Uploaded June 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is a weird trick/glitch I found in Super Mario Galaxy 2 by accident.
And fortunately, later, I found how to replicate it ! It allows you to longjump out of the water :). Actually, the trick isn't hard to do, so that's nice. It's almost as easy to do than the infinite flutter glitch...
I'm going to explain how to do it, hoping it'll be clear enough.
How to do it : Press Z, immediatly swing your remote, and then press A.
Try to press Z and swing the remote almost at the same time. And of course you have to surface before pressing Z (otherwise the character dives).
Description of the video :
- The first three clips show how we could benefit from the trick. I mean, longjumping out of the water is certainly the faster way to reach the ground !
- The fourth clip just shows how easy the trick is. With more practice, I'm sure we could chain the longjumps faster. This clip also proves that the trick can be placed in human speedruns, even non-segmented, I think. It doesn't involve luck, but only training.
- Finally, the last clip comes from Super Mario Galaxy 1. So, yeah, the trick works in Mario Galaxy 1 too ! I also show how fast Lugi can longjump INSTEAD OF swimming.
Idea : Since Luigi swims fast in SMG1, I don't know if it would be faster to longjump instead of swimming... But still, in SMG2, Luigi doesn't swim very fast... So maybe what I show in this clip could be used in SMG2... I hope you see what I mean.
And by the way, I still think the longjumps can be chained faster.
The trick works with Mario as well (in both SMG1 and SMG2).
I usually play with Luigi because he has better jumps.
I also tried to backflip instead of longjumping but it seems impossible. Even with repositioning the stick to its center, the character always longjumps. However someone should try it, because it could be useful somewhere I hope. Also, a sideflip may be possible, but I don't know how (the character seems to ALWAYS longjump).
This is a weird trick/glitch I found in Super Mario Galaxy 2 by accident.
And fortunately, later, I found how to replicate it ! It allows you to longjump out of the water :). Actually, the trick isn't hard to do, so that's nice. It's almost as easy to do than the infinite flutter glitch...
I'm going to explain how to do it, hoping it'll be clear enough.
How to do it : Press Z, immediatly swing your remote, and then press A.
Try to press Z and swing the remote almost at the same time. And of course you have to surface before pressing Z (otherwise the character dives).
Description of the video :
- The first three clips show how we could benefit from the trick. I mean, longjumping out of the water is certainly the faster way to reach the ground !
- The fourth clip just shows how easy the trick is. With more practice, I'm sure we could chain the longjumps faster. This clip also proves that the trick can be placed in human speedruns, even non-segmented, I think. It doesn't involve luck, but only training.
- Finally, the last clip comes from Super Mario Galaxy 1. So, yeah, the trick works in Mario Galaxy 1 too ! I also show how fast Lugi can longjump INSTEAD OF swimming.
Idea : Since Luigi swims fast in SMG1, I don't know if it would be faster to longjump instead of swimming... But still, in SMG2, Luigi doesn't swim very fast... So maybe what I show in this clip could be used in SMG2... I hope you see what I mean.
And by the way, I still think the longjumps can be chained faster.
The trick works with Mario as well (in both SMG1 and SMG2).
I usually play with Luigi because he has better jumps.
I also tried to backflip instead of longjumping but it seems impossible. Even with repositioning the stick to its center, the character always longjumps. However someone should try it, because it could be useful somewhere I hope. Also, a sideflip may be possible, but I don't know how (the character seems to ALWAYS longjump).
