New Super Mario Bros. Hints & Cheats

12:57 PM | Posted in DS

New Super Mario Bros. Cheat Codes

Play as Luigi in single player mode

At the "select a file" screen, keep pressed L and R buttons and choose one of your saved game files with the A button.
Now you'll play in the game as Luigi instead of Mario!

Secret Challenge Mode

While paused on the map, press L R L R X X Y Y to enter the secret Challenge mode. You will now be unable to go back to an area that has scrolled off the screen while playing a level. This cheat only works after you finish the game.

New Super Mario Bros. Unlockables

Unlock Worlds

Unlockable	How to Unlock
World 7	Defeat the boss in the last castle of World 5 as Mini Mario
World 4	Defeat the boss in the last castle of World 2 as Mini Mario

Special BG Patterns & Unlimited Toad House Items

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Unlimited Toad-House Items	Clear Every Level, including lettered bonus levels.
Special BG Patterns	Beat the game once.

Save Anywhere

To save your game anywhere on the map screen, beat the final castle in World 8. When you restart, you will have a star next to your save and you'll get the "Save" option added to your menu in the map screen.