Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
3 stages in a row in which we're not met with any relative difficulties whatsoever, count is still at 3. Let's pray it keeps going like that.
This stage would be trivial if it wasn't for one hell of a section, being the long rail segment in the second-to-last room (5:21).
There are a many different approaches in attempting to cross the gap, a couple ones being impossible and few others way too unreasonable in difficulty.
So believe it or not, this air-stalling method is the easiest possible strat from the lot I could think of.
To cite only a few :
- Reaching the platform in its first moving cycle is probably possible but its tightness makes it too unreliable to use.
- There is no way (Albeit a couple pixels away from the ability) to carry an ennemy beforehand, which would trivialize this segment a lot.
- We can get in-between the big diss. platforms without collecting the surrounding gems (Space is very narrow), but this would just be another method among many based on air-stalling (Waiting for the platform to come back), plus you'd need to synchronize it all to catch the platform as it goes again, ie more trouble than it is worth.
Vision scores playlist : youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1GOxYfabbWIHQj6axuMeDzVlibdt6t-P
3 stages in a row in which we're not met with any relative difficulties whatsoever, count is still at 3. Let's pray it keeps going like that.
This stage would be trivial if it wasn't for one hell of a section, being the long rail segment in the second-to-last room (5:21).
There are a many different approaches in attempting to cross the gap, a couple ones being impossible and few others way too unreasonable in difficulty.
So believe it or not, this air-stalling method is the easiest possible strat from the lot I could think of.
To cite only a few :
- Reaching the platform in its first moving cycle is probably possible but its tightness makes it too unreliable to use.
- There is no way (Albeit a couple pixels away from the ability) to carry an ennemy beforehand, which would trivialize this segment a lot.
- We can get in-between the big diss. platforms without collecting the surrounding gems (Space is very narrow), but this would just be another method among many based on air-stalling (Waiting for the platform to come back), plus you'd need to synchronize it all to catch the platform as it goes again, ie more trouble than it is worth.
Vision scores playlist : youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1GOxYfabbWIHQj6axuMeDzVlibdt6t-P
![Klonoa : Door to Phantomile any% in 36:13 [Obsolete/Former WR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kGWaW_NMAmk/mqdefault.jpg "Klonoa : Door to Phantomile any% in 36:13 [Obsolete/Former WR]
Run begins at 2:38 and ends at 38:47.
VOD : twitch.tv/videos/2227362723
This run beats the previous any% world record held by me, a 36:26, a 13 second improvement.
This run is officially goat any% material. Its my best speedrun ever currently, though I know I can still go beyond it. in fact, this streaming session was probably my best one ever. It probably was the best Klonoa dtp any% session ever... and the best Klonoa dtp session period, honestly.
youtube.com/watch?v=S4dFee-ZfqA
In the current top level meta, there are three legendary tricks. Their difficulty are comparable to one another, and beyond anything else in the run (using my, or most peoples strats).
These are, in descending order :
- Perfect ghadius : you get 4 hits in during one cycle of phase one, and then take him down using all 6 moos in the second phase, preferably quickly. Extremely RNG heavy, tense execution, painfully easy to choke.
- 4-1 end room skip on the left side (any method).
- 3-1 switch trick.
Ever since my unretirement, I only ever managed to get only one of these tricks per run, usually the last one. And Ive done a lot of runs.
Today. I did ALL THREE. No. I did ALL THREE, TWO RUNS IN A ROW.
So either this was the craziest fluke of my entire Klonoa career, or Ive just reached another level.
And of course, in this run, the vast majority of it was perfect.
There are only three mistakes. Namely, a -7s Naha I strat compared to my previous PBs -14s.
Two tries ultimate 6-2 skip.
And... this Gelg Bolm last hit fail, which wasnt a motor skill failure. I found the placement of both the boss and the enemy to be in unusual spots, and it messed with my timing.
So, and as you can see by this beautiful green splits run, I lost about ~~43 seconds overall. Such that technically, 35:3X is possible.
Now, about whats next. I have to be smart about running the game and reaching my goal.
I cant just hope that things will continue to improve and Im gonna keep one-upping myself every single time, a pattern Ive been noticing now (where are my old 37 days ? My last 9 runs had six 36s in them). Clearly, luck has had a huge biast on my side. And by virtue of the etherial laws of probabilities, it will be forced to turn over extremely soon. I really cant expect myself to achieve this level of performance consistently.
Thus, I have to humble myself, and go one step back. Because I think it will do me no psychological good to attempt to beat this run directly with another one, Im just gonna pretend it doesnt exist, and Ill instead run against my 36:26 again. If you remember, that time had none of these tricks, and yet, I was only less than 30 seconds away from the sub.
I didnt save the splits for it, but I wouldnt be using them during the run anyways.
At the end of the day, my bottom line has always been about having at least one run per streaming session that manages to get at least one of these critical tricks. I dont care what happens beyond that.
Oh, and I STILL didnt feel pressure. Maybe just a little bit of after passing Ghadius, but nothing that would risk my play.
Though you might remark my heavy breathing in places. Well, that was deliberate. Some attempts ago, I had a pretty good pace making it to Nahatomb. I wasnt feeling particularly stressed though the run was close to PB pace. But suddenly my back started to ache.
Its a very rare sensation, and I dont know if its just me, or if all speedrunners are experiencing this to some degree. But much like nerves, it can disturb your composure and make you lose focus, though in an overall shorter timespan.
I thought that breathing in and out at regular intervals during a confirmed good run would make it less likely to happen later on (on top of being calming to some degree I guess), but Im just doing whatever.
Enough writing. We all had fun for a moment, but next PB will truly take time. No pressure. 36s are still worth a penny.")
