MCMoo Shroo | Ness within seconds of learning about The Runaway Five @mcmooshroo2974 | Uploaded 3 months ago | Updated 1 hour ago
Thank you Earthbound Wiki for having clean transparent sprites for everything, and thank you Nemi for making a no-commentary Earthbound Walkthrough 14 years ago lol
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"Ness, head towards Saturn Valley"
"Okay!"
"What do you see?"
"Oooooh it's a Phase Distorter"
"Yes this is your transport to the Cave To The Past. Hop inside Ness."
"Okay!"
"Are you in the past?"
"Yes"
"OK enter a battle Ness. Is there anybody on the overworld?"
"Yes there's a 1994 Earthbound Octahedron"
"Ok this is very important Ness. I-I need to check, is that enemy a reskin of the Kraken of the Sea from before?"
"Oh my god it is!"
"Jessica this is very important, I need you to use Jeff's Spy ability for me"
"Why?"
"Just use Jeff's Spy ability for me"
"WHY?"
"USE JEFF'S SPY ABILITY FOR ME!"
"OH MY GOD!"
"What is it Ness?"
"OH MY GOOOOD!"
"NESS!"
"IT'S A 1/128, +100 OFFENSE, +127 GUTS 15/16 ACCURACY GUTSY BAT!"
Thank you Earthbound Wiki for having clean transparent sprites for everything, and thank you Nemi for making a no-commentary Earthbound Walkthrough 14 years ago lol
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"Ness, head towards Saturn Valley"
"Okay!"
"What do you see?"
"Oooooh it's a Phase Distorter"
"Yes this is your transport to the Cave To The Past. Hop inside Ness."
"Okay!"
"Are you in the past?"
"Yes"
"OK enter a battle Ness. Is there anybody on the overworld?"
"Yes there's a 1994 Earthbound Octahedron"
"Ok this is very important Ness. I-I need to check, is that enemy a reskin of the Kraken of the Sea from before?"
"Oh my god it is!"
"Jessica this is very important, I need you to use Jeff's Spy ability for me"
"Why?"
"Just use Jeff's Spy ability for me"
"WHY?"
"USE JEFF'S SPY ABILITY FOR ME!"
"OH MY GOD!"
"What is it Ness?"
"OH MY GOOOOD!"
"NESS!"
"IT'S A 1/128, +100 OFFENSE, +127 GUTS 15/16 ACCURACY GUTSY BAT!"
![SMG2: Freezy Flake Galaxy - Sorbettis Chilly Reception (0.5x A Presses) [L] {Spliced}](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nhZrT8BJKfU/hqdefault.jpg "SMG2: Freezy Flake Galaxy - Sorbettis Chilly Reception (0.5x A Presses) [L] {Spliced}
Another spliced video between me and Purplesun. His channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyxsDlkuNy-MCPEuXIi7lGg and his original video of the star grab can is https://youtu.be/kWvUFEBY5tA
This star is pretty much the same as the intended route. Some of the higher up starchips can be snagged by shaking with the rock mushroom, as it gives lurches you upward a little bit.
On the second planet, I take extra caution to avoid the coins. Upon returning to Starship Mario, coins you end the level with are tallied, forcing a menuing/meta A press. Of course, we want to avoid this, either by just avoiding coins or by dying and respawning past them.
Also, turns out Sorbetti is free if you learn him.
Anyway, it looks like Purplesun crouch spins against the tree, which gives him a little bit of height. Using this height, he then spins once as to not suddenly slide off the steep slope of snow surrounding the sterile sapling that Sorbetti serendipitously spared smashing. (Well, not really serendipitously, I intentionally moved around him in such a way to make sure he never crushed these trees). Then by falling back down and sliding backward off this small slope (remember, the bros move faster backward), he quickly moves in the direction of the star while. More importantly, he is also still airborne and able to do an a-button-enhanced airspin (which is higher than a normal airspin. This is considered a 0.5x A press, as the A button is held all the way from the star selection screen until the dialogue boxes upon returning to Starship Mario.) and grab the star. This stage-specific trick is only doable as Luigi as of now.")
![[TAS] SMG2: Fluffy Bluff GS1 (0.5x A Presses) [L]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nl71VLBCPdY/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Fluffy Bluff GS1 (0.5x A Presses) [L]
For some reason, creating a cloud and falling backward off it (without touching down on it) lets you got really far backward. It seems you have to be traveling perpendicular from the camera though.
As you may have expected, this trick was discovered by our boy Annoying. What a guy.")
![[TAS] Yoshi Star Galaxy - Saddle Up With Yoshi (0x A Presses) [M]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oDwTyycRkYw/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Yoshi Star Galaxy - Saddle Up With Yoshi (0x A Presses) [M]
Shoutouts to SaladBowl for figuring out how to this stage and explaining it to me. Absolute Chad.
Ignore the weird movement from 2:50 to 3:07. I was trying to launch from the spring onto Yoshis Egg and start a triple bounce onto the small brown planet. I was unable to get it, sadly, and overwrote all my savestates before 2:58, hence the going back and forth from the spring to the grassy area.
This trick would have saved the second of three required damage boosts, therefore saving the death in this stage.")
![SMG2: Flipsville Galaxy - Flipsville’s New Digs (1x A Press) [M] {Spliced}](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ov0UGaSr_qc/hqdefault.jpg "SMG2: Flipsville Galaxy - Flipsville’s New Digs (1x A Press) [M] {Spliced}
Imagine dying to a fuzzy after collecting 4 silver stars and having to splice your run")
