If you want to save successfully in a game....
If you are in round 1 and you haven't been on the minigame that round yet, and your game time just ended, you would want to save, right? You might think of pressing the 'Start' button and then choose 'Quit'. But that wouldn't help you save your progress in round 1. Then you have to start round 1 all over again. So, you will have to play the minigame of each round (the game you will play after each player have had their turn). Then... when you finished that minigame, simply press the power button and it will save your progress in the round you are playing in. Or, if you just want to quit Story Mode or Party Mode, press 'Start' when the next round starts and then choose another mode to play!
Story / Party Mode
Have you ever noticed that your CPU opponents get harder and harder when you play Story Mode? In Wiggler's Garden, your opponents start out as easy. When you move to Toadette's Music Room, they get a little harder and their difficulty will be normal and easy. Then when you are in Donkey Kong's Stone Statue, their difficulty will all be Normal. In Kamek's Library and Bowser's Pinball machine, they become Hard to defeat.
To defeat Pirahna Plant, rapidly press A to keep your balloon above the seeds. When Pirahna Plant spits out bomb seeds, dodge every one but catch the last one Pirahna Plant spit out with the B button. When Pirahna Plant tries to inhale again, rapidly press A and throw your bomb seed at it by pressing B again.
To defeat Hammer Bro, focus on the color of the drums he played in order. If you follow his pattern correctly before the music note crushes you, you will send the note back to Hammer Bro's face. Do this three times. He will play three beats at first, then four, then five. He will repeat his beat on one or two of the drums sometimes so watch for that.
To defeat Dry Bones, look at the map above to see which switch and what order is it in to hit in order to electrocute Dry Bones. Avoid the bones that he throws at you and the shock waves he makes. Don't let him jump on you and crush you. Occasionally, Dry Bones will drop some berries and you could go near one, and pick it up to throw it at him using B. To activate a switch, you must go on it, and press A two times to hit the switch. Use the X button to have a close look at the touch screen, or to see the whole arena.
To defeat Kamek, you needed to dodge floating orange and green books, shoot at floating purple books, and soar through book shelf openings before you reach the gate to the room where you face Kamek. Shoot at Kamek until he has paint all over the face. Then move to one corner when he gets mad and throws stuff around. You don't want to get hit by the book he throws at the middle when he finishes throwing things. Dodge magical swirls, lined up green books, and the two large green books that Kamek summons to crush you by smashing the two books together.
To defeat Bowser, Run around in circles at the edge of the arena to avoid the spinning fire in the first round. When the Bowser Block has stopped moving, go ahead and punch the golden block as many times as you can until he loses a life and turns into a cube that releases fire on four sides.
In this round, (the second one; the one that Bowser turns into a cube that sends fire on four sides) simply avoid him falling on you and move away from the fire balls, then at the right time, punch the golden block when he is on the ground. The cube will follow your direction so you can make it to have the golden block at the bottom of the front side most of the time. Punch until he evolves again.
At the last round, run around in circles along the middle hexagon to avoid all the fire balls and the flaming Bowser worm. Once he stops and slithers toward the middle, dodge the four fire balls. After he has fired the fire balls, go to him and punch or jump on the golden block as many times as you can before he starts to slither really fast in flames again. Note that it'll be easier to defeat Bowser when you can see the whole arena on the touch screen as well. Press X to have a close-up view or a bird's eye view where you can see the whole arena on the touch screen.
Below are the maps of the five party boards.
Wiggler's Garden
Toadette's Music Room
Donkey Kong's Stone Statue
Kamek's Library
Bowser's Pinball Machine
