Paper Mario: TTYD stuff

This page catalogs TTYD progress/rare events that have happened in my main save file.

Stats

• Level 35 (Superstar) @ 5 HP | 25 FP | 99 BP
• All partners maxed!

Completion

• All boots, hammers, paper modes, partners, crystal stars obtained!
• All star pieces, shine sprites, badges, recipes, and tattles collected!

Badge farming

3x Mega Rush [Hammer Bro] @ West Rogueport Sewers

Stretch goals

• Filthy Rich: 30x Gold Bar x3 in storage + 999 coins (not started yet)
• Stocked Up: Badge Shop with 3 of every renewable badge, which is the maximum it can store (not started yet)

Rare / cool events

• Mega Rush P [Hammer Bro], Pretty Lucky [Spania] @ West Rogueport Sewers
• Mega Rush [Hammer Bro] + no-badge enemy, back-to-back Close Call P [Koopatrol] @ West Rogueport Sewers
• 4 Dark Boos all holding items @ Pit floor 58

Challenges (on new saves)

I didn't attempt any early Pit / full-game challenge during this run, but I'll try some Pit challenges later, top to bottom:

• Pre-Chapter 2 Pit (easier)
• Pre-Hooktail Pit (average)
• Prologue Pit (hard, requires glitches after this point)
• Pre-SP Pit (very hard, not sure if I will even bother trying this)

Pianta records

• Plane distance: 475.14 (+1), 464.06, 441.15 (-20), 439.19 (+2), 438.44 (+1), 436.16 (+1), 431.55 (+2, x2), 430.38 (+2, x2), 427.30 (+2), 424.80 (+2), 421.03, 416.16 (+4), 415.60 (+1)
• Plane 2x piantas: 431.55 (+2), 430.38 (+2) @ 32, 372.08 @ 24
• Plane piantas: 416.16 (+4) @ 17

Pianta slots

• Star [2] Don Star Don (30 in 6, avg 5)
• Star [1] Star [4] Star (37 in 8, avg 4.625)
• Star [1] Don [2] Star (27 in 6, avg 4.5)
• Don Star Don [1] Don Don Don (23 in 7, avg ~3.29)
• Don Don Star [5] Don (15 in 9, avg ~1.66)
• Don Don Don [1] Don [1] Don

Audio analysis: There are 8 notes that loop in the slot music. If you count 4 notes as a beat, 2 loops play at 160 bpm. At this time, I think the best ways to tap (blind) are [A A - A] @ 560 bpm (3.5x loop bpm) and [A A - - A] @ 720 bpm (4.5x loop bpm) which have decent consistency.

Visual analysis: 8 rows repeat infinitely, randomized each time you insert a Pianta. The state the slot machine is in when you start is the first row. Including this first row, columns 1 & 2 have 4 Dons, 3 Stars, while the last column has 5 Dons and 2 Stars. Each column has a single 7. Based on the initial state, you can infer some things about when to stop each column (for example, you shouldn't immediately start mashing if the 7 is in the first position, since it won't be back on screen for a bit)