B Button Challenge
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B Button Challenge | |||
Abbreviation | BBC | ||
Individual stars collectible | 117 114 (JP 1.0) | ||
Overall stars collectible | 70 69 (JP 1.0) | ||
Is beatable | No | ||
Presses required for Any% | 4 | ||
Presses required for 120-Star | 9 12 (JP 1.0) | ||
Star Details | |||
BoB | |||
WF | |||
JRB | |||
CCM | |||
BBH | |||
HMC | |||
LLL | |||
SSL | |||
DDD | |||
SL | |||
WDW | |||
TTM | |||
THI | |||
TTC | |||
RR | |||
Secret | |||
Castle | |||
Bowser |
The B Button Challenge, BBC for short, is a challenge in which the number of presses of the B button is minimized, whether on a per-mission or a per-file basis. The B button mainly grabs objects and does punches and dives by itself, so most stars are not affected from restricting the B button. As a result, not a lot of stars require B presses to save at all; however, some actions such as swinging Bowser require it in any%.
B Presses Left
Below is a table of unique B presses in the B Button Challenge.
B Press # | Multiplicity | Stage | Purpose |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | 3 | BoB | To grab King Bob-omb, but not to release him |
#2 | 2 | Castle | To grab MIPS |
#3 | 1 | BitFS | To grab Bowser, but not to release him |
#4 | 3 | BitS | To grab Bowser, but not to release him |
Workarounds
Stage | Star(s) | Normal requirement | Workaround |
---|---|---|---|
BoB | Big Bob-omb on the Summit | To release King Bob-omb x3 | Dropping Mario off a ledge precisely so he drops King Bob-omb back in the arena |
CCM | Li'l Penguin Lost | To grab the baby penguin | Luring the baby penguin to the vertical wind at the bottom of the stage, then using the vertical wind to grab the penguin |
BitDW | Completion | To grab and release Bowser | Performing Moat Skip to bypass the Bowser fight entirely |
BitFS | Completion | To release Bowser | Waiting for Mario to drop Bowser into a mine |
TTM | Mystery of the Monkey Cage | To grab Ukiki | Using hyperspeed and a twirl to get Ukiki to get off of the mountain top, then luring it to the vertical wind to grab it |
BitS | Completion | To release Bowser x3 | Waiting for Mario to drop Bowser into a mine for the first two throws, then getting burned while swinging Bowser around to drop Bowser at high speed into the second mine |
J Only B Presses
Due to talking to NPCs requiring B in the J 1.0 version of the game, there are some required B presses that are only present here. Below is a table of these exclusive B presses.
Star | Requirement |
---|---|
Toad #1 | Talking to Toad so he can give you the star |
Toad #2 | Talking to Toad so he can give you the star |
Toad #3 | Talking to Toad so he can give you the star |
Workarounds
Stage | Star(s) | Normal requirement | Workaround |
---|---|---|---|
BoB | Shoot to the Island in the Sky | To talk to the Bob-omb buddy to open the cannon | Long jumping to the island from the top of the mountain |
Find the 8 Red Coins | |||
100 Coins | |||
Mario Wings to the Sky | Using hyper speed flying to collect the 5 secrets | ||
WF | Shoot into the Wild Blue | Jumping to the star from below | |
Blast Away the Wall | Clipping into the wall with a ledge grab | ||
JRB | Blast to the Stone Pillar | Long jumping from the ship | |
CCM | Wall Kicks Will Work | Falling to the star area from above | |
WDW | Go to Town for Red Coins | Triple jumping into the pipe | |
Quick Race Through Downtown! | |||
TTM | Blast to the Lonely Mushroom | Long jumping to the mushroom | |
RR | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | BLJing from the top of the big house carpet ride | |
WMotR | Red coin star | Performing the Wing Cap infinite height glitch to reach the highest cloud |
References
"The B Button Challenge" by UncommentatedPannen
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