Ov's video: Super Metroid Any in 00:27 IGT

This is an Any% speedrun of Super Metroid optimized specifically for in-game-time (IGT). It is one of the few Any% runs of this game, and the first since the inception of SpeedRunsLive, executed specifically and only with IGT in mind (on NTSC). IGT in this game ignores frames consumed by lag, transitions, pauses (the menu), and fanfares, among other (much less relevant) instances. IGT runs directly benefit from additional item upgrades and enabling/disabling certain items (Ice Beam!) whenever a strategy would benefit from it. For the purposes of optimizing IGT, I've chosen the PKDR boss order which, despite involving two Norfair visits, turns out to be slightly faster of an order for IGT than PRKD overall, while also being easier to produce a clean (enough) run of. Here's the main reasons why: * Visiting Kraid's Lair after the first Norfair visit / right before Maridia makes health and ammo much, much, much less of a concern throughout the run * Gate glitching is not required at any point in the run (optimally, with PRKD, you'd have to perform one upon a green gate before leaving Maridia) * Plasma and Space Jump during Lower Norfair, which greatly speeds up the area and trivializes Ridley tremendously * Most of the 'do-or-lose' strategies and techniques (moat CWJ, Phantoon 2-round, Kraid quick kill, Botwoon 1-round, full halfie, Draygon) are placed earlier in the run To make accomplishing 00:27 easier, I've utilized murder beam on Mother Brain's third phase, which saves a total of ~8 seconds IGT (~16 minus the IGT lost from acquiring Spazer, as all beams are required to perform murder), as all of the lag caused by the beam is ignored by the timer. This beam creates a very thin and tall pillar from its location that damages everything within it for 200 every 15 frames (or 800 per second). Firing improperly will crash the game immediately; it must be fired while fully charged and facing left while neutral. I create three pillars and try to position them equally apart so that Mother Brain will always be in contact with one of them while she has her third phase life bar during the cutscene. This was an okay run carried a bit by fast/fast (technically fast/fast/fast, as he disappeared then reappeared first round, haha). The only weak segments were Red Brinstar (after WS) and Tourian, because I knew I could baby the crap out of the Metroids based on my pace. So long as I didn't miss skip, or die, or crash, I couldn't not have 27'd. It was ~27:50 by my estimation. There's a lengthy break during the statues cutscene (from 37:30 to 53:56). I coincidentally had something urgent to take care of during that time. Thank goodness the timer allows for such breaks! ^_^;; (without that break, the real time of this run would be 45:06) As of the completion of this run, my sum of bests is somewhere around 27:10, using many low-risk strategies. I personally think that 00:26 is possible in a single segment run and will happen eventually... give it a decade or two. It currently would require an extremely clean run and would benefit greatly from inclusion of the "bowling skip". 00:25 is absolutely impossible for a human to produce in a single segment run with current knowledge. It's tempting to say it'll never happen, but that would be breaking one of the golden rules of speedrunning. I completed this run live on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/446443318 --- In memory of Coconut (2004-2019) --- Game: Super Metroid Category: Any% Recording Date: June 30, 2019 Time: 00:27 IGT Specifications: 640x480, 3000 kbps, 60 FPS (watch in 720p) Twitch - http://twitch.tv/overfiendvip Twitter - https://twitter.com/overfiendvip