Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This setup is specifically meant for 8-2 for whenever the player does NOT have any enemies spawned from 8-1.

If you have more than enough time on the clock, then the best thing you can do is going in the coin cache pipe in 8-1, skip stomping/killing enemies through the rest of 8-1, and then following either of the two routes in 8-2 (as shown in the video).

One route skips the warp pipe, although you will spawn Lakitus in 8-3 this way. I made a pretty difficult jump in order to skip stomping the last two Goombas, but either these or the last Buzzy Beetle might be the key here if you want to kick a few in 8-3 if you don't have much time or if your Hammer Bro. cycle is the absolute worst.
The other route requires the player to take the coin cache in 8-2. This is pretty golden as you don't spawn Lakitu in 8-2 as he will disappear.

Both routes can be done consistently! The reason why I waited a little bit at the beginning is for the Fire Flower setup; if you hold the run button while spawning in 8-2, you still shoot a fireball and you WILL kill the first Paratroopa with it. Waiting a second seems to do the trick here, as you throw the fireball underneath the Paratroopa AND you'll be able to run underneath it. Staircase is dirt easy, it's an absolute crime with how consistent this whole setup is.

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