I managed to successfully apply most of the strats I intended to go for. So overall, I'm very happy with this run.

There are still a few seconds here and there which I can realistically shave off going for my same general approach to the run. Most notable timesaves are the suboptimal NY Street 1, retry on Firestar grab in Prospect Park 2, 6+ sec scuff in NY Street 2, missed crit on J Voong and Shriek trolling (The Deep).

But beyond those caveats, I suspect that making better use of crits by manipulating meter, and getting more Double-Smash setups will also be instrumental on the road to the 16. I'll probably hold off on grinding attempts until further research is done on that front.

Played on original SNES console with an SD2SNES flash cart.