Hi all.

I thought I should make this post to let everyone know that as of May 2020, these lines in the rules of any% and 100% have been modified as follows:

"The only allowed emulators are mGBA and BizHawk with mGBA core. Runs using these must also use the BIOS file, and show the GBA startup screen via a hard reset before the run.

Use of an official release is required for runs below 39:00 (for any%) / 43:00 (for 100%)."

Previously we did not enforce hard resets for PC emulator runs, but starting now we will reject any runs that do not show proof of BIOS use. This is because emulator without BIOS saves about 50 seconds, giving an unfair advantage.

Additionally, any unofficial VC injects (so far I'm only aware of 3DS) will be considered as emulator runs.

That said, the emulator threshold has been lowered significantly for both categories.

Thanks for reading.

The old way of downgrading using steamdb was removed, but it's still doable using a third-party program.

First you have to install Microsoft's .NET Desktop Runtime from this link: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.1

Next, download DepotDownloader: https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader/releases

Open the command line (PowerShell for Windows 10) in that folder. In Windows 10 you shift + right click in the folder to bring up that option. To get the version of Fishy2 two before the current one, which is the fastest version, type in the following command. It should go without saying that since this is a paid game, this won't work unless you've already bought the game on your Steam account.

dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app 1216540 -depot 1216541 -manifest 6130279695688438643 -username INSERT YOUR STEAM USERNAME -password INSERT YOUR STEAM PASSWORD

Wait for the download to complete - it might take a while. It's worth noting that most of the files are contained in one very large file, so the download may appear stalled at a low percent completion for up to 25 minutes depending on your internet speed.

Once you have the files, follow step 9 and onwards of this guide for the old method. https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/611h5e/guide_how_to_download_older_versions_of_a_game_on/

1.0 is the fastest version of Fishy by at least a second, mainly because a gap in the final level was closed off in update 1.1.

EDIT 4/15/2020: The old way of downgrading using steamdb has been removed. You can still downgrade, however, using a third party program.

First you have to install Microsoft's .NET Desktop Runtime from this link: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.1

Next, download DepotDownloader: https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader/releases

Open the command line (PowerShell for Windows 10) in that folder. In Windows 10 you shift + right click in the folder to bring up that option.

To download Fishy 1.0, type in this command and press enter:

dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app 1147750 -depot 1147751 -manifest 5243640710114192967 -username INSERT YOUR STEAM USERNAME -password INSERT YOUR STEAM PASSWORD

Wait for the download to complete - it might take a while. It's worth noting that most of the files are contained in one very large file, so the download may appear stalled at a low percent completion for up to 25 minutes depending on your internet speed.

Once you have the files, follow step 9 and onwards of the old guide. https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/611h5e/guide_how_to_download_older_versions_of_a_game_on/

Hey all, there is another any% tournament being hosted on SpeedGaming this year. If you've ran this game before, or even if you haven't, do consider it! Please read the entire tournament description, including the embedded pastebin, so nothing takes you by surprise.

Registration is at https://challonge.com/knidlany2019

If you need further convincing look no further: check out this hype video made by Rox.

So I’m going to pick up this game in the near future, and I was wondering about the RNG of getting Coo in specific bags for any%. swordsmankirby says this applies in 4-4 and 6-4, but I notice, bbqsauz, that in your PB you don’t even stop in 4-4 to see if the bag contained Coo. Instead you grab him in 5-3. So I have a few questions. First, is it optimal to have Coo in 4-4? Second, about how much time do you lose if you don’t get Coo in 6-4? And lastly, do you have something like a list of what bags have set helpers and which ones are random?

Thanks in advance.

What's the optimal ability for this course? I'd guess it's probably Wing because that's what the TAS uses but I found an old run of Crono's which uses Ninja.