I saw some tweets about this from some tasvideos members I follow. I didn't realize that "Near" used to be byuu until I saw this thread.
Cyberbullies are the worst.
Should I use the regular JP game or the 90% translated one? Because it's running around on the net.
I would stick with the regular JP unless that 90% translated one is an official leak or something. TASVideos is very strict about not allowing fan translations.
The only question I have relates to the Round 2 Champion battle. Is it possible to get Tyranitar to come out any later to minimize the Sandstorm text boxes? Or failing that, is there any way to get Venusaur to come out earlier to possibly overwrite the Sandstorm with Sunny Day?
As far as I know, Champ 2 sends out Pokes based on whatever the AI determines to be the best answer to what you currently have out. So the only way to delay T-Tar's arrival would be to kill Alakazam with something other than Clefable.
Additionally, as mentioned at the end of the writeup, the Sandstorm damage actually helps with the very narrow crit-MK ranges on Gyarados, Aracnine and Venusaur
Without Sandstorm damage
Gyarados's HP is 244, crit Mega Kick cannot kill (max damage is 240)
Arcanine's HP is 237, crit Mega Kick is a 3/16 range
Venusaur's HP is 228, crit Mega Kick is a 2/16 range
With Sandstorm damage
Gyarados's HP is 229, crit Mega Kick is a 5/16 range
Aracnine's HP is 223, crit Mega Kick is a 9/16 range
Venusaur's HP is 214, crit Mega Kick is a 9/16 range
So the run would need to find one more Metronome kill on the Gyarados, since it can't be killed without the Sandstorm damage. IIRC the only Metronome options for Gyara would be a handful of crit Electric moves or a non-crit Thunder
Thanks for breaking it down. I now have no qualms voting Yes.
The only question I have relates to the Round 2 Champion battle. Is it possible to get Tyranitar to come out any later to minimize the Sandstorm text boxes? Or failing that, is there any way to get Venusaur to come out earlier to possibly overwrite the Sandstorm with Sunny Day?
Around 1:35, is it possible to use the pipe glitch to enter the pipe without waiting for the Para-Beetle?
Other than that quibble, I quite enjoyed this, about as much as Kaizo 3. I don't feel qualified to comment on the conversation about which has is more worthy, so taking the 5th on that.
It's an old game genie code to remove TKO's so I've played it a number of times. Would make for a potentially interesting TAS possibly. (But maybe too tedious too)
I would absolutely watch a TAS that KO's everyone. If I recall correctly, each boxer has a specific way to KO them?
That would've been fitting, since my only published movie is also the only published ZSNES movie, but I don't think the submission parser accepts ZMVs anymore. And honestly I didn't think of it.
I have read the submission text as far as "Early Kayfabe Breaking" and I cannot stop laughing. I will continue later when I can breathe again.
Samsara, your sense of humor is wonderful. Please keep applying it.
Haven't finished yet but love what I've seen! Is there any reason that the save data the game will generate couldn't be used as a launching pad for the other 3 circuits? I may be remembering wrong, but I had thought full completion was preferred for racing games.
I understand why the admins need to archive the forum even though the software was discontinued in 2005.
The short version is "The forums have a lot of custom integrations with the content pages the site provides and updating to new software would break the crap out of it."
Around the 6-minute mark.
How hard would it be to avoid destroying any candles or vases, aside from the ones directly required for the route? Pacifist TASes hitting stuff like that for seemingly no reason has always rubbed me the wrong way. I complained about it in the recent Contra pacifist submission too.
I raise my usual objection: Throughout the run, you destroy tons of weapon pods for seemingly no reason. Why?
I will say, however that having seen Summoning Salt's video on Contra WR progression, I am super impressed by how well you maintain Spread-Rhythm without killing anything.
