Unsolved single-goal challenges

This page lists unsolved single-goal challenges that are not currently possible with current knowledge and strategies. None of these challenges have been completed or solved.

Unsolved

Coin Count

Getting more coins than intended in Cool, Cool Mountain
Getting more coins than intended in Hazy Maze Cave
Getting more coins than intended in Big Boo's Haunt
Getting more coins than intended in Jolly Roger Bay (depending on the strat this would also save a Z press)
Getting more coins than intended in Lethal Lava Land
Getting infinite coins in Bowser in the Fire Sea
Getting infinite coins in Tick Tock Clock
Getting infinite coins in Rainbow Ride

Cloning Related

Transport cloning with Wiggler or a Skeeter
Cloning in Lethal Lava Land (could also potentially solve the getting more coins than intended)
Moving during time stop in Jolly Roger Bay (to get shell clones)

Collection Challenges

Collecting the key in Bowser in the Fire Sea from underneath the ground, causing you to collect the key on the death floor
Collecting a star during a demo sequence
Collecting Mystery of the Monkey Cage without changing the HOLP for an arbitrary HOLP
Collecting the new Impossible Coin in Tiny Huge Island
Killing the Mystery Goomba and collecting its coin

Parallel Universes

Vertical PU death in LLL
Reach a PU in any of the following:
- Cool, Cool Mountain (Main level)
- Cool, Cool Mountain (Slide)
- Jolly Roger Bay (Ship Subarea)
- Tall, Tall Mountain (Main level)
- Tall, Tall Mountain (Slide)
- Tick Tock Clock
- Tower of the Wing Cap
- Cavern of the Metal Cap
- The Princess's Secret Slide
- Secret Aquarium
- Wing Mario over the Rainbow
- Bowser in the Dark World
- Castle Basement
- Castle Upstairs
- Castle Courtyard
- Any Bowser fight

Misc

Clipping from the top area of Wiggler's cave to the bottom area.
Surviving in a vertical PU with a shell clone released in it
Activating more than 4 stars at once anywhere
Reversing the one-way teleport in THI
Ground-pounding Chain Chomp's post without interacting with the red coin (e.g. collecting its two coin value)
Grabbing the hangable ceiling on the bottom of the beginning cloud in Wing Mario over the Rainbow
Causing a game crash by going out of bounds in the Cavern of the Metal Cap entry room
Accessing the upper floors of the castle without first collecting the key from Bowser in the Fire Sea
Defeating Bowser in the Sky without spinning Bowser
Performing an instant release on MIPS at an arbitrary HOLP
Spawning a "8" orange number from a red coin, secret, treasure chest or water ring
Spawning a "9" orange number from a red coin, secret, treasure chest or water ring

Solved In Theory

Grab a Bob-omb fake during boiling (The video provided uses certain hacked values and is Wii VC only).

https://youtu.be/rS4KsVGbjaA

Solved Single-Goal Challenges

Picking up the cannon Bob-omb on the same frame as leaving its radius

https://youtu.be/uFuC5DcbsjU

Putting the Ukiki that steals your hat on the monkey cage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oErcSAAwy4U

Collecting Mystery of the Monkey Cage without changing the HOLP

https://youtu.be/UhchV2Kr_ig

Collecting Li'l Penguin Lost without changing the HOLP

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/459907626189324298/631209043175669771/lil_penguin_holpless.mp4

Collecting Blast Away the Wall without using the cannon, ledge grabbing, or using time stop

https://youtu.be/0fnJgawiI6I

Grabbing Ukiki without pressing B (useful for the B Button Challenge)

https://youtu.be/cNCYo-STMG4

Performing a transport clone with 4 simultaneous pushers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksL_eFRM4CA

Collecting the red coin in Bowser in the Dark World at the start without using the ! Switch and living

https://youtu.be/RYSA-A6Y78U

Collecting the Impossible 1-up in Cool, Cool Mountain without dying

https://youtu.be/R-IVI82l6kU

Ground-pounding Wiggler's cave and then going to the huge island before the water finishes draining (this preserves the lower water level and allows a second ground-pound to trigger it again)