I'm actually doing them concurrently, and was thinking about keeping it a secret, but I guess the news is out now.
One could be called "God Hand" by others who consider the person to be really expert beyond any other experts. But one cannot call oneself "God Hand".
Wait a minute ... if the Sonic run is 18:09 on the PAL version, then it would be 15:07.5 on the NTSC version and faster than the TAS?
Or find a way to skip the boss and have Tails stay behind and kill it so the clock still stops. :)
<Atma> no abuse? screw that. <Atma> abuse is where the enjoyment is
Okay, I got bored so I decided to go and play some Mario Party. I decided to check which games could be optimised for time and which ones could not, so here goes: WORLD 1 Coin Block Blitz: Yes (I don't know how you'd go about optimising it though) Coin Block Bash: Yes Coin Shower Flower: Yes! You can pick up 25 coins and fall off, and it'll be a clear! Paddle Battle: No WORLD 2 Memory Match: Yes Ground Pound: Yes Limbo Dance: Yes Musical Mushroom: Yes (you'd also have to make the music stop as quickly as possible) Piranha's Pursuit: Not sure. Do you go faster the more you tap B here? Here, the path splits. It needs to be decided which of Worlds 3/4 and World 5 is quicker (there's 9 minigames on 3/4, and 8 on 5). On one hand, we have... WORLD 3 Crazy Cutter: Yes, by ensuring you get the quickest one, and just get the 80 points Buried Treasure: Yes Desert Dash: Yes, but quite minimal Tug Of War: Yes, I think? Teetering Towers: Possibly, but only very slight. WORLD 4 Bobsled Run: Yes Skateboard Scamper: Don't think so, only very marginal if anything Handcar Havoc: Yes Ghost Guess: Yes And on the other hand... WORLD 5 Cast Aways: No, but you can get a hell of a lot of coins Shy Guy Says: Not that I know of, but I'm sure you could luck manipulate it somehow Bumper Balls: Yes Treasure Divers: Yes Bombs Away: Yes, if you can get rid of all three opponents Deep Sea Divers: Yes, minimally Mushroom Mixup: Yes, and it'd look pretty damn cool if done well Tightrope Treachery: Yes, I'd say there is a way to ensure that they don't hit you (or at least not make you stop) Alternatively, you could save the trouble, and play 100% and do both. Either works. WORLD 6 Box Mountain Mayhem: Yes Pedal Power: Can't see why not Tipsy Tourney: Yes Hot Bob-Omb: No, but you should be able to make it so you don't get it or something Bombsketball: Yes, but not much quicker than a real player could do Hot Rope Jump: No, because I'm pretty sure the CPU players can't lose WORLD 7 Slot Machine: Not much, ideally you'd get a coin to save you picking up too many of them Crane Game: No, but you'd obviously put a person in the closest position Pipe Maze: No, except maybe ensuring the game gives you a maze where the first pipe is the winner Bowl Over: No Whack-a-Plant: Maybe a little, especially early on Mario Bandstand: No WORLD 8 Running of the Bulb: No Grab Bag: No Key-pa-Way: Maybe a little Balloon Burst: Yes Face Lift: No Bash 'n' Cash: No WORLD 9 Hammer Drop: Yes (see Coin Shower Flower) Slot Car Derby 1: Yes Shell Game: No Knock Block Tower: No Platform Peril: Maybe Slot Car Derby 2: Yes