LinksDarkArrows
Smash Rookie
NOTE: This strategy guide was written to comply with the Game Cube controller. You may have slightly different inputs if you use, say, the Wii Remote. You have been warned!
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1 - Introduction ------ [btt1]
2 - Strategies -------- [btt2]
3 - World Records ----- [btt3]
4 - FAQ --------------- [btt4]
5 - Special Thanks ---- [btt5]
6 - Closing ----------- [btt6]
7 - Contact ----------- [btt7]
8 - Version Updates --- [btt8]
9 - Legal Information - [btt9]
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1 - INTRODUCTION [btt1]
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Welcome to the Target Smash!! stage 1 (Easy) strategy guide for Super Smash Brothers Brawl. I should warn you, there will not be easier transitional strategies in this guide. Instead, we'll skip straight to the best of the best. Why? I feel that if you're serious about becoming skilled, going for the best at the beginning will help you greatly. Within this guide you will find a very detailed strategy for each of the 35 used characters. Characters cut out are Zero Suit Samus, Zelda, Squirtle and Charizard. They are not used to obtain the world record times, and will likely never be, so please don't ask me about them. If you find that this guide was not helpful, feel free to contact me (contact information in section 6) if you have any questions. With that said, I hope you enjoy what this guide has to offer!
Do you see anything in this guide that you may not understand? Check the FAQ section to see if it has an answer!
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2 - STRATEGIES [btt2]
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Mario - Good time to aim for: 7.50
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2 - Hold the control stick left. Double jump fireball through the center hole to hit the upper-left target. Hold right and the flick the control stick to the right, then press B to shoot a fireball at the top target. Land on top of the small hill.
3,4 - Dash right. Short hop and aerial down A with the C-Stick as you continue to hold right. Hit the upper-right target with the last hit of your aerial down A. Fast fall to the left, flick the control stick to the left and press B to send a fireball to hit the target under the L structure.
5,6,7,8,9,10 - Dash left and single jump. Flick the control stick right and fireball the middle-right target and immediately hold left again. Double jump under the part where the ceiling begins to rise and flick the control stick tot he right and press B to shoot a fireball at the bottom-right target. Hold left and tilt the C-Stick down to aerial down A the targets on top of the L Structure and to the left of the L structure. If done correctly, the C-Stick will have made you fast fall. Up B the bottom-left and middle-left targets starting from the bottom. The up B will hit the last two targets.
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Donkey Kong - Good Time to aim for: 9.65
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2 - Dash right and down B the target above the L structure through the floor and the top target with a single press. (two smacks)
3,4 - Dash right and tilt the control stick left. Short hop and jump. You are now facing left in the air. Tilt right to keep your momentum from the run. Back A the top-right target and fast fall into a back A for the middle-right target.
5 - Dash left and fast fall off the platform. Hold right immediately. Jump with X or Y, hold left and tilt the C-Stick right. If done correctly, you will hit the bottom-right target and land on the V Platform.
6,7,8 - Dash left and jump as soon as possible. Tilt the C-stick right while holding left to aerial back A the target under the L structure- continue to hold left. Tilt the C-Stick up to break the target to the left of the L structure. Slow fall while holding left and double jump aerial up A the lower-left target at the bottom of the stairs. Land on the center step.
9 - Single jump and aerial up A the middle-left target. Land on top of the stairs.
10 - Double jump up A the upper-left target to finish!
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Link - Good time to aim for: 7.55
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Difficulty: ***
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1 - Dash right and do a moderately fast double jump. Slighly charge and arrow and aim it through the bottom hole at the upper-left target. Land as far right as possible.
2,3,4 - Dash right and single jump when you're about 75% through the top target. Back A with the C-Stick by tilting it left, press L on your controller, now press Z. Hook shot the upper-right target. Land with no lag on the very edge of the platform. Hold right and fast fall and press Z as soon as you can. You will fall and hook shot the middle-right target.
5,6 - Dash left, then short hop weak throw a boomerang to the left at the target above the L structure. fast fall and shoot a weak arrow to the right to hit the bottom-right target. Land as far left on the V platform as you can.
7,8,9,10 - Dash left and jump slightly after the half-way point on the way up the left half of the V platform. Wait just a short bit and press the C-Stick left to back A the targets under the L structure and to the left of the L structure in a single back A. Wait just a very short period and forward A into a fast fall the middle-left and bottom left targets.
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Samus - Good time to aim for: 7.60
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Difficulty: ***..
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section. It also helps to remove tap jumping for this strategy.
1,2 - Jump and smash right on the c-stick as soon as possible. You will send a strong missile out and break the upper-right target. Tilt the c-stick right once before before landing to send a weak missile out after the top target.
3,4,5 - Double jump left into the bottom hole. Fast fall and aerial up A the upper-left target. Hold right and tap the c-stick down as soon as you reach the underside of the starting platform. Samus will graze the ceiling and you will send a bomb out to the top middle-left (target on the center stair) target. (4) Continue holding right and double jump as you begin to touch the target to the left of the L structure. Do not break it now. We'll get it later. Smash missile to the right while landing on the top-left part of the L structure. The missile will travel across the stage and break the far right target.
6,7,8 - After landing with no lag because missiles are awesome that way, dash left and fall off the L structure. Up A the target above the L structure and fast fall so the same up A will break the target to the left of the L structure. Continue to fast fall down and send a missile to the right under the V platform to break the bottom-right target. Land on the small hill where the bottom-left target is.
9,10 - Tap A to break the target (no turn around. And face left) on the small hill, which is the bottom left target. Single jump to the right and press Z to break the target under the L structure with Samus' grapple.
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Kirby - Good time to aim for: 9.65
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3 - Hold left before "Ready? Go" and continue holding it while the run starts. Jump as soon as you can. If your single jump is facing right, then you did this part correctly. Double jump and hold left, then air dodge when you're close to the hole. You will make it into the hole. Continue to hold left and forward tilt the top-left target. Doing this will force you out of the hole on the left side of the wall. Fast fall and aerial down A the middle-left and bottom left targets. Land with absolutely no land lag, and as far right as possible.
4 - Double jump weak back A the target under the L structure. Land about half-way up the left side of the V platform with no land lag.
5 - Moderately fast triple jump and up A the target to the left of the L structure. Land on top of the L structure.
6,7,8,9 - Single jump right facing left. Flick the C-Stick right to forward A the target above the L structure. Double jump up A the top target through the ceiling. Double jump turn around and up B the top-right target. Hold left and land as far to the left on the middle-right platform as possible. The landing attack from the up B will travel across the platform and break the middle-right target.
10 - Dash left, fast fall and hold right. Back A target 10.
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Fox - Good time to aim for: 5.15
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Difficulty: ****.
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1,2 - Short hop to the right and shoot 2 lasers to the right. One will break the upper-right target, the other will break the top target. land about half-way up the small hill.
3,4,5,6,7 - Dash left. immediately jump, then double jump shortly after. Press L, R or Z to air dodge and land on the wall's top. Dash left as soon as you land and tilt the C-stick down. This will cause Fox to down A target 3, which is the upper-left target. Continue falling. Wait a small bit and shoot 2 lasers to the right. The first will hit the target to the left of the L structure, and the second one will hit the target on the center stair. Land on the very edge of the center stair and use your previously established momentum to slip off. Shoot 2 more lasers as soon as possible. (That is a MUST) The first laser will break the target under the L structure, and the second one will go break the bottom-right target. Land as far up on the small hill at the bottom-right as you can.
8 - Hold left very lightly and have Fox face left. Tap A the bottom left target.
9,10 - Dash right and double jump. Press X to wall jump off the left side of the L structure. (About 30% up) After the wall jump, press B to start a laser. Immediately flick right on the control stick to shift Fox's momentum to the right. The laser will travel barely above the L structure and break the middle-right target. Land on top of the L structure and up tilt target 10.
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Pikachu - Good time to aim for: 7.30
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3,4 - Dash left and double jump through the hole. Forward a and hit with the last possible hit. If done right, the top-left target will be broken and you'll have slipped through the hole with ease. Slow fall and neutral B to the right after you pass the wall. Forward A and fast fall the middle-left and bottom-left targets. The spark that you recently sent out will travel across the bottom of the stage and break the bottom-right target.
5 - Double jump and forward A the target under the L structure. Land about half-way up the left side of the V platform.
6,7,8,9,10 - Double jump and up A the two targets to the left and top of the L structure. Slip off the upper-right edge of the L structure. Double jump and up a the top target through the ceiling. Neutral B spark so that the spark travels across the middle-right platform and breaks the middle-right target. Down B the top-right target as you fall.
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Marth - Good time to aim for: 9.15
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2,3 - Dash right and single full jump forward A the top target, wait a very small hit and forward A the top-right target. Fast fall neutral A the middle-right target.
4 - Dash left and fast fall. Hold right immediately. Double jump left and flick the C-Stick to the right to back A the bottom-right target. Land on the far right of the V platform.
5,6,7,8 - Tilt left to turn around. Single jump forward A and hit the target under the L structure while remaining on the right side. Double jump to the general are located atop the L structure. Aerial neutral A the target on top of the L structure and slip off the top-left corner of the L structure. Fast fall as soon as possible and aerial forward A (facing left) the target to the left of the L structure. Double jump before landing on the ground and aerial forward A the bottom-left target. Land on the center step.
9 - Double jump neutral A the middle-left target. Land on top of the stairs.
10 - Single jump up B the upper-left target.
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Mr. Game and Watch - Good time to aim for: 8.55
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Difficulty: ****.
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1 - Double jump left while facing right. Aerial back A and wave into the bottom hole to break the upper-left target. Tilt right on the control stick so you will not land in the bottom hole. Fast fall back to where you started.
2 - Dash right and short hop. Perform an aerial down A (key) to break the target on top of the L structure through the floor.
3,4,5,6 - Dash right. When you're "inside" the top target, single jump and neutral A it. Continue holding right and neutral A the top-right target. Slow fall and hold left. Neutral B to the right while keeping your leftward momentum. If Mr. Game and Watch wants to be nice to you, his sausage/fish/steak will head right and break the middle-right target. Slip off the middle-right platform. Keep holding left and perform a similar action for target 5 on 6, which is the bottom-right target. Again, if you're lucky, the neutral B will break the bottom-right target. Land as far left on the V platform as you can manage.
7,8,9,10 - Dash left and jump as you are almost about to pass the target under the L structure. Neural A as you're going up. Hold left. If done right, you will break the target under the L structure and target to the left of the L structure in one neutral A. Hold left and fast fall. Up B the bottom-left two targets by the stairs.
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Luigi - Good time to aim for: 8.35
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3,4,5 - Single jump left and back A to wedge yourself into the bottom hole. Turn around inside the hole and tap A to hit the upper-left target. This will cause you to fall out on the left side. Fast fall and double jump into the ceiling to the right. After you hit your head, flick the control stick to the right and fire ball the target on top of the L structure. Slow fall aerial forward A the target to the left of the L structure. Hold left and aerial up A (keeping up the slow fall) the middle-left target. Fast fall and back A the bottom-left target. Land as far away from the stairs as possible.
6,7 - Dash right and single jump aerial forward A the target under the L structure. Land about half way up the right half of the V platform. Fire ball the instant you land.
8 - Dash and moderately fast double jump up to the middle-right platform. Fireball as you go up. Land about 1.5 Luigi lengths in. Luigi will naturally slide across a little bit.
9,10 - Dash right and single jump straight up. Fireball left into the small peg so it goes up and hits the upper-right target. land on the far right of the starting platform and down B across it to the left to hit the top target.
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Diddy Kong - Good time to aim for: 7.00
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Difficulty: ****.
