Good chance these are already known, but in the tunnel after bombette 2.0 (kappa) kms' , when going into the mole area, it is possible to jump from the staircase to the higher up part, removing the part where you have to go around. Found this during casual play-through. Also, in the Ice temple, when approaching the spiral staircase with the two ice spikes throwing snowballs down, the game wants you to use confetti to build a path, although you can go around this on the right side. As I said, probably already known but thought no point in not sharing. If needed, I will get images for them.
With the going around the Not-so-bottomless holes in the Ice temple, I think the same idea could be applied in some places in the fire temple, because there were some that looked like going around them may be possible.
Edit: The hole in the fire temple I mentioned is the one where there is a fire bro on a chest to your left, and once you fill the hole, a fire bro jumps down that you have to fight.
Same with the start of ? island for 100%. You can jump over the gap itself or go around the right for a safer and slower method. There is definitely a lot of these throughout the game.
Edit : All the Not-Bottomless holes are skip-able on ? island by going around them. Although the last 2 are considerably harder compared to the first one.
I have an idea on how to speed up required battles on enemies with 20-24 hp. My theory is to buy fire flowers at the first streamer and then use them during the second and third streamer since pretty soon you will have to use equitable items and that would probably take a lot of time. An excellent fire flower does 24 damage which I have noticed one shots a large amount of enemies that basic boots and hammers can’t do. Now while this only helps against enemies in the jumping line I do believe it will save a lot of time in required battles. It’s just a theory though so if it is wrong I can live with that lol.
In the ice Temple in the room with the big hammer bro (?) at the top there is a hole you have to fill, but you can jump around it on the left side. I can add a video if it’s needed.
Interesting thing: if an enemy is dashing towards you and you open the menu or talk to Olivia the enemy stops dashing at you.
Can Someone check if you can get buried treasure in the great sea before the toads tell you where it is (this would only help with minor routing for 100% but it would be useful)
I think I just discovered a new timesaver! https://share.icloud.com/photos/09pfGQFlkBNuGhE214mQ45dcg
@POTATOJONES Well, I know that you can't get the treasure when the fog is there, and the toad is on skull island anyway, so I don't think it would save any time.
@POTATOJONES, I believe I did what you were describing with the treasure. After the fog is lifted and I had access to the entire great sea I randomly looked for treasure in a rock formation and pulled up a chest. Later on I talked to a toad who said something like "Let me show you where the treasure is... it looks like you already got this one!".
