Submission #2031: Chef Stef's GBC Link's Awakening DX "glitched" in 05:40.05

To the Sword

• Choosing the name “H” didn't waste any time. The Bow-wow bounce on the way out of the village didn't gain or lose time, but I did it anyway just for fun.
• 2 frames saved by optimizing cornerboosts on the way to the beach.
• 4 frames saved by damage-boosting off the octorok before the second ledge.
• 7 frames gained by not sliding sideways when pushing the urchins aside. Even though it looks suboptimal, it is actually faster to just go straight until the urchin is moved completely.
• Like before, the sword is taken by pressing U/D/B, which makes Link collect the sword without having to walk up to it.

Stealing from the Shop

• 3 frames saved on the way to the shop from better cornerboosts, but 3 frames were wasted outside the shop to manipulate the shopkeeper.
• 2 frames saved while stealing the shovel from better positioning in front of the shopkeeper (Link leaves the shop faster this way).
• 1 frame lost while stealing the bow because the shopkeeper took longer to look away.

Setting up the Warping Glitch

• 7 frames saved from a better Bow-wow bounce when leaving the village
• 106 frames saved by using a glitched sword slash to kill the 2 octoroks. When the sword and shield are equipped, pressing A/B/Up/Down will make a glitched sword slash that can hit everything on a vertical line across Link's position. Some frames were wasted before entering the screen to manipulate the octoroks, saving time overall.
• 2 frames saved from a better Bow-wow bounce before performing the Doghouse Glitch.

Doghouse Glitch

• The doghouse is unique in that the entrance is very close to a side that Link can access. By clipping the edge of the doghouse (getting a few extra pixels inward), and moving diagonally into the wall, Link enters a version of the game's underworld, except completely glitched depending on how many enemies he's killed. Many tiles act in weird ways; for example, certain wall tiles teleport Link upwards when he steps on them.
• 3 frames lost on the 4th screen in Doghouse World, but this lodges Link farther ahead, saving 4 frames in the 6th screen (1 frame saved overall).
• 4 frames saved by optimizing Link's glitched movements in the 7th screen.

Final Boss

• Total of 48 frames saved. Breakdown:

1st Form

• 2 frames saved because the boss became vulnerable earlier. The form is defeated by slashing just as he lands, then again before he vanishes.

2nd Form

• Unchanged.

3rd Form

• 1 frame lost at the beginning because the boss only took full spinattack damage if it hit a frame after he became vulnerable.
• 1 frame lost at the end to manipulate the 4th form into being vulnerable as early as in the previous TAS.

4th Form

• 1 frame saved for some unexplained reason (randomness?). The shovel is again used in between spinattacks because it cancels the spinattack instantly and allows Link to begin charging up a new one much earlier than otherwise possible.

5th Form

• Killed with a different glitched arrow this time, but otherwise unchanged.

6th Form

• 47 frames saved because the boss opened his eye much faster the second and third times.

Thanks To...

• Tompa, for giving continuous feedback while I made this TAS, and for discovering several of the improvements to the previous TAS.
• Hogehoge61 and pirohiko, for making an amazingly well-done first version of the warping TAS and proving the concept possible.

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