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Super Mario 64 Hints

How do I get the 6th star (Quick Race Through Downtown!)

  • 1 of 7: Go back to the town.
  • 2 of 7: You must also have gotten the invisibility cap from one of the castle's secret stars sections.
  • 3 of 7: This star is called a "Quick Race" because if you don't realize you can walk through walls as listed below, you have to run very quickly to make it inside the wire cage before the cap's power runs out.
  • 4 of 7: In the courtyard section of the town are some black wire cage walls.
  • 5 of 7: There is a narrow area inside the wire cage formed by the wire cage on one side and the white brick structure on the other.
  • 6 of 7: Use this narrow area and the wall kick to get up on the higher surfaces of the white brick tower.
  • 7 of 7: At the top of this tower is the star.