Challenge Mode (New Super Mario Bros. U)

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This article is about the mode from New Super Mario Bros. U. For other uses, see Challenge Mode. A Time Attack stage in Challenge Mode. Challenge Mode is a new mode introduced in New Super Mario Bros. U. It is a collection of various challenges of varied difficulty divided into specific categories, including Special and 1-Up Rally. While some challenges take place in a specific part of a course from the main game, there are some challenges that take place in a course exclusive to Challenge Mode, such as Penguin Bowling and Bubble Up. Each challenge has a specific objective and will award the player with medals (Gold, Silver, and Bronze) depending on how they completed the challenge. For example, the Time Attack challenges have three medals, the Gold being achieved by completing the challenge in a set amount of time. However, some Special challenges will award the player with only a Gold Medal for completing the challenge. Every challenge has a difficulty rating, with one star being the easiest, and five stars being the most difficult. There are five categories of challenges: Time Attack (denoted by a clock), where the player must complete the course in the allotted time, Coin Collection (denoted by a Coin), where the player must collect a specific amount of coins or collect as few coins as possible, 1-Up Rally (denoted by a 1-Up Mushroom), where the player must finish the course while collecting a certain amount of 1-Ups, Special (denoted by a Question Block), a category with challenges whose objectives vary, and a category denoted by the , which has challenges where the player must use Boost Mode. Time Attack Time Attack Trial Acorn Plains Speed Run Full Speed Ahead Stone-Eye Desert Dash The Boo Ballet The Boo Ballet Encore Icicle Skating Huckit Hustle Mini Mountaineer Lurchin' Urchins Penguin vs. Torpedo Slick Slopes and Bullet Bills The Haunted Propeller Fliprus Crossing Rickety Sprint No-Cash Dash Poison-Swamp Scramble Swing Into Action Stoneslide Tower Climb Screwtop It Up Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese タイムアタック Taimuatakku Time Attack Spanish Contrarreloj Time Trial French Contre-la-montre ("Against the clock") Dutch Tijd Time German Zeit-Attacke Italian Contro il tempo Portuguese Contrarrelógio Russian На время Na vremya For a while Coin Collection Triple Jump for Coins Hot Hidden-Coin Hunt Stingy Big Piranha Plants Lakitu's Cloud Heist Hot-Air Yoshi Ride Ghost House Coin Curse Perilous Coin Dodge Waddlewing Wipeout Prickly Goomba's Coinless Run 200 Clifftop Coins Dark Dark Coaster Cloud-Top Coin Evasion Attack of the Bob-ombs Spine Coaster Coin Cruise Castle Coin Bypass Don't. Touch. Anything. Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Spanish Monedas Coins French Pièces Dutch Munten Coins German Münzsammlung Coins collection Italian Monete Portuguese Corrida às Moedas Russian Монетки Monetki (Small) coins 1-Up Rally The Goombrat Stomp Stone-Eye Koopas Goomba Bounce Bash Penguin Bowling Three Dry Bones Bullet Bill 1-Up Bounce Star Connection Big Goomba Bounce Bash Airship 1-Up Rally Paratroopa Panic Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Spanish 1UP 1UP French 1UP Dutch 1UPs German 1-Up-Rallye Italian 1-Up Mania Portuguese Corrida aos 1Up Russian Жизни Zhizni Lives Special Fire, Bro! Graceful Glide Mole to Goal Marathon Glide Bubble Up Nonstop Flight Be Gentle to Giants Big Air at Sundown Balancing Act Bowser's Airship Sneak Larry's Groundless Battle No Climbing Allowed The Trial of Bullet Bill Hill Spin Jump, Get Dizzy Mole to Goal Returns Wobble and Rock Seriously! Fire, Bro! Elevator Out of Service Castle Crawl Express Elevator Cashless Castle Crawl Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Spanish Otros Others French Divers Miscellaneous German Diverse Miscellaneous Italian Varie Various Portuguese Diversos Miscellaneous Russian Особые Osobyye Special Boost Mode Challenges Piranha Plant Hideaway Coins in the Forecast When Waddlewings Attack The Perpetual Shell Boost Block Coin Stalk Icicle Falls Fuzzy Alert! The High Road Three-Legged Lava Race Fuzzy Cliff Climb Thwomp Castle Cash Flow Cloudy with a Chance of Fire Ultimate Boost Blast Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese おだいモード odaimōdo Problem mode Spanish Modo Desafíos Challenges Mode French Mode Défis Dutch Missiestand German Herausforderungsmodus Italian Modalità Sfida Portuguese Modo Desafio Russian Режим Испытания Rezhim Ispytaniya Test Mode [Edit] New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U Playable Characters Mario* • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Mii • Nabbit** Supporting Characters Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshis (Balloon Baby Yoshi • Bubble Baby Yoshi • Glowing Baby Yoshi) Bosses Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Larry Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa) • Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Kamek Worlds / Areas Acorn Plains • Layer-Cake Desert • Sparkling Waters • Frosted Glacier • Soda Jungle • Rock-Candy Mines • Meringue Clouds • Peach's Castle • Superstar Road • Secret Island • Coin Courses* Items and Objects Super Mushroom • Fire Flower • Super Acorn (P-Acorn) • Mini Mushroom • Propeller Mushroom • Ice Flower • Penguin Suit • Super Star (Boost Star) • Coin • Blue Coin • Blue Ring** • Red Coin • Red Ring • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Yoshi Egg • ? Block • Flying ? Block • Giant ? Block • 3-Up Moon Block • Green Coin • Green Ring • P Switch • Checkpoint Flag* • Goal Pole • Goal Ring* • Berries • ! Switch • Brick Block • Coin Block • Giant Brick Block • Jump Block • Light Block • Mario Block** • POW Block • Super Guide Block* • Boost Block • Springboard • Water Ball* • Hidden Coin Enemies & Obstacles Amp* • Balloon Goomba* • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Amp* • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle* • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Dry Bones • Big Deep Cheep** • Big Eep Cheep** • Big Fire Bar • Big Fire Piranha Plant** • Big Fuzzy • Big Koopa Troopa • Big Piranha Plant • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Wiggler • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby* • Blooper Nanny* • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Stunner • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber* • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball* • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Cooligan • Deep Cheep** • Dragoneel • Dragoneel (purple)* • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Chomp • Fire Snake • Fire Bar • Fire Piranha Plant • Fish Bone • Fliprus • Foo • Fuzzy • Ghost Block • Giant Cannonball • Goomba • Goombrat • Grrrol • Gūrindai • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro • Ice Piranha Plant • Icicle • Jellybeam* • King Bill • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep* • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Mega Goomba • Mega Grrrol • Mini Goomba • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba* • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Red Skull Box • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench* • Scaredy Rat* • Skewer • Skull Box* • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiked Ball • Spinner • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swoop* • Targeting Ted • Thwimp* • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Urchin • Waddlewing • Wiggler Others Water Spouts • Sand Spouts • Spine Coasters Game Modes Boost Mode • Challenge Mode* • Boost Rush* • Coin Battle* * Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U. • ** Exclusive to New Super Luigi U. [Edit] Challenge Mode of New Super Mario Bros. U Time Attack Time Attack Trial • Acorn Plains Speed Run • Full Speed Ahead • Stone-Eye Desert Dash • The Boo Ballet • The Boo Ballet Encore • Icicle Skating • Huckit Hustle • Mini Mountaineer • Lurchin' Urchins • Penguin vs. Torpedo • Slick Slopes and Bullet Bills • The Haunted Propeller • Fliprus Crossing • Rickety Sprint • No-Cash Dash • Poison-Swamp Scramble • Swing Into Action • Stoneslide Tower Climb • Screwtop It Up Coin Collection Triple Jump for Coins • Hot Hidden-Coin Hunt • Stingy Big Piranha Plants • Lakitu's Cloud Heist • Hot-Air Yoshi Ride • Ghost House Coin Curse • Perilous Coin Dodge • Waddlewing Wipeout • Prickly Goomba's Coinless Run • 200 Clifftop Coins • Dark Dark Coaster • Cloud-Top Coin Evasion • Attack of the Bob-ombs • Spine Coaster Coin Cruise • Castle Coin Bypass • Don't. Touch. Anything. 1-Up Rally The Goombrat Stomp • Stone-Eye Koopas • Goomba Bounce Bash • Penguin Bowling • Three Dry Bones • Bullet Bill 1-Up Bounce • Star Connection • Big Goomba Bounce Bash • Airship 1-Up Rally • Paratroopa Panic Special Fire, Bro! • Graceful Glide • Mole to Goal • Marathon Glide • Bubble Up • Nonstop Flight • Be Gentle to Giants • Big Air at Sundown • Balancing Act • Bowser's Airship Sneak • Larry's Groundless Battle • No Climbing Allowed • The Trial of Bullet Bill Hill • Spin Jump, Get Dizzy • Mole to Goal Returns • Wobble and Rock • Seriously! Fire, Bro! • Elevator Out of Service • Castle Crawl • Express Elevator • Cashless Castle Crawl Boost Mode Challenges Piranha Plant Hideaway • Coins in the Forecast • When Waddlewings Attack • The Perpetual Shell • Boost Block Coin Stalk • Icicle Falls • Fuzzy Alert! • The High Road • Three-Legged Lava Race • Fuzzy Cliff Climb • Thwomp Castle Cash Flow • Cloudy with a Chance of Fire • Ultimate Boost Blast