

Stand in the middle when he is doing this, and grab his tail for the final time. After you throw him into two mines, Bowser will break the platform into a star. The rings of fire he creates when he stomps are easy to jump over if you stand closer to Bowser (not too close!). Repeat throwing Bowser until you get close to a mine, and let him have it. Then press to toss him a little way and run up behind him and grab him again. Spin him slowly around by rotating the analog On a ledge beneath the stairs to the entrance to fight Bowser.On the top of the pole in the middle of the moving platforms.On the spinning platform with the Fire Chomp.On top of one of the blocks above the spinning platform.At the top of the slope with the fire blasters.On the ledge below the first set of rotating platforms.Above the third gray slab, use the box.Good luck! Like the first two levels in the DS version, there is a switch star. Jump from the first rotating platform to the second and onto the gray space. Jump off and dodge the Bob-ombs and Fire Chomp. Jump off the pole, run on the sliding platforms and onto the next pole. Next, hop onto the ground and to the spinning platforms and up the pole. Run across and down to the checkered platform with the Venus Fire Trap, hop onto the moving platform and jump over the obstacles. Run up the slope, but watch out for the fire blasters. Pound the “!” switch to activate the stairs. Continue on the wooden plank and jump onto the rotating platform. Jump onto the next spinning platform, and then the gray platform. Kill the Goombas and leap onto the spinning platform. Afterwards, run quickly across the tilting pathway, and run up the slant. Do a triple jump on to the first three platforms and jump onto the sliding blue rock.

When you enter Bowser in the Sky, there will be no message, similar to the second level. If you are ready, it's time to confront Bowser in a final battle! This is the final, biggest, and most difficult level of them all. To get into this stage, the player requires 70 stars to solve the mystery of the endless stairs and needs to have beaten Bowser in the Fire Sea. If done correct they can also defeat the final Bowser and beat the game with as little as 50 stars. Other characters must do a glitch by slide kicking on the second step, sometimes they appear outside the castle and lose a life.
