There's input which can be compared to
TrueSnokido's TAS of this title where there are elements in that TAS that come out faster such as climbing the ship adding a jump at frame 9926 in your input does shave off 4 frames as well as what goes on in that ship, not taking the bars across and instead running below is also faster in comparison. Memory also in the Judgement has an
input file as well improving on that submission.
Both of their TASes was done on the Easiest difficulty but I was strictly focusing on the movement.
You can also save a frame by using that blank frame at 956 to start inputting the cheat a frame earlier (holding L).
This is why I said last time to take your time as you would be able to find something new especially in the movement variety, I honestly thought you saw that submission before you started your newest installment.
You have found new stuff in your inputs which is great such as what happens in 1-2.
However, some of your input is still comparable to what I provided to you last time where
my input in 1-3 is still faster in comparison unfortunately.
I do have input in Act 2 that would also be comparable to what improvements can be made but that input sequence is based on what you made, but, what Memory and TrueSnokido's have provided is probably more than enough to compare against.
I'm not beating around the bush on this one, this is a real good TAS that should've had another look around in its input before a submission and seeing what else can be scrapped off.
A light spike as well where I personally don't believe the showcasing of the final IGT is necessary and can be left as a statement of 19:15, or that it should've been the alternative file.
I'm also personally still against using the Time Challenge mode as there's no real change in comparison to Director's Cut mode as it's just a timer, and since this is a TAS going fast is the immediate priority, not what some clock says on how much time we have left, it doesn't really hold any suspense.
In conclusion this is an insanely improved TAS to what you showcased 4 months ago, but there's still stuff that can be looked at.
Good job M1D.
After that Story Mode can be selected in 3 frames, author does it in 6.
These continued menuing issues continue throughout the TAS from selecting the character, and selecting the stages.
This can be a sign for the low rerecord count where the author decided to make the movie as quickly as possible instead of taking their time.
low% seems to be arbitrary and shouldn't be listed at all.
This is apparent at the immediate start of Stage 3 (the first stage selected) when the author backtracks for some coins after defeating a wave of enemies.
And also the high score that the author gets after defeating the wave of enemies due to combos. I personally got 3990 as my score after the first wave whereas the author got 9710 (both in Stage 3).
As well as collecting the power-up immediately at the start of Stage 4. If you were playing "low%" shouldn't you be aiming for stock player stats?
The mode can be played with 2 players as an additional note, does this change anything from playing in single player?
The author classifies this as a "playaround" but I personally believe that is entirely unnecessary and believe it's probably more appropriate to branch this as "Story Mode".
There are RTA runs that are faster than what's on display here if we remove the playaround element, and uses a default character; Kasumi.
Which brings the question of; Which of the 12 characters is fastest to use?