Mario 3 Incentives for New PC

Mario 3 Incentives for New PC
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You got world 1 of Mario 3 blindfolded for free (it's even in my highlights if you want to see it, or just wanted proof that I own a blindfold or actually did it).  If you want to see any more of the game, you can choose to donate toward it.

Instead of the donation bar saying "this donation goal is for a TV," it's now for the dance pad, and then the PC.  Even once all of these are done, we won't be all the way to the PC, but we'll have made a significant dent in it.

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World 1 Blindfolded: FREE <DONE>
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This was free for demonstration purposes.

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World 2 Blindfolded: $100 <DONE>
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<Prices for world 2 have been slashed!>

* 2-1 & 2-2: $20 (I surmise 2-1 will be relatively easy, thus I'm offering 2 stages here.)
* 2-F: $15
* 2-3: $10
* 2-Desert & 2-5: $15 (Again, I surmise 2-Desert will be pretty easy for the most part, so I'm offering 2 stages again.)
* 2-Pyramid: $30 (This costs a bunch because there's a lot of left-and-right in this stage, as well as block breaking.)
* 2-Airship: $10

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World 3 Blindfolded: $130 <DONE>
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* 3-1 & 3-2: $20 (I figure 3-1 will be pretty easy.)
* 3-3: $20
* 3-F: $15 (Though this is the Fortress of Doors, I don't expect to have a hugely difficult time.)
* 3-4: $25 (This isn't as technical as 2-P, but it still won't be easy.)
[I will be fighting both bros in world 3 at whatever point so I can skip 4-F1: if I do not do this, 4-F1 is FREE.]
* 3-8: $20 (This is going to be a tough stage.)
* 3-9: $15
* 3-Airship: $25 (This is probably the first difficult airship, and I need fire, or we're going to be spending a LONG time on the Wendy battle.)

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World 4 Blindfolded: $130 <DONE>
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* 4-1: $10
* 4-2: $20
* 4-3: $25
* 4-F1: FREE if I need to do it due to managing to skip W3 bros.
* 4-4: $10 (Fairly easy stage.)
* 4-6: $25 (Fairly complicated with its obstacles.)
* 4-F2: $25 (Fair amount of lava here, as well as a few tough obstacles.)
* 4-Airship: $15

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World 5 Blindfolded: $130 <DONE>
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(Puts us at $50 into the New PC.)

* 5-1: $10 (Up and down the mountain.  Ezpz.)
* 5-2: $15 (I will probably end up bottom-routing this.  If I do, that's my fault.)
* 5-F1: $10 (Another easy fortress.)
* 5-ST: $20
* 5-4: $15
* 5-5: $15 (Aside from all the donut platforms, this stage is relatively easy.)
* 5-7: $15
* 5-F2: $15 (Jump timing is the hard thing to do here.)
* 5-8: $10 (Pretty easy, again citing mere jumps as the hard part.)
* 5-Airship: $15 (Easy airship except for The Gauntlet.)

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World 6 Blindfolded: $200 <DONE>
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(Puts us at $250 into the new laptop.)

* 6-F1: $20 (Short and relatively easy to do sighted, but timing makes this stage harder blindfolded - when do I go?  When do I jump?  When am I safe?)
* 6-4: $25 (There are a bunch of precise jumps to make, and spinners and a Fire Chomp who can wreck my day.)
* 6-5 or 6-6: $30 (Do I need to say why?  EITHER of these stages is a huge pain in the ass for its own reasons.)
* 6-F2: $30 (A difficult fort to do; falling down pits or getting hit by Thwomps is the order of the day.)
* 6-8: $25 (Aside from a ton of enemies, it's hard to fall down any pits.  Still, the enemies are notable; they're everywhere.)
* 6-9 or 6-10: $20 (I doubt I have a P-Wing for 6-9.)
* 6-F3: $30 (There is a TON of stuff to worry about in this place.)
* 6-Airship: $20 (This airship may not be long, but it's got multiple jumps that are easy to screw up.)

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World 7 Blindfolded: $340 <DONE>
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(Puts us at $590 into the new laptop.)

