Yahooless is no long jumps, no triple jumps (also no access to flying with Wing Cap making stars like Mario Wings to the Sky impossible), no access to cannons, cant go to BBH, HMC, Mario Over the Rainbow nor Rainbow Ride. You can still grab all caps, but you cant collect the Vanish Star nor Metal Star. It may alter a little bit, but some stars will definitely be more challenging as a result.

I plan on trying this route as well even as a beginner. If we would make the rules for this category extension, it would be the same rules as the normal 70 star category. All versions of the game should be allowed (even USA version despite Yahoo having a 1 out of 3 chance to be triggered through a triple jump) and we should obviously ban the usage of triple jumps, long jumps and using the cannons. No modified ROMs in case of emulators and video should be required to ensure that rules are respected. The minimum of Yahoo triggers should be 3, but they`re unavoidable. So technically speaking you can beat the entire game without Mario ever saying Yahoo.

Hey guys,

I stumbled across this video a while back, and I was wondering if this could be a new category extension for 70 stars. :)

I simply want to master how these games are played at a really high level, but I dont want to aim to be the absolute best. But okay, good to know that theres no restrictions. Thank you again for the answer. I really appreciate it.

I`ll try to figure out these answers. :)

Hi everyone,

I am a Super Smash Bros Ultimate competitive player, and since the COVID pandemic hit, I wanted to look for something new to do. Thats when I became interested to get into a different type of competition: speedrunning. After deciding which game to speedrun, I decided to pick Super Mario 64, because it is the game that I have the most attachment to growing up and Ive always been captivated by watching runs made by top level speedrunners. My concern is that I've been interested to try other speedrun games like Mario Odyssey and Sonic Adventure, but I dont want to come to the point that its too much.

My goal in speedrunning the game is not to necessarily aim for top level nor have the perfect setup to gain the most time save (like with Mario 64, top level competition is on N64, but I want to stick to EMU, bc despite loving Mario 64 to death, I am not willing to invest on an N64, cartridges and find a CRT TV just to play the game optimally), but I just want to be really competent at it (ex: finishing 120 stars under 2 hours, finish 70 stars under an hour, etc.).

My question basically is: Is it optimal to focus on max only 2 competitive games and being really optimal and great at them (SSBU and SM64 in my case) or can I pick another game to run later on?

Thanks. :D