Beyond Oasis WIP 1 :)
Since maTO's site remains frozen, the only tool-assisted reference I found available was this old WIP of a
planned 100% branch. Here's a couple of improvements that I've made, so far:
* Soft-resetting at the title screen, as soon as the Sega logo appears, allows you to skip it almost immediately. This saves well over 4 seconds.
* In the village, you can execute a long jump on the frame just before the cutscene takes over (where the villagers flee), placing you further ahead than you would be normally. I'd say this saves at least 30 frames.
* As for the troll fight itself, the closer positioning due to the trick above allows me to rush in quicker and execute a quick jump kick. From here, three consecutive Rolling Slashes quickly takes out the Troll (he doesn't even get time to respond).
Other than that, this should be a really fun run to watch once it's all ready and made!
edit 9/01: Just uncovered that maTO (under his alias suklaalevy1) has a channel on YouTube with his last WIP uploaded. In particular, his "run stuttering" (which cancels the skidding animation) and his strategy for the Troll fight (could it still work with the jump trick?) may be worth looking into.