[TAS] Super Mario Galaxy - Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance in 46.35
In an effort to give every star in #SuperMarioGalaxy a #TAS, a bunch of TASers got together, spun a big wheel with the level names, and made some LOTADs. I had the pleasure of TASing Space Junk Secret
Checkout the other TASes:
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BillyWAR: Melty Molten S ( • [SMG TAS] Melty Molten S - 1:32.98 (+HL, M... )
PurpleSun: Gusty Garden Secret ( • [TAS] SMG1: Gusty Garden Secret in 46.95s )
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Space Junk Secret - Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance
Time: 46.35s (2781 frames)
Rerecords: 4007
Author: Xander
The start follows SJ3. I didnt spend much time on the bubble pop before the launch star so it's probably improvable.
Leading up to the Yoshi planet, I reposition two goombas on the left, and also shoot the one on the right so I can do a goomba cancel (the kick animation skips the landing lag which was faster than a DPAD cancel here).
I defeat all the goombas using a few techniques:
spin cancel jumps/long jumps to knock them down while maintaining speed
shoot them with starbits to knock them down and move them closer to Mario
Freeze them with P2 so Mario can instantly jump off them without being hit
When you spin into or shoot a goomba the game freezes for 3f, so I tried to overlap a few hits at once. There's room for improvement by combining more but I forced myself to move on since LOTADs shouldn't be perfect. If/when this TAS is redone, there's one goomba that notices Mario as he lands on the planet which should be frozen with P2. The bugger runs away from the goomba cluster at the end smh
Overall, this TAS is about 25s faster than the RTA record. The majority of the timesave comes from not jumping on all the goombas because jumping on them puts Mario in the air for an awkward amount of time.
Side note: in a full-game run we would likely feed the hungry luma for this star in SJ3 which is why the launch star was already unlocked.
This entire TAS was made in one, 9 and a half hour live stream on my twitch: / mike_xander . Shoutouts to BillyWAR, Toogs, and Jongyon for keeping me sane in voice chat, and to Neural for the stay hydrated assist.
Join the Super Mario Galaxy TASing server here: / discord