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Para Bellum
Home Sweet Home
The Spirit of the Mountain

I think Mario Kart DS could have been the clear best in the series if it were on a console with a proper controller. As it stands, it still has arguments for being the best one but it faces strong competition from a few others.

I like Kalimari Desert specifically for the tunnel part, but I don't like the theming of it (the desert visuals or the song).

Bunwaii Desert
DESIRE
Breath of Forest

This topic is proof of why being a video creator would be a horrible job.

andylt posted...

Bewear 1

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/3/6/AASP7CAADfM8.jpg

This is yet another shot that got rerouted to a different area last month (you may notice a recurring theme that this game is very much still alive). The old one was in front of a different bloom earlier. Now it's in front of a bloom and ancient ruins at the end of the course, and can get higher Other too. Celebi is a legendary Pokemon so it's naturally worth more than regular Pokemon, and you get 3 available. I'm not exactly sure which Bewear this is since there are a bunch of them, but at least 6 people have completed this shot so far, so that tells me that the luring probably isn't too bad, even with the idle pose.

Somebody has a PB where they got Serperior fully visible and pretty close up in that space next to Bewear on the left and got 236 Other, compared to the record's 176. Unfortunately the shot was taken at a bad angle (or Bewear was standing in the wrong spot) so he didn't get any ruins background points, only 225 from the bloom alone. That shows some more potential room for optimization even on shots that look like they have nearly perfect main stats.

The only thing that I know about Spiritfarer is that someone made a topic calling it Sausagefarer and that was the first and one of the only times that I've heard of the game.

To a New Journey
Sky Tower
Coalescence

I was gonna jokingly format my vote as "GATE OF STELNER" but I didn't end up voting for that song.

Paratroopa1 posted...

Stunfisk 1

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/2/9/AASP7CAADe-x.jpg

Hell yeah, I get to claim full credit for this one. There's an interaction (not that well known?) where you can get the 2 Stunfisk from the middle section with Machamp and Octillery to go to the end section. You have to startle them by basically running them over, and what they do is go under a little gap in the rocks to the other side and make their way towards the other Stunfisk right before the end of the level. This was already used by high scorers for the 2 star pic, where we get them to start moving on their path and then lure them towards the shovel, which is a background element. The quirk comes from the way they move. Since Stunfisk doesn't have legs, it slides across the sand. Some people have voiced opinion that this looks glitchy, but I think that that's how some flatfish actually move (although I've never looked).

So one time I happened to notice a Stunfisk doing its idle animation while it was moving. Apparently since they didn't need to animate Stunfisk for this (no limbs), it counts as being in a neutral state and they literally just made the model move without flagging it as "walking" or whatever. I started theorizing about getting the idle animation in front of the shovel while it was moving. I didn't feel like actually trying it since it seemed tedious, so I just posted about it and tried to get other people to try it instead, which no one did. Some number of months later I finally decided that I was gonna prove it possible myself. It ended up not being as hard as I thought. Once Stunfisk gets to the other side of the rocks, you have to lure it closer to the beach. Stunfisk always takes a perfectly straight line from its current position to its preset ending spot. So you just have to bring it to a spot where its line passes the shovel. There's still luck involved with getting it to idle but thankfully it seems to be excessively common with this Pokemon. I actually had a few attempts where Stunfisk completely ran over the shovel and blocked some of the background points, but after a few tries I managed to set a new record of 4931 with my personal strat (an improvement of nearly 100). A few people managed to improve it since then (pic above is not mine), but this will always be one of "my shots".

Heretic Frypan
Argon Refinery
Jupiter Guns Novel (Long Version)

First option is safer and consistent, and could improve your life in pretty obvious ways even if you chose to only use a small portion of your knowledge (of course you could still go bigger if you wanted to).

Second option is more risky and volatile, and could easily have huge significant effects both positive and negative depending on what you learned and what you did with it.

The question is, how adventurous do you want to be with your power? (I choose the first one, I don't want to do anything crazy, I just want to better myself)

Cody11533 posted...

Crobat 3

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/8/AASP7CAADe06.jpg

I didn't even remember what this shot was before I looked it up, and wow, it's boring. You bonk a Crobat hanging on the ceiling and take it while it's disturbed. Apparently there are two different viable spots for this shot, and this one has some other Pokemon visible (allegedly), which pushes it slightly over the other one despite the lower direction.

