Freezeflame Galaxy

The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr

The penguin at the beginning of this level will teach you how to skate. You can skate on any ice surface; begin by spinning, then just move your directional stick as you would normally. Catch the penguin while skating to reveal a launch star moving on.

Make your way through the ice barriers around here to reach the golden coin that's above a landmass; that'll let you change into Ice Mario. There are a number of paths reaching up from here, but the most intriguing lies along the back wall.

Getting up to here will let you climb the mountain and find a hidden star.

When you have the hidden star, restart the mission and start heading up the mountain the normal way. Eventually you'll reach another Ice Mario suit; grab it, then quickly make your way over the moving blocks to meet up with Baron Brrr.

Baron Brrr isn't too difficult to take down, but you need to move rather quickly. Head around to the left to find a cubbyhole under his platform where you can find an Ice Mario suit. Put it on, then run around and walljump up to Brrr's platform. Brrr will slam into the ground, causing an ice wave to push you off of the platform; if you can time your jump, though, you can leap over the wave, then spin near Brrr to suck up his icy shroud. Keep spinning him until you hit him.

After you hit Brrr a couple of times, he'll summon a smaller pair of monsters to help him. No matter; you still need to kill him in the same manner as before. If you do so, you'll earn your Power Star.

Freezeflame's Blistering Core

Reconstruct the launch star here on the first planet, then launch yourself off into the distance. When you land, start avoiding the rolling mines, then climb up the flagpole and jump around to where you can reach the golden coin. Tag it, then change to Fire Mario to start raining hot death on the mines.

You need to light the torches here to move on; eventually you'll be able to flip up to the ceiling by jumping upwards. Move on until you come to the box that dispenses mines; if you want a bunch of free star bits, repeatedly roast them with fire as they pop out.

There are a fair number of hidden cubes in this level.

(There's a hidden 1-Up behind the little temple here; head behind one of the torches and drop down. Tap the golden coin, then wall jump and hit all of the music notes before you reach the top.)

Your goal here is to become Fire Mario and light the two torches outside the temple. One is easy to hit, but the other can be difficult. Stand on top of the granite slab that's raised a bit off of the ground near it, then aim your fireball off to the side so that it hits the lava and bounces into the torch. Lighting both torches will reveal the path leading upwards.

When you reach the next lava maze, make your way to the Fire Mario suit and then run around to where the platforms are floating by and try to light the second torch. When you do so, the Power Star will appear.

Hot And Cold Collide

Maneuver through the first planet here as best you can, then use the launch star to move on. In the little watery area, grab the 1-Up and shield, if you wish, then spin on top of the green gear to reveal a path leading on. The flipside of this level features lava that pulsutes upwards and downwards. Make your way along the path, find the green gear, spin it when it's safe to do so, then grab the Fire Mario suit and return to the ice water and light the two torches there to move on.

When you reach the suspended fields of fire and ice, grab an Ice Mario suit and start skating across the lava; just spin to boost your speed and get from ice suit to ice suit as quickly as possible. Keep in mind that you can jump a full square gap if you're skating; it'll come in handy when you're near the Power Star.