benstephens56 | Phantom Hourglass USA vs JPN Route Comparison @benstephens56 | Uploaded July 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
Due to glitch found by SolidifiedGaming that allows us to skip the Regal Necklace a new route has been made possible. However, this glitch does not currently work on the Japanese version of the game which was previously faster. After timing the two routes, they appear to be about the same. The setup I use for the Regal necklace skip is a lot slower than it could be though, which means there is a good chance that the USA version of the game could be faster with a better setup.
All timing was done on a 3DS as opposed to Wii U VC. This timing would likely be different on Wii U, but I do not expect it will reverse the verdict.
Due to glitch found by SolidifiedGaming that allows us to skip the Regal Necklace a new route has been made possible. However, this glitch does not currently work on the Japanese version of the game which was previously faster. After timing the two routes, they appear to be about the same. The setup I use for the Regal necklace skip is a lot slower than it could be though, which means there is a good chance that the USA version of the game could be faster with a better setup.
All timing was done on a 3DS as opposed to Wii U VC. This timing would likely be different on Wii U, but I do not expect it will reverse the verdict.
![[TAS] Ocarina of Time 3D All Dungeons in 1:02:10 [Commentated]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pH4a1d9FINY/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Ocarina of Time 3D All Dungeons in 1:02:10 [Commentated]
No commentary version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiElbuJQ1sE
Tool Assisted Speedrun
Commentary by ZFG1 and myself
Streamed live at https://www.twitch.tv/zfg1 on 6/30/24
Author Notes: https://tasvideos.org/9153S
TASVideos Discussion and Voting: https://tasvideos.org/Forum/Topics/25514
TAS Timing (system power on): 1:02:23.000
RTA Timing (Pressing Start on the file select screen): 1:02:10.751
Rerecords: 102,747
Author: benstephens56
Creation Emulator: Citra Canary 2007
Playback Emulator: Citra Nightly 1815
This is a tool assisted speedrun (TAS) of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D that aims to be the game as fast as possible while also completed all 8 of the main dungeons. There are no other restrictions. Completing a dungeon requires entering the blue warp at the end of the dungeon and obtaining the Spiritual Stone or Medallion. Based on the community definition, however, these Spiritual Stones and Medallions do not need to remain in the inventory after obtaining them. Therefore, the game does not need to be completed with all of the Spiritual Stones and Medallions, each must just be obtained once from their intended source. Unlike a real-time attack (RTA) speedrun where a player sits down to complete a game in one sitting, this run utilizes an emulator with specialized tools to such as savestates and frame by frame pausing to complete what is essentially a perfect speedrun, or at least as close as someone can theoretically get. As such, this speedrun in its final form took somewhere between 2 or 3 months to create.")
