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Re: Random: It's Done! Every Super Mario Maker Level Has Been Cleared Before Wii U's Online Shutdown

Kirbyo

I think it's important to mention why the level was TASed. As far as I can tell, this is what happened:
some guy was making a TAS tool for Wii U, but gave up. Ahoyo's friend got the unfinished TAS, and after some tinkering got it to work. Ahoyo's hands became sprained from trying to clear Bombs 5, so he got the TAS from his friend and TASed two levels, both with good intent. First was Bombs 5, as he knew it was humanly possible but couldn't physically attempt it anymore, so he uploaded it and hoped someone would one day beat it for him. Trimming the Herbs was the second, and that one he made specifically to be TAS only. He entered it into his own contest, but not to win, only to get the clear video notoriety. He even asked the judges to disqualify it under the pretense of a 12-second time limit (the contest only allowed levels 10 seconds or less). He wanted people to examine the video, realize it was TASed, and then he'd reveal the new TAS tool to the world. Unfortunately, nobody got around to examining the video for 7 years, and when it became the last uncleared level, Ahoyo realized that it would be for the best to just come clean before things got any worse.

Re: Switch Emulator Yuzu To Pay $2.4 Million To Nintendo & Cease Development

Kirbyo

I think the limit is once either the system or physical games for the system become EXTREMELY hard to find (cough cough, GAMECUBE) then emulation is ok. For example, the TTYD remake should not be avaliabe on a Switch emulator, but the original on a Gamecube emulator? Hell yeah, that game is impossible to come by (don't mind the fact I own a copy of the original I'm trying to make a point here)!