Snow Moon Clip: Difference between revisions

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Snow Moon Clip is a moon clip within Shiveria Town in the Snow Kingdom, using the Shining in the Snow in Town moon.

The clip saves time in various speedrun categories, most notably in World Peace and other longer categories as a possible Snow Clip method. The clip also saves around a second in Any% by enabling a movement shortcut.

Execution

To execute Snow Moon Clip:

Ground pound the spot containing the moon. Begin to position Mario slightly away from the wall, facing away from it.
After a brief moment, backflip toward the wall.
At the moment the moon becomes solid, cap throw toward the wall.
To land half-bounds, cap throw toward the wall again after the moon animation finishes, wait a brief moment, then ground pound. This can be chained into a roll for a fast way to reach the Wind-Chill Cavern entrance.

Speedrun usage

Any%

In Any%, Snow Moon Clip can be used to take a shortcut from the moon to the Wind-Chill Cavern entrance, saving about a second over the usual method of going through the tunnel entrance.

World Peace

Unlike in many other kingdoms, the sequence of story moons can be broken in the Snow Kingdom by completing The Bound Bowl Grand Prix without obtaining the other four Story Moons beforehand, which are fairly slow to collect. For World Peace, Snow Moon Clip is the fastest known method to clip out of bounds to access the racecourse early, since the route collects the Shining in the Snow in Town moon regardless. If the clip is failed, any other Snow Clip method can be used as a backup.

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-Snow Moon Clip is a [[moon clip]] in [[Snow Kingdom]], using the [[Shining in the Snow in Town]] moon.
+'''Snow Moon Clip''' is a [[moon clip]] within [[Shiveria Town]] in the [[Snow Kingdom]], using the ''Shining in the Snow in Town'' moon.
-== Usage in runs ==
+The clip saves time in various speedrun categories, most notably in [[World Peace]] and other longer categories as a possible [[Snow Clip]] method. The clip also saves around a second in [[Any%]] by enabling a movement shortcut.
-=== Any% ===
+==Execution==
-This clip is used to skip a wrap around pathing. While this is far from being a must do it still offers a decent time save.
+To execute Snow Moon Clip:
-=== World Peace (and categories that achieves world peace) ===
+* [[Ground pound]] the spot containing the moon. Begin to position Mario slightly away from the wall, facing away from it.
-Since you need to do Bound Bowl to achieve peace in this kingdom, skipping opening the gates is a decent time save. In case you fail the clip you can always do [[Upstairs Snow Clip|Upstairs]] or [[Downstairs Snow Clip|Downstairs]] Snow Clip, but the Moon Clip is by far the fastest way to get to Bound Bowl since this moon is already really fast.
+* After a brief moment, [[backflip]] toward the wall.
+* At the moment the moon becomes solid, [[cap throw]] toward the wall.
+* To land [[half-bounds]], cap throw toward the wall again after the moon animation finishes, wait a brief moment, then ground pound. This can be chained into a [[Rolling|roll]] for a fast way to reach the [[Wind-Chill Cavern]] entrance.
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+==Speedrun usage==
+===Any% ===
+In [[Any%]], Snow Moon Clip can be used to take a shortcut from the moon to the [[Wind-Chill Cavern]] entrance, saving about a second over the usual method of going through the tunnel entrance.
+===World Peace ===
+Unlike in many other kingdoms, the sequence of [[Story moon|story moons]] can be broken in the Snow Kingdom by completing ''The Bound Bowl Grand Prix'' without obtaining the other four Story Moons beforehand, which are fairly slow to collect. For World Peace, Snow Moon Clip is the fastest known method to clip out of bounds to access the racecourse early, since the route collects the ''Shining in the Snow in Town'' moon regardless. If the clip is failed, any other [[Snow Clip]] method can be used as a backup.
 [[Category:Moon clips]]
-[[Category:Tricks]]
+[[Category:Speedrun tricks]]