Twilight Princess GCN any% BiT run

Yeah... 21 is honestly pretty bad herding considering the amount of effort you put into it. The record is 15 so you're losing 6 seconds on goats alone. For a segmented run you should be coming in at 17-18 at the very highest.

I took a stab at the first few segments a few months ago. Here are your times to beat: 1:01 on segment 1, 1:46 on segment 2, 5:34 on segment 3. For the rest, TpFox and chimpas's runs are a great reference. And just so you know I might do the rest of the run at some point, so you might not be without competition forever.

Ok, I'll see if I can beat those times... I just got to the blue rupee dive in the route, this looks like a pain in the ass, lol.

TLoZSR wrote

Ok, I'll see if I can beat those times... I just got to the blue rupee dive in the route, this looks like a pain in the ass, lol.

My rupee dive video is outdated. You can save several more seconds. Use the dig spot I pass up at around 6 seconds in and try to optimize it as best as possible. To get the dive, use a sword slash just before the boomerang and rupee touch you. The timing is hell.

Paraxade wrote

I might do the rest of the run at some point, so you might not be without competition forever.

WOOW Paraxade I would love if you do a run of this route, lol your times are always unbeatable, I would like to see what you can do with this.

why do you not do a team run (sry bad english)

how would you make GC saves reach all team members easily?

UchihaSasuke wrote

how would you make GC saves reach all team members easily?

There is no easy way. Everyone would need a hacked Wii.

ComboKing wrote

There is no easy way. Everyone would need a hacked Wii.

You don't need a hacked wii to share saves. It's really simple actually.

aleckermit wrote

You don't need a hacked wii to share saves. It's really simple actually.

how simple is it?

Save your tp file on your sd card, leave it on your computer and take the one somebody send you, then copy it in your wii.

Majora MIM wrote

Save your tp file on your sd card, leave it on your computer and take the one somebody send you, then copy it in your wii.

We wouldn't be using the Wii version.

ComboKing wrote

We wouldn't be using the Wii version.

You can play GameCube games on the Wii. Just insert the Gamecube disc into the Wii. >_>

BottlesFTW wrote

You can play GameCube games on the Wii. Just insert the Gamecube disc into the Wii. >_>

But you can't save a gamcube game onto an sd card can you?

TLoZSR wrote

But you can't save a gamcube game onto an sd card can you?

Oh snap

aleckermit wrote

You don't need a hacked wii to share saves. It's really simple actually.

You do need a hacked wii <_<. However, the app to backup GCN saves doesn't work with TP. So you would have to mail the memory card to the runners.

bluephantom340 wrote

You do need a hacked wii <_<. However, the app to backup GCN saves doesn't work with TP. So you would have to mail the memory card to the runners.

hehehe I knew it wouln´t be easy, alsoo check segment 26 just uploaded

Rupee dive is proving to be very difficult  >:( Are there any tips for it, or is it just hope for the best?

not really :/ there's an incredibly tiny window. just keep at it and you'll get it eventually.

You can practice the diving part of the trick by doing it off of the heart piece at the forest temple, but I've never tried it myself.

For me, rupee dive is still incredibly difficult to this day. I've practiced it quite a bit. The only reason I ever even considered it was because I was messing around in Kakariko gorge and accidentally did a heart piece dive there. I figured it might work with a rupee and realized if it did the fishing rod could be skipped. And I still can't do it quickly. My faster rupee dive video is at least 20 seconds slower than what it should be in a speed run.

A good spot to practice is at the gorge. If you have another different save file with bombs, blow up the rock containing yellow and blue rupees. They won't disappear. Target a rupee, go to the edge, swivel the camera to a side view of Link, and swing your sword just as the rupee is about to touch your back.

This might help because you'll have a somewhat similar setup in lake hylia. In lake hylia, dig (remember to use the dig spot I pass at 6 seconds in my video...don't dig in the spot I did or you'll waste time), run a bit, turn into a human, target rupee, go to the edge, side view of Link, swing just before rupee touches your back.

logitechsdaz wrote

For me, rupee dive is still incredibly difficult to this day. I've practiced it quite a bit. The only reason I ever even considered it was because I was messing around in Kakariko gorge and accidentally did a heart piece dive there. I figured it might work with a rupee and realized if it did the fishing rod could be skipped. And I still can't do it quickly. My faster rupee dive video is at least 20 seconds slower than what it should be in a speed run.

A good spot to practice is at the gorge. If you have another different save file with bombs, blow up the rock containing yellow and blue rupees. They won't disappear. Target a rupee, go to the edge, swivel the camera to a side view of Link, and swing your sword just as the rupee is about to touch your back.

This might help because you'll have a somewhat similar setup in lake hylia. In lake hylia, dig (remember to use the dig spot I pass at 6 seconds in my video...don't dig in the spot I did or you'll waste time), run a bit, turn into a human, target rupee, go to the edge, side view of Link, swing just before rupee touches your back.

Alright, thanks, I'll give that a go.

Ok, It's been a while, but I think I'll be picking this run back up again, I've been working on improving my times, and running through the route. So far I've finished the first 3 segments again, with an improvement of 1 second on segment 1, 3 seconds on segment 2, and 4 seconds on segment 3.

Edit: Just got a great segment 4 at 3 minutes 58 seconds, don't know how it was 2 seconds faster than tpfox's but it was

Edit2:
I finally got around to starting the run again, and so far I've been very happy with how it's turned out

Segment 1: 1:02 - 1 second faster than my old 1st segment, pretty happy with it
Segment 2: 1:48 - 3 seconds faster than my old 2nd segment, pretty happy with it
Segment 3: 5:36 - 4 seconds faster than my old 3rd segment, very happy with it
Segment 4: 3:58 - 2 seconds faster than the fastest I could find on youtube, and I'm extremely happy with this one.

Ahem, triple post

Segment 5 is now complete, surprisingly, didn't take me very long to get. I got a time of 1:27, which comes out to be 1 second faster than tpfox's sword and shield skip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblHzHZ4GZ8

I think you can segment at Bo's house in between herding and the sumo match.  It might make the luck manipulation a little bit easier. 

I'm pretty sure you'd lose time, because you would have to go to bo's house after saving... But I'm not certain.

Segment 6 is done and uploaded to youtube. It is done in 3:14, which is about 3 seconds quicker than tpfox's equivalent segment. Comparing my segments to tpfox's makes me feel better about them. Only one real screw up, and some bugs are taken out by a nice quickspin

Segment 6

TLoZSR wrote

I'm pretty sure you'd lose time, because you would have to go to bo's house after saving... But I'm not certain.

Actually, ABChimpas did it in his Wii BIT run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQeDiIgevRM&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNjuAdnxh0A&feature=relmfu

I think it works in GCN as well because the any% routes are the same at segment 3. 

I didn't know saving in the house would have you be in the house after loading back up, oh well, I got a good segment 3, but it's definitely not a bad choice to split that segment into 2

Segment 7: 1:43

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH4r-fsz5lU