Fifth and I were discussing last night how you could get over 150 coins in stage 1. Entering the level after star 3 will yield a Koopa. Capturing him in an egg and shooting that egg at enemies will result in a blue coin for each enemy you hit. Additionally, Wario gets an extra coin for each post he crushes. Therefore, on star 4, assuming you get crush the four extra bricks (they are here for star 4, not 1 like bpolak said), line up three enemies with the egg, and crush the posts with Wario, you should get 140 (standard) + 12 (4 extra bricks) + 10 (2 extra blue coins from Koopa egg collisions) + 4 (posts) = 166 coins!. Anyway, I'm going to try to stop playing DS for a few weeks since I have final projects and exams. I hope to see all of my scores beaten when I return.