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1,2,3,4,5,6 - Single jump straight up as soon as possible, and start charging your neutral B peanut shooter as soon as you can. Get a decent charge, but one that isn't too charged, and shoot it so it flies across the top of the stage and hits the upper-right target. Double jump to the left and forward B heading left through the bottom hole. Neutral B peanut the upper-left target as soon as you slip out. -- Fast Fall slightly to the right, and send out a banana (down B) while slipping off the top of the stairs. The banana will fall on the middle-left target, then fall to the bottom-left. After releasing the banana, strong forward B to the right and hit the target to the left of the L structure. Press A or B near the end of the forward B to extend your forward B's distance and hit the target under the L structure. You will land with a little lag roughly in the center on the V platform.
7 - Without moving, shoot a peanut (neutral B) to the right so it hits the bottom-right target.
8,9,10 - Walk just a small bit to the right. Jump, and about half-way up your first jump, double jump and charge a peanut (facing right) as soon as you can. Release the peanut JUST AS you begin falling from the double jump. Said peanut will fly across the stage and break the middle-right target. Facing right, single jump sightly to the left, and up B into the area between the two remaining targets. This up B will break both the target on top of the L structure and the top target.
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Sheik - Good time to aim for: 8.25
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2,3 - Dash left and perform a very quick double jump. Land on the bottom hole. Dash left out of the bottom hole. Fast fall forward A the upper-left target. Continue falling and break the bottom-left two targets with a single neutral A. Land with no lag.
4 - Dash right and quick double jump as soon as you turn around. Forward A the target under the L structure, then fast fall onto the V platform. No lag.
5,6,7 - Double jump to the left of the L structure and neutral A the targets to the left and top of the structure. Slip off the right side of the highest part of the L structure. Shoot one needle to the right and hit the bottom-right target.
8 - Dash right and double jump forward A the top target through the ceiling. land on the middle-right platform.
9,10 - Dash right and double jump up A the upper-right target. Fast fall neutral A the middle-right.
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Pit - Good time to aim for: 6.85
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Shoot a standard arrow to the right without doing anything.
2 - Single jump and shoot an arrow to the right so it flies across the top of the stage and hits the upper-right target. Double jump to the left as you begin falling and aerial down A. If done right, you will land in the bottom hole. Be sure to not turn around in your double jump!
3,4,5 - While in the hole, turn around and tap A the upper-left target. If done right, the target will break and you will fall out of the hole. Fast fall and shoot an arrow to the right so it flies under the ceiling (which is the starting platform) and breaks the target on top of the L structure. Double jump to the right and neutral B arrow the middle-right target. Prepare yourself for the up A in the next set of steps!
6,7,8,9,10 - Up A to hit two targets. One is to the left of the L structure, the second is the middle-left. Delay a fast fall. Jump again and shoot a straight arrow at the target under the L structure. Start the animation for the arrow shoot as you fall. Aim it slightly up and you'll be ready to release it at about the time you're going to land. Land where you can reach the bottom-left target. Up tilt the bottom-left target.
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Meta Knight - Good time to aim for: 8.65
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Dash right and short hop. At the peak of your short hop tilt the C-Stick down to fast fall and hit the target above the L structure through the floor. land on the far right of the highest part of the hill.
2 - Dash right and press A while in a dash to dash attack the top target.
3,4 - Dash right and short hop up A the upper-right target. Fast fall forward A. Land with no lag.
5,6,7 - Dash left and fast fall. Hold right immediately. Neutral B to start the tornado attack. Press B rapidly at first while holding left. When you're close to the target under the L structure, start pressing B at about half the speed you are now. If done right, you'll hit the target under the L structure and keep moving left without landing, or going over the V platform. continue heading right and you'll hit the bottom-left target with the neutral B and land at the bottom of the stairs.
8,9,10 - Single jump, double jump then up A the middle-left target. Triple jump to the right a slight bit, then up A the target to the left of the L structure. use jumps four and five to head to the left. Up B the top-left target.
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Falco - Good time to aim for: 4.30
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Difficulty: *....
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1,2 - Short hop and shoot two lasers to the right. the first laser will hit the upper-right target, the second will hit the top target.
3,4,5 - Dash left and quick double jump and land in the hole. Roll to the left to get out of the hole quickly. Up A with the C-Stick to hit the top-left target. Slow fall and shoot two lasers to the right. These two lasers will hit the targets on top of the L structure and the middle-right target. land on top of the stairs.
6,7,8 - Dash right and off the stairs. Shoot 3 lasers. They will hit the targets to the left of the L structure, the one under the L structure and the bottom-right target. land at the bottom of the stairs.
9,10 - Single jump aerial neutral A the bottom-left and middle-left targets.
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Pokemon Trainer (Ivysaur) - Good time to aim for: 7.10
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Difficulty: *****
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section.
1,2 - Quick double jump to the left. Smash the C-stick right to send a leaf to the top target. Hold left and land inside the bottom hole. Perform a smash attack to the left inside the hole to break the upper-left target.
3,4,5,6 - Dash left to fall out of the hole and fast fall to the right. Forward B to the right so it travels under the ceiling (which is the starting platform) and hits the target on top of the L structure. Leaf must go in an even straightish line. Slow fall a small bit to the left and forward B right. The first target to break will be the middle-left target above the middle step, and the second one will be the target to the left of the L structure. Leaf must strong curve up for this to work. Fast fall to the right and back A the bottom-left target. Land on the slope.
7,8 - Dash right and double jump forward B (to the right) the target under the L structure and the bottom-right target in a single forward B. The forward B must curve downward for this to work.
9 - Dash right and double jump forward B to the right. The forward B will travel across the middle-right platform and break the middle-right target. Land on the middle-right platform pretty far to the left, but not all the way. This target does not require much forward B luck.
10 - Single jump straight up. Up B the upper-right target through the ceiling.
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Ike - Good time to aim for: 10.20
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Difficulty: *....
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section.
1,2,3 - Moderately fast double jump into the hole backwards facing right. When in the hole, tilt the control stick right and slip out with your previous momentum. Flick the C-Stick right to aerial back A the top-left target facing right. Fast fall all the way down to the bottom of the stage and aerial neutral A the middle-left and bottom-left targets.
4,5,6 - Double jump to the right and up B the target under the L structure. On the way up, you will hit the targets to the left and on top of the L structure. Land on top of the L structure now.
7,8,9 - Dash and full jump off the right side of the structure. Aerial forward A the top target though the ceiling. Double jump and time your up B so that the sword hits the upper-right target as you throw it up, but then you hit the ceiling and fall on the middle-right target. Always hold right for that. Refusing to do so will not give you the desired results.
10 - Dash left and fast fall off the middle-right platform. Hold right (and keep holding it) and tilt the C-stick left. Ike will do a strange aerial shift and break the bottom-right target.
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Snake - Good time to aim for: 7.30
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Quick double jump and flick the control stick left. Press B to bring out a grenade, then tilt the control stick left once more to send the grenade out to the left with a lot of horizontal distance. Once you've thrown the grenade, hold right again and land as far right as possible.
2,3 - Dash right, tilt the C-stick down to bring out a dash attack, then press Up on the control stick and Z at the same time to begin a fast sliding up smash that breaks the top target and the upper-right target.
4 - Dash off and fast fall. Tap A on the middle-right target.
5,6,7 - Dash left and short hop as soon as possible. Throw another fully horizontal grenade against the center wall of the L structure so it bounces off and hits the bottom-right target. Double jump and perform yet another fully horizontal grenade that bounces off the left most tip of the L structure's highest point. This grade will fall into the middle-left target and fall onto the bottom-left. Land on the lower portion of the L structure.
8,9,10 - When you've recovered from your grenade land lag on the lower portion of the L structure, turn around and face right. Now quick double jump backwards over the L structure. Start a neutral A right before your peak and delay the fast fall. The Neutral A will hit the targets on top, to the left and below the L structure.
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Peach - Good time to aim for: 8.55
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Difficulty: *****
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1,2,3 - Start off by pulling a beamsword. Double jump to the lower hole in the wall. Smash throw the beam sword through. It will hit the upper-left target, then fall onto the middle-left and lower left targets.
4 - Dash right (don't worry about the beamsword. Throw it and let it do its job) and jump with X/Y, press down on the control stick to float immediately, aerial forward a the top target and land without lag.
5,6 - Dash right and pull a turnip as you slip off. Up throw it with the C-Stick to hit the upper-right target and start a forward A. Delay a fast fall so you hit the middle-right target with no lag.
7 - Dash left and do another slip of turnip pull. Fast fall down to the V patform and throw the newly pulled turnip at the bottom-right target before you land.
8,9,10 - Dash left and single jump. Up B, then lightly flick the control stick so the up B faces right, then mash left on the control stick again so you go backwards during the up B. Near the peach of the up B, release the control stick so it goes directly into the last target. This up B hits the three targets (under, to the left and atop) around the L structure.
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Yoshi - Good time to aim for: 8.35
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2,3 - Double jump left facing right and back A. Land in the bottom hole. Turn around tap A the upper-left target. If done right, the upper-left target will break and you will be out of the hole. Immediately down B as soon as you slip out of the hole and slip off the top of the stairs with it. Tilt the C-stick down to fast fall and start and aerial down A. Break the middle-left and bottom-left targets with one down A. Be sure to hold right and barely hit target 3 so you can land about 30-40% the way through under the V platform.
4 - Turn around and face right. Shoot an egg up and right, but with your aim going mostly to the right. It will break the bottom-left target.
5,6,7,8,9,10 - Single jump a small bit to the right, and before you reach the peak of your first jump, double jump left and tilt the C-Stick to the right to start and aerial back A. This back A will break the targets under and to the left of the L structure. Hold right now and up B the target on top of the L structure. Using both momentum and the small boost from Yoshi's up B egg, you will be able to slip off the right side of top-half of the L structure. Double jump to the right after slipping off (will naturally be delayed a small bit) and up A the top target through the ceiling. Continue to hold right and up B egg to the up and slightly to the left to break the upper-right target. Using the momentum you were able to sustain with the egg, neutral A the middle-right target before landing.
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Ganondorf - Good time to aim for: 11.75
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Difficulty: **...
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1 - Dash right and press A while dashing to dash attack the top target.
2,3 - Dash right even more. Tilt the control stick left to turn around on the ground. Short hop to the right while facing left. Up A the upper-right target. Fast fall now and back A the middle-right target. Land as far left as possible.
4 - While facing left, roll to the left across the middle-left platform. Always hold left during and slightly after the roll. You will slip off the middle left platform. Fast fall immediately and up A the bottom-left target.
5 - Dash left and quick double jump. Back A the target under the L structure as you double jump upward. Land with no lag.
6,7,8 - Dash left and peak a double jump about 60% on the way up the left half of the V platform. Head to the right and hug the wall. Aerial up A the targets to the left and on top of the L structure. Fast fall down to the bottom of the stairs and aerial neutral A the bottom-left target before you land.
9 - Double jump and aerial back A the middle-left target. Land on the middle step with no lag.
10 - Double jump up to the top of the stairs. Now do a very quick double jump and up B. After your up B, hold right so that Ganondorf's hand extension animation is the part that hits the top left target.
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Ice Climbers - Good time to aim for: 8.50
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2 - Double jump to the left. Release the control stick and press B while facing right, then mash left again. If done right, one ice piece will go through the center hole and break the top-left target, and the other one will bounce off the wall and hit the top target on the main platform. Hold right and land as far into the starting platform as possible.
3,4,5,6 - Dash to the right across the entire top platform. When you reach the end, short hop and neutral B the upper-right target. One ice shot will hit the upper-right target, another will fall down and hit the middle-right target. Double jump and aerial back A so you can slide across the ceiling without falling down. Fast fall and shoot an ice shot (with Popo and Nana) at the bottom-right target. The bottom right target will break and the other ice shot will ricochet off the wall, travel the bottom part of the stage and break the bottom-left target. Land about 60% on the way up on the right half of the V platform.
7 - Facing right, single jump and aerial back A the target under the L structure. land on the lower half of the L structure with no lag.
