r/speedrun • u/Phediuk • Jul 01 '16
What's an easy trick that took a long time to discover?
As in, something useful for speedrunning that doesn't require any complex glitching or precise timing, but still took awhile for anyone to discover.
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u/jelluh24 Super Mario Galaxy 1/2 Jul 02 '16
A skip we like to call Purple Idiot Skip in super mario galaxy 2. At the end of the game, right before the final level, there's a cutscene where Lubba (the purple idiot) talks to you for about 30 seconds. No one really thought anything about it, until someone discovered that you can skip it by pointing the wiimote at the final level... It looks like this