SM64 - Rematch with Koopa the Quick - 0x A Presses

I collect the star Rematch with Koopa the Quick in Tiny-Huge Island using 0 A presses.
This video is an improvement from my previous video in which I entered this course from the huge entrance. You can find that video here: • SM64 - Rematch with Ko... . Since then, Tyler and I collaborated to find a way to get to the mainland of the island starting from the tiny entrance. Starting from the tiny entrance rather than the huge entrance implicitly saves an A press, because it takes 1 A press to enter the huge painting but 0 A presses to enter the tiny painting. Here is the route for getting to the mainland from the tiny island starting platform:
For the first gap, I activate one of the butterfly bombs, the explosion of which pushes the tiny goomba into the water. Then I immediately bounce on the goomba to get to the fire spitter island.
For the second gap, I strategically manipulate the RNG to have a tiny goomba from above walk off of the cliff. Specifically, I lure him next to the cliff, and then have him randomly jump, causing him to go over the edge. As this is happening, I have Mario perform a dive recover, using the falling goomba to bounce across the gap.
Once I made it to the piranha plant platform, finding a way to the mainland was no easy task. But after several failed ideas, I finally discovered a way to do it. Here’s how it works: I first collect 99 coins using the large piranha plant infinite coin glitch. Then, I kill the mini piranha plant, and have its coin take a very precise trajectory, with high speed at a particular angle. From there, I have to escort the coin across the cork boxes, since if Mario isn’t within a small distance of a box, the box will not be tangible and so the coin would fall through. I also strategically use this to my advantage, by allowing the coin to fall through the boxes just enough to be pushed forwards without actually falling all the way through. Once the coin moves into the correct position, I collect it to activate the 100 coin star and use a star dance clip to get onto the mainland.
So what is a star dance clip? The star dance clip is a technique where Mario collects a star, thereby allowing him to get onto ledges he wouldn't normally be able to get on. You see, when Mario collects a star, he enters a state where he is able to grab onto ledges. But when he grabs on in this state, instead of entering the grabbing on animation, he just appears at the top of the ledge and does his star dance. So the reason that this is useful is because we can ascend by the height of a dive recover, while also being able to grab onto ledges above us.
Note that the mini piranha plant’s coin needed to have a very precise trajectory for this technique to work. Through empirical testing, I determined that the coin needed to have an angle between 28128 and 28511 and a speed of at least 9.5 out of 10. Tyler then looked into the RNG, and determined that of the 65114 possible RNG values, only 17 of them produced such a trajectory. See, the RNG goes through the same sequence of 65114 values in order on repeat. So from there, it was a matter of locating the next closest RNG in the sequence that would produce the correct trajectory, and that was the RNG I would aim for. This RNG was a bit ways off from the current position in the RNG sequence, so I had to wait 45 seconds for the current position to move closer to the goal. Then to make sure the coin used that specific RNG, I manipulated the current RNG position using dust frames, and then killed the piranha plant on the exact frame when my goal RNG was up.
Note: I accidentally entered THI on a mission that wasn't Rematch with Koopa the Quick, and so Koopa the Quick wasn't present. But to avoid having to do redo the entire strategy just for this star, I decided to make this video a hybrid of two videos, and I switch between them while exiting the warp pipe (at 3:36). Since then, I've reTASed this star in a single segment ( • THI Mainland Strat Com... ), ensuring that it's 100% possible to do 0xA.
ABC Playlist: • Super Mario 64 - A But...
ABC Routes: docs.google.co...

[@felineki]

Funny how just gettign to him was all the trouble, the race itself was a breeze.

[@thewildjamie3283]

A breeze! Get it?

[@BruceShankle]

the wild jamie no

[@mickyazulay1386]

the wild jamie i dont understand

[@Grane1234]

He means the wind on the bridge

[@gamersinacontainer]

felineki get it? A breeze!

[@grfrjiglstan]

There's dedication, and then there's 'collect the 100 coins star just to get past a jump' dedication.

