The video is broken down into two main sections, with sub categories. The first section consists of only normal mode logic, tricks, and requirements (3:00). This section starts with a definition of the difficulty, then moves into the tricks required and how to do them. Then I put this to practical use by demonstrating them in situations where you might commonly see them, or not intuitive circumstances (11:55). After this, I mention the potential softlock situations, and advice on how to avoid them (24:20). To rap up this section, I talk about the portals between games and how this affects logic (45:20).
The second section focuses entirely on the hard mode. To start, I define and demonstrate all of the various tricks required by logic in this difficulty, and apply them to more niche situations (57:00). Additionally, I highlight specific pieces of the logic that people may be unaware of, or changes that have been made for v10. This takes up the majority of this section, reviewing what technique is required to complete a certain trick while explaining the logic behind it. I segue into a similar showcase of these logic additions with regards to the portals (2:08:30).
Thank you so much for watching this tutorial, and I hope you found it helpful! As I said in my outro, please feel free to contact me no matter who you are, and I will be more than willing to sit down with you and help you figure out whatever it is you might have questions on. The best way to contact me would be via discord. If you catch my stream at the right time between runs, I can usually give a quick demonstration before I start my next run. Twitter is always an option as well. I hope to see you out there playing and racing combo randomizers!
IMPORTANT! Below are a list of things that I did not mention that are of note:
-Normal
Tricks: Shinesparking - In addition to vertical and horizontal sparks, you can diagonal spark as well. See (23:20).
-Hard
Tricks: Mockball - you can maintain your running speed by morphing then holding the direction in which you're moving right before you touch the ground. Easy application: early Brinstar supers.
-Portals
The Maridia portal can be your first access to the main dark world overworld, provided you have moon pearl and flippers.