Uploaded July 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This strat is only possible on the second revision of SM64DS, v1.1, and the PAL version. This is because of how bouncing on enemies works: on v1.0 you will continue doing the action you were already doing after a bounce, e.g long jumping onto an enemy means you will stay in the long jump animation after bouncing. On v1.1 and PAL, you will always be set to a state as if you had just done a regular jump. This state is necessary to do this star in 0.5 B presses.
To do this I begin by entering the stage as Luigi, and holding B. I collect the Wario cap and make my way down to the room where the star is. This is all fairly self-explanatory. Then after entering the room I take damage from the scuttlebug so I am now Luigi.
The next part of this route is possible thanks to a new glitch I found today, which I am naming the Enemy Respawn Glitch. If you kill the scuttlebug right after it spawns, then a weird glitch happens. When it next respawns, its hitbox will also be present at your current position. If you are travelling downwards as this happens then you are able to bounce on the scuttlebug, but otherwise you will be hit by it. Unfortunately I have not found a way to chain this glitch to allow you to bounce upwards infinitely, and it is limited to one bounce at a different location.
I kill the scuttlebug that has already spawned using a slidekick, and then time my recover so that I land on the next scuttlebug right as it spawns. Now I have to get as far as possible while making sure I am moving downwards when the next scuttlebug spawns, and without releasing B. Luigi is necessary to do this: his flutter means that I can delay my kick so that I don't quite hit the ground before the scuttlebug respawns. As any other character there is no way to get to the middle platform or further and then bounce on the scuttlebug. After bouncing on the scuttlebug I flutter for a little bit and then release B to dive to the platform with the star.
The previous record for this star was 1 B press, using Luigi's backflip to clear both gaps.
If you want to see more B Button Challenge videos, then you should check out this channel, which has most of the stars done: youtube.com/channel/UCg_BpkqF9ANYYcXQ8FZXGhA
For anyone wondering, the current 150 Star B Press Total (allowing any version to be used for each star) is 68 B presses. The total only sticking to one version is 69 B presses, on the PAL version and also on the 1.1 revision.
This strat is only possible on the second revision of SM64DS, v1.1, and the PAL version. This is because of how bouncing on enemies works: on v1.0 you will continue doing the action you were already doing after a bounce, e.g long jumping onto an enemy means you will stay in the long jump animation after bouncing. On v1.1 and PAL, you will always be set to a state as if you had just done a regular jump. This state is necessary to do this star in 0.5 B presses.
To do this I begin by entering the stage as Luigi, and holding B. I collect the Wario cap and make my way down to the room where the star is. This is all fairly self-explanatory. Then after entering the room I take damage from the scuttlebug so I am now Luigi.
The next part of this route is possible thanks to a new glitch I found today, which I am naming the Enemy Respawn Glitch. If you kill the scuttlebug right after it spawns, then a weird glitch happens. When it next respawns, its hitbox will also be present at your current position. If you are travelling downwards as this happens then you are able to bounce on the scuttlebug, but otherwise you will be hit by it. Unfortunately I have not found a way to chain this glitch to allow you to bounce upwards infinitely, and it is limited to one bounce at a different location.
I kill the scuttlebug that has already spawned using a slidekick, and then time my recover so that I land on the next scuttlebug right as it spawns. Now I have to get as far as possible while making sure I am moving downwards when the next scuttlebug spawns, and without releasing B. Luigi is necessary to do this: his flutter means that I can delay my kick so that I don't quite hit the ground before the scuttlebug respawns. As any other character there is no way to get to the middle platform or further and then bounce on the scuttlebug. After bouncing on the scuttlebug I flutter for a little bit and then release B to dive to the platform with the star.
The previous record for this star was 1 B press, using Luigi's backflip to clear both gaps.
If you want to see more B Button Challenge videos, then you should check out this channel, which has most of the stars done: youtube.com/channel/UCg_BpkqF9ANYYcXQ8FZXGhA
For anyone wondering, the current 150 Star B Press Total (allowing any version to be used for each star) is 68 B presses. The total only sticking to one version is 69 B presses, on the PAL version and also on the 1.1 revision.
![Not the Robots - Campaign Speedrun in 9:49 [WR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ySL968_9Awg/mqdefault.jpg "Not the Robots - Campaign Speedrun in 9:49 [WR]
First ever sub 10!
4-2 was horrible, but the rest of the run was pretty great. I probably wont try to improve this until the speedrun patch comes out: Ill do Max Difficulty or No Damage runs until then.
Previous PB (10:34): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_qpsvdWvEw")
