Voted No. It looks pretty sloppy, much unlike the idea that you know everything the computer will do and how to keep the computer at bay. Missed hits, lots of blocking, and a very slow pace contribute to the lack of an entertaining factor that I feel is missing.
The main point of TASing, from the very beginning, has been: If we assumed an absolutely perfect and all-powerful god-like being who has absolute knowledge of what the console and the game are doing and can predict absolutely everything with complete perfection and accuracy, what would it look like if such a being would play a console game?
This post is the kind of rebuttal I was hoping to read to the "joke" in this thread, only to wait for page 3 to see it.
Not so much an argument that everything is for naught for a difference between software and hardware, but a validation of the difference put into context and an explanation that there is no comparison. Truly, there is no more than concepts at work here, with no more than theoretical results rather than absolute proven ratios. Concept videos moreso than comparison competition, a different beast altogether.
Voting meh.
I believe I will try my best to break down my reasons into a pros and cons list in order to best achieve my expression.
Pros:
Improved time compared to an old and very outdated run.
Cons:
Suboptimal gameplay based on currently known tricks and bugs.
Similarly suboptimal route.
Author admits there are slow parts and jokes inserted due to less standards while making.
I believe that while this run does indeed bring about a much needed improvement to this game's page, it may not be the best submission to do so. And it seems that having a J ROM be used is somehow a big deal, however I cannot grasp why so. If it really is somehow a time saver compared to the U ROM, perhaps an exception to any rules may be allowed so that if a U ROM with better gameplay, updated tricks and glitches, and a better time could be published on top of this until a J ROM run can best show how much can be saved because of the switch. I don't think whether or not this gets published should hinge on time being saved due to ROM selection.
