Is Sub 1 Hour possible?
6 years ago
United Kingdom

I think a TAS could get sub hour bc that shit would be so insane imo

Virginia, USA

According to the level world records, the total amount of time is 54 minutes and 36 seconds. That DOES NOT include cutscenes or selecting kingdoms. If anyone wants to compile all of those times and add in cutscenes, it could be possible to figure out if a sub1 is actually possible.

Florida, USA

@RandomTed I timed the cutscenes, And I came up with 1:01:22. Probably not completely accurate but I'd say its pretty close

Edited by the author 6 years ago
Argentina

I´m pretty sure it wont go lower than 102 without any new glitches or skips.

Australia

Most people seem to underestimate rather than overestimate how far speedgames can really be pushed. Like, remember when we weren't even at sub 1:10? I don't think people thought the current WR would be possible for a long time, yet it has been a mere 4 months since the game's release. There are so many minor strats and tech left to utilise and discover we can keep improving the time for a while yet just with such optimisation. And like I said, the game's been out for 4 months, we have a long way to go.

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England

Yh that was at the start of finding strats and routes offcourse we were gonna improve the time by a lot. However now the only thing found are tiny timesavers.

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Essex, England

All we need now is m e g a dive vaults

New Jersey, USA

Never say something in speedrunning is impossible. If you try your hardest, it is.

Germany

In SM64, a Human Theory TAS was able to sub 1:33 hours for 120 stars. Turns out some basic movement is a lot faster if done frame-perfectly and current runners are slowly getting closer to doing that consistently; we don't know yet if similar silent time saves are possible in Odyssey

Edited by the author 6 years ago
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New Jersey, USA

There’s a difference between a game that’s 17 years old and a game that’s 4 months old.

Still, I wasn’t necessarily talking time wise. Tricks and optimizations are still possible. SM64 is proof of that.

Edited by the author 6 years ago
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Essex, England

She doesn't mean time as in speedrunning, she means time as in years games been out

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Mesa, AZ, USA

Fuck it, i wanna see a run without collecting any moons

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Germany

Star%, the main subcategory in SMO64 (speedrun.com/smomemes) collects as few moons as possible to visit the Mushroom Kingdom