I was speedrunning smb1 any% on emulator. In 4-2 to do the wrong warp, you need approximately 3 back bumps, right? Well... i did NONE and still got the wrong warp. someone help me

here's a video

mario's xposition can still change from forward bumps

so why dont speedrunners do that?

also it happened to me like 20 times

and thank you

because it's wayyyyyyyy slower. Mario accelerates faster backwards, so backward bumps give more x-pos as well as almost instantly giving Mario running speed again

The way it works is that when you hit a wall, the screen stops scrolling for a set amount of time. So the idea is to move as far as possible into the level during that time, to increase your x position as much as possible. Facing backwards gives you the most acceleration and thus the most x position gain from each bump, but it's not impossible with forwards acceleration. You would need more bumps, however, so it would be slower overall.

thanks alot guys i actually thought i discovered something lol

Og speedrunners when these skips were discovered at some point used to rely on foward bump. Then that one guy came in did nearly the entire game with Backward Jumps and somewhat proved it to be faster. Sadly its not a discovery but hey its alway nice to learn something new isn’t it?