I think the intended method for the second part is to punch a barrel through the flames so it blows up the generator, but the slight gap between the flames and the jammer means you can do this - I only found the intended method on my third playthrough lol

Not sure if this is exactly big news, but I found (entirely by accident) these two skips which should take a not-insignificant amount of time off Chapter 7. I'm pretty new to speedrunning and not good enough at this game to get a decent full play time myself, but maybe these will help someone. EDIT: These were recorded on the Nintendo Switch version, I can't confirm that they work on any other version of the game.

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