>>15332248But first, we need to clear something up.
Because every time I post a half A press video, I get the same comments over and over asking what it means, even though I always have a whole paragraph in the description explaining it, which even starts with "If you're wondering what a half A press is, read this before commenting to ask."
But maybe what you guys need isn't a paragraph, maybe you guys need an example.
So, consider Wing Mario Over The Rainbow, not even the whole star.
Just consider getting to that cannon platform, which is a necessary part of getting the star.
So, how many A presses does it take to get there?
Well, If you say zero, that's wrong.
Because then Mario can't go far enough.
If you say one, Well it's true that Mario can get there with one but we can do a little better.
We can do it in half an A press.
To do that, we start the level already holding A and then we use that A press to reach the platform.
Now hold on, I know what you're thinking, "an a press is an a press. You can't say its only a half".
Well TJ "Henry" Yoshi, hear me out.
An A press actually has three parts to it.
When A is pressed, when A is held, and when A is released.
And together, this forms one complete A press.
Now, usually, it's the pressing that's useful.
Because that's the only part that makes Mario jump.
However, sometimes it's sufficient to just use the holding part, which allows Mario to do little kicks, to swim in water, to fall slowly while twirling, and to fall slowly with the wing cap.
And as for the release, well, there's currently no cases where that's useful or important, so don't worry about that part.
Now, if we map out the required A presses for Wing Mario Over The Rainbow, it would look like this.
We merely need to hold A to reach the canon platform, we need to press A to launch from the first canon, and we need to press A again to launch from the second canon.
