PurpleNebula | [TAS demo] SMG2: Flash Black C in 39.75 [Mario, 1P, cutscenes] @purplenebula8003 | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 9 hours ago
Requested by RhoThanos. As this request was more about finding strategies to implement RTA, this hasn't been optimised. But still manages to improve on the IL WR of 44.41 so it's not that bad.
Mario might not have so much of a disadvantage here because long jumps can land earlier so some hits can be done earlier. But running speed is still a thing so I dunno.
One potential improvement to this (aside from using P2, maybe Luigi, and skipping cutscenes, and general movement) is to get starbits earlier and use them on the first two Octoombas, rather than bouncing off them. Although with the hitlag, maybe this won't be as much of an improvement as I think.
Yoshi tongue has some cooldown so the last bit of movement isn't majorly important, just as long as you chain Octos and be inside the star when it spawns.
Requested by RhoThanos. As this request was more about finding strategies to implement RTA, this hasn't been optimised. But still manages to improve on the IL WR of 44.41 so it's not that bad.
Mario might not have so much of a disadvantage here because long jumps can land earlier so some hits can be done earlier. But running speed is still a thing so I dunno.
One potential improvement to this (aside from using P2, maybe Luigi, and skipping cutscenes, and general movement) is to get starbits earlier and use them on the first two Octoombas, rather than bouncing off them. Although with the hitlag, maybe this won't be as much of an improvement as I think.
Yoshi tongue has some cooldown so the last bit of movement isn't majorly important, just as long as you chain Octos and be inside the star when it spawns.
![[TAS demo] SMG2: Flash Black C in 39.75 [Mario, 1P, cutscenes]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mTq9ikNfLlA/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS demo] SMG2: Flash Black C in 39.75 [Mario, 1P, cutscenes]
Requested by RhoThanos. As this request was more about finding strategies to implement RTA, this hasnt been optimised. But still manages to improve on the IL WR of 44.41 so its not that bad.
Mario might not have so much of a disadvantage here because long jumps can land earlier so some hits can be done earlier. But running speed is still a thing so I dunno.
One potential improvement to this (aside from using P2, maybe Luigi, and skipping cutscenes, and general movement) is to get starbits earlier and use them on the first two Octoombas, rather than bouncing off them. Although with the hitlag, maybe this wont be as much of an improvement as I think.
Yoshi tongue has some cooldown so the last bit of movement isnt majorly important, just as long as you chain Octos and be inside the star when it spawns.")
![[TAS demo] SMG2: Flip-Out 1 in 57.98s](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n14Ts9nGEP4/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS demo] SMG2: Flip-Out 1 in 57.98s
bad. Besides the obvious movement optimisation and the 2P textbox (I only connected P2 when entering star select lol), the main improvement here - if cycles are manipulated - is the spike jump that is still yet to be understood and replicated consistently: https://youtu.be/OyqIcsAJ4_I?t=53 and https://youtu.be/UplyeyR5ILp9k?t=3758
The megasideflip was surprisingly easy to pull off - there is a lot of area there that will get the trick working; the only times I didnt get it were when I got the wrong joystick angle.
I used neutral walljump strain for lower walljumps immediately after for that extra speed going into a long jump.
P2 can freeze spikes, and if you freeze before landing on spikes, you can run and jump off them. Also you can land and jump off the edge of spikes. Makes sense, as you can do a similar thing with lava.
Instant crystal break yay")
![[TAS] SMG2: Spin Dig GS1 in 16.70s](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nQPra2ooE00/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Spin Dig GS1 in 16.70s
Same as GS2 for the first planet, turning the camera to make Luma talk earlier.
I tried a triple jump for the star but it was 0.2s slower than a long jump spin onto the rail followed by a backflip.")
![[TAS] SMG2: Cosmic Cove GS2 in 3xA Presses [Mario]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tV7CsLwB0-4/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Cosmic Cove GS2 in 3xA Presses [Mario]
The A presses are:
#1: Sideflip up the bubble-spawning walls
#2: Wallkick up those walls
#3: Backflip up from the first platform of the 3rd section
This is on second channel because its practically a dupe of GS3 but with a shorter ending so didnt want to spam up main channel. Also want to get some use out of this one, lol.")
![[TAS] SMG2: Hightail Falls Green Stars](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tcasMsp9dDA/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Hightail Falls Green Stars
WARNING: Some weird flashing (its strobey but dark) when eating or single jumping with a Dash Pepper (or first person cameras). This is a graphical bug in the older version of Dolphin Im using (5.0 stable).
Green Stars TAS WIP
Despite the lag from an extra crystal break on the world map, it takes the same time to do Hightail Falls before Boulder Bowl than to do Boulder Bowl before Hightail Falls.
For details on GS3 and the majority of movement for the other two stars, see the description here: https://youtu.be/eFt2U7PtYkU
Green Star 3 - 57.23 IGT - 27:34.13 real-time split (1:53.28 segment)
Green Star 2 - 57.96 IGT - 29:15.45 real-time split (1:41.42 segment)
The key difference from cutscene skips is the Paragoomba. It doesnt get to the good bouncing spot on the right, so its faster to 2P freeze it on the left and go that side instead.
For the ending, low rapid flutters are used to keep at higher flutter speed. Jumping off the side of the wall while facing upwards gets a similar amount of height as going straight up off the top, while being able to jump earlier.
Green Star 1 - 30.73 IGT - 30:29.55 real-time split (1:14.10 segment)
As mentioned above, jumping off the side upwards is similar to jumping off the top, but it happens earlier. However, in this case, it didnt actually save time because it was so close to the top. It didnt lose time either.
Dismounting into the star is 2 frames faster.
#SuperMarioGalaxy2 #ToolAssistedSpeedrun")
![[TAS] SMG2: Shiverburn GS1 in 18.50s](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/thg0ekOZxfg/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Shiverburn GS1 in 18.50s
It is a few frames faster to do a cloud jump from the grate and then a quick and high cloud jump in mid-air, rather than boosting from the grate floors bounce and doing a cloud jump on top of another cloud in mid-air (not enough momentum to do a high cloud jump from a single cloud).
I didnt realise frame-perfect ground pounds didnt form clouds but that would make sense as those ground pounds arent counted as proper spins (they dont cause flip-panels to flip).
An instant long jump on the volcano would have gone over the star, so walking for a bit and then long jumping was faster, even faster than a single jump carrying some of the long jump speed.")
