It's slightly faster to load into the song then begin time on restarting as it skips the loading screen and boyfriend peace animation :)

May be a dumb question but how do I get the sonic 3 item boxes and shield in the other games?

Hey there, I've been running this category for about a month now however I cannot get the hang of mashing for the life of me. I either mash pretty fast or terribly there is no in between. I'm doing it in the order of z, x, enter, left shift. I feel like its how I'm moving my actual fingers is the problem but I'm not sure. any help?