Current Events > Using amiibo in Zelda BotW speed runs seems like cheating to me...

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CruelBuffalo
04/10/17 12:43:39 PM
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Why is it allowed?
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Turbam
04/10/17 12:44:14 PM
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It's a part of the game
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lww99
04/10/17 12:44:20 PM
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What is it? I saw it mentioned when I started the game. Haven't looked since.
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jenningsnash313
04/10/17 12:45:31 PM
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I mean, I'm sure there'll be amiibo and no-amiibo speed runs for it down the road.
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s0nicfan
04/10/17 12:46:16 PM
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lww99 posted...
What is it? I saw it mentioned when I started the game. Haven't looked since.


Scan an amiibo and it spawns a chest with some random loot. It's probably a good way to get a bunch of real weapons right from the start so you're not taking ganon on with a tree branch.
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El Mexicano Texano
04/10/17 1:00:07 PM
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I see nothing wrong with it it's part of the game
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BLAKUboy
04/10/17 1:02:07 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
It's probably a good way to get a bunch of real weapons right from the start so you're not taking ganon on with a tree branch.

You can also just pick up some of the best weapons in Hyrule Castle.
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DarkChozoGhost
04/10/17 1:03:17 PM
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Nothing inherently wrong with it, but it makes speed runs heavily luck based
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Alkaloid
04/10/17 1:07:54 PM
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Ultimately, the BotW speedrunning community will decide if "no Amiibo" is significantly different from "any%". Right now, the speed game is still very new (the game is a month old, ffs) so categories aren't really hammered out or optimized yet.
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