8,9,10 - Sometimes you will lose Nana after the 7th target, but that's ok. You technically don't need her for anything. Single jump over the L structure and forward B the last three targets. These three are the targets on top of the L structure, to the left of the L structure and the middle-left target. If You have both Popo and nana, you won't need to do anything more than hold left on the control stick after you press B, if you have Popo, you will sometimes need to press B a few times in the air to give Popo some horizontal assistance. Both are very capable of getting fast runs.
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King Dedede - Good time to aim for: 8.85
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Difficulty: *****
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1,2 - Short hop forward and throw a Waddle Dee at the top target. If you're lucky, Waddle Dee will run across the top of the stage and jump into the middle-right target.
3 - Dash left and triple jump up to the top of the wall. strong forward B right to throw a Gordo (spike guy) and hit the upper-right target.
4,5,6 - Dash left and fast fall off. Hold right and aerial up A the upper-left target. Continue to fast fall and hold right. slip off the center step. Back A the middle-left and bottom-left targets. Delay a fast fall to the ground by so much, the fast fall barely saves any time at all. (this is to land without lag.
7,8 - When you land, turn around to face left. Double jump backwards going right and back A the target under the L structure. When you land, smash throw forward B into the bottom-right target. Gordo will not make it if you are not far enough to the left, but you're more likely to get a Waddle Dee and Waddle Doo.
9,10 - Dash left and double jump up. Start an aerial up A as you begin to double jump and drift to the right. The up A will hit the targets to the left and on top of the L structure.
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Wolf - Good time to aim for: 6.30
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Dash right and single jump blaster shot (neutral B) to the left through the bottom hole. Hold right after you shoot and land as far right as you possibly can. The blaster will break the top left target.
2,3,4 - Dash right and short hop blaster to the left. The gun itself will hit the upper-right target, and the shot from the gun will hit the top target. Slow fall and hit the middle-right target with the very tip of the back A, landing as far to the left as possible. Land with no lag.
5,6,7 - Dash and short hop left. Shoot a blaster shot at the target above the L structure. Slow fall down and shoot a blaster shot to the left. The base should hit the target under the L structure and the blast should hit the bottom right target.
8,9,10 - Dash left and start a blaster shot as you rise. Clip the lower-left corner of the L Structure so the gun will break the target to the left of the L structure, and the blast from the gun will break the middle-left target. Slow fall and neutral A the bottom-left target.
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Lucario - Good time to aim for: 8.15
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2 - Double jump to the right, flick the control stick left and press B twice to shoot a no charge shadow ball through the bottom hole at the top left target. As you land, aerial down A the target above the L structure through the floor.
3,4,5 - Dash right and turn around to face left. single short hop right. Flick the C-Stick left while holding the control stick right to break the top target with forward A. Continue to hold right and up A the upper-right target. Start charging a neutral B facing left as you land. Use the charge to break the middle-right target, then roll to the left as soon as you land.
6,7 - Dash left and forward A (if you wish. It makes no difference) Start charging and make Lucario face the right while moving left. The charge will break the target under the L structure. Release the charge as soon as the target is broken and send the shadow ball to the bottom-right target.
8,9,10 - Dash left and single jump aerial forward A the target to the left of the L structure. Aerial forward A again, then fast fall. This attack will hit the middle-left target. Aerial down A the bottom left target. (This one can be done pretty high, so don't be shy to do it quickly)
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Ness - Good time to aim for: 9.50
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3 - Dash right and full jump aerial forward A the top target after you've almost ran through it. Wait a moment, then forward A the upper-right target. Fast fall, hold left a little bit and tilt the C-Stick right to hit the middle-right target as far to the left as the forward A will allow you.
4 - Dash left and run off the edge. Slow fall forward B the bottom-right target and land on the edge of the V platform. Don't start the forward B right away. Wait just a little while, then be sure to get it out as soon as you tilt to keep your leftward momentum.
5 - Turn around, jump and aerial forward A the target under the L structure. Land on top of the lower of the of the L structure.
6,7,8,9,10 - Single jump left and forward A the target on top of the L structure. Fast fall down and start another forward A which hits the target to the left of the L structure. Keep falling and double jump forward A to hit the bottom-left and middle left (in that order) targets. At the peak of your double jump, start an up B. Make sure your up B is mostly vertacle, but with just enough horizontal aim to get it to the target.
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Sonic - Good time to aim for: 7.75
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3 - Double jump backwards into the hole facing right. Without turning around, roll to the left and fast fall as soon as you get out of the hole. aerial forward A the top-left target with the C-Stick. Strong DI to the right so you don't land on top of the stairs while fast falling. Aerial up A the middle-left and bottom-left targets. Land as far right as possible.
4,5,6,7,8 - Dash right across the entire bottom of the stage. Single jump and do a non-charged forward B left to hit the bottom-right target with the start of the attack, when the forward takes control, you will fly into the target under the L structure and break it. When that target is broken, jump to make the forward B bounce, then double jump out. Aerial up A the targets to the left and on top of the L structure. Slip off the right corner of the top part of the L structure and aerial up A through the ceiling to break the top target.
9,10 - Dash right and short hop up B so the spring hits the middle-right target. Turn around in the up B so you can aerial forward A (facing left) the upper-right target.
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Bowser - Good time to aim for: 9.15
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Difficulty: *....
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1 - Single jump straight up and flick the control stick to the left. Press B and bring out the flame. Aim it up so it can make it into the bottom hole and break the top left target.
2 - Dash right and short hop as soon as you begin to run down the hill on the main platform. Forward A the top target.
3,4,5 - Dash right and jump as soon as possible. Forward A the upper-right target and fast fall forward B the middle-right target. If done right, you can double jump before even landing! Double jump to the right and fast fall neutral B to the right as soon as you start fast falling. Land on the far right edge of the V platform.
6 - Turn around and tap A to break the target under the L structure.
7,8,9,10 - Double jump over the right side of the L structure. Start a neutral B flame at the peak of your double jump. Flame the target on top of the L structure, the target to the left of the structure and slowly start to aim the flame downward right before you hit the target on the middle-left. If your flame is aimed down, you will break the bottom-left sooner.
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Wario - Good time to aim for: 8.85
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2 - While facing right, double jump left and down A through the bottom hole. Slip out on the left side. Flick the C-Stick to the left and hold right on the control stick to back A the upper-right target, then come back in to the bottom hole. Slip off on the right side and double jump to the right. Fast fall and aerial down A the target on top of the L structure through the floor. The part of the down A that must hit is near the end, and you will land with some lag.
3,4,5,6 - Dash right and aerial down A the top target on top of the main platform. Continue to hold right and forward A the upper-right target. Fast fall and double jump with X to the left and forward A right with the C-stick so your forward A barely grazes the upper-left part of the middle-right target. Fast fall down skipping the middle-right platform go to the right. Down A the bottom-right target, and hold left to drift out and land as far left as possible.
7,8,9,10 - While still facing right, double jump left and aerial down A the target under the L structure. Always hold left at this point. Double jump left while facing right and down A the target to the left of the L structure. Hold left while facing right. Wait just a small bit and tilt the C-Stick down to fast fall. Hold right so you don't land on the stairs. The down A will hit the middle and bottom-left targets.
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Toon Link - Good time to aim for: 5.75
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Dash right and double jump. Shoot a no charge arrow to the left as you double jump so the arrow travels through the bottom hole. Fast fall as soon as you regain control over your character. Land as far right as possible.
2,3,4,5,6 - Dash right for a very brief period. Single jump and light throw the boomerang at the upper-right target as you're falling. If thrown correctly, it will break (and bounce backwards off of) the upper-right target, the top target, the target above the L structure, the target to the left of the L structure and the bottom-left target.
7 - Dash right (don't worry about the boomerang anymore. It'll do its job if you threw it correctly) and fast fall down and right off the main platform. Hook shot the middle-right target so you can land at a distance with no lag.
8,9,10 - Dash left and slow fall off the platform. Charge an arrow and shoot it above the target under the L structure, but under the L structure itself. It will travel across the stage and hit the middle-left target. Land about half-way up the right half of the V platform. When on the V platform, press B, then immediately press right to turn around without having to jump or turn around the normal way. Shoot an arrow at the bottom-right target with absolutely no charge. Up tilt the target under the L structure.
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R.O.B. - Good time to aim for: 5.70
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Difficulty: ****.
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section.
1,2 - Full jump straight up and shoot a laser directly into the ground as you jump. The laser will hit the top target, bounce off the floor then hit the upper-right target. Double jump and up B and slip off the left top corner of the wall to the left.
3,4 - (After the slip off) Fast fall and hold right. Tilt the C-Stick down to pull out a top. Shoot the top against one of the blocks inbetween the holes so that it bounces off the wall and hits the top left target. The top will then fall (over time) onto the middle-left target.
5,6 - Once you're able to shoot a laser right and have it do some good, shoot a laser right and slightly aimed downward to hit the target on top of the L structure and the middle-right target.
7,8,9,10 - Double jump and hit your head on the ceiling. Fast fall and aerial forward A the target to the left of the L structure from as far left as possible. Head further to the left and shoot the final laser directly up so it bounces off the bottom ceiling of the L structure. The easiest way to make this hit is to watch where R.O.B.'s "feet" are. The laser itself will go off and hit the targets under the L structure and the bottom right if you aimed it correctly. The bottom-left target will be hit by the attack box that R.O.B.'s body generates when you use the laser.
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Olimar - Good time to aim for: 4.05
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Difficulty: ****.
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Note: Your Pikmin order needs to be Blue, White and Red. Blue, White and Blue is also equally as fast.
1,2,3 - Single jump forward B throw the blue Pikmin at the top target. Double jump toward the wall and smash throw the white Pikmin across the stage to the right at the upper-right and middle-right targets. When you're close to the hole, press down B in the air to enter the hole and bring back the blue Pikmin.
4,5,6,7,8,9,10 - Dash left and fast fall. Tilt the C-Stick up and attack the top left target with the red Pikmin. When you're out of the area inbetween the walls, smash throw a blue Pikmin at the target above the L structure. It will hit the target above the L structure and hit the bottom-right target. Throw (doesn't have to be smash throw) the red Pikmin at the target to the left of the L structure. It will hit the target to the left of the L structure and then hit the target under the L structure. When you've thrown your Pikmin, tap A and tilt down on the control stick to initiate the delayed fast fall. The aerial neutral A will hit the middle-left target and the bottom-left target.
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Captain Falcon - Good time to aim for: 8.20
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2,3 - Double jump backwards to the left facing right into the lowest hole in the wall. Slip out on the left side and fast fall aerial up A the upper-left target. Hold right and continue to fall. Neutral A the middle-left and bottom-left targets. One kick hitting each target.
4 - Quick double jump and aerial up A the target under the L structure. Land about half-way up the left side of the V platform.
5,6,7 - Double jump up the left side of the L structure and aerial up A the targets to the left and on top of the L structure in one up A. Slip off the right corner of the top half of the L structure. Double jump aerial up A the top target through the ceiling. Land on the middle left platform.
8,9 - Dash right and double jump aerial up A the upper-right target. Fast fall and aerial up A the middle-right target. Remember to be at a distance when you do it. The further the left the better.
10 - Dash left, short hop before you reach the edge and fast fall to the right. Aerial back the bottom-right target.
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Jigglypuff - Good time to aim for: 10.15
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3,4,5 - Hold left and single jump while facing right. Double jump to the left and press L, R or Z to air dodge into the bottom hole. Dash out and forward A facing left. Fast fall immediately. Double jump right and under the ceiling while doing a back A to remain facing left. After the back A ends, back A again to hit the target on top of the L structure. C-Stick down to aerial down A the target to the left of the L structure and the middle-left target. Triple jump to the right while facing left and aerial down A the bottom-left target. land about half-way into the V platform.
