Sasuke 22 Stage One

[darthvaderlim]

Sasuke 22 is one of the hardest Stage Ones ever besides 19 due to the Slider Jump and strict time limit. Using today's competitors like the Morimoto Sedai and Yoshi, which of them would clear and what would be the fastest time? In 22, no one cleared with more than 10 seconds and Yuuji had the fastest with 7 seconds

[dakohosu]

Aug 19, 2024 3:16:10 GMT -5 darthvaderlim said:

Sasuke 22 is one of the hardest Stage Ones ever besides 19 due to the Slider Jump and strict time limit. Using today's competitors like the Morimoto Sedai and Yoshi, which of them would clear and what would be the fastest time? In 22, no one cleared with more than 10 seconds and Yuuji had the fastest with 7 seconds

I'd probably say Jun, Yoshiyuki, Yusuke, Hioki, and maybe Keitaro are the most likely lock-ins for a clear as they are the most consistent competitors currently. Especially Jun given that he did basically clear the same/slightly nerfed version in 23 when he was a teenager. The others I'm basing on their recent consistency, though I'm fully aware that this is somewhat hard to define because of the lack of recent course changes. How they'd do on a completely different course, I have no idea, but gotta go by the facts we're presented with. 

Yuuji is a possibility given that he obviously cleared the stage in 22, my main concern would be time limit given that Shin-Sasuke's time limit is far more stringent than anything he's used to as of recent and he's also a good 15 years older, which if you consider that the course is a lot longer/stamina based is also a possible issue. If you compare his clear times now to during his prime, he was regularly getting fastest times on Stage 1, now his times are often on the slower side. A couple of misses on the wall and that's pretty much it with 22's Stage 1, we even had several people get the wall on their first try and still time out. 

Kajihara would in theory get the fastest time, but whether he clears or not is a different story. Unlike Jun or Yoshi who are much more naturally and effortlessly fast, you can tell Kajihara is actively trying to go as fast as possible, taking far more risks and generally coming across a lot more reckless. Granted, despite the current course's easier difficulty, there are arguably more areas where specifically rushing is fatally penalised (Rolling Hill, Fish Bone, T*** D**), which is why I think Kajihara clearing is much more likely than not, but you never know. If not Hayate, then Yoshi or Jun will get fastest time. 

Definite fails for me would probably be Suzuki who'd either time out or fail any of the big three (Jumping Spider, Half-Pipe, Slider Jump), Tomo will probably run out of stamina and time out, most of the celebrities like ABC-Z, Sugeta, etc. as well as the older guys like Shingo, Yamada, and Nagano. 

Hard to make a call on the generally inconsistent but still incredibly capable competitors like Araki, Ryo, etc. I guess you could say that if they can't even consistently clear the same course year after year then how would they clear a completely new/harder one, but you never know. 

[katoshiho]

Well then there's must be someone can clear it with more than 10 seconds left.
I don't know who can do it, but there's no Flying Chute, it will be slightly simple than the old one (still need to be careful because Nagano Makoto failed at there).