Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This skip, in conjuction with Gate Skip found today by SolidifiedGaming (youtube.com/watch?v=xNLtC1URKsw), makes it possible to go straight from getting the ball ability to the final bosses of the game. Gate Skip saved about an hour on its own, skipping Thwomp Volcano, Thwomp Caverns, Mothership, Toad Town, Star Hill and Star Shrine. However, Gritzy Desert, the Koopaseum and Gritzy Caves still needed to be completed to get both the baby spin and baby cake abilities. This skip cuts out the need for those abilities, allowing Gritzy Desert, the Koopaseum and Gritzy Caves to also be skipped.
Both this skip and Gate Skip use a new trick called ball clipping, also found by SolidifiedGaming. This works by facing away from a wall, either to the left or the right, and then entering ball form. There are very few places this actually works, as the type of corner needed is weird and not quite understood, but the clip is first shown at 0:25 when I do Gate Skip. The next part of the video is pretty standard, until taking the blue pipe into the main castle area. The fastest route here uses baby cakes and baby spin twice (youtube.com/watch?v=6J6KXv-ZDhY). Even with the new glitch, there is no way to get past the platform that the 2nd baby spin is used to overcome. However, the previous route for this area only used them each once, to get up a single ledge (youtube.com/watch?v=E26Sdel9-Y0). I essentially follow this slightly slower route, but use a ball clip in place of a baby spin at 2:04 in my video. By then picking up the babies from Out of Bounds they can access the high ledge, and from there take a path to the button that allows Mario & Luigi to access one of the two pairs of blocks that needs to be hit. From here the route is pretty much the same as the 1 baby spin route.
Gate Skip was originally estimated to save an hour, and this additional skip should about 35 minutes. However, the final boss will be unbelievably difficult, along with being a lot slower, due to extreme under-levelling. The time save will still be over an hour by a good margin, but some detours may be required to get good gear and/or items. The TAS will also lose time on the final boss but less detours should be required, if any, and it will hopefully be a little under the 2 hour mark!
This skip, in conjuction with Gate Skip found today by SolidifiedGaming (youtube.com/watch?v=xNLtC1URKsw), makes it possible to go straight from getting the ball ability to the final bosses of the game. Gate Skip saved about an hour on its own, skipping Thwomp Volcano, Thwomp Caverns, Mothership, Toad Town, Star Hill and Star Shrine. However, Gritzy Desert, the Koopaseum and Gritzy Caves still needed to be completed to get both the baby spin and baby cake abilities. This skip cuts out the need for those abilities, allowing Gritzy Desert, the Koopaseum and Gritzy Caves to also be skipped.
Both this skip and Gate Skip use a new trick called ball clipping, also found by SolidifiedGaming. This works by facing away from a wall, either to the left or the right, and then entering ball form. There are very few places this actually works, as the type of corner needed is weird and not quite understood, but the clip is first shown at 0:25 when I do Gate Skip. The next part of the video is pretty standard, until taking the blue pipe into the main castle area. The fastest route here uses baby cakes and baby spin twice (youtube.com/watch?v=6J6KXv-ZDhY). Even with the new glitch, there is no way to get past the platform that the 2nd baby spin is used to overcome. However, the previous route for this area only used them each once, to get up a single ledge (youtube.com/watch?v=E26Sdel9-Y0). I essentially follow this slightly slower route, but use a ball clip in place of a baby spin at 2:04 in my video. By then picking up the babies from Out of Bounds they can access the high ledge, and from there take a path to the button that allows Mario & Luigi to access one of the two pairs of blocks that needs to be hit. From here the route is pretty much the same as the 1 baby spin route.
Gate Skip was originally estimated to save an hour, and this additional skip should about 35 minutes. However, the final boss will be unbelievably difficult, along with being a lot slower, due to extreme under-levelling. The time save will still be over an hour by a good margin, but some detours may be required to get good gear and/or items. The TAS will also lose time on the final boss but less detours should be required, if any, and it will hopefully be a little under the 2 hour mark!
