Hello!
I've seen a bunch of speedruns of this game over the past years, and have always loved playing it too. So I figured why not get into both it and speedrunning in general? With that, I have a bunch of questions:
Note: This is for a 100% run
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Is there a way to tell which version of the game I have? Its definitely NTSC (I'm from the US), but have no idea which version, and is it THAT big of a deal? I gave a brief overview of the stickied thread and it doesn't seem like much of an issue, but wanted to be sure.
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Is FFM REALLY required before every single attempt? That seems like a massive pain to have to spend 3 minutes or so just to do a run, even if its minuscule to the 2.5+ required hours.
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I'm not sure how much time I'd be able to put into it, considering working, and I've never (seriously) speedrun a game before. Is it a good idea to practice individual levels before attempting a full run? I already know about 80%+ of the game by heart, so it would mostly be learning specific routes and tricks. That being said...
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It seems heavily movement based but not super technically intensive. Besides watching the 100% Beginner speedrun and going from there, is there anything else you recommend. Specific tricks to practice?
If I think of anything else I'll get back to you. I already have a capture card, by the way but haven't set it up. I used to used a separate one entirely to capture other games, so I just need to quickly learn how to use this one.
Thank you again for those of who you want to help!