Enter The Secret Aquarium 0xA 8min Strat

[@DagothXil]

This might be the best pannenkoek video yet for playing "guess what star he's going for" with your friends who haven't seen the title.

[@leonardobolivar4403]

Now we only need friends to talk about pannen strats and play together

[@Jokar93]

I lost at BoB Thought he was gonna set a HOLP there.

[@rksworld4405]

@@Jokar93 i was thinking holp + sand land obscure particle displacement shenanigans xD

[@Mario4445D]

nobody with 300iq have friends

[@dirtydan6960]

I mean this start IS the first you'd have to get in an ABC run

[@pikminman13]

nothing is funnier in the abc than entering a level by first entering 3 other separate levels

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

tbf, the only one really needed was the one in the drained moat, other two levels were just to show it from new save

[@entitylockington]

​@@OatmealTheCrazy you actually need it to be a new save, cause the textbox on the one star door is necessary to redirect Mario in the final moment before the ledgegrab

[@bdbailey]

​@@entitylockingtonYou can still reach VCUTM first from a new save, it's just faster to go through BoB and BitDW

[@wawofail9638]

​@@OatmealTheCrazy someone didn't do their homework

[@bdbailey]

@@entitylockington You can also access VCUTM from a fresh save without entering BOB or BitDW, it's just that in order to do so, you would need to build up speed for a while which actually makes it faster to enter all three instead of VCUTM alone

[@JanjoZone]

"Previously, entering The Secret Aquarium took around 51 minutes" out of context, this is hilarious

[@MishKoz]

Finally, I've always wanted to fulfill my dreams of turning Mario into a fulcrum.

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

Are you living the dream? ALIVE?

[@Occultastic]

sup man

[@danielr5000-d1s]

If only we discovered this strat first, then we would never have to suffer the pain of the cool strat becoming obsolete

[@Clawdragoons]

But then we never would have seen the super cool strat. Personally, that strat shall always live on in my heart as one of the greatest points of this journey.

[@danielr5000-d1s]

Blue pill or red pill? I'll go with the red pill@@Clawdragoons

[@8888TwistingFate]

don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

[@jacekmw]

Journey before destination

[@AgentMS]

I will always Cancel The Bonk

[@xdeathcon]

Funny how most of it is just the process of getting to the basement to drain the moat. That's such a goofy pedro spot, though.

[@huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhn]

I think it's even more funny that these spots have a name and a cool one like "pedro spot"

[@jeffdunhamvevo953]

Exactly it sounds like some kind of scientific thoery like "The pedro effect"

[@xdeathcon]

@@jeffdunhamvevo953 it's also funny that the origin of the name isn't from some big discovery either, and it's just because someone said their cousin pedro or whoever showed him this cool place you can get stuck lol

[@pedroviktor5496]

Basically I found the OG Spot but never gave the Glitch a name so now it’s simply a Pedro Spot.

[@ramsescampollo2506]

No way it's the spot himself ​@@pedroviktor5496

[@lakotacorff4012]

>"Enter The Secret Aquarium" >Thumbnail is in Vanish Cap Under The Moat Oh, this gon be good.

[@fernando98322]

>Video starts from Mario jumping out the pipe from a new save file

[@gallium-gonzollium]

>Video executes LBLJ twice without A nor actually doing LBLJ

[@HeyKevinYT]

And then the first 2 courses are BoB and BitDW 💀

[@wita52]

Your comment caught me so off guard that I had to check.

[@SCidejump]

@@gallium-gonzollium hi gallium gonzollium, also theres no lblj, the speed is from the sliding thing in BoB and the pedro spot shenanigans being conserved because he grabbed the tree/did a ledge grab and then exited on the first frame or smth

[@Bismuth9]

For some reason when I saw VCutM I thought sliding speed conservation by falling out of the course (not like that would have helped anything) and not a simple pedro spot to ledgegrab pause exit. The old strat was so iconic, shame it's no longer the most efficient known way of doing it.

[@cartermurphy1618]

As someone who plays a lot of troll levels in Mario Maker 2 where the Slider theme is often synonymous with a softlock, the image of Mario in the Pedro spot for four minutes while that theme played had me in tears

[@Mrunibro]

Mario experiences Crushma for 3 minutes, gets banned by Bad_Boot. More at 11.

[@Mcfighter2K]

What’s Crushma? (Ligma shield activated)

[@janna5532]

@@Mcfighter2K it's a type of sandwich

[@aguy454]

@@Mcfighter2K​Crushma balls (Should have put up the Crushma shield instead)

[@NoraDDSM64-py9sd]

@@Mcfighter2K Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology giant Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

[@PsychorGames]

@@Mcfighter2K It was a game released on the Bofa 2000.

