i haven't touched this site in years ever since my record were broken so many time that it doesn't even exist on the list anymore, But here we go. We all know the hoverless run there crazy techniques that allow us to complete shadow mario in every levels to unlock bowser and then we pull off more insane tricks to go throught corona mountain praying we doesn't fail mid way throught. but what about a sprayless run? now hear me out: Rules
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You can use the hover nozzle, and other nozzles (such as turbo and rocket) but you absolutely cant use the spray nozzle, I tried this myself because i had a 30 minute of free time And the goopy piranha plants you get to fight at the airport or whatever it's called (apologies for my mediocre memory) And to unlock levels are possible with only the hover nozzle, stages can be hovered throught with the hover nozzle, it can wash things off and all, the first problem i encountered was... petey, now how am i supposed to fill her belly with water if i cant A: Spray and B: Mega spray since it require the spray nozzle anyway. After a few minutes i discovered something that worked, i know when petey open its mouth so i spin jump, and hover nozzle RIGHT over its mouth so all the water go in it, surprisingly enough it work. and petey can be defeated, other stages play out fairly normally, (just saying this would be a any% run ofc) then i reached gooper, and i was wondering how it would play out, ironically enough, over slightly over his head so the hover nozzle wash off the goop he got on his face, and then dive into its nose and pull it. i stopped at gooper because I'm definitely not as good as the runners that are on the leaderboard now. And because well i only had a few mins left. i find this idea interesting, because as far as what i tried it seem possible, hard, but possible so here i am.. I challenge someone to try this out for me. to see if it's possible, record your run and we might make a new category. we see a Million hoverless runs but i find a sprayless run challenging and it might not look like it, but it's actually fun to do, we might even discover new tricks. who know, i'm asking/challenging runners to try a sprayless run. for me, a old buddy and for the community, and because it,s a fun little challenging category we'd be able to make. i'm pretty sure all the required shines can be beaten without spraying, especially once you get the turbo nozzle (since there a way you can place yourself and spray with the turbo nozzle without moving.) so thats it it's a idea i would like runners to try, i'll try some things out myself as well. when i can. Goal?
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it's a any% run you try to unlock and beat bowser but this time without using the spray nozzle.
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 imagine, if it's possible it would be a cool discovery and also Maybe a possible new category, so tell me what you think and please try it out.


-TetraSmashBox

Sprayless is already a thing on the category extensions board: https://www.speedrun.com/smsce#Sprayless

There are two required uses of the spray nozzle, first to shoot a Poink at Petey to wake him up in Bianco 5, and second to shoot rockets at Mecha-Bowser in Pinna 1, so the category only bans shooting water with the spray nozzle (or juice with Yoshi).

Ah last time i searched  i never found that category.. Is it new? althought to be fair i searched a few years ago so.. eitherway thanks you Noki, i'll go and search for a good sprayless run o3o