6,7 - Short hop to the right while facing left and aerial down A the target under the L structure. Hold right and double jump back A the bottom-right target. Go to the left a very little bit now. Use your third and 4th jumps to make it to the middle-right platform. Land as far into the middle-right platform as possible.
8,9,10 - While still facing left, Single jump right and back A the middle-right target. Double jump, then triple jump up A the upper-right target. Hold left and down A the target on top of the starting platform.
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Lucas - Good time to aim for: 8.30
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Difficulty: ****.
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section.
1,2 - Hold left before the run starts, and double jump toward the wall. While holding left, tilt the control stick right to shoot a PK thunder into the hole and gain some knock back. Down B in mid air before you land. The down B will cause you to fly across the top platform and break the top target with it while flying.
3,4,5,6 - Dash right and single jump aerial neutral A to break the upper-right target. Fast fall and hold right, then tilt left on the C-Stick to PK fire the middle-right target.. you will fly across the middle-right platform and land on the far left edge. Fast fall off the edge and forward B the target under the L structure. When you have regained control of Lucas, double jump and wait just a small moment then hold right and tilt the C-Stick to the left to hit the bottom-right target and get the same knock back we had before. Use Aerial down B to fly across the bottom of the stage. Land close to the stairs.
7,8,9,10 - Short hop toward the bottom-left target and up B directly straight up, then curve slightly to the left. Arch it all the way back up and over to aim it up/right. Now curve it up to have more vertical distance, but not completely vertical. The up B will start at the bottom-left target, hit the middle-left target, travel to the target to the left of the L structure then up to the target on top of the L structure.
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3 - WORLD RECORDS [btt3]
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In this section you will find the best known records. If you or somebody you know beats any of these scores, please refer to section "[btt7]" and inform me so that the community knows! If you want videos, refer to section "[btt4]" to find links to some YouTube channels.
*Record list as of October 6th, 2009*
07.10 - Mario ---------------------- -DWM-
09.28 - Donkey Kong ---------------- -DWM-
07.28 - Link ----------------------- -DWM-
07.28 - Samus ---------------------- -DWM-
09.25 - Kirby ---------------------- -DWM-
04.88 - Fox ------------------------ Zampa
06.98 - Pikachu -------------------- -DWM-
08.88 - Marth ---------------------- mudi
08.43 - Mr. Game and Watch --------- escargon
07.95 - Luigi ---------------------- Mattador
06.80 - Diddy Kong ----------------- LinksDarkArrows/-DWM/
07.61 - Sheik ---------------------- -DWM-
06.51 - Pit ------------------------ -DWM-
08.41 - Metaknight ----------------- LinksDarkArrows
04.11 - Falco ---------------------- Zampa
07.10 - Pokemon Trainer (Ivysaur)--- Mattador
09.81 - Ike ------------------------ -DWM-
06.90 - Snake ---------------------- -DWM-
07.96 - Peach ---------------------- KT
08.10 - Yoshi ---------------------- -DWM-
11.35 - Ganondorf ------------------ -DWM-
08.21 - Ice Climbers --------------- -DWM-/moOonstermunch
08.60 - King Dedede ---------------- Mattador
06.13 - Wolf ----------------------- -DWM-/Meshima
07.71 - Lucario -------------------- -DWM-
09.20 - Ness ----------------------- KT/-DWM-/meshima
07.45 - Sonic ---------------------- -DWM-
08.86 - Bowser --------------------- Meshima
08.63 - Wario ---------------------- -DWM-
05.55 - Toon Link ------------------ Zampa, samthedigital
05.55 - Robot ---------------------- -DWM-
03.86 - Pikmin and Olimar ---------- Zampa
07.93 - Captain Falcon ------------- -DWM-
09.96 - Jigglypuff ----------------- -DWM-
07.93 - Lucas ---------------------- -DWM-
WR Total: 4:27.82
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4 - FAQ [btt4]
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Question| You turned around for some characters with ease. How is that?
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That's a simple answer. Simply start a dash in one direction, then tilt the control stick in the opposite direction, jump, then tilt the control stick back in the direction you were originally running in to keep your momentum. (the momentum keeper is optional)
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Question| You call the stage parts and targets weird names. Help?
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Certainly. Below I have included a link to a picture (directly from my personal photobucket account) that will give you all the answers you need regarding target and platform names!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/LinksDarkArrows/Stage_1_Layout_Assistance.jpg
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Question| How do you know these are the world records?
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I'll be frank. I don't. The records I give you in this document are the best known times. Each record has an equal chance of being obsoleted by somebody unknown.
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Question| Why did you write for only stage one? (Easy)
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That's a simple question to answer. I know more about stage one than the other four stages. I may do more guides later, but I want to see how well this guide does.
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Question| I see an error/have a question. Can I contact you?
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My contact information is in the dedicated section. Search this document for "[btt7]".
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Question| Are there easier strategies out there?
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There certainly are. Search YouTube for a user called "LLCoolDave". His YouTube has some of the first strategies for stage one. They get respectable times and aren't as hard as the ones detailed in this guide.
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Question| Why did you detail only the best strategies?
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This guide wasn't mean to be a huge collection of strategies. Not yet. I thought it would be important to have some type of documentation on the best strategies currently out. I may add easier strategies when Beginner and Intermediate thresholds are created. Until then, just read the question above this one for your answer on where to find easier strategies.
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Question| Why didn't you feature all 39 characters?
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Some characters, such as Zero Suit Samus, Zelda, Squirtle and Charizard aren't as fast as their counterpart characters accessable via the same tile on the character selection menu. They all share the same saved score, so I went for which character currently provides the fastest time.
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Question| I have an idea for a new strategy. Can you test it?
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No. Contact somebody else.
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Question| What's this "B-Sticking" all about?
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B-Sticking is an alternate way of playing. It's used to gain an obvious advantage that you would normally never have. To activate it, you just first have a name entered in the name editor. When you have that, follow these simple steps.
Main Menu -> Options -> Controls -> Your Name -> Control style (Nintendo GameCube for me)
If you're using a GameCube controller, go to the C-Stick option and change it from "Smash" to "Special". You will now be able to use the B moves on the C-Stick.
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Question| Are there videos I can see to help me understand what you're saying?
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There sure are. Visit the following YouTube channels and look through old and new videos:
YouTube.com/LinksDarkArrows
YouTube.com/LPZampa
YouTube.com/CharlieDWM
YouTube.com/HyperMegaMegaMan
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Question| What are the difficulty ratings for?
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The difficulty ratings were added to give you a general idea of how hard a strategy is. I based them off both what I feel, and what I think you will feel. If you find I falsely rated a strategy, whether it should be easier or harder than said, feel free to tell me. You can address that in the contact section.
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Question| Why did you write a guide for a mode no one cares about?
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I wrote it so that all future players who decide to play can get in on it if no one is around to help them.
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Question| Will you or somebody else capture my stage 1 (or any) video(s)?
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I won't, but somebody else will. Search YouTube.
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Question| Can I update the banner for you? Paint is ugly.
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Go away. I adore my paint program abomination!
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Question| Will you write guides for other stages/modes?
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Not likely, but I might in the future. We'll see how things go, OK?
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5 - SPECIAL THANKS [btt5]
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There are tons of people I would like to thank for making this guide possible, but it'll be hard to include everybody. I'm very sorry if I missed anyone important, but I decided to keep this short.
--Not GameFAQs: GameFAQs rejected this very strategy guide. I encourage all of you to send negative feedback tickets from here on out!
--Myself
for writing this guide obviously.
--SmashBoards
They're my new host leech (even if they don't know it) for the greated Brawl Stadium strategy guide ever written!
--DSUltimate
They have it too.
--LLCoolDave
You'll always be the stage 1 master in my eyes. You nearly single handedly paved the way for the beginning strategies. though every one of them is outdated, we wouldn't be as far as we are today without your efforts.
--FreddyP
FreddyP is the perpetual inspiration to even continue killing ourselves, controllers and mind state. No one has more patience with King Dedede. I dare you to find somebody else. When you're ready to throw you or your Wii off the nearest bridge, think about how FreddyP can endure twenty hours of King Dedede, never get a completion, and still keep going!
---DWM-
I asked for a few of the smaller details (and one very large one. Lucas' middle through ending) on a few of the strategies I wasn't quite sure about from being only partially active lately. This guide was able to exist sooner because of him.
--Ronek
Why? Because I say so. That's why!
--Anybody who has contributed to stage 1
You know who you are! Since I don't want to leave anyone out of this, I'll consider you an important piece of the stadium backbone. Had you guys not played, stage 1 wouldn't be this far today.
--You, the reader
If you didn't read this guide, then I'd have wasted an entire day on it. Thank you, and I hope you consider playing more stadium!
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6 - CLOSING [btt6]
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On behalf of the entire Stadium community...
I hope you enjoyed this guide. The strategies inside are not all my own. What Target Smash!! stage one is today is a product of a couple dozen contributers. Without each and everyone of the contributers, we wouldn't be where we are today. For the last 10 months, we worked together throwing around ideas and testing anything that came along. Some old players who had stopped playing Melee's returned, some who just transitioned played and we even saw some new faces. It was an exciting ride to turn stage one into the super power that it is today, and I have only good thoughts about the future of stage one. What kind of stratgies will unfold? When will we see them? Will somebody new come along and enlighten us with ideas we had never once thought of? Only time will tell. Though stage one may have reached what seems to be the pinnacle, we must never accept any strategy as final, even if it seems like it can never get any better. I hope this guide has inspired you to at least give Target Smash!! stage one a try. You might find out you like it more than you thought.
- LinksDarkArrows
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7 - CONTACT [btt7]
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http://YouTube.com/LinksDarkArrows
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8 - VERSION UPDATES [btt8]
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Version 1 - The initial release if this guide. Full of very useful information for every character.
Version 2 - No strategy updates. Instead, I added the new banner atop the first post, decided to add some more questions to the FAQ and fix some spelling errors. The new strategies proven to be faster since the initial release of version 1 will be added in version 3. The world record list was also updated.
Version 3 - I added new strategies/tweaks for Donkey Kong, Marth, Diddy Kong, Pit, Ivysaur, Yoshi, Ganondorf, Ice Climbers, King Dedede, Lucario, Sonic, Bowser, Wario and Jigglypuff. More questions to the F.A.Q. have been added, and rough levels of difficulty were introduced by each character. I also changed some of the "Good time to aim for's" to better suit strategies, or to just overall make them more accurate for an aspiring newcomer. Remember, despite being new, all times can be obtained with a decent amount of practice!
Version 4 - I added even more new strategies/tweaks. The characters who were changed are Link, Samus, Fox, Mr. Game and Watch, Sheik, Pokemon Trainer (Ivysaur), Ike and Lucario. This guide was also pulled off All is Brawl and settled on SmashBoards for the time being. I changed a few of the difficulty levels, and some of the "aim for" times. I removed a few FAQ questions that no longer apply, and added a very small list of sites allowed to host this guide.
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8 - LEGAL INFORMATION [btt9]
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This document is copyright (c) 2008-09 LinksDarkArrows
If you find this guide ANYWHERE else but Smashboards and DSUltimate, let me know. You can contact me on YouTube. My username is LinksDarkArrows.
You may not steal, reproduce, charge others to peruse the text within or gain any type of profit off this document. You may not host this document on your web site without advanced permission by me. If you receive permission to use this guide, you must present this guide as is in its original format. If in any such case that the guide is updated, an alert will be sent out informing the holders of the knowledge advancements since the previous installation. If you do not keep this guide up to date after an alert has been delivered, your non-contractual rights to host this document will void. Aside from that, you may show, print and share this guide as long as you share it in whole form and give credit to the original author.
If you fail to comply with simple copyright laws, I will call in my vicious army of equally inhuman demigods to rain iniquitous actions upon your corner of the Earth and cause you to think only umbriferious thoughts.
