Greetings,

I hope, there is anyone active in here xD I loved Secret of Mana as a Child, I played very very much. After seeing some Runs, I finally decided, that I'll try SoM and play it first casually, learning the Game again and the whole lot of Glitches that is there in SoM. There are some Questions here from my Side: First: I don't want to directly adapt to the WR Strat. I want to find my Own Route. Whats the best way to do that on a Game, big as SoM? Do I just start the Game, play it and cut it in different Parts, where I then can route these Parts?

Second: The Glitches. There are a few of Glitches used to Speedrun SoM. I allready got the Money Glitch working, but I don't really understand the Equipment Trashing Glitch. Like I saw in a run, this Glitch is used to get more Walnuts throuhg destroying not used Equipment. Because I have to Walnuts in my Stash, this would give my allways 16 Walnuts without buying some new. Also, the Knowledge Base of SDA doesn't have a proper explanation about that.

Third: I got a Question about the beginning of the Game, which seems to be different through Versions. I first started with the German and European Version. As soon, as I leave the Water Temple to go to the Canoli Brothers to get to the Navael Ressort (The Dwarven thing xD) I just get the Message, that Viktor (the Knight from the Beginning) had taken care of my flight to the Watertemple. If I now do the same on the US version, I can normally fly to the Navael Spot. This seems to be a big difference in Route here. Are there more differences like that in the Versions?

For Speedrunning SoM: Are there Emulators not allowed? I'm currently playing with the snesx9

Greetings, ph1l and sorry for my bad English.