[@SuperM789]

bad boot is gonna be PISSED

[@Kaitri]

Who

[@DrZaiusDrZaius-xp5fw]

mad moot

[@SquidPartyDude]

@@DrZaiusDrZaius-xp5fwtad toot

[@Winter_Fan_01]

@@Kaitri pad boob

[@indetermite]

@@Kaitri He made the old 0x explainer video.

[@JWhitePWC]

it's not as hilariously convoluted as the previous strat, but it's still great and much more efficient!

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

In a full run, I assume it will seed right into the necessary parts, but this video just had to be comprehensive. lol.

[@TimForTheWin12]

@@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatellithey have to do this first because it only works with 0 stars

[@l9m241]

At least it opens up a spot for the HOLP in case a 0 star strat needs to be used to set one in a different level.

[@eimazd]

On this episode of Pancake Man Does A Thing, lazy slacker Mario (never jumps) takes a nap for several minutes under a platform just so he doesn't have to move while climbing stairs.

[@wita52]

😂

[@NoNameAtAll2]

Pncke Mn Does Thing

[@heave-ho6864]

4:17 pause exiting on the one frame where Mario ledgegrabs the slope killed me

[@gairisiuil]

that's actually a required strat

[@MagnaP]

The fact that most of this video makes sense to us, the lay public, is telling a lot about the educatinal value of this channel on SM64 strats.

[@MrCheeze]

The original strat is one of the most creative in the entire A button challenge. And that doesn't matter, this one obsoletes it because it gets things done in a much more efficient and straightforward way. And I think that's beautiful.

[@pideperdonus2]

New pedro spot just dropped.

[@GaussianEntity]

Holy hell!

[@woozin12345]

actual speedbuilding

[@Doge-zb7ku]

Call the scuttlebugs

[@StormerSage]

A button goes on vacation, never comes back

[@junyong0716]

not anarchychess again

[@crinklefry6083]

The old strat is a classic but this one is pretty nice too. Either way, a time improvement is a time improvement. Good job for everybody involved.

[@finn464]

Another W for the Pedro Spot

[@HartzZuri]

When Mario was being crushed while gaining speed, I pointed at the screen and yelled "THAT'S A PEDRO SPOT???" I feel so smart. Thank you for your teachings, pannenkoek.

[@pdiddlers3268]

I'm still amazed that it's possible to get through Bowser in the Dark World with 0 A button presses. I've basically had my jaw permanently dropped for over a decade of watching videos like this one. Keep up the good Work Pannenkoek. I'm glad you're in our Parallel Universe.

[@joll05]

4 minutes into the 4.5 minute video I had to double check that I was in fact watching how to get into the secret aquarium.

[@Superdavo0001]

Woahhh I never expected to see an alternate strat for *this* star! Amazing work, though it's a shame to see the original masterpiece of a strat get beat :O

[@ThorkellTheTall]

Just a casual 43 minute timesave.

[@Nozo1234]

As much as I prefer the really cool old strat, it's super cool to see something so formerly near impossible be done so elegantly! Love seeing optimizations like this even if they make the run slightly less cool overall

[@Mcfighter2K]

Mannnn, I liked how convoluted this star was.

[@DesTr069]

That was a hilarious Pedro spot hahaha

[@Storytelle7580]

Shoutouts to Bad_B00T saying 'We need to slow the heck down!' We've slowed down, my guy, you can finally rest easy-

[@DeadlyOre]

This is bittersweet, this strat is really clean and simple, but the old strat was so cool and complex, definitely the more interesting of the 2

[@CubemasterXD]

*babe wake up new abc strat dropped*

[@radaf4429]

Pannen, you've set your HOLP at my heart ❤

[@diribigal]

So the next time Pannen lets go of something your heart will explode? Checks out.

[@jenbanim]

Sources: Badboot is beside himself. Driving around WetDryWorld downtown begging (thru texts) for the address to Pannenkoek's home

[@wehpudicabok6598]

Am I the only one who still thought you needed MIPS to pound the pillars 0x? It's the tiniest part of this video but the only part that completely caught me off-guard.

[@MrCheeze]

Because he never made an updated "castle movement" video in case it gets obsoleted again - so the ancient one is still in the playlist. It's probably about time, though, there's been no castle movement saves for a long time and there's not expected to be any.

