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I collect the star Plunder in the Sunken Ship in Jolly Roger Bay using 0 A presses.
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I collected this star in 0.5 A presses. You can find that video here: http://youtu.be/enTbj3rTPkQ. At that time, I believed it to be impossible to simply fall down into the star, because I couldn't get enough horizontal mobility doing so. But since then, Plush worked out a way to collect the star without needing the AB kick that comes from holding down A. I'm not sure what I overlooked the first time exactly, but as Plush showed me, simply falling down from this spot in the ship allows Mario to get to the star using a ground pound.
If you're wondering what a half A press is, read this before commenting to ask. I use a special notation that allows for half A presses. Specifically, if you enter a level already holding the A button, then that A press only counts as half. It's actually pretty important to distinguish between the A button being PRESSED and the A button being HELD. While pressing A allows Mario to execute several kinds of jumps, the holding of A allows Mario to swim in water, do little kicks up slopes, grab the owl, and twirl slowly. So if a star requires the A button to be held, the pressing of the A button could have been done at some point in the past, and just held until that moment. For instance, let's say there are two stars: one that requires the A button to be pressed (x1 A presses), and another that only requires the A button to be held (0.5 A presses). Individually, these stars would both require a full A press. But if these stars were collected one after the other, then the A button could be pressed during the former, and held all the way through to the next star to be used in the latter. In this manner, these stars together would only use 1 A press, whereas they would take 2 A presses if done individually. So during a 120 star run, you would round these half A presses down, but on a star-by-star basis you would round them up.
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I collect the star Plunder in the Sunken Ship in Jolly Roger Bay using 0 A presses.
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I collected this star in 0.5 A presses. You can find that video here: http://youtu.be/enTbj3rTPkQ. At that time, I believed it to be impossible to simply fall down into the star, because I couldn't get enough horizontal mobility doing so. But since then, Plush worked out a way to collect the star without needing the AB kick that comes from holding down A. I'm not sure what I overlooked the first time exactly, but as Plush showed me, simply falling down from this spot in the ship allows Mario to get to the star using a ground pound.
If you're wondering what a half A press is, read this before commenting to ask. I use a special notation that allows for half A presses. Specifically, if you enter a level already holding the A button, then that A press only counts as half. It's actually pretty important to distinguish between the A button being PRESSED and the A button being HELD. While pressing A allows Mario to execute several kinds of jumps, the holding of A allows Mario to swim in water, do little kicks up slopes, grab the owl, and twirl slowly. So if a star requires the A button to be held, the pressing of the A button could have been done at some point in the past, and just held until that moment. For instance, let's say there are two stars: one that requires the A button to be pressed (x1 A presses), and another that only requires the A button to be held (0.5 A presses). Individually, these stars would both require a full A press. But if these stars were collected one after the other, then the A button could be pressed during the former, and held all the way through to the next star to be used in the latter. In this manner, these stars together would only use 1 A press, whereas they would take 2 A presses if done individually. So during a 120 star run, you would round these half A presses down, but on a star-by-star basis you would round them up.
ABC Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmvvhlevqC2d6vis077yFHuLJHYtTtqe_
ABC Routes: docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYnicrfKSIjao3Y1ZVl52RIyM/edit
![SM64 - Timed Jumps on Moving Bars - 4x A Presses [OUTDATED]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bfmYtMbZOFo/hqdefault.jpg "SM64 - Timed Jumps on Moving Bars - 4x A Presses [OUTDATED]
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I collect the star Timed Jumps on Moving Bars in Tick Tock Clock using 4 A presses. The A presses are as follows:
A Press #1: to jump onto the platform preceding the cogs with the bob-omb
A Press #2: to jump off of the pole
A Press #3: to jump onto one of the moving bars
A Press #4: to jump from that moving bar into the cage
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I collected this star in 5 A presses. You can find that video here: http://youtu.be/4NmiHECYtw8. Since then, I worked out a way to get from the up-and-down elevator to the pole platform without having to press A. Specifically, I bring a bob-omb all the way from its starting point to the elevator and collect its coin there to activate the 100 coin star. I then combine vertical speed conservation, a ground pound, and a star dance clip to get up to the pole platform.
So what is vertical speed conservation? When Mario does a dive recover and lands, the variable that maintains his vertical speed does NOT reset to zero. So, if Mario lands while he is falling, then this vertical speed will be negative. But if Mario lands while he is still ascending (as is the case when he dive recovers on a rising elevator), then this vertical speed will be positive. This vertical speed WILL reset to 0 if Mario moves at all, but punching and breakdancing will not affect it. Anyway, once Mario becomes airborne, then his vertical speed takes instant effect. So by storing a positive vertical speed and not resetting it, I am able to have Mario pop up when he punches his way off of the elevator. The reason I needed this vertical speed bounce instead of a regular dive recover is because Mario is able to ground pound with the former, and so the combined height advantages of vertical speed conservation, a ground pound, and a star dance clip were just enough to make it up to the pole platform.
