We can all agree that both these run categories will be and are very long. I am personally routing 880 right now, and 100% is being worked on, so I decided how much time you watch yourself collect moons. With 880 total moons, we have three types of moons: Regular moons- A quick cutscene that just pops you right back into the game. It takes about 3.5 seconds. Story Moons- Moons above metal switches that progress the story in a level. These have a longer cutscene with Cappy, as well as any cutscene that follows after. From the start of the moon collection to when you hit the switch is 10.5 seconds. Finally, we have Triple Moons. This gives a flashy cutscene with Cappy, and kicks you to the Odyssey. There also may be an additional cutscene or text box (like when you get the invisible hat, for example). From the collection of the triple moon to the start of any given cutscene is about 26 seconds.
Now for some math! There are 22 triple moons, worth 66 moons. 880-66 is 814 moons. 22 Triple moons x 26 seconds = 572 seconds. 814 moons x 3.5 seconds is 2849 seconds. (572+2849)/60 = 57 minutes. Giving the benefit of the doubt of the extra 7 seconds for the ~30ish moons, I'd say we are looking at about an hour of just watching you collect moons. A lot of them. Thanks! Bye.
And that isn't even all the cutscenes that follow suit from collecting story or triple moons!
Then there are achievement moons that take longer to get due to the dialogue.
Also, how long do cutscenes of Odyssey taking off, cutscene of a moon spawning and other things take?
It's kind of hard to calculate though as only some moons appear with a cutscene (most notably the telescope moons) and the cutscene time can differ a lot per moon. I assume it's another 10 to 15 minutes.
Artman, remember this is PURELY the little fanfare you get with every moon. I could start digressing every little moon related cutscene, but then that would just be the general run... right? :)
