| Level | Comments |
|---|---|
| 1-1 | There are many enemies here that I can't hit due to level design. |
| 1-2 | This got to be the best level to show off hard mode's potential. Here was also the first occurence where a combo would have resulted in lag so I needed to avoid a part of it. |
| 1-3 | - |
| 2-1 | This is the level where I stopped progress for a long time because I wasn't motivated to deal with the bonus screen in 2-3 (meaning I would have to redo 2-1 and 2-2 many times). Luckily, no idle frames needed to inserted in these levels at all! |
| 2-2 | Many enemies can't be hit here due to level design either. |
| 2-3 | Strangely, I was able to kill the boss here with no delay occuring in the bonus screen (which wasn't the case with the regular TAS). This may support the reasoning that someday the 5000 points from this boss can be gotten in the regular TAS without delay. |
| 3-1 | There is some lag in the beginning of this level, but nothing much can be done about it. |
| 3-2 | - |
| 3-3 | Manipulating this level's bonus screen is different from 1-3 and 2-3. The bonus screens in those levels seem to depend solely on timing whereas the bonus screen of 3-3 depends on other things too. This image ([dead link removed]) describes the problem I experienced. This bonus screen may depend on the behavior of the boss, Mario's position, the time he falls down... 5 idle frames needed to be inserted here. |
| 4-1 | There is much lag in the tunnel sequences here and I needed to miss a coin block to reduce the lag... |
| 4-2 | 1 frame was lost at the last falling platform due to how the game works: Falling platforms and enemies are shifted leftwards as the screen progresses so their positioning isn't accurate all the time. Mario steps on the falling platform later than in my improved regular TAS even though both runs had the same movement (they both went 1 pixel, 2 pixels, 1 pixel, 2 pixels etc. at the same screens). This may be caused by a different frame number so the object shifting is much related to how the screen scrolls only at every other frame in 2-3 and 4-3, independant on when the level started. I'm not sure if my reasoning is correct though... |
| 4-3 | - |
Normally i would say Yes, but thennI thought "its not the same hack" so ill stick with meh.
This is getting a very strong yes vote from me. If I could vote yes on it more than once (without TASing the site), I would. Way more entertaining than the standard run. The way you move with the extra enemies makes it seem like Mario is some kind of Bulldozer Tank with a one track mind. If only all runs looked this good. 1-2 enemy stomp was great, 4000 points! Your antics in 2-3 were your best yet. 4-3 was great too antics-wise, killing 3 enemies simultaneously like that, amazing. This is what TASing is all about. All in all, one of the best runs I've seen in a long time.
Question: What happen to the Rerecord count?
Also, shouldn't one of your categories be, Plays at hardest difficulty?
I'm actually not sure what rerecord count to encode this with.
Yes. This was more entertaining than the normal run. Also, Yay for keeping Tetris Tetrominoes on 2-3!
Just curious, why are noobirdoh's videos and channel unlisted? Share that stuff with the masses, man!
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
EDIT: Why is this labeled as "judging underway" when no judge has displayed a claim on this? It also seems quite quick to claim a submission like this within its first day in the queue.
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
