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Game: Miracle Girls
Platform: SNES (Emulator)
Emulator: Bizhawk 2.5.2 (BSNES core)
Completion time: 17:59.436
Timing begins: Full brightness frame before you gain control
Timing ends: Final minigame timer hits 0

Ever since Solarcell007 and pals decided to pick this game up for their regular SSL challenge, I've been grinding the heck out of this game. Picked up a lot of cool new tricks from their work, so many thanks to everyone involved. I don't currently hang out in the Discord, so I can't thank you all by name, but know that I really appreciate your help. Especially Mr. Freet, who came up with the legendary Freet Stairs technique that makes stage 4 much faster and really cool to watch.

Much of this run is probably straightforward given that it's a basic platformer, but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. My sum of best (as of this writing) is 17:56, so this is still very much improvable. If you can nail the spring jump in stage 3, you'll be in very good shape to improve this. I think I actually slowed down my old stage 5, because I'd lost so many runs at that point that I just decided to start playing it safe. Losing a run to a piece of candy going straight through a floating enemy with no effect is an awful feeling.

All this said, I should note that the flower jump in stage 1 (the second set) is a 1-frame jump. You'll die if you miss it, so it's a big reset point. The spring jump in stage 3 is also a 1-frame jump, but you have a better visual cue for it. For what it's worth, I tend to have better luck with the stage 1 flower jump if I begin with a short hop. This might be a personal thing, but I find that it helps turn the 1-frame jump into more of a rhythm-based jump. Give it a try if you're having trouble.

Other than that, enjoy the run. I'm definitely done with this category now. The seconds are there for the taking with the spring jump, but I'm more than satisfied with this run. :)