Low% beats the game with 40 shines instead of 50, as picking up a shine while Bowser is out damages Bowser, which if you do often enough, skips the 50 shine Bowser fight. Amiibo runs already do this by spawning Bowser as needed, but Low% No Amiibo does this by just waiting for Bowser spawning.
That might be an interesting run. Here is what the run would be like.
The first 3 furies are normal, with reloads, but once you get to 29 shines, stop collecting shines. Have a shine ready to collect, and collect the shine while Bowser is awake. You have to do this 11 times before the fury 4 fight to get Bowser's health below the half mark, skipping fury 4, and going straight to fury 5. Since you will have 40 shines, the game will confuse fury 5 with fury 4, allowing you to beat the game with 40 shines without he Bowser amibo.
@Nate09 Low% was a category, but we removed it because it was inactive and boring. https://imgur.com/a/m0PPc2r
