Super Mario World Cheats - GBA

In-game reset
Hold [Start] + [Select] + "A "+ [B] during game play.

Easy mode
Press [Select] at the main title screen for an easier game.

Run faster
Hold [B] during game play.

Retro stage
Clear all the five levels on Star Road by finding the hidden keys and locks in all of the levels. When you do this on the fifth level, a warp star should appear on the hill in the middle of the map. This will take you to the Special Zone, where you can play on 8 retro levels.

Avoid losing a life
Whenever you get to the two poles, press [Start], then go to save and continue. If you die later on, enable the "In-game reset" code. If done correctly, you should end up at the save point without losing a life.

Super Mario 64 music
Press [Select] during game play at the map screen to display the level status screen. The music that plays in the background on this screen is from the Nintendo 64 game Super Mario 64.

Alternate Yoshi message
Successfully complete the game and go to Yoshi's House or go to Yoshi's House with Yoshi.

Yoshi recommendations
Use the following tactics if you have obtained all the Star Road Yoshis. If you plan on flying through the entire level, choose the blue Yoshi and get a shell. If you are going to smash a lot in the level, get a yellow Yoshi and eat a shell. If you like to play with fire, get a red Yoshi and eat a shell.

Easy Yoshi eggs
Go to level 2 and get a Yoshi. Go to Yoshis's house (resembles a tree) and eat all the berries. You should get either a Mushroom or a 1-up Mushroom.

Get a Yoshi as Luigi or Mario. Go to Yoshi's house with Yoshi and eat all the apples to get an egg.

Yoshi with Luigi
When Luigi is on Yoshi, it has the power to swallow a greater variety of enemies to spit out than with Mario.

Flying Yoshi
When Yoshi eats a multicolored shell, he will be able to fly for a short time.

If you eat a multicolor shell to fly, stomp when you hit the ground and spit it out as fireballs.

If you get a blue Yoshi to eat a Koopa Shell, he can fly up to about twenty five seconds.

Running Yoshi
Remain idle at the "Choose a game" screen and watch Yoshi. After awhile he will start running then start walking.

Items in Yoshi Eggs
High jump
Jump with Yoshi by pressing [A], then at the peak of your jump press [R].

Change coins from Yoshi to Princess
Collect all five Yoshi Coins from each level. An animation will appear showing them change from Yoshi Coins to Princess Coins.

Replay castles and fortresses
After you defeat Bowser, all of the castles and fortresses you defeated will be reopened so you can go back to them. Note: This was done by defeating Bowser before completing all seven castles.

Save best scores in special stages
Defeating Bowser
When Bowser appears in stage 1, he will fly across the screen. After a few seconds Bowser should go into his face ship and two Toy Koopas should fly out of the sides. Jump on the toy Koopas and pick one up. Run next to Bowser and wait for him to go by. Launch the Toy Koopa at Bowser and should get dizzy. Pick up the next Toy Koopa and do the same thing. Instead of flying around, he should duck and fly into the background. Then he will fly towards the screen. Fireballs should fall onto the ground. Princess Toadstool should appear with the words "Help!" in flashing letters. She will throw a mushroom and go back down. Bowser should re-appear.

In stage 2, Bowser will do the same thing as in stage 1, but he will flip over and shoot out giant black balls. Do not use a normal jump on them. Instead, press [R] and do a spinning jump. You will bounce off the ball and land on the ground. Do the same thing that was done in stage 1. Princess Toadstool will appear after the fireballs and give you a mushroom.

In stage 3 (final), during the last part of the fight, the face ship should be angry. Bowser will bounce around the screen. Note: Look out for the bottom of the ship. After a while he will launch the two Toy Koopas and bounce around the screen. Hit him twice and the ending sequence will begin. Note:The cape is highly recommended. You cannot hurt Bowser with any type of jumps or fireballs.

Getting to Chocolate Secret
Complete the level in under a minute. When you get to the area with Charging Chucks (football enemies), you will find the key. Put it in the keyhole.

Chocolate Island 1: Extra life
Carry the Jumping Spring located near the goal to the goal as you pass through it. The spring will turn into a 1-up Mushroom.

Chocolate Mountain 2: Easy completion
Have a Yoshi and run through the first part until you reach the warp pipe. Enter it (you should have blue Yoshi). You will ow be at a place with hills and flying turtles. Eat a turtle, then fly to the top of the screen. Keep flying until you bump into the wall. Then, go left and enter the warp pipe as you can. You will be at a place with Chargin' Chucks that throw baseballs at you. Go to the end of that to find a key and keyhole.

Donut Plains 1: Chased by birds
From the half-way point, go forward until you reach a blue pipe coming out of the ground. Go inside this pipe. Once there, you will notice a stage with many coins in the air. First, hit the big coin in the beginning of the stage to reveal a counter telling you how many coins there are. You must collect all of the coins in this level. You can do so by gliding through the air with caped Mario or Luigi. Once you get all 600 coins, you will get three lives and a flock of colored birds. Anywhere you move in that stage, the birds will follow you, even in the air.