TTC Stomp on the Thwomp 0xA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ย. 2022
- We collect the star Stomp on the Thwomp in TTC using 0 A presses. This is TAS. This improvement reduces the total A press count for collecting 120 stars from 15 to 14. Warning: This video contains many fast-forwards and rapid pausing, leading to flashing lights.
This TAS was possible thanks to the following people:
➤ Marbler, for creating the plan and TASing the segments above the lower squish cancel ground pound chain. ( / supermarble94 )
➤ myself, for TASing the segments below the lower squish cancel ground pound chain.
➤ Sjmhrp, for TASing the lower squish cancel ground pound chains. ( / @sjmhrp7583 )
➤ ds273, for figuring out how to get onto the thwomp without a star dance clip. ( / @ds27315 )
➤ fifdspence, for TASing the beginning of CCM. ( / @fifdspence )
This video is an improvement from the previous strat that did this in 1 A press ( • TTC Stomp on the Thwom... ). Since then, Marbler worked out a very complex plan to do the whole thing in 0 A presses. This plan is too intricate to explain every detail here, but the main theme is that we ascend the level, place the HOLP, drop back down, remotely throw clones to that HOLP, then repeat. We use explosion clones to induce and preserve hitstun, fire clones to enable Mario to do a midair fire bounce, and coin clones to heal HP. Additionally, we repeatedly drop bob-ombs out of bounds so that they snap back to Mario as soon as he goes close to them again. This allows us to ascend the level and then summon the bob-omb to where we are. If you want to see the steps of the entire plan, here's an image of it: imgur.com/ZlnIgvw
Note that I've taken some steps to aid in viewer understanding of what's going on. These include:
(1) Making certain walls temporarily see-through.
(2) Adding auxiliary screens when Mario goes off camera.
(3) On the auxiliary screen that shows Mario, making Mario have a vanish cap during the frames on which he's considered off-camera (when the HOLP doesn't update).
Unabridged Version: • TTC Stomp on the Thwom...
Console Verification: / 1651820179
ABC Playlist: • Super Mario 64 - A But...
ABC Routes: docs.google.com/document/d/1y... - เกม
On the bright side this is the last time the ABC crew memes me with an A press save in TTC
Naw they still have the reentry a press
Lmao
Nah you said it yourself, NEGATIVE A PRESSES
We appreciate you!
5th
I love that, in the process of clearing this star, Mario has to casually reach all the other stars that people were convinced also required A presses.
it's like a TTC boss rush
My guess is he does it like this so that he can reuse the inputs for the lower stars so he only really had to construct one massive ladder to the top but for the lower stars he can reuse parts of it
@@huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhn Well, while there's definitely truth to the fact that inputs are easier to recreate, things like RNG manipulation have to be figured out all over again if the timing is even a frame off, such as when you have to take an extra step to setup something for a future step.
The real reason is that's just the way Tick Tock Clock is. Nearly every star requires you to just climb higher than the last time.
Only 4 months ago we got this star down to 1 A press. Now it's at 0. The most vertical star in the entire game is now at 0 A presses. 10 years ago this one star alone took over 15 A presses to obtain. Today, all 120 stars can be collected in 14 A presses.
Not good enough. We need to bring it to 0 somehow
Yeah it's amazing with all of the strategies discovered not only for this star but for the whole challenge, this was for sure one of the stars I was wondering if it would ever be able to go down to 0xA
And yet JRB chests is still depressing
"we"? your broke-ass didn't do shit 💀
Is there a graph of spreadsheet of this steady reduction in A presses somewhere?
It's finally been done. The most vertically focused star in the game can be beaten with no a presses
You technically need a presses for quite a few of the entries but inside the level 0xA is insane
@@voxel9470 And those are some of the most hearth breaking a-presses. I don't think those would ever be removed :(
@@sebastiangudino9377 i know it seems hopeless, but c'mon, they somehow involve other courses through the run to save some A presses, who knows what kind of discovery involving another course will appear and let TTC be entered with no A presses, this last A press alone seemed hopeless too
doubters in shambles
Would be ironic if we ever come to the point where the half-a-presses actually becomes an issue. :P
after all these years, it has finally been done! seriously, major props to everyone in the ABC community that made this monumental task possible!
