Capless/Cannonless Challenge

2024-02-18T06:11:01Z

Noemf: tis is rta posible now

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The Capless/Cannonless Challenge is a challenge that attempts to collect as many [[Power Star|Power Stars]] as possible in [[Super Mario 64|Super Mario 64]] without the use of caps or cannons (the only exception being Mario's Normal Cap). Also the use of cap effects gained when entering a course are allowed.

==Stars==

Every Star in Super Mario 64 except [[Wing Mario Over the Rainbow Red Coin Star|Wing Mario over the Rainbow Red Coins]] is possible to obtain with these limitations. Some, however, require some non-trivial workarounds:

*[[BoB]] - ''[[Shoot to the Island in the Sky]]'': Going to the island can be done by long jumping from the top of the mountain.
*[[WF]] - ''[[Blast Away the Wall]]'': A precise ledge grab at the brick wall makes Mario clip into the wall slightly, allowing Mario to collect the star. This trick is known as "[[Blast Away the Wall#Cannonless|Cannonless]]" and is commonly used in RTA [[Speedrun|speedruns]].
*[[JRB]] - ''[[Blast to the Stone Pillar]]'': The platform where the star is can be reached by precisely long jumping off the ship. You can also use a trick called [[Frame Walking|Frame Walking]] to jump from one of the pillars.
*[[JRB]] and [[DDD]] - ''[[Through the Jet Stream]]'': Mario can overcome the jet stream(s) by swimming efficiently, negating the need for the metal cap.
*[[HMC]] - ''[[Metal-Head Mario Can Move!]]'': Mario can press the purple ! switch by falling onto it with enough vertical speed downwards instead of using the metal cap to walk underwater.
*[[DDD]] - ''[[Collect the Caps...]]'': Mario is able to simply clone the star through the loading zone by bringing a [[water shell]] out of the water. This cloning process is similar to the one used in Quick Race through Downtown. (Note: Unconfirmed RTA possible)
*[[WDW]] - ''[[Quick Race Through Downtown!]]'': The RTA viable method is to clone the star while holding a Chuckya. In a TAS run, Mario can perform a BLJ to build enough speed to clip into the cage.
*[[RR]] - ''[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]'': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMMalU5yRvM&ab_channel=Ivan178

There are also 4 TAS only workarounds:

*[[BoB]] - ''[[Mario Wings to the Sky]]'': You can use [[Triple Jump|Triple Jumps]] with [[Backwards Long Jump|Backwards Long Jumps]] to gain enough speed and height to make it to all the secrets Capless/Cannonless.
*[[BBH]] - ''[[Eye to Eye in the Secret Room]]'': Mario can clip into the secret room with [[Hyperspeed Wall Kicks|Hyper Speed Wall Kicks]] until Mario reaches 400 speed, the minimum speed required to clip through a wall straight on.
*[[SL]] - ''[[Into the Igloo]]'': Mario can perform a Low Ceiling BLJ to build speed at the entrance and navigate into the wall of the room leading to the star compartment.

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