Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This trick skips the need to fight Bowser in Bowser in the Fire Sea in the 150 Star TAS. After collecting the red coin star and switch star we will just exit course. Overall the recent route changes will save about 50 seconds, and make the route way cooler!
We need to go upstairs 3 times in the TAS: once as Yoshi, once as Mario, and once as Luigi. This video shows how it will be done as Yoshi. For Mario and Luigi this same method could theoretically be used, but it will definitely be slower for Luigi and probably slower for Mario. For Luigi, we will use a clip in the JRB room (youtu.be/sLW1lRJKKwk), straight after doing JRB. With Mario we have three options: using the same clip as Yoshi, the same clip as Luigi, or the rabbit clip which is used in the most recent Any% TAS. The same clip as Luigi will probably be fastest, and would also be beneficial in a future Any% TAS instead of using the rabbit clip.
How this works is by jumping at the trapdoor in a certain fashion, it's possible to bypass the loading zone and land inside a small box-like area. It's also possible to just fall to your death. I jump before becoming trapped in the box and land on the seam, and then go along it all the way to the end of the room. Then a precise jump makes it into the loading zone behind the key door.
Yoshi can't triple jump high enough to do the clip that's done as Luigi, so that's why this trick is required.
This trick skips the need to fight Bowser in Bowser in the Fire Sea in the 150 Star TAS. After collecting the red coin star and switch star we will just exit course. Overall the recent route changes will save about 50 seconds, and make the route way cooler!
We need to go upstairs 3 times in the TAS: once as Yoshi, once as Mario, and once as Luigi. This video shows how it will be done as Yoshi. For Mario and Luigi this same method could theoretically be used, but it will definitely be slower for Luigi and probably slower for Mario. For Luigi, we will use a clip in the JRB room (youtu.be/sLW1lRJKKwk), straight after doing JRB. With Mario we have three options: using the same clip as Yoshi, the same clip as Luigi, or the rabbit clip which is used in the most recent Any% TAS. The same clip as Luigi will probably be fastest, and would also be beneficial in a future Any% TAS instead of using the rabbit clip.
How this works is by jumping at the trapdoor in a certain fashion, it's possible to bypass the loading zone and land inside a small box-like area. It's also possible to just fall to your death. I jump before becoming trapped in the box and land on the seam, and then go along it all the way to the end of the room. Then a precise jump makes it into the loading zone behind the key door.
Yoshi can't triple jump high enough to do the clip that's done as Luigi, so that's why this trick is required.
