'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 world record

Re:'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 ... by berbec on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @09:55AM (#18075935)

A notable example of this is Mario 64, where the lowest stars possible category has been renamed multiple times as ways of defeating bowser with fewer and fewer stars are discovered. I believe we are at 0.

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Re:'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 ... by kibwen on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @10:09AM (#18076052)

And now that the star count is at zero (which humans have pulled off in runs), there is a distinction between "two-key zero-star" and "one-key zero-star", of which the latter is likely only possible in TAS. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5j6l9ULxmI

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Re:'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 ... by berbec on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @10:59AM (#18076608)

"likely only possible in TAS" has this habit of becoming possible.

SethBling turning Super Mario World into Super Flappy Birds on a console comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB6eY73sLV0

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Re:'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 ... by kibwen on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:17AM (#18076793)

Exactly why I made the conscious choice to use the word "likely". :)

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Re:'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 ... by berbec on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @06:41PM (#18080883)

Conscious choice consensus

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