So what is a star dance clip? The star dance clip is a technique where Mario collects a star, thereby allowing him to get onto ledges he wouldnt normally be able to get on. You see, when Mario collects a star, he enters a state where he is able to grab onto ledges. But when he grabs on in this state, instead of entering the grabbing on animation, he just appears at the top of the ledge and does his star dance.
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ABC Routes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYnicrfKSIjao3Y1ZVl52RIyM/edit")
![SM64 - Bowser in the Sky (with Red Coins) - 0x A Presses [OUTDATED]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bxr7eVEN0sY/hqdefault.jpg "SM64 - Bowser in the Sky (with Red Coins) - 0x A Presses [OUTDATED]
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I complete the level Bowser in the Sky while also collecting the red coin star using 0 A presses. For the record, this is tool assisted.
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I did this in 2 A presses. You can find that video here: http://youtu.be/cdznMRHbc8s. Since then, Tyler Kehne worked out an ingenious method to ascend the beginning steps without the need to press A. For the first two steps and the blue back-and-forth platform, Mario uses a technique called the 207 dive recover. Essentially, the walls of these platforms push Mario outwards, but these walls are misaligned with their floor at the corners. Therefore, Mario can do a dive recover into this 1x1 unit misalignment, allowing him to get under the floor without being pushed away by the walls. The floor then clips Mario upwards onto it.
Now, heres where it gets interesting. The final step is 225 units high, so the 207 dive recover cant be used to clear it. And so, Mario must manipulate the chuckya above in order to have him fall down to lend Mario a helping hand getting up. In anticipation of viewers widespread confusion as to whats actually going on, Ive made a video detailing it here: http://youtu.be/opnLYxrVWMc. Ive included all relevant information in the description, so please refer to that before asking whats going on. Ive also filmed it from an alternative camera angle, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/s7-c10vezWQ.
Aside from A press improvements, there were also two significant time optimizations. The first optimization is for the goomba ladder that I use to avoid climbing the pole. By ground pounding at the peak of my bounce, I was able to cut out an entire layer from the goomba ladder, reducing the required number of goombas from 46 to 34. You can find my master table of goomba positions here: http://imgur.com/Z2FkeOS. The second optimization is for entering the warp pipe. I was able to do away with the goomba and bob-omb clones by simply using a 207 dive recover, since (like the platforms in the beginning) there is a 1x1 unit misalignment in one of the eight corners of the pipe.
.m64 stats:
Length: 57 minutes and 4 seconds
Re-records: 24925
Frames: 205437 (98156 input)
Time to Make: ~35 hours over the span of 3 days
The song I used was a remixed version of Sword Lords remix of the William tell Overture, which can be found at: http://youtu.be/P7svUxY2Gns.
ABC Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmvvhlevqC2d6vis077yFHuLJHYtTtqe_
ABC Routes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYnicrfKSIjao3Y1ZVl52RIyM/edit")
![SM64 - Eye to Eye in the Secret Room - 1x A Presses [OUTDATED]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cBpTJa1jTjE/hqdefault.jpg "SM64 - Eye to Eye in the Secret Room - 1x A Presses [OUTDATED]
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I collect the star Eye to Eye in the Secret Room using 1 A press. The A press is to jump from the 2nd floor to the 3rd floor, which also makes use of the bookends for 2 extra bounces.
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I collected this star in 2 A presses. You can find that video here: http://youtu.be/kVUcBcJpRa0. Since then, I was informed by Tyler Kehne of a glitch in which Mario is able to retain his vertical speed. You see, when Mario does a dive recover and lands, the variable that maintains his vertical speed does NOT reset to zero. So, if Mario lands while he is falling, then this vertical speed will be negative. But if Mario lands while he is still ascending (as is the case when he diver recovers on rising steps), then this vertical speed will be positive. This vertical speed WILL reset to 0 if Mario moves at all, but punching and breakdancing will not affect it. Anyway, once Mario becomes airborne, then his vertical speed takes instant effect. So by storing a positive vertical speed and not resetting it, I am able to have Mario pop up when he punches his way off of the top step, effectively getting onto the second floor.
