THIS IS NOT A SRAM MOVIE. Using Saved game to unlock bosses would probably allow for faster times, but this game isn't very well researched as there aren't many speedrun examples for it.
I take the path with the most enemies to finish the game, as it's considered the hardest challenge in Single Player mode, playing on Hard difficulty.
I improved over Palmon with Gabumon which has acess to the same glitch in more limited way but earlier and usage of the iron fist item which has knockdown property.
The glitch consists in using knockdown move special and some damage over time to have it's damage amplified while enemies are in a unescapable knockdown state. Gabumon does it with upB and then neutral B.
In this path chosen, for most of the fights chars can't be killed with falling out of the arena or walls don't exist in a safe space to combo enemies against it though so the character selection change a lot.. I believe some of the bosses that are unlockable could improve this.
Below are shared or universal abilities of all characters:
-Normal Attack
A simple hit that upon connection makes an instant combo if tapped. You can
also target your attack upwards or downwards by pressing in the desired
direction. Attack upwards will juggle or knock air-bourne foes down. Attack
downwards will usually sweep an opponent of their feet or hit a grounded
opponent.
Note that any special move will link after a Normal Attack combo, but that
doesn't mean EVERY last interrupt will create an inescapable combo.
If you press down+normal while in air, you will cause yourself to slam
downwards and flatten foes. They will also be dizzed by this if you land
directy on top of them.
Certain characters will either perform a diagonal air-dive by pressing normal
attack while air-bourne or an air-dash attack.
-Special Attack
Varies from character to character, but in many instances the same result.
By itself it usually performs a projectile. Combined by pressing up will
usually result in an anti-air/uppercut attack. Lastly, combined by pressing
down will usually perform the Digimon's most unique ability.
Some special attacks can be charged or delayed by holding this button down.
-Jump
Makes you jump quite obviously, but every single character can perform a
double jump by pressing this twice, even tin cans and pinatas. One character
can even triple jump and another can high jump.
-Gaurd
You can gaurd while on the ground when either standing or crouching. This is
interchangeable while holding the gaurd button down. You CANNOT air gaurd.
-Evo
If your evolution meter is full and you are a first or second stage Digimon,
you will evolve to your next stage. While evolving, you are invincible,
including about three seconds after you finish evolving. Additionally, while
evolving, your blue aura acts as a shield that will nullify projectiles and
beams.
If your Digimon is at its final stage, this button will activate its Ultra
attack, which generally is the most powerful attack available to them. Also,
during an Ultra attack, you are invulnerable.
-Healing
If you have any evo energy in your meter, you can heal yourself gradually by
holding down gaurd+normal attack. This will quickly drain your guage, but the
small amount of vitality you gain could very well be worth it.
-Charge Blast
If you press gaurd+special attack when your Digimon is in its final stage, it
will perform a powerful attack. If you hold the two buttons down, you will
charge the attack, making it more powerful or/and adding more shots or/and
longer range. This attack always has a bit of start-up delay, so don't abuse
it too often.
-Walk/Creep
You can augment your movement speed by slightly leaning your joystick left or
right. This, of course, is only possible through an analog control method (i.e.
the GameCube's joystick) and not the cross pad.
-Grab
Pressing the grab button will cause your Digimon to reach forward. If an
opponent should be within reach, you will pick them up and be able to carry
them. It is at this point that you can then throw them. It is espcially a good
idea to toss them off into a pit or into a wall.
-Rapid Recover
Rapidly mash directions to speed up your recovery rate getting up from the
ground, air-recovery, dizziness or to escape a throw. You can also use this to
escape from combos, if you're quick enough.
Judging relevant comments:
Considering the fact this game has literally a route for each boss and each boss is an unlockable by itself, it could be a case in which it would be publishable separate runs for each boss. This is just a thought and I hope the entertainment value and glitch novelty this run stands by itself even if this specific reasoning isn't considered valid. I have TASed this game before but this is the first time I thought the longest path could have something different to offer in terms of gameplay. The number of characters and different stage setups clearly favored more character experimentation than simply playing the shortest path.
eien86: Claiming for judging.
eien86: Replacing movie with one provided by the author here UserFiles/Info/638552284278410678
eien86: I was able to sync the movie. This is an SRAM movie insofar as the mem cards need to be 'initialized' for the movie to sync
eien86: Recategorizing goal to 'Hardest Path, No Unlockables'
eien86: This movie finishes the game using Gabumon and following the hardest path. I found the fights rather entertaining and pretty well optimized.
This movie is another entry in the chosen Alternative category, with the original (and faster) entry, [6077] GC Digimon Rumble Arena 2 "hardest path, savegame" by KusogeMan in 08:03.97 already occupies a place. Since this movie doesn't improve on the original, we cannot use it as replacement. Instead, we have decided to accept it into Playground where this, and all other movies in the same category and different character can co-exist. Just to make sure, we asked the community for opinions as to whether these two movies are fundamentally different but received no response. Therefore, we go ahead with our opinion.
Accepting to Playground
eien86: The reason why this was put to PG due to the old rule set. This movie uses a different character (Gabumon) and this should be different enough to warrant its own publication (Alternative)
fsvgm777: Processing. Dimon12321 is handling the encodes for this one.