[TAS] Super Mario Galaxy - Sling Pod in 35.42

Mario flies through Sling Pod Galaxy faster than ever before!
TAS by ERGC | Xander
IL Time: 35.42 (2005 frames)
Rerecords: 5667
Special thanks to April for making an initial TAS of this level ( • Sling Pod Galaxy 39.17... ), to Toogs for in-level route testing, and PurpleSun for finding an improvement on the final launch.
Any% TAS WIP. Playlist of ILs completed so far: • Super Mario Galaxy TAS...
Super Mario Galaxy TASing Server: / discord
I had to include the luma feeding freerun in the video. Super cool showcase of spin cancel tech imo. There's also some camera manipulation going on to reduce the text startup/cutscene time. Credit to PurpleSun for TASing the walk up to the luma.
I tested a bunch of different routes for sling pods in the first section, and pull stars in the second. These were the fastest combinations that I came up with.
The main optimization here is swinging the sling pods back and forth with the cursor. This brought them closer to Mario, letting him grab them sooner. Sometimes it required 2 swings, sometimes 3. This consistently saved 2 frames on every sling pod grab except the 2nd last - it was too far off screen so I couldn't manipulate it early enough, so it only saved 1f there. The last one was very precise but I got that 2f. On the first sling pod after the pull star section, I move P2 on a wide angle on the last swing - this is to help line up the launch angle sooner.
I just barely missed the 3rd canon cycle (1 or 2f) which lost 20f. This might not matter in the grand scheme of things because of the firebar cycle at the end. I couldn't use P2 to hold another canon back and break the one that spawns because Mario would just hit the one I'm holding instead.
I missed the final cage cycle by around 13f or so. Because I'm sitting there pulling back the sling pod for so long, I move the cursor up just before the launch so that it brings Mario further forward while I'm waiting which saved 1f. This is the shot where ro_money suggested we take a wide angle and PurpleSun proved that it could be done and was faster so shoutouts to them!
Apparently nobody thought of launching a sling pod past the mine field until now, turns out it's pretty fast. And I have no idea why Mario slips past the cannon launcher but hey I'll take it.
Getting back into TASing this game is proving difficult for me. Thanks for the continued support - don't forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share the video if you enjoyed :D
Also check out this amazing alternate thumbnail by THE DyllonStej cdn.discordapp...
Edit: i have been blackmailed to use the meme thumbnail send help, here's the original thumbnail: cdn.discordapp...
Edit 2: i refuse to be blackmailed. Let's hope it didn't cache for too many people lmfao
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