Hey. Sorry for the late response. To be perfectly honest, I'm not 100% sure as I haven't actually created a full run for the game myself, just done a bunch of routing, but I think the best bet is to get a capture card. You could get one for either AVI cords or HDMI, based on which console you wanted to try running for. I personally have PS3, but the capture card I currently have is not great. But yeah, basically, you use a capture card to hook up the Wii (in your case) to your computer, then you can use OBS to record/stream, and LiveSplit to run the timer.

I hope this helped. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I'd be happy to try to help.

Hey. Sorry for the slightly late reply.

If you're referring to the "I wish I was stronger" option for the Lantern Festival, I just tested it, and it's actually 3 level ups. And as for what level I'm at for the Oblitigator fight, I'm actually at level 21. I know, quite low, but I tried as much as possible to avoid level grinding since it takes time. Although I did do a little more than my initial playthrough. But avoiding level grinding and trying to find another way to power up for boss fights was exactly why I've been exploring the Lantern Festival.

At the Oblitigator fight, at level 21, my in-game playtime is sitting at 9:28, although I actually have my stopwatch number at 8:23:00 (rounded), which seems off...

Either way, I managed to get to the Oblitigator in under 10 hours. My equipment is Pumpkin Head, Wind Rod, Fleet Foot, a Tear Pendant, a Courage Badge, a Wind Ring, and 6 Seafood Pizza (which is +40 to Intelligence damage), and 7 Milk Pudding (which is +20 to Max HP). I also have Basara (Katana with 18 ATK, Para ATK 10%, Para Resist). My forging skill is 12, and I have the Advanced Forge. That's my loadout on my current file.

Hey. It's nice to hear from you guys again. It's been a while. I haven't gotten around to practicing recently since college started.

So what I was thinking was honestly not doing any form of farming at all. Since it takes time for you to tame the right monsters, revive the islands, and wait for the right crop to grow, I'd been skipping it. Plus, if you don't work on making food items yourself, it's one less crafting based skill to level grind.

That's why I was trying to come up with ways to get items much faster, hence the Lantern Festival. And honestly, In my first initial routing run, I got around 32 hours I think (I can't remember for 100% sure), and by the time I got to the Oblitigator (sans Lantern Festival strat), I was at around 22 hours in or so. With the Lanturn festival strat, I am actually only 16 hours in and at the Oblitigator, and I'm actually a higher level (since I had to do a bit of time killing waiting for the Lanturn Festival to start, I did some level grinding). I also think that it helps that I was able to be a bit more optimized in my movement and material gathering, but still, that's a good 6 hour difference.

I'll try to do a bit more practicing and routing during Winter Break, but right now I've got too many projects and stuff to work on. Anyway, it was great hearing from you, and if you have any other thoughts, let me know!

Okay, so after messing with the Lantern Festival, I have come to the following conclusions for how it all works:

1.) After making 3 separate save files, one the day before the festival, one right before it comes time to choose a wish, and one right after choosing a wish and going to bed to get it to come true, I have discovered that a.) the options for what wish to pick is generated at the beginning of the day, since loading the file right before picking doesn't change the options, but loading the file the day before does, and b.) the food items you get are determined once you make the wish, not upon waking up the next day, since loading the file after choosing the "Eat More" wish does not give you new food items, but loading the file before making the wish, picking "Eat More" again, and going to bed again does give you new items.

2.) There is a wide range of food items you can get, some with good stat boosts, others with not so good ones. However, after getting and testing Royal Curry, which gives a Strength +70 boost, going to Verde Island to test out the new stats (which had gone from 24 to 174), I was one-shotting most things, but after a while the buff went away, meaning it's temporary. It could, however, be used during a boss fight to help speed things along, and you get 9 of them, which is really good.

3.) Because you have to either get lucky or make a save before the festival day in order to secure the Eat More wish option, it is really, extremely slow, taking (after making Ymir run around to kill time quickly with his limited supply of RP) easily 10 minutes of sitting around doing nothing until it is time to make an attempt at the wish and see if you got the right option. Thus, it may or may not be a very viable strategy, although if trying to beat boss fights and get through the game with as little grinding as possible will also take a really long time (either through grinding or sitting there slowly dwindling bosses' HP), it may be potentially quicker to do the wish trick in order to get some help rather than trying to take bosses out slowly or sitting and level grinding.

