Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Noticed this bug a couple days ago, it doesn't have many truly practical uses, but it's fun to be able to escape the elevator. The Shuriken grab jump-off at the start isn't necessary, I just wanted to get rid of the sprite.

Best uses I could find were that it's a lower risk way to go through the elevator, and that you can farm the lights for XP, though you probably don't need it that much at this point.

Quick how-to:
1) Reach Round 4 elevator, be Guy
1a) Wrong guy? Game over and pick Guy
2) Walk down to hug the wall, perform two somersault kicks
2a) B-press combo requires hitting enemies
2b) Tornado Kick requires at least LV 4
2c) Backflip charge kick can work but can't be "stacked" due to the backflip
3) Walk off either side of the elevator, DO NOT press Up/Down until you're fully off the elevator

As far as I know, this trick can be performed *only* by Guy. His somersault kick causes him to step down a pixel every two kicks -- sometimes just one, depending on number shenanigans, but it's safer to always do two. You can't phase through walls, but normally when you move down, the game always keeps a single pixel gap between you and the south edge of the ground. That tiny misalignment is what lets you avoid the ledge trigger.

Most sprites in the game are basically just enemies, including the GO icon. That's why you can bust up the floor indicator and the elevator lights on the right (only). You can only throw the lights, trying to knee despawns it, which doesn't count for progress.

The way the elevator counts progress is strange. The elevator has a total of 13 enemies, but smacking down even *one* knife thrown by a Tequila reduces it to 12. For every 5 broken objects, the floor goes down by one, meaning breaking a total of 21 knives or elevator objects (incl. floor indicator) skips all but the starting Serge and Tequila.

If you're directly under the walkable floor, doing a Super Kick or a somersault kick will get you stuck in an endless animation, the only way out of it is by getting hit by an enemy (impossible if Super Kick), or collecting the Shuriken. I included the combo you can do off the Tornado Kick (1:15) because it's interesting how you can do the backflip charge kick from the Shuriken grab. Also it looked sick as hell.

Chapters
0:00 Elevator bug
1:15 Shuriken grab combo
1:23 Infinite Super Kick