I have made a TAS for Talon's Reach on Phantom with Piranha on XL (NTSC version). It is still improvable but shows of the fastest strat (I know of) pretty well. I am planning to do more of these in the future. Looking for some feedback as well.

I think it's unlikely to be possible but if it can somehow be done to get to the top part of Asylum Gateway early (without the Marcher Gad (walk on coals)) the any%/TAS route could drastically change and several minutes can be saved.

The top part has 5 quick dark souls for grabs. This means that all 12 Gateway dark souls can be gotten immediately + 3 Marrow Gates = 15. This means the entire Wasteland level could be skipped!

There are a few possible places I have tried and failed.

1. Pipe section with moving platforms. The walkway above it is just out of reach. There is a pipe high up you can just barely not reach the top of. If you somehow can, that's it.

2. Closed door close to Engineer Key. This door can only be opened from the other side with the Engineer Key. There is some small room on the sides of the door frame. I have tried to glitch through but failed. Perhaps and enemy can help but it's tough.

3. Boxes with dark soul on top. There are some boxes with a dark soul on top. There is some small room on the side of them. If you can get on top that's it.

Very unlikely it can be done but would be an amazing sequence break that saves a lot of time.

I have finished making a Tool-Assisted speedrun for the game :). I clocked a total time 31 minutes and 16 seconds (starting from loading a new file to when Legion dies). For some reason loading screens are a bit longer on emulator so on a real n64 it should be sub 31 minutes.

The emulator movie file .bk2 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1f8n50tg2jZLFjVsOkWnlI4ZlBWDjWSi6 . This plays the TAS back in the Bizhawk emulator.

Anyway enjoy!

Is there a difference between the Japanese and English versions of this game?

I just watched the run from joncwl on Easy mode and I noticed a few things. He can have 2 shots and multiple healing items at the same time. Whenever I play on Easy mode 1 shot is the maximum I never get any new ones if I already have one. I am playing the European version, a new game without a memory card.

Also the damage on bosses he does with the shots is way more than I can ever manage, also when they are not defending. Maybe the Japanese version is easier on easy mode? Maybe I'm missing something.

My pb was around 35 minutes a few years ago but somehow that video got lost. Maybe I'll record a better run but the record of 28 minutes is completely out of reach for the above mentioned reasons for me.

Edit: I double checked and there is no way to have 2 shots at the same time on easy in the European version. Any you can collect from barrels or by finishing stages are just not there if you still have one in your inventory. Same for other items (2 heals and 3 bombs max). There is also no very easy mode on European version at all.

Hello all,

Would it be possible to add a section for best times for each track individually. Track 1 - 7? I did runs for these tracks a few years ago that I could submit.