Not sure how to replicate this yet, but this happened last night XD https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e5jZvqfzlyE

edit: ok, got it figured out maybe! seems to be caused by taking damage while jumping just to the left of the tree, and the screen can be continued to be scrolled as you move to the right. potential time save on the boss fight since you won't have to wait for him to walk onto the screen.

Ok, before I get in too deep here with Low % routing, what might be some potential rules for a Low% run?

Other than the required items to progress (ladder for level 7, 3 pairs of wings for level 8 ) - Is it ok to pick up items and just not use them? or be forced to avoid them entirely? And if you must avoid any unneeded items, must you only pick up the ladder/wings in the level where you must use them in?

And what about picking up Ks? I think the only unavoidable ones are in Level 7 after you fall through the floor. In some quick testing, the fewest I can seem get through that section is 6 of them (one of the Ks on the stairs is pretty tight but avoidable). ​

Avoiding items makes for an interesting added challenge and forces a different path than Any% but at the same time I don't want to completely scare off anyone who wants to try Low% at all. Let me know what y'all think!

I finished a damageless run during this magical month of Karnovember, and thought I'd see if there's any interest in creating a new category.

My feelings will not be hurt if the answer is no :) It was fun, not drastically different from Any% but need to be a little more careful in some spots. I'll keep working on this a bit more.

Hope this is of use to someone!

A potential runner had some questions about this so I finally updated the rules section. Feel free to provide feedback if I missed anything. I included the standard stuff for most NES runs.

Found something neat during runs over the last few days. If you go through a door at the right frame when your Bert pill is about to run out, you can skip the transformation animation.