[@Mswordx23]

Nowhere even near the craziest feats in this challenge

[@ph3r0x]

all memes aside, man, your work is entirely amazing! you've introduced me to a whole new world of batshit crazy TAS runs, and i thank you for it

[@Whitefright]

Doh! Hasn't Mario hit his head enough times..

[@CocoaMix86]

Imagine if Koopa the Quick employed these tactics o.o

[@thecursor123]

CocoaMix86 He's too large to do such things anyway.

[@xenosonic9x414]

+thecursor123 xD

[@gamersinacontainer]

CocoaMix86 he'd be unstoppable

[@pedro1492]

that maneuver at 4:06 served no purpose other than flexing on us all

[@firasalnasser633]

the idea with the star is so smart

[@jensvide777]

Pannenkoek, your passion and dedication is simply amazing. Keep doing what you do.

[@TerribilisScriptor]

when the A button killed your family but supermario aint gonna play itself.

[@DebugCat]

how does a button kill a family

[@Ze_eT]

The button got some bomb connected to it, which would explode then, so I need to not press this button, which I could in this sentence.

[@SkicoNow]

Did you need to wait for RNG to get the coin to go the right way based off of its trajectory?

[@MariaNicolae]

Yes.

[@ericpeterson6520]

You should really commentate one of these THI stars. The RNG manipulation, infinite coin glitch, and star clip are just as impressive as the stuff that happened in Watch for Rolling Rocks

[@DebugCat]

he's done making commentated videos. he gets depressed at the annoying memes

[@ThatGamerBlue]

2:56 to skip all the coin collection from piranhas

[@LysolPionex]

The hardest part is getting to the Koopa! I love it

[@yougotcrad1]

The TAS at the end made me giggle. Good shit

[@Kevin-wx7wu]

That goomba falling always gets me

[@Jabeke49]

An A press is an A press. You can't say it's only 0.

[@GabrielMoreiraHylian]

「Jᴀʙᴇᴋᴇ49」 he never pressed A

[@Jabeke49]

WELL GABRIEL "MOREIROV" HYLIAN

[@DebugCat]

THERE ARE 0 PARTS TO THE 0 A PRESSES. A IS NEVER PRESSED, HELD, OR RELEASED. REGARDLESS, THERE'S NO CASES WHERE RELEASING A IS NECESSARY OR HELPFUL SO IF IT WAS RELEASED NO DIFFERENCE WOULD BE MADE

[@smqfl]

o mah god lies it don't count

[@mrcactus7060]

This is so impressive, what a cool challenge to tackle to push the limits of this game and it's unique mechanics and movement.

[@eirh]

Watching this it's not really obvious to me how it outdates the older (and simpler) run that also collects it with 0 A presses. Is it because you need a jump to enter the course in the tiny version?

[@pannenkoek2012]

eirh From the description: "Starting from the tiny entrance rather than the huge entrance implicitly saves an A press, because it takes 1 A press to enter the huge painting but 0 A presses to enter the tiny painting."

[@jgcodes2020]

4:05 Little did pannen know that ground-pounding in a misalignment would become a meme.

[@hoodedman6579]

How do you do all of that, and select the wrong star? All this amazing shit, and the wrong star is picked... Goddamn.

[@altanic5855]

Aaron Usher What do you mean? he collects 2 stars in the video.

[@boneswithalackofmoisture7354]

Altanic Read the description

[@Reshi9984]

anxiety levels when he dived off the ledge 📈

[@spudsbuchlaw]

7/10 IGN too much A press

[@iwersonsch5131]

The first three minutes and a half look familiar...

[@chamberkingston7609]

I'm guessing you started out in the small area because it'd be impossible trying to get to KTQ in the big one, or you just can't get into the big zone to start off because the painting is too high.

[@forgado7396]

is the sound at 4:30 a pendulum from ttc

[@lpsp442]

It sounds like that to me, and the background music also sounds like soundfont from JRB. It isn't that surprising that an old game would re-use the same soundbyte at different speeds - the cackling Boos for instance are just Bowser's laugh sped up.

[@jackyhk291]

MrMarioPlayThru Its the timer of the switch boxes

[@forgado7396]

i know ChanHK Jacky but does it sound like a pendulum in any way?

