

Because of this, it was now even more difficult to obtain version 1.1.0 than 1.0.0, and the decision was made to allow all game versions to be used to prevent the speedrun from ultimately becoming slower. On February 21, 2018, version 1.2.0 was made available, which introduced the Luigi's Balloon World minigame and patched numerous glitches, including Sphynx Clip and Turnip Clip, which were used in the Any% run. The use of version 1.0.0 and First Moon Skip was banned since it only made one additional speedrun trick possible, and was difficult to obtain due to the requirement to factory reset one's Switch to obtain it. Early speedruns were played on game version 1.0.1, and later the functionally identical version 1.1.0 after its release on November 30, 2017, even after it was discovered that the earlier version 1.0.0 was faster due to a version-exclusive trick known as First Moon Skip. There are a few minor exceptions to this, such as planning to collect enough coins throughout the run to purchase Power Moons from the Crazy Cap shops in the Wooded Kingdom and Snow Kingdom.Īny% World Record Progression Video by SmallAntĪfter the game was released on October 27, 2017, the world record began rapidly decreasing, reaching a time of 1:05:14 by speedrunner Shaeden before the end of the year.

The Super Mario Odyssey Any% run begins when selecting the Start button on a new save file, and ends when Mario shoots out of the final wire in the Moon Kingdom during the Bowser escape sequence.īecause the only requirement to progress to the next kingdom in an initial playthrough of the game is to collect enough moons within the current kingdom, the Any% route is mostly modular, meaning the routing in each kingdom is mainly independent of the routing in other kingdoms. Any% is a term used in speedrunning to denote the objective of simply clearing the game without the requirement of completing anything else.
