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| - Wet Dry Valley is the 12th stage in Super Mario: The Power Star Journey. Directly when Mario enter the 2nd overworld, enter the star locked building on your left. This door requires 50 stars to unlock, which is the highest amount in the game besides the door to the final boss. The reason for this is this small area not only contains the path leading to this course, but a secret warp hidden on the a portion of the wall where you entered the room. This warp will lead players to the 4th and final overworld containing Course 15 and the Final Bowser fight. Wet Dry Valley is an oddity in the game for several reasons. It is very similar to Inside the Volcano from Super Mario 64 The Missing Stars, as it looks almost identical to the original (if you could guess, Wet Dry World), but with platforms moved around, along with its main gimmick (water levels). The level is also very large and platform heavy compared to the other stages in the game, as the path of platforms require Mario to perform Triple and Wall Kicks. To an extent the stage is also very linear, as all of the stars require some kind of manipulation of the water level, which requires Mario to climb quite a ways up. The main gimmick is raising the water level very slowly by hitting switches by wall kicking into them. The metal cap is also located in this stage, though oddly enough, unlike the other two caps, there is no direct hint at it in the stage. To get to it, Mario must raise the water level and then swim under the big platform with the Blue Coin Switch, Heave Hos, and "building like" structure, into the grey void in a small passage.
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