Thank you for reading! ^_^
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1 - Introduction ------ [btt1]
2 - Strategies -------- [btt2]
3 - World Records ----- [btt3]
4 - FAQ --------------- [btt4]
5 - Special Thanks ---- [btt5]
6 - Closing ----------- [btt6]
7 - Contact ----------- [btt7]
8 - Version Updates --- [btt8]
9 - Legal Information - [btt9]
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1 - INTRODUCTION [btt1]
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Welcome to the Target Smash!! stage 1 (Easy) strategy guide for Super Smash Brothers Brawl. I should warn you, there will not be easier transitional strategies in this guide. Instead, we'll skip straight to the best of the best. Why? I feel that if you're serious about becoming skilled, going for the best at the beginning will help you greatly. Within this guide you will find a very detailed strategy for each of the 35 used characters. Characters cut out are Zero Suit Samus, Zelda, Squirtle and Charizard. They are not used to obtain the world record times, and will likely never be, so please don't ask me about them. If you find that this guide was not helpful, feel free to contact me (contact information in section 6) if you have any questions. With that said, I hope you enjoy what this guide has to offer!
Do you see anything in this guide that you may not understand? Check the FAQ section to see if it has an answer!
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2 - STRATEGIES [btt2]
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Mario - Good time to aim for: 7.50
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2 - Hold the control stick left. Double jump fireball through the center hole to hit the upper-left target. Hold right and the flick the control stick to the right, then press B to shoot a fireball at the top target. Land on top of the small hill.
3,4 - Dash right. Short hop and aerial down A with the C-Stick as you continue to hold right. Hit the upper-right target with the last hit of your aerial down A. Fast fall to the left, flick the control stick to the left and press B to send a fireball to hit the target under the L structure.
5,6,7,8,9,10 - Dash left and single jump. Flick the control stick right and fireball the middle-right target and immediately hold left again. Double jump under the part where the ceiling begins to rise and flick the control stick tot he right and press B to shoot a fireball at the bottom-right target. Hold left and tilt the C-Stick down to aerial down A the targets on top of the L Structure and to the left of the L structure. If done correctly, the C-Stick will have made you fast fall. Up B the bottom-left and middle-left targets starting from the bottom. The up B will hit the last two targets.
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Donkey Kong - Good Time to aim for: 9.65
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2 - Dash right and down B the target above the L structure through the floor and the top target with a single press. (two smacks)
3,4 - Dash right and tilt the control stick left. Short hop and jump. You are now facing left in the air. Tilt right to keep your momentum from the run. Back A the top-right target and fast fall into a back A for the middle-right target.
5 - Dash left and fast fall off the platform. Hold right immediately. Jump with X or Y, hold left and tilt the C-Stick right. If done correctly, you will hit the bottom-right target and land on the V Platform.
6,7,8 - Dash left and jump as soon as possible. Tilt the C-stick right while holding left to aerial back A the target under the L structure- continue to hold left. Tilt the C-Stick up to break the target to the left of the L structure. Slow fall while holding left and double jump aerial up A the lower-left target at the bottom of the stairs. Land on the center step.
9 - Single jump and aerial up A the middle-left target. Land on top of the stairs.
10 - Double jump up A the upper-left target to finish!
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Link - Good time to aim for: 7.55
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Difficulty: ***
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1 - Dash right and do a moderately fast double jump. Slighly charge and arrow and aim it through the bottom hole at the upper-left target. Land as far right as possible.
2,3,4 - Dash right and single jump when you're about 75% through the top target. Back A with the C-Stick by tilting it left, press L on your controller, now press Z. Hook shot the upper-right target. Land with no lag on the very edge of the platform. Hold right and fast fall and press Z as soon as you can. You will fall and hook shot the middle-right target.
5,6 - Dash left, then short hop weak throw a boomerang to the left at the target above the L structure. fast fall and shoot a weak arrow to the right to hit the bottom-right target. Land as far left on the V platform as you can.
7,8,9,10 - Dash left and jump slightly after the half-way point on the way up the left half of the V platform. Wait just a short bit and press the C-Stick left to back A the targets under the L structure and to the left of the L structure in a single back A. Wait just a very short period and forward A into a fast fall the middle-left and bottom left targets.
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Samus - Good time to aim for: 7.60
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Difficulty: ***..
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section. It also helps to remove tap jumping for this strategy.
1,2 - Jump and smash right on the c-stick as soon as possible. You will send a strong missile out and break the upper-right target. Tilt the c-stick right once before before landing to send a weak missile out after the top target.
3,4,5 - Double jump left into the bottom hole. Fast fall and aerial up A the upper-left target. Hold right and tap the c-stick down as soon as you reach the underside of the starting platform. Samus will graze the ceiling and you will send a bomb out to the top middle-left (target on the center stair) target. (4) Continue holding right and double jump as you begin to touch the target to the left of the L structure. Do not break it now. We'll get it later. Smash missile to the right while landing on the top-left part of the L structure. The missile will travel across the stage and break the far right target.
6,7,8 - After landing with no lag because missiles are awesome that way, dash left and fall off the L structure. Up A the target above the L structure and fast fall so the same up A will break the target to the left of the L structure. Continue to fast fall down and send a missile to the right under the V platform to break the bottom-right target. Land on the small hill where the bottom-left target is.
9,10 - Tap A to break the target (no turn around. And face left) on the small hill, which is the bottom left target. Single jump to the right and press Z to break the target under the L structure with Samus' grapple.
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Kirby - Good time to aim for: 9.65
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3 - Hold left before "Ready? Go" and continue holding it while the run starts. Jump as soon as you can. If your single jump is facing right, then you did this part correctly. Double jump and hold left, then air dodge when you're close to the hole. You will make it into the hole. Continue to hold left and forward tilt the top-left target. Doing this will force you out of the hole on the left side of the wall. Fast fall and aerial down A the middle-left and bottom left targets. Land with absolutely no land lag, and as far right as possible.
4 - Double jump weak back A the target under the L structure. Land about half-way up the left side of the V platform with no land lag.
5 - Moderately fast triple jump and up A the target to the left of the L structure. Land on top of the L structure.
6,7,8,9 - Single jump right facing left. Flick the C-Stick right to forward A the target above the L structure. Double jump up A the top target through the ceiling. Double jump turn around and up B the top-right target. Hold left and land as far to the left on the middle-right platform as possible. The landing attack from the up B will travel across the platform and break the middle-right target.
10 - Dash left, fast fall and hold right. Back A target 10.
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Fox - Good time to aim for: 5.15
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Difficulty: ****.
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1,2 - Short hop to the right and shoot 2 lasers to the right. One will break the upper-right target, the other will break the top target. land about half-way up the small hill.
3,4,5,6,7 - Dash left. immediately jump, then double jump shortly after. Press L, R or Z to air dodge and land on the wall's top. Dash left as soon as you land and tilt the C-stick down. This will cause Fox to down A target 3, which is the upper-left target. Continue falling. Wait a small bit and shoot 2 lasers to the right. The first will hit the target to the left of the L structure, and the second one will hit the target on the center stair. Land on the very edge of the center stair and use your previously established momentum to slip off. Shoot 2 more lasers as soon as possible. (That is a MUST) The first laser will break the target under the L structure, and the second one will go break the bottom-right target. Land as far up on the small hill at the bottom-right as you can.
8 - Hold left very lightly and have Fox face left. Tap A the bottom left target.
9,10 - Dash right and double jump. Press X to wall jump off the left side of the L structure. (About 30% up) After the wall jump, press B to start a laser. Immediately flick right on the control stick to shift Fox's momentum to the right. The laser will travel barely above the L structure and break the middle-right target. Land on top of the L structure and up tilt target 10.
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Pikachu - Good time to aim for: 7.30
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3,4 - Dash left and double jump through the hole. Forward a and hit with the last possible hit. If done right, the top-left target will be broken and you'll have slipped through the hole with ease. Slow fall and neutral B to the right after you pass the wall. Forward A and fast fall the middle-left and bottom-left targets. The spark that you recently sent out will travel across the bottom of the stage and break the bottom-right target.
5 - Double jump and forward A the target under the L structure. Land about half-way up the left side of the V platform.
6,7,8,9,10 - Double jump and up A the two targets to the left and top of the L structure. Slip off the upper-right edge of the L structure. Double jump and up a the top target through the ceiling. Neutral B spark so that the spark travels across the middle-right platform and breaks the middle-right target. Down B the top-right target as you fall.
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Marth - Good time to aim for: 9.15
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2,3 - Dash right and single full jump forward A the top target, wait a very small hit and forward A the top-right target. Fast fall neutral A the middle-right target.
4 - Dash left and fast fall. Hold right immediately. Double jump left and flick the C-Stick to the right to back A the bottom-right target. Land on the far right of the V platform.
5,6,7,8 - Tilt left to turn around. Single jump forward A and hit the target under the L structure while remaining on the right side. Double jump to the general are located atop the L structure. Aerial neutral A the target on top of the L structure and slip off the top-left corner of the L structure. Fast fall as soon as possible and aerial forward A (facing left) the target to the left of the L structure. Double jump before landing on the ground and aerial forward A the bottom-left target. Land on the center step.
9 - Double jump neutral A the middle-left target. Land on top of the stairs.
10 - Single jump up B the upper-left target.
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Mr. Game and Watch - Good time to aim for: 8.55
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Difficulty: ****.
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1 - Double jump left while facing right. Aerial back A and wave into the bottom hole to break the upper-left target. Tilt right on the control stick so you will not land in the bottom hole. Fast fall back to where you started.
2 - Dash right and short hop. Perform an aerial down A (key) to break the target on top of the L structure through the floor.
3,4,5,6 - Dash right. When you're "inside" the top target, single jump and neutral A it. Continue holding right and neutral A the top-right target. Slow fall and hold left. Neutral B to the right while keeping your leftward momentum. If Mr. Game and Watch wants to be nice to you, his sausage/fish/steak will head right and break the middle-right target. Slip off the middle-right platform. Keep holding left and perform a similar action for target 5 on 6, which is the bottom-right target. Again, if you're lucky, the neutral B will break the bottom-right target. Land as far left on the V platform as you can manage.
7,8,9,10 - Dash left and jump as you are almost about to pass the target under the L structure. Neural A as you're going up. Hold left. If done right, you will break the target under the L structure and target to the left of the L structure in one neutral A. Hold left and fast fall. Up B the bottom-left two targets by the stairs.
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Luigi - Good time to aim for: 8.35
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3,4,5 - Single jump left and back A to wedge yourself into the bottom hole. Turn around inside the hole and tap A to hit the upper-left target. This will cause you to fall out on the left side. Fast fall and double jump into the ceiling to the right. After you hit your head, flick the control stick to the right and fire ball the target on top of the L structure. Slow fall aerial forward A the target to the left of the L structure. Hold left and aerial up A (keeping up the slow fall) the middle-left target. Fast fall and back A the bottom-left target. Land as far away from the stairs as possible.
6,7 - Dash right and single jump aerial forward A the target under the L structure. Land about half way up the right half of the V platform. Fire ball the instant you land.
8 - Dash and moderately fast double jump up to the middle-right platform. Fireball as you go up. Land about 1.5 Luigi lengths in. Luigi will naturally slide across a little bit.
9,10 - Dash right and single jump straight up. Fireball left into the small peg so it goes up and hits the upper-right target. land on the far right of the starting platform and down B across it to the left to hit the top target.
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Diddy Kong - Good time to aim for: 7.00
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Difficulty: ****.
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1,2,3,4,5,6 - Single jump straight up as soon as possible, and start charging your neutral B peanut shooter as soon as you can. Get a decent charge, but one that isn't too charged, and shoot it so it flies across the top of the stage and hits the upper-right target. Double jump to the left and forward B heading left through the bottom hole. Neutral B peanut the upper-left target as soon as you slip out. -- Fast Fall slightly to the right, and send out a banana (down B) while slipping off the top of the stairs. The banana will fall on the middle-left target, then fall to the bottom-left. After releasing the banana, strong forward B to the right and hit the target to the left of the L structure. Press A or B near the end of the forward B to extend your forward B's distance and hit the target under the L structure. You will land with a little lag roughly in the center on the V platform.