Nocturne
Faded Dream of a Psychomeddler
I Can See Into Forever

Oh, no wonder I didn't recognize Nocturne, it was from that day in round 1 that I missed. I like it.

Psychomeddler has the exact same issue as it did in round 1. It's a decent but not great song from a soundtrack which I found very subpar by Kirby standards, yet it's against a song that I don't like so it wins by comparison.

Paratroopa1 posted...

Is that Luvdisc photo the world record with the smallest size score?

Nope, that would be Chinchou 4.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/1/1/AASP7CAADenD.jpg

Underleveled posted...

Luvdisc 4

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/6/5/AASP7CAADemV.jpg

The interaction is pretty straightforward on a casual level but there's still some tech to improve the score. What happens normally is that you orb the bloom to make the 4 Luvdisc circle around it, and then play melody to make them flip on their sides to make a 4 leaf clover shape. The problem score-wise is that they're pretty far away, and they have bad direction due to being on their sides (traditional "side direction" scoring requires them to be upright while facing the side).

The first thing you do is take the pic mid-flip. After they hear the music, the pose scoring goes: 200 (barely moved) -> 4xx (around 45 rotated) -> 7xx -> 9xx (lying on their side), all really quickly. You'd think that 900 is the best, but that kills the direction, so what you actually want is 700, for the best compromise between pose and direction. Getting a high 400 gives even better direction so it's not a complete waste if you're too early, but optimally you want the earliest possible 700 frame. It takes a lot of trial and error since the entire flipping process occurs in less than a second.

The other trick is bonking the Luvdisc in front before you start so it swims away from the rest of the group, then bonk it a second time to stall it in place while the other 3 do their thing. The trigger for 4 stars is something like "Luvdisc doing this action in this position with the other 3 Luvdisc visible", so it doesn't actually matter that the 4th one isn't doing the thing as long as it's in the shot. Since you're forcing this Luvdisc to be facing sideways, it gives more size/direction and thus more bonus points than it would flipping next to the bloom (especially since this one would be viewed from the thin side).

Interestingly this record shot doesn't actually have the side one in its "getting hit by apple" animation, which is a higher pose value that nearly every other top shot has. The Other Pokemon score should be in the high 600 range. That may indicate more potential for this shot, but it's very frustrating to do repeated attempts on it.

Zigzagoon posted...

Delibird 4 Star

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/1/AASP7CAADelL.jpg

This shot taken in most parts of the cave is a pretty simple 4950 (post is a static 950 for the whole animation, and Delibird turns to you so direction is easy). By taking it in such a way that the bloom is visible, you can break this cap even with subpar stats. My PB has 1883 size and 130 background for a 4963 total. This trades simplicity for points since you're reducing the amount of viable locations to take the shot. I actually never thought about how good this record is compared to second place (5192, 2-way tie). They didn't just get a sliver of Vanilluxe on the edge, they got the entire Vanilluxe + Jynx interaction, with good poses and sizes to really squeeze out the bonus points.

Hmm, I should go back and at least get 5000 on this.

Kenri posted...

Scorbunny 4*?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/7/2/AASP7CAADek4.jpg

Like most shots taken at this bloom, this one looks like a big clusterfuck. Let's look at what it is at its core:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/7/3/AASP7CAADek5.jpg

Scorbunny is rolling on the ground laughing, and Pichu jumps up and down. You can use synergy placement to aim at the space between them. It's taken from in front of the bloom in order to get the points from that as well, and the Pokemon are small enough that they can fit in half the screen and maintain their size.

So now comparing it to the record shot... It's angled in such a way that Shaymin is also visible (it also jumps up and down). He managed to lure in 2 Comfeys as well. This probably complicates the targeting, as you would have to lock on to Scorbunny and then carefully move your cursor to the left without targeting Comfey. Comfey itself has weird hitboxes due to its shape and the empty space in its center, so I don't know if this makes the situation easier or harder. I have no idea how much higher this can go. Is it possible to fix the placement without losing Shaymin? Is there anything else in the area to lure in, and if so, is there even room for it? Who knows what this will look like in a year or two.

CassandraCain posted...