* 7-1: $40 (This is a vertical climb stage, the first one I'm expected to do in this run.  I won't have much in the way of audio cues to tell me where I am.  The timer will also not be on my side like this.  Heaven help me.)
* 7-2: $35 (Tons of enemies, plus bridge-building, equals a nightmare.)
* 7-3: $25 (Sure, there're stars - but I'm not guaranteed to keep them going, and if I don't, Bad Things TM can easily happen.)
* 7-4 or 7-5: $40 (There's no way I can skip doing one or the other of these, pretty sure.  My clouds are all gone.)
* 7-F1: $20 (I doubt I have a P-Wing for this, but the biggest obstacles will be getting a leaf and FINDING THAT PIPE ON THE CEILING.)
* 7-6: $50 (I predict arrow platforms will be the devil blindfolded.  Again, the timer will be an issue.)
* 7-7 or 7-8: $30 (There is NO WAY either of these can end well.)
* 7-9: $50 (Good luck finding my way through this maze.  Left-and-right EVERYWHERE, with hardly any good way to tell if I'm making progress.  The timer is NOT my friend here.)
* 7-F2: $40 (This will also be a nightmare.  Lava everywhere, precise jumps are everything, and we have complications near the end of the stage.)
* 7-Airship: $30 (This will be a rather difficult jump-fest I am not looking forward to.)

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World 8 Blindfolded: $210 <DONE>
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(Puts us at $800 into the new laptop.)

* 8-T1: $45 (What is a tank?  A miserable little pile of lost lives.  Cannonballs and bob-ombs flying around everywhere will make this an extreme challenge blindfolded.)
* 8-N: $30 (3 boats.  No big deal, right?  Wrong.  Rocky Wrenches means tools flying around everywhere, and the end could be disastrous with all those cannons.)
* 8-Hands: FREE.  (These will be manipulated to not happen unless I am desperate for a leaf.  Any hand trap stages I decide to play for a leaf are free.)
* 8-Air Force: $50 (I am not asking one penny less for this bullshit if I have to do it normally.  If for some reason I have a P-Wing after doing World 7, this will go down to $10.)
* 8-1: $40 (If I cannot cloud it by the time I get there.  If it can be clouded, this will be free, as it won't be played.)
* 8-2: $15 (Sands of shame trivializes the first half of the stage, but there IS that pit at the end.  I still don't know what the hell I'm going to do about that thing, which will be the only major obstacle.)
* 8-T2: $30 (I am not betting on this being easy, but I *am* betting on it being easier than 8-T1.  This stage is shorter and has less going on vertically.)
* 8-BC: $50 (I don't care *what* I have when I get to Bowser, that huge donut lift room WILL NOT be pretty.  Chances are that I will not make it to Bowser with any projectile weapons, making the fight absolutely not trivial as well - even if I somehow DO get projectiles there, you think it's gonna be easy to even toss hammers at him?  I normally have to be able to see where a fireball is and jump over it, lest I take damage and have to fall-kill him anyway.)

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Entire Game, Minimum B-Button Usage: $100 <DONE>
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(Puts us at $900 into the new laptop.  I can probably get it at this point.)

* I get to see, but now I'm only allowed to use the B button if the game somehow demands it.  Otherwise, it's completely off-limits.

* Unless speed is MANDATORY for extra-large/high necessary jumps or other reasons, no running will be allowed.  Usage of fireballs, tail, or hammers to kill anything at any time is not permitted; only stomp-killing is permitted.

* Using a tail to slow descents uses the A button, so that's fine.

* B-button presses will be counted, just as peeks were counted in my Blindfolded world runs.

* It's already known at least one B-button press is absolutely mandatory in 2-P; the second wall cannot be overcome without either swinging a tail at it, or picking up a shell/running after it to assure the wall is destroyed.

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How Dance Pad Works
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Here's how this will work.  I get to see, and I can use the B button - but it uh... won't exactly be a B button.  Here's how buttons will likely be mapped; the dance pad's directions will take care of primary in-stage travel directions and actions, and Start/Back will be assigned two directions you don't use much inside of stages (up and down).  There is no amazing setup that will work really well - that's part of the challenge of playing on a dance pad.  :p

Dance Pad = NES Button
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Left      = Left
Right     = Right
Up        = A (for jumping)
Down      = B (for running/firing)

Start     = Up (for entering doors/climbing vines)
Back      = Down (for ducking)

I'll have to stick Start on the keyboard or something; aside from beginning the game, it shouldn't be necessary to use it during the actual run.  Pressing Select is never necessary at any time.

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World 2 on Dance Pad: $50 (Price at Edd's Donation, Set In Stone) <DONE>
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World 3 on Dance Pad: $75 (Price at Edd's Donation, Set In Stone) <DONE>
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World 4 on Dance Pad: $75 (Decided After Edd's Donation, Set In Stone) <Unlocked, Not Done Yet>
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World 5 on Dance Pad: $125 (Current Incentive, Set In Stone)
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World 6 on Dance Pad: $200 (Future Incentive, Subject to Change)
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World 7 on Dance Pad: $150 (Future Incentive, Subject to Change)
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World 8 on Dance Pad: $125 (Future Incentive, Subject to Change)
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