General:
Oh boy, E36... I�m pretty sure this is the stage I spent the most time
on.
It�s one of my
favourite stages, even though I don�t have the WR (because of
fakeness).
Obviously, this is just
a spiced-up version of A21, with some banana differences and faster
moving
bumpers. I had just
completed a run with skipping all bumpers (not too easy), then
FerretDruid
tells me on AIM that
he just destroyed the record by 800ish points. A shortcut on E36??? So
what
could that be? He
tells me: Well, I get hit by the bumper on the right, then by the
bumper
left, over another one,
hit another bumper, over another one, another bumper, then I�m in the
goal.
FerretDruid had
once again done the impossible, pulling off one of the hardest and
coolest
shortcuts in the
game. I beat his score soon, but then Packattack got the current record
of
5120. That was with
2 bananas as he told me. I have 5060 with no bananas, even though I
could
(should) have got 2
of them. For this reason the WR strat I�ll tell you is how I did it for
5060.
UPDATE: Since Packattack's score has been beaten by Patch and Patch is using a different strat than I,I'll give you both strats in the WR section.
I want a consistent finish!
Actually E36 can be pretty tough, and it�s definitely the hardest of
the ice
worlds. The only real
(though trivial) advice I can give you is to stay very close behind the
bumper in the beginning.
I want a good score!
Strat I: It�s bumper skippin� time! Immediately skip the first bumper,
then
skip two at the
middle section and then the final one before the goal. Refer to the A21
strat for details. This
strat should give you around 4000 points, and getting the banana after
the
goal is quite hard.
Strat II: FerretDruid�s original strat: Hold forward at the beginning,
then
very soon pull over to
the right, as you hit the dark blue rail on the right side (about 1-2
tiles
from the end) pull over to
the left. The bumper coming from the right should hit you over to the
left
and you should bounce
directly off the bumper on the left. If you are lucky, you will have
picked
up the single banana
here. This is hard, but you should be able to hit the bumper on the
left
pretty consistently.
Where do you want to bounce from there?
Well, you want to bounce straight forward, over one bumper, then hit
the
ground, bounce up
again and hit a third bumper. This is still before the middle section.
You
want to be looking
exactly forward as you hit the 3rd bumper, otherwise you�ll probably
bounce
god knows where.
This third bumper should send you pretty high up in the air, hold
forward,
keep straight, land on
the ground, bounce up and hit a 4th and final bumper. This will send
you
flying high, and you
have to reduce speed a bit, othewise you�ll just fly over the goal.
Jump
into the goal and hope
for the post-goal banana, though I never ever got it (I�ve done it like
that
about 5 times, and
about 10 times all in all). This strat gives you around 4800-4900 if
you
don�t get any bananas.
If you try this for some time, you may wonder if it�s possible to do
all of
this with 3 bumpers
instead of 4. Basically, if the 3rd bumper hits you very far, you could
get
into the goal just from
bouncing once off the ground, without the 4th bumper. Unfortunately,
the
answer is no. I�ve
tried, but there is a bumper exactly in front of the goal as you get
there,
and I can�t see
anybody getting past that. It�s really a shame, otherwise I�m sure I�d
have
the WR. ;)
I want the record!
Do the beginning as before. As you are about to hit the 3rd bumper, you
want
to face ahead,
but be on the right side of the platform. If done properly (it�s hard),
you
will bounce over to the
right side of the stage, past the middle section, bounce on the ground
and
then get a very low
bounce from a bumper on the right side, which sends you flying towards
the
goal. The nice thing
about the low bounce is that you should get the banana after the goal,
even
though I didn�t
(because of pure fakeness). Anyway, we know the max on this stage is at
least 5260, and you
might just be the one to get that score, so good luck!
UPDATE: Here is what Patch has to say about the strat he used to set the current record of 5192:
"Basically, my strat got me a score of 5192 (25:46 finish with one
banana) and is as follows: Same as before, you need to bounce off the bumper to your right onto the bumper on the left so that you are flying straight along the
platform. After this, you are aiming to land exactly on top of the
next bumper ahead of you. You should then fly over a bumper and land
exactly on top of the next one. This one should be just about to start
its crossing to the other side of the level. You will be going fast
and low and from this bumper you can make it directly into the goal by
steering slightly to the right, picking up the banana beyond the goal."
Current Record: 5192
Finish: 25.46
Bananas: 2
Difficulty rating for
Strat I: 4/5
Strat II: 5/5
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