[@samloos3531]

You know it's gonna be good if the video starts with the speedometer already on screen

[@ordinaryoreo8297]

the entering the secret acquarium in 0xA video from before was my favorite video from this channel, awesome to see a much faster strat but still love to show the old one to people lol

[@genderender]

talk about a time save, gd. great work marbler!

[@luckycandy101]

Babe wake up, new Pannen video just dropped.

[@stevenschiro1838]

This is really cool, and it's awesome to see all the new strats. I also like the outdated ones as well, since it really shows how creative you all are

[@AnimatedGalaxy]

Once Mario became a literal fulcrum, I actually yelled "OH, COME ON. HOW DOES ANYONE FIND THIS?"

[@poisonousbobalina]

Calling this one the TRIPLE-AXIS PRESSURE PEDRO SPOT, courtesy of three completely unrelated levels. And water

[@steveconunarma2146]

The previous route was much more fun to see, but it is great that you did it faster

[@azzilan]

I love when these strats involve traveling on an adventure through 4 stages in order to get somewhere

[@Mswordx23]

RIP crazy SSL strat

[@swift1374]

You love to see improvements

[@filippofrattin9853]

Nah this Pedro spot is so badass

[@0Wayland]

The forbidden plank of infinite speed. Nice.

[@flykespice]

Living under a bridge for 12 hours

[@steveconunarma2146]

This is impressive, a huge improvement

[@FalconFetus8]

Man, the A button challenge is really having a "simplification Renaissance". Old complicated strategies are being replaced with new, simpler strategies.

[@sagacious03]

A 43 minute time save! That's huge! Thanks so much for uploading this run & analysis! I wonder what's next....

[@smcgamer1]

I don't remember seeing one of these TAS videos start from the very beginning before.

[@wiimote7305]

That's because they don't need to, but Enter the Secret Aquarium does. This HAS to be the first star you get in the run, which complicates a lot because you need to get to Vanish Cap under the Moat for the speed building. This why the video shows the entire process of getting there (the speed in BOB being used to enter BitDW to get the key, allowing you to go to the basement to drain the moat).

[@smcgamer1]

@@wiimote7305 Oh yeah, definitely. I just hadn't seen Pannen make a TAS from the very beginning of the game before.

[@KaitlynBurnellMath]

This was a wild ride. Didn't expect to start from a fresh file, but I guess you need the princess' secret star door to be locked for this strat to work.

[@ducbadatcs]

alternative title: how to be banned by bad_boot

[@dragonmanover9000]

Whoa, this is so cool! I didn't know there was a Pedro spot under the moving platform. Good idea!

[@Thegoatone23]

All these time improvements, and yet the run would still be like 50 hours long

[@MetroAndroid]

They all add up...

[@Winter_Fan_01]

Laughs in DS version

[@magentaballthepolandball5130]

only 50 hours? IIRC, the orignal strats required at least a full week if not more

[@natnew32]

The 0-star route is only a few hours + BitFS right now.

[@UltraAryan10]

​@@Winter_Fan_014 quadrillion years later...

[@AxllyPro]

this guy can identify any way of this secrets and also he can notice 1 pixel and a bit of code in super mario 64, even the smallest detail, he can still notice it and even watch you while you play sm64, that's a real professional and a expert at super mario 64.

[@najwan3672]

i feel like this single star deserves its own standalone comprehensive biopic in regards to the journey it took to get here

[@futal1000]

The best part is that volcano star is gonna be even longer in comparison

[@3mmanol068]

2:51 man that was painful 💀

[@Nightcaat]

If A Button, then only Challenge! 🔥

[@ghexists]

this is what we understood as Pannen!

[@PsychorGames]

Imagine being Bowser and getting your tail kicked by Mario without him ever pressing the A button. Simply shameful.

[@violetasuklevska9074]

This is the best castle lobby freerun

[@CRAWLFORCEable]

Remember doing this as kids. Such a classic trick.

[@mylittledarkworldjohn4289]

Secret aquarium Start in bomb omb battlefield Me: Oh, so its one of these shenanigans video

[@someguy0nthen3t]

mario gains absurd amounts of speed while being crushed 2024 1080p colorized

[@tulpenbambus]

What a nice Pedro Spot

[@denpadolt9242]

4:15 The way Mario just flies away in a straight line with no animation, warning, or even sound effects is SENDING me

[@Alexifeu]

I cannot understand what just happened but it is absolutely amazing.

