KUBO 3 is the last game in the KUBO trilogy of homebrews. This time it was made entirely by the child after his dad noticed he didn’t need any help. Continuing from KUBO 2, Teenage Mutant Cowboy KUBO just saved his village by literally just collecting a ruby. Unfortunately, some mysterious asshole from the sky starts bombing the village - and the innocent people who live there. KUBO must retrieve not one, but five gems to restore peace to the village - once and for all.
Objectives:
- Emulator used: FCEUX 2.6.4
- Takes damage to save time
- Beats the game in baggy blue trousers
Here’s a level by level breakdown:
LOADING
When the game loads, you can choose from 2 languages: English & French. It’s 5 frames faster to select French due to faster text scrolls. The opening cutscene can be skipped by pressing start. You can also press start to load the game before the title screen appears.
LEVEL NAVIGATION
Here I tried to minimise direction changes as it loses time. While changing direction, it’s slightly faster to select both directions for 1 frame.
LEVEL 1 (SKY)
The flying sweets and starfish have random patterns depending on what controls you press. The Level 1 boss is a jumping toaster with unnecessarily long legs. For optimisation purposes, only the final hit matters. I made the toaster jump near the end of the screen so I could bounce off of it and accelerate as fast as possible.
LEVEL 2 (OCEAN)
The Level 2 boss is an octopus. There’s a very specific cycle on when he wants to take damage from the weight.
LEVEL 3 (CAVE)
I had to take damage to a tree at around the middle of the cave to save time. It’s faster to walk down block hills. The Level 3 boss looks like Voltorb if he was bought in a pound shop. You can only hit him after he flips himself like a coin. He has random movement depending on what frame you hit him. I delayed the second hit by 1 frame to get a perfect movement pattern.
LEVEL 4 (GRAVEYARD)
The Level 4 boss is a bowl of rice with hot sauce. Just like Pound Shop Voltorb, he has random movement depending on what frame you hit him. Him and the ghost also have a random cycle depending on what frame you enter the boss screen. I don’t fully understand his mechanics but I tried my best.
LEVEL 5 (CASTLE)
The lower path is faster due to an inconsistent spike pattern in the top path. The final boss is a bird who likes radishes. This is the mysterious asshole from the sky. Jump on his head 3 times and he calls truce like a wimp. Input ends when I’m in position to jump on his head the 3rd time.
Special thanks:
- xxezrabxx for encoding my latest revision of this TAS (userfile at the bottom):
- ComatoseJoe for his RTA speedrun WR of this game, which helped a lot with map navigation.
- You for reading the submission text. If you find or suggest any improvements that would be much appreciated.
- LGR :)
feos: Claiming for judging.
feos: The only spot I had a question about wasn't improvable, and the rest looked good. Accepting.
