Compared to Brandon's TAS, I saved a total of 1 press (“A” press). This allows the game to be completed with 141 presses instead of 142. Where did I save the 1 press? In the warp zone in 4-2, just before entering World 8 pipe, when I crouch jump perfectly as Big Mario, our head doesn't hit the ceiling, so we can get through that part with just 1 jump instead of 2. The crouch button doesn't add an extra press because I would have pressed the down button anyway to enter the pipe leading to 8-1. So from the moment I started the crouch jump until I entered the World 8 pipe, I didn't let go of the down button. I actually saw this tactic in HappyLee's “minimum A presses” TAS, and it works here too. Other than that, the inputs are very similar to Brandon's TAS. I tried to do the inputs a little differently, but when the goal of the category is “minimum presses,” I can't change the inputs much.
CoolHandMike: Claiming for judging.
CoolHandMike: Replacing existing movie file with requested movie file by author in discussion.
CoolHandMike: Accepting improvement. This is both faster than the original as well as having one less A jump press. The relevant button press that was removed was around frame 9400. Instead of jumping twice there is only one jump.
Accepting to Alternative for branch "minimum presses".
Good job!
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