Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Revision history

Nemi at 08:12, 11 March 2014

2014-03-11T08:12:53Z

Nemi at 07:14, 10 March 2014

2014-03-10T07:14:45Z

Yoshifan at 05:46, 19 December 2013

2013-12-19T05:46:06Z

Yoshifan at 05:45, 19 December 2013

2013-12-19T05:45:43Z

Yoshifan: Removed General Tricks and Route Planning sections (they're in separate pages now).

2013-12-19T05:04:21Z

Removed General Tricks and Route Planning sections (they're in separate pages now).

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Yoshifan: /* Misc. Tricks */ Added a "name" for the start of movement in ILs, just for list symmetry.

2013-12-19T03:10:59Z

‎Misc. Tricks: Added a "name" for the start of movement in ILs, just for list symmetry.

Yoshifan: /* Misc. Tricks */ Moved text scrolling to be the first trick, since it's so basic.

2013-12-19T03:10:07Z

‎Misc. Tricks: Moved text scrolling to be the first trick, since it's so basic.

Yoshifan: /* Misc. Tricks */

2013-12-19T03:09:06Z

‎Misc. Tricks

Yoshifan: /* Banktoad, Star Bits */

2013-12-19T02:53:53Z

‎Banktoad, Star Bits

Yoshifan: /* Mailtoad */ Removing the to-do item, since it's already done (in another section).

2013-04-05T00:02:02Z

‎Mailtoad: Removing the to-do item, since it's already done (in another section).

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 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Route Planning Info|Route Planning Info]] - Star unlocking requirements, World maps, etc.
 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Run Categories, Times, and Routes|Run Categories, Times, and Routes]]
-* [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Start Strategies|Star Strategies]] - Tricks and shortcuts for individual Stars.
+* [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Star Strategies|Star Strategies]] - Tricks and shortcuts for individual Stars.
 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Star Times|Star Times]] - Best known individual-star times with videos.

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 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Route Planning Info|Route Planning Info]] - Star unlocking requirements, World maps, etc.
 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Run Categories, Times, and Routes|Run Categories, Times, and Routes]]
 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Star Times|Star Times]] - Best known individual-star times with videos.

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 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Game Mechanics|Game Mechanics]] - Details on jumps, powerups, Yoshi, etc.
-* [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Route Planning Info|Route Planning Info]] - Star requirements, World maps, etc.
+* [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Route Planning Info|Route Planning Info]] - Star unlocking requirements, World maps, etc.
 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Run Categories, Times, and Routes|Run Categories, Times, and Routes]]
 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Star Times|Star Times]] - Best known individual-star times with videos.

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 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Game Mechanics|Game Mechanics]] - Details on jumps, powerups, Yoshi, etc.
 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Route Planning Info|Route Planning Info]] - Star requirements, World maps, etc.
-* [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Run Categories, Times, and Routes|Run Categories, Times, and Routes]] - Best known times and routes for each category.
+* [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Run Categories, Times, and Routes|Run Categories, Times, and Routes]]
 * [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Star Times|Star Times]] - Best known individual-star times with videos.

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 *'''Whomp glitch:''' The downward motion of a falling Whomp can be used to push Mario and Luigi through solid ground. Position yourself in front of a Whomp such that about half of Mario/Luigi's body is within reach of the Whomp. Jump just before the Whomp falls on you to clip through the ground. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NcQ_wE2SU8&t=30s Video]
-* For individual Star runs, wait about a second before ending the fly-in scene to start moving immediately.
+*''' Start of movement in ILs:''' For individual Star runs, wait about a second before ending the fly-in scene to start moving immediately.
 * '''Timing of moving elements:'''

