I've always been the SMB3 maniac in my surroundings, knowing more stunts and tricks than anyone I had ever met. And this SMB3 game is the first that downright ****ing amazes me.
The video is flawless, and cheat free.
He always does everything so that no time is lost. Notice how in level 8-1 he gives a twist to his jump at the card so that he scores a mushroom and not a star, to avoid the "long" 5up scene. It's the fastest way to have a non-star item, too. Also, he uses his star (item) in the level that it would cut the most in time, the level 8 fortress, and so on.
Not only he keeps it as short as possible, but he also adds a bunch of real cool stunts that are often not necessary. The most obvious is the total control over the cannons in the auto-scrolling levels to the point of earning beyond 99 lives in all. I already had like 60 or so, but him, he's overwhelming. Also, when he stomps on an enemy and he has a fire flower, he often takes the care of killing it twice (stomp kill + fireball kill) for no other reason than making a good stunt. On 8-1, there are 4 turtles that he doesn't only stomps on to bounce, but he also kills them with a fireball, FOR FUN. Not to mention the last turtle that he takes out with a fireball, on his way at full speed, just for the hell of it!
He also perfectly masters shooting two fireballs at the same time to the point of doing it AND bouncing on Bowser. It 'could' be a turbo button, but if it is, well he's good at switching from normal mode to turbo mode, cause you can't run on turbo mode. And watch how he manages to keep his P meter full when passing through a door in a castle, by bouncing a couple times right when he appears. That's HARD. His performance in the fortress of world 8 is the best example of that.
It's amazing to watch, but it's even more amazing to try and reproduce what he did, cause this **** is TECHNICAL. Just try the first leap in level 1-1, it may give you an idea on how even harder it is than you thought. You jump on the ? block, fill your P meter and THEN jump over the Pirhana plant, so that when you land, you're running full speed. But to do so you've got to give a *small* hit backwards while jumping so that the Pirhana Plant doesn't hit you.
Before this video I stand amazed, and filled with the urge to pop in my SMB3 cartridge and try some new stunts.