Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Still very improvable in some places (especially Sirena 4 and Corona) but I’ll take it!
Splits: splits.io/37eu
Still very improvable in some places (especially Sirena 4 and Corona) but I’ll take it!
Splits: splits.io/37eu
![Delfino Airstrip Dilemma – 0x A Presses [S]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nEN41u0HuJo/mqdefault.jpg "Delfino Airstrip Dilemma – 0x A Presses [S]
I collect the very first Shine in the game without pressing the A button, using only the Spray Nozzle.
This one is pretty simple, no jumping or hovering is really necessary in the first place. I collect the Shine using a dive and a ground pound.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Mirror Madness! Tilt, Slam, Bam! – 0x A Presses [S]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nsYHmi5MRoo/mqdefault.jpg "Mirror Madness! Tilt, Slam, Bam! – 0x A Presses [S]
I collect the Gelato 2 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Spray Nozzle.
I use Cataquacks to get onto the first mirror and onto the hut near the second mirror. As for the third mirror, it’s easily reached from the cliff area.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![The Gohgo Banana – 0x A Presses [S/Y] (Commentated)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nw-WtGMBWx8/mqdefault.jpg "The Gohgo Banana – 0x A Presses [S/Y] (Commentated)
Credits:
0:00-0:28 → The Mystery Banana - 0.5x A Presses - Super Mario Sunshine (Commentated) by SyrupSMS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V2fOzKNIj4
0:45-1:10 → SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated) by pannenkoek2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A
1:10-1:29 → SMS: Ricco Harbor - Yoshis Fruit Adventure 1x A Presses by Venick409: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Zf9JOStFg
2:18-2:45 → William tell Overture Remix by sword lord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7svUxY2Gns")
![The Sand Bird is Born – 0x A Presses [S]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/okWxB2lbAko/mqdefault.jpg "The Sand Bird is Born – 0x A Presses [S]
Update: This level is now possible without A or F.L.U.D.D. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs5ds5Q1NLM
I collect the Gelato 4 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Spray Nozzle.
First, I let a Cataquack throw me onto the higher portion of the beach, then I spray the Dune Bud and ground pound under the edge of the trampoline. This triggers a glitch that sends Mario way up into the sky. After falling for over a minute, I land on the trampoline, use first-person mode to turn towards the secret area entrance, and simply dive into it.
Once inside, I simply get 7 red coins on the sand bird, wait for it to fly around the top of the tower, and dive onto the tower to get the 8th red coin. That’s it! … Actually, no, because the Shine is too high to reach hoverless. Luckily, the sand bird dives down to its initial position, so I follow it for another ride around the tower and dive to the Shine.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Box Game 2 – 0x A Presses [H]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qEMIZLNJ4tc/mqdefault.jpg "Box Game 2 – 0x A Presses [H]
I collect the Box Game 2 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Hover Nozzle.
When Mario ground pounds a crate, he technically lands before the crate breaks. This sequence of events interrupts the ground pound and puts Mario in a falling state. I use this to quickly hover from one crate to the next.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Secret of the Village Underside – 2x A Presses [Ø]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rV-i6XXrFO0/mqdefault.jpg "Secret of the Village Underside – 2x A Presses [Ø]
I collect the Pianta 5 Shine by pressing the A button only 2 times, without using F.L.U.D.D.
Going straight to the underside isn’t an option without A or the Hover Nozzle, so I head into the village first and flip one of the grates to enter the underside in a more strategic spot. There’s a panel nearby that Mario can hit to cross a gap, but you normally need A to get off of it safely. Well, it turns out that this panel (like all the others) is too close to the mesh, to the point that we could climb up into the mesh if it didn’t have a hitbox. In fact, we can climb up while the panel is crossing the gap, and once we reach the other side, Mario will clip into the mesh and pull himself up on top of it, which is really helpful.
Next, I make my way to a conveniently placed vertical mesh that allows me to dive across a gap that I couldn’t nearly clear otherwise. After some more running around on the mesh, I reach a spot from where I can dive to the secret entrance. Yoshi skip normally requires to hover, but zelpikukirby found a very precise setup to make it work hoverless, which fortunately doesn’t involve jumping, so I use it to enter the secret area.
Inside the secret area, nothing new, we still need an A press to get out of each of the two landing pads near the end.
This video is TAS, played on Dolphin 5.0 with the PAL version of the game.
Rerecords: 1380")
![Red Coins on the Water – 0x A Presses [H]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rk2CFt4S7Cc/mqdefault.jpg "Red Coins on the Water – 0x A Presses [H]
I collect the Ricco 6 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Hover Nozzle.
Seven of the 8 red coins are just above the water and can be surfed into, but the 8th one is in mid-air. A solution to this would be to collect it before riding the Blooper Racer, but the Shine still spawns on the pier, which is unreachable 0x A while surfing. The solution to this is a glitch I discovered while trying to get onto the pier anyway (though I was probably not the first one to find out about it), and documented here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlB55EBZLeA
So I go surfing for the 7 red coins, crash the Blooper Racer, go get the remaining coin with the Hover Nozzle, then simply head back to the pier. But what’s with that “break” at the beginning? Well, I needed to give the Pianta some time to get closer to the tower, otherwise I couldn’t have hovered there.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
![Gooper Blooper Returns – 0x A Presses [S/H]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sbCkNs_JLeo/mqdefault.jpg "Gooper Blooper Returns – 0x A Presses [S/H]
I collect the Ricco 5 Shine without pressing the A button, using only the Spray and Hover Nozzles.
Bouncing on a nearby Pianta and hovering at the peak of the bounce gives me enough height to grab onto the ledge of a roof, from which I can hover to the fruit machine and reach the helipad. This Gooper Blooper fight is just as easy as the first; I spray Gooper Blooper’s face to make him attack with all four tentacles, dodge the attack while still spraying him, so that I can clean his mouth and grab it before the attack animation ends. For some reason, this causes him to stay idle as I pull his mouth back.
This video is RTA, played on PAL Wii.")
