How speedrunners beat Cuphead in under 28 minutes (SPEEDRUN EXPLAINED - Any%)

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Then he goes for Star Skip on the scoreboard. This is where you press A on the exact frame that the stars start getting counted, this causes both stars to appear instantly skipping the slow counting and saving .96 seconds.

I genuinely couldnt tell if he was joking with the 3rd star skip explanation

Just in case anyone isn't aware, since this isn't mentioned in the video Every time the scoreboard comes up after a boss, the runner will attempt Star Skip, which is when you press A on the exact frame the stars start being counted, this will skip the slow animation saving roughly 0.9 seconds. Most runners get star skip about 1/3rd of the time, with a full run usually having about 6-7 successful star skips.

A star skip explanation skip is when you double-tap the right side of your screen on the EXACT moment you hear “then he goes for the star skip”; this causes the next sentence to appear instantly, skipping the slow explanation and saving 10 seconds. Top watchers usually get this skip around a third of the time with runs typically having around 3 or 4 successful skips

I love when there's a set of strategies and optimizations that is so important tomatoanus has to pause for 10 minutes to explain it

This was awesome to get to be a part of and I love how it turned out! tomato was great to work with and I feel really did this run justice for his style of video. I hope you all enjoy! Also, for anyone that might find this run interesting enough to look into more I highly recommend it as I believe it to be easy to get into and potentially fun for all skill levels. The speedrun page for Cuphead has lots of great resources like a trainer/debug mod and a beginner and up to date advanced tutorial for this category. The category has been very active, with everyone in the top 7 having gotten a PB within the past year and many still actively grinding and participating in various community events, so it's a great time to get in on the game and give it a go with plenty of people around to help anyone as well.

This run is absolutely amazing,I loved the part where he goes for Star Skip,This is where you press A on the exact frame that the stars starts getting counted,this causes both stars to appear instantly skipping 0.96 seconds and then he Star skipped all over the enemies

Everyone's talking about the star skip bit, but what about the image at 45:45 😭 tomatoanus why??

Wait... how do you do the star skip again?

The script is very good, well researched and filled jokes, but I just love the "a.k.a." at the start of every video and the mental health section

"The secret to Beppi skip is that he's going to skip Beppi." Thank you, I had a hard time wrapping my head around that, almost as much as the star skip, which I still don't quite understand.

ohhhh i DO remember 37 seconds ago when you said "Grond wants eight coins total for buying some weapons, but he has to go out of his way for the other five coins" :fish-orange-wide-eyes: this time, paying close attention paid off in full :face-fuchsia-poop-shape: nice vid!!

…It’s been six years since Cuphead first released, HOW AM I ONLY LEARNING NOW THAT THE AIRPLANE BOMB ALT FIRE HAS ITS OWN EX?!?!?!

yknow the second time the star skip explanation happened i though maybe i accidentally skipped back in the video bc i was falling asleep a bit during the start of the video (watching this @7am om the bus ride to work) but then the third one came in and i just started fucking cackling

No wonder that journalist struggled, that's hard 😲

I love how the f alliteration ended on "tulip" instead of "flower"

calling it cu-phead is CRAZY

"Then he's going to perform a Star Skip" is now our "The FitnessGram Pacer test"

idk why but coofeed got me by surprise so badly im on the verge of tears laughing lmfao