Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
This strat may be useful in NG Any%. If we skip Sunrise in the HBS route, we're going to be very low on praise since we're missing all the praise from Kamiki. This means we can't actually get 5 ink pots by Waka 2. We could technically get 5 using the praise from Blooming the Taka Guardian Sapling, but it might be better to do a different strat in this minigame and upgrade later to avoid the extra pause. Not really sure yet. If we do this, we'll want to upgrade to 5 ink probably during the Take fight.
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
This strat may be useful in NG Any%. If we skip Sunrise in the HBS route, we're going to be very low on praise since we're missing all the praise from Kamiki. This means we can't actually get 5 ink pots by Waka 2. We could technically get 5 using the praise from Blooming the Taka Guardian Sapling, but it might be better to do a different strat in this minigame and upgrade later to avoid the extra pause. Not really sure yet. If we do this, we'll want to upgrade to 5 ink probably during the Take fight.
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
![Okami All Brushes in 3:49:04 - New Game All Brushes Speedrun [Former World Record]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MTEK1ttIXM8/mqdefault.jpg "Okami All Brushes in 3:49:04 - New Game All Brushes Speedrun [Former World Record]
For those unfamiliar, the All Brushes category requires us to collect all brush techniques AND upgrades (e.g. Fireburst, Mist Warp, Cherry Bomb 2/3, etc.). This makes for a longer run, but one with many interesting routing possibilities due to the many objectives that can be completed at any time.
This run had a lot of mistakes and sloppy play, but it was just better-enough than the previous run to save over 2m. Wawku was the biggest flop, but there were many smaller mistakes sprinkled all over the run. The first sub-3:50 for NG AB ^_^
Definitely a lot of time left to save in this category. Sub-3:40 is *probably* doable, but it will take a lot of work. Im starting to think sub-3:30 isnt feasible for a human.
This run beat the previous WR of 3:51:28 (https://youtu.be/lsXxql5c82k).
Splits: https://splits.io/4um6
Leaderboard: https://www.speedrun.com/Okami/full_game#NG_All_Brushes
Route: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S3YurqMVx1Ce0LWRamboSsaQVAq4CE4khVJ1SA73HO0/edit?usp=sharing
Okami Speedrunning Discord: https://discord.gg/AQNKmMu")
![Okami in 2:28:07 - New Game Any% Speedrun [Former World Record]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OHmuhVEitUY/mqdefault.jpg "Okami in 2:28:07 - New Game Any% Speedrun [Former World Record]
This run was beaten on March 3rd, 2020 by me: https://youtu.be/b5hWk1dpHp0.
This run was a lot of fun. I did manage to fix many of the mistakes of the previous WR, but a fair number of things did go wrong, keeping it pretty tense all the way to the very end.
The main thing that saved this run was a much faster 2nd Fire Tablet Skip, along with some cleaner play in various areas. This run was actually up to 1m 12s ahead at the end of Orochi Phase 1 on the Ark of Yamato, but then phase 2 went terrifically wrong, causing me to end up only 23s ahead at the very end.
This run beats the previous wr by me (2h 28m 30s https://youtu.be/SS1xnHssD6g) by 23s.
This run was originally intended to just be commentary practice for the speedrunning marathon I was accepted to, Midfall Speedball (https://horaro.org/mfsb2019/schedule). This run is literally this Saturday, so chances are its already past by the time youre reading this. Feel free to try to find the VOD though, Im sure it will be very fun!
Once the marathon is over, Ill probably do some NG All Brushes runs, as Ive mostly finished routing that category.
Splits: https://splits.io/4t58
Leaderboard: https://www.speedrun.com/Okami/full_game#NG_Any
Okami Speedrunning Discord: https://discord.gg/AQNKmMu
Watch my streams live: https://www.twitch.tv/loveauride")
