QuébecI hope you realize that the "1st" place you are trying to debunk isn't the fastest time right? Dyne's video is a 31:32 by Eddie and gossyo has a 38:10. So you trying to debunk a "WR" that's, in reality, not the fastest time.
gossyo back then tweeted that he got the speedrun.com "WR" and I am fairly certain Eddie retweeted it too, so ultimately I think Eddie didn't care about that spot, but the video is out there. So all the whelk quick kill, the Marshal stuff and the rest you are using as an argument claiming its fake, well yeah it's slow, hence why Eddie's run is faster. And on speedrun.com a general rule of thumb is if the runner doesn't want to submit his or her run, it's up to them.
Looks like you only looking the speedrun on the surface through VODs and trying to replicate what you see and instead of trying to understand why it doesn't work, you simply call it fake and make a thread about it.
The inputs and setup are different based on what platform you are playing on. So yes the setup on JP vs US on console is different and JP Console vs JP WiiU could be different because of emulator differences vs hardware. The run was made on WiiU because Eddie (Japanese FF6 researcher who made the video Dyne posted above) found a setup for it on that platform and someone else submitted a run out of it.
As far as separating categories, ultimately nobody really cares. It's Any%. Rarely anybody plays FF6 that way compared to the other categories where they are already separated. Any% is a cool tech demo of what you can do with the game, but as far as a speedrun and learning the game and enjoying FF6, I would suggest looking into Glitchless or New Game+.
Glitchless is a good complete speedrun of the game, and New Game+ (which is very well documented) is a quick way to finish the game in a very short amount of time with crazy glitches. Or if you want glitches but still want to play FF6, look into No Sketch/Sketch for a 4 hour run.
The solo Terra Any% route was done in the past on the US version as a TAS but requires precise inputs and is extremely unlikely to achieve on console. The glitch triggering the credit call is extremely precise and random (behavior changes every frame or so and changes based on how many party members you have + your controller inputs) and there's a lot more than meets the eye especially with that route. While possible on paper to achieve on RTA for the US, nobody actually sat down and grinded a super low success rate glitch that takes 30mins to setup and only has one shot.
Solo Terra Any% TAS + Technical glitch info below: http://tasvideos.org/5456S.html http://tasvideos.org/4790S.html
Some runners attempted in the past to replicate the Solo Terra setup on US version (myself included) and the consistency isn't there. The reason the 4 party member route was created is to have consistency on the glitch. Kadmony was the one who came up with the 4 party route and made possible triggering the glitch on RTA. If you want more information about the glitch you can watch this video :