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 ===Misc. Tricks===
 *''' Land cancel:''' When landing from a Launch Star, you normally have to wait about 1 second before you can move again. This wait can be nullified or shortened by a couple of techniques:
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 * '''Getting extra lives quickly:''' It's often convenient to have lots of lives for testing purposes. The fastest way to get extra lives is to go to the planet with the giant Koopas in star 1 of Supermassive Galaxy. Long jump onto one of the Koopa's shells and bounce on it repeatedly. Starting from the 8th bounce, you'll get 1 extra life per bounce. You can get up to 99 lives. You can simply exit the level to keep the lives you've gained; you don't need to complete the level.
 ==Route Planning==

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 ** Draw distance: some moving elements will not move at all when they are far away or offscreen.  In some levels, this means that when you want to practice a timed element in a level, you don't have to worry about speedrun mistakes that were made earlier in the level. In other levels, turning the camera toward enemies (to let them move) or away from enemies (to stop them) can be part of the speedrun strategy.
-* '''Getting 99 lives quickly:''' It's often convenient to have lots of lives for testing purposes. The fastest way to get to 99 lives is to go to the planet with the giant Koopas in star 1 of Supermassive Galaxy. Long jump onto one of the Koopa's shells and bounce on it repeatedly. Eventually, you'll start rapidly gaining lives.
+* '''Getting extra lives quickly:''' It's often convenient to have lots of lives for testing purposes. The fastest way to get extra lives is to go to the planet with the giant Koopas in star 1 of Supermassive Galaxy. Long jump onto one of the Koopa's shells and bounce on it repeatedly. Starting from the 8th bounce, you'll get 1 extra life per bounce. You can get up to 99 lives. You can simply exit the level to keep the lives you've gained; you don't need to complete the level.
 * '''Scroll through text quickly:''' Hold the A button to scroll through text more quickly than normal.
 ==Route Planning==

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 ===Banktoad, Star Bits===
-* Unlocked at 7 stars.
+* The banktoad is unlocked at 7 stars.
-* The bank's star-bit storage is shared across all game files.  Thus, a speedrunner could do all of the star bit collecting in a file other than the one used for the speedrun, and then simply withdraw all of the star bits in the speedrun file.  However, this strategy may or may not warrant a separate SDA category, such as "New Game+".
+* The bank's star-bit storage is shared across all three game files. This means that when you start a new file, and play to the point where you unlock the banktoad, you can withdraw star bits from the bank that you deposited from another file.
 * The bank can hold up to 9999 star bits.
 * A note about star bits- when starting a new account, the banktoad will have 100 more than the amount you put in on your other account.
-** For a 71-star run, no star bits are required to finish the run, though star bit collecting may be desired to play levels that are unlocked by feeding Hungry Lumas.
+====Star Bit Requirements for each category====
-** For a 120-star run, 8500 star bits (300 + 700 + 1000 + 1200 + 1500 + 1800 + 2000) are required to feed all the Hungry Lumas on the World maps.
+* 71-star: '''0 star bits''' are required, strictly speaking; but some Hungry Luma galaxies have short stars, such as Honeybloom's secret star, so it may be worth it to feed some of these Hungry Lumas.
-** For a 242-star run, unlocking the final scenario requires having 9999 star bits in the star bit bank, for a total of 18499 required star bits throughout the game.
+* 120-star: '''8500 star bits''' (300 + 700 + 1000 + 1200 + 1500 + 1800 + 2000) are required to feed all the Hungry Lumas on the World maps.
 ===Mailtoad===

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 ===Mailtoad===
 * Unlocked at 13 stars.
-* Some of the Chimp's challenges (Fluffy Bluff, Honeyhop, Slimy Spring) and Fluzzard races (Wild Glide, Fleet Glide) are unlocked by reading Mailtoad letters.  These letters will arrive when certain requirements are met.
+* Some of the Chimp's challenges (Fluffy Bluff, Honeyhop, Slimy Spring) and Fluzzard races (Wild Glide, Fleet Glide) are unlocked by reading Mailtoad letters.  These letters will arrive when certain requirements are met.  See the [[#Worlds|Worlds]] section for these requirements.
-* (To do: list requirements for the above-mentioned letters.)
 ===Luigi===