Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A friend of mine asked if this was even possible. Of course, I said no but upon further reflection, I wanted to give this idea a shot and constructed a strategy that works!
In Phase 1 I wanted to get to his lunge attack as soon as possible so I can get 2 face punches instead of only 1. I also made sure to intentionally waste hearts so he can reset his pattern and throw 2 lunge attacks afterward.
Rounds 2 and 3 will start you off with fewer hearts, however, so you'll have to be a little more careful. At the end of the fight, I made sure to get knocked down intentionally so I can take advantage of his 2 lunge attacks at the start. Unsure if it's possible to go w/out champions mode for this challenge but I took advantage of it anyway to make the ending a bit easier. Round 3 is the ideal place to do it so you won't mess up your heart counter in Rounds 1 and 2.
A friend of mine asked if this was even possible. Of course, I said no but upon further reflection, I wanted to give this idea a shot and constructed a strategy that works!
In Phase 1 I wanted to get to his lunge attack as soon as possible so I can get 2 face punches instead of only 1. I also made sure to intentionally waste hearts so he can reset his pattern and throw 2 lunge attacks afterward.
Rounds 2 and 3 will start you off with fewer hearts, however, so you'll have to be a little more careful. At the end of the fight, I made sure to get knocked down intentionally so I can take advantage of his 2 lunge attacks at the start. Unsure if it's possible to go w/out champions mode for this challenge but I took advantage of it anyway to make the ending a bit easier. Round 3 is the ideal place to do it so you won't mess up your heart counter in Rounds 1 and 2.
![[Tied World Record] NES Remix (2013) Mario Bros. Stage 6 (0:10.6)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iYff9ci6Qlc/mqdefault.jpg "[Tied World Record] NES Remix (2013) Mario Bros. Stage 6 (0:10.6)
Pretty easy WR to tie, just some awkward jumps you gotta do.")
![GUITAR HERO [NTSC Tied WR] Super Punch-Out!! - Aran Ryan (00845)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/izEkeyDYg3Y/mqdefault.jpg "GUITAR HERO [NTSC Tied WR] Super Punch-Out!! - Aran Ryan (00845)
Yeah I thought piston would be next because doing guard manipulation to throw gut punches was going to be a huge problem, and it technically was but it wasnt as terrible as I thought.
Took five perfect Phase 1s for Aran to let the 5/8 + 50/50 supers to go through. Despite me saying 3 in the video (idiot nolan)
Guitar Hero TAS Tie Counter: 4/16")
![[Former World Record] Punch-Out!! (Wii) - TD Mr. Sandman (0:34.04)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jIDth1HT94s/mqdefault.jpg "[Former World Record] Punch-Out!! (Wii) - TD Mr. Sandman (0:34.04)
uhhh... awkward....
So yeah I just got 0.01 off on this fight now. Literally have no clue as to where the frame was lost. 100% going to keep going though, especially since I havent done this fight in forever and the fact that I was able to get THAT close to the TAS already, makes me believe that I will have this one quicker than TD Macho, lets just hope nothing bad happens to the footage :)
24 Frame perfect inputs with 3 of them being mandatory, Phase 2 is probably the worst part since you have to deal with a 50/50 at the start to get the star and you have to deal with canceling 2 of his winks after. The first one you can kinda get a feel for but the 2nd one is always hopeless for me. This phase is really the only thing holding this IL back from being TAS tied in my opinion, once thats nailed. We will see a 34.03 (hopefully)")
