Pokemon Yellow any% Glitchless FAQ
 
Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator?
A: No, I play on a Gamecube through a Gameboy Player using a Gameboy SP as a controller.

Q: Why do you save and reset in the middle of the run?
A: RNG manipulation. RNG Manipulation doesn't *always* work in Gen 1 even if you do everything correctly, but it's very likely.

Q: When is it worth manipulating encounters?
A: Route 2 (catch god Lv. 6 Nidoran in the same spot every time) and Mt. Moon (no encounters)
Generally used in Viridian Forest too to catch a Pidgey, but if I get an early Pidgey it's possible to skip that one.

Q: What stats does this perfect Nidoran have?
A: Because RNG manip is a bit more variable in this game, there's actually a few Nidorans that can show up.
DVs FCF0 (15/12/15/0)  frequency 191/3479 (5.49%)
DVs FDF1 (15/13/15/1)  frequency 62/3479 (1.78%)
DVs F8EC (15/8/14/12)  frequency 1/3479 (0.03%)
DVs F9ED (15/9/14/13)  frequency 1058/3479 (30.41%)
DVs FAEE (15/10/14/14) frequency 1081/3479 (31.07%)
DVs FBEE (15/11/14/14) frequency 1/3479 (0.03%)
DVs FBEF (15/11/14/15) frequency 1085/3479 (31.19%)
The top 2 are unusable due to the poor special DV, but luckily don't show up that often. So there's 5 that are good, but really only 3 that you'll see since 2 of them are so rare.

Q: How are you catching the Nidoran from full HP almost every time?
A: By buffering all of the inputs before the catch. The first text box ("Wild Nidoran-M appeared") looks like it can't be buffered, but there's actually a 4-frame window (hold A before you see the arrow). I also catch Pidgey this way.

Q: Why are you not healing, your health is so low?
A: This is a risk saving technique throughout the run, redbar. When your HP is less than 5/24 of your max HP, you are in a start called "redbar" which plays the panic music, and as a result, skips over some jingles, such as levelups. It may not be as impactful as it is in Red, where you skip over Pokemon cries, but it can still save a number of seconds.
 
Q: What is the world record?
A: http://www.speedrun.com/pkmnyellow

Q: Damn son, why does your time suck so much ass?
A: Because it's from 6 years ago! Before RNG manipulation was done for this game, alone with other slight improvements throughout the run. It's super outdated, I should be able to improve it fairly easily.

Q: So what's the goal time then? WR?
A: Nah prob nothing like that. Idk how easy big time saves will be. The main reason I'm actually running this game again is because I'm running at the AusSpeedrunsMarathon (ASM) in the first week of July.
 
Follow! https://www.twitch.tv/ausspeedruns
Schedule! https://horaro.org/asm2019

Q: Isn't this a luck based run?
A: Yes, there is luck involved. Yes, I am still running it. I love pokemon and will run it regardless :)