Really_Tall | Super Mario 64 DS - Star Cancel Glitch in THI @Really_Tall | Uploaded 8 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
This glitch allows you to collect the star Pluck the Piranha Flower in Tiny-Huge Island... without leaving the course!
Skipping the star collection animation has been known for a while, and is possible with most 100 coin stars, and one or two others (youtube.com/watch?v=H5EScIGcNPY). However, all the stars it was known you could do this with don't force you to exit the course. This one usually does since it's one of the seven main stars in THI, making the glitch a lot more significant here.
After doing this you can go and collect a different star, die, exit the course, or even collect this star again! In theory it should be possible to collect this star infinite times without exiting the course. It only counts towards your total the first time though :P
This glitch works by entering a loading zone while a star is in Yoshi's mouth. When you eat a star it appears above Yoshi's head after a set amount of time (and makes you fall straight down if you're in the air), and the glitch does not work in that state. This means you need to get to the loading zone quickly: it's possible to fall into the bottom of the pipe but have the star dance happen like normal if you are too slow.
To get enough backwards speed I do a sideflip that gets my speed to -108108, and then double jump while keeping that speed. Because of the star's placement I have to do the sideflip and the first jump before the star appears, otherwise I'll end up jumping into the star. To do this in time I kill the nearest pirahna last, and charge up my run by holding Y before I kill it, so I have high speed after the ground pound.
With all of the components of this trick taken into account, it will be very difficult for anyone to pull this off in real-time.
This trick will probably save time in the 150 Star TAS, but how much depends on the exact route the TAS takes (which I haven't seen yet).
Since you need to go to the 2nd floor as Yoshi for a star in Snowman's Land, the TAS could maybe do all of THI as Yoshi to utilise this glitch. Or possibly just do this star and then exit course to get back downstairs quickly. It depends.
I hope this description wasn't too long or boring, but I had a lot I wanted to cover!
This glitch allows you to collect the star Pluck the Piranha Flower in Tiny-Huge Island... without leaving the course!
Skipping the star collection animation has been known for a while, and is possible with most 100 coin stars, and one or two others (youtube.com/watch?v=H5EScIGcNPY). However, all the stars it was known you could do this with don't force you to exit the course. This one usually does since it's one of the seven main stars in THI, making the glitch a lot more significant here.
After doing this you can go and collect a different star, die, exit the course, or even collect this star again! In theory it should be possible to collect this star infinite times without exiting the course. It only counts towards your total the first time though :P
This glitch works by entering a loading zone while a star is in Yoshi's mouth. When you eat a star it appears above Yoshi's head after a set amount of time (and makes you fall straight down if you're in the air), and the glitch does not work in that state. This means you need to get to the loading zone quickly: it's possible to fall into the bottom of the pipe but have the star dance happen like normal if you are too slow.
To get enough backwards speed I do a sideflip that gets my speed to -108108, and then double jump while keeping that speed. Because of the star's placement I have to do the sideflip and the first jump before the star appears, otherwise I'll end up jumping into the star. To do this in time I kill the nearest pirahna last, and charge up my run by holding Y before I kill it, so I have high speed after the ground pound.
With all of the components of this trick taken into account, it will be very difficult for anyone to pull this off in real-time.
This trick will probably save time in the 150 Star TAS, but how much depends on the exact route the TAS takes (which I haven't seen yet).
Since you need to go to the 2nd floor as Yoshi for a star in Snowman's Land, the TAS could maybe do all of THI as Yoshi to utilise this glitch. Or possibly just do this star and then exit course to get back downstairs quickly. It depends.
I hope this description wasn't too long or boring, but I had a lot I wanted to cover!
