I want to do a full game vocals run, but I have 2 questions first:

1. Can I switch between solo and harmonies for different songs, or do I have to pick one and stick with it the whole time?

2. Sometimes the results screen will show 99% instead of 100 even when I get a Fab for every phrase. Does that still count as an FC for the purpose of the speedrun?

Mario, Peach, Young Link, Pit, Sonic, Wii Fit, Shulk, and Sephiroth are a few that come to mind for me. All of these are on 0.0, btw.

Where tf is hammer only % or whatever?

What the heck? This is my first time seeing this

Just wanted to say that I'm working on routing the individual team runs for Superstar%. I'm hoping to get some runs done soon.

I found this thread because I'm having the same issue.

I'm recording from my Wii using a Wii2HDMI device and an Elgato HD60S. Did you ever find a workaround for the audio issue?

Since the other thread got locked I just wanted to say let's f'ing go Mason

If the game calculated your total IGT and displayed it on the results screen, would we change the timing method for the boards?

This category needs AI manipulation to become good. If you have an emulator, I recommend you experiment with save states to test how the AI works. See if you can find any patterns in their pitching or something. I'd do it myself, but I have it on console.

Here's the pitchers i used:

https://imgur.com/a/qe5e7do

For the booted ball, I actually got it twice when Blue Pianta lined a ball to left where Baby Mario was playing. IDK why this worked on two different occasions, but hey.

The body check is basically RNG. There's no button to activate it, so basically just run to the base at full speed. Try getting in a rundown first if you can. This will require the fielder to be on the base and not running towards you.

For the clamber, I have no friggen idea tbh.

The run is complete. I got far from every star mission, but now I can finally move on to the next step, which is to route in the ones I missed back into the route.

Posting a couple helpful things just for convenience.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/925314-mario-superstar-baseball/faqs/45143

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/925314-mario-superstar-baseball/faqs/49593

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gamecube/925314-mario-superstar-baseball/faqs/38872

Thanks for adding the category! I have some suggestions about the rules though:

Run must be played on a new save file. Timer starts on selecting your first captain. Timer ends on the final out of your final game where you complete your last mission(s).

I also think resetting should be allowed.

I'm almost done with the 3rd of 4 playthroughs. The fourth one is with Bowser. I'm going to try to put up a guide once I finish. In the meantime though, I'll link a few docs.

Here's the notes I've been taking while routing. I'll keep updating them as I go.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1022Hrr1gPMFQ1RZwL9PFMCKUt9BRQqZT-lkZIOPBX9o/edit?usp=sharing

Here's a kind of scouting report for all the characters. It tells you the best way to pitch to each character, list the different types of missions, and then all the missions for each character. The last part is taken from an old gamefaqs guide.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JpxwvaFHHXBTyYIqKwFoMkVEr9FLj9xPAEDVPRq2Wyo/edit?usp=sharing

Good news and bad news. Good news is that I'm through the second playthrough. Bad news is that I've come to realize that the ending cutscene and credits are upnskippable, meaning you'll lose over 10 minutes throughout the run just by being forced to watch those. The other difficulties don't make you watch the credits though, so the fastest thing would be to go back to 1 Star, 3 Special. For now though I'll finish the 4 Special route I'm on.

I finished routing the first playthrough! Only 3 more to go.

Thanks, Blitz! Would you run it if the route got far enough?

It turns out that pitching missions in general have to be very carefully routed. This is all under the assumption that we're not trying to play the same game twice, of course, for a total of 20 games during the run.

There are 11 characters who have to pitch an entire game because of Complete Game, Shutout, or Perfect Game (in Mario's case) missions. 3 characters have to get 3 or 5 strikeouts for a mission, which will require them to be pitching for most of the time anyway. They'll all have to have games all to themselves on the mound. Of those 14 characters, 8 also have MVP missions, so they don't cause additional problems. There are 10 more characters that have pitching missions and you'll have to squeeze them into the remaining 6 games.

For the remaining 9 characters with MVP missions, they'll basically have to fulfill those without pitching.

The other day I finally discovered a way to start routing All Star Missions. Here's a few things I discovered:

• This category will require you to play through Challenge Mode 4 times. The reason for this is because of the mission, "Be the MVP in the last game!" Four characters have this mission: Luigi, Birdo, Bowser Jr, and King Boo. The first three characters all have it as their Special mission, however King Boo has it as a Star difficulty mission. So you'll have to play through Special 3 times, and Star once. I suppose you could do Special 4 times since it opens up more missions, but it will be harder, and you'll potentially have to play games that last 2 innings longer. You must choose Peach and Bowser as captain once each on Special because Peach's special mission involves her being captain, and rounding up all the other characters. You also must choose Wario once as captain, but that could be done on either difficulty.

• The "MVP" missions are my current framework for a route. There are 17 total characters that have winning "MVP" as part of their missions. Assuming you'll play the minimum 20 games required in the run, you'll have to keep this in mind. If you take away the "Last Game MVP" characters and games, you have 13 characters with 16 games to work with. For reference, these characters are Mario, Yoshi, DK, Diddy, Waluigi, Peach, Daisy, Toad, Toadette, Toadsworth, Magikoopa, Bowser, and Dry Bones.

• Peach has one Star difficulty mission that kind of messes with this route, "Shut out Bowser". During one final game, Peach will have to be on the mound the whole time, but Luigi, Birdo, or KB will need to be named MVP.

• Minigames will need to be routed in. A lot of minigames. Most missions involving minigames can be completed starting on Star, but Waluigi's Special mission is "Clear all Minigames." Luigi and Wario also have Toy Field as missions, which gets unlocked by beating every minigame once. The money from these minigames should be used to buy items, since every captain will need to buy their specials for a mission. General items might be able to help too for stuff like Mario's perfect game or grand slam missions.

• Because of the unpredictable nature of baseball, I'm thinking this category might require a lot of saving and soft-resetting at first.

If you have any ideas to contribute to the route, please feel free to share.

EarthBound actually just used a different solution for this sort of thing. You can now use a filter to only show runs with or without RNG manipulation, but still stay within one category.