I've been wanting to get a TAS of TWW out, and I know you all want one. This may not be what you've been expecting :P
Dolphin Version: 3.0-766-dirty
- This TAS starts with a blank Memory Card, mainly my preference for playback instead of having to make a blank file every time.
- The chosen name is of course the fastest, I delete the character after pressing start just for fun, it doesn't affect the game at all.
- Sidehop, then backflip off the tower saves 2 frames over the previously used 2 sidehops.
- The superswim goes to Forsaken Fortress. While in this quadrant, time advances very quickly (1 in-game minute per frame).
- I perform another superswim and leave the quadrant at the beginning of night (18:00)
- The superswim takes me to Windfall Island.
- The superswim right after entering the quadrant is to allow the island to load.
- Because it is night, the cutscene for entering Windfall is glitched because of a different set of actors. This causes the cutscene to end early and the "Windfall Island" label to be left up.
- Talking to the mailbox while in this glitched cutscene causes the game to softlock. The game no longer accepts any inputs and it is impossible to finish the conversation with the mailbox, which never pops up.
This is pretty much it. The Japanese version was used purely because of faster text, which imo is more important than being able to read it because the lower time is better when most, if not all, people aren't watching for the text during the intro.
The primary glitch in this is the superswim. Every frame link turns around in the water, his velocity gets higher, going backwards. My frame-by-frame chart of it can be seen here: [dead link removed]