[@Polygon64]

no

[@adamthehousecat]

What did I just watch... Mind = blown

[@timothyjohnson5699]

What the heck is he doing with those piranha plants? 100 coins? did I misread the video or something? What is taking that coin across the blocks supposed---WHOA!! (during the whole race) That was incredible. How does one come up with such a crazy way of getting up? This guy is something else.

[@SoundFantasy]

I can't even BLJ consistently This guy is crazy good not using the A button

[@sunk6478]

AUSTIN PEYTON Sorry, but this video is TAS

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

+Sunk Simp Not all of it is TAS, part of it is real controller input.

[@Polygon64]

3:37 I don't remember the game having that animation...

[@diegoescobar4268]

Read the description, he chose the wrong mission (which means KTQ was not there).

[@satsugekibukouken]

Lies. You did press A, you had to do it to say yes to the race. See you in court.

[@Niklink]

+El Gado You can use B or Start for that, too.

[@satsugekibukouken]

The Owlborn ok

[@bakurasensei]

Keep talking that shit and I'll relocate your home to the death barrier in 0.5x A presses.

[@Qbe_Root]

To the death barrier in a QPU-misaligned PU!

[@katraena5225]

+XXXROBLOCRAFTXXX your a fucking idiot

[@prexot2341]

3:31 skip to right after the repetitive 100 coin ledge jump

[@PokeMaster22222]

You forgot to add "Tiny Huge Island 100-Star Coin" to the title, pannen - you also collected that with 0x A presses.

[@DebugCat]

yeah but he is going to be recollecting it for every star in the run. (except for piranha plant star because getting to mainland is not required)

[@meimmakoto3224]

Super Mario 64 DS be like: A button Challenge? Easy. Just don't Attack!

[@sunk6478]

Mitchell Brown Well, there are certain required "b" presses

[@meimmakoto3224]

Simply Simple B is Jump in 64 ds :P not sure what you mean by that...

[@sunk6478]

Mitchell Brown Well, even in the "a" button challenge in ds, you will still need to use the a button

[@supermarioluigi9053]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGrLg4uqpcx5jJo (In DS, A and B button roles are switched.)

[@danielhowe2218]

Is this TAS or are these legitimate controller inputs?

[@inakilbss]

Daniel Howe It's TAS + copy-pasted inputs.

[@names3904]

lol

[@xenosonic9x414]

4:17 is Turtle Displacement xD

[@rustyfisher2081]

Watching you play is madness

[@defacube]

Bro's plucking piranhas for 3 minutes straight

[@doctorlion]

Does you pressing A to select don't save when collecting the 100 coin star not count? Or is there a way to do it without pressing A that I'm not aware of?

[@doctorlion]

And also pressing A to start the race with koopa?

[@Choinkus]

B or start will work as well. I'm not sure, but I think he explained it in the document (link in description) or another video.

[@supermarioluigi9053]

This is done by pressing B. But even if it couldn't be done without A, this probably wouldn't count, the same way as we sometimes do at ABZ challenge.

[@wovenecho]

What was that weird transition at 3:37?

[@__-wq3rm]

Read the note in the video description.

[@cosmicpoot2012]

Clearly you had to have pressed A to confirm the save after collecting the 100 coin star

[@sikorsp22]

you can press B

[@4snekwolfire813]

4:08 hoohohoohhoohohoohohohohohohohohohoohoho0ohohohooohohohoohohoo

[@Grane1234]

i didn't know that you can get coins from the giant piranhas infinite

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

It's a glitch, not a part of the game.

[@minuspi8372]

Is bonking on the pipe actually faster than a normal enter or is it just a stylistic thing?

[@JSwanson547]

What's the current minimum of A presses needed for collecting all 120 stars (castle movement inclusive)?

[@MariaNicolae]

28 A presses as of this comment being posted.

[@TheKeitaNobodyAskedFor]

Timestoppa now is almost 0!

[@Ze_eT]

ThatBrawl MarioMain WRONG. It is 1 A-Press if you would count Any%, which is NOT all 120 stars. Also, we got some 0.5 A presses lying around in the Any% run, which get rounded to 0.

