Blue coin DP18 – 0x A Presses, no savebox [H]

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Published on February 19, 2024 8:16:55 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHlAvaVt_zs

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Super Mario Sunshine (2002)

Duration: 0:48

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I collect the 18th blue coin in Delfino Plaza without pressing the A button, using only the Hover Nozzle. This is an improvement over samgodro43's strat, which used the Rocket Nozzle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEJ_ZKdgLFI

Since then, better understanding of throw recoil mechanics and floor hitboxes made us able to clip through the slight bump at the peak of certain roofs, including the green one next to the police station. Note that not needing the Rocket Nozzle on the plaza doesn't actually save any A presses, as we can skip the nozzles' saveboxes by dying, just like the blue coins'. It mostly just feels more in line with the spirit of the challenge, and allows more flexible routing in case this ever becomes a full run.

First step is to get a fruit. We typically use bananas as they don't roll or bounce around nearly as much as the other fruits, giving us time to climb up to them, but it turns out a pineapple throw neatly reaches up to the flat awnings next to our destination, and with some precision, the pineapple stays up there.

Next we need to take damage, as the goal is to not only grab the blue coin, but also skip its textbox by dying at the same time. The quickest way is to repeatedly run into the jelly, but doing so from inside the tower would prematurely bump Mario into the coin, so we have to take this detour before the clip.

Then we go back to the pineapple, grind on the edge of the awning to bounce up to the top. Pausing and unpausing shifts the timing of the collision check between the pineapple and Mario, so that it now pushes Mario backwards when thrown. By pausing on the frame I was landing, the pause couldn't actually go through on the first QF (hence the "can't pause now" sound effect), so I actually shifted the collision check by 2 QF for the price of one, through I don't think it was necessary.

Clipping out of bounds is now as easy as throwing the pineapple from the right spot, but the upcoming hover is very precise, as we need to squeeze under the tower's wall (which extends down to the same height as the edge of the roof no matter the direction you approach from), then still make it onto the roof after you get in. But once that's done, it's a simple hover and ground pound into the alcove, then dive in the right spot to get one last hit from the jelly as we touch the coin!

This video is TAS, played on Dolphin 5.0-6022 with the PAL version of the game.
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