Follow our New Super Mario Bros. U Star Coins guide and walkthrough as we reveal every hidden Star Coin in each of the nine worlds.
Coming in as a Nintendo Wii U launch title, New Super Mario Bros. U was released on November 18, 2012. Just a mere three months after the previous installment on the 3DS! You had the expected four-player multiplayer mode, the Boost Mode where players tapped blocks into the level using the GamePad, a seamless world map, and new power-ups like the Super Acorn and three Baby Yoshis with light, fight, and bubble abilities. Kind of adorable!
Our New Super Mario Bros. U Star Coins guide is fairly simple. Use the nifty table below to jump to each world, otherwise find the specific level in the list underneath.
This guide also works as a New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe walkthrough too since they’re really the same game.
Alrighty. Stuck on a specific level? Find it in the list below and head to that world’s page to find your missing Star Coin.
Acorn Plains (World 1)
- Acorn Plains-1 – Acorn Plains Way
- Acorn Plains-2 – Tilted Tunnel
- Acorn Plains-Tower – Crushing-Cogs Tower
- Acorn Plains-3 – Yoshi Hill
- Acorn Plains-4 – Mushroom Heights
- Acorn Plains-5 – Rise of the Piranha Plants
- Acorn Plains-Castle – Lemmy’s Swingback Castle
- Acorn Plains-Blooper – Blooper’s Secret Lair
Layer-Cake Desert (World 2)
- Layer-Cake Desert-1 – Stone-Eye Zone
- Layer-Cake Desert-2 – Perilous Pokey Cave
- Layer-Cake Desert-3 – Fire Snake Cavern
- Layer-Cake Desert-Tower – Stoneslide Tower
- Layer-Cake Desert-4 – Spike’s Spouting Sands
- Layer-Cake Desert-5 – Dry Desert Mushrooms
- Layer-Cake Desert-6 – Blooming Lakitus
- Layer-Cake Desert-Castle – Morton’s Compactor Castle
- Layer-Cake Desert-Ice – Piranha Plants on Ice
Sparkling Waters (World 3)
- Sparkling Waters-1 – Waterspout Beach
- Sparkling Waters-2 – Tropical Refresher
- Sparkling Waters-Tower – Giant Skewer Tower
- Sparkling Waters-Ghost – Haunted Shipwreck
- Sparkling Waters-3 – Above the Cheep Cheep Seas
- Sparkling Waters-4 – Urchin Shoals
- Sparkling Waters-5 – Dragoneel’s Undersea Grotto
- Sparkling Waters-Castle – Larry’s Torpedo Castle
- Sparkling Waters-Beanstalk – Skyward Stalk
Frosted Glacier (World 4)
- Frosted Glacier-1 – Spinning-Star Sky
- Frosted Glacier-2 – Cooligan Fields
- Frosted Glacier-Tower – Freezing-Rain Tower
- Frosted Glacier-3 – Prickly Goombas!
- Frosted Glacier-4 – Scaling the Mountainside
- Frosted Glacier-5 – Icicle Caverns
- Frosted Glacier-Ghost – Swaying Ghost House
- Frosted Glacier-Castle – Wendy’s Shifting Castle
- Frosted Glacier-Fliprus – Fliprus Lake
Soda Jungle (World 5)
- Soda Jungle-Airship – The Mighty Cannonship
- Soda Jungle-1 – Jungle of the Giants
- Soda Jungle-2 – Bridge over Poisoned Waters
- Soda Jungle-3 – Bramball Woods
- Soda Jungle-Tower – Snake Block Tower
- Soda Jungle-Ghost – Which-Way Labyrinth
- Soda Jungle-4 – Painted Swampland
- Soda Jungle-5 – Deepsea Ruins
- Soda Jungle-6 – Seesaw Bridge
- Soda Jungle-7 – Wiggler Stampede
- Soda Jungle-Castle – Iggy’s Volcanic Castle
- Soda Jungle-Para-Beetle – Flight of the Para-Beetles
Rock-Candy Mines (World 6)
- Rock-Candy Mines-1 – Porcupuffer Falls
- Rock-Candy Mines-Tower – Grinding-Stone Tower
- Rock-Candy Mines-3 – Waddlewing’s Nest
- Rock-Candy Mines-4 – Light Blocks, Dark Tower
- Rock-Candy Mines-5 – Walking Piranha Plants!
- Rock-Candy Mines-6 – Thrilling Spine Coaster
- Rock-Candy Mines-Tower – Screwtop Tower
- Rock-Candy Mines-7 – Shifting-Floor Cave
- Rock-Candy Mines-Castle – Roy’s Conveyor Castle
Meringue Clouds (World 7)
- Meringue Clouds-1 – Land of Flying Blocks
- Meringue Clouds-2 – Seesaw Shrooms
- Meringue Clouds-3 – Switchback Hill
- Meringue Clouds-Tower – Slide Lift Tower
- Meringue Clouds-Ghost – Spinning Spirit House
- Meringue Clouds-4 – Bouncy Cloud Boomerangs
- Meringue Clouds-5 – A Quick Dip in the Sky
- Meringue Clouds-6 – Snaking above Mist Valley
- Meringue Clouds-Castle – Ludwig’s Clockwork Castle
- Meringue Clouds-Airship – Boarding the Airship
Peach’s Castle (World 8)
- Peach’s Castle-1 – Meteor Moat
- Peach’s Castle-2 – Magma-River Cruise
- Peach’s Castle-3 – Rising Tides of Lava
- Peach’s Castle-4 – Firefall Cliffs
- Peach’s Castle-Castle – Red-Hot Elevator Ride
- Peach’s Castle-Castle – The Final Battle
Superstar Road (World 9)
- Superstar Road-1 – Spine-Tingling Spine Coaster
- Superstar Road-2 – Run for It
- Superstar Road-3 – Swim for Your Life!
- Superstar Road-4 – Hammerswing Caverns
- Superstar Road-5 – Spinning Platforms of Doom
- Superstar Road-6 – Fire Bar Cliffs
- Superstar Road-7 – Lakitu! Lakitu! Lakitu!
- Superstar Road-8 – Pendulum Castle
- Superstar Road-9 – Follow That Shell!
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