nemi43 | Megahammer: Bullet Bill storage method @nemi43 | Uploaded 10 years ago | Updated 1 day ago
Thanks to Pottoww for finding this.
Normally, if Yoshi has a Bullet Bill in his mouth before a cutscene starts, the Bullet Bill gets despawned after the cutscene. However, it looks like if another Bullet Bill is nearby when a cutscene starts, the Bullet Bill in Yoshi's mouth remains.
One way to exploit this is to lure 3 Bullet Bills from one side of Megahammer's back. Next, run as close as possible to the Bullet Bills on the other side of Megahammer's back before grabbing the Bullet Bills following you. After launching 2 Bullet Bills at Megahammer, grab the 3rd and keep it until the final phase of the fight, and launch it as soon as the final phase starts. This saves about 2~3 seconds.
I'm guessing running to the other side of Megahammer works because it brings you close enough to the Bullet Bills to prevent them from being despawned before the cutscene starts. (In general, this game despawns many types of objects that are too far off-camera.) While this video is from the Comet Star with the cutscene skipped, this method works the same way on the main Star without skipping the cutscene.
Thanks to Pottoww for finding this.
Normally, if Yoshi has a Bullet Bill in his mouth before a cutscene starts, the Bullet Bill gets despawned after the cutscene. However, it looks like if another Bullet Bill is nearby when a cutscene starts, the Bullet Bill in Yoshi's mouth remains.
One way to exploit this is to lure 3 Bullet Bills from one side of Megahammer's back. Next, run as close as possible to the Bullet Bills on the other side of Megahammer's back before grabbing the Bullet Bills following you. After launching 2 Bullet Bills at Megahammer, grab the 3rd and keep it until the final phase of the fight, and launch it as soon as the final phase starts. This saves about 2~3 seconds.
I'm guessing running to the other side of Megahammer works because it brings you close enough to the Bullet Bills to prevent them from being despawned before the cutscene starts. (In general, this game despawns many types of objects that are too far off-camera.) While this video is from the Comet Star with the cutscene skipped, this method works the same way on the main Star without skipping the cutscene.
