The Sun

The Sun is a course found left of Wet-Dry World. Being one of the rarer stages found in personalized copies, the format of this stage is not well-documented. It seems to have been cut very early on in development; Only three stars are present, and the coin number can only reach 100 through usage of exploits and glitches. The level seems to be similar to Lethal Lava Land, but with a bright orange replacing the red within the lava's texture, and the majority of the structures being on large rocks suspended in the air, likely meant to be meteorites and asteroids.

Missions
Due to the incomplete nature of the stage, only four of the normal six stars have confirmed names. The fourth star crashes the game upon selection - likely due to cut content that should have been added upon selection, similar to the tower in Whomp's Fortress.

The missions are as follows:


 * 1) FLIGHT OF THE STREAMING STARS
 * 2) DEEP WITHIN THE SHINING STONE
 * 3) RED COINS IN THE FIRE
 * 4) ETCHING THE SOLAR SIGIL (Unknown)

Flight of the Streaming Stars
In this star, the Wing Cap is found near where the player will spawn upon entering the stage. Taking the power-up, the player needs to either fly or platform to the highest of the meteors, in order to obtain the star.

Deep Within the Shining Stone
Deep Within the Shining Stone is the second star in The Sun. In order to obtain the star, use the Wing Cap to get to the meteor that has small beams of light coming out of it. You must then ground pound it to send it into the surface. As it descends, long jump or use the remainder of your Wing Cap to escape to another meteor. When it makes contact with the surface of the star, the star will fly out and land upon the starting planet.

Red Coins in the Fire
Red Coins in the Fire is the third and final obtainable star. It is a simple Red Coin star; They are floating between the meteors, with the exception of one, which is right above the surface of the level and requires the player to fly down in an arch as carefully as possible.

Etching the Solar Sigil
It is unknown what this star would be, nor how it would be obtained. However, it's a fair assumption that the sun itself would be a much more prominent part of the mission.