Two more shortcuts, Swamp Palace this time.
http://www.twitch.tv/parax0/c/3318670http://www.twitch.tv/parax0/c/3318676edit: There's a really easy/obvious sequence break in Dark Palace. In the boss door room there's a switch on the left side that you're supposed to hit by navigating to the top level of the room and then merging with the wall. Instead you can just stand under it and use the Ice Rod. This skips a small key + the miniboss fight. (the key in the left room is by far the most time-consuming one to pick up, that is definitely the one that should be skipped)
That first skip, I remember doing that. This is why I was so very confused by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PZdyNhCzEI I thought that I were just imagining things since it required the upgraded bow.
Just to confirm, is this possible with the hookshot? I believe I did use the hookshot? Could just remember it wrong though, since I use Hookshot for almost everything.
Can't go back and make sure, because I have no file at Lorule atm that haven't done that room, I believe my brother has done half of the dungeon as well, which is right after that room.
Also, I guess this is common sense and all but you can get the big key the first time you enter the main room.
Use Pegasus Boots to charge over to a corner of the platform the chest is on, then use Ice Rod or Tornado Rod to remove the Fire around it, and grab the key.
I'm not sure how you're supposed to take it normally, but I assume it involves raising and lowering water or something, so I assume this would be faster?
Also:
[11:17] <@CloudMax> I just noticed in the swamp palace that if you dive while over stairs that are placed under water, you clip right thru them, but link pop up instantly when he start to surface while under a floor.
[11:18] <@CloudMax> perhaps there's a way to get under the floor by dive clipping into stairs?
Edit:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6440063/albw/swamp_palace_encounter_skip.jpg
The bottom right room on B1. You have to kill all the enemies and have the hookable object move down to where I'm standing.
However, when you enter the room, stand on the edge where you jump down, face south, and use Pegasus Boots. You'll be able to charge over the void since the fence will push you to the right of it if you're standing close enough to the edge.I realised that this is the exact skip you did in the 2nd video. Sorry about that! Only watched the first vid.
Edit2:
I have no idea if this is anything new, but the hookshotable walls in Swamp Palace, you can hook onto them diagonally and still merge if you do it at a specific position.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6440063/albw/diagonal_hookshot_merge.jpgThis should save a second or two in the room shown in the picture (not much, but it's something)
Also, if you hook the wall seen in that picture diagonally when standing on the stairs it's possible to get dragged along the floor instead of keeping the height with the hookshot. The hookshot is also held incorrectly when aiming on stairs.
I also noticed that there are various doorframes where you can marge to the wall next to the door, from the inside. I haven't found a single location where this could be used to merge onto a wall to skip something, but there may be some place where it is possible. It doesn't seem to work on regular doors? not really sure.
You can easily see which door frames it works on by simply hugging both sides of the door frame when walking thru it. The merge symbol will pop up right before you pass thru to the next room as seen in this picture:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6440063/albw/door_frame_merge.jpg
