gg :)

Maybe I found a different route then, because I'm only running JP with no pickups atm and there are only 2 items that I think I hit by accident. Are you looking at the JP any% to make that determination? I think a lot of those problems can be avoided by simply jumping over the risky enemies or pausing a few frames to get them out of the way of the item.

It's actually pretty easy not to pick up items in ng3. It is only difficult to slash cancel and not use ninpo by accident.

Then why not the happy medium between 2 and 1?

enemy and boss kills are sword only. nothing can be picked up, and item sprites cannot be broken. expelling of sub weapons is fine as long as it doesn't aid the run in any way. e.g. RNG manipulation or the addition ninpo makes to the countdown timer in NG1

Well at least they had us reset our passwords.

From what I remember there was the following discussion about versions.

v1 = no pickups, no ninpo usage v2 = pickups OK, accidental ninpo OK

My vote is for low% version 3: No pickups. Ninpo OK.

I have been trying all the different versions of low% that we have discussed and that is my favorite.

I'm not really sure why people dislike the idea of using the shuriken and default ninpo to kill an enemy or attack a boss in ng2 and ng3 low%. It still fits the idea of low% and makes it a lot more fun/flexible. People will start having "accidents" all the time anyways in version 2. V1 seems more popular EXCEPT for the ninpo usage prohibition. If that is the case, then you could always do a version where there is no pickups and only accidental usage allowed.

Did SRC just restore from a backup or something? It seems like a ton of posts just got lost. Or is it me?

Hope everyone is doing well.

I have always thought of Low% kind of being the opposite of 100% in runs and although there is no 100% category in NG games, if it did I would expect it to involve picking up every available item. In that case, wouldn't Low% mean not picking up ANY items at all? Technically, pacifist runs without item pickups seem to be closer to actual SRC Low% definition. NG Low% runs seem like they should be considered sword only.

Either way, rules differ between games, and it is up to the community to agree upon them. It sounds like the NG series rules have already been established. FWIW My opinion is that no optional health, sword, or item upgrades should be allowed in any low% run.

I plan on attempting this run in the near future so hopefully all this gets figured out by then! Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Got it. Thanks for the quick reply!

Hi there! Hope you're doing well. I just finished a run of this game on the Master System. Was wondering if you guys would want to add that console version as a category to this game or keep it NES only. It doesn't really matter to me either way, but thought I would ask first before requesting a new game to be added.

Here is my run for reference. As you can see, there is a lot of room for improvement.

Thanks for your time!

Indeed. I just checked here myself for the same reason. I did manage to find the run by kakusuko in 21:16 on niconico: nicovideo.jp/watch/sm29334494

Ma-chan only has ganbare goemon 2 RTA videos on his account. He does have a guide describing how to play this game in Japanese and it describes himself as the real WR holder at that time.

Only thing I could find as a possible reference to resterror's WR runs is their live broadcast of this game on the 5th of November 2013 (the date listed for the run on SR.com) but it looks like that was a 19:52? And the video no longer exists.