Come to think of it, max score would be a lot more fun. Many people seem to like Max% even though that has a long coin grind. Might do an experimental run of it at some point

For most games, low% means completing as little of the game as possible or collecting as little items as possible while also beating the game as fast as possible.

I was wondering if we could add a category called Lowest%, where you would try to achieve as low of a score as possible. Runs would be ranked by how low the score is, and, if the score is tied, the faster one would rank higher.

For example, if a run takes 30 minutes, and another run takes 1 hour, but the 1 hour run had a lower score, the 1 hour run would rank higher. If the score was tied, the 30 minute run would rank higher.

Power-ups would be allowed but would generally be avoided since the give you tons of points. I really think this would be an interesting category.

Low% IL's are something I've always thought would be cool, but as for right now they don't exist. You can still challenge yourself with them though, there just isn't anywhere to submit

@NMSpeedruns I am currently working on it but yes, it will definitely take a while.

Good luck on bombful! XD

Normally, if someone ties an IL run, they will be put under the last person to get that same time because they were the second person to do it. Sometimes, however, someone can be many frames ahead of the tied run but still be placed below. I was wondering if people could still tie IL runs but be ordered in terms of how many frames away they were to the next IGT.

@Cad225 The thing about shellful is that if you miss it, you die. This is not the case with bombless, which is the main reason the trick is so hard. But to answer your question I personally find shellful a little bit more consistent than double bombless, mainly because I grinded it for longer. The chances of someone getting this along with other strats would almost certainly take tones of skill and a massive load of attempts.

However, there was one interesting run that happened to me a while back. I died somewhere (can't remember) so in 5-4 I went for bombful (not shellful) and I got it. The run was just under 30 minutes though, and I've never been able to do it since.

Let's go!!!

@GlowyOrange why has the low% bounty been cancelled?

Also Pidgey got the wr for 100%

What a well earned $500

Everyone Thanks for all the advice! This will help

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for capture cards that work well with wii

I recorded myself doing the last part of the low% 5-4 skip, a.k.a. Low% bombful:

btw doing also this pushed my SoB down to 25:46

UPDATE: Apparently, shellful is also possible. It's basically the same thing except you jump on koopas before the bombs:

I guess if that happens you can just reset. If you don't want to risk resetting or losing all that time then yes go with Cad's advice

I've never experienced that before

EDIT: nvm just did

Even if Juan lands in an inconvenient spot, you can go to the bottom to reverse his direction and then enter 5-2 while still saving a little over 3 seconds.

I recently had an idea for a new category called Half%. It involves doing the following:

-Completing at least 38 levels -Collecting at least 123 star coins -Beating the game.

The run ends upon hitting the hint movie block in peach's castle to show you have 123 star coins or more. It is called Half% because there are 76 levels in the game, and you complete half of them (same with star coins: 246 total, 123 required)

I hope somebody is able to add this category because personally I think this could be interesting.

Curran Joseph has a shell jump alternative for beginners new to Low%, in case the shell jump is too hard:

In Low%, you're not allowed any powerups (or yoshi). The route is the same as Any%, except after you complete 5-1 you die to change the vines and then play 5-2.