720p/W101 FAQ

720p Stream FAQ:
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Q: Why? (Generally)
So I decided that when I run Wii U games, for the most part I will stream in 720p since I have the equipment to do so, and my internet can handle it while I'm at home at least. I'll do some testing when I go back to uni, but I'm not entirely sure that I will be able to while I'm there.

Q: Why Wii U Only/Why 720 not 1080?
I'm choosing to only do this for Wii U games since my Wii U is set to 720p. I could do 1080p but then I'd be limited on capture to 30fps or interlaced, neither of which are ideal, and the majority of games are natively 720p/60 anyway, and other games that are 1080/30 usually support 720/60 instead. In fact the only game that I know of that is 1080/60 native on Wii U is Rayman Legends, which I own but don't intend on streaming for now at least.
Also if I'm playing a Wii game / VC Game that isn't 720p, I will stream it like I do with Wii games in 480, whether that's a SNES game upscaled or w/e.

The Wonderful 101 FAQ:
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Q: What Category is this/how is it defined?
This category is New Game Normal (NGN), It's defined as starting the game on a new blank file, and playing through the entire story on Normal Difficulty.

Q: What other categories are there?
There are 2 other categories, both New Game+ (NG+): NG+ Very Easy (Fastest), and NG+ 101% (Hardest Difficulty). I might run/route some of these in the future, but I have a lot of stuff to unlock before I start doing proper NG+ investigation (There's a lot of stuff in this game!)

Q: What version are you using?
I'm using the download PAL release. Disc is about 15-30 minutes slower just from loading, and skipping some cutscenes takes longer due to buffering data from disc.

Q: Why are you collecting people?
Since this is NG, the amount of people I start a mission with depends on how many Wonderful Ones I collect as I go along. You start the game with 20 in the prologue, and then you can collect more in missions by recruiting them like you do civillians (Drawing a wonder liner around them). Each time I recruit a Wonderful One, a small cutscene will play showing who they are and what weapon type they possess.

Q: Why do you switch the screens around sometimes?
Some autoscrollers and other events have action on the gamepad screen, whenever this happens I will attempt to show it by cycling the screens around so that either you have the entire lower screen on stream, or the cut-in where you can see both. Apologies if I forget to do this at any point :P

Q: Are there any major skips?
Not yet. For the most part there's a few fights that we can skip, but no major skips have been found. Feel free to help us find some though!

Q: What Items are you getting?
Over the course of the run I will get the following things:
Unite Guts + Spring (Standard Dodge/Reflect, super helpful to have at all times)
Double Power (For obvious reasons. More Power = Faster fights = Faster run)
Speed Charge (Because Double Power is a bit of a Double-edged sword)
Wonderful Card (Crafted, lets us buy something for free, we get Unite CHarge)
Unite Charge (More for convenience than anything else, but it can come in handy. And it's free (See above) \o/)
Attack Liner (Really helpful for refilling the Unite bar, and combined with Unite bomb it's just quite frankly OP AS FUCK)
Dodge Mine (For a couple of late fights and some bosses this comes in helpful, main use is in the second phase of 006-C)
Unite Camp (Lets us get a super quick kill on a phase of the final boss in 009-C)

Q: Why are you running this game, it's really long?
I'm no stranger to long runs, and I'm having a lot of fun with this game. I'd not really played many games of this type until recently, but I have to say that I'm enjoying them immensely!

Q: Why aren't you doing [X], it's faster?
Probably because either 1) I don't have the ability to (Not enough skills / not right item etc) Or because I hadn't thought about it. Please do suggest things that you think I'm doing wrong as long as you can provide a better alternative, I'm very open to people helping me out with this game!

Q: Have you played [insert other action game here]?
Probably not. I've only really played DMC4 and this, and I'm looking to get Hyrule Warriors and Bayonetta 1/2 when they come out for Wii U, possibly DmC (The reboot) on PC at some point. Feel free to suggest games, just don't get offended when I decline ;)

Q: What's the record?
5:09:46 by MLSTRM
This game is still relatively new, and we've only started putting a lot of time into routing/planning recently, so for now it's not so good. It's expected that 5:00 will happen soon, and even less once we route everything properly, get really practiced, and find some more tricks for some enemies/skips for sections/autoscrollers. For now at least 4:50 is looking possible with near-perfect execution.
Leaderboards are here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiMV4P4Xg96adHRHVGRleXdQV2FrS1JWVzVFVS1qcnc&usp=drive_web#gid=10

Q: How can I learn this game?
Route notes are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrDgTfuqZy6qx1Yd1BikixK9ZmZrASuwPAenbZlSvCg/edit
A lot of the stuff you can find out by just messing around, but this doc has pretty much everything you need to start with at least. Everyone seems to have their own play-style, so don't worry too much if you prefer doing certain things differently.

Q: What about NG+?
I'm slowly working on making a full NG+ file, but there is a LOT of stuff to do to achieve this, including completing all secret missions and finding all hidden treasures on all difficulties, Getting all Platinum in at least one difficulty, and assorted other achievements that need to be completed to unlock characters. As of now (5th Sep) I have 1 of the 15 extra characters that are unlocked through NG+.
Once I've made a full NG+ file I will start work with routing both NG+ VE and NG+ 101%, although I make no promises on a timeframe, since by the time I do that, other games/projects may have popped up for me at least.