Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Green Star 3 - 48.78
0:33 - Hitting a Star Crystal can cost 1 or 2 frames of lag, but avoiding them can requires taking a less direct path through a section. When I timed it out, turning to avoid the crystals is slightly faster than rolling straight through them.
0:45 - Doing a spin during each jump can save a frame per jump.
0:47 - Emperor91 showed how this Star can be reached with midair Rock Mushroom jumps:
youtube.com/watch?v=-Si9Jftbk8A&t=28s
Yoshifan investigated exactly how to execute the jumps:
docs.google.com/document/d/13HenHN3IA2mQih2k8Ve_VZdK-yIoX8fnXB2g2eMaZGM/edit
Basically, press A in middair and start a spin 3 to 6 frames later. After a successful jump, you can spin again for another jump and keep chaining spins and jumps indefinitely.
This doesn't sound very difficult except for a few complications:
1. If you miss the proper timing for an A press, you won't be able to spin again.
2. A midair jump tends to restart the spin so what looks like a single spin is actually 2 or even 3 consecutive spins. I've seen a spin restart between 1 to 11 frames after the start of the original spin. Given condition 1, I need to press A with the proper timing for all 2 or 3 spins per shake if I want another chance at a jump, and this Star requires an additional shake to reach.
3. An A press cannot be earlier than 1 frame before a previous spin. That means a spin cannot restart in 1 frame, which tends to happen if I shake the nunchuck too hard. Generally, the weaker I shake, the later a spin restarts and is more likely to restart only once rather than twice. Shaking too lightly, though, delays the start of the spin or doesn't cause a spin at all.
My method for attempting these jumps was to lightly shake the nunchuck and press A 2 or 3 times as quickly as possible at the same time as the shake. I'm not sure if 2 or 3 presses is better, but I used 3 presses in my only successful attempt.
1:12 - A Stroll Down Rolling Lane - 51.80
I did this Star mainly as practice for GS3 and to see if I could get 51.xx.
Green Star 3 - 48.78
0:33 - Hitting a Star Crystal can cost 1 or 2 frames of lag, but avoiding them can requires taking a less direct path through a section. When I timed it out, turning to avoid the crystals is slightly faster than rolling straight through them.
0:45 - Doing a spin during each jump can save a frame per jump.
0:47 - Emperor91 showed how this Star can be reached with midair Rock Mushroom jumps:
youtube.com/watch?v=-Si9Jftbk8A&t=28s
Yoshifan investigated exactly how to execute the jumps:
docs.google.com/document/d/13HenHN3IA2mQih2k8Ve_VZdK-yIoX8fnXB2g2eMaZGM/edit
Basically, press A in middair and start a spin 3 to 6 frames later. After a successful jump, you can spin again for another jump and keep chaining spins and jumps indefinitely.
This doesn't sound very difficult except for a few complications:
1. If you miss the proper timing for an A press, you won't be able to spin again.
2. A midair jump tends to restart the spin so what looks like a single spin is actually 2 or even 3 consecutive spins. I've seen a spin restart between 1 to 11 frames after the start of the original spin. Given condition 1, I need to press A with the proper timing for all 2 or 3 spins per shake if I want another chance at a jump, and this Star requires an additional shake to reach.
3. An A press cannot be earlier than 1 frame before a previous spin. That means a spin cannot restart in 1 frame, which tends to happen if I shake the nunchuck too hard. Generally, the weaker I shake, the later a spin restarts and is more likely to restart only once rather than twice. Shaking too lightly, though, delays the start of the spin or doesn't cause a spin at all.
My method for attempting these jumps was to lightly shake the nunchuck and press A 2 or 3 times as quickly as possible at the same time as the shake. I'm not sure if 2 or 3 presses is better, but I used 3 presses in my only successful attempt.
1:12 - A Stroll Down Rolling Lane - 51.80
I did this Star mainly as practice for GS3 and to see if I could get 51.xx.
