Any% NMG - WR Route

https://ch.nicovideo.jp/kbys2718/blomaga/ar1958691

This is the route used in the current world record for Any% NMG, which is 47:48 by akisu_nico.

Any% using Lady-Luck's Bug

This guide assumes you know the controls and locations of key areas. Turbo is recommended, though not required. This route is not possible with the English patch. Time begins from power on and ends when the game’s logo appears at the end of the credits.

This route utilizes a glitch known as “Lady-Luck’s Bug” (LB), which is a memory destruction glitch that has various effects on the game, one of which is a credits warp. LB is only possible using Hawke. The glitch can be used by entering and exiting Oapu 10 times after doing stuff at Pirate’s Cove. The outcome of this glitch changes each frame, so you need to land on a specific frame for this to work, which is usually random. The most common things to happen is someone starts talking gibberish, you go to another map, you receive specific items or party members, or you warp to the final boss fight. The credits warp can be hard to get as the frame window is extremely narrow. The TAS by knbnitkr uses this glitch to beat the game in 2:14.77 (timed from power on to final input). Note that RNG doesn’t start calculating until you’ve loaded into gameplay and pauses while the map is open.

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- Select New Game, Male (top option), Hawke (bottom option), rename him to い (1st row, 2nd character), then mash A until the game begins. To quickly select New Game, hold Up and A as the console powers on
- Map to Pirate’s Cove (Up 1), then talk to the group of pirates around the table and select the 1st option twice, then leave and re-enter Pirate’s Cove via the boat
- Talk to the group of pirates again and select the 1st option, then leave and map to Oapu (Up 1 next, Up 1). Once you talk to the pirates, each NPC in the area will become an encounter. Run down as soon as you’re done talking to them to avoid an encounter. If you get any encounters, just run away. These encounters will not impact the glitch. Right before leaving, create a save. You can either soft or hard reset here to manipulate RNG, though it’s not required
- Talk to the people at the port and select Oapu 10 times. Just mash A or B until you’ve re-entered Oapu 10 times and hope you arrived on time. At any time, you can delay pressing A on the map to see if you can correctly guess the frame.
- You can perform an optional RNG manipulation just before talking to the group of pirates again. I have created a tutorial for one I created, which is based on tank_himekawa's manip used in his 7:15
https://youtu.be/oxp7gR9_FrA

If you didn’t get warped to the credits, soft reset and load the save you created. If you have turbo, you will get much more consistent results, though not 100% consistent as navigating the map at the same speed each time is difficult since you can’t buffer inputs. This glitch is called Lady-Luck’s Bug for a reason. Warping to the credits is seemingly random

Name	Author
Any% NMG - WR Route	SkyeSage17 4 years ago
Any% using Lady-Luck's Bug	SkyeSage17 4 years ago