Hotel Mario

Mario and Luigi must stop him and rescue the princess by closing doors in the hotels. Each hotel stage features 10 levels, although some stages have fewer or more levels than others. Players can close doors by pressing button 2, while enemies will try to open them. Jumping on enemies is possible by pressing button 1.

Behind some doors, players will find a mushroom that allows them to take a hit without dying. If they already possess a mushroom, they will instead find a fire flower that enables the use of fireballs by pressing buttons 1 and 2 simultaneously. This makes it easier to defeat certain enemies, while others can only be defeated with fireballs.

When reaching the top level of each hotel stage, players must close the doors while avoiding one of the Koopalings. Upon successful completion, there will be an animated FMV cutscene, followed by a transition to the next hotel (stage).