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Odolwa done. Some points on what's new --
Goron Lullabye Skip
I can't quite articulate how great it is to finally be done with this. The snowballs were better slightly kinder this time which meant I could boost up the path better. This in turn meant I was slightly further forward on the path allowing me to get into the temple a full wind cycle earlier. I missed it by pixels last time.
Snowhead Temple
Saved a few frames in the first Wizzrobe fight by rolling (no idea why I didn't do this first time around). I also tried out Dashiznawz' bomb hovering suggestion which turned out to be considerably faster.
I also did the entire second Wizzrobe battle with fire arrows this time. It kept the C-button management and transformations much cleaner saving some time.
Termina Field
Goron race and all went fine. In the field I only open one chest because the other is pretty out of the way and I've managed to manipulate enough rupees to avoid it.
Ranch
I like what I've done here. I don't backwalk etc. since I'm trying to kill time anyway but everything still looks really smooth. At the end I manage to kill four aliens with a single arrow although it may be hard to see.
The Epona cutscene is unavoidable. The aliens converge on the barn at ~3:45, although you would need to be in there a lot earlier to actually get him. I suppose I could have entered slightly later, but getting it wrong would mean a lot more redoing so I decided not to risk it. Besides, this is only my first version of this game.
Mountain Village
I thought this would be pretty mundane, but I managed to utilise a few cool glitches I've discovered.
I first pick up a few rupees so that I can skip some in Woodfall. Then I noticed that rolling against the rocks beneath the porch at a certain angle can get the 20 rupees without having to break the boulders. This saves seconds.
Then I use another glitch I thought was useless. Rolling over the very corner of something that will increase Y-position at the correct angle causes the joystick position to completely reverse. This means Goron Link can change direction instantly without having to turn. Until now this was just annoying when going over ramps etc. but it looks cool here.
Woodfall Temple
The boes came along to ruin my day once again so I have to kill that one or I can't hookshot the torch.
In the room before the boss I only collect one of the four blue rupees because due to manipulation of rupees earlier it's the only one I need.
Originally, I tried using the jumpslash method to kill Odolwa. However, by watching his his health in the memory I discovered the optimal position and frame to be on to deal the most damage with a whirwind attack. When executed like this it does 9 points of damage rather than the jumpslash's 6. This means I kill him in three hits rather than four.
I'll get on with Great Bay either today or tomorrow depending on how quickly I get feedback on this. I want to use this motivation while I have it :D
Not long left now at all.
