(obseleted) Another Super Mario 3D "no castle skips" route

[THIS ROUTE HAS BEEN OBSOLETED]
Here is a faster and better route:
https://pastebin.com/PEzrdqcK

Tree land:
• switch star (new strat) (shell clip) (if fail exit course try again) (1)
• 100s (2) + reds (new strat as yoshi involving an egg throw to get many blue coins quick with the koopa) (if fail do different star) (3)
100s route as vid: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/600478184?t=1m40s
100s route as text: https://pastebin.com/6WgnWCUQ
• toppa the tree (4)
• on branch (5)
• see-saws star (6)

Chillyville:
• reds (yoshi required for fire breath) (there is red behind you at start) (get 4 reds as yoshi (3 land, 1 ice) - then rest as mario) (7)

Hot snowland:
• [mario cap or as yoshi] beat-up the ice bully (8)

Unlock mario:
• reds (new strat) (9)
route as vid: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/600478184?t=9m
route as text: https://pastebin.com/p4BGB1BR
• unlock mario

Sunbeam bay:
• toppa the lighthouse (10)
• tippy ship (long jump. triple jump with third jump in water. then sideflip. then double jump kick onto next boat.
then double long jump past chuckya. sideflip up to next level. then double jump kick with second jump on upper level closer to koopa. Then high double jump with second jump close to edge of boat then dive rollout into the star) (11)
• tunnel climbing (12)
• waterfall (13)

Fiery castle:
(can use instead of black brick pause clip star in whomp's volcano): reds (replacement star)
• get key for upstairs (13)

Lava slide:
• reds (14)
• go left (15)

More treeland:
• silvers (need to find route for this) (16)
• plant stomping (need to find route for this) (17)

More penguin world!:
• carry penguin (18)

Hot snowland:
• long jump up mountain (new wallkick strat) (19)
• shell ride (new speed tech) (20)
• lower-level volcano star (21)
• higher-level volcano star (22)

Mole land:
• pipe panic (see piano's run for fast movement) (don't backflip into box) (23)
• kinda narrow bridge (24)
• slide (can slidekick to avoid mole damage) (25)
• slide (can slidekick to avoid mole damage) (26)
(two slide stars)
• Mr I (27)
• 100s (28) + reds (29)
route as text: https://pastebin.com/bg3G6uW8
• mega mushroom speedrun (new route makes this free) (make sure are directly perpendicular to wall to get the ledge grab) (30)

[go left upstairs]

Yoshi desert:
(jump into painting for yoshi desert stars)
• bird bop (no balloon strat) (L button then move camera right) (31)
• Toppa the shynx (see piano's run for movement) (32)
• Pharoh's tomb (33)
• tornados (34)
• koopa (see piano's run for new movement) (35)
- probs too slow: reds (also monumentally difficult without ? blocks)

[mushroom level is 2nd bowser painting]
Mushroom speedrunning:
• speed movement (36)

[blue thing] newer islands:
• reds (37)
• silvers (38)

Lobby:
• toppa the castle (39)

Shipyard slow:
• easy ship (40)
• harder ship (41)
• cannon across (42)
• (replaces BitFC reds): swim to the cave (extra star) (increases star count to 50) (will be one star ahead for rest of run)

Wario land:
• switch star (43)

Whomp's volcano:
(found an easier slide kick spot left of the one piano used in his 56:52 run)
• fight whomp (try pause clip, if fail get goomba gate star) (44)
• mountain top (slide kick mashing required) (unlock cannon if not doing black brick pause clip) (45)
• pause clip then parkour (see piano's run for strats) (slide kick mashing required) (unlock cannon) (46)
• goomba gate (slide kick mashing required) (47)
• Lava parkour speed (48)
• balloon trip without balloon (jump off side) (slide kick mashing required) (49)


(an extra star is in route to make total 50)

The end:
• beat bowser
• win


-my thoughts on this route:-
It's much better than my original 51 star route.
Thank you very much to piano for showcasing all the new strats
in his 51 star run.