Gengar 4 star plz

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/5/AASP7CAADejr.jpg

This one has a decent backstory to it. The record shown here with Gengar in the ceiling was actually the original high score strat that people used to use. At some point in time (last year), it changed to this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/6/AASP7CAADejs.jpg

This shot in the wall was closer and had better direction, so it was deemed better, and everyone pretty much switched to this composition when doing score attempts. However, it was also a lot harder. You had to time it so Crobat's wing was flapping into the picture for synergy, and surely most of you know how quick of a Pokemon Crobat is. If you miss the wing, say goodbye to your 260+ bonus points, and zooming out to get more of Crobat's body wasn't worth the loss of Gengar's main stats.

Then a month and a half ago in early June, someone came back with a 5170 at the ceiling spot (a new record at the time). You know what changed about it? Absolutely nothing. He just took a better shot. It seems that people had abandoned the ceiling shot before it was fully optimized, so they never tried pushing it once the wall shot was found. And here we are with the ceiling shot back on top. There's definitely a lesson to be taken from this. At least 2 more people have taken top-10 worthy shots at the ceiling spot in the time since it came back (including the newer record 5176).

-hotdogturtle-- posted...

I counted a few days ago and I think there were 14 6k shots by Pokemon that weren't Illumina or legendary (by 12 different Pokemon...).

Just a personal note because I feel like sharing this. I've been working on some of these this week and I believe that I'm now the player who has achieved the most of these, with 12/14 in my collection (the next person has 11/14). There's one more that I'm gonna try to see how hard it is.

I'll post more updates for the topic soon.

Sea of Frozen Crystals
Calling
Seashore War

I also have an older alt which I designated as my "public computer" login, but I haven't been in a situation where I've needed to use it in over 10 years (I posted in a sticky topic to prevent it from purging, otherwise it would probably be gone by now).

This was my second main after my original hotdogturtle account. I have alts that I keep but I don't really have reasons to actively post with them (except for those occasional show off/mess around topics that happen sometimes).

When I finally got a smartphone I decided to make a dedicated phone alt specifically because doing so seemed like a big trend on B8 (otherwise I would have just logged into this account). I wanted to name it after a certain character from a certain game, but that name was taken so I switched to a different character from the same game and settled on Dedf1sh.

Different World 1
THEMEX
I Can See Into Forever

It took me until this day to realize that there's way too much Xenoblade music in this bracket.

Users who link their Nintendo Network ID wallet (used with Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems) with their Nintendo Account wallet (used with the Nintendo Switch family of systems) can use the shared balance to purchase content on any of these systems until March 27, 2023.

Is this automatic if you use the same Nintendo account on both consoles? I don't remember anything in your account specifically being called a "wallet" by name, it was just the money linked to your account.

What happened a few months ago? I thought that people were already talking about not being able to add funds.

PowerOne
-(PHENYLALANINE)-
Atolm Dragon

The fact that Shredder requires a team of 4 turtles to beat him is a decent point, but I'd also take DK over any solo turtle if they weren't teamed up.

Eh, put me as undecided on this one, I'm not swayed either way.

I played Perspective in 2012 or 13 so it's something that I was familiar with. It ended up being one of the few runs that I went back and watched the next day because I missed it live. It does end up being an interesting run just due to the design of it.

memoryfactory.lzh
Necessary Discrepancy
I Can See Into Forever

GameBopAdv posted...

Really, considering everything regarding the whole past list of "champion" songs I get the feeling I'm better off not sticking around

Counterpoint: If you leave then the matches will go even further in the direction that you don't like.

2D for Zelda no question. Mario is a bit closer but I'd probably go with 2D (with hesitation).

Lopen posted...

80s Shredder has an army of robot stuff and laser guns and stuff

That's pretty much one of the main arguments that was used for Bowser. And we came to the conclusion that Bowser is inferior at fighting because of his over-reliance on this sort of stuff.

I'll have to read more of people's arguments for both sides, but right now I'm kind of leaning towards DK.

Maybe if we had more Supra voters then Misty Er'A would have lost.

An Endless Desert
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

I don't get what that is. You're predicting what missing voters from last year would have voted this year? Or you're removing new voters to get results based on last year's voters?

TsunamiXXVIII posted...

Okay, let's talk Mightyena 4.