7 - Without moving, shoot a peanut (neutral B) to the right so it hits the bottom-right target.
8,9,10 - Walk just a small bit to the right. Jump, and about half-way up your first jump, double jump and charge a peanut (facing right) as soon as you can. Release the peanut JUST AS you begin falling from the double jump. Said peanut will fly across the stage and break the middle-right target. Facing right, single jump sightly to the left, and up B into the area between the two remaining targets. This up B will break both the target on top of the L structure and the top target.
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Sheik - Good time to aim for: 8.25
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2,3 - Dash left and perform a very quick double jump. Land on the bottom hole. Dash left out of the bottom hole. Fast fall forward A the upper-left target. Continue falling and break the bottom-left two targets with a single neutral A. Land with no lag.
4 - Dash right and quick double jump as soon as you turn around. Forward A the target under the L structure, then fast fall onto the V platform. No lag.
5,6,7 - Double jump to the left of the L structure and neutral A the targets to the left and top of the structure. Slip off the right side of the highest part of the L structure. Shoot one needle to the right and hit the bottom-right target.
8 - Dash right and double jump forward A the top target through the ceiling. land on the middle-right platform.
9,10 - Dash right and double jump up A the upper-right target. Fast fall neutral A the middle-right.
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Pit - Good time to aim for: 6.85
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Shoot a standard arrow to the right without doing anything.
2 - Single jump and shoot an arrow to the right so it flies across the top of the stage and hits the upper-right target. Double jump to the left as you begin falling and aerial down A. If done right, you will land in the bottom hole. Be sure to not turn around in your double jump!
3,4,5 - While in the hole, turn around and tap A the upper-left target. If done right, the target will break and you will fall out of the hole. Fast fall and shoot an arrow to the right so it flies under the ceiling (which is the starting platform) and breaks the target on top of the L structure. Double jump to the right and neutral B arrow the middle-right target. Prepare yourself for the up A in the next set of steps!
6,7,8,9,10 - Up A to hit two targets. One is to the left of the L structure, the second is the middle-left. Delay a fast fall. Jump again and shoot a straight arrow at the target under the L structure. Start the animation for the arrow shoot as you fall. Aim it slightly up and you'll be ready to release it at about the time you're going to land. Land where you can reach the bottom-left target. Up tilt the bottom-left target.
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Meta Knight - Good time to aim for: 8.65
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Dash right and short hop. At the peak of your short hop tilt the C-Stick down to fast fall and hit the target above the L structure through the floor. land on the far right of the highest part of the hill.
2 - Dash right and press A while in a dash to dash attack the top target.
3,4 - Dash right and short hop up A the upper-right target. Fast fall forward A. Land with no lag.
5,6,7 - Dash left and fast fall. Hold right immediately. Neutral B to start the tornado attack. Press B rapidly at first while holding left. When you're close to the target under the L structure, start pressing B at about half the speed you are now. If done right, you'll hit the target under the L structure and keep moving left without landing, or going over the V platform. continue heading right and you'll hit the bottom-left target with the neutral B and land at the bottom of the stairs.
8,9,10 - Single jump, double jump then up A the middle-left target. Triple jump to the right a slight bit, then up A the target to the left of the L structure. use jumps four and five to head to the left. Up B the top-left target.
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Falco - Good time to aim for: 4.30
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Difficulty: *....
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1,2 - Short hop and shoot two lasers to the right. the first laser will hit the upper-right target, the second will hit the top target.
3,4,5 - Dash left and quick double jump and land in the hole. Roll to the left to get out of the hole quickly. Up A with the C-Stick to hit the top-left target. Slow fall and shoot two lasers to the right. These two lasers will hit the targets on top of the L structure and the middle-right target. land on top of the stairs.
6,7,8 - Dash right and off the stairs. Shoot 3 lasers. They will hit the targets to the left of the L structure, the one under the L structure and the bottom-right target. land at the bottom of the stairs.
9,10 - Single jump aerial neutral A the bottom-left and middle-left targets.
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Pokemon Trainer (Ivysaur) - Good time to aim for: 7.10
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Difficulty: *****
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section.
1,2 - Quick double jump to the left. Smash the C-stick right to send a leaf to the top target. Hold left and land inside the bottom hole. Perform a smash attack to the left inside the hole to break the upper-left target.
3,4,5,6 - Dash left to fall out of the hole and fast fall to the right. Forward B to the right so it travels under the ceiling (which is the starting platform) and hits the target on top of the L structure. Leaf must go in an even straightish line. Slow fall a small bit to the left and forward B right. The first target to break will be the middle-left target above the middle step, and the second one will be the target to the left of the L structure. Leaf must strong curve up for this to work. Fast fall to the right and back A the bottom-left target. Land on the slope.
7,8 - Dash right and double jump forward B (to the right) the target under the L structure and the bottom-right target in a single forward B. The forward B must curve downward for this to work.
9 - Dash right and double jump forward B to the right. The forward B will travel across the middle-right platform and break the middle-right target. Land on the middle-right platform pretty far to the left, but not all the way. This target does not require much forward B luck.
10 - Single jump straight up. Up B the upper-right target through the ceiling.
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Ike - Good time to aim for: 10.20
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Difficulty: *....
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section.
1,2,3 - Moderately fast double jump into the hole backwards facing right. When in the hole, tilt the control stick right and slip out with your previous momentum. Flick the C-Stick right to aerial back A the top-left target facing right. Fast fall all the way down to the bottom of the stage and aerial neutral A the middle-left and bottom-left targets.
4,5,6 - Double jump to the right and up B the target under the L structure. On the way up, you will hit the targets to the left and on top of the L structure. Land on top of the L structure now.
7,8,9 - Dash and full jump off the right side of the structure. Aerial forward A the top target though the ceiling. Double jump and time your up B so that the sword hits the upper-right target as you throw it up, but then you hit the ceiling and fall on the middle-right target. Always hold right for that. Refusing to do so will not give you the desired results.
10 - Dash left and fast fall off the middle-right platform. Hold right (and keep holding it) and tilt the C-stick left. Ike will do a strange aerial shift and break the bottom-right target.
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Snake - Good time to aim for: 7.30
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Quick double jump and flick the control stick left. Press B to bring out a grenade, then tilt the control stick left once more to send the grenade out to the left with a lot of horizontal distance. Once you've thrown the grenade, hold right again and land as far right as possible.
2,3 - Dash right, tilt the C-stick down to bring out a dash attack, then press Up on the control stick and Z at the same time to begin a fast sliding up smash that breaks the top target and the upper-right target.
4 - Dash off and fast fall. Tap A on the middle-right target.
5,6,7 - Dash left and short hop as soon as possible. Throw another fully horizontal grenade against the center wall of the L structure so it bounces off and hits the bottom-right target. Double jump and perform yet another fully horizontal grenade that bounces off the left most tip of the L structure's highest point. This grade will fall into the middle-left target and fall onto the bottom-left. Land on the lower portion of the L structure.
8,9,10 - When you've recovered from your grenade land lag on the lower portion of the L structure, turn around and face right. Now quick double jump backwards over the L structure. Start a neutral A right before your peak and delay the fast fall. The Neutral A will hit the targets on top, to the left and below the L structure.
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Peach - Good time to aim for: 8.55
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Difficulty: *****
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1,2,3 - Start off by pulling a beamsword. Double jump to the lower hole in the wall. Smash throw the beam sword through. It will hit the upper-left target, then fall onto the middle-left and lower left targets.
4 - Dash right (don't worry about the beamsword. Throw it and let it do its job) and jump with X/Y, press down on the control stick to float immediately, aerial forward a the top target and land without lag.
5,6 - Dash right and pull a turnip as you slip off. Up throw it with the C-Stick to hit the upper-right target and start a forward A. Delay a fast fall so you hit the middle-right target with no lag.
7 - Dash left and do another slip of turnip pull. Fast fall down to the V patform and throw the newly pulled turnip at the bottom-right target before you land.
8,9,10 - Dash left and single jump. Up B, then lightly flick the control stick so the up B faces right, then mash left on the control stick again so you go backwards during the up B. Near the peach of the up B, release the control stick so it goes directly into the last target. This up B hits the three targets (under, to the left and atop) around the L structure.
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Yoshi - Good time to aim for: 8.35
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2,3 - Double jump left facing right and back A. Land in the bottom hole. Turn around tap A the upper-left target. If done right, the upper-left target will break and you will be out of the hole. Immediately down B as soon as you slip out of the hole and slip off the top of the stairs with it. Tilt the C-stick down to fast fall and start and aerial down A. Break the middle-left and bottom-left targets with one down A. Be sure to hold right and barely hit target 3 so you can land about 30-40% the way through under the V platform.
4 - Turn around and face right. Shoot an egg up and right, but with your aim going mostly to the right. It will break the bottom-left target.
5,6,7,8,9,10 - Single jump a small bit to the right, and before you reach the peak of your first jump, double jump left and tilt the C-Stick to the right to start and aerial back A. This back A will break the targets under and to the left of the L structure. Hold right now and up B the target on top of the L structure. Using both momentum and the small boost from Yoshi's up B egg, you will be able to slip off the right side of top-half of the L structure. Double jump to the right after slipping off (will naturally be delayed a small bit) and up A the top target through the ceiling. Continue to hold right and up B egg to the up and slightly to the left to break the upper-right target. Using the momentum you were able to sustain with the egg, neutral A the middle-right target before landing.
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Ganondorf - Good time to aim for: 11.75
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Difficulty: **...
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1 - Dash right and press A while dashing to dash attack the top target.
2,3 - Dash right even more. Tilt the control stick left to turn around on the ground. Short hop to the right while facing left. Up A the upper-right target. Fast fall now and back A the middle-right target. Land as far left as possible.
4 - While facing left, roll to the left across the middle-left platform. Always hold left during and slightly after the roll. You will slip off the middle left platform. Fast fall immediately and up A the bottom-left target.
5 - Dash left and quick double jump. Back A the target under the L structure as you double jump upward. Land with no lag.
6,7,8 - Dash left and peak a double jump about 60% on the way up the left half of the V platform. Head to the right and hug the wall. Aerial up A the targets to the left and on top of the L structure. Fast fall down to the bottom of the stairs and aerial neutral A the bottom-left target before you land.
9 - Double jump and aerial back A the middle-left target. Land on the middle step with no lag.
10 - Double jump up to the top of the stairs. Now do a very quick double jump and up B. After your up B, hold right so that Ganondorf's hand extension animation is the part that hits the top left target.
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Ice Climbers - Good time to aim for: 8.50
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2 - Double jump to the left. Release the control stick and press B while facing right, then mash left again. If done right, one ice piece will go through the center hole and break the top-left target, and the other one will bounce off the wall and hit the top target on the main platform. Hold right and land as far into the starting platform as possible.
3,4,5,6 - Dash to the right across the entire top platform. When you reach the end, short hop and neutral B the upper-right target. One ice shot will hit the upper-right target, another will fall down and hit the middle-right target. Double jump and aerial back A so you can slide across the ceiling without falling down. Fast fall and shoot an ice shot (with Popo and Nana) at the bottom-right target. The bottom right target will break and the other ice shot will ricochet off the wall, travel the bottom part of the stage and break the bottom-left target. Land about 60% on the way up on the right half of the V platform.
7 - Facing right, single jump and aerial back A the target under the L structure. land on the lower half of the L structure with no lag.
