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{{A Button Challenge infobox}} | {{A Button Challenge infobox}} | ||
The '''A Button Challenge''', '''ABC''' for short, is a [[challenge]] in which the number of presses of the [[A button]] is minimized, whether on a per-mission or a per-file basis. Because the A button makes Mario jump, great creativity and precision are required to progress in the game without using this "vital" function. The ABC is often connected to the discoveries of new glitches and techniques that can be used more generally throughout the game. Much of the material on the [https://www.youtube.com/user/pannenkoek2012 pannenkoek2012] and [https://www.youtube.com/user/pannenkeok2012 UncommentatedPannen] channels is related to the A Button Challenge, with only | The '''A Button Challenge''', '''ABC''' for short, is a [[challenge]] in which the number of presses of the [[A button]] is minimized, whether on a per-mission or a per-file basis. Because the A button makes Mario jump, great creativity and precision are required to progress in the game without using this "vital" function. The ABC is often connected to the discoveries of new glitches and techniques that can be used more generally throughout the game. Much of the material on the [https://www.youtube.com/user/pannenkoek2012 pannenkoek2012] and [https://www.youtube.com/user/pannenkeok2012 UncommentatedPannen] channels is related to the A Button Challenge, with only 14 remaining A presses (11 unique A presses) left to optimize.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yssoTbplI_42LgjTbERd6UuSt0gaI0iOtp-5muS5hKw "SM64 120 Star ABC Route" spreadsheet]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
{{main|History of the A Button Challenge}} | {{main|History of the A Button Challenge}} | ||
Although much of the progress in the ABC has been made since 2013, the ABC existed for over a decade earlier. Pieces of what would become the ABC were present in different terms, as early as 2001 on Walton Dell's site on multiple level pages.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020614010118/http://www.wdell.com/videogames/sm64/course01/ An archive of A Button Challenge on Walton Dell's site]</ref> Curtis Bright, who runs sm64.com, was keeping track of ABC at least as early as December of 2006.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209073313/http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cbright/sm64/a-presses.html An archive of A Button Challenge on sm64.com]</ref> Thiago Trujillo had what is the earliest, nearly complete count for the game (that we have access to) with a total count of about 263 presses.<ref>[http://www.oocities.org/thiagotrujillo/abut.html A Button Challenge on oocities.org]</ref> (This list is missing all navigation presses, two of the [[DDD]] stars, three of the [[TTC]] stars, one star in [[RR]], and [[BitS]].) | Although much of the progress in the ABC has been made since 2013, the ABC existed for over a decade earlier. Pieces of what would become the ABC were present in different terms, as early as 2001 on Walton Dell's site on multiple level pages.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020614010118/http://www.wdell.com/videogames/sm64/course01/ An archive of A Button Challenge on Walton Dell's site]</ref> Curtis Bright, who runs sm64.com, was keeping track of ABC at least as early as December of 2006.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209073313/http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cbright/sm64/a-presses.html An archive of A Button Challenge on sm64.com]</ref> Thiago Trujillo had what is the earliest, nearly complete count for the game (that we have access to) with a total count of about 263 presses.<ref>[http://www.oocities.org/thiagotrujillo/abut.html A Button Challenge on oocities.org]</ref> (This list is missing all navigation presses, two of the [[DDD]] stars, three of the [[TTC]] stars, one star in [[RR]], and [[BitS]].) | ||
Pannenkoek's first ABC video was for 5 Itty Bitty Secrets, and was released in August 2013.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy7XDStV5WE "SM64 - Five Itty Bitty Secrets - 0x A Presses (OUTDATED)" by pannenkoek2012]</ref> The count at this point was about 212 presses, although this number dropped fairly quickly. Within the first 4 months, the count had fallen nearly 100 presses, and was down to 118. Over the next five years, many different people have worked on removing as many counts as possible, and the number has dropped to only | Pannenkoek's first ABC video was for 5 Itty Bitty Secrets, and was released in August 2013.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy7XDStV5WE "SM64 - Five Itty Bitty Secrets - 0x A Presses (OUTDATED)" by pannenkoek2012]</ref> The count at this point was about 212 presses, although this number dropped fairly quickly. Within the first 4 months, the count had fallen nearly 100 presses, and was down to 118. Over the next five years, many different people have worked on removing as many counts as possible, and the number has dropped to only 14 A presses in a 120 star run (as well as 0 in any% on WiiVC). | ||
==A Presses Left== | ==A Presses Left== | ||
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. | ||
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|#5 | |#5 | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|PSS | |PSS | ||
|To collect the star | |To collect the star | ||
|- | |- | ||
|# | |#6 | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|WMotR | |WMotR | ||
|To shoot out of the cannon after talking to the Bob-omb Buddy to reach the next cannon | |To shoot out of the cannon after talking to the Bob-omb Buddy to reach the next cannon | ||
|- | |- | ||
|# | |#7 | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|WMotR | |WMotR | ||
|To shoot out of the second cannon, fly around, and collect the eight red coins | |To shoot out of the second cannon, fly around, and collect the eight red coins | ||
|- | |- | ||
|# | |#8 | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|BitFS | |BitFS | ||
|To get past the pole (saved on [[Wii VC]]) | |To get past the pole (saved on [[Wii VC]]) | ||
|- | |- | ||
|# | |#9 | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Castle | |Castle | ||
|To enter TTC (6 except on [[Super Mario 64#Japanese|JP N64]]) | |To enter TTC (6 except on [[Super Mario 64#Japanese|JP N64]]) | ||
|- | |- | ||
|# | |#10 | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Castle | |Castle | ||
|To go to RR | |To go to RR | ||
|- | |- | ||
|# | |#11 | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Castle | |Castle | ||
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|To kick the wall and get spawning displacement on the spinner (for 0x re-entry after [[Get a Hand]]) | |To kick the wall and get spawning displacement on the spinner (for 0x re-entry after [[Get a Hand]]) | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Challenges}} | {{Challenges}} | ||