I'm just a theorycrafting spectator so I apologize if this is a waste of time

Can you drop a worm on the ground and pick up it back up (like OOT bugs), triggering the collection text popup? If so, could you use the worm to item slide through the castle barrier?

It might be useful any% (or just in meme categories)

Thanks for verifying my run Can a mod please submit and verify this run as well?

https://www.speedrun.com/secret/run/m79djq5y (carlito's 27:01)

Then I'll delete the old leaderboard

There's a cool timed event going on right now, might be worth making a category for. It's a single-player boss run type of event, and when you finish it gives you an in-game time and encourages you to go faster

There's 1 card that carries over between runs and is pretty OP, so either all the top runs are going to use the card (Best Friend Forever) or we would have to have 2 categories. I think given that this is a limited-time event maybe only 1 category is needed.

Here's my 7m19s (in-game time) PB:

Fire Viper appears to be extremely effective on the right hand and generally somewhat weak on the left hand

This is the only right-hand effect I've found thus far in the game, but potentially others exist as well

Test videos:

Stage 3 boss:

Stage 4 boss:

Can we get low% added, possibly as a miscellaneous category? I worked on it as a challenge and I think it's interesting Here's a run:

Low% has a few major differences from Any%.

Low% does not collect the Level 1 Wind Ring, so to get speed up it must combine the Level 2 Wind Ring with the Level 1 Earth Ring, severely limiting the projectile options early on as compared to Any%.

Additionally, Low% does not collect the health upgrades in any stage, which makes health a more precious resource in the early game as compared to Any%. (Notably skipping the Stage 2 health up)

Finally, Low% skips the Level 3 Earth Ring, and therefore misses out on the "Blade" super-weapon. The Blade is normally used to dispose of the last 8 bosses very easily. Low% must come up with alternative strategies for these bosses.

Hi, I did some math to figure out the optimal strategies in the casino. I posted this in Johncarls' discord, but I figured I'd throw it here as well in case anyone else is interested

Strategies: Red Dog 500 - Bet 500 in Red Dog, mash the draw/deal button (never raise) and hope to win net 3 times Blackjack 500 - Bet 500 in Blackjack, hope to either win 3 times or get a good opportunity to double down and win 2 times Blackjack 750 - Bet 750 in Blackjack, win 2 times. If you lose the first hand, bust intentionally to start over Blackjack 250/500/1250 - Try to hit 1250 in Blackjack then double from there. You get 2 shots at it, betting 250 and then 500 (if you lose the 250). If you lose twice in a row, bust intentionally to zero out and start over

With perfect luck: Red Dog 500 (RD500) is optimal. It's closer to the cash window and each hand can be played much faster (although this game has more draws, with perfect or near-perfect luck that's not a big deal) Blackjack 500 (BJ500) is +10s compared to RD500. Each hand takes a little longer to play, but the main issue is there are more screen transitions to get to and from the table BJ750 is +3s compared to BJ500. Not being able to save time by doubling requires playing an extra hand at a cost of 2.5-3 seconds. BJ1250 is +7s compared to BJ750. While losing hands are faster, actually winning out takes much longer due to having to scroll the bet up to 1250

With average luck: BJ1250 takes 140 seconds and has a 31% chance of success per cash refill. BJ750 takes 190 seconds and has a 21% chance of success per refill BJ500 takes 240 seconds and has a 15% chance of success per refill (probably a little better than this due to opportunities to double down, which are not fully taken into account here) RD500 takes 300 seconds and has a 7% chance of success per refill

I clipped through the stairs & adjoining wall with a little help from some enemies

I don't understand why YV allows this shortcut in No Skips but the very similar shortcut at the start of Rainbow Road is not allowed. Obviously the RRo one saves much more time - is that the only difference?

Neither messes with the lap/checkpoint system, both jump from a higher track level to a lower track level, both jump over out-of-bounds areas that trigger a Lakitu to fish you out if you fall, and both can be done without hitting walls/enemies/items. They seem quite similar to me

^Explanation of Glitch as well as one obvious way to trigger it.

I would assume wiggling your cart is not allowed in runs, but if you can generate other processor errors in the course of gameplay they would also send you to level select

Mickey Mania uses this (mentioned in video) as a core part of their route, might be worth trying to see if we can replicate the effect without wiggling a cart in order to skip levels

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