underconstellations replied to your post “Some other thoughts on Super Mario 3D World.[[MOR] I got far enough...”
I'm everywhere! :D you can use the cat suit to climb to the top of the flagpole. And you can keep the cat suit in your extra item spot (just get another item to force it in there) so you only pull it out as needed. I like the cat suit but it is different!
Yeah, I've seen the cat power-up used to climb the flagpole before, and did it myself on at least one or two levels, but I didn't feel like it was a reliable way to do it every time, you know? But I hadn't really thought of using the backup item for it. I'm too used to Super Mario World (the SNES launch title), where your spare item fell down as soon as you needed it. I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen in Super Mario 3D World. That spare item would probably make my life a lot easier in a few ways if I used it properly.
I mean, I can also apparently use a second controller to just add a new player at the last minute in each stage to suddenly have Peach appear from nowhere to grab the top of the flagpole for me, and then just have Mario or whomever I was using grab it at the bottom and it counts as a clear for both characters and get the golden flag. I'm not gonna do that, though. I'll probably just try to have a bell in my back pocket at all times from now on.