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New Super Mario 64 Speedrun in 4 minutes, 22 seconds.

submitted by RedSky

7 years 7 months 1 week ago

From Kotaku: Since it came out 20 years ago, Super Mario 64 has been cracked open, turned inside-out, and put back together in all sorts of weird configurations, but people keep figuring out new ways to warp its candy colored reality. The latest is being billed as the biggest speedrun breakthrough since 2007.

A crew of speedrunners led by Tyler Kehne, MKDasher, sonicpacker, Snark, SilentSlayers, Gaehne D, Eru, and ToT finally figured out what they’re calling the “holy grail” of Mario 64 sequence breaks (via Frank Cifaldi). It’s known as the Moat Door Skip, and though people have believed it possible for years, nobody’s been able to pull it off. Until now.

It involves the underwater moat door, which has thwarted Mario 64 players since the game came out.

“Everyone who has ever owned this game has tried (in vain) to open the door to the basement while it is still underwater,” they explained. “The purpose in doing so is to obsolete the first of the two keys held by Bowser, and thus make Bowser in the Dark World and the 1st Bowser fight unnecessary.”

The new speedrun method cuts a whopping 39.10 seconds off the previous world record. It’s a massive breakthrough.

http://kotaku.com/speedrunners-finally-pull-off-the-holy-grail-of-mario-6-1787247119