Contrary to common belief, Super Mario Bros can be completed without pressing B at all, even without warping as well.
This is a sidestroller, speedwalk, or whatever you want to call it.
Thanks to mugg and his marvelous idea that fixed out the problem which have been puzzling people from completing this run for a long time.
Thanks to HappyLee for helping me a lot on this movie, and using bullet glitch in walkathon movies so that I can save a lot of time in many stages such as 5-1.
Thanks to klmz for finding vine glitch and it brings 294 frames' improvement than with out it.

Level By Level explanations:

1-3
I choose to get the mushroom in this level. With its help I go into the ground and save 63 frames.
2-1
Use vine glitch here, 84 frames saved.
3-1
Use vine glitch here, 126 frames saved.
3-2
Go into the ground with help of koopa and save 63 frames.
3-3
Use the balance lift to go into ground and save 63 frames.
4-2
I went into the pipe for shortcut, 61 frames saved. I'm puzzled why it's not 63 frames. And I slow down a little to avoid fireworks.
4-3
I make some improvement here but I've not counted how many frames were saved.

Here I'll introduce how can I get through such a long distance:

By jumping backwards into any object Mario can move closer to the right side of the screen without scrolling..Mixing this with the turning around faster trick (pressing left/right one frame) can bring maximum distance so that the first gap will not disappear. As we all know, if you land on a shell that is flying in mid-air within the two rows of blocks at the bottom of the screen, a glitch will take place: The shell will be stopped from moving and will just behave as if it was on the ground. It will even walk through the floor if it is set up in a certain way. So we can place the shell into the gap and it will walk through the groud so that we can use it to get through here.
5-1
Bullet glitch, 147 frames saved.
5-2
Bullet glitch, 126 frames saved.
5-3
Go into the ground and save 63 frames.
5-4
I slow down a little before bowser, 21 frames slower here, for the bowser jumps too high if I don't slow down.
6-2
Vine glitch, 84 frames saved.
7-1
Bullet glitch, 147 frames saved.
8-2
Bullet glitch, 168 frames saved.
8-3
Bullet glitch, 189 frames saved.
8-4
With HappyLee's help I get 1 frames faster than this movie by better walljumping in the first stage.

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Nach: Judging.
feos: adding HD encode.

Nach: This run was well played, and was quite entertaining. Excellent response. I'm accepting it. The only question is whether it should obsolete the existing run or not.
In general, for any warped vs. unwarped run, two branches make sense as there's usually significant differences between the two in items collected that modify how the levels are played out. People also want to know the fastest possible record, as well as the fastest record for doing everything.
This run includes everything the warped run has, leaving little for the warped run itself to show off. As to the first detail, the only significant item SMB offers in warped vs. unwarped is the fireflower. Since the fireflower cannot be used in a B-less run, the difference in items doesn't exist. As for the second, people to my knowledge have not been interested in any records for beating the game B-less. The only thing I've seen people wonder in terms of beating the game B-less is if it could be done at all or not. This run answers that question very well, and demonstrates every single level in the game can be beaten B-less. Therefore, I am accepting this as an obsoletion of the warped B-less run.

