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A '''unique A press''' refers to a single circumstance under which the A button must be pressed during a run. This circumstance may occur multiple times, leading to multiple A presses; if a workaround is found for the unique A press, all of those individual A presses may be saved.
A '''unique A press''' refers to a single circumstance under which the A button must be pressed during a run. This circumstance may occur multiple times, leading to multiple A presses; if a workaround is found for the unique A press, all of those individual A presses may be saved.


Currently, a theoretical 120 star run would take 67 A presses, a theoretical 70 star run would take 2 A presses on N64 (1 in BitFS and 1 in BitS), and 53 stars are possible without pressing A.
Currently, a theoretical 120 star run would take 58 A presses, a theoretical 70 star run would take 1 A press on N64 (1 in BitFS), and 53 stars are possible without pressing A.
Out of the 67 A presses left in the 120 star run, 46 of them (give or take) are unique. Below is a table listing all of them:
Out of the 58 A presses left in the 120 star run, 39 of them (give or take) are unique. Below is a table listing all of them:
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|2
|2
|SSL
|SSL
|To get out of the pyramid elevator (TAS)
|To get out of the pyramid elevator (Tied with TAS)
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|#11
|#11
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|1
|1
|THI
|THI
|To double jump to a higher platform and collect red coins (TAS)
|To double jump to a higher platform and collect red coins (Tied with TAS)
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|-
| #14
| #14
|1
|1
| THI
| THI
|To dive to the upper platform and grab the high red coin (TAS)
|To dive to the upper platform and grab the high red coin (Tied with TAS)
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|#15
|#15
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|-
|#26
|#26
|2
|1
|RR
|RR
|To get on the ship
|To get on the ship
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|-
|#27
|#27
|2
|RR
|To get past the first tall blue block
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|#28
| 1
| 1
|RR
|RR
|To get past the second wide blue block
|To get past the second wide blue block
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|-
| #29
| #28
|1
|1
|RR
|RR
|To collect the Swingin' in the Breeze star
|To collect the Swingin' in the Breeze star
|-
|-
|#30
|#29
|1
|1
|RR
|RR
|To jump on a fly guy and fall slower
|To jump on a fly guy and fall slower
|-
|-
|#31
|#30
| 1
| 1
|RR
|RR
| To shoot from the cannon
| To hyperjump onto the chuckya platform
|-
|-
|#32
|#31
|1
|1
| PSS
| PSS
| To collect the box star (TAS)
| To collect the box star (Tied with TAS)
|-
|-
|#33
|#32
| 1
| 1
|WMotR
|WMotR
|To shoot from the first cannon (TAS)
|To shoot from the first cannon (Tied with TAS)
|-
|-
|#34
|#33
| 1
| 1
|WMotR
|WMotR
|To shoot from the second cannon (TAS)
|To shoot from the second cannon (Tied with TAS)
|-
|-
| #35
| #34
|1
|1
|BitFS
|BitFS
|To get past the pole (TAS)
|To get past the pole (Tied with TAS)
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|-
|#36
| #35
|1
| BitS
|To jump up the first platform (reds only)
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|#37
|1
|BitS
|To jump up the second platform
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| #38
|1
|BitS
| To grab the red coin on the sloped platform
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|#39
|1
|BitS
|To get past the pole (reds only)
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|#40
|1
| BitS
| To get past the pole with the red coin (reds only)
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|#41
|1
| BitS
| To jump from the last red coin's platform
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| #42
|6
|6
|Castle
|Castle
|To enter THI
|To enter THI
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|-
|#43
|#36
|6
|6
|Castle
|Castle
|To enter TTC (TAS)
|To enter TTC (Tied with TAS)
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|-
|#44
|#37
|1
|1
|Castle
|Castle
|To go to RR (TAS)
|To go to RR (Tied with TAS)
|-
|-
|#45
|#38
|1
|1
|Castle
|Castle
|To enter SA
|To enter SA
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|-
|#46
|#39
|1
|1
|Castle
|Castle
| To go to WMotR (TAS)
| To go to WMotR (Tied with TAS)
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Some A presses require A to be held, but not pressed. These A presses are called Half A Presses and can come from a previous A press instead of a new one, so saving one wouldn't actually lower the A press count.
Some A presses require A to be held, but not pressed. These A presses are called Half A Presses and can come from a previous A press instead of a new one, so saving one wouldn't actually lower the A press count.
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|2
|2
| DDD
| DDD
|To swim with a shell for cloning (TAS)
|To swim with a shell for cloning (Tied with TAS)
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==Possible A Press Saves==
==Possible A Press Saves==
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===Dire Dire Docks===
===Dire Dire Docks===
Theoretically, you could collect the chests star using Hyperspeed punching, or the shell, to get enough speed to outrun the whirlpool, then preform frame perfect B swimming using frame counting (a method where you pause buffer, then use the sound of the pauses to determine how many frames have passed) to open all the chests and collect the star.
Theoretically, you could collect the chests star using Hyperspeed punching, or the shell, to get enough speed to outrun the whirlpool, then preform frame perfect B swimming using frame counting (a method where you pause buffer, then use the sound of the pauses to determine how many frames have passed) to open all the chests and collect the star.
===Rainbow Ride ===
On February 10th 2023, PapaQBall shared an idea to save the 32nd A press, to get over the first blue block in Rainbow Ride 0x using VSC from a slidekick bounce from one carpet to another carpet, then ledgegrab up on top of the blue block.<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/483523417442746368/483531058382372874/1073497643801653258 " RR Carpet VSC Attempt "]</ref> Unfortunately, the ledgegrab was too slow. However, pannenkoek2012 showed later that it would be possible to get back onto the carpet with a dive rollout on the edge of the block.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E15R10PJPlw " RR Clearing the First Glass Block using VSC "]</ref> This would save A press #31
=== Bowser in the Sky ===
Currently, the A press count for Bowser in the Sky and BitS reds is 1 and 6 respectively. All of the improvements made in the Bowser in the Sky 1x video can be replicated in 6x to get BitS reds down to 2.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OZ7VTN4xo <nowiki>" BitS: Clear, no Reds, 1xA [RTA] "</nowiki>]</ref> The Chuckya Wrong Throw setup is also repeatable, meaning you can do it however many times you want. This leaves the final count for BitS to likely be 1 for both reds and no reds.
==See also==
==See also==
[[List of RTA Tricks]]
[[List of RTA Tricks]]
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