Posted: 12/7/2013 5:28 AM
Post subject: Mario Tennis - Power Tour
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Buddybenj
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I have started a TAS of Mario Tennis - Power Tour (UA) (M5) for the GBA! I'm excited to do it. But i have a question. Should i use the game mode easy or medium? Or should i load from an SRAM and use hard? I feel i should use medium because it's the hardest of the two but considering hard would be possible from SRAM i don't know. Any input would be nice! I will be posting WIPS and hopefully testing some cool strats! Thx for any help. P.S. If you want to work on it with me just post it or PM me (but if you haven't made many TASes yet I suggest watching adelikat's TAS tutorial, it's really good).
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Posted: 12/7/2013 8:24 AM
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The most hassle-free option is to just go with medium difficulty in this case. Most runs of newer Castlevanias and Mega Man games (with an unlockable hard mode) do this.
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Posted: 12/7/2013 1:38 PM
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OK. Sounds good. So the branch will just be "normal mode".
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Posted: 12/7/2013 2:13 PM
Post subject: Doubles
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And I will be doing doubles I think because I hear it is slightly faster.
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Posted: 12/7/2013 7:01 PM
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Actually, if you're going for fastest time with no restrictions (also known as any%), you don't need a branch at all. It can always be explained in the submission and publication texts why you chose normal mode. Good luck on your run!
Posted: 12/7/2013 7:43 PM
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Ok. So if I'm doing any% I wonder if easy is faster (however it take a frame more to select). In that case I might want to specify. Idk, I'll see. Thanks for the support.
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Posted: 12/7/2013 9:55 PM
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Right, that's something you'll probably have to test. Generally it's best to go with the hardest difficulty available from the start, but if normal mode would make the game much slower or something, then easy mode might be better.
Posted: 12/8/2013 10:45 AM
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Even for any%, generally you'll want to pick medium difficulty. Only pick easy if the difference with medium is just numbers like enemy hit point counts and would only pad the run. Note these rules/guidelines on the matter:
Wiki: Vault wrote:
Technical requirements <snip>
  • The guidelines for difficulty settings, and password use still apply.
Wiki: Guidelines wrote:
Select your goals well <snip>
  • Where a game has multiple difficulty levels, it is preferred to play on the hardest difficulty level (for more interesting gameplay) unless the only difference between difficulty levels is enemy/boss hit points, in which case the easiest difficulty levels are preferred in the interest of speed. If the difference in difficulty is inapplicable for your run, for example, you trigger the end game sequence right from the start, then selecting the hardest mode is unnecessary.
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