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I notice that the CP players can fall through soft platforms (i.e. those that you can fall through by pressing down while standing on them, such as in Dreamland) as they are coming down from being airborn. Is there any way that a player can pass through a platform as they are falling down without first landing on the platform?

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    BOARD THE PLATFORMS!
    – Raven Dreamer
    Commented Jul 5, 2011 at 15:35

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After you finish an up B move and enter the "helpless" falling state, you can fall through soft platforms by simply holding down on the joystick. This state is the only time you can fall through a platform as if it were not there.

Not all characters can do this. Examples include Kirby (the final down-stroke of his final cutter up B does not ever finish until interrupted by landing/getting hit/blast zone) as well as both Jigglypuff and Yoshi (the two non-jumping up B's). Also Falcon's up B does not make him helpless if it connects with an opponent (but does remove his second (aerial) jump). A related special case is Fox's up B (the fire fox) can also pass through soft platforms during the move itself, when aimed downwards.

In all other cases, you can't fall through a platform per se, so it must be done in two steps: land, then drop through. Given enough practice with the timing, it is possible to perform the two step sequence fluidly and almost seamlessly. The fastest way to drop through a platform from a standing state is to "shield drop" by pressing Z and down on the stick at the same time. It saves a frame or two of ducking animation compared to the normal smash the stick downwards method, and also works while running/dashing.

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It's all in the timing, you have to double tap down as you're about to hit the platform and you'll land on the platform below.

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    I tried this many times, and couldn't get it to work. Are there any videos or explanations that could help? I was sometimes able to land on the platform and then quickly fall through, but this is not what I'm trying to do. Instead of landing on the platform, the characters should go through the platform as though it is not there. The CP players do it all the time in Dreamland.
    – Senseful
    Commented Jul 8, 2011 at 4:42
  • I actually had to go bust out my console to find this out :P I didn't see what you were referring to with the CP not touching the platforms. I tried both the double tap, and then one mentioned by Delphy and I couldn't drop, so my answer is not correct either. I swear that's how it was done, but I guess it might be only specific to brwal. There was no way that I could replicate the ignoring a platform even as I fell.
    – Sorean
    Commented Jul 11, 2011 at 5:38
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I'm not 100% sure, it's been a while since I played an N64, but if you are on a platform and pass through it and if you hold down you will just continue through lower soft platforms.

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  • i believe this is correct as well. just hold down.
    – Gauzy
    Commented Jul 6, 2011 at 2:09

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