noticed that the record for hard mode on emulator was easily beatable (no offense), so I went back and got this after some tries. its really just the exact same route as for normal, its just the boss fight that is different, and I fucked that up pretty bad. all together a really shit run with many mistakes but still good enough for wr in this category. not sure if i will ever optimize my runs, because there is a LOT of time to be saved in both of them, maybe if more people give this game a go.