[@four-en-tee]

Bro's looking like Sonic with how fast he's rolling

[@l9m241]

Cool to think that when I started watching these videos on this channel and the main one, there were over 200 A presses and seeing all them go down one by one has been amazing. Each time I see that spedometer I can tell it's going to be some good tech involved. I was expecting the weird spot at the top of the ramp divider in VCutM but seeing that spot used instead is pretty cool to see. I'm curious to know if Mario sliding VS in a falling pose in a Pedro Spot makes a difference?

[@supermarble94]

So that's actually due to the game never having a chance to update the animation since every single frame Mario is changing action. There are three total rollouts there that quickly get Mario up to 48 speed, and from there Mario is simply falling, but the game is stuck in the animation of diving. It's purely a visual thing.

[@jamboree1488]

loving the recent uploads!

[@womp6338]

every time pannen uploads, I drop everything to watch it.

[@ezmna57]

Why is the A button starting to get nostalgic ;(

[@abstrct84]

oh, you can just. climb the stairs. incredible.

[@khal9514]

fire strats coming out lately

[@Lost-bc2rz]

The ABC community will never cease to surprise me!

[@rruhland]

Nothing like saving 40 minutes on a strat. Wonder if it’ll ever get to a point where it’s not the required first star.

[@supermarble94]

I looked pretty strongly into this, and in order to accomplish this you need about 1700 speed, but the most you can bring up to that height is 1100ish by using the previous strategy.

[@rruhland]

@@supermarble94 lobby movement is the bane of a lot of strats I’m sure.

[@RedYDG]

You know it's funny I was JUST saying to myself "Dang, I really want to get into The Secret Aquarium, but the A button on my controller doesn't work and I have to leave in just under 9 minutes."

[@backtre8776]

So awesome to see. Love the content man

[@jmcr7462]

Using warp pipe, you've reached Peach's Castle. Controlling is simple. -A button to jump!- B button to attack! You can also read signs. What moves mario is a '3D Stick' which is in the center. Now, head for the castle!

[@ZiggityOfficial]

pedro spots are the new meta

[@Mr_Taternater]

He even gets Lakitu skip without the A button. Can this man be stopped?

[@riluna3695]

Who would win? A team of dedicated geniuses with massive computational power at their beck and call... Or a couple of old pirate treasure chests?

[@chlorobyte_projects]

To be fair you can literally just walk on the side of the bridge if you line the camera up.

[@EDoyl]

he extremely cannot.

[@amacsizbirkisi]

@riluna3695 That star is 0xa in a full game run now

[@riluna3695]

@@amacsizbirkisi I'm sorry, when did we get the JRB treasure chest star? I keep careful track of pannen's channel, but no one else's. Did it show up somewhere else?

[@CresenciaSalonga]

' abc stand for a button challenge.' 'you must not jummp'

[@huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhn]

Even though this is TAS it is still impressive as heccc

[@centdemeern1]

Oooooohh nice use of that pedro spot!

[@brianpso]

Holy shit! Finding an improvement this big in any strat is already impressive, but in THIS ONE!? Wow, just wow. It actually made the beginning of 70 and 120 ABC watchable in real time!

[@ultralowspekken]

Never play hide and seek with Pedro.

[@j0elyb3an]

THEY ACTUALLY DID IT

[@lukecwolf]

3:50 There's something weirdly entertainjng about Mario going up a near vertical platform like a mountain goat then lying flat like fulcrum for minutes

[@arara___]

What an insane Pedro spot

[@JadeiteMcSwag]

Wow congratulations friend

[@Deses]

Another pedro spot? What a week!

[@wagnerramosmidichannelabso514]

Literally hyped.

[@ace2b]

i feel like when a full tas of 0xA comes out im gonna get some popcorn and watch all of it. even the 14 hour wdw water-lowering sequence.

[@snared_]

Can't wait to marathon the entire vid

[@supermarble94]

WDW Reds is down to 5 minutes.

[@ace2b]

@@supermarble94 oh it is?

[@Vivers01]

New Pedro spot is crazy

[@TehEnglishSpartan]

Mans always returns

[@crudicle8407]

if you aggravate a bomb omb in BoB when you try and grab it but then grab a ledge a second later it will disappear and then when you walk to the top of the mountain when the 1 box, other bomb omb that we didnt grab and cannon. when you see the box the disappeared bomb omb will teleport back and then explode. but you have to be really fast to see it

[@freakzone1284]

the king is back

[@CibuYT]

The ending makes me facepalm (smiling), it's so fucking stupid, I absolutely love it

[@S0larisPrime]

I love the timesave strats. It's beautiful stuff.