Yes that actually proves this speedrun is more optimized. Because there is less room for improvement.

@@natalieeuley1734 do you run this categorey? it would be fun to see you try. I think also being 2D with left to right levels which are completed linearly also makes time to completetion much more rudimentary compared to mario 64s more complex #d world and star collection system. And also BLJs

@@LamelKendrick I don't get what you're saying. If a speedrun category has lots of improvements in a short time, that means it is less optimized than a speedrun category that has few improvements over a long time. Clearly, there's more room for optimization, so that makes it less optimized. The 2D Mario games are incredibly optimized because we can calculate every frame, every movement, every collision, every bit of memory, etc., since the games are honestly simple under the surface. And so it's fairly trivial to figure out the most optimal speedrun from the code level. You can't really analyze a 3D game at that same level, hence why 3D games continue to have huge strides in their speedruns over time. Also, a frame perfect input in one of these games is totally different than a 3D game. There are way fewer frames and so frame perfect inputs are more realistic to execute. That means we can get closer to TAS executions on 2D games than 3D ones. I'm honestly more a nerd about speedrunning rather than a runner myself- I just don't physically have the kind of reaction time it takes. But I think it is pretty safe to say that the 2D games have speedruns indistinguishable from TASes at this point and that's not the case for 3D ones

what i said doesn't contradict anything you said. i toatally get whaqt you're sayinga 2D games completion time is more optimizedthan most 3D games because exactly what you're saying. You should run this categorey i will watch it@@natalieeuley1734

agree@@natalieeuley1734

where are your runs