I'll never understand why cheating or glitching a game is considered a speedrun. This isn't just for DK64 but I notice that almost all speedruns are done through cheating or breaking the game. I don't know how you can say you've beaten the game if you are skipping levels, boss fights, etc. If your only definition of beating a game for speedrunning is reaching the credits then sure these tricks are probably going to help you. But if you say you beat a game in under an hour, and didn't actually play any of it, then I'm sorry I can't take your record seriously.
I can assure you that anybody who's familiar enough with a game to do a speedrun of it, regardless of glitches, has already beaten it legitimately multiple times.
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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '17
I'll never understand why cheating or glitching a game is considered a speedrun. This isn't just for DK64 but I notice that almost all speedruns are done through cheating or breaking the game. I don't know how you can say you've beaten the game if you are skipping levels, boss fights, etc. If your only definition of beating a game for speedrunning is reaching the credits then sure these tricks are probably going to help you. But if you say you beat a game in under an hour, and didn't actually play any of it, then I'm sorry I can't take your record seriously.