15. Booster Tower
Outside
After the cutscene with Bowser, run up to the door and try to open it, then immediately run back towards the entrance.
Bowser will show up again and join your party. Make sure to pick the second option to skip the switch allies tutorial, and enter the tower.
Screen 1
Head to the second floor via the platform to the north and head to the next room. Nothing to see on this screen.
Screen 2
Keep climbing the stairs, and grab the frog coin from the hidden chest on the dark square just to the left of the very top corner.
Screen 3 (First Train Room)
After Booster talks to you, head right around the corner but go past the door into the hidden hallway to the far right to find a flower.
Screen 4
Jump up the stairs while avoiding the bob-ombs along the way.
Take the second exit at the top, the one that Booster runs through.
Screen 5
Hit the green button to open the secret area in Booster Pass, and keep going.
Screen 6 (8 Bit Curtain Room)
Hop up the stairs to the right and keep going.
Don't go behind the curtain. Yes it's cool, but it just wastes time.
Screen 7
Keep going up the stairs and continue to the next room.
Avoid the snifits by staying to the top against the wall in this room.
Screen 8
Keep climbing the stairs and avoid the bob-ombs some more.
Screen 9
Jump over the save point and keep going. There should be no need for a safety save here, as there is one at the top of the tower before the boss fight.
Screen 10
Run down the hall and ignore the Booster family portraits.
Screen 11 (Thwomp Seesaw)
Climb up this room to the top and jump on the seesaw with the thwomp to launch yourself to the next room.
Screen 12
Head to the very left corner to find a hidden chest with a frog coin.
Jump to the right to the next platform and climb up a couple levels.
Head right into the hidden hallway and jump to find another frog coin.
Keep climbing to the top and head to the next room.
<<TODO: IMAGE SHOWING MOVEMENT PATH OF THIS ROOM>>
Screen 13 (Checkerboard Room)
Study the image below to get through this room. Feel it! Become it! Live the checkerboard...
Stay within the purple, and jump from the light blue circles to the next light blue circle.
Grab all four frog coins, as well as the key for the locked door to get the Zoom Shoes.
Screen 14
In order to avoid the first two chain chomps while jumping up the stair portion of this room, stick to the very bottom/left of the square (in front of the chain chomp's face). It doesn't look like it, but you won't trigger the fight.
At the top, jump over the third chain chomp and continue to the next room.
<<TODO: IMAGE OF THIS ROOM SHOWING JUMP PATH PATH>>
Screen 15 (Second Train Room)
As soon as Booster is finished talking and throws the bomb at you, run out the bottom.
Screen 16
Don't move right at all when you enter or you'll hit the chain chomp! Just jump up the stairs to the left. You're almost there.
Screen 17 (Elevated Platforms)
Skip the save point at first, run to the right and jump up the elevated platforms.
Jump from the second last platform to land on top of the treasure chest, then jump to find another hidden treasure chest with the Goodie Bag. Drop down and empty the chest you jumped on top of for another frog coin.
Now you can take a safety save before moving on to the next room in case you fail the snifit minigame coming up. If you need it, there is another hidden chest in the very bottom right corner with a healing mushroom.
Curtain Minigame
Run to the southwest door to talk to Peach, then play the minigame and hide from the snifits.
The first round with only one snifit is easy:
The curtains he looks behind are (from the bottom) 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 1st, 4th.
After the first peek, just stay behind the third curtain for the rest of the round.
The second round with two snifits is a little tougher.
The curtains they look behind are 2nd + 4th, 1st + 3rd, 2nd + 3rd, 2nd + 4th, 3rd + 4th, 2nd + 3rd, 1st + 2nd.
Easiest hiding spots are 1st, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, then run to the 3rd or 4th as they move down the line to the first two curtains at the very end.
In the final round with all three snifits, there is only one safe curtain each time:
The safe spots are 4th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1st (it looks like 4th at first but it's a fake out), then 3rd (they run around the room to try to throw you off).
You must win this minigame to get the Amulet and not fight Booster! Otherwise RIP URN (aside from not getting the Amulet, Booster will destroy you at low level). Hope you safety saved in the previous room above!
Don't go out the door yet!
SWITCH Bowser into your party for Mallow.
EQUIP Bowser:
Work Pants
Zoom Shoes
EQUIP Mario:
Amulet
Now proceed out the door to the balcony for a clown fiesta...
Knife Guy and Grate Guy
Geno attack Grate Guy (always).
Bowser use terrorize (this must put terror(!) over both)
Mario uses fire orb on Knife Guy.
Have Bowser attack Knife Guy along with Mario’s Fire Orb until Knife Guy falls
Have Geno and Bowser focus attacks on Grate Guy, and Mario Jump on Knife guy one more time if he still is not finished.
Focus all attacks on Grate Guy until battle is over.
If Bowser’s Terrorize does not hit Knife Guy at least, you must do Terrorize again, and have all characters focus attacks on Knife Guy. You may also need to use a honey syrup.
If Bowser gets put to sleep, have Geno attack Knife Guy. If Mario gets put to sleep or silenced before Knife Guy dies, Able Juice him.
Mallow Reaches Level 6 MAG