OK, I just did a 100% run, I think I did the optimal route, just not very well, so I got 4:26 :P Always get life, not death, at the shrines, it's faster and the stamina or whatever is literally useless.

I've just got a basic stopwatch thingy, gonna have to retime everything ofc, just trying to install OBS now. Sub 3 any% should be suuuuuper easy, and I'd like to research the optimal deathwarp route and suchlike.

Yeah, that

Llanfair just doesn't load for me, I'm trying NWSplit. I think it's definitely faster, although yeah, it should be tested. Maybe it only happens because I'm running the game through Wine? Go to the back of the pool thingy, and iirc you need to be slightly to the left and facing down, in the same position as when talking normally to the... whoever they are. Edit: looks like problematicar got it to work yay

OK, so, for the second one, it seems that you have to hold the direction to move into the rocks just before the cutscene, and slowly move up in order to move to the side as quickly as possible. I'll try and record a video after I've found a timer.

I just read these threads, and I downloaded the game cos it looks like a nice speedgame :D I think I've found a couple of (small-ish) timesaves;

1. You can go OOB in the water section right after entering the room and go more or less directly to the key. I know you guys know about this glitch, but I don't think you used it in a run.
2. If you talk to the final boss from the back, it just restarts the game without the fight happening. This was after collecting (afaik) all the shrines and stuff, so this might just be for 100%, or intended...? I'm gonna try and do a couple of runs (on Ubuntu rn so gonna have to find a suitable timer :P) and see what sort of time I get.

Also, wasn't there a run in 2015, which would be a lot older than this...?

Awesome! Just glad I still have record I guess. Retiming, unless you already have.

I'm probably going to end up doing this to a lot of these games. http://jhynjhiruu.uk/etc/rb4v3_unlocked.exe

I downloaded the game from coolmath, changed 1 line of code to remove the copy protection, and exported to an .exe file: http://jhynjhiruu.uk/etc/rb4v2_unlocked.exe If you want, I can upload the .swf file so you can compare it. This should help decrease lag etc. and make some things easier. Edit: updated URL

The original release, and you can download it in the Releases section of this page.

It's possible to get to the final level/dungeon/whatever without lava resistance (whatever it's called can't remember), is it at all possible to beat the final area without it?

http://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/Hourglass.html

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZwJT9h4PSxMrhnToPPxGJUgDvozG0PVswx8U4D28VY/edit?usp=sharing

Does anyone run PAL OOB? Everyone on YouTube seems to say it's not possible, which is clearly untrue (as long as you run Normal Mansion instead of Hidden Mansion), and I am unable to find any [evidence of] PAL Any% runs. As someone who lives in the UK, I would be interested in getting in to running Any% PAL, but I can't find any leaderboards or even any other runs.

P.S. I changed it so the region of NSMB is now NTSC/US cos you know it kinda is

Also do you think my 'don't verify unless 3 days' idea is good?

I've been playing MK8D too lol :)

I personally think that mods verifying their own submissions is a little bit of a bad idea, seeing as one of the main points of verification is someone else checking you're not cheating or whatever, but as sometimes other mods can take a while to verify submissions, I think that 3 days after the initial submission is made, mods should be able to verify their own submissions. (Feedback/contributions would be great :) )