Cheeseoman | Boxboy--Triple S Rank (SSS) in All Worlds with No Costume @cheeseoman | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Although the costumes make it much easier to get SSS in many worlds, it's possible to get SSS in every world without a costume. The time limit for S rank is very lenient in almost all worlds, but the box limit is sometimes pretty tight. In this video, I don't go for the minimum number of boxes. There are many places where it's possible to save boxes, but it isn't necessary to do so. However, in worlds where the box limit leaves a big margin for error, I sometimes try to save additional boxes just to keep things interesting.
One technique I use many times is worth explaining. I call it the walk-off. To perform it, walk almost all the way off a platform. Move a box back toward the platform, then create another one below the first. You will be pushed completely off the platform, but will still be able to create boxes. This technique allows you to save boxes in many scenarios. A simple example is in 18-6; see 1:15:01 in the video. Getting across the spike field without a walk-off would require at least one box, but with a walk-off, you can get across with no boxes. When I was working on World 6, I discovered this technique and used it a few times without really understanding it, but it wasn't until World 16 that I paid attention to it and started using it frequently. Thus, there are lots of places in the first 15 worlds where I could have easily used a walk-off to save a box, but didn't.
A variant of the walk-off can be used when you walk from regular ground toward a spike field. Instead of moving the first box backward, you can move it forward. I use this variant in 21-3; see 1:31:53 in the video. I call this variant the walk-on.
Another technique I'd like to point out is a very simple one: press X to destroy existing boxes. I only discovered this partway through making the video when I accidentally opened the Controls screen.
If you get SSS in every world, then each category on the whole-game stats screen will show an S+ rank. You'll have the title of either Champion (if you used a costume with special abilities at least once) or Legendary Champion (if you never used a costume with special abilities).
Although the costumes make it much easier to get SSS in many worlds, it's possible to get SSS in every world without a costume. The time limit for S rank is very lenient in almost all worlds, but the box limit is sometimes pretty tight. In this video, I don't go for the minimum number of boxes. There are many places where it's possible to save boxes, but it isn't necessary to do so. However, in worlds where the box limit leaves a big margin for error, I sometimes try to save additional boxes just to keep things interesting.
One technique I use many times is worth explaining. I call it the walk-off. To perform it, walk almost all the way off a platform. Move a box back toward the platform, then create another one below the first. You will be pushed completely off the platform, but will still be able to create boxes. This technique allows you to save boxes in many scenarios. A simple example is in 18-6; see 1:15:01 in the video. Getting across the spike field without a walk-off would require at least one box, but with a walk-off, you can get across with no boxes. When I was working on World 6, I discovered this technique and used it a few times without really understanding it, but it wasn't until World 16 that I paid attention to it and started using it frequently. Thus, there are lots of places in the first 15 worlds where I could have easily used a walk-off to save a box, but didn't.
A variant of the walk-off can be used when you walk from regular ground toward a spike field. Instead of moving the first box backward, you can move it forward. I use this variant in 21-3; see 1:31:53 in the video. I call this variant the walk-on.
Another technique I'd like to point out is a very simple one: press X to destroy existing boxes. I only discovered this partway through making the video when I accidentally opened the Controls screen.
If you get SSS in every world, then each category on the whole-game stats screen will show an S+ rank. You'll have the title of either Champion (if you used a costume with special abilities at least once) or Legendary Champion (if you never used a costume with special abilities).
