Saturday, January 3, 2009

Air Brakes

The evolution of trapping pipes has caused many advanced techniques to arise. One of the most useful innovations that we have come up with is something we call "air brakes". Often, you will find yourself hurtling into a pipe with reckless abandon, only to discover that the landing spot has been trapped. What do you do? Originally the only course of action was to curse your opponent (or self, depending on the amount of attention you are paying) and resign the loss of a balloon.

However, we have discovered a way to at least decelerate, if not stop, in the air. While flying through the air to your doom, press B + L (shoulder button) while pushing and holding the joystick to the left. Obviously, the same would work with R and/or holding the joystick to the right. The combination of these three causes you to land before the trap and change direction so you don't accidentally roll into it upon landing. Of course, this led dropping a trap slightly before landing such that someone would hit it only if they used air brakes, but would sail over the trap in normal circumstances. Use your best judgement.

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