Pokemon HeartGold Any% Glitchless Manipless - FAQ

Pokemon HeartGold Any% Glitchless Manipless - FAQ

This is a speedrun by the way

Q: What are you playing on, is it an emulator?
A: I play on Nintendo DS with a capture card installed. I used to play on 3DS, but I prefer to use the DS now that I have one, and can still max out turnframes for Magikarp on DS fairly easily.

Q: What's your PB?
A: 3:42:32

Q: Why HeartGold?
A: Few minor reasons why HG > SS:
Bell Tower is slightly faster because of the Max Revive you pick up (faster than Victory Road Max Revive).
Ho-Oh is slower than Lugia, so a higher chance of running away from Ho-Oh is better.
The encounters on Route 29 and 30 are more likely to be Lv 2, and can't be Weedle, which helps in the early game because I try to kill a Lv 2 for exp with Cyndaquil.
As to why I chose to play this game, I just loved playing it when I was younger, and never stopped replaying it. Certainly my favorite pokemon game, and my pick for best pokemon game.

Q: What is Any% Glitchless Manipless?
A: Beating the game (beating Red) using neither glitches nor RNG manipulation.

Q: Are there glitches in this game?
A: Yes, there is tweaking, which saves a significant portion (1.5 hours, about 45% of glitchless) of the game by cutting out from Morty to Tohjo Falls, and the first 7 Kanto gym leaders if you are doing glitched speedruns. But i’m not using glitches in this category.

Q: Why do you name yourself and the pokemon you catch one character?
A: Because it's faster to name them one character for text purposes.

Q: Why did you choose the girl instead of the boy? Are you that kind of incel gamer?
A: No, the girl is faster by 8ish seconds because Lyra’s cutscene in the catching tutorial is silly.

Q: Why do you choose Cyndaquil?
A: I use Cyndaquil because it is the fastest of all starters in the first 2 gyms.

Q: What else do you use/catch?
A: I catch a Sentret, the borrowed Spearow (named Kenya), a Lv 50 Magikarp, and Snorlax.
- Sentret gets Cut, Surf, and Whirlpool.
- Kenya is used after it is obtained as my main pokemon to get through the 3rd and 4th gyms. Kenya is also used for Fly.
- Magikarp/Gyarados is the real main of this category. Beats the game with Surf, Waterfall, Strength, and Flail. Any Gyarados is runnable.
- Snorlax is the last pokemon I catch, and it's used for Rock Climb and beat Red's Pikachu.

Q: What are the hardest fights in the game?
A: Nothing is really that hard. Falkner, Bugsy, and Rival 2 end a bunch of runs early, and Red is always the hardest, as I have the most chances to lose to him.

Q: Where are the biggest timesaves in the run?
A: Magikarp took 85 seconds and I did not get a good Erika. Red was nothing insane but is good. Besides that, the encounters, fights stats, and cans need to go from great to excellent to PB.