Hey guys, last night I did 2 runs on SFC. The second one is attached to this post. I ordered an SFC cart and tried it out after NewSchoolBoxer's forum post pointed out the changes in leveling. In the post, I estimated this version of the game would save about 90 seconds or so - turns out it saves a bit more than that. This run wasn't particularly great and the time is already at 58:29. I haven't submitted it yet as I'd like to get yall's opinion.
Should we have a separate category for SFC? The run is quite a bit easier due to leveling. Most games will just incorporate Japanese versions for various reasons into their leaderboard alongside the NA versions. However, like many other versions of Ogre Battle, the slight tweak to experience/battles/spawns makes it distinguishable from the others. My vote is to create a separate category (I know we already have a lot), but I am biased due to the amount of effort and difficulty this took for the sub-hour run on SNES. Would like to hear what everyone thinks.
I like how you beat your English WR on the first day you played in Japanese. The 1-2 level advantage gives more routing flexibility and less risk. Each extra STR or INT point on Opinion Leader is 1-2 points in Tarot card damage.
90+ seconds is larger than it seems considering most of any run is spent idling. Can save 30-60 seconds by never drawing a card a liberation and never pulling buried treasure but you pay for it in Joker cost and missed opportunity. We also didn't have as much competition a year ago. I was originally neutral on separation.
I like separation if we don't separate Fireseal where there is no difference in leveling or routing and the WR odds are steep. I recorded a few hundred Playstation attempts with no success.
If Fireseal is reclassified as a Level versus Miscellaneous Category then SNES/SFC could stay combined there. Sarjem Island as a Level wouldn't show up for SNES/SFC/Playstation.
The Japanese Nintendo Power SFC version has the same nerfed EXP gain as English SNES. I would not separate that from English. Flash carts have always been allowed and it was released on flash cart.
