The recent Switch releases of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen have drawn a massive increase in attention to the games that started it all, and a popular speedrunner says the influx of new players has yielded an unexpected benefit: “the biggest time save in nearly a decade of Pokemon speedrunning.”
Pokemon FireRed streamer and current Elite 4 Round 2 speedrunning record holder Gunnermaniac explains the surprisingly simple trick in a new YouTube video, attributing the find to the Red and Green remakes’ newfound popularity. “Without the new Switch release, this discovery probably never would’ve been found,” he says.
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“This was it. The discovery that was going to change FireRed Round 2 speedrunning forever,” says Gunnermaniac. “This trick should honestly be called Clemi’s skip because how incredible it is that he found and instantly realized the potential in what he had just discovered. Clemi’s skip has completely insane implications for the FireRed Round 2 speedrun.”
I went ahead and booted up my copy of Pokemon LeafGreen and successfully tested the skip. Honestly, I’m astounded it was only just recently discovered. I mean no disrespect, but there are speedrunners whose literal job it is to pick apart these games pixel by pixel and find ways to beat them more efficiently, and I just find it hilarious that the most significant skip in 10 years was just hiding behind the L button this entire time.
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