We finally did it!
Imagine someone finding the upwarp now.
What have I walked into?
@@byrontheusurper6505 Welcome to the Super Mario 64 A Button Challenge! The rules are simple: collect all 120 stars in as few A presses as possible. Anything else, glitches included, is fair game. A is the main jump button, so this severely limits Mario's vertical movement. Stomp On The Thwomp is the most vertical star of the most vertical level in the game, so the strats required to do it are just ridiculous, way beyond real comprehension by a layman. It took almost a decade to even figure out how to do it, and it takes a TAS (Tool Assisted Speedrun, prerecorded inputs played back perfectly) more than 6 hours to finish!
As of this video, there are now 14 A presses left in the entire game.
@@minuspi8372 that's a rlly cool challenge! Reminds me of minimum captures in mario odyssey, I love runs like that!
I can't believe it. Aside from reentry, TTC is done. There's no more A presses. The level is complete
I remember when this star was 6 A presses, and it seemed impossible to get it any lower. This might be one of the greatest accomplishments in video game history
This star alone once took more A presses than this entire challenge now does. The power of the human will is immeasurable.
The most impossibly unreachable Star in the game has been conquered in 0 A Presses, using some of the most advanced and ludicrous techniques in the game.
Meanwhile, the JRB Chest Star is a little too high, so we need to jump to get it.
Nah, the most impossibly unreachable star has always been WMOTR
@@bmobmo6438 I don't think he was saying the most unreachable. I think it was more about a star that seems like it would be easy to solve but hasn't been yet.
JRB 0.5xA
@@JK17-1 :)
JRB chests is now 0.5xA
If you listen really, really closely, you can hear Bismuth muttering to himself in the distance... "Oh god... Not again..."
Really? I’m hearing more along the lines of, “AHHHHHHHH!”
how? more content to milk
As a spectator (not a TASer) of SM64 TASing for over a decade now, I can confidently say that with the last A press save in LLL and the A press save for this star, that I officially don't know how things work in this game anymore. Major props to the ABC team. What y'all do is insurmountable testament to the love, challenge, and puzzle aspects that this game brings out of all of us.
These guys could solve the millennium prize problems if they were secretly coded as an A-button challenge in TTC
You might think this is useless, but this kind of thing inspires future programmers and computer scientists
I mean some problems can be expressed as a combination of colors on a map so this statement isn't entirely ludicrous lol
the worlds best math guy heres a copy of sm64 where you can try a lot of thing to save a a presse(but once the ansfer to the a press save gives a ansker to unsolved math problumd
I would legitimately not be surprised if they actually have, and no one noticed.
It's hard to believe TTC is finally conquered. We did it. This will forever stand as a monument to the A Button Challenge, and our sights are set on BitFS next. Great job to everyone involved in the whole project, and here's to hoping some new tech gets discovered for things after BitFS.
Unreal that we live in a world where SotT is 0x, but JRB Chests is 1x.
7 minutes ago?
How is it 7 mins ago? Pannen Magic?
Congrats marbler! And also congrats pannen and sjmhrp! And thanks rcombs for verification stream!
@@nathannightmare1604 He's hacking
Hacker
the most vertical stage in the game finally reduced to 0x? absolutely insane, good job ABC guys
I remember the first video about the HOLP not updating when Mario was off-camera and seeing a lot of thoughts that it wouldn't be particularly meaningful in the long run. Here we are now, though, with the mighty plumber having learned how to play peek-a-boo with the laws of reality and completely knocking down one of the most daunting challenges in ABC history. Huge grats to the team, the creativity and knowledge on display here is insane.
Craziest thing in gaming
true
I just want to say I'm really happy you included the final ascent completely not sped up. There is definitely a sense of completion in seeing its entirety starting from the bottom of TTC.
