Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 11 minutes ago

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New PB here: youtu.be/zNz1No04FrY
Run starts at 1:14
My second completed run, and a very nice improvement over my sloppy™ first run. With the new battle skips, better execution, and much better performance of the One X versus the 360, this run ended up with a better time than I thought it would have. Beating the segmented run is a given now, but more so than that, going for sub 6:20 seems like it'd be a nice goal to aim for.

The major mistakes in this run are the following:
- Hitting the Fire Wolf Ghost and running back to the heal machine
- Dying once to Heat-Wave Sai and Raging Kesu
- Dying once to the Blazing Kirin
- The Land Shark being... The Land Shark
- A stupid menuing mistake before the Pyro Dragon
- Dying once to Destroy (at the end of the fight)

As for what went well, pretty much everything else was on par or above average. The Black Belt grind was pretty good, but I could certainly save time there with some god luck.
Now that I have a solid run I'll probably work on improving my familiarity with discs 2 and 3 before I start shooting for sub 6:30 or sub 6:20. Looking forward to it!

One more thing I should note that I didn't see after the run was my in-game time before fighting Destroy, which was around 5:47. By the time I beat Destroy and finish, it probably was just under 6 hours, which means this run may have have been the first sub 6 hour in-game time run. Doesn't mean much, but it's damn neat to know it might be possible with a perfect run.