The top link is what I used to learn how to do a midair shell jump, the center link is the timesave it’s self, and the bottom link is me doing a midair shell jump in real time
While 5-4 skip is possible in low% its quite a stretch to call it a new timesave. The precision of the trick makes it absurdly difficult. Its unrealistic that it will be pulled off by a human anytime soon in a single attempt, let alone in a full game run.
^ basicaly that tho i guess it could be pulled to save some time if you do a midair just at the end
btw outdated TAS xd (yo that's mine poggers)
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:
@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.
i mean, the fact is, no one cares enough to try also it would take way to long lol
@NMSpeedruns I am currently working on it but yes, it will definitely take a while.
@JacksonSR Good job, I feel like going from there is definitely possible but very difficult
