I did not know that. Played the game for 6 hours the other day too.
I know the charged upper cut will do a higher upper cut if you keep doing it, then I think one of the kicks in the beginning lets you jump in the air and kick them away.
EdIT: He does the move in the first ten seconds, that and the charged upper cut thing.
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I beat Pokemon Snap in exactly 3 minutes, 59 seconds.
Damn, doesn't that game take like a couple hours to beat?