Shantae and the Pirate's Curse 100% Speedrun WR in 1:49:02

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Published on February 3, 2023 5:53:24 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOedysx3kBg

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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (2014)

Duration: 1:51:48

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in-depth explanation of the route:
aggressive reroute skipping at least 2 super monster milks from the saliva island grind saving at least 45 seconds if you get good RNG elsewhere.
Unfortunately though I didn't get good enough RNG despite not being very aggressive (only got 2 super monster milks out of like 15 scorpgal which is only 12.7% likely. Getting at least 4 from 13 scorpgals which means you have one for every fight and don't farm any extra is a 57.9% chance, and that's not even taking into account the fact that you could also get them from batgals in Cackle Tower and wolves in Frostbite Island (it's only a 1% drop from them but if you don't dodge them there are over 30 wolves in your way so it's not unrealistic to get one)) so I was short 2 super monster milks at the end.
In theory this isn't a problem because it's possible to one-cycle phases 2 and 3 of pirate master with a regular monster milk which I did have but I haven't practiced it and I definitely didn't trust myself enough given how nervous I was, so I lost 20 seconds on Steel Maggot and the first phase of Pirate Master instead. It might also be worth to test how difficult it is to 2-cycle Dagron with Super Pike Ball and normal Monster Milk, which I think should also be possible but I haven't tried it.
This run was actually just a test run to see how the route would play out and I think it has a lot of potential since the odds required for it to be executed relatively optimally aren't that crazy (over 50% I think). This route could also be pushed even further by not buying a Super Pike Ball before the first Spiderweb Island visit (I think it's like an 8/9 chance to get at least 1 Super Pike Ball from either the batgals or the skeletons there), or by skipping the last Super Monster Milk from the Saliva Island grind, but this would obviously require significantly more good RNG than this current route

Gameplay-wise the run was pretty decent, I learned the pogo jump in Mud Bog Island before the run and although I lost a bit of time to it I still got it reasonably quickly. Other than that and losing 30 seconds to the pistol shots in Spiderweb Island there weren't really any major timelosses I haven't mentioned earlier, but 1:47 looks like a good target time for this category

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