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Slow but awesome. Yes vote, I also vote for obsoletion of the warped walkathon.
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Yes vote too, the run is a good example of entertaining . I don't know if it could be good to obsolete the warped walkathon. But, I really enjoyed the run.
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"Thank you Mario, for taking your sweet freakin time getting here, I really appreciate the effort you put into walking casually to Bowser's castle to save me. It's nice to know that the next time I get kidnapped and put in a dungeon by a giant fire-breathing lizard, I can count on you strutting along at a leisurely pace to rescue me... dick." I vote yes and think it wouldn't be unreasonable to make a new walkathon+warpless branch, in lieu of obsoleting the warped version.
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I like how Bowser is afraid of the implacable walking Mario, and always jumps out of the way. I also like how the Bullet Bills move at exactly walking pace. All in all, a good run, and a worthy replacement for the existing walkathon.
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I finally got to watch this, and to echo the crowd, there are some quite impressive and entertaining stunts here. Some of them really require slow speed to work. For instance, the stages with lots of Cheep Cheeps (2-3 and 7-3, I think) are much more fun when you can't run past the fishes, so you instead kill many of them from underneath. I'd suggest a screenshot for this run come from 7-3... I think there was a part with two fish and a koopa shell on screen, and the fish died when it was on top of Mario. There's really only one argument I could give for keeping the currently published walkathon: since this is sort of a novelty category anyway, the warped run is more "bite-sized". The novelty doesn't really get a chance to wear off. I don't think that's a particularly strong argument, though, since it's more impressive to show that EVERY stage can be done without pressing B. So, I vote Yes to publish this, and I'd additionally recommend that this obsolete the warped run. Nice job!
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Voting yes for this to obsolete the warped run.
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I really like these kind of TAS, which aren't aimed for "finishing the game THE FASTEST, WHATEVER IT TAKES!1!!". Like the Mario 3 playaround run, which is among my favorites runs ever. This run is fun to watch, entertaining and very-well made. Congratulations, sir.
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Rayas wrote:
I really like these kind of TAS, which aren't aimed for "finishing the game THE FASTEST, WHATEVER IT TAKES!1!!".
But this is such a run. It's not a playaround. (Why do people still have this notion that runs with alternative goals are not aimed at speed?)
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Yes and no. It aims for speed BUT it plays with elements of gameplay to offer something new (see, that's a big but, it's even in caps). So, no, it's not a playaround, but it can be compared with. Dunno if I'm really clear. I need to drink more.
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Rayas wrote:
Yes and no. It aims for speed BUT it plays with elements of gameplay to offer something new (see, that's a big but, it's even in caps). So, no, it's not a playaround, but it can be compared with. Dunno if I'm really clear. I need to drink less.
Fixed that for you. ;D
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Rayas wrote:
Dunno if I'm really clear. I need to drink more.
Yeah, that's sure to help. :P
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I think it's safe to say that SMB is the most fascinating game ever, for no real reason.
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I think it's safe to say that SMB is the most fascinating game ever, for no real reason.
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I find it amazing how these well-known glitches still don't get old. Also agree, this movie should obsolete shorter one.
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Warp wrote:
Finally finished watching it. Voted yes. I don't have a strong opinion on whether it should obsolete the warped run or not. I'm probably not the first one to notice, but it's just hilariously ironic that the game end entices the player to push the B button.
LOL, I never noticed that either, even on the warped runs. That's awesome.
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loved it. waaaay too easy of a yes vote.
So yea, how's it going? Currently TASing: Nothing
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Yes vote. Nice run. :)
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Very nice. If I could vote, I'd vote yes. :) Would someone please explain why Mario sometimes touches the flagpole at more than the minimum height? Wouldn't this cost time to wait for him to slide down?
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Very nice. If I could vote, I'd vote yes. :) Would someone please explain why Mario sometimes touches the flagpole at more than the minimum height? Wouldn't this cost time to wait for him to slide down?
It shouldn't matter, due to the flag has to go down anyway. I think.
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Wow! I haven been waiting for this warpless walkathon TAS for a long long time. It's finally here. Just the fact that we have this TAS submitted here is enough to get my YES vote. (even if the TAS takes an hour to complete, I would vote yes -- if it's bad, someone will improve it and obsolete it anyway) Not to mention that the TAS is really really awesome. Voting yes!
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So I got one question left: is there anyone who like to see the warped walkathon get improved? My new SMB walkathon (warped) TAS which has only 2 levels remaining to be finished, has different strategy such as getting the mushroom in 4-1, gaining 21 frames in 4-2 due to new falling trick, and way better entertainment than my last walkathon. If the warped walkathon movie is banned, people may never know how fast would SMB be completed without using B, and my unfinished movie will be a pity cause no one would have a chance to watch. So there's better be a way to deal with the warped walkathon right, what about we put a link more attracting just like the 16 stars route of Super Mario 64, so people new here could notice the warped walkathon as well? That's only my opinion, and I'd hear from the author Mars about his opinion here.
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HappyLee wrote:
what about we put a link more attracting just like the 16 stars route of Super Mario 64, so people new here could notice the warped walkathon as well?
I agree.
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HappyLee wrote:
So I got one question left: is there anyone who like to see the warped walkathon get improved? My new SMB walkathon (warped) TAS which has only 2 levels remaining to be finished, has different strategy such as getting the mushroom in 4-1, gaining 21 frames in 4-2 due to new falling trick, and way better entertainment than my last walkathon. If the warped walkathon movie is banned, people may never know how fast would SMB be completed without using B, and my unfinished movie will be a pity cause no one would have a chance to watch. So there's better be a way to deal with the warped walkathon right, what about we put a link more attracting just like the 16 stars route of Super Mario 64, so people new here could notice the warped walkathon as well? That's only my opinion, and I'd hear from the author Mars about his opinion here.
I also don't want this run obsolete the warped one, just as the 18:41.7 warpless run can't obsolete the 4:57.31 warped run.
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HappyLee wrote:
So I got one question left: is there anyone who like to see the warped walkathon get improved? My new SMB walkathon (warped) TAS which has only 2 levels remaining to be finished, has different strategy such as getting the mushroom in 4-1, gaining 21 frames in 4-2 due to new falling trick, and way better entertainment than my last walkathon.
I'd certainly like to see it.
HappyLee wrote:
If the warped walkathon movie is banned, people may never know how fast would SMB be completed without using B, and my unfinished movie will be a pity cause no one would have a chance to watch. So there's better be a way to deal with the warped walkathon right, what about we put a link more attracting just like the 16 stars route of Super Mario 64, so people new here could notice the warped walkathon as well? That's only my opinion, and I'd hear from the author Mars about his opinion here.
We can certainly link to a submission. If there's also enough demand, I'll revert my decision, and accept the new movie, and fix the obsoletion chains.
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