I've been doing some TAS work on this game, and been comparing to WR. I am TASing on the NTSC U version. Questions: Why does WR use Fargus in level 5? Why does he die in the area before the slide, twice (I assume once wasn't done correctly), is there any significance to dying here? The WR builds up momentum in the air from just jumping normally (not jumping off slides/ramps) and is able to maintain this momentum and build it up throughout the map. I have tried to replicate how fast he moves in the air in TAS but am unable to. Is this a J version thing? I can tell something is different as directly comparing Shroom Lord boss, WR is able to make a cycle on the boulder and move very fast. I have a feeling these three questions might be related. But I want to know for sure. There is nothing in the tutorial, and there is no explanation in forums or guides. Thanks for the help.

Hi,

if you do the fargus roll attack you get a slight speedboost for the length of the animation. So if you do that roll and die while the animation is still going, you will keep that speedboost for normal walking. (you can even stack it multiple times, thats why wr does it twice..its still worth and saves time compared to doing it just once)

The only downside is that you lose these stacked speedboosts after the next animal portal. So thats why this glitch is only used at that point of the game, because you have alot of stages and paths until the next animal transform gate appears (which is in desert 2)