This guide covers controls, level navigation, power-ups, secrets, and tips for surviving the journey to rescue Princess Toadstool. Objective: Get from World 1-1 to World 8-4, defeat Bowser, and save the princess. Lives: Start with 3 lives. Lose a life by touching an enemy, falling in a pit, or running out of time. Game Over: When lives reach 0, you restart from the beginning of the current world (unless you use continues).