• Emulator used: BizHawk 2.9.1 (Nymashock)
• BIOS: SCPH5500.bin
• Aims for fastest time
• Takes damage to save time
• Doggo speedruns kitten-catching in his mech
• Alicia still says "WAFFURU NO BAKA"

Introduction

General Improvements

Resaca

• Three seconds saved in the Harbour's tutorial section from better movement and efficiency in kitten-catching, both of which generally become running themes in the amount of timesave.

• One and a half seconds saved on the two waves of kittens in the Plaza.

• Saved a second on the Black Cat Balloon fight by rushing it down more efficiently.

• Saved about half a second going back to Porto.

• Saved two seconds from the three Porto townspeople spawning in better positions.

Ferzen

• Four seconds were saved across Mines 2, 3 and 6 thanks to better optimization (getting Waffle to be at the peak of his jump as the minecarts reach the end of the tracks, more efficient kitten-catching).

• Thanks to a new strategy on the Black Cat Mecha-II, I was able to save six and a half seconds there.

Archeonis

• Intentionally taking damage from a hot pipe saved about half a second getting inside the Archeonis.

• Saved three seconds on the three running kittens and three kittens in hot air balloons in the Main Hall.

• Saved a second on the Left Side and in the Captain's Room each.

Grimto

• Saved four and a half seconds inside the forest from better optimization.

• Saved two and a half seconds on the Black Cat Tank. Sadly, you can't really get double-hits on the tank no matter where you hit it from.

Abandoned Factory

• Six seconds saved in the first room of kittens. A more efficient method of shooting the bombs that the tanks fire at Waffle just as they appear is used to destroy them faster.

• Saved a second climbing up the pipes outside the first kitten room.

• Saved two seconds in the second room of kittens.

• Saved three and a half seconds by not jumping across the top of the pipes outside the following room.

• Saved five seconds in the third and final room of kittens.

Secret Base

• By taking advantage of a quirk where Waffle is able to regain momentum with the D-Pad when he touches hot surfaces (in this case, the floor), I was able to save two seconds in the Heat Room.

• Saved a second during the escape, making it out alive with 3:57 left.

Coolant

• Saved two seconds on the first wave of kittens outside.

• Saved one and a half seconds on the kittens inside the mountain.

• Saved a second on the second wave of kittens outside.

Moving Fortress 1

• Four and a half seconds saved on the seven kittens in planes. The last three don't spawn until twenty-five seconds after gaining control of Waffle again have passed.

• Destroyed a purple tank blocking the door with two bubble shots and a bomb, thus saving half a second by negating the need to enter it from an angle.

• Eleven seconds were saved in the infamous room with six tanks. The difference between this and the previous TAS is pretty much night and day.

• Saved two seconds during everything else that followed.

Moving Fortress 2

• Saved five and a half seconds on Flare and Stare, thanks to getting more double-hits in.

• Saved twelve seconds on Alicia, also thanks to way more double-hits.

Iron Giant

• Saved a second jumping across the blue platforms.

• Saved seven seconds by taking a different route across the red platforms.

• Saved five and a half seconds on the final battle with the Guardian.

Q&A

Suggested Screenshot

• Frame 52189 (Is Stare having fun yet?)

Special Thanks To...

• The RTA runners for discovering and coming up with a lot of the strats used in the Tail Concerto speedrun throughout the years

• My small little community for showing strong interest in my work with this game

• Samsara and CoolHandMike for their feedback on the initial TAS

• CyberConnect2 for making such an awesome first game (and being a GOATed company for making the Little Tail Bronx series their passion project outside of licensed anime games)