SMG - Faster than a Speeding Penguin - 45.71 vs. Super Mario Galaxy Faster Than a Speeding Penguin (46.40) by VJ Hip Hop | YouTube Doubler

SMG - Faster than a Speeding Penguin - 45.71 vs. Super Mario Galaxy Faster Than a Speeding Penguin (46.40) by VJ Hip Hop (more info)

SMG - Faster than a Speeding Penguin - 45.71
by yoshifan28
I got this when I was practicing for Segment 13 in my 61-star segmented run. I never got around to making the video until now, though. The strategy isn't really anything new if you've seen other videos for this race: shunkolar (46.40, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlz808FcwwQ ) alexpenev (47.15, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1BouUer_tg ) packattack (50.78, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_FwEpOmlJ0 ) But now that I'm comparing closely with shunkolar's run, I think Luigi's surface spin is actually faster than Mario's. As far as I can tell, the surface spin works when you spin the moment you reach the water's surface. It tends to only work when the water surface is flat, so it can't be done all throughout the race. There's a couple of other short stretches in this race where you can surface spin, but those may or may not save time (because going up to the surface takes time too). The first surface spin is strange - it just works if you spin at the right time. To control the timing of this spin, you can actually start spinning before the start of the race. It works for me if I continuously shake the Wiimote starting at or right after the "1" sound of the countdown. When I mess up the timing, it's usually when I start spinning a bit before the "1" instead, i.e. too early. I think it also helps if I don't touch the control stick or buttons until the surface spin is successful. Also note that holding A when swimming underwater makes you go faster. (It might help for surface spins too, but I'm not sure - I just hold A anyway.)

Super Mario Galaxy Faster Than a Speeding Penguin (46.40)
by shunkolar
Apologies for the sound, it is a bit off, but you can't tell too much in my opinion. I didn't expect to get this low of a time when I first saw it considering I was repeatedly ranging from high 46's to low 47's, but after looking through the video I noticed I got to the surface of the water at the end a lot quicker than usual. Credits go to alex penev, I completely stole his strategy, not gonna lie, though it seems to be optimal for the most part. Edit: Yoshifan has 45.71 with luigi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAzDpdgmRJM