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Posted: 1/11/2023 6:09 PM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #7959: Mikewillplays's GBA Metroid: Scrolls 6 "100%" in 35:06.38
Posted: 1/11/2023 7:54 PM
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Posted: 1/25/2023 6:24 PM
(Edited: 1/29/2023 5:40 PM)
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Got around to watching this run. Here's my review of this TAS: There are a couple of minor things that bother me though they probably only save frames rather than seconds and minutes:
  • When turning around on the ground, Samus can shoot to reduce the frames of the turnaround animation which saves a very minor bit of frames. This is most noticeable after picking up some of the items in the run.
  • There were a few instances where the morph ball bounces when landing from a great height that seem preventable here and there but I'm not completely certain there's a way to prevent all of those.
Otherwise the optimization seems pretty solid overall from my understanding of the GBA Metroid games. I can't say for certain if the route is completely optimal but being over 6 minutes faster IGT than the 100% world record as of this post seems like it's pretty solid as well. It would help if the author did expand their submission notes to have info about the routing choices, as it would definitely help out with understanding the run. EDIT: For this run to sync, this requires the version 1.1 patch of the hack. There's a checksum mismatch and desync shortly after the first boss when replaying this movie with the version 1.0 patch.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 3:00 PM
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Does the RTA really not grab these 2 items and still gets 100%? Are they not real items? Have they been collected in advance and I missed it? That area is the only place where RTA is seemingly ahead of the TAS. EDIT: Hmm, they look already collected judging by the in-game map?
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Posted: 2/17/2023 3:22 PM
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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. ---- [5093] GBA Metroid: Scrolls 6 "100%" by Mikewillplays in 35:06.38
Posted: 6/2/2023 5:33 PM
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I've made an improvement on the TAS: User movie #638213231420535527
Posted: 6/2/2023 5:52 PM
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I posted a comment on your user file but it bears repeating here: If you want the improvement to obsolete the current publication, you have to make a new submission.
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