Game:

Wario Land 3 (2000)

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The first WL3 Randomizer Race has concluded! And with it, I finally had to learn Soap's tracker. To be clear, I could fully get away with not using a Tracker for this game, just like how I can with Oracle of Seasons and Ages Rando. But I use a tracker to help viewers understand what I have and where things are.

In a WL3 Rando, your objective is to get the 5 music boxes, the golden glove, and either pair of overalls, then beat the final boss as fast as possible. The treasures are always randomized, so each seed will play differently, and the settings you choose can enhance that experience. The speedrun category is Any%, so you do not need to get every chest. Other progression items will be necessary of course in order to reach those chests, but the aforementioned items are what you need to finish the game.

That out of the way, this was a good seed to use for a first race. Flexible in settings, and you could also get creative in breaking logic too. It was interesting to break logic to get the Green Chest in W4 as well, without the Boots. I think the memorable moment here was correctly guessing that a certain chest would have the rust spray!

Settings used:
* Map Shuffle: The maps throughout the game are shuffled, besides The Temple. Example: you could find The Tidal Coast (N5) to be located where N1 normally is.
* Open Mode: You automatically receive the chests and items necessary to open up the 4 parts of the map (6 total). Chests that would've contained these items are taken out of play.
* Restricted Music Boxes: The Music Boxes will only be located on the bosses.
= Difficulty is set to normal mode. This is the standard difficulty, which uses tricks that you'd normally do in normal gameplay as the logic. Tricks such as bouncing off of an air born enemy that you threw are out of logic. Tricks that use glitches are also out of logic. They can still be used, but they may not be progression.

Other possible race settings that are not used in this race:
- Key Shuffle: The Keys and the Music coins within each stage are shuffled. Example: you could find the Grey Key for N5 near where the Red Chest is.
- Powerful Start: You automatically receive 3 random powerups immediately. Chests that would've contained these power ups are taken out of play.
- Music Boxes Anywhere: The Music Boxes can be located in any chest, and are not restricted to only the bosses.

QoL Settings Enabled:
* QoL Items Starter Kit: Receive the Magnifying Glass and Daylight Shifter immediately. Chests that would've contained these items are taken out of play.
* No Junk Items: This setting removes the junk chests. Chests that would've contained these items are taken out of play as if they were already gotten. Combined with the QoL Items starter kit, you will be able see what chests contain nothing.
* Temple Hints are set to Next Quest Item (strategic). This points you to where the next progressive item is. Note that these hints may guide you to a stage that you haven't unlocked yet, and they won't tell you which specific chest it is; only the stage.

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