Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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This only loses around 2-5s versus the normal route of just doing the final race, but it's a lot more complicated to execute well. The key (pun intended) development which lead to this, was the discovery of Item Bounce, which is where Ammy can tackle-bounce into an item (such as a key) that she's just thrown in mid-air. This allows us to gain a small boost in height in situations where we normally can't tackle bounce (or at least can't tackle bounce in the right direction/location), as long as we have a grab-able item.

Unfortunately, I can't think of any actual uses for Item Bounce at the moment, due to its somewhat restrictive nature. These are all the places where we can get an item, iirc:
-Kushi's Sake
-Every vase in Shinshu Field from the Nameless Man sidequest
-Tsuta Key
-Lockjaw Key in Tsuta
-Teacup in Taka
-Both Gale Shrine keys
-Sunken Ship Key
-Imperial Palace Key
-Both Moon Cave Keys
-Inside the Dragon key
-Electric Key in Floor 1, Sidescroller, and Floor 4 of Oni Island, as well as the lockjaw keys
-All 3(?) keys in Wawku Shrine, as well as the gold gear after defeating Nechku

Item Bounce in Shinshu might be an easier way to do Early Plateau, we still have no real use for this trick, so I'm skeptical there would be a point. The Tsuta Key might be somehow usable to do Agata Bridge Skip, but the only way to get extra distance out of this trick is with a Glitchy Tackle Bounce which is wayy too annoying to test without savestates and frame-by-frame. None of the other places inspire any good ideas in me.

In any case, this does make this a much more compelling donation incentive, since the difference between saving and killing Tobi is so small.

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