I've always wanted to do this challenge from, like, 2009. It was set forth by sonicpacker, who used a TAS [[ Ссылка ]] to beat Koopa the Quick while also collecting Bob-omb Battlefield's red coins.
That run is actually invalid because it uses cannons - something that Koopa the Quick immediately calls you out on, even if you've beaten the race! This run doesn't use cannons at all, but does use the wing cap after the 4th red coin. It is possible to do this capless but requires a trick (island hop) that I have no practice in.
Certainly other people have done this before, but I wanted to throw my hat into the ring.
The run itself isn't perfect - my movement was extremely sloppy in most places but thankfully I managed to have good movement after the 7th red coin, fearful that even this attempt would've been too slow. It's improvable but certainly not necessary at all. Besides, who's keeping track?
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