TP any% new route demo with Empty Lake Hylia (see description)

This is the first full run of a new route for any% that I came up with and the community helped develop. The main difference is removing early Lakebed Temple via pillar clip, which has been used in this category for over a decade, in favor of entering Lakebed in a new way after using layer manipulation* to load Lake Hylia without any water. This means not needing to spend time getting and using Ooccoo in Lakebed and allows for the use of a bomb in the fight with Deku Toad. I timed the two routes and found the new one to save 8s (not including wolfos superjump - see below), though this is a conservative estimate because it requires some good RNG on the older route. Some salient points:
0:34:22 not entering Lakebed Temple early (not interesting)
1:02:29 damaging down on the way to Iza (mildly interesting)
1:06:11 emptying Lake Hylia (interesting)
1:07:20 entering Lakebed from empty Lake Hylia (really interesting)
1:10:26 Deku Toad quick cycle with a bomb (cool)
1:32:53 exiting Snowpeak Ruins via the door instead of Ooccoo (really interesting if you love doors)
I didn't realize until another runner suggested it partway through this run, but this route should optimally use wolfos superjump to ascend Snowpeak rather than using map glitch like I did. It'd save up to 10s but would be somewhat risky. Since this route is so new, there are likely to be more ideas and discoveries to improve it further.
*For an explanation of the layer (or "state") manipulation used in emptying Lake Hylia, see the bottom of this page: www.zeldaspeed...
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[@dav0spheer309]

The impacts of global warming on the any% route smh

[@Cynastri]

ong so sad 😞😞

[@Beans-do6wc]

Checkmate nonbelievers

[@sethdavila7367]

Damn can't even escape it when I go into the virtual world

[@cryptfly]

Each any% you do is weirder and goofier than the last. This brings me so much joy.

[@TheCreeperStalker]

This will affect the Hylian trout population 😢

[@loganmyall660]

As a door lover, this speedruns is everything I wanted, and more!

[@vhscassette6583]

i love how all your commentaries are like smooth radio man for hours straight. even when committing acts of ecological genocide

[@joshuaandrews7766]

No way I get to witness even another version of any% ❤️

[@imos_theos]

Imagine being like Midna and just having an arm comin' out of the back of your head 24/7. It'd be weird never being able to see the base of it without a mirror

[@Tropical_Tutorials]

Oh my god this is the most amazing thing I've ever seen

[@Memo-yh4nc]

I’m happy that the run has finally got a route change after so many years… but I really liked Early Lakebed. It’s such a cool trick and it’s a nice addition in the middle of the long and monotonous twilight sections.

[@bewildebeest]

Not to worry - pillar clip for early Lakebed is still in basically every other glitched category, including 100% and All Dungeons

[@Memo-yh4nc]

@@bewildebeest :D

[@imos_theos]

I haven't finished the run yet, but your commentary is great. Love the run so far :)

[@ephay]

your vids are like asmr for me

[@happyheart]

he's the whuzzit goat bruh. he's the whuzzit twilight princess goat bruh!

[@zenkozenko4989]

mmMMMM bewlidebesast update we are eating (but not drinking) good tonight

[@evonthon]

I'll be honest, if Early Hyrule Castle is found, I half expect it would cost hours due to item sliding.

[@thevideoends617]

What testing has been done for Overstate.. I heard this was the latest theory of getting inside Hyrule castle early.

[@bewildebeest]

I've never heard of Overstate before. The last idea I heard about people testing for early Hyrule Castle was actor unloading through memory corruption, which the person working on it wasn't able to make work without cheats.

[@thevideoends617]

@@bewildebeest That's the name they chose. It's the same thing for getting Lakebed empty of water. I heard that certain mini games might be the key.... but I also started thinking, maybe this glitch can work other places, to create small time saves. Maybe it will never work for Hyrule castle, but some other area might benefit from it.

[@bewildebeest]

​@@thevideoends617 We haven't found any useful applications yet in any of the other areas that this glitch can apply to, but maybe someday we will

[@96baconbits53]

This has me wondering about what would happen if one were to game over somehow during one of the hidden skill trials.

[@bewildebeest]

I wondered that too, but you respawn in the same hidden skill trial, so nothing interesting I can see there.

[@b3nnym4n]

sick

[@maximus440]

Will you be doing any non chat commentaries for any of your recent awesome runs? I love your gameplay but just am not into listening to nothing but chat interactions.

[@bewildebeest]

I am working on commentary for my Low B Presses run, but my full run commentaries take a while to make

[@Auride]

How exactly does layer manipulation work?

[@bewildebeest]

I should add this to the description. There's an explanation at the bottom of this page, and in this case, "state" = "layer": www.zeldaspeedruns.com/tp/misc/empty-lake-hylia

[@alaraplatt8104]

zelda games are like onions

[@hedenistic]

Do any% no hidden skills for the meme

[@bassplayerbyrne]

do i miss something or are you just unable to beat Ganon?

[@imos_theos]

is Wii or Gamecube faster?

[@bewildebeest]

Gamecube

[@imos_theos]

thank ya

[@LaykaTheWuffinator]

I've genuinely wondered how the actual fuck people learn this stuff... It's infuriating...

[@bewildebeest]

People find glitches mostly by playing the game a lot and trying out things they think of. Figuring out the explanations and how fast the ideas are comes afterward. If you're talking about learning the route and how to do known glitches, check this website out. I'll link directly to the route doc for the run in this video: www.zeldaspeedruns.com/tp/route/any-gorge-empty-lh

[@LaykaTheWuffinator]

@@bewildebeest Sorry if I seemed rude... I was just mad that I couldn't get even half the stuff you did to work. I'm guessing it's actually harder on an emulator (I need to get my hardware fixed). Thank you for the resources.

[@bewildebeest]

@@LaykaTheWuffinator No worries, but no, all of these glitches and tricks work on emulator just as well. The only reason I'm able to do them all in a run is that I've practiced them a lot over the course of 3 years.

[@LaykaTheWuffinator]

@@bewildebeest Ah, fair. I can only dream that one day I'll be as goated as you are. Also thanks for speedrunning my favorite game and breaking the shit out of it. It's cool as Hell. In all honesty, I've followed your run along (cheating in places where I failed) and am currently up to the 58 minute mark of the video.

[@LaykaTheWuffinator]

I don't know if it means anything but progress update! i.imgur.com/HLHJrOu.jpg

[@irishsword2020]

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