8,9,10 - Sometimes you will lose Nana after the 7th target, but that's ok. You technically don't need her for anything. Single jump over the L structure and forward B the last three targets. These three are the targets on top of the L structure, to the left of the L structure and the middle-left target. If You have both Popo and nana, you won't need to do anything more than hold left on the control stick after you press B, if you have Popo, you will sometimes need to press B a few times in the air to give Popo some horizontal assistance. Both are very capable of getting fast runs.
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King Dedede - Good time to aim for: 8.85
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Difficulty: *****
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1,2 - Short hop forward and throw a Waddle Dee at the top target. If you're lucky, Waddle Dee will run across the top of the stage and jump into the middle-right target.
3 - Dash left and triple jump up to the top of the wall. strong forward B right to throw a Gordo (spike guy) and hit the upper-right target.
4,5,6 - Dash left and fast fall off. Hold right and aerial up A the upper-left target. Continue to fast fall and hold right. slip off the center step. Back A the middle-left and bottom-left targets. Delay a fast fall to the ground by so much, the fast fall barely saves any time at all. (this is to land without lag.
7,8 - When you land, turn around to face left. Double jump backwards going right and back A the target under the L structure. When you land, smash throw forward B into the bottom-right target. Gordo will not make it if you are not far enough to the left, but you're more likely to get a Waddle Dee and Waddle Doo.
9,10 - Dash left and double jump up. Start an aerial up A as you begin to double jump and drift to the right. The up A will hit the targets to the left and on top of the L structure.
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Wolf - Good time to aim for: 6.30
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Dash right and single jump blaster shot (neutral B) to the left through the bottom hole. Hold right after you shoot and land as far right as you possibly can. The blaster will break the top left target.
2,3,4 - Dash right and short hop blaster to the left. The gun itself will hit the upper-right target, and the shot from the gun will hit the top target. Slow fall and hit the middle-right target with the very tip of the back A, landing as far to the left as possible. Land with no lag.
5,6,7 - Dash and short hop left. Shoot a blaster shot at the target above the L structure. Slow fall down and shoot a blaster shot to the left. The base should hit the target under the L structure and the blast should hit the bottom right target.
8,9,10 - Dash left and start a blaster shot as you rise. Clip the lower-left corner of the L Structure so the gun will break the target to the left of the L structure, and the blast from the gun will break the middle-left target. Slow fall and neutral A the bottom-left target.
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Lucario - Good time to aim for: 8.15
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2 - Double jump to the right, flick the control stick left and press B twice to shoot a no charge shadow ball through the bottom hole at the top left target. As you land, aerial down A the target above the L structure through the floor.
3,4,5 - Dash right and turn around to face left. single short hop right. Flick the C-Stick left while holding the control stick right to break the top target with forward A. Continue to hold right and up A the upper-right target. Start charging a neutral B facing left as you land. Use the charge to break the middle-right target, then roll to the left as soon as you land.
6,7 - Dash left and forward A (if you wish. It makes no difference) Start charging and make Lucario face the right while moving left. The charge will break the target under the L structure. Release the charge as soon as the target is broken and send the shadow ball to the bottom-right target.
8,9,10 - Dash left and single jump aerial forward A the target to the left of the L structure. Aerial forward A again, then fast fall. This attack will hit the middle-left target. Aerial down A the bottom left target. (This one can be done pretty high, so don't be shy to do it quickly)
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Ness - Good time to aim for: 9.50
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3 - Dash right and full jump aerial forward A the top target after you've almost ran through it. Wait a moment, then forward A the upper-right target. Fast fall, hold left a little bit and tilt the C-Stick right to hit the middle-right target as far to the left as the forward A will allow you.
4 - Dash left and run off the edge. Slow fall forward B the bottom-right target and land on the edge of the V platform. Don't start the forward B right away. Wait just a little while, then be sure to get it out as soon as you tilt to keep your leftward momentum.
5 - Turn around, jump and aerial forward A the target under the L structure. Land on top of the lower of the of the L structure.
6,7,8,9,10 - Single jump left and forward A the target on top of the L structure. Fast fall down and start another forward A which hits the target to the left of the L structure. Keep falling and double jump forward A to hit the bottom-left and middle left (in that order) targets. At the peak of your double jump, start an up B. Make sure your up B is mostly vertacle, but with just enough horizontal aim to get it to the target.
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Sonic - Good time to aim for: 7.75
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3 - Double jump backwards into the hole facing right. Without turning around, roll to the left and fast fall as soon as you get out of the hole. aerial forward A the top-left target with the C-Stick. Strong DI to the right so you don't land on top of the stairs while fast falling. Aerial up A the middle-left and bottom-left targets. Land as far right as possible.
4,5,6,7,8 - Dash right across the entire bottom of the stage. Single jump and do a non-charged forward B left to hit the bottom-right target with the start of the attack, when the forward takes control, you will fly into the target under the L structure and break it. When that target is broken, jump to make the forward B bounce, then double jump out. Aerial up A the targets to the left and on top of the L structure. Slip off the right corner of the top part of the L structure and aerial up A through the ceiling to break the top target.
9,10 - Dash right and short hop up B so the spring hits the middle-right target. Turn around in the up B so you can aerial forward A (facing left) the upper-right target.
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Bowser - Good time to aim for: 9.15
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Difficulty: *....
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1 - Single jump straight up and flick the control stick to the left. Press B and bring out the flame. Aim it up so it can make it into the bottom hole and break the top left target.
2 - Dash right and short hop as soon as you begin to run down the hill on the main platform. Forward A the top target.
3,4,5 - Dash right and jump as soon as possible. Forward A the upper-right target and fast fall forward B the middle-right target. If done right, you can double jump before even landing! Double jump to the right and fast fall neutral B to the right as soon as you start fast falling. Land on the far right edge of the V platform.
6 - Turn around and tap A to break the target under the L structure.
7,8,9,10 - Double jump over the right side of the L structure. Start a neutral B flame at the peak of your double jump. Flame the target on top of the L structure, the target to the left of the structure and slowly start to aim the flame downward right before you hit the target on the middle-left. If your flame is aimed down, you will break the bottom-left sooner.
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Wario - Good time to aim for: 8.85
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2 - While facing right, double jump left and down A through the bottom hole. Slip out on the left side. Flick the C-Stick to the left and hold right on the control stick to back A the upper-right target, then come back in to the bottom hole. Slip off on the right side and double jump to the right. Fast fall and aerial down A the target on top of the L structure through the floor. The part of the down A that must hit is near the end, and you will land with some lag.
3,4,5,6 - Dash right and aerial down A the top target on top of the main platform. Continue to hold right and forward A the upper-right target. Fast fall and double jump with X to the left and forward A right with the C-stick so your forward A barely grazes the upper-left part of the middle-right target. Fast fall down skipping the middle-right platform go to the right. Down A the bottom-right target, and hold left to drift out and land as far left as possible.
7,8,9,10 - While still facing right, double jump left and aerial down A the target under the L structure. Always hold left at this point. Double jump left while facing right and down A the target to the left of the L structure. Hold left while facing right. Wait just a small bit and tilt the C-Stick down to fast fall. Hold right so you don't land on the stairs. The down A will hit the middle and bottom-left targets.
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Toon Link - Good time to aim for: 5.75
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Difficulty: ***..
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1 - Dash right and double jump. Shoot a no charge arrow to the left as you double jump so the arrow travels through the bottom hole. Fast fall as soon as you regain control over your character. Land as far right as possible.
2,3,4,5,6 - Dash right for a very brief period. Single jump and light throw the boomerang at the upper-right target as you're falling. If thrown correctly, it will break (and bounce backwards off of) the upper-right target, the top target, the target above the L structure, the target to the left of the L structure and the bottom-left target.
7 - Dash right (don't worry about the boomerang anymore. It'll do its job if you threw it correctly) and fast fall down and right off the main platform. Hook shot the middle-right target so you can land at a distance with no lag.
8,9,10 - Dash left and slow fall off the platform. Charge an arrow and shoot it above the target under the L structure, but under the L structure itself. It will travel across the stage and hit the middle-left target. Land about half-way up the right half of the V platform. When on the V platform, press B, then immediately press right to turn around without having to jump or turn around the normal way. Shoot an arrow at the bottom-right target with absolutely no charge. Up tilt the target under the L structure.
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R.O.B. - Good time to aim for: 5.70
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Difficulty: ****.
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section.
1,2 - Full jump straight up and shoot a laser directly into the ground as you jump. The laser will hit the top target, bounce off the floor then hit the upper-right target. Double jump and up B and slip off the left top corner of the wall to the left.
3,4 - (After the slip off) Fast fall and hold right. Tilt the C-Stick down to pull out a top. Shoot the top against one of the blocks inbetween the holes so that it bounces off the wall and hits the top left target. The top will then fall (over time) onto the middle-left target.
5,6 - Once you're able to shoot a laser right and have it do some good, shoot a laser right and slightly aimed downward to hit the target on top of the L structure and the middle-right target.
7,8,9,10 - Double jump and hit your head on the ceiling. Fast fall and aerial forward A the target to the left of the L structure from as far left as possible. Head further to the left and shoot the final laser directly up so it bounces off the bottom ceiling of the L structure. The easiest way to make this hit is to watch where R.O.B.'s "feet" are. The laser itself will go off and hit the targets under the L structure and the bottom right if you aimed it correctly. The bottom-left target will be hit by the attack box that R.O.B.'s body generates when you use the laser.
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Olimar - Good time to aim for: 4.05
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Difficulty: ****.
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Note: Your Pikmin order needs to be Blue, White and Red. Blue, White and Blue is also equally as fast.
1,2,3 - Single jump forward B throw the blue Pikmin at the top target. Double jump toward the wall and smash throw the white Pikmin across the stage to the right at the upper-right and middle-right targets. When you're close to the hole, press down B in the air to enter the hole and bring back the blue Pikmin.
4,5,6,7,8,9,10 - Dash left and fast fall. Tilt the C-Stick up and attack the top left target with the red Pikmin. When you're out of the area inbetween the walls, smash throw a blue Pikmin at the target above the L structure. It will hit the target above the L structure and hit the bottom-right target. Throw (doesn't have to be smash throw) the red Pikmin at the target to the left of the L structure. It will hit the target to the left of the L structure and then hit the target under the L structure. When you've thrown your Pikmin, tap A and tilt down on the control stick to initiate the delayed fast fall. The aerial neutral A will hit the middle-left target and the bottom-left target.
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Captain Falcon - Good time to aim for: 8.20
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Difficulty: ***..
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1,2,3 - Double jump backwards to the left facing right into the lowest hole in the wall. Slip out on the left side and fast fall aerial up A the upper-left target. Hold right and continue to fall. Neutral A the middle-left and bottom-left targets. One kick hitting each target.
4 - Quick double jump and aerial up A the target under the L structure. Land about half-way up the left side of the V platform.
5,6,7 - Double jump up the left side of the L structure and aerial up A the targets to the left and on top of the L structure in one up A. Slip off the right corner of the top half of the L structure. Double jump aerial up A the top target through the ceiling. Land on the middle left platform.
8,9 - Dash right and double jump aerial up A the upper-right target. Fast fall and aerial up A the middle-right target. Remember to be at a distance when you do it. The further the left the better.
10 - Dash left, short hop before you reach the edge and fast fall to the right. Aerial back the bottom-right target.
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Jigglypuff - Good time to aim for: 10.15
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Difficulty: **...
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1,2,3,4,5 - Hold left and single jump while facing right. Double jump to the left and press L, R or Z to air dodge into the bottom hole. Dash out and forward A facing left. Fast fall immediately. Double jump right and under the ceiling while doing a back A to remain facing left. After the back A ends, back A again to hit the target on top of the L structure. C-Stick down to aerial down A the target to the left of the L structure and the middle-left target. Triple jump to the right while facing left and aerial down A the bottom-left target. land about half-way into the V platform.