[@TheKeitaNobodyAskedFor]

I said that 28 is close to 0,i din't said it's 0

[@TheKeitaNobodyAskedFor]

Also i know that the Fire Sea Pole is still a challenge

[@pinstripe7839]

So you found out how to get to the mainland 0x!

[@TylerKehne]

3:36 u pressed A cheetr

[@taraquinn5189]

Tyler Kehne he cut to an old video, the start of this was done in the wrong mission. So he proved he could get to the pipe. Then just showed the easy bit of the race.

[@iwersonsch5131]

Referring to the note: Why didn't he just cycle to the exact same RNG, do the exact same inputs, and do the race after that? Because that's how I would approach THI and RR in a 120 star ABC TAS...

[@bedrockcastle777]

When you get out of a pipe, you automatically jump. It isn't pressing A. Have you even played this game before?

[@inakilbss]

BedrockCastle And have you read the other replies?

[@jeffreycanfield1939]

BedrockCastle Do you even know who Tyler Kehne is lmfao

[@jaimeliotti1547]

If you weren’t pressing a, how did you enter the level? 🤔

[@nonplayablecharacter.]

You can press the b button

[@Tiny_Games]

The race starts:Gotta go fast music plays

[@EmberTheFlareon3579]

Alt race starts: *Running in the 90's starts*

[@alisiaale565]

You are going crazy!

[@Mr_Original]

4:08 Damn it, he f*cked the cliff. >_

[@dootdoodle569]

I like when he plays but it’s something you can do in practice but it still looks cool Like 3:50 - 4:05

[@TIJEY-BEG]

That was impressive!

[@Wace-wes]

Its so incredible

[@topazboy333]

These are hard to watch sometimes

[@marcoasturias8520]

Why the heck is he killing yhe piranhas over and over? ... Wait, coins?... OMFG

[@dirtydan6960]

Anyone else hearing Mario saying HOLP?

[@shadoxfm8822]

no

[@Polygon64]

i heard him say HOO

[@MarioGlitchy9]

Do you have a .m64 file?

[@shmoppl3320]

0 z presses and 0 a presses

[@garlic-os]

3:36?

[@thefatfighter3263]

He did something wrong

[@timpunny]

two separate .m64 files. It doesn't make a difference, as he doesn't interact with those piranha plants.

[@timpunny]

also, the first section starts in the wrong mission (which means no KTQ is there)

[@CosmicSnowman]

Is this on a console or emulator?

[@taechuK]

+The Snowman Gamer I'd say it is TAS, since he does manipulate a goomba during 3 minutes, which is surely impossible on console.

[@shadoxfm8822]

@@taechuK how is it impossible

[@taechuK]

i probably meant "this isn't real time"

[@EmberTheFlareon3579]

@@taechuK I think you actually meant "there's no other way for him to know where the goomba was"

[@taechuK]

Well without memory watch, there is no way to know where it is, so yeah, impossible without TAS/Emulator

[@miscellaneoof]

Is Mario 64 your bible?

[@9penguin9]

wouldn't he have had to press a to do those ground pounds at the end?

[@__-wq3rm]

Ground pound = Z.

[@EmberTheFlareon3579]

That was just him flexing.

[@hornyfuckinturtle]

Uses joystick instead, unsubed

[@stolentrevin]

This is satire right

[@hornyfuckinturtle]

@@stolentrevin no it's stupidity

[@aneurysm6920]

0/10 Not enough parallel universss

[@DebugCat]

go to school

[@shadoxfm8822]

@@DebugCat what

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

wHaT a FuNnY aNd OrIgInAl MeMe

[@Fr3akymet4l]

Why the fuck did you get the 100 coin star? Isn't it completely unnecessary in this context?

[@octosoufre]

To clip through the ledge. He needs to collect the star on the very edge of that ledge. Otherwise, he would have to jump.

[@Fr3akymet4l]

What would be the problem if he had to jump?

[@wovenecho]

He would have to press A. This video is a challenge of getting Koopa's star without pressing A once.

[@DebugCat]

yeah but can't he just use the other jjump button

[@MariaCristinaCollado-ct3mt]

❤ 0:14