true, but i guess you want to unblock them anyway? in that case you have to go get the n64 pad only one time in normal mode, so you can select tornado mode as well as NM the next time, and in that way you have an adventage the 10 times after that

(at least 10,, but probably more like 100 or so

) but if your only goal atm is to
get the red bomb (i can imagine that

) there isn't really a need for that.. well, it's up to you

I'm just gonna try to get past MH.8 first

I'm not even able to make that choice yet

(even though i have the feeling that if i can skip MH.8 with some kind of item or last letter i might be able to get a lot closer to the PP (but that's probably to optimistic..)