Speedrunner beats Pokémon Good Diamond and Shining Pearl in 33 minutes

A speedrunner has overwhelmed the recently-released Pokémon Shining Pearl in solely 33 minutes and 10 seconds, doubtlessly setting a brand new world file.

As reported by NintendoLife, speedrunner Werster posted a video of their run of Shining Pearl on YouTube yesterday. Their completion time for an “any %” speedrun, which implies that they “beat” the sport reasonably than finishing all of its content material, was 33:10, which is regarded as a brand new file, in line with NintendoLife. The speedrun was accomplished on model 1.1.1 of the sport, which is present at time of writing.

Within the video and an accompanying list of all of the glitches used, Werster describes precisely what it takes to tug off a run like this. They turned the music all the way in which down all through the run to skip the sound results that play when acquiring an merchandise, for instance, which makes issues transfer sooner. Essentially the most frequent glitch they used was one they name Menu Storage, which allows the participant to open a number of menus directly and transfer whereas they nonetheless have a menu open. Additionally they used animation interrupts and out-of-bounds tips to Surf on land and skip cutscenes and coach battles that will in any other case take a very long time to clear.

On the glitch checklist, Werster claims the sport is “very” busted, which is what enabled so many of those glitches and bypasses. It’s unclear what number of bugs Nintendo is conscious of and can attempt to repair within the subsequent patch—and due to this fact how lengthy runs like this will probably be potential. However for now, gamers can take full benefit of Good Diamond and Shining Pearl’s quite a few exploits in pursuit of speedrunning glory.