6,7 - Short hop to the right while facing left and aerial down A the target under the L structure. Hold right and double jump back A the bottom-right target. Go to the left a very little bit now. Use your third and 4th jumps to make it to the middle-right platform. Land as far into the middle-right platform as possible.
8,9,10 - While still facing left, Single jump right and back A the middle-right target. Double jump, then triple jump up A the upper-right target. Hold left and down A the target on top of the starting platform.
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Lucas - Good time to aim for: 8.30
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Difficulty: ****.
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Note: This strategy is detailed using B Sticking. To find out what that is, check the FAQ section.
1,2 - Hold left before the run starts, and double jump toward the wall. While holding left, tilt the control stick right to shoot a PK thunder into the hole and gain some knock back. Down B in mid air before you land. The down B will cause you to fly across the top platform and break the top target with it while flying.
3,4,5,6 - Dash right and single jump aerial neutral A to break the upper-right target. Fast fall and hold right, then tilt left on the C-Stick to PK fire the middle-right target.. you will fly across the middle-right platform and land on the far left edge. Fast fall off the edge and forward B the target under the L structure. When you have regained control of Lucas, double jump and wait just a small moment then hold right and tilt the C-Stick to the left to hit the bottom-right target and get the same knock back we had before. Use Aerial down B to fly across the bottom of the stage. Land close to the stairs.
7,8,9,10 - Short hop toward the bottom-left target and up B directly straight up, then curve slightly to the left. Arch it all the way back up and over to aim it up/right. Now curve it up to have more vertical distance, but not completely vertical. The up B will start at the bottom-left target, hit the middle-left target, travel to the target to the left of the L structure then up to the target on top of the L structure.
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3 - WORLD RECORDS [btt3]
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In this section you will find the best known records. If you or somebody you know beats any of these scores, please refer to section "[btt7]" and inform me so that the community knows! If you want videos, refer to section "[btt4]" to find links to some YouTube channels.
*Record list as of October 6th, 2009*
07.10 - Mario ---------------------- -DWM-
09.28 - Donkey Kong ---------------- -DWM-
07.28 - Link ----------------------- -DWM-
07.28 - Samus ---------------------- -DWM-
09.25 - Kirby ---------------------- -DWM-
04.88 - Fox ------------------------ Zampa
06.98 - Pikachu -------------------- -DWM-
08.88 - Marth ---------------------- mudi
08.43 - Mr. Game and Watch --------- escargon
07.95 - Luigi ---------------------- Mattador
06.80 - Diddy Kong ----------------- LinksDarkArrows/-DWM/
07.61 - Sheik ---------------------- -DWM-
06.51 - Pit ------------------------ -DWM-
08.41 - Metaknight ----------------- LinksDarkArrows
04.11 - Falco ---------------------- Zampa
07.10 - Pokemon Trainer (Ivysaur)--- Mattador
09.81 - Ike ------------------------ -DWM-
06.90 - Snake ---------------------- -DWM-
07.96 - Peach ---------------------- KT
08.10 - Yoshi ---------------------- -DWM-
11.35 - Ganondorf ------------------ -DWM-
08.21 - Ice Climbers --------------- -DWM-/moOonstermunch
08.60 - King Dedede ---------------- Mattador
06.13 - Wolf ----------------------- -DWM-/Meshima
07.71 - Lucario -------------------- -DWM-
09.20 - Ness ----------------------- KT/-DWM-/meshima
07.45 - Sonic ---------------------- -DWM-
08.86 - Bowser --------------------- Meshima
08.63 - Wario ---------------------- -DWM-
05.55 - Toon Link ------------------ Zampa, samthedigital
05.55 - Robot ---------------------- -DWM-
03.86 - Pikmin and Olimar ---------- Zampa
07.93 - Captain Falcon ------------- -DWM-
09.96 - Jigglypuff ----------------- -DWM-
07.93 - Lucas ---------------------- -DWM-
WR Total: 4:27.82
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4 - FAQ [btt4]
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Question| You turned around for some characters with ease. How is that?
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That's a simple answer. Simply start a dash in one direction, then tilt the control stick in the opposite direction, jump, then tilt the control stick back in the direction you were originally running in to keep your momentum. (the momentum keeper is optional)
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Question| You call the stage parts and targets weird names. Help?
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Certainly. Below I have included a link to a picture (directly from my personal photobucket account) that will give you all the answers you need regarding target and platform names!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/LinksDarkArrows/Stage_1_Layout_Assistance.jpg
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Question| How do you know these are the world records?
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I'll be frank. I don't. The records I give you in this document are the best known times. Each record has an equal chance of being obsoleted by somebody unknown.
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Question| Why did you write for only stage one? (Easy)
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That's a simple question to answer. I know more about stage one than the other four stages. I may do more guides later, but I want to see how well this guide does.
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Question| I see an error/have a question. Can I contact you?
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My contact information is in the dedicated section. Search this document for "[btt7]".
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Question| Are there easier strategies out there?
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There certainly are. Search YouTube for a user called "LLCoolDave". His YouTube has some of the first strategies for stage one. They get respectable times and aren't as hard as the ones detailed in this guide.
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Question| Why did you detail only the best strategies?
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This guide wasn't mean to be a huge collection of strategies. Not yet. I thought it would be important to have some type of documentation on the best strategies currently out. I may add easier strategies when Beginner and Intermediate thresholds are created. Until then, just read the question above this one for your answer on where to find easier strategies.
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Question| Why didn't you feature all 39 characters?
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Some characters, such as Zero Suit Samus, Zelda, Squirtle and Charizard aren't as fast as their counterpart characters accessable via the same tile on the character selection menu. They all share the same saved score, so I went for which character currently provides the fastest time.
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Question| I have an idea for a new strategy. Can you test it?
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No. Contact somebody else.
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Question| What's this "B-Sticking" all about?
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B-Sticking is an alternate way of playing. It's used to gain an obvious advantage that you would normally never have. To activate it, you just first have a name entered in the name editor. When you have that, follow these simple steps.
Main Menu -> Options -> Controls -> Your Name -> Control style (Nintendo GameCube for me)
If you're using a GameCube controller, go to the C-Stick option and change it from "Smash" to "Special". You will now be able to use the B moves on the C-Stick.
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Question| Are there videos I can see to help me understand what you're saying?
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There sure are. Visit the following YouTube channels and look through old and new videos:
YouTube.com/LinksDarkArrows
YouTube.com/LPZampa
YouTube.com/CharlieDWM
YouTube.com/HyperMegaMegaMan
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Question| What are the difficulty ratings for?
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The difficulty ratings were added to give you a general idea of how hard a strategy is. I based them off both what I feel, and what I think you will feel. If you find I falsely rated a strategy, whether it should be easier or harder than said, feel free to tell me. You can address that in the contact section.
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Question| Why did you write a guide for a mode no one cares about?
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I wrote it so that all future players who decide to play can get in on it if no one is around to help them.
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Question| Will you or somebody else capture my stage 1 (or any) video(s)?
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I won't, but somebody else will. Search YouTube.
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Question| Can I update the banner for you? Paint is ugly.
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Go away. I adore my paint program abomination!
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Question| Will you write guides for other stages/modes?
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Not likely, but I might in the future. We'll see how things go, OK?
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5 - SPECIAL THANKS [btt5]
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There are tons of people I would like to thank for making this guide possible, but it'll be hard to include everybody. I'm very sorry if I missed anyone important, but I decided to keep this short.
--Not GameFAQs: GameFAQs rejected this very strategy guide. I encourage all of you to send negative feedback tickets from here on out!
--Myself
for writing this guide obviously.
--SmashBoards
They're my new host leech (even if they don't know it) for the greated Brawl Stadium strategy guide ever written!
--DSUltimate
They have it too.
--LLCoolDave
You'll always be the stage 1 master in my eyes. You nearly single handedly paved the way for the beginning strategies. though every one of them is outdated, we wouldn't be as far as we are today without your efforts.
--FreddyP
FreddyP is the perpetual inspiration to even continue killing ourselves, controllers and mind state. No one has more patience with King Dedede. I dare you to find somebody else. When you're ready to throw you or your Wii off the nearest bridge, think about how FreddyP can endure twenty hours of King Dedede, never get a completion, and still keep going!
---DWM-
I asked for a few of the smaller details (and one very large one. Lucas' middle through ending) on a few of the strategies I wasn't quite sure about from being only partially active lately. This guide was able to exist sooner because of him.
--Ronek
Why? Because I say so. That's why!
--Anybody who has contributed to stage 1
You know who you are! Since I don't want to leave anyone out of this, I'll consider you an important piece of the stadium backbone. Had you guys not played, stage 1 wouldn't be this far today.
--You, the reader
If you didn't read this guide, then I'd have wasted an entire day on it. Thank you, and I hope you consider playing more stadium!
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6 - CLOSING [btt6]
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On behalf of the entire Stadium community...
I hope you enjoyed this guide. The strategies inside are not all my own. What Target Smash!! stage one is today is a product of a couple dozen contributers. Without each and everyone of the contributers, we wouldn't be where we are today. For the last 10 months, we worked together throwing around ideas and testing anything that came along. Some old players who had stopped playing Melee's returned, some who just transitioned played and we even saw some new faces. It was an exciting ride to turn stage one into the super power that it is today, and I have only good thoughts about the future of stage one. What kind of stratgies will unfold? When will we see them? Will somebody new come along and enlighten us with ideas we had never once thought of? Only time will tell. Though stage one may have reached what seems to be the pinnacle, we must never accept any strategy as final, even if it seems like it can never get any better. I hope this guide has inspired you to at least give Target Smash!! stage one a try. You might find out you like it more than you thought.
- LinksDarkArrows
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7 - CONTACT [btt7]
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http://YouTube.com/LinksDarkArrows
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8 - VERSION UPDATES [btt8]
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Version 1 - The initial release if this guide. Full of very useful information for every character.
Version 2 - No strategy updates. Instead, I added the new banner atop the first post, decided to add some more questions to the FAQ and fix some spelling errors. The new strategies proven to be faster since the initial release of version 1 will be added in version 3. The world record list was also updated.
Version 3 - I added new strategies/tweaks for Donkey Kong, Marth, Diddy Kong, Pit, Ivysaur, Yoshi, Ganondorf, Ice Climbers, King Dedede, Lucario, Sonic, Bowser, Wario and Jigglypuff. More questions to the F.A.Q. have been added, and rough levels of difficulty were introduced by each character. I also changed some of the "Good time to aim for's" to better suit strategies, or to just overall make them more accurate for an aspiring newcomer. Remember, despite being new, all times can be obtained with a decent amount of practice!
Version 4 - I added even more new strategies/tweaks. The characters who were changed are Link, Samus, Fox, Mr. Game and Watch, Sheik, Pokemon Trainer (Ivysaur), Ike and Lucario. This guide was also pulled off All is Brawl and settled on SmashBoards for the time being. I changed a few of the difficulty levels, and some of the "aim for" times. I removed a few FAQ questions that no longer apply, and added a very small list of sites allowed to host this guide.
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8 - LEGAL INFORMATION [btt9]
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This document is copyright (c) 2008-09 LinksDarkArrows
If you find this guide ANYWHERE else but Smashboards and DSUltimate, let me know. You can contact me on YouTube. My username is LinksDarkArrows.
You may not steal, reproduce, charge others to peruse the text within or gain any type of profit off this document. You may not host this document on your web site without advanced permission by me. If you receive permission to use this guide, you must present this guide as is in its original format. If in any such case that the guide is updated, an alert will be sent out informing the holders of the knowledge advancements since the previous installation. If you do not keep this guide up to date after an alert has been delivered, your non-contractual rights to host this document will void. Aside from that, you may show, print and share this guide as long as you share it in whole form and give credit to the original author.
If you fail to comply with simple copyright laws, I will call in my vicious army of equally inhuman demigods to rain iniquitous actions upon your corner of the Earth and cause you to think only umbriferious thoughts.
Thank you for reading! ^_^
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