I completely destroyed Toy Story 2 for the Game Boy Color. This is the first game I've done where optimizing the cutscenes skips over 90% of the gameplay, as there's a glitch that skips entire levels when you skip the cutscenes frame-perfectly. I still had to play part of level 4 and a bonus level, as the ending cutscene doesn't play if I skip them for some reason.
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Route:
Menus/cutscenes (first set):
- Press start followed by A followed by another start press on the menus
- Press A followed by start in the cutscene, you'll see the Al's Toy Barn image.
- Do the same inputs again for the next one (the Buzz Lightyear Coupon one)
- Press start followed by A on the password screen that pops up
- Scene four will start after the next repeat of those inputs
Scene four:
- On the first frame that's green, hold R and B. That should make Buzz run. Make the next green frame just be just R, as we'll need to press B again to jump (this makes Buzz go even faster).
- When Buzz lands, wait until one frame of animation passes before repeating the B button press
- Keep doing this until you hit the wall and hold left. When Buzz turns around, jump on the first frame that the game lets you to climb up to the next section (we crash into the wall to prevent a 5 or 6 frame long balancing animation that happens whenever we stop running)
- Run off and jump to maximize speed and distance travelled. Damage boost through the enemy and keep moving until you hit the next wall.
- Repeat the same steps from earlier and get to the end of the pool. Press D + B a frame or two before Buzz hits the wall here and he'll start to go down. Do this 4 times (whenever the going under and back up animation is 1 frame before ending) before pressing B to climb up and instantly beat the level
Cutscenes (second set)+Bonus level:
- Press A followed by start and repeat for the next one. Just press A on the third cutscene.
- Press start followed by A on the fourth one and the game should put you into a bonus level area. Avoid the coins and dance to make it more entertaining.
- Avoid the right side of the screen (it seems faster, but touching the end early seemingly messes up the cycle and usually just softlocks the game)
Cutscenes (third and final set):
- Leave the first possible frame blank, then press start on the next one followed up by A
- Press start on the Buzz Lightyear Coupon (don't fill in the second input or you'll softlock the game)
- Do the same thing for the password screen
- Press start followed by A on the scene seven screen
- Do that again on the bonus level "collect the coins!" screen
- Repeat for the "Too late! Andy arrives home before Buzz. Try again!" screen
- Press start followed by A followed by start on the scene eleven screen
- Skip the final Buzz Lightyear Coupon and password screens by just pressing A
- Enjoy the "Congratulations! You have successfully returned Woody to Andy!" screen, as you just finished the game in under a minute and 30 seconds.