Well, except for the pendulum manipulation
I'm going to echo what I saw someone else say on another video: Mario standing on the Thwomp should become the logo of the A Button Challenge. What an incredible, monumental achievement - sure to go down as one of the greatest TASes ever produced.
Hats off to everyone who contributed to making this possible over the many years.
Standing on the Thwomp and holding a bob-omb
@@jiqci this
@@jiqci While being set on fire
You mean Hats in hands?
@@Myne33 I'll be honest, I tried to make a hat in hand joke with my original post but I couldn't make it sound like I wasn't mourning something.
Crazy the amount of workarounds to eliminate all the TTC A presses but a star spawning just a little too high in JRB is still unconquerable.
edit: I stand corrected.
I still have faith that will be solved one day, it's so frustratingly close that it has to be possible somehow
My guess would be a glitch or trick or exploit allowing for DRs to go slightly higher. That'd be insane and would probably reduce several A presses on its own
@@swirl6996 it's funny to think that a glitch like that would potentially shave off days in this run
@@swirl6996 Or a way to gain a lot of speed.
Here's to hoping Hyperspeed Stone Tunneling's float-precise stable location is discovered
Now we need Bismuth to release a video that will already be partially out of date because this new strategy needs to be covered in the next video.
If you look at his community tab, you’ll notice stuff done in this save is scheduled to be covered
Bismuth is gonna get stuck in an endless cycle with the ABC crew
The B in ABC stands for bismuth
@@halyoalex8942
Automatic Bismuth Content
@@blunderbus2695 Alleged Bismuth Conspiracy
(That being that he times the releases of his videos on the A button challenge so that he can keep doing the dramatic reveal of more saved A presses each time)
Almost all of the combined magic of the A button challenge is compacted into this one A-Press save. I would imagine this is what an older brother would do to impress a little brother. I showed this to my dad and he walked away in 2 minutes not knowing what was going on.
I feel like the entire game can be done if ALL of TTC can be done without an A press now. The community will eventually figure it out
hi mr babdy
Who is Nathaniel B?
Of course
Too optimistic a take. TTC is filled with objects and playthings. WMotR is hopeless. Even JRB is bereft of degrees of freedom.
Optimistic but unlikely, the slide star is impossible to get 0xa due to the lack of objects. If I get proven wrong I will surprised
I seriously thought that a 0x run would always remain impossible. This video lighted the spark of hope inside of me again. The ABC community is so talented. It's only a matter of time before they completely conquer the entirity of SM64 and I'll be very happy whenever that happens.
jrb tho
a full-game 120-star TAS, which can be downloaded and played back on any copy of Muphen64+ or garden-variety N64 (through a microcontroller of some sort), where the A button is never pressed a single time would be one hell of a sight to behold
@@vincenzofranchelli2201 JRB i still think isn't too farfetched and might be possible someday, but WMotR and PSS on the other hand...
WMOTR is impossible. The point where that level is figured out it the point where the entire game is broke and the challenge trivial. There will never be a meaningful 120 0xA run
A 0xA 70-star run is guaranteed to happen once they figure out a fast BitFS strat possible on n64
I am in utter disbelief. This year was absolutely historic for this challenge, especially considering the hardest 0xA course was DECIMATED
15:23 is like a magic trick. One second the Bob-omb isn't there, then the pendulum swings and it appears out of thin air!
Love this stuff; can't believe improvements are still being made! Good job to the whole team!
As most are going to say, it's unreal to see this be done. Hats off to the ABC crew, this is amazing!
It's crazy that we did it!
My jumpless tas is nothing compared to this madness lmao
absolutely incredible
@@phelicopter5207 we?!
@@josefish5193 Ikr. More like they did it.
This is a true marvel of human ingenuity. Fighting for every inch of height. Every single time you'd make it just a bit further, I'd realize "oh my god, he's just getting up here to set the HOLP again." Creating each stepping stone, one at a time. The final ascent was a joy to watch. Contratulations on this momentous achievement!
