Iwer Sonsch | SM64: Warp in WF - Blindfolded Capless Cannonless Coinscoreless @iwersonsch5131 | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 13 minutes ago.
The beginning part is pretty easy. I had a bit of trouble getting to the warp itself, but that's probably just me.
Recently, Bubzia's chat saw the topic of 70 star CCC, and we concluded that it would be ridiculously infeasible if the run forcibly died the instant a coin is touched (Remember that in Blindfolded, you can't see whether you're in a slightly wrong position and about to touch a coin).
In addition, there are only 81 theoretically possible and only 72-77 RTA-viable stars, and the additional restriction of blindfolded gameplay would most likely put the challenge completely off-limits.
So instead, we came up with CCC*, with the C* meaning coinscoreless: Don't save a nonzero coin score, and you must save at 70 stars.
This means that a runner could hear that they accidentally collected a coin and simply exit the course, or they could reset the game if they hear a coin count up after collecting a star.
This variation also unlocks up to 6 red coin stars in side courses (BitDW, BitFS, WC, MC, VC, SA). However, collecting all 8 red coins in TotWC without a wingcap refill seems far off-limits for Blindfolded, and so the variation only adds 5 extra stars in practice.
Here's a spreadsheet estimating how much difficulty the CCC* challenge adds for each star in the game, excluding 100c stars for obvious reasons:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lTrJPJ17GJZ632EkAKkusaadCDndw67ubqcTrHl8P6o/edit?usp=sharing
The beginning part is pretty easy. I had a bit of trouble getting to the warp itself, but that's probably just me.
Recently, Bubzia's chat saw the topic of 70 star CCC, and we concluded that it would be ridiculously infeasible if the run forcibly died the instant a coin is touched (Remember that in Blindfolded, you can't see whether you're in a slightly wrong position and about to touch a coin).
In addition, there are only 81 theoretically possible and only 72-77 RTA-viable stars, and the additional restriction of blindfolded gameplay would most likely put the challenge completely off-limits.
So instead, we came up with CCC*, with the C* meaning coinscoreless: Don't save a nonzero coin score, and you must save at 70 stars.
This means that a runner could hear that they accidentally collected a coin and simply exit the course, or they could reset the game if they hear a coin count up after collecting a star.
This variation also unlocks up to 6 red coin stars in side courses (BitDW, BitFS, WC, MC, VC, SA). However, collecting all 8 red coins in TotWC without a wingcap refill seems far off-limits for Blindfolded, and so the variation only adds 5 extra stars in practice.
Here's a spreadsheet estimating how much difficulty the CCC* challenge adds for each star in the game, excluding 100c stars for obvious reasons:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lTrJPJ17GJZ632EkAKkusaadCDndw67ubqcTrHl8P6o/edit?usp=sharing
![[TAS] Marios Vacation Course: Surfboardless, Cannonless, Exitless (SCE) - 5:01.10](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a_g9w4aqoLA/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Marios Vacation Course: Surfboardless, Cannonless, Exitless (SCE) - 5:01.10
Collecting all 30 stars in Marios Vacation Course (MVC) by Reonu without using a surfboard, the cannon, or pause exiting. This video is TAS.
It can be easily figured that Marios Vacation Course can be beaten without Start or L presses, as the only Start press to select a file can be replaced with an A or B press, and the only L press activates speedrun mode, which shouldnt be required for anything in this route. I find SCE more interesting, though, as it is more fast-paced.
The hardest required jump by far appears to be the triplejump wallkick at 4:18. It felt easier to gwk than wallkick there, and you need a triplejump to be able to wallkick high enough (since other moves dont bonk until youre too low to ledgegrab). I havent been able to find a different way of making this work, though there probably are harder options like 20-50 firsties in a row or maybe dying without landing in the alcove.
There are two major routing mistakes in the run: Not collecting 2 more coins in the red coin area, and leaving the star on top of the tower for the revisit. Each of these mistakes probably lose around 5 seconds.
At 1:48, I abuse the code that cancels triplejump in order to instantly turn around while keeping my speed. I could have used this trick earlier in the run as well, but I didnt know about it until I got to this point.
Rerecords: 10406 including the earlier TASes.")
![[BSvol1] Burning Radiant Peaks (SM74EE C13 buff) - Savestateless](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bdiJ1yFHuBE/hqdefault.jpg "[BSvol1] Burning Radiant Peaks (SM74EE C13 buff) - Savestateless
I redid this as a singlestar the same day: https://youtu.be/AiA5VCQh-SI
Came back while katze was on his successful attempt (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2037015200?t=00h10m26s ).
My favourite full kaizo star by a good margin. Every jump is fair and not too precise, but every jump contributes meaningfully to the difficulty of the star.
This makes it by far the densest list star that I have done, reaching tier 3 difficulty with only 6-7 minutes of jumps.
I could call the star a bit linear, with a clearly most efficient route, but there are tons of slower options as well.
The main thing that I noticed at the start of the grind was that I had to memorize the steepnesses of different slopes with the same texture, and know which I could stand on, which would give me steep jumps etc.
I didnt keep track of the grind length but I guess it was probably about 15-ish hours.
Shoutouts to MorningStorm for delivering the best of the best once again, and to Lugmillord for providing the baseline model.")
![[Partial] SM64: HMC100 route idea for Blindfolded](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bjUDKbpEZuc/hqdefault.jpg "[Partial] SM64: HMC100 route idea for Blindfolded
After reds, you find this door. Then you do this movement. Then you clip through the elevator to get to the lake.
This lets you collect the 100 coin star before dealing with the rolling rocks, and spawn it in a convenient place (on the ground, right under Mario).")
