Part 119

Maximum Lives: The life counter goes from 'C99' to 'CC0' after 100 lives, and then to 'CC9' after another 99 lives. The absolute maximum is 'CCC', which equates to 1110 lives (999 + 1 + 99 + 1 + 9 + 1).

Game Over: If you die with 0 spare lives, you get a 'Game Over'. You can continue from a 'Hint Room' which provides a tip and a Tanooki Leaf. You reappear at the start of the world you were in, retaining course completion progress. The Invincibility Leaf and P-Wing Help Blocks will still appear in the course where you hit 'Game Over'.

100 Coins: Collecting 100 coins in-game awards one life. The counter resets to zero after each life is earned.

1-Ups: Green Mushrooms (1-Ups) are found in secret areas, rewarding thoroughness or difficult feats.

Goal Pole: Reaching the top of the Goal Pole at the end of a course grants a 1-Up. Using a coin box or propeller box grants a bonus 1-Up regardless of where you grab the pole.

Defeating five enemies consecutively without touching the ground earns a 1-Up.

Bouncing on a Koopa Shell five consecutive times without touching the ground also earns a 1-Up.

Defeating five enemies consecutively while invincible (after a Super Star) earns a 1-Up, even if you touch the ground between defeats.

Subsequent enemies defeated (or shell bounces) after the initial five earn an extra life each until you touch the ground or lose invincibility.

If you grab another Super Star before the first runs out, your invincibility timer resets, and the 1-Up counter does not reset, allowing continuous 1-Up earning.

1-Up Farming: To keep earned lives, you must finish the course. Exiting via the pause menu will not save them.

Past the Checkpoint Flag, find Koopa Troopas near ? Blocks.

Stand on the first large ? Block, at its south edge.

Wait for a Koopa Troopa to move south of the block.

Tiptoe off the block onto the Koopa Troopa. It will withdraw into its shell.

Let Mario bounce off the shell and drop back onto it, sending it south.

The shell will bounce between the ? Block and the south wall. Mario will repeatedly bounce off the shell without moving until time runs out.

Every bounce after the fourth earns a 1-Up. Approximately two 1-Ups are earned per second.

If Mario misses the shell, reposition on the ? Block and try again.

If Mario takes damage or falls, move out of the shell's path while invincible, hop back on the ? Block, and drop onto the shell.

If you die or time runs out, you restart at the Checkpoint. You can retry the method.

This method may need to be performed twice to earn a significant number of lives due to time constraints.