Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
The long theorized skip has finally been made possible, largely thanks to the efforts of whataboutclyde and Devi in the Okami Speedrunning discord. Clyde put in an absolutely monumental amount of work reverse-engineering Okami's file system, and was finally able to parse out the collision data of each map. I almost immediately asked to see the collision for this area, and was surprised to see how simple it was.
An image taken by Devi in Blender can be seen here: media.discordapp.net/attachments/400042564910186516/747789475643654254/unknown.png?width=1078&height=678. The original collision files can be found in Clyde's drive here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/17H_3CezCZ8rSUTmZ2hRV9HOvqPSegnDc?usp=sharing
I was basically unable to actually test anything for 12 hours at this point due to work, so Devi got to work instead. They made quick progress in showing a method to get higher up on the seam that I was ever able to in hours of attempts. They were even able to clear the collision and get out-of-bounds (seen here: streamable.com/jiufdp), but only with the help of an air tackle bounce, from which Ammy didn't seem to have quite enough momentum to reach the interior (though it might still be possible with the right angle for drifting).
Finally I got home, and immediately began attempts while local-recording. After about 18 minutes, I got this clip. This isn't clean, and I still have to see if it can be replicated consistently, but the fact that it's possible at all is a huge leap forward.
I estimate that this trick saves around 2m for all NG categories. This skips about 1m 30s from fighting the Cutters and rescuing Chun, and enables us to perform a trick called Meat Warp (https://okami.speedruns.wiki/Meat_Warp) to save about 30s when leaving Kusa after fighting Tei. This is a very very rough estimate, however, and the real time save might be more or less (probably less).
Okami Speedrunning Discord: discord.gg/AQNKmMu
Okami Speedrunning Wiki: https://okami.speedruns.wiki/Main_Page
Leaderboard: speedrun.com/Okami
My Twitter: twitter.com/LoveAuride
My Twitch: twitch.tv/loveauride
The long theorized skip has finally been made possible, largely thanks to the efforts of whataboutclyde and Devi in the Okami Speedrunning discord. Clyde put in an absolutely monumental amount of work reverse-engineering Okami's file system, and was finally able to parse out the collision data of each map. I almost immediately asked to see the collision for this area, and was surprised to see how simple it was.
An image taken by Devi in Blender can be seen here: media.discordapp.net/attachments/400042564910186516/747789475643654254/unknown.png?width=1078&height=678. The original collision files can be found in Clyde's drive here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/17H_3CezCZ8rSUTmZ2hRV9HOvqPSegnDc?usp=sharing
I was basically unable to actually test anything for 12 hours at this point due to work, so Devi got to work instead. They made quick progress in showing a method to get higher up on the seam that I was ever able to in hours of attempts. They were even able to clear the collision and get out-of-bounds (seen here: streamable.com/jiufdp), but only with the help of an air tackle bounce, from which Ammy didn't seem to have quite enough momentum to reach the interior (though it might still be possible with the right angle for drifting).
Finally I got home, and immediately began attempts while local-recording. After about 18 minutes, I got this clip. This isn't clean, and I still have to see if it can be replicated consistently, but the fact that it's possible at all is a huge leap forward.
I estimate that this trick saves around 2m for all NG categories. This skips about 1m 30s from fighting the Cutters and rescuing Chun, and enables us to perform a trick called Meat Warp (https://okami.speedruns.wiki/Meat_Warp) to save about 30s when leaving Kusa after fighting Tei. This is a very very rough estimate, however, and the real time save might be more or less (probably less).
Okami Speedrunning Discord: discord.gg/AQNKmMu
Okami Speedrunning Wiki: https://okami.speedruns.wiki/Main_Page
Leaderboard: speedrun.com/Okami
My Twitter: twitter.com/LoveAuride
My Twitch: twitch.tv/loveauride
