Does 2P require two actual players, or does it just mean playing the game in 2P mode? E.g., would I be allowed to control two ships by myself using two controllers? Or would that end up as a separate category, possibly requiring handcam?

Just a note: you can make the level leaderboard the default, so it's what people see when they visit the game page.

I completed my first Ch1% run yesterday, though it wasn't very good (1:32:xxish). Planning to do another today before I take the time to showcase it in any capacity.

IGT is accurate, and takes into account cutscenes but not loads, meaning it equalizes across platforms with different levels of DLC access (such as PC/Switch). While I play on PC, I would like to see this change as it would provide a more level playing field. The only caveat I can see is that it would become very efficient to quit-out in order to refresh skill cooldowns, but that's already always going to be cheaper RTA than waiting for them to refill, so it doesn't really incur a cost as it is.

I'd also like to see emulator added to the boards, as this is the only way I could submit runs as well. ILs would also be very nice to have.

This technique is significantly faster than the aerial knife throw used in some of the runs here. Would add under guides but I don't appear to have the necessary permissions to do so.

More specifically, the run would start at the same point, and would end upon the last hit on Weiss the Kobold Lord (or alternately, the first frame of black after defeating him, to keep parity with the existing timing method for the any% run). If this is a "do a run and it will be added situation" I'm happy to, just would like to know that that's the case before I put in the practice - I've been constructing a route based on st_all's PS4 WR. A couple people in the Anime Speedrun Discord (https://discord.gg/YtMMvcB5Su) are talking about running this game in addition to myself.

It's been a long time - but the Switch version is now on the boards.

The previous mod was inactive and for this reason I have taken over this board. PC and Switch versions have been added and categories have been reorganized.

Are we allowed to use any character for ILs? I don't see a mention in any rules that we aren't but there's also no subcategories or variables mentioning different characters, and surely they're not all equal in terms of speed. For example, I have multiple IL runs with Curly Brace that are pretty quick, but I'm pretty sure it's not fair to compare her to Aban because she's so much faster what with the air dash.

Looking at running this...since this game is only available digitally in the West, would playing on SSD significantly improve load times? If so, should that be a variable on the boards? Or is it not worth it because of the console's bus speed limits? I've seen it make a difference for a few PS3 games but wasn't sure if any testing had been conducted on this one.

Is it alright if I post the save I used for my Mission Mode NG+ WR under Resources, possibly also with a link to the PS3 save re-signing tool so that others can make use of it? I'm aware this game gets very little attention, but having a save available with maxed-out characters would drastically reduce the amount of time needed to prepare runs of the NG+ categories.

Also, separate topic, but I'm planning on doing some IL runs. Is there a way we can get individual missions added to the LB? Not sure I can ask for mod but if I had it I'd just do that myself.

Some videos I probably should have put up a long time ago:

Water Traversal (Water Izon-Hopping):

Boosted Grinding vs. Air-Dash Grinding: youtube.com/watch?v=u5n3L-o77Ns&feature=youtu.be

Boosted Grinding vs. Izon-Hopping:

yeah, i'm an egotistical piece of shit who named a technique after himself. watch it be useless hahahaha

Old post, but why is Mission Mode Any% (as in, not NG+) even a category? To even access missions past like the first 6 you have to finish Story Mode. So would Story Mode be part of the run? Would you just have to not level up any characters in Story Mode? How would that be verified?

It seems a better solution is necessary. Perhaps changing the name to "Xoda/Rilo/Almond (Credits Warp)" would make more sense, seeing as "Any%" often ends up assumed to be the most populated category. The current Any% leaderboards have fewer runs than the all stage categories. I feel this is a less drastic revision that mostly serves the same purpose.

I apologize if this is a bad place to ask this, but I don't know where else to ask. How do I rollback the leaderboards to a previous state? I deleted a category I had decided was obsolete and hadn't been run in 4-5 years. However (and understandably) runners who had submitted runs to that category wanted their runs back on the site so I need to get the runs back now and am not sure how else to do that.

Specifically this one: https://www.speedrun.com/noitu2 back to may 25th of this year.

In its current state, the "Any%" category is quite literally All Stages but with one fewer stage -- which in and of itself would not be a problem. However:

1. Skipping the final stage doesn't require any kind of skillful trick. It's just a double-click on the "Continue" button as opposed to a single click.

2. The preceding stages are played identically in both categories, which is enforced by the fact that the events of each level are entirely self-contained.

I'm aware that many speedrun categories are arbitrary, but enforcing a distinction between all but the final stage of All Stages and what we have for some reason deemed "Any%" seems particularly (and egregiously) so.

I see two possibilities here:

A. The Any% category is removed entirely

B. The first X stages (X being 4 for Rilo and Almond, 6 for Xoda) of All Stages runs are eligible as submissions for Any%

Now, if I were only concerned with making sense, I would absolutely choose option A, because the category is again, pointless. However, I favor option B if only because it does not involve deleting extant runs -- as there is no functional difference between completing all but the final stage of an All Stages run and completing an Any% run aside from a single extra click. It does not take more time, additional practice of tech, etc. etc.

If I do not receive any kind of reply to this post in the next two weeks (more specifically by June 14) expressing a sensible reason not to do so, I will move ahead with this change. Hopefully, I do not represent the game's entire community at that point because the current state makes discussion very difficult.

@ShikenNuggets Alrighty, I added my Discord to my profile.

Hello, was hoping to become a moderator for Noitu Love 2: Devolution https://www.speedrun.com/noitu2 Currently the game has no moderators and hasn't had a run submitted since 2018, other than the one I just submitted today.

Basically nobody's ever going to see this now, but... Here is a chart I made of movement speeds in m/s of different traversal types. I am about 85% sure of everything in the chart, but it will be updated as I find out more: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12fnrn8jbMpAEEbmiWwImfbh_giRFbXteucqo9G28GgA/edit?usp=sharing

IzonHopping is Airdash -> Ground-slam canceled by a roll -> Handspring -> Repeat. Only works at ground level, not actually faster if boosted grinding has a straighter path. Leaving out the roll would be faster if that were possible but you can't cancel the ending of an airdash without a ground-slam, and you can't cancel a ground-slam with anything faster than a roll at ground height.

Water IzonHopping is Air-Dash -> Dive -> Water Glide -> Jump -> Air-Dash -> Dive -> Underwater handspring -> Repeat. Always the fastest way to cross water AFAIK.

If you aren't already, think of your movement as a sine wave in 3 dimensions.