Warps

What it is

Several glitches can result in Yoshi warping to level 1-1. When this occurs, you start off falling in the air and must flutter 8-9 times while holding right before dropping, or else you will fall too low and die. Level 1-1 can then be completed, and the game will continue on as though you had just beaten the level in which the glitch was activated.

Video (Demonstration): https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=7DQWSqSUQ90

Theory Behind The Warp

The glitch is performed in different ways depending on which level you are in. Each glitch follows the same general format though. The area that Yoshi warps to when he goes through a pipe is dependent on where Yoshi actually is when the screen transition is triggered, and not which pipe he goes down. Thus, entering a pipe from a different position than usual can result in the game not knowing where to send Yoshi. This causes him to be sent coordinates (0,0) – the top left corner – of the default level (1-1).

Tutorial

The following tutorial will teach you how to do all the relevant warps for speedrunning.

Video (How to do the 1-1 Warps): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5nQpY1-v4k
The 5-4 Warp is a 2 frame window.

List of 1-1 Warps

The following list contains a list of all known level with warps in the game and how much time they would save in Any% if done correctly!

• 1-1: None
• 1-3: None
• 1-4: ~29 Seconds
• 2-1: ~48 Seconds
• 2-4: ~27 Seconds
• 2-5: None
• 3-1: ~10 Seconds
• 4-3: None
• 4-7: ~1 Second
• 5-4: ~3 Minutes 20 Seconds
• 6-7: None