So, as the world record has continued to improve in any%, I've wondered why people haven't been doing the glitch that skips piantissimo's text boxes at theend of the race. It doesn't seemto risky, sure it doesn't save much time, but I suck at the game, have never even attempted a speedrun, and I'm ble to do it consisently. Is actually a little slower since you end up just a little farter from the shine sprite?

It is a bit slower to reach the Shine, but the main reason people don’t go for the text skip is that it just can’t happen on the any% route, since it depends on the previous areas you visit

Huh, weird, I didn't know you had to visit certain areas before you could do it. Thanks for the info.