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Using this Site
Using this Site
Use the Navigation window on the left to navigate through the different pages of the site. Each page should feature a contents section at the top, and any related videos at the bottom.
Contains all the current routes for different categories, the routes give an overview of where to go and which tricks to use, with links to the relevent pages for the tricks required.
Has a page for each dungeon, each page features all the know tricks found in each dungeon respectively, with links directing you toward each tricks main page.
Information on how Random Number Generation can be manipulated by the player to give favourable outcomes, links to all tricks that rely on it.
Features all the tricks that have some use in the Any% speedrun.
All the tricks that are exclusive to the 100% speedrun. (Nearly every trick used in Any% is also used in 100%)
All information related to the Category Extensions; Speedruns done by the community that do no go on the Main Leaderboard.
These are normally runs of ROM Hacks or some arbitrary goal.
Content not currently applicable in speedruns, but are of importance none the less.
Rules for leaderboard submissions
Rules for leaderboard submissions
Previous verified runs can be found on Speedrun.com, any video recorded run that adheres the the following rules can be submitted to the leaderboard.
Must play on an official release for the game (may vary depending on category). These are: Japanese (JP), North American (NA) or European (EU).
How to tell which version you have? On the file select screen if there is no language option then you either have JP if the text is in japanese or NA if the text is in english. If there is a language option then you have the EU version.
Must be played on one of the following Consoles or Emulators.
Game Boy Advance.
Nintendo DS.
Game Boy Player.
Game Boy Interface.
WiiU Virtual Console.
3DS Virtual Console.
Switch NSO+.
Bizhawk emulator (with the following settings).
Frame Counter, FPS indicator and Input Display must be visible.
Input Display may either be the built in Bizhawk input display (Letters displayed at the top of the screen), or a tool that displays a visual representation of the controller buttons.
Running on mGBA core with Bios installed and not skipped on power on.
When playing on Virtual Console, Switch NSO+ or Emulator, loading savestates during a run is banned. Also using the Wii U / Switch Home Menu or emulator controls to pause buffer the game is banned, clearly accidental incidents of these during a run will not cause the run to be invalidated if no advantage is gained
Timing starts on the input that starts a new file, Timing ends on the last hit to Vaati 3 (100% ends on collection of all items if vaati has already been defeated at least once).
Categories
Categories
Currently this games features 3 Main Leaderboard categories, and 2 Category Extensions.
Main Leaderboard
Main Leaderboard
Beat the game as fast as possible, no restrictions within the confines of the game. This is the most popular category and is recommended to be learned first for most runners, this category is roughly 2 hours for new runners but the top runs reach close to the 1.5 hour mark. There are many guides, lots of information and community support for new runners wishing to learn this category. This category features many glitches to skip over story cutscenes, items and even whole map regions.
Get all Collectables in the game, no restrictions. The full list of items that must be collected to fullfill the 100% requirement can be found here. This category does everything you have to do in any% and more, a grueling 4 hour endurance run that challenges your memory and knowledge of the game.
Beat the game as fast as possible, no glitches allowed. This 2.5 hour category doesn't have any glitches to skip sections, but instead challenges the runner to move link fast and avoid dying.
Category Extensions
Category Extensions
Beat the game as fast as possible on a romhack version of the game which gives access to the Firerod (an unobtainable item in the game). A much shorter category at only 40 minutes, this category is extremely fast paced allowing you to traverse parts of the game in the blink of an eye. A challengingly precise run where the smallest of mistakes are punished greatly.
Beat the game as fast as possible, starting with all inventory items. Another shorter category at just under 1 hour, this uses all the strats from the any% category plus some more challenging ones to be a much faster and more intense form of the any% run.
Video Guides
Video Guides
Setup Video
Setup Video
Any% Playlist
Any% Playlist
This is a link to a playlist of the combined best splits by everyone in the community, showing the fastest strats performed by anyone in a speedrun attempt.
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