Stage 8: Early Orb Emu Test

Emulator: Bizhawk

Objective: Testing every frame that the orb can be grabbed immediately as it's spawned on-screen.
Setup: imgur.com/vDjQXbO


105117: Yes
105118: No
105119: Yes
105120: No
105121: Yes
105122: No
105123: Yes
105124: No
105125: Yes
105126: No
105127: Yes
105128: No
105129: Yes

This pattern stays the same the entire duration the orb has appeared... so I thought our old prediction of jumping on a frame where the screen position is shifted up from the screen shaking was correct...

But now that the screen has stopped shaking (1st frame = 105151), let's see how it behaves:

105151: Yes
105152: No
105153: Yes
105154: No
105155: Yes
105156: No
105157: Yes
105158: No
105159: Yes
105160: No

Even though the screen has stopped shaking and is positioned normally, Simon can still grab the orb every other frame.
Our prediction should result in every attempt from 105151 onward to be failures, but it is not.
Why is the pattern still the same? Why can Simon only grab the orb every other frame in the first place? I have no clue. I just now tried facing Simon the opposite direction with the same results.