Practical TAS | SSBM Break The Targets [TAS]: Link [3.46] [New Strat, Ties Former WR] @PracticalTAS | Uploaded December 2015 | Updated October 2024, 47 minutes ago.
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This video is tool-assisted: it was created by advancing the game one frame at a time and performing every input exactly as desired, then playing back the same input stream at 60 fps.

I tried so hard to replicate Zampa's old strategy of bouncing the bomb off the arrow (youtube.com/watch?v=ej6c2VVoHuw) but absolutely could not get the right bounce. I got so fed up that I decided to do it a different way, and the end result tied his record.

I think the input and physics displays are behind by a frame, maybe 2. Dolphin is dumb.

The first number at the bottom is Link's x-coordinate. See how it pauses at 4.94 when Link lands around 0:03? I would've needed to land at 4.5 or less (that is, a tiny bit more to the left) at the same time in order to get a time of 3.45 seconds. Unfortunately, there's no way to land further to the left without the first boomerang missing the target in the top right corner or the bomb missing its targets.