Moon clip: Difference between revisions

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Moon clipping is a common method of reaching out of bounds areas that involves tilting Mario's hitbox into a wall just as he collects a Power Moon. The Power Moon must be uncollected, meaning this is a one-try trick in speedruns. However, save file backups can allow players to attempt these clips multiple times outside of a speedrun context.

To perform a moon clip, you will need to execute a backflip and cancel the backflip animation with a cap throw right as you collect the Power Moon. Mario's hitbox tilts sideways when he performs a cap throw during a backflip, and collecting the moon forces his hitbox upright. However, if his hitbox is tilted into a wall, Mario will be half-bounds after he is forced upright, allowing him to be moved fully out of bounds after the moon cutscene is over.

There are a few notable moon clips that have been made applicable for speedrunning:

Each of these clips require a slightly different timing for the inputs, since the moon positioning and timing is different for each.

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-Moon Clipping is another very effective way of going out of bounds with the caveat of being a one try trick. Missing it on the first try will make it impossible to retry as we need the Power Moon to get through the wall.
+Moon clipping is a common method of reaching out of bounds areas that involves tilting Mario's hitbox into a wall just as he collects a Power Moon. The Power Moon must be uncollected, meaning this is a one-try trick in speedruns. However, save file backups can allow players to attempt these clips multiple times outside of a speedrun context.
-In order to moon clip, you need to execute a backflip and cancel the backflip animation with a capthrow right as you collect the power moon. This will make Mario's animator to be confused as it has to shuffle between 3 different animations and move Mario towards the wall just enough to make it past its collision.
+To perform a moon clip, you will need to execute a backflip and cancel the backflip animation with a cap throw right as you collect the Power Moon. Mario's hitbox tilts sideways when he performs a cap throw during a backflip, and collecting the moon forces his hitbox upright. However, if his hitbox is tilted into a wall, Mario will be half-bounds after he is forced upright, allowing him to be moved fully out of bounds after the moon cutscene is over.
-There's a few moon clips that have been found useful in runs :
+There are a few notable moon clips that have been made applicable for speedrunning:
 * [[Chest Moon Clip (Cascade Kingdom)]]
 * [[Nut Clip (Wooded Kingdom)]]
 * [[Snow Moon Clip (Snow Kingdom)]]
-Each of these clips require a slightly different timing
+Each of these clips require a slightly different timing for the inputs, since the moon positioning and timing is different for each.
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 [[Category:Tricks]]
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