--==( NSMB Questions )==--

OK, Star Coins - is it OK to spend them, or do I need to save them for something at the end of the game?

(I figured you would have to spend them to unlock everything)

How do you save other than beating a fortress or castle?

There are exactly the amount of Star Coins to find, that is equal to what is possible to spend.

You can save the game anytime you want on the overworld map AFTER you defeat Bowser once.

You can also save after spending coins on path openings and the like.

I got the coin spending saves...

But WDYM after defeating Bowser once?

As in 1 time per?

I mean defeat the last stage of the game to enable the save feature.

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Yeah when you're done with the game you can freely save when you're on the map instead of only when you open up paths and such. There's no real reason to save the star coins until the very end. I used them as I went along the game. Then again I was beating collecting all the star coins and beating stages with multiple endings as I was playing through so I always had more than enough to spare.

I actually didn't think this game was that fun...it was more addictive in the sense that I'm a completionist. Whenever I even start a game I want to beat it completely with a 100% rating. The "bosses" were all the same. I do understand it's for kids but I thought there might be some more fun-factor to it for the young adult crowd. I guess the only replay value is the mini-games.

~Paik