Big Stars are a type of collectible star featured exclusively in the two-player mode Mario vs. Luigi in New Super Mario Bros..

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The objective for both player one, who controls Mario, and player two, who controls Luigi, is to collect a certain number of Big Stars, and whoever manages to collect the total number is ranked the winner. being In the game rules, before starting a game, the host player can decide whether collecting three, five, or ten Big Stars are required to win.

In the game, the HUD on the top screen of each player's system shows how many Big Stars Mario and Luigi have collected, respectively. Only one Big Star appears in the course at a time. Whenever a Big Star is collected, a small Big Star icon is added to the top screen's upper-left corner or upper-right corner for Mario or Luigi, respectively. The Touch Screen pinpoints the location of a Big Star on the progress bar.

If Mario attacks Luigi or vice versa, their opponent drops a Big Star, which proceeds to bounce around the course, in a similar manner to Silver Stars from Super Mario 64 DS. Mario can make Luigi drop a Big Star or vice versa by either jumping onto him, throwing a fireball at him while in their Fire form, or hitting him with the Shell Dash maneuver while in their Shell form. Other ways that Mario or Luigi can drop a Big Star is by taking damage from an enemy, falling down a pit, or getting crushed by a wall.

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Characters	Protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach
	Antagonists	Bowser Jr. • Bowser
	Other	Dorrie • Mega Wiggler • Phantom Hand • Toadsworth
Worlds and levels	World 1	World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 1- • World 1-4 • World 1-5 • World 1-A • World 1-
	World 2	World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 2-A • World 2-4 • World 2- • World 2-5 • World 2-6 • World 2-
	World 3	World 3-1 • World 3-A • World 3-2 • World 3- • World 3-3 • World 3-B • World 3- • World 3-C • World 3-
	World 4	World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • World 4- • World 4-4 • World 4-A • World 4- • World 4-5 • World 4-6 • World 4-
	World 5	World 5-1 • World 5-2 • World 5-A • World 5- • World 5-3 • World 5-B • World 5- • World 5-C • World 5-4 • World 5-
	World 6	World 6-1 • World 6-A • World 6-2 • World 6- • World 6-3 • World 6-4 • World 6- 2 • World 6-5 • World 6-B • World 6-6 • World 6-
	World 7	World 7-1 • World 7- • World 7-2 • World 7-3 • World 7- • World 7-4 • World 7-5 • World 7-6 • World 7-A • World 7-7 • World 7-
	World 8	World 8-1 • World 8-2 • World 8- • World 8-3 • World 8-4 • World 8- • World 8-5 • World 8-6 • World 8-7 • World 8-8 • World 8- 2 • World 8-
Types of locations		Castle • Ghost House • Toad House • Tower • Warp Cannon
Bosses		Bowser Jr. • Bowser • Mummipokey • Cheepskipper • Mega Goomba • Petey Piranha • Monty Tank • Lakithunder • Dry Bowser
Enemies	Enemies	Amp • Baby Blooper • Balloon Boo • Banzai Bill • Big Whomp • Blockhopper • Blooper • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boomerang Bro • Boo • Broozer • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Cheep-Chomp • Climbing Koopa • Crowber • Deep-Cheep • Dry Bones • Fire Bro • Fire Chomp • Fire Snake • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Kab-omb • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Mega Deep-Cheep • Mega Dry Bones • Mega Unagi • Micro Goomba • Moneybag • Paragoomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Scuttlebug • Skeeter • Snailicorn • Snow Spike • Spike Bass • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Splunkin • Squiggler • Sushi • Sledge Bro • Super Piranha Plant • Super Thwomp • Swooper • Thwomp • Unagi • Venus Fire Trap • Wiggler • Whomp
Items	Items	1-Up Mushroom • Big Star • Blue Coin • Blue Shell • Coin • Fire Flower • Hidden Coin • Mega Mushroom • Mini Mushroom • Red Coin • Star Coin • Starman • Super Mushroom
Objects	Regular	! Block • ! Switch • ? Block • Balance Lift • Brick • Bubble • Bumper • Coin Block • Dash Coin • Donut Lift • Door • Dotted-Line Block • Face Block • Fence • Flagpole • Flimsy Lift • Flip Panel • Flipper • Flying ? Block • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Lakitu's Cloud • Lift • Midway point • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • Paddle wheel • P Switch • Pipe Cannon • Pole • Red Block • Red Flagpole • Red Ring • Rolling log • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Semisolid Platform • Sinking and Rising Mushrooms • Skull Switch • Small pipe • Snake Block • Spiked ? Block • Spin Block • Star Coin Sign • Stretch Shroom • Trampoline • Vine • Warp Pipe • Wobble Rock
	Obstacles	Ball 'n' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Burner • Cork • Current • Fire Bar • Giant Spiked Ball • Lava • Poisoned Water • Quicksand • Spike Pillar • Spike Trap • Spiked Ball • Tornado • Volcanic debris • Whirlpool
Forms	Forms	Fire Mario • Mega Mario • Mini Mario • Shell Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Moves	Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Mini-games	Action	Balloon Racing • Danger, Bob-omb! Danger! • Lakitu Launch • Snowball Slalom • Snowball Slam • Whack-a-Monty
	Puzzle	Coincentration • Hide and Boo Seek • Loves Me...? • Puzzle Panel • Wanted! • Which Wiggler?
	Table	Bob-omb Reverse • Luigi's Thrilling Cards • Luigi-Jack • Memory Match • Pair-a-Gone • Picture Poker • Speed
	Variety	Bob-omb Squad • Bounce and Trounce • Mario's Slides • Sort or 'Splode • Trampoline Time
	1 on 1	Bob-omb Sudden Death • Bob-omb Trampoline • Jumping Sudden Death • Jumping Brothers • Lakitu Launch • Vs. Mario's Slides • Vs. Pair-a-Gone • Vs. Trampoline Time
Other	Other	Challenge • Item storage • Mario vs. Luigi • Time limit