DOWN WITH PETEY PIRHANA

FULL EXAMPLE

EXPLANATION

--Beginner Strategies--

Backhover Slide

In order to backhover slide hold R and back on the control stick and dive into the water.

Triple Jump on the Log

This jump can be a bit tricky to get the first time, but once you get it, it should be free every time. When watersliding at the end of the path, hold R with the hover nozzle equipped. This will ensure that you hover as soon as you go off the edge of the path. Let go of R and jump on the log. After this you may need to hold right a bit to have Mario land on the grass for the triple jump. This is fine as long as the triple jump suceeds.

Jumping on the Spider

It is most efficient to spam spray the spider (Hold R and press A while in the air). You must also dive onto the spider in order to get enough distance to reach the windmill platform. It is also helpful to spin in mid-air if you need a bit more distance.

Riding the Windmill and When to Get Off

If you don't feel confident doing walljumps on the blades of the windmill, it only looses 12 seconds to ride the platform instead. You can sideflip or spinjump off the platform as soon as you see brown just below the roof of the windmill.

Spraying Petey and Boss Fight Tactics

This boss fight is very easy in a speedrun, because you can easily manipulate Petey and force him to open his mouth. Do this by standing on the side or in back of him. For beginners, spraying him normally is fine but if you feel confident in your ability to use fast spam sprays, press Y to go into first person and spam spray as soon as he opens his mouth.

Where Does the Shine Spawn?

In levels where the shine spawns, it is useful to use a visual cue to memorize the location. Mine is the three somewhat darker bricks in the floor next to the smallest vine's shadow.

When does the Shine Spawn?

The Shine spawns the moment all of the goop has disappeared from the windmill floor.

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--Intermediate/Advanced Strategies--

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Water Rollouts

Water rollouts are very useful if you want to start a water slide fast and are much easier to do than hoverslides. In order to do a water rollout simply spray while rolling out of a dive.

Windmill Wallkicks

Windmill wallkicks can seem hard at first but are pretty easy once you get used to them. Hang on the edge of the alcove in the windmill wall. When a blade swings around, press B to start sliding down the wall and wall jump up from there. As log as you hit the first walljump it is always possible to get up the windmill. Be careful of going through the windmill blades, since their hitbox is not very good. I would recommend getting a feel for this yourself with trial and error.

Backflip Sprays

Backflip sprays are somewhat harder than those mentioned above. Exactly like it sounds, hold R while standing with the spray nozzle and press A to do a backflip and spam spray in mid-air. In order to sucessfully do backflip sprays, you must be capable of spam spraying very fast (you can measure this by single jumping and spam spraying on flat ground. If you can spray three times before hitting the ground then it's fast enough.) This startegy save approximately 1.5 seconds over the next fastest.

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Notes

The pink sign's hitbox is much larger than it looks.

This is the only shine the player is intentionally able to skip.

Even if Petey tries to headbutt you the going to his side trick still works.

By: Levaten (レバ天) in 1:17.07 on April 7, 2017