So I finally beat this game last weekend. I didn't get all the star coins, but I'm impressed with myself as I rarely beat games, even relatively easy ones. The challenge of this game was really uneven though, with certain castles or levels earlier on costing me 30 or even 40 lives, while some of the last levels I was able to get through on the first try. Anyway, after being defeated using a few different tactics at the very last boss fight, I finally just turned into Micro Mario, and jumped over everyone to win the game. Woohoo I don't necessarily suck at having fun