SMW Glitchless Any%

[thegrimm1onfire]

The title more or less says it all. Does anyone run SMW glitchless any%? I see all these runs that use a glitch that starts in Yoshi 1 and while the glitch seems simple enough I don't want to do that. I want to play the game within the intended format and race through it as fast as possible. So again is there anyone else here doing this? Are there suggestions you might be able to offer for it?

[Wypy]

AFAIK the only Glitchless route run by smw players is "96 Exit, All Dragon Coins/Moons" http://deanyd.net/smw/index.php?titl...on_Coins/Moons

Maybe you find some tips on that website.

[thegrimm1onfire]

Thanks Wypy. I will bookmark that and click through it more fully when I have a chance to really absorb the info on it. Would it be totally out of place to start a new category for runs of SMW? I personally see no reason why not but I am also interested in 100% runs of SMW anyway.

[Wypy]

Creating new categories is always tedious, whether or not it gets accepted depends entirely on the community of the game and if the majority of the runners like it or not. Its always good to trade ideas with other runners of a game if you want to create a new category, so you get some feedback if its feasable or not.
Sometimesit just depend on how interesting or different the new category is from the existing ones. I don't know how much different a glitchless any% run would be from a normal any% run.

[PikaShockz]

I don't know how much different a glitchless any% run would be from a normal any% run.

The Orb Glitch can be used on Bowsers Castle, pretty much meaning they didn't even fight bowser.

But even if it was glitchless, the intended format wouldn't be used as people would use tactics that aren't glitches but just faults in the level.

[thegrimm1onfire]

Ahh I see. Thanks for all the feed back. I will just learn the Orb Glitch and the location of the Dragon Coins/Moons.

[x10power]

thegrimm I run any% glitchless but I still have to compare my times to people who use the orb glitch. It sucks since it is impossible for me to get a very good time but it still extremely enjoyable to run!

[thegrimm1onfire]

How big is the gap in times x10? Are we talking about minutes lost? I know that skipping a castle is a time saver but I have to wonder how much is really lost having to finish Iggy off?

[x10power]

its about a minute

[Maelficus]

as i understand it, orb glitch to skip iggy for any% only saves like 10 seconds or something overall because you have to spend the time going into YI1 to get the orb. when i started out i didnt do orb glitch because i wanted to practice all the levels first before dealing with such a frustrating glitch. there is no problem with doing orbless runs except that once your time starts to get low, the only way you will be able to compete with everyone is to do it no matter how much time you can save other places. if you were to find new strats to save more time and conceivably beat a record, people would just incorporate those new strats in with the orb and you'd be back at square one