New here! Dont know if i'm doing this right!
8 years ago
Florida, USA

Hello everybody!

I've been watching speedruns a lot for the last couple years, I really enjoy the mario series the most, I watched toufool's run on SMS awhile back and actually just finished watching averagetreys run from agdq 2016 just a few min ago. Im honestly speechless as it is just amazing seeing someone beat the game like that. Now on to what I want to say is that I've been wanting to get into speedrunning and sms has been one of my all time favorite mario games. Unfortunately I haven't played it in ages though. I want to start running this game but I have no idea where to start! If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated so much. I can't wait to get started when I get back to the states. Whoops forgot to mention that I am currently deployed right now so internet can be scarce here haha. But fortunately for me I will be home in just a few short weeks. Anyways I'm babbling on but I just wanted to say hello to everyone and hopefully I get to know you all much better in the future! Thanks again for taking the time to read this and I'll hear from you guys soon.

Netherlands

Take a look at the guides section here on the leaderboards. In general if you want to start running this game, you just need to get a feel for the levels (play through them a few times) and learn the two major skips (Gelato Beach Skip, Yoshi Skip) and then you're good to go.

Canada

Being new is always fun, the SMS community and speedrun community in general are very welcoming to new players who are half serious about speedrunning. You'll be surprised at how fast you get pulled in :) The best thing to do is to watch livestreams on twitch of sunshine runs and ask questions galore. Most people are always willing to give advice. Just follow the super mario sunshine directory on twitch and talk to people who are speedrunning live.

Before you actually start streaming and speedrunning yourself, I would recommend practicing for a few weeks (or even months if you're someone like me). You'll probably just want to play the game casually to get a feel for the controls, and then start doing the strats you see. There is also a full guide being made to see all the strats done properly. Most of the tricks you see will take a while to get, but the goal is not give up and do easy strats. This applies to the skips as well, gelato skip and the others will seem impossible at first, but giving up gets you nowhere.

Also, when you learn, take it one step at a time. Don't learn the whole game in a few days. I didn't start learning the last world of the speedrun until about 3 months in. I only progressed when I was satisfied with the last world, and it paid off. Others may have different approaches and opinions to this but I just don't think it's worth doing runs until you thoroughly know the game, especially for one as competitive as sms.

Anyways, I hope this helped and good luck! I would be glad to answer any questions :)

United States

I would do a casual playthrough of the game first (not necessarily in one sitting). That actually really helped me get a better feel for the game. Then I'd learn the major skips that Dutch mentioned. This Google Doc has a lot of helpful resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19wxG81nHkHlGVPRJZJKp8VcxSeGbRZnKmR9lN7jJSwM/pubhtml?gid=1905484894

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Florida, USA

Wow thanks guys so much, you guys are extremely welcoming. Well I can't wait to play but unfortunately it wont be for a couple weeks as I am still deployed! I'm gonna try and watch a lot of twitch and start my second play through when I get home. I played the game when I was a kid (which was awhile ago) haha, I am now 26 and still enjoy the hell out of these games. Anyways guys thanks again for being so welcoming, happy speedrunning, cheers!

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