Actually, no, it doesn't start at 2:55. It starts at 3:15 lol

even during the magical time of the mythical _"instruction manual"_ there were people who would still never read them.

I just checked the manual for crystalis and it doesnt say shit for tips, it just lists what every item does for whatever reason

A lot of the dialogue in the original Japanese version told you what you were supposed to do--for whatever reason, a lot of that got removed in the localization :(

@@mesia0 Happened to Zelda 1 too.

@@coolpapabell22 I think Simon's Quest mangled its tips into nonsense and lies, so if that counts too, Castlevania also suffered from localization.

Wow!

Yeah, that's why speed runners grind

If you attack one of the oozes at the beginning of the game with the final sword, it transforms and becomes invincible. It's the opposite of what you're thinking.

@@Markworth Yeah, there's a cave late on into the game (after you get the Thunder Sword) filled with early game red slimes that probably can't hurt you at that point in the game, and if you hit one with the Thunder Sword, they'll get powered up and become immune to everything but the Wind Sword. I dunno if the same happens when you hit them with Crystalis, but I think it'd be worth a try. EDIT: I've used the Wild Warp cheat to try killing things with the Crystalis sword. Nothing is immune to it, and no enemies get buffed.

Dragondarch has done Speedruns of the GBC version... sadly.

@@pigfish99 So, uh... what happened to this on the GBC? I owned and really enjoyed this on NES and while I was mildly aware of the GBC version, I presumed it wasn't terribly different.

@Benjamin Lein They rewrote the dialogue (poorly), changed all of the music (poorly), they removed weapon immunities, which took out half the strategy in the game, they completely changed the physics (poorly), and the field of view is so unbelievably tiny that it's almost impossible to walk at full speed and not run into some random enemy you couldn't react to in time. ...But they added voice clips for picking up swords. So... there's that?

Same here. I didn't think it was a big deal back then because my ass would still get kicked in that zone. Perhaps the Crystalis community is small.

Me to but thought it was useless so didn't do it again

There are a couple of really confusing parts, for sure.

Strider for NES was the worst for being unclear about it's objectives. Not the neat kind of unclear like Zelda or minecraft.

Yeah. I remember grinding to level 16 and trying to fight Draygon 2 without the Power Ring or Bow of Truth. I felt I was doing something wrong, but for years, I could never figure out what.

Me too, or at least a spiritual one

It's not quite the spider's hit box, the sword's hit box is a square that is bound on the bottom by the sword when you stab left or right

Yes, but in doing so your name is "------" and there was a donation incentive for the name.

"HEY! I DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN A TAS! TASES LET ME DO A DIFFERENT STRATEGY THERE! DID I MENTION I DO A TAS, GUYS? TASES ARE SO COOL!"

Well apparently not? Please explain how to do the max level glitch in Crystalis!

The world record for the Japanese version uses the max level glitch, so chances are it's a version-exclusive glitch, and simply not available on the US version.