I need help. I feel stuck with my NSMB2 Pb of 28:13. Obviously I can do better, but I don't know where my movement needs to improve as I feel like I have optimized all my levels. If you look at J_duude's former wr and Glitchman24's new wr, you can see that some of their movement is different. Therefore I'm not sure how to improve. Please help.

Which portions of the run are you struggling with?

I struggle particularly with M-GH, learning optimal cycle for 1-T, F-1, learning the highest flying level for 6-1, 6-GH, and the last two levels in world 6 before the bowser fight. I’ll try to get a run uploaded for visual proof.

Yea, a visual would help! For 6-1 you don’t need to fly that high, in fact, I’d stay low so you don’t get hit by RNG meteors. A lot of the levels are just copying WR movement, but it’ll take practice.

Hi, I just submitted a run with video. I used apple I cloud to submit bc I filmed it on my phone, so not sure if it will go through, but it is a minute off pb so not great and I made a lot of stupid mistakes. If you could give me tips after watching it I would help a lot.

Yea, when it uploads, I'll give it a watch and let you know what might need improvement.

Hi, I put some suggestions to improve your time! Feel free to have a look and let me know if you have any questions!

Thank you! Last night I was watching world 6 on the wr and realized I missed a lot of optimization in world 6. I usually do make it all the way across in 6-1, and usually would have reset, but I hadn’t made it this far in a video. I realized I could do 6-4 with p speed and 6-5 without it. I have been trying the 1-T movement that is in wr but can never hit the cycle. Also, (might be a dumb question) why do you need to hit 2000 on the flag pole? Is that for every level?

2000 on the flagpole saves the most frames. Here's a video showcasing each scenario with the flagpole:

487 is SO ANNOYING! I can’t ever get it, bc it is such a tight cycle. How do they jump so fast?

I don’t blame you, it’s hard. It just takes a lot of practice. If you’re lucky, you can get 488 with small Mario.

Do you know how much time 99999999 coins saves?

If I recall correctly, max coins save 6 seconds in an Any% run. I’d only worry about it though if you’re going for a top time.