Now here's a shot that definitely wouldn't have been expected by early players of the game. I remember that this was one of those "struggle for 4k" shots when people were taking the one on the far hill in the first section of Snowfields Night. Then a month in, a version was found at the bottom of the hill. It looked like this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/4/9/AASP7CAADdcp.jpg

That could get a mid/high 4k which was considered a massive improvement. I think it was another few months before the modern version came out, or at least until people were able to put the pieces together for the previously known interaction:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/0/AASP7CAADdcq.jpg

After the secret cave section in Snowfields day, there's a pack of Mightyena very far away. You have to do some really long distance apple throws to be able to lure them close to the area that you pass. At some point, the leader of the pack will howl, and then the rest of the pack will howl in response. The reason why it took so long to find the strat is, you need to shoot one of the other ones howling, and include the leader in the shot for synergy, but the synergy does not work the other way around (as in, photographing the leader, or photographing a different one but not including the leader, will not give you the giant bonus).

This is one of those shots that has a several hundred point difference at the top of the leaderboard due to the difficulty of setting it up. Getting a 5.2k or even 5.1k would be above average and at this point would still be enough for top 10. The record shot is completely insane for being able to lure that many of the others together, accounting for nearly 200 extra points over just the one required one.

Paratroopa1 posted...

Uh.......... Glaceon 1?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/5/AASP7CAADdcb.jpg

Idle pose, and since you can't get any background on this shot, taking it in front of other Pokemon is the next best thing. Not much to say about it actually; I was gonna mention the tidbit about Glaceon being really lenient on size, but this picture is pretty close up so you can't tell anyway. Here's a random example of Glaceon being farther away and still getting max size:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/6/AASP7CAADdcc.jpg

Dodo's Lair
The Wind's Blooming Mountain
Ancient Makes

I was gonna joke about Super Mario 35 until I remembered that you already did mention it.

It's my fault, I defected for a day <_>

Labyrinth V - Forgotten Capital
Imaginary Shopping District
Kaze no Ne

Yeah, I'm having a day... I'm up on this song and down on Mechonis Field right now, probably both at their extremes that makes me want to vote this way right now (it wouldn't happen any other day). Kaze no Ne does have good instrumentation (representative of the game as a whole) and a decent melody. It's really just the vocals that make me not like it as much, but if I listen to it in a certain way I can mostly phase them out and try to listen to the instruments. That being said I probably won't be voting for it again even if it wins.

CaptainOfCrush posted...

Congrats! I've gotta wait a little over two years until I can become "Yoblazer" again - can't wait to see how bustling GameFAQs will be then.

If you're referring the account age limit for requesting a name change, they just changed that.

Give me a full length anime in the style of the Wario Land Shake It intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw0P0PA2n-Q

We Love Katamari

Cody11533 posted...

Ursaring 4

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/9/5/AASP7CAADczL.jpg

This is one of those ones where it's a scripted event so everyone is taking a picture of the same thing, but there's still a wide range of scores due to differences in taking the picture (10th place on Cyberscore is 5247). Basically you make Magikarp jump so it hits Ursaring in the face. You can have variation in the angle that you're facing them, how zoomed in you are, the exact point in the collision when you take it, and how you frame the two of them to make them both fit.

Suite Photoconductivity
The Grand Finale

I'm a little bit upset that Photoconductivity did not live up to the hype surrounding it. I was pretty close to voting for the other song. In fact either song that wins will be good enough for me because they're close enough together for me.

What a super good collection here. I couldn't believe when they first announced it because they never put this many good games together in one collection with no strings attached. And in all honesty the new ability challenges (actual literal new content in the collection) deserve a spot on the poll too right alongside the classic games.

It's a tough choice for me between KDL3 and K64. It's hard for me to judge them in this context because this was my third release of Kirby 64 that I owned while it was my first time legally owning KDL3 (I had played through it before). That pair of games is possibly my favorite small segment of the Kirby series.

Underleveled posted...

Pinsir 2

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/6/AASP7CAADcsy.jpg

This very recently turned into a double tornado shot, but I think that only 1 person (this record) has actually done it here. Everyone else did the more traditional spot in front of the Bidoof dam:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/7/AASP7CAADcsz.jpg

Either way it's the same thing, Pinsir in the middle of eating an apple. It's hard to say how much higher the Sands version can go since we don't have a big enough sample size. The Park one is definitely easier and recommended for most people unless you're legitimately aiming for a world record.