4.) I didn't manage to get the Mixed Juice item in my testing (I've been at it for a while and got tired for the day). but I did get an item that gave me RP Auto Recovery +12 (I'm pretty sure it was Strawberry Milk). I stood at Verde Island swinging my Katana around to lower my RP, then drank one, and it looks like it works on a periodic timer. After a 5-10 or so second interval, it refills the RP count by the number it is based on (so for the Strawberry Milk, it was +12), and it does that I think it was 5 different times, and then the buff goes away. I also checked my file where I was at the Oblitigator boss, and I am level 20, with about 400 total RP. Two combos with the Wind Rod took away about 45 RP, and with the Mixed Juice, you'd be getting back 50 every 5-ish seconds, for 5 or so times, giving a total of 250 recovered RP over one item. This is pretty decent, but I'm just not 100% sure if it's worth the attempted setup.

5.) The items that seem to be worth the most to sell in this game are food items, and this Lantern Festival strat might be a good way to get some early cash. If you can get the Mixed Juice and/or some Royal Curry, and then sell the other stack(s) of food you get, depending on what it is, you might be able to get some really decent cash. Or, depending on the items you get, you could use them for heath during dungeons. Either way, that's just another added benefit to this strat to think about.

Anyway, I hope this gives a little bit of help for any potential stats to speed up the run. If you guys have any questions or thoughts on this little idea, please let me know. I would love to figure out a way to get a run to be sub 20 hours, so I could go ahead and get a run recorded and published. So, any comments you guys have, let me know. Thanks!

Hey, Anwonu, do you mind linking that Japanese speedrun on nico? I just googled for it, and I can't find it.

Also, I just looked at your flag, and I can see that you're Brazilian. That's really cool. My dad is actually from Sau Paulo originally. Anyway, I just thought you mind find that interesting.

Hey, I haven't gotten a chance to do any more practicing in a bit since I've been kind of preoccupied. But I had two major questions/suggestions for you guys. In my current run I've been doing, I'm at a save file where I'm stuck trying to beat Oblitigator. I've got a Wind Rod and some Katana (I think it might be Yaksha, but I can't recall right now...). I'm pretty low level for this fight, I think in the mid 20's, although I don't remember for sure right now. I also have a Golem tamed as well as a Blue Troll and a Farie from the Water Shrine. The Wind Rod is by far the fastest at dealing damage, but I'm low enough level that I run out of RP well into the fight. I'm concerned with trying to grind either materials for food or levels. I get either one or two shot by the boss as well, which doesn't help. So, I would love if you guys had any thoughts on how to deal with the Oblitigator well, as he is by far giving me the most trouble of any boss (Other than obviously the Masked Man). Also, the other question/suggestion I had was regarding the Wishing Festival. In my notes I had written earlier, I had said to go for either money, friendship points, or some materials, but I actually had a thought. In my current run, I got 10 random food items, and that item ended up being Boiled Gyoza, which has an HP Absorption effect. That has been really effective in certain tough encounters. However, right now the big issue is with RP in the higher level boss fights. I looked up to see if there were different items that gave an RP bonus, and there are quite a few that give Auto RP Recovery, namely Mixed Juice which gives RP Auto Recovery +50. I'll test it out and see if it works well tomorrow or sometime soon, but for now I just wanted to let you guys know some of my thoughts. If you guys have any thoughts or strategies, let me know.

Hey, I'm sorry, I actually put my notes in the "Guides" section, not the "Resources" one. Also, I just had to Copy Paste the notes since they didn't have a way for me to attach a file from what I could find.

Hey, I'm sorry I haven't responded to this thread in a bit, but last month was quite busy for me. But, on the plus side, I managed to route this game and got it down to (with my initial attempt including pauses for notetaking) 30 hours. I made a second attempt, revising my notes, and I was able to get to the Water Shrine within 15 hours, but because of college, I've been busy and haven't finished this run. I can post my note document for you guys to take a look at. I have a bunch of hyperlinks for chapters in the document, but I used OpenOffice, so I hope the hyperlinks still work for Microsoft Word. If you guys want to go over my notes, maybe make some suggestions or possibly test the run out, I hope that'll be a great step to making a complete run of this game. I'll go ahead and post my document in the resources section of the website for you all.

Hello. I have just found your comment. I am possibly looking into running this game as well, as it is one of my all-time favorite games. I am new to speed running, and I would very much be interested in connecting with you to work on starting a little community for this game. Message me if you get a chance. I would love to work on strategies with you. I look forward to your reply. Thanks.