Want to boost your GCSE or Scottish exam revision with some power-ups and helpful hints?

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is set to be released in cinemas on April 1 in the UK, with new characters like Yoshi and Rosalina, voiced by Donald Glover and Brie Larson, joining Chris Pratt's Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach and Jack Black as Bowser. Like Mario using a power up, you too could tackle your studies with some of our revision tricks up your sleeve. Take a look at our tips on how to up your revision game to help you reach the next level!

1. Combine your learning powers

Everyone learns differently, by identifying your study style, it will help you understand what you may need to revise. Mario uses lots of different power-ups to defeat Bowser, and you can combine different visual and verbal techniques to interact with your materials. Dual coding is an approach that involves both visual and verbal to interact with the materials. This is an engaging way that can makes revision active and more fun. Wahooo!

2. Eat healthy power-ups

Like Mario eating a mega mushroom to grow, you need to eat the right fuel to power-up your sessions! Start off your revision day eating slow-release carbohydrates, which can give you slow-release energy. Some examples include whole grain bread, low sugar muesli cereal, or porridge oats. Timing when to eat is important too, as you want your blood sugar balanced and allow your brain to get energy it needs to work efferently, and if you eat at an irregular time there might not be mush-room for anything else! Guidance on ideal times to eat, and what kinds of packed lunches and snacks you should take to school can be found here.

3. Explore different worlds

Using past papers as a tool is a great way to apply your skills in practise, it is a chance to see different layouts of questions and see what the examiner may be looking for. Why not try creating a fun game that could help you with your revision? Setting out different scenarios, questions and challenges could be a great interactive way to help your working memory and long-term memory. With the Mario theme tune being catchy and memorable, it's easy to recognise and hard to get it out of your head. Try creating a song or melody that revolves around your topic, or play multiplayer quick fire questions with friends. This could also be a great way to work on recall and active thinking.

4. Stay focused on your goal

You might want to limit your distractions. Getting distracted by game console or your phone may interrupt your flow of studying, which could then lead to procrastination. Put anything that could potentially sway you from revising out of reach, this way you are allowing your mind to fully commit to your study session and no energy is being lost on information that doesn’t relate to your exams. Be your own Bowser boss and defeat the amount of distractions around you!

Stay on track by creating a revision timetable - you could even schedule a break, some time for something fun, like playing Mario!

If you need support

You should always tell someone about the things you’re worried about. You can tell a friend, parent, guardian, teacher, or another trusted adult. If you're struggling with your mental health, going to your GP can be a good place to start to find help. Your GP can let you know what support is available to you, suggest different types of treatment and offer regular check-ups to see how you’re doing.

If you’re in need of in-the-moment support you can contact Childline, where you can speak to a counsellor. Their lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

There are more links to helpful organisations on the BBC Bitesize Action Line page for young people.