New Super Mario Bros Wii Star Coins locations guide

WORLD 8 STAR COINS

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-1

1. Located in the air. Easily reachable with a jump, if you stick to the high-ground on the swaying mushroom platforms.
2. Shortly after the checkpoint you’ll find two half-circles of coins above you. Use the POW Block and the Star Coin will fall from the second platform.
3. You’ll find the Star Coin beyond the tall vertical stack of bricks and you’ll see the Star Coin encased by breakable bricks.

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-2

1. Easily visible past the first pair of goombas up some platforms.
2. Beyond two horizontal pipes after the checkpoint (Red and Yellow) you’l find the Star Coin in a hidden alcove underneath the pipes.
3. Underneath the level exit pipe is a hidden area with the final Star Coin.

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-3

1. Easily visible.
2. Easily visible shortly after the checkpoint there is a gap in the lava with the coin.
3. Easily visible, just be quick to avoid the lava.

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-4

1. In the second room, there Star Coin is on the roof above. Enter through a gap in the ceiling and run left past the third spike-ball dropping enemies.
2. Easily visible in the third room with lit jellyfish. Use the P Block to get the encased Star Coin.
3. The last Star Coin is in the dark, tall shaft full of jellyfish. You’ll find the Star Coin in an alcove in the upper left below the second pipe.

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-FORTRESS

1. Easily reachable at the start of the level, just avoid the fire.
2. Hidden directly below the checkpoint is a hidden alcove you can jump into from below. Go through the door to get the Star Coin.
3. Easily visible, duck and slide to get it.

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-5

1. Easily visible above a small platform you must pass early on in the level.
2. To get the second Star Coin, you must use the only Bob-Omb that drops down on a parachute around its location between two lava eruptions. The Star Coin is located below the rideable platform, so you must throw the Bob-Omb at it. — If you’re playing in co-op multiplayer, the easier way to get this Star Coin is for one of you to grab it while jumping to your death into the lava.
3. Easily visible, jump as the platform drops or use the attacking birds. — If you’re playing in co-op multiplayer, another easy way to get this Star Coin is by using the good-old trick of one of you jumping on the others head right at the moment the other jumps up to give you a high jump boost to where the Star Coin is at the top of your screen.

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-6

1. Easily visible above you when riding the moving platform with a spring on it. Naturally you’ll use the spring to reach the Star Coin.
2. You’ll find this Star Coin up a left-side shaft with coins leaving up above some lava. Use walljumps to reach it. A Propeller Suit can get it too.
3. Easily visible, on the final swinging platform near the exit.

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-7

1. Easily visible while riding the second bone-coaster.
2. Easily visible after the first checkpoint.
3. After the checkpoint shortly after riding the second coaster, another track will appear above you. Instead of jumping on it, keep riding and you’ll see the third Star Coin.

Note: The first 1:40 minutes of this Star Coins video guide shows where in level 8-2 you can unlock 8-7 via the secret hidden exit. Skip to 2:38 minutes in this next video for the start of level 8-7.

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-AIRSHIP

1. Easily visible at the start. Jump on a canonball to reach it.
2. Easily visible. As you ride a screw platform, you’ll see two mechanic windup koopas walk next to the Star Coin. Time your jump up to the other side of where they walk, when they are to the most left or right, and you’ll grab the Star Coin.
3. A little later in the level, a left-side lone screw will reveal this Star Coin. Turning the screw will raise the platform. Get the Star Coin using the Propeller Suit. If you don’t have that suit and you’re in co-op, one of you can grab it by jumping to his/her death.
Alternate way to get the 3rd Star Coin: Mr. “Easier way to get the coins” recommends you do the following:
“There is no need for a propeller suit. Instead, use a penguin suit. You will find plenty of mushrooms along the way, and if you need finally an ice flower plant in the last wooden box, after the exit pipe. Freeze the turtle walking around in the area, pick him up, carry him back (be careful when jumping), wind down the third coin and throw him towards the coin to get it.”

COINS HIDDEN ON LEVEL 8-CASTLE: BOWSER BOSS BATTLE

1. Stand on the platform above the Star Coin when you come across it (clearly visible). The platform will drop until you get the Star Coin. You can then make your way back up using the two platforms to the right, right next to it (before you fall into the lava).
2. Easily visible on the right side wall when you go down in the level. Jump up from a dropping platform near it to grab it.
3. During the Bowser chase sequence, the final Star Coin is just beyond the second Item Box. Don’t get distracted by the stash of coins on the bottom route. Stay on the upper route to lure the fireballs and gain easy access to the last Star Coin.

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