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SestrenExsis: Add note about Balloon Pod

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Add note about Balloon Pod

SestrenExsis: Reference the Saturn run

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Reference the Saturn run

SestrenExsis: Describe the Saturn Masamune RNG manip

2024-01-23T03:06:34Z

Describe the Saturn Masamune RNG manip

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= RNG manipulation =

* Both the Playstation and the Saturn version of SOTN use the [[SOTN/RNG|Evil RNG]] to determine item drops
* [[SOTN/RNG|Evil RNG]] advances every frame, whether the player does anything or not, making it virtually impossible for a human to manipulate item drops

== Sega Saturn ==

* On Saturn, the [[SOTN/RNG|Evil RNG]] resets to the same starting value whenever you load a save file, meaning it is theoretically possible to manipulate rare drops near save rooms

=== Masamune Drop ===
* There is a save room near the first Black Panther you encounter in the Alucard Any% Saturn route, and the Black Panther's rare drop is a very powerful weapon called the Masamune
* Normally, the Masamune has a roughly 1 in 300 chance of dropping from a Black Panther
* With the manipulation, it instead becomes a frame-perfect trick with the right setup
* The setup involves performing the following steps
# Make sure Alucard's XP is not such that killing a single Balloon Pod would cause him to level
# Create an Alucard Save file in the save room near Medusa
# Restart the game by pressing START+A+B+C
# Load that save file
# While the "Now Loading" animation is playing, begin holding RIGHT
# As Alucard approaches the ledge leading out of the save room, JUMP at a medium height such that you are not slowed down by colliding with either corner of the geometry
# When Alucard leaves the save room, as the screen turns black, let go of all other inputs and hold BAT to buffer a Bat transform when the next screen loads
# Let Alucard transform into bat and float into position naturally
# Use the audio cue and visual cue to time when you perform a wingsmash
#* Audio cue: Begin your wingsmash input before the 5th note of the song plays, releasing just after the 5th note begins
#* Visual cue: Begin your wingsmash input as the cluster of clouds coming down the left side reaches the corner of the stone wall
* Right around the correct frames is a cluster of item drops and critical hits that you can use to tell if you are close
** A $50 Bag means you were 1 frame off
** A crit on the Black Panther means you were 2 frames off
* NOTE: Alucard's Luck stat does not ultimately matter for this setup

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 #* Audio cue: Begin your wingsmash input before the 5th note of the song plays, releasing just after the 5th note begins
 #* Visual cue: Begin your wingsmash input as the cluster of clouds coming down the left side reaches the corner of the stone wall
 * Right around the correct frames is a cluster of item drops and critical hits that you can use to tell if you are close
 ** A $50 Bag means you were 1 frame off
 ** A crit on the Black Panther means you were 2 frames off
 * NOTE: Alucard's Luck stat does not ultimately matter for this setup
+* NOTE: Killing the Balloon Pod gives you 2 frames (exactly 4 frames apart from one another) that will yield a Masamune drop instead of just 1 frame, possibly due to a fortunate interaction involving crits on the Balloon Pod consuming some of the RNG
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 === Masamune Drop ===
 * There is a save room near the first Black Panther you encounter in the Alucard Any% Saturn route, and the Black Panther's rare drop is a very powerful weapon called the Masamune
 * Normally, the Masamune has a roughly 1 in 300 chance of dropping from a Black Panther
 * With the manipulation, it instead becomes a frame-perfect trick with the right setup