Momentum Testing: Star 2 new easiest strat (savestateless dev showcase)

This star ended up in my miniature romhack Momentum Testing (/watch/IwE8GK5qGyMq8 ) by accident, as I switched from replacing Bob-omb Battlefield to replacing the Castle Grounds and left a premature version of the level accessible through the course 1 painting. Benjamslikestrains (/channel/UCNxkorOpZi9Uq96u3Aup_Ew ) found out about this, and katze789 figured out a way to obtain the star. Later, AshleyJPEG (/c/AshleyGamering ) made an update that properly included this lost level, keeping the player in the correct area upon death but letting this second area be accessed with a pause exit. This star was long believed to require 6-8 first-frame wallkicks (firsties) along with some very precise height control and a scary wallkick to squeeze out just enough momentum and height to reach the blue platform (/watch/YC6v0ue7z9P7v ). The firsties seemed needed because the intended strategy of a rollout fails to clear the gap, and using just 2 firsties fails to grant enough speed for the final doublejump. However, Mapiz (/watch/sRrT5-Dp6mgpT ) found out that by sliding into out of bounds, it is possible to build enough speed to make it to the blue platform after only 2 firsties. To evaluate how easy this makes the star, I decided to grind it as well and found this modification of Mapiz' out-of-bounds strat. This took about 15 minutes of attempts. Here's where I talk more about my romhacks: https://discord.gg/yrJXF7HnyS

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