Actually, it isn't Saturday. I'm sure you already replaced "three days after Saturday" with Tuesday, so I'll reword it here.
If the day before the day before yesterday is Tuesday, what day is today?
Now you have to ask yourself "On what day would you say that the day before the day before yesterday is Tuesday?" It's probably easy from there. :)
<i>If the day before the day before yesterday is three days after Saturday, what day is today?</i>
Thanks for the comments, guys.
I've decided it would probably be better to make a new topic rather than keep on posting in this one. I don't want to stop the other discussions on smb3 TASing (I noticed you guys just found shortcuts for the warpless run).
Caturday. ;)
Heh, Exately what I guess when I first came across it. Look at it more carefully. ;)
<i>If the day before the day before yesterday is three days after Saturday, what day is today?</i>
So has anyone watched my WIP yet? Even if walkathons are discouraged, I still want to get an idea of how I can improve when it comes to TASing in general. I believe this run does have some potential though.
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Thanks for your feedback! :)
You're right, and it would be even faster to get the whistle from the 1st fortress as well and go straight to World 8. That would be 4 presses as well. (which one time the button would be held until I had a full p-meter)
But I think I want to avoid using b inside levels, even if it were to do things other than run. That would make it different from the SMW walkathon.
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it would be best to post it here. but honestly, the SMB walkathon was posted by Bisqwit as a curiosity to see if it could be done. The only entertaining walkathon was the SMW one, and it was rejected.
I wouldn't even bother trying to make one.
Thanks, Comicalflop, but I think I'm going to continue working on what I have so far, even if it isn't publish worthy. It'll help me get more experience when it comes to TASing in general.
Anyways, here is my idea. [it's a little descriptive, so beware :)]
Let me start by saying I have been a fan of tool-assited speedruns for a while now, and I've recently started practicing beating some of my favorite games using frame advance and save states. Overall I think I'm pretty decent, but there's always room for improvement.
I read a couple of topics here dealing with beating smb3 without pressing the b button and actually wondered myself if it was possible. After a bunch of testing, I found out, sadly, that it wasn't. The pyramid in World 2 isn't passable without either carrying and kicking beetle shells or attacking with your tail as raccoon mario. All 3 whistles that are obtainable in the game are also not possible to collect without pressing b.
World 1, Level 3: You have to press b to open the treasure chest containing the whistle.
World 1 Fortress: You have to fly in order to get to the bonus room where the whistle is located.
World 2 Fire Bros.: You have to use a hammer on the overworld in order to get to the Fire Bros.
So what is my idea, you ask? I was thinking that we could refer to it as a "walkathon" rather than a "no b run", since it would theoretically still be considered a walkathon. My plan is to complete smb3 using the b button a total of 4 times, with those 4 presses only being used to use items on the overworld in order to progress through the game. I discovered a route which is possible to do in this way.
-World 1
-World 2 (get the hammer from the hammer bros. and use it to reach the fire bros. that have the whistle, then use the whistle.) (2 presses)
-World 6 (acquire a Jugem's Cloud from the hammer bros., only reason World 6 is required)
-World 7 (Use a P-Wing in order to complete the 1st Fortress, and use the Jugem's Cloud from World 6 to skip 7-9.) (2 presses)
-World 8
Using this route, the run still could be considered a walkathon since the b button is never used in any of the individual levels.
I also created a WIP of the 1st World a while back. Here it is.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/29/1392707/Super%20Mario%20Bros%203b2.fcm
Basically I tried my best to be as entertaining as possible while also moving as fast as possible by hitting blocks, jumping on things, etc.
Individual level notes:
1-2: Who said you had to press b to go fast. :)
Fortress: I delayed a little bit when getting the "?" in order to manipulate the hammer bros.
1-5: Read 1-2's comment.
Castle: Jumped on the 1st frame when greeted by toad, collected 12 1-ups!
If there's any questions about anything, feel free to ask, but I believe that basically sums it up. Let me know what you think.
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I have a quick question as well.
I have an idea for smb3 which involves completing a "walkathon" tas of it. Would it be better to post my ideas and thoughts in here, or to make a new topic?
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Which one do you guys normally use to tas/play games? I like using a USB controller, but would the keyboard be better when it comes to tasing, or is it up to the player which they want to use?
Thanks in advance.
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Is it needed to move so slowly, or can you move faster?
I just tested it out and it is possible without doing all the waiting the guy does in the youtube vid.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/29/1392707/super%20mario%20rpg%20mack%20skip.smv
Note: Frame advance wasn't working for me for some reason. Even when I hold the button down, it only advances 1 frame, unlike fceu's frame advance. So this was made just with slowdown and savestates.
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When you beat the game normally (by defeating ganon), after the credits it shows how many times you died in each dungeon.
When the credits roll from beating the four swords dungeon, I believe it shows how many times you used each item throughout the entire game (lantern, bow and arrow, etc.), but I don't think either of them show how many times you take damage.
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