Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
To do this without hacks, you’d need one of the water drops from the barrel to end up at a float-perfect Z coordinate. For the value we need, float-perfect means accurate to a millionth of a unit, that is 10 in-game nanometers. I’ll be surprised if this is even made into a fully legit TAS, especially given how the water particle manager likes to shift things around over time.
Since I was hacking droplets anyway, I also put my payload there, but it would be possible (and more practical) to put it somewhere else.
More info: pastebin.com/H7jutG6w
To do this without hacks, you’d need one of the water drops from the barrel to end up at a float-perfect Z coordinate. For the value we need, float-perfect means accurate to a millionth of a unit, that is 10 in-game nanometers. I’ll be surprised if this is even made into a fully legit TAS, especially given how the water particle manager likes to shift things around over time.
Since I was hacking droplets anyway, I also put my payload there, but it would be possible (and more practical) to put it somewhere else.
More info: pastebin.com/H7jutG6w
![Box Game 1 – 0x A Presses [H] (OUTDATED)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vU48JUn8d4U/mqdefault.jpg "Box Game 1 – 0x A Presses [H] (OUTDATED)
This video is outdated. See its successor here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4eIHWF6Qmw
I collect the Box Game 1 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Hover Nozzle.
When Mario ground pounds a crate, he technically lands before the crate breaks. This sequence of events interrupts the ground pound and puts Mario in a falling state. I take advantage of this to save time by immediately hovering from one crate to the next without touching the ground.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![The Secret of Ricco Tower – 0x A Presses [H] (OUTDATED)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w2jN6PuzWB0/mqdefault.jpg "The Secret of Ricco Tower – 0x A Presses [H] (OUTDATED)
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I collect the Ricco 4 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Hover Nozzle.
Continuing the route from Ricco 3, I find a beam that lets me reach the top of the tower without A presses. I nearly died twice but it’s actually pretty easy to navigate this secret area, as the rotation of the platforms always lets you stand higher than the platform you want to dive onto. There are only two simple guidelines to follow: recover from each dive as soon as possible (otherwise you obviously end up sliding off) and always dive onto the rising side of a platform (because it gives you more time to recover).
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Lily Pad Ride – 0x A Presses [S/H/Y] (OUTDATED)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yHrwXmeYp3Y/mqdefault.jpg "Lily Pad Ride – 0x A Presses [S/H/Y] (OUTDATED)
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I collect the Lily Pad Ride secret Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Spray and Hover Nozzles, as well as Yoshi.
Getting Yoshi to the island the normal way without A seems impossible, but all known ways to get him underwater in Delfino Plaza involved pressing A and/or falling out of bounds, where all we can do is press A.
That is, until now. I haven’t seen a video explaining this yet (will probably make one myself), but people have definitely fallen victim to this glitch while attempting EYG. Basically, when you touch the ground at the same time that you mount Yoshi, he stays in place but moves to the height where Mario just landed. The difference in height is usually pretty small because you have to be so close to Yoshi to mount him, but we can still use it to clip through the ground in some places.
But how is that different from the other OoB glitches? Well, this one can be performed right next to the water, allowing us to clip back in bounds (but underwater) before we fall too low. Once this is done, we can simply run to the island, unlock the pipe, and enter the secret area.
Inside the secret area, there’s no need for A presses anyway… until the last two coins. The 7th coin can be obtained by simply hovering from the side of the river, but the 8th is way above the ground. Hovering from the pipe gets just below the coin, then we can ground pound to grab it.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
