A small little trick I just found. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPLxDK3Gl1U Useless to this point (you can't get the Chapter 4 shop room key) Though, we can do this strat after getting Koops which would save time from using Koops to hit the switch.
Well this "Koops" will still be fully operational in battle, but if you try to switch partners... You can't. Just like the partner menu, the game only thinks you have Goombella, but it has Koops appear because he is required for the note cutscene right before Red Bones.
No, unfortunately there are no force swaps for Koops in any of the cutscenes up until the end of Chapter 4 (when you get him back). Once you switch to Flurrie in Chapter 2 to reveal the Great Tree's secret entrance, you won't be able to switch to or use Koops until you get him back after beating Doopliss. That's why we would have to find another way to get the key other than using Koops's ability.
It's a good idea, but we tried that first. The loading zone has tall invisible walls on all three sides, preventing us from seamwalking around the log. I also attempted to Yoshi hover over it from a small rock and jump on it in paper mode (you can hop up slopes in paper mode, like the wooden wheel in Chapter 8). Unfortunately, the log seems to have one big, tall hitbox/wall (with extensions for the twigs) that doesn't have slopes like the log's actual geometry does. It might be more useful to look into ways of getting into the storeroom without the key (though I don't know how likely this is).
This deserves to be highlighted: https://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/source/detail?r=ed67d1ae2f9693ed42867a2e79b7cae4427574e3 As the commit says, it fixes heat effect glitch. Abahbob helped delroth, kudos to him. This commit supposedly fixes some glitch in paper mario aswell.
Oh my gosh, thank you! :D And you can re-enter that room and open the chest and everything?
The 2 chests seem to load with the area. I don't know for the items on the ground
Because the chests are already loaded, you can directly interact with them. No need to re-enter the room. EDIT: In the same mood... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZDPwTJ1JQ
