Hi I'm a big fan of this game and decided to start running it ,but I have a few questions.

1. How do you do minecart/rocket barrel levels optimally?

2. Is it faster to roll through enemies or roll jump on to them at max speed? (when you have Diddy Kong)

Currently I've been doing demo any% runs but during my usual time of about 4:51 I have noticed my load times in total are 7-8 seconds longer than the world record. I've been playing on digital if that helps answer anything.

1. You need to have just a good start and ending. On minecart stages main rule is to jump over every uphill and ride downhills (even though some downhills are too steep and you go more down than forward). You should look for videos about them.

2. Enemies in this game does have a weird pushback when you roll through them. In some stages (like 1-4) you usually chain momentum bounces on the enemies. If it’s one individual enemy you should just roll through.

We will do LRT (load removed time) for HD when Switch 2 releases, because of (potentionally) faster loads. It would’ve changed any% too much. I’m not entirely sure if it will be done for demo category, but you should ask from Leah.

Ok Thanks

For this game and also the Demo Version, it's faster to put the game in the "Switch's memory" instead of your SD card, as this will otherwise result in the slower load time's you've mentioned. Then you'll automatically get faster loads. If you have further questions about this game, its mechanics or the speedrun in general, you're welcome to join the Discord server ;)