Sonic the Hedgehog: Isle of Magnetic Artifacts (SHIMA) is a hack which aims to overhaul Sonic 1 using a Japanese-inspired aesthetic. The main feature of this demo is Blossom Gardens Zone, the resting area of the isolated, star-god worshipping Kuratranos tribe. BGZ is a fast-paced experience littered with swift-acting enemies, height-granting gimmicks, driving music, and advanced graphical effects. This new zone can be traversed with three playable characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, and Knuckles the Echidna. Sonic, in particular, features a set of unique sprites, the dropdash ability, and a new companion: Abbey the Flicky. Abbey can pick up nearby rings and circle potential targets for Sonic, including hidden monitors.
feos: Claiming for judging.
feos: Removed youtube link because its description links to ROM file.
feos: This movie is half a minute slower than DarkShamilKhan's record, which is about 10 in-game seconds faster in every level. Beating or at least matching known records is required for a speed-oriented movie.
I initially intended to check optimality of this movie in BizHawk's TAStudio, so I converted it to bk2 in BizHawk 2.9.1. It mostly synced fine, and in places where it didn't I was tweaking inputs to resync it, and on every occasion I was getting more optimal movement than this movie originally has. I also started the game 100 frames faster. Then I discovered DarkShamilKhan's movie and decided not to continue.
This submission had a video encode that's hosted on Tate The Fox's youtube channel, and I felt that name was familiar. Indeed we rejected both submissions by TateTF20230623 a year ago, for the same issues. More importantly, having several accounts is not allowed.
Rejecting.