Few hints and some cheats
Play as luigi:
Hold L and R when selecting a profile and you will play as luigi
Get any item you want:
This is hard go to a red toad house and wait till you see what you want and when you do press start 2 items before the item you want.
For exapmle if I want a mini mushroom then I will hit start on the fire flower and let go of start and jump up.
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