Enter The Secret Aquarium 0x A Presses

I enter The Secret Aquarium using 0 A presses. This is TAS.

Commentated Version by bad_boot and stick: https://youtu.be/goad2ijHBE8

This video is an improvement from the previous video, in which this was done using 0 A presses but using a virtual console-only method (https://youtu.be/ujLjEbCykOQ). Since then, we found a new 0x method that’s compatible with the N64 console, and so this new method is superior.

Backstory: Tyler Kehne had long theorized that there may be a way to enter SA 0x, but wasn’t able to flesh out a working implementation. It wasn’t until recently that he made several relevant discoveries that together made this strat possible. Specifically, he figured out how to:
- build up speed 0x in BoB so that we could reach BitDW (https://youtu.be/58rxoSSshw4)
- reach the misalignment 0x in BitDW (not necessary for the strat, but a nice time save) (https://youtu.be/U4vcFxz0F3g)
- build up speed 0x in SSL (https://youtu.be/huThIB5Uc6A)
- conserve speed out of SSL 0x using a shell clone, a fire clone, and a fly guy (https://youtu.be/svuSVSUsi74)
- maneuver around the castle foyer to reach the SA entrance (https://youtu.be/91lJ6eUeyWU)
- do a glitchy ledge grab onto the SA entrance (https://youtu.be/XIgildKWprM)
Given all of this, what was left for me to do was to figure out how to get the shell clone in SSL (https://youtu.be/xL9HV6XyDBo), figure out how to get/release the fire clone in SSL, figure out how to move the fly guy into place, and finally put everything together.

The strat shown in this video consists of several sub-strats, some of which may seem pointless and unrelated to the main goal of entering SA 0x. Nevertheless, each of these sub-strats had a specific and necessary purpose. The main crux of this strat was finding a 0x way to build up speed and conserve it into the castle without having collected any stars. This was necessary because we needed to have the PSS door give us the text that we don’t have the required 1 star to open it, as this text is necessary for redirecting our speed towards the SA entrance. Anyway, here’s a breakdown of what’s going on in the video: First, I entered BoB and set the HOLP so that it could later be used in SSL to remotely throw a bob-omb into the shell block. Then I used the C^ trick to build up speed, conserved it into the castle foyer, and used it to get past the BitDW door without the 8 required stars. Then I made my way through BitDW and defeated Bowser, making sure to use pause-buffered hitstun during the grab so as to not update the HOLP. Having gotten the key, I then made my way into the basement and entered SSL. Then I used pause-buffered hitstun to remotely throw a bob-omb into the shell block, cloned the shell, and released the shell clone in the far off corner. Then I lured a fly guy away from his home so that he’d perpetually shoot fire. Then by using a pokey hitbox to sustain pause-buffered hitstun, I grabbed a fake bob-omb, cloned one of the fly guy’s fires, walked with it to a sufficiently high point, and then remotely released the fire clone into the far off corner. Then I used fly guy manipulation to laterally transport a separate fly guy to the far off corner. Then I used hyper speed punching to build up 45k speed over the course of 40 minutes. From there, I used a crouch slide to move into the fire clone, got burned by it (which prevented the crouch slide from capping my speed to 100), fell down while in a burned state (which prevented bonking), landed on the shell clone, pressed Z to cancel the shell and trigger the 10k glitch, used the 10k glitch to adjust my speed from 45k to 2300, moved forward into a bonk above the fly guy, and then bounced on the fly guy to initiate a twirl (which ended the bonk prematurely, before it zeroed my speed). During the twirl, I adjusted my speed and angle, exited out of the course when I landed, and conserved my speed into the castle foyer. From there, I maneuvered around the castle foyer, navigated up the room using successively higher platforms, triggered the text on the PSS door, redirected my remaining speed towards the SA entrance, did a glitchy ledge grab onto the SA entrance, and then entered SA.

Unabridged Version: https://youtu.be/hMXBbc-9BfA
Console Verification: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/276305582

ABC Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmvvhlevqC2d6vis077yFHuLJHYtTtqe_
ABC Routes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYnicrfKSIjao3Y1ZVl52RIyM/edit

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