Noki Doki | Super Mario Sunshine EYG Segment in 1:54.63 (Community Gold) @NokiDoki | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Unusual platform ride
Stream highlight: twitch.tv/videos/1453335615
Previous community gold: 1:54.97 by me (youtube.com/watch?v=P93juiiNi_Y)
Unusual platform ride
Stream highlight: twitch.tv/videos/1453335615
Previous community gold: 1:54.97 by me (youtube.com/watch?v=P93juiiNi_Y)
![The Watermelon Festival – 0x A Presses [Ø]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YDMs5ej0wcE/hqdefault.jpg "The Watermelon Festival – 0x A Presses [Ø]
I collect the Gelato 8 Shine without pressing the A button or using F.L.U.D.D. at all.
First, we need to get some Cataquacks out of the way by luring them into the water. See, a Cataquack will stop chasing Mario if he enters a body of water (among other conditions that are irrelevant in this case), but as long as it is chasing Mario, it will always go towards him in a straight line, regardless of any obstacles. I take advantage of this behavior by running around the corners of the bridge. The Cataquacks don’t follow me around the edge and run straight into the water.
Once that is done, I run up the hill to get the big watermelon, push it down the slope with enough speed to skip the upper section of the beach, and get it to the cabana.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Sandy Shine Sprite – 0x A Presses [S]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z_-l_e87A84/hqdefault.jpg "Sandy Shine Sprite – 0x A Presses [S]
I collect the Gelato 10 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Spray Nozzle.
The bottom of the hill’s slope isn’t slippery for some reason, so I just run there and find a place where I can spray the dune bud and the wall, then spam-dive up the hill to grab the Shine.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Petey Piranha Strikes Back – 0x A Presses [S]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_2Vrx8dVsoA/hqdefault.jpg "Petey Piranha Strikes Back – 0x A Presses [S]
I collect the Bianco 5 Shine without the A button, using only the Spray Nozzle.
Contrary to any playthrough of this Shine ever, you want Petey to start a tornado before anything else, so you can get in a high place and later ground pound him, and I was only able to do that in the spot near the Hover Nozzle Box. So its mostly just about waiting for Petey...
The editing isnt great but I dont have time to fix it so sorry about that.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Uncork the Waterfall – 9x A Presses [S]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_5TD-v_7IpY/hqdefault.jpg "Uncork the Waterfall – 9x A Presses [S]
I collect the Noki 1 Shine by pressing the A button 9 times, using only the Spray Nozzle.
So I was wondering how many A presses it would take to beat the game hoverless. I talked about it with the rest of the ABC crew, and we quickly came to the conclusion that most levels would require pretty low amounts… except for Noki Bay. It’s the biggest A press sink in any%, it’s all about climbing up, and if you can get to the other nozzles you’ve already had to climb all the way up. Basically it’s Sunshine’s equivalent to SM64’s Tick Tock Clock.
So yeah, currently Noki 1 hoverless takes 9 A presses, although I feel like the last one can be saved.
This video is TAS, played on Dolphin 5.0 with the PAL version of the game.
Rerecords: 161")
![Red Coins of the Dirty Lake – 0x A Presses [H]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_ArAP1WTbDg/hqdefault.jpg "Red Coins of the Dirty Lake – 0x A Presses [H]
I collect the Bianco 10 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Hover Nozzle.
Since the Hover Nozzle is required to reach the Shine anyway, I use it to help with the movement, both inside and outside the secret area. Pressing the red switch really is the toughest challenge to overcome this time, as I collect the 8 red coins with about 20 seconds to spare.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Bianco Hills 100 coins – 0x A Presses [S]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_KBXd3iAC4M/hqdefault.jpg "Bianco Hills 100 coins – 0x A Presses [S]
I collect the 100 coin Shine for Bianco Hills without pressing the A button, using only the Spray Nozzle.
There are more than enough coins that can be easily obtained without A or the Hover Nozzle in the main area, but the Shine spawns on a fairly high platform that can hardly be reached, even with the Hover Nozzle.
But what if we could spawn the Shine somewhere else? Well, we can! Entering a sublevel doesn’t reset the coin count, so we can collect almost 100 coins, then get the remaining coins in a sublevel, hopefully spawning the Shine in a more convenient place.
Unfortunately, the Bianco 3 secret area is unsuitable because barely any of it is available hoverless and without A, and so is the Bianco 6 secret area, because there are no coins in it. However, the first Petey boss fight takes place inside the windmill, which counts as a sublevel, is entirely navigable within our constraints, and Petey’s Goop sometimes spawns Piranha Plants, which can be killed for 3 coins each!
So I collect 97 coins in the main area, stun a Pondskater in a strategic spot, ground pound a lilypad, dive from it as it bobs out of the water for extra height, bounce off the stunned Pondskater onto the windmill, ride the platforms up to Petey, let him spit out Goop, kill a Piranha Plant, get all three of its coins, and collect the Shine as it spawns just above the ground. (And it’s still faster than my Bianco 5 video!)
The Pondskater movement is inspired by Venick409’s Bianco 2 strat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvhM4OGpR-Y&t=1m5s
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Red Coins of the Hillside Cave – 0x A Presses [H]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_jzOmG7IPI8/hqdefault.jpg "Red Coins of the Hillside Cave – 0x A Presses [H]
I collect the Bianco 9 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Hover Nozzle.
Since I need the Hover Nozzle to save A presses inside the secret area anyway, I can also use it outside to navigate the stage faster than in my hoverless videos. Inside the secret area, the biggest challenge (besides pressing the red switch) is to get the coins on time, as the platforms at the beginning each require hovering for a few seconds and slowly getting up the ledge.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
