Iwer Sonsch | [Remake, segmented] TWDE: Wingcap skip for Any% (26-33 star) @iwersonsch5131 | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Skipping the wingcap in Bowser's Dreamy Promenade and removing the need for the wingcap switch for accessing the end of the game. This was already known about, but nobody seems to have uploaded a video demonstration of it, and there seems to have been some confusion about the difficulty of the skip.

The first-frame wallkick on the long fall can be skipped if your height isn't as abysmal as in my demo. However, controlling your position on these wallkicks can be pretty difficult so this is definitely a very advanced strat.
The angles should be consistent, though, as long as you wallkick the exact same walls the exact same number of times as me.

Since the wingcap switch is locked behind 38 stars (and a tricky arch wallkick) and the path to the end of the game is only locked behind a 33 star door, this already lowers the minimum star count by 5 stars just on its own.

Separately, a light chuckya clip through one of the 33 star doors to course 7 had already been demonstrated in a Theory TAS by ShiN3 (youtu.be/au1njOW2Nhs ). Together, these strats lower the star count to the 26 stars required for the metal cap.

Done in 5 savestates because I didn't go for a lower savestate count.