It's like watching someone challenging Mt. Everest. The height, the careful routing, the injuries... You can't imagine someone jump-diving while climbing a tall tall mountain, right? Huge kudos to everyone involved, working because there's star up there
Unbelievable! Mind-blowing! There was no guarantee AT ALL that TTC 0xA would ever be possible. No one in development could have even remotely considered designing SM64's levels with the ABC challenge in mind. We're seeing history be made right in front of our eyes! What an insane accomplishment! You guys are frickin' heroes!
After all these years, the literal pinnacle of TTC was finally conquered
never in a million years would i think TTC would have 0 a presses within the level. that’s insane.
there 3xA
@@JK17-1 that's to reenter, not to do with the stars themselves
@@alecrutz6979 yeah but even if everything spawning displacement there's still on to enter the stage for the first time to collect all the stars.
@@JK17-1 one of these days... 🤞
@@JK17-1 yep that’s why i said “within the level”. the day we can do everything regarding TTC in 0xA would be incredible
Lots of people commenting on how monumental an achievement this is (and it certainly is) but what I am most impressed by is how breathtaking the strategy is. The plan involves gaining the ability to "summon" the bob-omb remotely to reset the HOLP at will and use that, combined with lots of cloning, to climb the level. Each new height reached requires recursively repeating the previous steps, so the whole thing has this incredible spiral structure. Very cool. The final ascent is so cool too, especially the part where the momentum from the bomb-omb grabs propels Mario across gaps. I literally gasped at some of the moments at the end. Truly awesome to watch, bravo.
Unbelievable. When I first started getting interested in Mario 64, the first A-press save I was there for was SOTT 6x with the Pedro spot, way back in 2015. Never did I think I'd be sitting here, on a late night in 2022 after seven years of fascination with this game (both as a viewer and TASer myself), watching that same star get obliterated 0x.
This wasn't one new tech that blew the star up, it was the culmination of an absurd number of ingenious ideas, pulling together every tool available and pushing their limits, all to systatically pass each & every obstacle.
This star truly feels like a celebration of everything this game has given us, and the immense progression of understanding and ingenuity which has been achieved over these years.
Brilliant work everyone involved. Truly brilliant. A monumental achievement many years in the making, and I'm glad I could be still here to see it!
Holy hell
If anyone hasn't looked at the description yet, please look at the posted imgur link in there
The amount of steps needed to pull this off is absolutely insane
I remember accidentally doing this entire sequence as a child to pick up this star, just mashing the controller... mashing everything but the A button of course.
I did the same but i got a wild Mew encounter instead of the star
groundbreaking
thwomp stomping, if you will
That transparency effect for walls is seriously impressive. It's so effortless and smooth and it helps visualize what's happening by orders of magnitude.
The fact that this is also finally down to 0 A presses is also incredible. So many years, I'm really excited watching this!
You click to watch a towering achievement in video game history.
I click to enjoy 32 minutes of randomly sped-up SM64 music.
We are not the same.
After 9 years, 1 month and 29 days, TTC is finally conquered, with Stomp on the Thwomp resulting in 0x A Presses, every single TTC course completed in 0x A Presses and everything else. There are 14 A presses remaining, now there are only 11 unique A presses or technically 14 and all to be saved, and TASers can't believe they finally done Stomp on the Thwomp without using a single A press, or 0x A Presses. Props, thanks and congratulations to these TASers in the A Button Challenge community that made the world's most monumental task possible.
9 years? mario 64 came out in the 90s
@@vincenzofranchelli2201 9 years since the A Button Challenge was started.
🇺🇦
@@rebmcr are we not counting super old internet forums. The ABC is basically as old as Mario 64 it just wasnt documented the way it is now
@@vincenzofranchelli2201 that was the point where pannen decided to dedicate more time to the challenge than anyone else
omg
This is the final boss. It uses every mechanic. It uses BCA, it uses PBHS, it uses VSC, it uses SDC, it uses RSC, it uses HFH, it uses cloning, it uses misalignments, the only thing we're missing is a parallel universe to round out the everything.
