B Button Challenge
The B Button Challenge, BBC for short, is a challenge in which the number of presses of the B button is minimized, whether on a per-mission or a per-file basis. The B button mainly grabs objects and does punches and dives by itself, so most stars are not affected from restricting the B button. As a result, not a lot of stars require B presses to save at all; however, some actions such as swinging Bowser require it in any%.
| B Button Challenge | |||
| Abbreviation | BBC | ||
| Individual stars collectible | 117 114 (JP 1.0) | ||
| Overall stars collectible | 70 69 (JP 1.0) | ||
| Is beatable | No | ||
| Presses required for Any% | 4 | ||
| Presses required for 120-Star | 9 12 (JP 1.0) | ||
| Star Details | |||
| BoB |
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| WF |
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| JRB |
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| CCM |
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| BBH |
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| HMC |
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| LLL |
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| SSL |
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| DDD |
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| SL |
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| WDW |
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| TTM |
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| THI |
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| TTC |
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| RR |
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| Secret |
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| Castle |
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| Bowser |
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B Presses Left
Below is a table of unique B presses in the B Button Challenge.
| B Press # | Multiplicity | Stage | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 3 | BoB | To grab King Bob-omb, but not to release him |
| #2 | 2 | Castle | To grab MIPS |
| #3 | 1 | BitFS | To grab Bowser, but not to release him |
| #4 | 3 | BitS | To grab Bowser, but not to release him |
Since King Bob-omb is a heavy object, he can't be grabbed with a cannon or a wing cap (unlike baby penguin and Ukiki). That's because grabs from cannon, wing cap and wind are dive-grabs, but heavy objects can't be grabbed with a dive.
Workarounds
| Stage | Star(s) | Normal requirement | Workaround |
|---|---|---|---|
| BoB | Big Bob-omb on the Summit | To release King Bob-omb x3 | Dropping Mario off a ledge precisely so he drops King Bob-omb back in the arena |
| CCM | Li'l Penguin Lost | To grab the baby penguin | Luring the baby penguin to the vertical wind at the bottom of the stage, then using the vertical wind to grab the penguin |
| BitDW | Completion | To grab and release Bowser | Performing Moat Skip to bypass the Bowser fight entirely |
| BitFS | Completion | To release Bowser | Waiting for Mario to drop Bowser into a mine |
| TTM | Mystery of the Monkey Cage | To grab Ukiki | Using hyperspeed and a twirl to get Ukiki to get off of the mountain top, then luring it to the vertical wind to grab it |
| BitS | Completion | To release Bowser x3 | Waiting for Mario to drop Bowser into a mine for the first two throws, then getting burned while swinging Bowser around to drop Bowser at high speed into the second mine |
J Only B Presses
Due to talking to NPCs requiring B in the J 1.0 version of the game, there are some required B presses that are only present here. Below is a table of these exclusive B presses.
| Star | Requirement |
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| Toad #1 | Talking to Toad so he can give you the star |
| Toad #2 | Talking to Toad so he can give you the star |
| Toad #3 | Talking to Toad so he can give you the star |
Workarounds
| Stage | Star(s) | Normal requirement | Workaround |
|---|---|---|---|
| BoB | Shoot to the Island in the Sky | To talk to the Bob-omb buddy to open the cannon | Long jumping to the island from the top of the mountain |
| Find the 8 Red Coins | |||
| 100 Coins | |||
| Mario Wings to the Sky | Using hyper speed flying to collect the 5 secrets | ||
| WF | Shoot into the Wild Blue | Jumping to the star from below | |
| Blast Away the Wall | Clipping into the wall with a ledge grab | ||
| JRB | Blast to the Stone Pillar | Long jumping from the ship | |
| CCM | Wall Kicks Will Work | Falling to the star area from above | |
| WDW | Go to Town for Red Coins | Triple jumping into the pipe | |
| Quick Race Through Downtown! | |||
| TTM | Blast to the Lonely Mushroom | Long jumping to the mushroom | |
| RR | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | BLJing from the top of the big house carpet ride | |
| WMotR | Red coin star | Performing the Wing Cap infinite height glitch to reach the highest cloud |