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Title: Button-less SM64 stars?
Post by: jdaster64 on April 29, 2011, 11:44:58 AM: I've long heard of challenges for Super Mario 64 where the object is to get stars with as few "A"-button presses as possible. However, yesterday, I came upon this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbGX0aO48rY) video that shows someone beating "Shoot into the Wild Blue Yonder" without pressing "A" or "B". So, I got to wondering, how many stars can be beaten without any buttons (A, B, or Z)? I already did "8-Coin Puzzle with 15 Pieces" fairly easily, and I'm sure that the Wing Cap Towers one is trivial at most.
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Post by: Lizard Dude on April 29, 2011, 07:55:38 PM: Paging Kimimaru, paging Dr. Kimimaru to surgery please.
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Post by: Weegee on April 29, 2011, 08:13:12 PM: I'm sure you could do a couple levels in Lethal Lava Land by butt-bouncing across the magma. If one permits a single jump to obtain the Star, quite a few would be easy to get.
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Post by: jdaster64 on April 30, 2011, 02:37:20 AM: True, and come to think of it, Chill with the Bully's probably possible, by extension. I don't have a copy of SM64 handy in my room to test it or any other LLL stars at the moment, but I'm pretty sure you could get to the Chill Bully's platform without jumping. I can't think of any other course that would allow you to get to a star, let alone actually collect it, without jumping/diving, though.
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Post by: Kimimaru on April 30, 2011, 01:08:48 PM: Chill with the Bully should definitely be possible. If you want I'll test it out.
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Post by: BP on April 30, 2011, 06:03:33 PM: And so, Kimimaru got each and every star without pushing any buttons, somehow

And unlocked Luigi

The end.
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Post by: Weegee on April 30, 2011, 06:28:43 PM: You forgot the part where he proceeded to do the same in Sunshine and both Galaxies.
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Post by: The Chef on April 30, 2011, 06:43:04 PM: In less than five minutes, somehow.
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Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 30, 2011, 07:52:29 PM: With his eyes closed.
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Post by: Kimimaru on April 30, 2011, 07:54:31 PM: Chill with the Bully is possible; just fall in the icy water to fly up and hit him off, then use it again to get the Star. Any others while I'm at it?
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Post by: Kimimaru on April 30, 2011, 09:01:21 PM: Blast Away The Wall is also possible.
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on May 24, 2011, 07:25:56 PM: Quote from: Kimimaru on April 30, 2011, 09:01:21 PM
Blast Away The Wall is also possible.
I thought that you had to press A to launch the cannon.
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Post by: Weegee on May 24, 2011, 07:31:12 PM: The cannon isn't necessary. If you crawl atop the wall and fall off of it at the right angle, Mario will get the Star on his way down.
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on May 25, 2011, 06:52:55 AM: Quote from: Weegee on May 24, 2011, 07:31:12 PM
The cannon isn't necessary. If you crawl atop the wall and fall off of it at the right angle, Mario will get the Star on his way down.
But how would you break the walls to make the star appear? (also I'm talking about Blast Away The Wall)
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Post by: jdaster64 on May 25, 2011, 08:23:41 AM: Either way, wouldn't that require at least the Z button to get up to the wall?
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Post by: Weegee on May 25, 2011, 09:43:13 AM: Quote from: bobbysq1337 on May 25, 2011, 06:52:55 AM
But how would you break the walls to make the star appear? (also I'm talking about Blast Away The Wall)

You don't have to break the wall. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR6V9GKGWNg)
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on May 25, 2011, 02:59:52 PM: Quote from: Weegee on May 25, 2011, 09:43:13 AM
You don't have to break the wall. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR6V9GKGWNg)
That blew my mind. So is the star just hidden in the wall rather than nonexistent (in the game), or did the wall break when Mario fell off and the star hit Mario in the process of flying to its normal posisition?
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Post by: Kimimaru on May 25, 2011, 10:37:57 PM: The Star is always there; it's just close enough to the wall so that you can get it by touching it at the right angle.