Walkthrough:Chapter 5

Nimbus Land:

- When you arrive here, Valentina has the innocent cloud citizens of Nimbus Land dupped into think Dodo is their prince (Mallow isn't getting any smarter at this point, and still hasn't figured out that he is the prince or that he is even from here)
- The town seems generally upset about the changes that have taken place to their palace. The palace guards won't let you in.
- You find out that their are springs that can heal, but they are for royalty only.You can get in them when you rescue the King and Queen.
- At the inn, for 30 Coins more you can use the Dream Cushion and see your dreams.If you keep trying, eventually you will have a nightmare involving Toad.Toad will reveal that he is actually a Ghost.When you wake up, he'll be there and give you 2 Red Essences for scaring you.
- In the upper right corner of Nimbus is Garro the sculpter.Look at what appears to be a sculpture of Mallow.After Mallow finally figures out he's the prince, Garro will come up with a plan to sneak you in the castle.
- When Valentina commands Dodo to polish the statues, you must avoid getting pecked.If you are successful, you will get the Feather.
- In one room in the castle are some imprisoned towns folk.Talk to one and he will give you the master key.
- One door is guarded by a heavy Troopa. That leads to the giant egg that contains Birdo.You also need the master key to enter.

BOSS1-Birdo: First hit the egg enough times until it hatches.Then put everyone on the defensive,if you do this the egg wil bounce back next to Birdo,hit it and it will explode causing a lot of damage.You'll get another key
- After some interludes with Bowser and Valentina, you need to chase her to get the key to Mallow's parents. But after chasing past Dodo, you'll fall back to the spring entrance.
- Going back to Nimbus, you'll catch up with Valentina.

BOSS2 - Valentina & Dodo: Dodo will first carry off you middle guy and fight him alone, so make sure it's someone strong like Bowser.When that fight is over, the other two must fight Valentina until the first gets back.Be carefule, if the first guy dies alone, it's Game Over! When Dodo returns, concentrate on Valentina.
- The key will drop out of the sky. Mallow will pick it up and rescue his parents.They will mention that a star fell in a volcano.
- Talk to some of the people in the castle. One has a Flower Jar.
- In the upper right house, Croco is stealing items. Catch him to get the Signal Ring, a valueable tool.When equipped you'll hear a beep when you are by a hidden treasure box.
- One lady mentions that you can get to the volcano through the hot springs.
- At some point in the game, a man will stay at the inn and will be holding a pamphlet about the casino.
- In the spring room is a path to the volcano.

Volcano:

- At the start, there are little platforms that run from the bottom of the screen to the right.Jump across them for two flowers.
- Falling in the lava does not damage you, but places you back where you entered a room from.
- Use the star to get past the large enemy in the next room.
- Jump into the lava to pick up the frog coin
- To get the frog coin on top of the exit, walk through that exit, come back and fall in the lava to be thrown on top of the exit with the coin.
- You'll meet Hinopio half way through.He has items and weapons to sell, as well as a place to rest up(a bunch of cardboard boxes)

BOSS1 - Czar Dragon:Beat him and he turns into Zombone.Beat that, and you'll be granted access further on at full health.I recommend going back and save before procceding because the next boss(es) are hard.
- You'll see the 6th star, but it will be ripped away from you by the Axem Rangers(there funny).You'll have to chase them to the top of the volcano to get the star back.
BOSS2 - Axem Rangers:Go after them with spells that hit everyone.I recommend your party consist of Mario,Geno,and Princess.Mario should attack Axem Red,Princess should defend until someone needs healed and have Geno do Geno Flash.
Once you beat Axem Red, he'll jump on the face like weapon.Nail that until it's destroyed.You'll get the 6th star back.This is the hard part.When the head thing says Charging you better defend because the Breaker Beam will take a lot out of ya.

Conclusion: - If you go back to talk to Mallow's parents, they'll let you use the bus,which you need to use to get to Bowser's Keep.