Bro when I saw this notification I literally started yelling like a maniac, this is huge!!! You guys managed to collect the most “vertical” star in the entire game without ever having to jump. Incredible stuff
I really love the bob-omb magic trick at 15:22 ⭐
Okay this is impressive and all, but can we talk about 15:24 please? I've seen cloning and unloading so many times. This man literally made a Bob-omb appear from thin air as the pendulum passes.
This is hands down the funniest thing I've seen for SM64
bismuth gonna be pulling his hair out when he sees that the abc crew have found YET ANOTHER save that he has to explain
If the length of the step by step explanation is anything that’s just another video entirely
yea his last video about sm64 abc theres been two a press saves this one and one i dont know
The funniest part after this amazing achievement is that with over half an hour of footage to work with TH-cam has tagged this with the wrong videogame
I feel like a small child seeing a plane for the first time. Just pure amazement. The smile/minute count was through the roof.
Enormous thank you to Marbler. You took the role of the leader and delivered in such a short time. Incredible!
Enormous thank you to Pannen. Obviously we wouldn't be here without your years of effort.
Enormous thank you to Sjmhrp. Your number crunching for the squish cancel ascent was the revolutionary key to this victory.
Big thank you to ds273 for the final piece of the puzzle.
And also thanks to fifdspence and all of the rest of the ABC crew. All of your dedication is highly appreciated.
I can't believe it! One of the holy grails! The "Beyond the Pole" teams have already solved 2 of 3 challenges in so little time. Truly, this is the most exciting year in the history of the A button challenge.
BitFS next
@@Merluch Hopefully!
30:44 Even beyond the spectacle that is this A Press Save, the gang still finds a way to entertain us with the casual TAS abuse here. Amazing work guys. Pray for Bismuth
Actually, that just so happened to be the easiest way to get away from the fire spitter, with an additional side effect of allowing for dust to be generated for a small amount of rng manip.
@@supermarble94 Even the grinding that pannen used to describe as just styling has found a place in the strats :D
I never thought I'll see the day where TTC gets beaten with 0x A presses. Legit freaked out when I saw the notification of this video.
Get yourself a lover that'll hold you like Pannen holds bomb clones.
Congrats on conquering TTC! It's been a fun journey to watch for years now.
This is quite possibly among the most unintelligible, cryptic video game pieces of lore to ever exist, yet it is presented in a way that is probably the most intelligible for normal humans to catch a glimpse of understanding. Truly amazing
I have never felt so sorry for bismuth who has to explain all of this now
I've never seen such dedication for a conditional clear ever, definitely the most impressive 0xA to date.
This is truly legendary. A long time ago, this star alone took 15. Now it takes 0 and the entire game takes less than that. Waiting for Bismuth's video so i can understand what's going on
Just wanted to say thank you for a couple of things:
- the amazing content,
- the in-depth knowledge
- the endless supply of facts
- the ability to explain the topic's complexity
in a way that everyone's able to follow
- the incredible dedication
😊
It's so funny that the most vertical star in the game can be collected without pressing A, yet the Princess Secret Slide Star which is literally just a slide going down remains unsolved.
also JRB chests
@@blockmath_2048 exactly
And wiggler's cave, which suffers from the same problem: a bit high
@@ccgarciab the first a press in wiggler red coins was made a bit more feasible now that you could theoretically use a 100 coin star for it. But still there's no way to get a coin and a fire clone needed. And even then there's the second one.
@@Merluchdon’t you need the 100 coin star to access the level anyway?
Made an audible "WHAT!" in class when I saw the thumbnail. It's finally done. Seeing this makes me feel like nothing is impossible. Great job, abc team, great job.
I just saw the notification for this video, sleepily swiped it away, and then said "what" out loud when I processed what video it was. Insane work, you guys.
