About the game
It's basically (I Wanna Be the Guy) but it's SNES
How I started TASing it
I was looking at some SMW stuff Then I came across this
He had two TASs of that But what I noticed is that the boss isn't optimized So I decided to fix it XD
Strategic
I don't have a Mega elaborate strategy All I can do is walk
What's going to bother me are those apples I noticed that the apples keep moving if you go off-screen
All I can do is inflict a lot of damage on the boss
But if you take too long, the boss will fly too high and you won't be able to shoot him
Credit goes to these guys here for me use these strategies

Challenger: Claiming for judging.
Challenger: Although the game hack title says Prototype, this is a pretty impressive recreation of the famous (or infamous) game called I Wanna Be The Guy, which is also present on TASVideos. Unlike the original game, the gameplay is ten times more fair (surprise: there are some new elements)!
Great job researching not only this hack but also two TASes (from Youtube) included in the submission text that shows different strats and optimizations, and combining the knowledge + many timesavers from both videos + improving the giant apple boss (I didn't expect so see Hatsune Miku as well xD) = Superb work!
Accepting to Standard for publication.

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i remember seeing this hack somewhere and wanted to TAS it since, though i had forgot its name so i kinda just left it in the back of my mind. optimization is what i expect from a SNES IWBTG, yes vote!
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Nice run! Seems optimal, as these kind of games (or hack in this case) give little to no room for fancy maneuvers
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Wow I didn't expect to see a IWBTG "ported" to the SNES, into a rom hack of SMW. The game is impressive for the SNES standards, and that was entertaining after all. Yes vote.
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Niceeeee hack and great TAS, well done! Yes vote!
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Whoa, looks like it takes some inspiration from Celeste too, very cool!
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This is billed as a prototype but it's a very well done game, just short. Nice run
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Awesome hack and run, easy yes vote!!
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It would be nice to see some information about the tas instead of "placeholder"...
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somyeol wrote:
It would be nice to see some information about the tas instead of "placeholder"...
That's because I was using Walgrey's strategy Because she puts (placeholder)
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You are making the judges life harder if you don't put an appropriate description. Just because you saw someone else do this doesn't mean you have to as well, it's borderline trolling. If i was a judge on Tasvideos i wouldn't even pick this up. The judges and viewers need to know what game they are looking at and what tas strategies were used to make it stand out over a speedrun.
Post subject: Movie published
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [7226] SNES I Wanna Be The ROM Hack: Prototype by thegugafá in 05:45.082