Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
What do these timestamps have in common?
2:51
6:33
9:40
10:50
11:15
If your answer was "these refer to plays in which Petey catches the ball," you are WRONG! Apparently at least one of these "catches" didn't increment the counter for Petey's "catch the ball 5 times in one match" Star Mission, leading to this moment:
32:43
when I noticed that the run, which had up until that point been pretty fast and likely to finish, was irreparably fucked. A short while later, I ended the recording in frustration.
Why does Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo Gamecube do this? Who can say? What I can say is that if you want to speedrun this game you need to be prepared for anything, including 1+1+1+1+1 not adding up to 5. Despite this goofy setback, WR attempts for this category will continue live on twitch.tv/yourgenderhere as before.
Which of the 5 plays didn't count as a catch for the purpose of Petey's Star Mission? Leave your assessment in the comments below!
What do these timestamps have in common?
2:51
6:33
9:40
10:50
11:15
If your answer was "these refer to plays in which Petey catches the ball," you are WRONG! Apparently at least one of these "catches" didn't increment the counter for Petey's "catch the ball 5 times in one match" Star Mission, leading to this moment:
32:43
when I noticed that the run, which had up until that point been pretty fast and likely to finish, was irreparably fucked. A short while later, I ended the recording in frustration.
Why does Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo Gamecube do this? Who can say? What I can say is that if you want to speedrun this game you need to be prepared for anything, including 1+1+1+1+1 not adding up to 5. Despite this goofy setback, WR attempts for this category will continue live on twitch.tv/yourgenderhere as before.
Which of the 5 plays didn't count as a catch for the purpose of Petey's Star Mission? Leave your assessment in the comments below!
![Mario Superstar Baseball - Superstar% Toadette in 5:11.100 (World Record) [1 Match!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6cTckDBo8so/mqdefault.jpg "Mario Superstar Baseball - Superstar% Toadette in 5:11.100 (World Record) [1 Match!]
Hell yes hell yes hell YES! Now this is what Im talking about!
It took me several days of effort (cumulatively) theorycrafting, testing, and practicing to make one match Toadette viable, but after learning that it was possible to set the CPU up for a third-inning bunt without endangering Toadettes shutout, MVP, and other goals, I knew I would eventually make it happen. Today, I have. It was of course made difficult by the fact that the CPU is only 20% or so likely to choose to bunt even when the requisite circumstances are met, but low odds havent stopped me before and they didnt stop me this time. :)
Im extremely proud of how it all turned out. Not literally perfect but Im not seeing too much to complain about - five minutes is very, very fast for a match that goes a full three innings. My defense in particular was swift and efficient, consisting only of one-pitch fly outs, three-pitch strikeouts, and of course the Big Play. The only truly regrettable moment was the Heart Ball that enemy-Peach threw against me-Toadette in the top of the 3rd - I might have still been able to get the squeeze bunt with better positioning, but at least the outcome was about ten seconds of time lost rather than the death of the run.
I can imagine this run being beaten someday but I dont envy whoevers going to make it happen - its definitely not going to be me, because as far as Im concerned this a Toadette run that I am comfortable with resting on indefinitely.
My second split was obviously late, because I was so focused on getting the Toadette is a Superstar! text box to pop up as quickly as I could that I forgot about pressing the split hotkey until a few seconds later. 5:11.100 is my manual retime using the Youtube frame timer available here: https://slashinfty.github.io/yt-frame-timer/ . Im confident that thats the accurate final time.
Goodness, just a little over five minutes... who would have thought? yourgeNote")
