meter at the bottom of the screen lights up, then press repeatedly to take off and fly.
Transform	Press down on and at the same time to temporarily turn Tanooki Mario into an invulnerable statue.