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This run is a TAS of Super Monkey Ball Jr. playing the beginner stages.
Note that this run keeps the music on, while the RTA record turns it off. The sound slows down the game quite a bit, which is noticeable even on the first level which only requires you to go in a straight line yet the RTA run saves 0.1 seconds. So, some levels are a little slower than the RTA record. Still I think sound on is better (and it also provides a better test of the emulator.)
This run is console verified as demonstrated in the temp encode.

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eien86: This movie solves the game's "Beginner" 10-floor set, for which no previous movie exists as of now. The submission is clearly optimized, making use of some nice skips and tricks, and beats the corresponding RTA category by a decent margin.
The author chooses to enable music, even at the expense of a few miliseconds per level. This is a sound decision (pun intended), as the music adds to the experience and the delay is barely noticeable, if at all. I would argue that any future submission that beats this one only on the basis of disabling the music should not be sufficient to obsolete this one (unless this allowed the execution of some type of skip or glitch).
Accepting to Standard ("Beginner" category)

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #8882: Alyosha's GBA Super Monkey Ball Jr. "Beginner" in 02:35.41
EZGames69
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Why not do the other stages as well?
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Alyosha
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EZGames69 wrote:
Why not do the other stages as well?
Lack of interest. This game is painful to optimize and not veru sync friendly, beginner stages was enough for me.
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I liked the stages that were done. The Super Monkey Ball games just seem like fun games and the variation in stage height and moving platforms keeps my interest.
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Hi Alyosha, I am trying to find the RTA analogous of this movie. Can you please confirm this is the correct SR page that more closely resembles your category choice? https://www.speedrun.com/smbjr?h=Beginner-Extra-Warpless-Console&platforms=GBA&x=vdoqpvkp-2lgyv6lp.21dkk7gl-ylqmkpzn.jq63n43q
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Alyosha wrote:
https://www.speedrun.com/smbjr?h=Beginner-Extra-Warps-Console&x=vdoqpvkp-2lgyv6lp.klr33wwl-ylqmkpzn.jq63n43q This is the comparable category.
If that's the case, can you help me understand why the movie's time (2.35) doesn't beat all RTA times even with music enabled?
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RTA timing starts at character select and ends at the last goal. By RTA timing this run is ~2:07.
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Is it okay if you could provide extra input for the credits stage? It's kind of silly for a TAS for the credits to run while the player does nothing but fall into the abyss multiple times.
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despoa wrote:
Is it okay if you could provide extra input for the credits stage? It's kind of silly for a TAS for the credits to run while the player does nothing but fall into the abyss multiple times.
I'm not really interested in doing so, but I won't object if you or anyone else wants to add something there.
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I think I can add something there. I won't ask for credit.
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [5841] GBA Super Monkey Ball Jr. "Beginner" by Alyosha in 02:35.41