Hi,

Is there an active speedrunning discord for this game? I saw the sticky thread but the link seems outdated.

Thanks

This could be an entertaining challenge. I don't think adding a category would benefit the game though, it is not like everything has been done and seen in the other categories!

Loading times are significantly faster on iso so it shouldn't be allowed. Wait for a moderator confirmation though

Yeah NTSC-J is most likely faster for all treasures. But still, considering how long is the run, the difference is negligible for the moment. It wouldn't be the case if the record was much more optimized, but it will probably never happen considering the influence of rng. Basically if you're good and if you get good rng, you can get WR (pay off debt or all treasures) with any version.

I'm not a mod, but I'm pretty sure any sort of video will be accepted. Though, the cuts shouldn't happen between days making the fact that it is a single segment run questionable! Best of luck with your runs.

For pay off debt, it's most likely ntscu>pal>ntscj. The main advantage of PAL over NTSC-U is snagret hole 6, where PAL treasure (from the bulborb) can be carried over water using only one candypop bud. But you could easily get rid of that problem skipping the whole SH6, and getting the treasures of SC5 (as keisen did in its record).

The fact that you see no difference between the routes is because it is biased due to corpses. Depending on how fast you are, you collect more or less corpses. If you are faster, you have to collect some extra treasures! Sublevel layout has its influence too (e.g GK4, most of the time one of the three treasures is unreachable without yellows. Depending which one it is, you are more or less... fucked.) But theorically, if luck wasn't biasing the thing, different regions would have quite different routes. This huge luck factor just equalizes it I guess.