DK64 A Button Challenge | Isles Low Fairy, TG Rainbow Coins, Enter Japes - 0xA @dk64abuttonchallenge86 | Uploaded August 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 minute ago.
Reminder: A is held at the start of pretty much every video, which explains why DK jumps out of loading zones.
Another relatively bland section - need to get these done at some point though. This video gives us the first of 281 collectibles (a fairy), along with some hard to come by early rainbow coins. After that, there isn't much more we can do - we need to enter Japes and get the gun to make any more meaningful progress. If you can figure out why (without having seen my uploads before), then that is very impressive DK glitch knowledge.
Casual presses for this section: 5
Reminder:
Every video will assume you've already completed some relevant subset of previous videos to get to that point (in this case, youtube.com/watch?v=QIWq9Cr3HJE ). Notably, every video after this point will assume A is held at the start. Unless otherwise noted, the A button will -NEVER BE LET GO- during this run except immediately preceding another A press. This is because a held A button allows a lot of useful things such as buying moves, more potent dismounting, autojumping, faster swimming, rocketbarrel, and more. No distinctions will be made between 0xA and "0.5xA" because A can always be held from starting the file or a prior press, and so distinguishing between the two has no benefit.
For more information on total progress, see: tinyurl.com/ycz6vq2x
Reminder: A is held at the start of pretty much every video, which explains why DK jumps out of loading zones.
Another relatively bland section - need to get these done at some point though. This video gives us the first of 281 collectibles (a fairy), along with some hard to come by early rainbow coins. After that, there isn't much more we can do - we need to enter Japes and get the gun to make any more meaningful progress. If you can figure out why (without having seen my uploads before), then that is very impressive DK glitch knowledge.
Casual presses for this section: 5
Reminder:
Every video will assume you've already completed some relevant subset of previous videos to get to that point (in this case, youtube.com/watch?v=QIWq9Cr3HJE ). Notably, every video after this point will assume A is held at the start. Unless otherwise noted, the A button will -NEVER BE LET GO- during this run except immediately preceding another A press. This is because a held A button allows a lot of useful things such as buying moves, more potent dismounting, autojumping, faster swimming, rocketbarrel, and more. No distinctions will be made between 0xA and "0.5xA" because A can always be held from starting the file or a prior press, and so distinguishing between the two has no benefit.
For more information on total progress, see: tinyurl.com/ycz6vq2x
![[OUTDATED] Crystal Caves: Lankys Igloo GB - 1xA](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BOSSOwfZ0V4/hqdefault.jpg "[OUTDATED] Crystal Caves: Lankys Igloo GB - 1xA
[OUTDATED] Crystal Caves: Lankys Igloo GB - 1xA")
![[OBSOLETE] DK Isles: Snides Room GB - 1xA](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D_BHiFxydTI/hqdefault.jpg "[OBSOLETE] DK Isles: Snides Room GB - 1xA
EDIT: This is obsoleted by the following videos, which allow this GB in 0xA:
Pt 1: https://youtu.be/eCGG6oHaE10
Pt 2: https://youtu.be/Z1mQLt8r_eo
This video shows the ending trick with a much better camera angle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPnj1UFemFc
5 presses saved - were down to 41 total! Crazy that this theoretical FBW strat was finally executed, and that it can be done in a single press! Sorry about the unimpressive visuals of the final trick - that bad camera angle is required to generate enough lag.
For more information about flashback warp, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRoag-D1AJs
Why is this GB 1xA?:
The minigame takes a whopping 15 A presses to start and stop the slot machine. The only way around this is a flashback warp.
Saving this A press isnt unreasonable, since its only used to set a stored position for the orange throws. Using TBS, you can force a drop from the bonus barrel so that a grounded orange can hit you (in this case you would swap to Lanky for a further damage boost). Unfortunately, this is neither fast enough nor gets enough distance due to less air time. However, with a new way to generate heavy lag this could be possible. Standard boulder ultra lag does not work in this room for complicated reasons. Alternatively, reaching a high enough stored position to damage out of the barrel without an A press sounds unlikely but not impossible.
Every video on this channel assumes youve already completed some relevant subset of previous videos. Notably, every video will assume A is held from either starting the file or the previous press. Unless otherwise noted, the A button will -NEVER BE LET GO- during this run except immediately preceding another A press. This is because a held A button allows a lot of useful things such as buying moves, more potent dismounting, autojumping, faster swimming, rocketbarrel, and more. I will not be using the 0.5 A notation because it does not add anything meaningful - as long as it takes an A press to start a file you can always have A held before a section.
For more information on progress, see: https://kaztalek.com/dk64abc
For information on some of the tricks used in this video, see: https://pastebin.com/u4VYcB16")
