Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
The beginning was adapted from purplesun's gravity gauntlet comet TAS: youtube.com/watch?v=9NSPlwwCMs
To get the cycles to line up I skip the intro immediately and then the fly in I press a tiny bit after the castle wall in the bottom left goes off screen.
I modified how to do the fireball bounce a bit from the TAS to make it easier for humans to do.
0:15 This long jump can be particular for IL strats. You have to stop holding forward for a bit and then switch to holding halfway forward (stick doesn't reach the edge of the control). This gives the long jump just enough speed to land on the first step. The 2nd step can be reached, but it is slower since this level requires this exact number of long jumps. Reaching the lava bounce asap is more optimal.
Only improvement really possible is a slightly later cutscene skip to get the fireball to hit luigi faster. Even then it's no guarantee that it would be faster because the platform will be farther right making the long jumps less likely to reach the right spot of the lava. Very tricky star to optimize.
The beginning was adapted from purplesun's gravity gauntlet comet TAS: youtube.com/watch?v=9NSPlwwCMs
To get the cycles to line up I skip the intro immediately and then the fly in I press a tiny bit after the castle wall in the bottom left goes off screen.
I modified how to do the fireball bounce a bit from the TAS to make it easier for humans to do.
0:15 This long jump can be particular for IL strats. You have to stop holding forward for a bit and then switch to holding halfway forward (stick doesn't reach the edge of the control). This gives the long jump just enough speed to land on the first step. The 2nd step can be reached, but it is slower since this level requires this exact number of long jumps. Reaching the lava bounce asap is more optimal.
Only improvement really possible is a slightly later cutscene skip to get the fireball to hit luigi faster. Even then it's no guarantee that it would be faster because the platform will be farther right making the long jumps less likely to reach the right spot of the lava. Very tricky star to optimize.
