This run is dedicated to my grandfather. It's been very stressful with him in the hospital, so that's one of the reasons why this run wasn't here sooner. Let's hope as you're reading this, he's still with us.

This is a (most requested, perhaps) improvement to my last run, shaving off more than 3 minutes. A list of the things changed:

• Not getting the Crissaegrim. This saved upwards of 2 minutes alone. However, using the Iron Shield Combo for the rest of the game does dilute that gain somwehat.
• Not getting the Alucart equipment/Entering Olrox's Quarters in under 9 minutes. Saves 1 minute.
• Not getting the Onyx in Olrox's Quarters. Time saved is questionable.
• Skipping Richter on the first try.
• Various other little touchups.

I don't think I'd be lying if I said every mistake I made previously has been fixed in this run. However, there are new mistakes in their place. The most notable mistake is what I will refer to as "The Flea Rider Fiasco." You'll see what I mean. There are also little things spritzed throughout. Nothing too minor though.

Thanks to:

• The SDA Team, as usual. (Yes, this includes DJGrenola.)
• Mike Uyama (again) and RaneofSOTN for clueing me in on how much time the Crissaegrim wastes.
• RaneofSOTN (again) for helping me with a Heart Refresh glitch I ended up not using.
• Persona for eventually hosting this vid over at his site.
• SirVG for some spiritual inspiration.

And thank you the viewer for watching. Watch the run, watch it again with the commentary, and enjoy.

Well, this is my second time speedrunning Symphony of the Night using Richter. Credit goes to Mike Uyama who let me know that I didn't use the right path the first time around, which eventually brought me to Persona's video. Persona had some useful techniques to get through many of the rooms so credit goes to him as well.

Unfortunately, there were issues between the VCR used to record the video and the VCR used to capture the video, so there is a lot of rolling, and bouncing of the screen. It's quite unsightly, and I apologize but since I don't have my own capture equipment, it's the best we could do.

Now, for the video itself. You might notice that I pick up the Dagger subweapon early on, rather than grabbing the Holy Water. I use the dagger to fight the Hippogryph, which cuts off a few seconds and just looks cool. Otherwise, I run into my first mistake in one of the Chapel Hallways. I poorly judge one of my slide jumps and it puts me right in front of a skeleton, so I try to improvise, and things go a little weird from there. I take a few hits, but other than looking really pathetic, it only takes a few seconds from my time.

My other, rather massive, mistake is in the Castle Keep. I must have started my ascent farther away than usual, and I end up missing a ledge. I was pretty shocked when it happened and it took me a while to recover. Five or so seconds wasted, so there's room for improvement there.

Other than those two mistakes, I only have a few areas where movement wasn't as smooth as I wanted it to be, but overall, it's fairly minor.

Two areas that I think could be done differently are Shaft, and the hallway in the Coliseum that contains the Minotaurs and Werewolves. Rather than using the Hydro Storm to get past them, it might be faster to air dash through the entire room. It would be difficult, but it could save a few seconds. As for Shaft, there might be a way to sneak in some extra attacks to finish him a few seconds quicker.

It's a little hard to stomach the rolling, but otherwise, I hope you enjoy!

Psyrell.