I'm in disbelief. What a behemoth of a save. Kudos to everyone involved!
lol the irony that SoTT, the star that has plagued the ABC for years, of all stars, goes down to 0x, when stars like the chest star in JRB or the reds star in THI still need A presses
incredible work from all of you, and i can’t wait to see where the ABC goes next
Edit: glad to see that this is now somewhat outdated :)
This must have felt cathartic to finally accomplish
I've never been this excited for a TAS. It's currently very late and hate sooo much having to go to bed, but a 30 minutes video to showcase an insane 1 a press save, after the amount of work that was already needed to bring it down to this point... I know it will be wonderful, and I'm so excited to watch it as soon as I can. Thanks to all the ABC crew for those amazing works throughout the years! 💪👏
Holy bananas. It's like you've solved one of the most complex video game puzzles ever. To think that this super high star has now been obtained with 0 A presses. It is truly amazing how far the A Button Challenge has come.
Hi SomeGuy :)
Keep seeing random people I know in random places recently lol
The step by step plan in the description literally looks like the Willy Wonka contract
It's such an incredible feat getting the most vertical star of the entire game in 0 A presses you deserve a lot more credit in the M64 community 🎉
I guess we don't need that upwarp after all!
Wow! No A presses in the entirety of Tick Tock Clock. Unbelievable.
I love how RNG manipulation looks in this level, it’s like magic. Seeing the clock hand move at full speed while you made dust made me laugh.
15:22 This moment is my favourite in the video because it feels like Mario himself is performing sleight of hand when that bomb appears.
you know you’re in for something good when they start in a different level
This point forward in history will be known as A0xSotT (After 0x stomp on the thwomp) and all time before will be known as B0xSotT
Gosh, we're starting to run out of A presses to save, both because we literally have 14 A presses left and because a lot of those may just not be possible to save. Yours and everyone's work on this challenge is frankly inspirational, I love hearing about it whenever there's a development 💖
"we"
@@MarsofAritia lol I wasn't involved personally but it's still a collective effort for everyone, sorry if that came across as self-agrandisement
@@MarsofAritia Have you never heard of community refer to itself as 'we'? extremely common use of the word
@@b1nary_f1nary doesn't mean it isn't stupid. 'we' didn't do anything except watch.
@@MarsofAritia What's stupid is being a lame-ass attention whore on TH-cam. Yes, yes, you're triggered by people having a good time, I get it, I was a whiny teenager too once. But try growing the fuck up sometime, mate.
I am in awe. It wasn't that long ago that completing this star without jumps was beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Now, through six hours of insane object manipulation, weird physics abuses, and lots of bob-ombs, it's possible. Amazing work to everyone involved in bringing all the pieces of this puzzle together, it's absolutely incredible!
Also, I can't believe you can get into hands-free by being pushed off the treadmill while in the throwing animation, and dive while hands-free to grab the star spawner? This is new! I had to go read the notes to get the gist of what was happening at the very end.
Would love to hear you break this down.... most importantly you're still playing and being a beast!
I don't know what exactly happened (not a hardcore speedrunner, and sm64 isn't my thing really). But I do know that it's a big deal.
Everyone who worked on this and provided help deserves a round of applause, even I can tell this was a labor of passion.
I'm proud of you.
I saw this video on my feed and actually gasped. I can't believe this has been done. I remember when this star took like 6 A presses
15:22 looks like a magic trick from the pendulum
Unbelievable. Congratulations to the crew, this is the most insane achievement in this challenge so far!
This is insane. All of you are insane. This might be, quite literally, peak a-button challenge. Congratulations to everybody involved!
Rest in Peace, Bismuths throat
It's been done. It's finished. It's amazing. Thank you Sjmhrp and Marbler. It couldn't have been done without you.
Can’t wait for bismuth to explain this one! Great job to the abc crew!!
I guess the real upwarp was the friends we made along the way.
💀
This is unbelievable. This is incredible. Thank you, ABC crew, for all of your efforts!
Bro this TAS guy does it again, has all these crazy fast speedruns in every game and they even beat the last star in TTC without an A press? What can't this TAS guy do!
I heard TAS is a pseudonym meaning Talented-Ass Speedrunner. Dude has every right to be cocky about this title tbh.
