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Title: Help with button mashing
Post by: Purple_Goomba on October 31, 2010, 02:07:27 PM
I really need help with button mashing.  I played Mario Party and I can't beat a computer on easy without a turbo controller.  And I looked on several websites for "tricks" and none of them helped me.  Can someone help with my problem?
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 31, 2010, 02:21:41 PM
1. Press the desired button.
2. Repeat.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Luigison on October 31, 2010, 02:55:51 PM
Have you tried using your index finger instead of your thumb?  You might also try tapping with your index and middle fingers alternatively.  Be sure to hold the controller against a hard/stable surface so that more of your mashing goes into pushing the button instead of moving the controller. 
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: jdaster64 on October 31, 2010, 03:00:58 PM
Clearly, Nintendo must think button-mashing is far easier to do than it really is.  It took me ages to clear 90 feet in MP5's Triple Jump, and I've only done it two or three times since.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Weegee on October 31, 2010, 03:14:37 PM
Place your controller under a sewing machine needle. Problem solved.

Clearly, Nintendo must think button-mashing is far easier to do than it really is.  It took me ages to clear 90 feet in MP5's Triple Jump, and I've only done it two or three times since.

Too true. I've never come close to winning that.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: CrossEyed7 on October 31, 2010, 04:38:42 PM
Having flashbacks to International Track and Field GBC (played the heck out of that story mode before I got Mario Tennis -- it let you have a girlfriend! Two of them, even! And then your friend would tell you that you shouldn't do that, but there were never any negative consequences! Best game ever!) and Gracie's car in Animal Crossing (never got that, even with a turbo controller).

One technique I got a bit of use out of when I was going for the Golden Racket in Mario Tennis was to put my hand inside my shirt and rub my knuckle back and forth on the button through the cloth, though the efficacy of this can depend on the specific controller. I only ever got the Silver Racket, though, so yeah.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Chupperson Weird on November 01, 2010, 12:24:42 AM
You guys just have to stiffen your finger and do some isometric shakes with your arm. Eeeeasy.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: jdaster64 on November 01, 2010, 12:31:46 AM
And then there's Domination in MP4, which expects you to press the A button 100 times in 10 seconds to unlock some minor unlockable I can't recall.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Purple_Goomba on November 01, 2010, 04:41:53 PM
One thing I really like about MP4 was the custom pack.  It lets you choose what mini-games would appear on the board so you can weed all the awful ones out.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Trainman on November 01, 2010, 11:37:35 PM
You guys just have to stiffen your finger and do some isometric shakes with your arm. Eeeeasy.

I guess that's what best describes what I can do. If anyone remembers the MP4 domination thread I made some time back, I think I was up to like 13-14 taps a second or some crap. I kinda suck all over again though, but its still decently fast. Fast enough to kill computers on Hard or outrun a CPUs 'turbo' button.

I oughta revive that thread since I have a capture card now.. but wait, no MP4. I felt kinda stupid not being able to prove what I claimed back then.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 02, 2010, 12:38:11 AM
スターソルジャー - 魂の16連射 - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAffx57B0s0)
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: WarpRattler on November 02, 2010, 08:49:14 AM
I love that video, both because I like IOSYS and because anything about Takahashi Meijin and his skills at caravan shmups (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmgP7ntu098) is awesome by default.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Purple_Goomba on November 02, 2010, 02:19:50 PM
I tried all these techniques posted here, but I still can't even beat my friends record in domination, which is 67. 
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Luigison on November 02, 2010, 04:40:31 PM
I use CW and LD's technique most often.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Kimimaru on November 02, 2010, 05:17:58 PM
I just tap the button like a madman. Sometimes it takes a few tries, but in the end it's worth it. For the N64 Mario Party games I use a trick that involves you tapping A as fast as you possibly can while someone else unplugs the controller; this causes the game to think that you're still tapping A that fast, saving you work and getting you a good score at the same time.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Electric on December 11, 2010, 02:42:14 AM
A good tip I learned by myself is not to have your finger leave the button. Kind of shake your hand with the finger on the button. I was getting 18in. in Get The Lead Out in Mario Party DS, but now I'm getting as high as 27in.
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Purple_Goomba on December 17, 2010, 10:01:01 PM
Well, I ran into another problem, Slot Car Derby.  I found I haven't beaten Toad in mini-game island.  Does anybody have any advice on how I can beat Toad on this horrible mini-game?
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Toad on December 18, 2010, 03:48:17 PM
You don't have to tilt the control stick in the same direction your character is facing. That was a problem I had way back when. Also, ease up during turns and go full tilt on the straight-a-ways. If you see your character's car is smoking, let up. Beating Toad is a challenge, but it's still a lot fun! (I thought it was, anyway)

*sidenote: why wasn't Toad playable until MP4/5? WHY?!
Title: Re: Help with button mashing
Post by: Purple_Goomba on December 22, 2010, 12:51:35 PM
Never mind, I finally beat Toad.  All you have to do is move at max speed except when you are in the inner middle part.  When the white smoke comes out, then quickly move the control stick back and forth.

Anyways,  After trying out some techniques, I've became a decent button masher, but I'll not beating mecha marathon from the mini-game coaster anytime soon.  I really hate button mashers, they are lazy coding, bad for the controller, and straining on the hand.