PurpleNebula | [TAS] SMG2: Starshine Beach GS3 in 42.28s @purplenebula8003 | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Improvement on the previous vid on main channel: youtu.be/xmnvjrK1zgg
Turns out it is actually possible and faster to get a boost from a leaf and do the big shortcut with 3 clouds, albeit needing to ground pound the leaf to get a good enough boost from the rebound.
Was tested before but barely didn't make it and didn't try backflipping straight onto that leaf, instead going to the droopier one further back and jumping-ground pounding on the higher one from there (this was the first route that worked but was slower than waiting for a cloud flower).
Improvement on the previous vid on main channel: youtu.be/xmnvjrK1zgg
Turns out it is actually possible and faster to get a boost from a leaf and do the big shortcut with 3 clouds, albeit needing to ground pound the leaf to get a good enough boost from the rebound.
Was tested before but barely didn't make it and didn't try backflipping straight onto that leaf, instead going to the droopier one further back and jumping-ground pounding on the higher one from there (this was the first route that worked but was slower than waiting for a cloud flower).
![[TAS] SMG2: Starshine Beach GS3 in 42.28s](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1fOPdsSK5ic/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Starshine Beach GS3 in 42.28s
Improvement on the previous vid on main channel: https://youtu.be/xmnvjrK1zgg
Turns out it is actually possible and faster to get a boost from a leaf and do the big shortcut with 3 clouds, albeit needing to ground pound the leaf to get a good enough boost from the rebound.
Was tested before but barely didnt make it and didnt try backflipping straight onto that leaf, instead going to the droopier one further back and jumping-ground pounding on the higher one from there (this was the first route that worked but was slower than waiting for a cloud flower).")
![[TAS demo] SMG2: Honeybloom GS1 in 42.68s](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3cR-YPmpx9Q/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS demo] SMG2: Honeybloom GS1 in 42.68s
Cutscenes really do a good thing for Honeybloom.
IGT is 11f faster just because of where the timer starts on the vine.
But cycles of the copter enemies are also an improvement, with two cases of them squeezing Luigi through a gap (haha) resulting in a high hspd.
This wasnt super optimised, particularly at the start with the Goombas.")
![[TAS] SMG2: Rolling Coaster GS1 in 1xA + 0.5xA P2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6IqRRrtOKSs/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Rolling Coaster GS1 in 1xA + 0.5xA P2
P2 is used to hold the coin at the end, making this star coinless and saving a menuing A press post-level.
This was also 1-upless which would save another menuing A press if all other 1-ups were avoidable.
Ive tried bombs and they cant climb slopes nor last long enough to chase you to the end, and mini Goombas dont bounce high enough.
Also tried getting loads of speed and hitting a low bomb to see if the explosion boost would be enough height, but it barely isnt and I cant get the explosion boost to go in the right direction.
Only hope is if a bomb can get on the middle bit by itself.")
![[TAS] SMG1: Topmaniacs Daredevil Run in 1xA Press [Mario]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6tY17ENSSdU/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG1: Topmaniacs Daredevil Run in 1xA Press [Mario]
The A press is required to get the first bounce on Topmaniac - the non-Daredevil strat uses electric damage, and nothing else gives any height.
I went onto the rail at the start to fall off and get rid of hard landing so I could control the knockback onto the step.
I got off the ledge before starting the boss fight by holding the direction away from the ledge.")
![[TAS] SMG2: Rightside Down Greens](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7mOTGZ0-b-Y/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Rightside Down Greens
2nd channel time
GS2 with description: https://youtu.be/Ikq9CPZoGRk
GS1 (41.90 IGT) is much of the same which is why this is a 2nd channel thing.
The cutscene skip is different than I usually do it: for most levels, Luigi doesnt start moving for a little while if you immediately skip the fly-in, so for the sake of good IGT times and things looking a bit smoother, I delay the skip as far as Luigis first movement frame, not losing any time.
For this level however, as it starts in a pipe, it is faster to skip the cutscene immediately.
For the ending strat, a straight triple jump and three firespins to the star is possible but requires more work than it seems.
The stars Z position is actually misaligned from the 2D restriction, closer to the back wall (likely because the intended way involves entering from the 3D section thats in line with the back wall). The edge of its hitbox is roughly -100 units on the Z axis.
The 2D restriction goes up to where the star is, so to get to the star without entering the 3D area, youd have to get above the star to move far enough over on the Z axis.
A triple jump walljump is enough height, and distance is covered by first using neutral walljump strain to get more speed from the walljump, and then by getting a turnaround firespin (hold opposite direction 2 frames before spin happens) to move backwards in the air.
This strat saved 22 frames over a direct triple jump + 3 firespins, and 1.1s over the intended way.
16:49.91 real-time split, 1:24.86 segment")
![[TAS demo] SMG2: Starshine Beach 2 in 30.98s [Mario, cutscenes]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9U9zkylFGVg/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS demo] SMG2: Starshine Beach 2 in 30.98s [Mario, cutscenes]
30 is possible, nice. Improves on Himes Any% TAS run of 31.51s.
I was doing this to compare with the shore launch route, which I have struggled to get fast because of SMG2s scuffed water physics. Predicting a low 31 from it at best.
Main timesave was at the start, using a ground pound right on the surface of the water to instantly dive in.
Main improvement would be the long jumps, I didnt optimise them properly.
Backflip from cloud is possible by slowing down enough vertically to snap to the floor of the cloud, avoiding the landing stun and allowing a couple of extra frames of movement.
#ToolAssistedSpeedrun #SuperMarioGalaxy2")
![[TAS] SMG2: Fearsome Fleet GS1 in 0xA Presses [Luigi]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AKnh7dl8hik/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Fearsome Fleet GS1 in 0xA Presses [Luigi]
Just branched off from Green Star 2. P2 still sticking around. Yoshi still shooting the cannon. Luigi still green. Star is green too. But is clear in this case as it has already been collected on this save file of Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Nintendo Wii entertainment system.")
![[TAS] SMG2: Rightside Down GS2 in 55.80s](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BLsjmsRMIzo/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMG2: Rightside Down GS2 in 55.80s
Everything is the same as GS1 up until the final Fire Flower crate at 0:49, check that description for details on movement: https://youtu.be/CdOdK9QOn4U
Plus this improvement suggested by Yaasd: https://youtu.be/3t_9nZJqyJk
When branching off, most of the movement is long jumping, but there are a couple of important things to note.
Double jump + single fireball (animation gets cancelled by landing) was a few frames faster than another long jump with 2 fireballs, and had enough momentum to instantly long jump unlike the long jump idea.
I delayed the second long jump so that I landed in the 2D section as early as possible, and while the star grab looks like it could be improved by fireballing earlier, the effect of entering the 2D section makes earlier fireballs redundant.
When you enter 2D from the front, you get slowly dragged in with no way to change the speed, so entering early is the best option, and it means that earlier fireballs would still have to wait to be dragged into the star.
In fact, fireballing earlier was a couple of frames slower than what I did, possibly because I hit the bottom corner of the star which, based on understanding from Fleet Glide GS1, has an extended hitbox.")