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ABC Routes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYnicrfKSIjao3Y1ZVl52RIyM/edit")
![SM64 - Bowser in the Sky (with Red Coins) - 3x A Presses [OUTDATED]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cOYQ3n8IhP0/hqdefault.jpg "SM64 - Bowser in the Sky (with Red Coins) - 3x A Presses [OUTDATED]
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I complete the level Bowser in the Sky while also collecting the red coin star using 3 A presses. The A presses are as follows:
A press #1: to cross the first two gaps in the beginning platforms
A press #2: to cross the third gap in the beginning platforms
A press #3: to jump up to collect the red coin near the flame shooters
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I did this in 4 A presses. You can find that video here: http://youtu.be/AS8kl2AFO34. Since then, I figured out how to get past the tall pole without using an A press, namely by using several goomba clones to construct a goomba ladder. Though to do this, I did have to overcome a few challenges. The first challenge was cloning the goombas at all. You see, grabbing the bob-omb by holding it off the edge (as I do for the first clone) gives Mario VS9. There is almost no way to manipulate this VS# to be VS1-VS3 given the tiny space Mario has to work with. However, I worked out that I could grind on the edge (randomizing the first 8 VS#s, so it doesnt do anything by itself) while also collecting the bob-ombs coin (randomizing the first few VS#s), and so I was able to lower my VS# and clone a goomba. I could only use this method once (since the coin is gone afterwards), and so I place the goomba off the edge, so that in the future I can grab a fuseless fake bob-omb, giving me VS2 right off the bat, allowing for easy goomba cloning. The second challenge was fitting all the goomba hitboxes in the tiny space on top of the blue triangle. This required precise goomba placement, and so I used a spreadsheet to help position them all precisely, as can be seen here: http://imgur.com/a/TT7rP. The third challenge was not having the game freeze from having so many goomba clones on screen at once. I managed to avoid this by using specific, often inconvenient camera angles that avoided viewing all the goombas at once. Nevertheless, you can still see the HUD flicker at 4:19, since I made dust and had many goomba clones on screen at once, but luckily the HUD managed to recover.
On a separate note, I majorly improved upon the 61 goombas needed to get into the warp pipe at the end (or 63 goombas if you also collect the red coin). The first improvement was using the hitbox of the upper elevators axle to get off of it without needing a goomba bounce, as can be seen at 5:14. This reduced it from 61/63 goombas to 35/37. And then the second improvement was bringing a bob-omb to the end instead of 5 goomba clones. I am able to bring the bob-omb up the steps and use its expanding hitbox to clip me inside of the warp pipe. This reduced it once more, from 35/37 goombas to 11/13.
Note that this video is identical to its without-red-coins counterpart up until 7:32, at which point I suicide instead of defeating Bowser. It was necessary to enter Bowser and then suicide because that resets all the goomba clones on the course. You see, I had so many goomba clones above the blue triangle that the game would freeze if I tried to perform the goomba technique that I do at 8:07. Thus, it was necessary to reset the goombas. Then for my second go of the course, I only need 6 goomba clones (not 46) to get past the tall pole again, since I start out above it.
.m64 stats:
Length: 1 hour and 50.9 minutes
Re-records: 29454
The song I used was a remixed version of Sword Lords remix of the William tell Overture, which can be found at: http://youtu.be/P7svUxY2Gns.
ABC Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmvvhlevqC2d6vis077yFHuLJHYtTtqe_
ABC Routes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYnicrfKSIjao3Y1ZVl52RIyM/edit")
![SM64 - Big Boos Balcony - 2x A Presses [OUTDATED]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cWAMYv0e_kE/hqdefault.jpg "SM64 - Big Boos Balcony - 2x A Presses [OUTDATED]
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I collect the star Big Boos Balcony in Big Boos Haunt using 2 A presses. The first A press is to jump from the top of the staircase to the 2nd floor. The second A press is to jump from the 2nd floor to the 3rd floor, which also makes use of the bookends for 2 extra bounces.
This video is an improvement from my previous video, which you can find here: http://youtu.be/lxOeDjc60Xg. I didnt actually save any A presses since then - I just wanted to redo it in better quality since this is probably my favorite ABC star!
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ABC Routes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYnicrfKSIjao3Y1ZVl52RIyM/edit")
![SM64 - Bowser in the Sky (with Red Coins) - 2x A Presses [OUTDATED]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cdznMRHbc8s/hqdefault.jpg "SM64 - Bowser in the Sky (with Red Coins) - 2x A Presses [OUTDATED]
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http://youtu.be/bxr7eVEN0sY
I complete the level Bowser in the Sky while also collecting the red coin star using 2 A presses. The A presses are as follows:
A press #1: to cross the first two gaps in the beginning platforms
A press #2: to cross the third gap in the beginning platforms
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I did this in 3 A presses. You can find that video here: http://youtu.be/cOYQ3n8IhP0. Since then, I figured out how to collect the red coin near the flame throwers without using an A press, namely by having chuckya throw Mario into it. When I originally considered using chuckya, I declared it impossible because I didnt think there was any way to bring him across the gap or make him grab you near the red coin. However, I then realized that by grind-diving on the edge, Mario is able to generate great speed in only a couple frames, allowing him to catch up to chuckya before he hits the ground. This made it possible both to cross the gap and have chuckya grab Mario near the red coin.
Note: To avoid having to do redo the most of this route, this video is a hybrid of two videos, and I switch between them while climbing the tall pole (at 10:24). Nevertheless, the strategy I employ is completely possible to do in a single run.
.m64 stats:
Length: 1 hour and 55.9 minutes
Re-records: 32922
The song I used was a remixed version of Sword Lords remix of the William tell Overture, which can be found at: http://youtu.be/P7svUxY2Gns.
ABC Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmvvhlevqC2d6vis077yFHuLJHYtTtqe_
ABC Routes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYnicrfKSIjao3Y1ZVl52RIyM/edit")
