Mario's Platform Adventure

Mario's Platform Adventure (MPA) is a trick where the elevator in Hazy Maze Cave can be clipped out of bounds, allowing the transport of enemies.

Explication

When the elevator hits a wall, it will stop and then starts moving in the other direction. However, it will still clip into the wall for a single frame. The elevator also has a anti spam timer to prevent us from constantly reactivating it, but it can be bypass by alternating between two buttons. Sicne pressing another button instantly resets the elevator, it is possible to keep alternating between them in a corner to clip the platform out of bounds

Application

HMC is an example of a level that uses rooms. Each room is an area, typically separated from other areas by doors. Each enemy “belongs” to the room it’s in. Mario also has a current room, determined by the last solid floor he was above. If Mario is not in a given enemy’s room, it is frozen in place and made invisible. The red platform acts as if it belongs to Mario’s current room. Furthermore, Mario’s current room doesn’t change until he moves over solid ground again. This means that we can use it to transport enemies through out-of-bounds to anywhere in the level, so long as:

• We can get the elevator out of bounds.
• We can get Mario out of bounds, on the elevator.
• We can get enemies out of bounds onto our elevator.

This is used in Watch for Rolling Rocks to complete the level in 0 A presses