Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
We can do a big camera adventure here to restore the cursed patch, which teleports us across Waka's fight trigger. The trigger disappears the next time you return to Agata.
Unfortuntately, I'm like 80% sure this can't be done consistently faster than just fighting Waka. Even if it could, it would probably save only a few seconds at most. So this is just for documentation. As shown in this video, this loses roughly 10-15 seconds.
You could hypothetically save more time by not buying the 2 SFS in Kamiki, but then you'd need to pick up the one in the bud in Tsuta for the double Bud Ogre fight, which makes the net time-save like 5 seconds at most.
You might also ask "Could you use the cutscene warps from cursed patches to skip things elsewhere?" As far as I can tell, there aren't any other good places to use cursed patches. Camera adventures are slower than just moving, so it's only useful when it lets you cross some barrier.
There *are* cursed patches on the far side of City Checkpoint, but they're deactivated until the bridge is lowered, so we can't warp with those.
We can do a big camera adventure here to restore the cursed patch, which teleports us across Waka's fight trigger. The trigger disappears the next time you return to Agata.
Unfortuntately, I'm like 80% sure this can't be done consistently faster than just fighting Waka. Even if it could, it would probably save only a few seconds at most. So this is just for documentation. As shown in this video, this loses roughly 10-15 seconds.
You could hypothetically save more time by not buying the 2 SFS in Kamiki, but then you'd need to pick up the one in the bud in Tsuta for the double Bud Ogre fight, which makes the net time-save like 5 seconds at most.
You might also ask "Could you use the cutscene warps from cursed patches to skip things elsewhere?" As far as I can tell, there aren't any other good places to use cursed patches. Camera adventures are slower than just moving, so it's only useful when it lets you cross some barrier.
There *are* cursed patches on the far side of City Checkpoint, but they're deactivated until the bridge is lowered, so we can't warp with those.
![Okami in 2:23:28 - New Game Any% Speedrun [Former World Record]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k88UtutOe3g/mqdefault.jpg "Okami in 2:23:28 - New Game Any% Speedrun [Former World Record]
This run was beaten on April 28, 2020 by me (https://youtu.be/HYXkM8-eK6Q).
By the miracle of Amaterasu herself, I managed to get first try tab skip in another run. Tab skip 2 was unfortunately a fair bit worse than last time, so I cant say both were great, but on the other hand this run lacked the categorical errors of the previous, and just played better overall. The big mistakes were these:
- Ryoshima Dojo Clip: I lost over a minute here just from failing to clip and falling into the void twice. This really sucked and I do not like this trick right now ;_;
- Wawku Cannons: I kept flubbing my execution here which lost a ton of time. Ive practiced this segment a fair bit but it still went worse than Ive seen before. Just needs more practice I guess.
- Ark Blight: I messed up the one cycle. This is my own fault for not practicing it enough.
If those mistakes hadnt happened, this run couldve been 2:21 or better. I dont know how much longer I can stand to grind this category, but sub 2h 20m would surely be inevitable if I had the perseverance.
This run beats the previous WR by me (2h 25m 09s https://youtu.be/sRRZ9IDqdBI) by 1m 41s. The WR text in the top right is erroneous because I forgot to update it before the run
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