Sharkey91 | [HD TAS] SM64DS - BBH Switch Star 24"69 (Mario) @Sharkey91 | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 15 hours ago
This video is a TAS. I needed to make a TAS of this star because we (the team of TASers working on the 150 stars TAS which are me, Really_Tall, Migu and Adeal) were trying to figure out if a different route unlocking Wario before Luigi could be faster, since it would allow us to complete Big Boo's Haunt in only 1 trip as Mario instead of 2 trips before (1 as Mario and 1 as Luigi later). This meant that BBH switch star needs to be done as Mario instead of Luigi, which we originally thought would lose time because Luigi can go right through the grate next to the switch star twice thanks to his invisibility power. It turns out that getting Out of Bounds as Mario after clipping inside the black brick and getting to the switch star is so fast that it's even 0.5s faster than using Luigi !

After succesfully comparing both Wario late and Wario early routes, it turned out that the Wario early route saves more than 10 seconds, which means that the 150 stars TAS route sheet got changed (docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1ZQYTkPwaL9AXUFAvYo9ulFZ1e8MpDmJwATpNOhXMZas/pubhtml). The amazing thing about this new route is that we will collect many stars on the 2nd floor while not even having 30 stars. Also, skipping the 12 star text box is now possible thanks to a convenient star cancel, which wasn't possible in the old route because we were doing Whomp's Fortress at that point.

As for the star itself in this video, you normally need to be Wario to be able to punch the black brick and reveal the "!" switch, but with a precise camera glitch and a jump followed by a ground pound, it's possible to unload the brick for a few frames and go right through (getting inside the brick instead of being clipped out right away was found by PolishedGrain). Since the "!" switch is already inside, the star appears. After that, I get Out of Bounds by running into the wall corner with a precise angle, and redirect myself to be able to kick and get on the seam. Then, I need to run for a bit before I can make a long jump without bonking on the wall. Surprisingly, the merry-go-round area is already loaded, which is usually never the case for rooms you haven't entered by their doors.

About the 150 stars TAS, since this new route unlocking Wario early in the game is confirmed to be much faster, and that there aren't any other route ideas right now, the progress of the 150 stars TAS can resume, but slowly for now since I'm having exams this year, and the other people in the team also have other stuff to do, which means the progress won't be too fast right now. But apart from that, I'm really happy that the route only got crazier and crazier over the time, which will only make the TAS more entertaining.

Thanks for watching