nemi43 | Some Sky Station 1 notes @nemi43 | Uploaded 10 years ago | Updated 6 hours ago
0:14 - On top of Yoshi's house, standing still after talking to the Luma shortens the Launch Star pause by about half a second. Normally, the camera pans to the Launch Star and then pans back to Mario, but standing still prevents the movement back to Mario. For some reason, this does not work in Sky Station 2, even though the first Launch Star appears in a similar way.
0:33 - The homing ground-pound on the second planet saves about 10 to 15 frames...and it's totally worth it. It's necessary to pause the Luma with a spin in order to set up the ground-pound before the Luma transforms, but the ground-pound saves time even with the pause. The Luma appears earlier if Mario's wall-jump was angled further away from the camera, but the ground-pound can be set up in the same way even if the Luma appears earlier.
In all seriousness, this is probably an IL-only strat, but I feel like it can be made somewhat consistent with practice.
0:52 - Getting a smooth long-jump through the Medal like this is easier the earlier you reach this planet. At the beginning of the jump, I hold NNE on the analog stick, and then hold straight East after getting the Medal.
If you have trouble reaching the planet early enough, it can help to look away from this planet while waiting for the Luma to transform on top of Yoshi's house. While waiting, turn around and enter first-person view. The shorter Launch Star pause should still work.
In-game time was 1:51.01. A run from a new file would be 1 or 2 seconds longer because of the Comet Medal message.
0:14 - On top of Yoshi's house, standing still after talking to the Luma shortens the Launch Star pause by about half a second. Normally, the camera pans to the Launch Star and then pans back to Mario, but standing still prevents the movement back to Mario. For some reason, this does not work in Sky Station 2, even though the first Launch Star appears in a similar way.
0:33 - The homing ground-pound on the second planet saves about 10 to 15 frames...and it's totally worth it. It's necessary to pause the Luma with a spin in order to set up the ground-pound before the Luma transforms, but the ground-pound saves time even with the pause. The Luma appears earlier if Mario's wall-jump was angled further away from the camera, but the ground-pound can be set up in the same way even if the Luma appears earlier.
In all seriousness, this is probably an IL-only strat, but I feel like it can be made somewhat consistent with practice.
0:52 - Getting a smooth long-jump through the Medal like this is easier the earlier you reach this planet. At the beginning of the jump, I hold NNE on the analog stick, and then hold straight East after getting the Medal.
If you have trouble reaching the planet early enough, it can help to look away from this planet while waiting for the Luma to transform on top of Yoshi's house. While waiting, turn around and enter first-person view. The shorter Launch Star pause should still work.
In-game time was 1:51.01. A run from a new file would be 1 or 2 seconds longer because of the Comet Medal message.
