I collect the star Top O' the Town in Wet-Dry World using 0 A presses.

This video is an improvement from my previous videos in which I collected this star in 1 A press starting from the low water level [   • SM64 - Top O' the Town (Low Water Lev...  ] and 0 A presses starting from the high water level [   • SM64 - Top O' the Town - 0x A Presses...  ]. Because it takes an A press to enter the WDW painting on the high water level, both of those routes would effectively cost one A press during a 120 star run. In this video, however, I collect the star with 0 A presses starting from the low water level, and thus it will cost 0 A presses during the 120 star run.

This star was interesting, in that it was just BARELY out of reach in so many ways. In fact, after some in depth testing, I had reduced it to 10 actions, and if even a single one of these actions could be performed without pressing A, then the whole star could be done without pressing A. These actions were:
(1) enter the painting at the high water level
(2) return from the town on the low water level
(3) hold light chuckya on chuckya's platform
(4) get heavy chuckya onto the plank
(5) get past the 50 unit barrier of the star platform with less than 50 speed
(6) have 2+ air frames of speed while diving onto the spinning platform
(7) have 1.012 more units of room on the star platform
(8) bring a flame or flame clone onto the star platform
(9) ascend 1 unit higher than a DR can on the star platform
(10) be able to remotely open the star block

Luckily, Plush came along and made a major breakthrough by discovering a new trick. The trick was the ability to grab light chuckya using an edge, instead of having to use water. This simple trick matched action (3) listed above, and so the star became doable in 0x A presses. Here is how to do the trick. Have Mario try to grab chuckya while also facing off of a ledge. If Mario falls off the ledge 1, 2, or 3 frames after the grab starts, then he can immediately dive and will end up grabbing chuckya in a diving state. When he stands up, he will be holding light chuckya.

.m64 stats:
Length: 1 minutes and 11 seconds
Re-records: 4357
Frames: 4274 (2100 input)
Time to Make: ~2 hours

ABC Playlist:    • Super Mario 64 - A Button Challenge  
ABC Routes: docs.google.com/document/d/1ypRVVRyf4x-v8GqCSmKYni…