Get Treasure in the Ocean Cave apparently
@@FanOfNintendoButMostlySM64 he can get it, just not 0xA
@@a.d.t.mapping yeah, that was what i was specifically talking about
Eyy, one less A press for the challenge. Stuff like this is always great to see.
Hats off (or in hands?) to the ABC crew for managing this insane accomplishment, I can hardly believe how much time and effort has gone into this! Congrats!
Whoa there's so much new stuff in this I haven't seen! I need to keep up with this project more. Very cool stuff!
The wrong warp (at least it looked like one) in the beginning is pure magic as far as I can tell
That's not a wrong warp, that's just a cut in the video. Saying that, "earlier in the run we set the HOLP in CCM. Now, later on after some time has elapsed and we're in TTC, here's SotT."
til notch watches pannenkoek. small world
Hey Notch,
That's not a wrong warp at the beginning, rather it's just a jump cut skipping Mario's entry into Tick Tick Clock.
@@Skazzy3YT Ohhh, hahaha! Well then, I suppose any sufficiently advanced TASing really is indistinguishable from editing.
@@_notch Notch i challenge you to a 2v2 in Jabroni Brawl: Episode 3 Fart Cops. If I win you must tweet "Black Lives Matter" followed up with a "transgender rights are human rights" tweet. If I lose I will upload a video of myself eating a picture of you (Notch) with ranch dressing. (notch salad)
This is like the way video games behave when you try to play them in a dream. You press different buttons but it just stays locked in a loop where the Bob ombs walk into each other and explode over and over while Mario spins helplessly in the air… I have been watching these videos for years and I still only understand *some* of the techniques in this one
Truly incredible, one of the levels I believed was insurmountable. Amazing work, and thank you to the ABC crew for your dedication and efforts to pull this off and share with the lay people like myself!
With this all the a presses in stages that we have plenty to work with have been solved.
All that is left is
5xa in the 3rd floor of the castle
2xa inside the pyramid in SSL
2xa inside wigglers lair in THA
2xa in WIng Mario over the Rainbow
1xa in Jolly Roger bay
1xa in the slide
1xa in the bottom of Bowser in the fire sea
In none of these areas do we have access to cloning 0xa and more than half have no enemies at all to manipulate!
I look forward to seeing what the abc crew comes up with next!
the squish cancels look so cleaaaan this route, and there are so many without hours of manipulation? insane! the minds of the abc crew are always so amazing, congrats on this latest achievement!
Well ABC crew, you did it. You actually did it.
The absolutely incredible success of the A Button Challenge has peaked, in a sense.
The single most vertical course in the entire game, completed without even thinking about the A Button.
This achievement took many- you know what, I can't even put it into words.
We all know that every single step of the plan requires amazing tech, cleverly put together in a complex plan, with an awe-inspiring concept.
So I'll just say: Thank you. Genuinely thank you to everyone that contributed to this masterpiece of a peak-ABC strategy.
You Gods deserve a break after all this.
What a monumental a press save this is, and it shows in just how complex this star is to get to. Huge props to all the TASers involved.
Mario can do anything you can't stop him
Marblet: 1
Universe : 0
This is amazing, and I can't believe things like this are still being done. Thank you for inspiring a generation.
I don't understand why this is so satisfying. There's a part of me that insists that watching this should feel like seeing insane people working incredibly hard to do something incomprehensibly inconsequential. But instead, I feel.. pride! Awe! Gratitude! Even a little moved! Like someone just scaled Mount Everest! What are these feelings??
It has finally been done!
A big round of applause here, foks! Shout-outs to Marty the Thwomp!
It’s my sleepover and I get to pick the first episode to watch
Yoooooo, this is crazy! Great work to everyone who worked on this, It’s unbelievable how many A-presses have been shaved off this year alone.
This is just utterly mind blowing. Seeing TTC finally be defeated after following this for years is just incredible, you and the community are some of the most dedicated people I have ever seen, it’s only a matter of time before we have a single digit number of A presses left! Seriously huge congrats on getting the most vertical star in the game without pressing A once.