Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
AKA NG Tsuta Bridge Skip. This will allow us to completely skip Sunrise in NG (the last category that required it) along with the Dialogue Boost Boulder Skip found yesterday (youtu.be/M6Kcs2okpcA).
The reason this bridge is relevant to Sunrise is because, for whatever reason, it's programmed to check for Sunrise, at least according to lEternalDarkness. If you try to use Rejuvenation on it without Sunrise, it simply won't have any effect. I suspect this is either a developer error (which wouldn't be caught by QA since you'd always have Sunrise by now) or some weird anti-cheating measure. As such, we need some other way to get to the other side in order to fully skip Sunrise. NG+ 2017 could already do this via Blockhead Skip (https://okami.speedruns.wiki/Blockhead_Skip), but NG needs a different method without Slope KT's.
As soon as I got off work today, I basically loaded up my save with DJ in Tsuta. I already knew that you can clear some of the invisible walls around the bridge with double jump, but unfortunately the two sides are far enough apart that you can't just go straight over the gap. Luckily, there's a VERY tiny ledge on this side of the bridge, and from there we can tackle jump over the invisible wall on the other side to get across. This is actually pretty lenient, though falling down loses a ton of time, since you have to climb up the Blockhead room again.
Named the "Kamiki Killer" because this finally lets us abandon the villagers in Kamiki without ever freeing them from their petrified state.
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
AKA NG Tsuta Bridge Skip. This will allow us to completely skip Sunrise in NG (the last category that required it) along with the Dialogue Boost Boulder Skip found yesterday (youtu.be/M6Kcs2okpcA).
The reason this bridge is relevant to Sunrise is because, for whatever reason, it's programmed to check for Sunrise, at least according to lEternalDarkness. If you try to use Rejuvenation on it without Sunrise, it simply won't have any effect. I suspect this is either a developer error (which wouldn't be caught by QA since you'd always have Sunrise by now) or some weird anti-cheating measure. As such, we need some other way to get to the other side in order to fully skip Sunrise. NG+ 2017 could already do this via Blockhead Skip (https://okami.speedruns.wiki/Blockhead_Skip), but NG needs a different method without Slope KT's.
As soon as I got off work today, I basically loaded up my save with DJ in Tsuta. I already knew that you can clear some of the invisible walls around the bridge with double jump, but unfortunately the two sides are far enough apart that you can't just go straight over the gap. Luckily, there's a VERY tiny ledge on this side of the bridge, and from there we can tackle jump over the invisible wall on the other side to get across. This is actually pretty lenient, though falling down loses a ton of time, since you have to climb up the Blockhead room again.
Named the "Kamiki Killer" because this finally lets us abandon the villagers in Kamiki without ever freeing them from their petrified state.
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 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
Splits: https://splits.io/5clp
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
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoveAuride")
