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So dothog, you have to
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Okay, here's the spoilers...
Again, I think the key to beating the pits is just to take your time. Wish I had some super strategy, but beyond making sure you hog lots of XP points through bouncing expensive koopa shells and being super stingy with the HP goodies, all you can do is slow things down. (EDIT: btw, to bounce on the armored koopas you need to equip the hoverboard. I took that for granted but just realized that maybe people didn't know they could do that with the hoverboard. I know that i didn't use most of my pixls, so I'm sure there's stuff about Barry or Buster the pixls that I didn't realize in game.) I think it took me just under 2 hours a pop to get through each of the 3 trips through the pits. Keep lots of fluids handy and something to snack on for RL HP.
As for needing coins, guess you'll just have to grind out 500 coins or so to load up on goodies. I had a lot of gold bars banked--I didn't buy much in the game until I went to do the pits--so coins weren't an issue when I went to stock up before the pits. Plus, you'll make boocoo coin blowing through the pits, to the extent that you can afford to buy HP shakes from that shyster who shows up every now and then between 10th levels.
Maybe the way to do it to get coins and get the pits down is to play your way into the 50s or 60s, use a few catch cards to make cards for some of the tougher/annoying mobs, and then take the exit. Go save, stock up on goodies, and make a legitimate run at 100. Just a thought.
Good luck.
So dothog, you have to
beat the FLOPSIDE pit TWICE?? Man, I dunno, I got pretty bored doing the Flipside pit a few times (as mentioned before, didn't have the right healing stuff - I can't get a hold of more than 1 or 2 at once because I never have enough coins. I also tried to wait until I was at 8 or 10 HP before using my super shake and that's when I started sliding down Wracktail with the stupid things bumping into me and the damn quick menu wouldn't work
). On the other hand, I had no problem cruising through all the levels of the Flipside pit - just the end gave me problems. What is it like at the end of the Flopside one?

Okay, here's the spoilers...
After you beat Flopside twice you do the ol' mirror battle that we've seen in so many RPGs--that is, you face off against the shadow versions of your team. The order for me was Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and then Mario. I didn't have any problems beating on my shadow selves using Peach's turtle move and a well-timed bomb.
I actually beat the piss out of my selves--I was disappointed that it wasn't more of a battle. If the CPU had some better AI working for it, it might have been a nasty battle, but as it was the shadows just jumped around a lot. I can't imagine how tough Shadow Peach would have been had she abused the turtle tactics as much as I did. I don't think they had any more than 100 HP, so they didn't last long when the bombs went crackin.
I actually beat the piss out of my selves--I was disappointed that it wasn't more of a battle. If the CPU had some better AI working for it, it might have been a nasty battle, but as it was the shadows just jumped around a lot. I can't imagine how tough Shadow Peach would have been had she abused the turtle tactics as much as I did. I don't think they had any more than 100 HP, so they didn't last long when the bombs went crackin.
Again, I think the key to beating the pits is just to take your time. Wish I had some super strategy, but beyond making sure you hog lots of XP points through bouncing expensive koopa shells and being super stingy with the HP goodies, all you can do is slow things down. (EDIT: btw, to bounce on the armored koopas you need to equip the hoverboard. I took that for granted but just realized that maybe people didn't know they could do that with the hoverboard. I know that i didn't use most of my pixls, so I'm sure there's stuff about Barry or Buster the pixls that I didn't realize in game.) I think it took me just under 2 hours a pop to get through each of the 3 trips through the pits. Keep lots of fluids handy and something to snack on for RL HP.
As for needing coins, guess you'll just have to grind out 500 coins or so to load up on goodies. I had a lot of gold bars banked--I didn't buy much in the game until I went to do the pits--so coins weren't an issue when I went to stock up before the pits. Plus, you'll make boocoo coin blowing through the pits, to the extent that you can afford to buy HP shakes from that shyster who shows up every now and then between 10th levels.
Maybe the way to do it to get coins and get the pits down is to play your way into the 50s or 60s, use a few catch cards to make cards for some of the tougher/annoying mobs, and then take the exit. Go save, stock up on goodies, and make a legitimate run at 100. Just a thought.
Good luck.