Every Stage One Era By Difficulty

[darthvaderlim]

Here are my difficulty rating for each Stage One in every era of Sasuke.

Original Era (Sasuke 1 to 4)

Easiest:Sasuke 1 due to the time limit being 70 seconds instead of 60 in the other three tournaments.

Hardest:Sasuke 3 and 4 due to the introduction of the Rolling Maruta and Rope Climb combined with short time limit.

Golden era (Sasuke 5 to 17)

Easiest:Sasuke 5 to 7, due to the Stage being shorter, the Jump Hang and Warped Wall being introduced threw a lot of competitors off guard and was mastered as time went on.

Hardest:Sasuke 10 due to the modified Jump Hang and Tarzan Rope. HM to 8 for the rain and 15 for the summer heat

Shin-Sasuke (Sasuke 18 to 27)

Easiest:Sasuke 25 due to removal of the Jumping Spider and the Bridge Jump not being particularly deadly.

Hardest:19 no doubt. But I'd also go with 22 and 26. Unlike 19, 22 and 26 weren't as overkill despite it being a bloodbath.

Rising (Sasuke 28 to 31)

Easiest:Sasuke 30. I'm choosing this one over 29 due to the Lumberjack Climb being faster to complete than the Rope Ladder

Hardest:Sasuke 28 due to the Rolling Escargot and Spin Bridge which took out a fair amount of veterans. Granted the competitive field was weak, but still.

Morimoto era (Sasuke 32 to present)

Easiest:Probably 33 and 34 for me due to the lenient time limit. 39 and 40 also close contenders

Hardest:Sasuke 32 due to the Tie Fighter, Double Pendulum, and the modified Tackle. It took out a fair few of veterans like Kongu, Asa, Kanno, Shingo, Takeda, Nagano, Yuuji, Hioki and Ryo

[zoran]

Agree with your Original Era choices.

I disagree with 5 - 17 being considered 1 era. The late tournaments (especially from 13 onwards) are extremely different to the earlier ones in terms of obstacles, competitor pool, atmosphere etc. I divide them as 5-8 (the peak era) and 9-17 (era of the all stars), could even be argued 9-13 and 14-17 can be divided.

Of your chosen period I think for the easiest, 12 and especially 16 should be given some consideration, 16 had the most clears of this period, with a lenient time limit and joke obstacles like reverse fly and inadvertently made the wall easier by giving competitors a long run up.

Completely disagree on 10 being the hardest. I find it strange you say 5-7 which brutalized the competitor pool is the easiest of this period but it was due to competitors not being used to the obstacles. The same argument can be made for 10's jump hang which competitors basically mastered in 11 and 12. I'd say 15 is the hardest and without weather being taken into account 17 is the hardest of this period.

On Shin Sasuke, I consider it to be 18-24, 25 - 27 was the Kanzen renewal, this was a declared new era by the producers and while 26 did completely betray the vision for the (bringing back old obstacles and upgrading them and combining them with the new to create the hardest course) era, it still feels a lot different to 18 - 24. For example,the slider drop, double salmon ladder, buffed stage 3 with the Ultimate Cliffhanger and flying bar. The competitor pool/results were also very different with an influx of US competitors who did pretty well and Okuyama and Lee dominating. The era also had a different atmosphere/vibe than Shin Sasuke, with the looming fear of the show being cancelled, which was seen an inevitable.

Of the period you chose, I'd say 18 is the easiest due to most of the obstacles being in their most neutered form and the lenient time limit. 25 had a harsh time limit and tough obstacles like the upgraded circle slider and dome steps.

For hardest agree with 19.

Rising: I'd say 29 for the easiest as the lumberjack climb is objectively harder than the rope ladder and I don't think any competitors had close call time outs in 29 due to it.

Agree with 28 for the hardest.

Morimoto era: I'd say 33 was the easiest due to having the longest time limit and easiest version of the fishbone and double pendulum.

Hardest I'd say would be 37, especially if weather is being taken into account.

[dakohosu]

May 23, 2024 13:28:20 GMT -5 zoran said:

Agree with your Original Era choices.

I disagree with 5 - 17 being considered 1 era. The late tournaments (especially from 13 onwards) are extremely different to the earlier ones in terms of obstacles, competitor pool, atmosphere etc. I divide them as 5-8 (the peak era) and 9-17 (era of the all stars), could even be argued 9-13 and 14-17 can be divided.

Of your chosen period I think for the easiest, 12 and especially 16 should be given some consideration, 16 had the most clears of this period, with a lenient time limit and joke obstacles like reverse fly and inadvertently made the wall easier by giving competitors a long run up.

Completely disagree on 10 being the hardest. I find it strange you say 5-7 which brutalized the competitor pool is the easiest of this period but it was due to competitors not being used to the obstacles. The same argument can be made for 10's jump hang which competitors basically mastered in 11 and 12. I'd say 15 is the hardest and without weather being taken into account 17 is the hardest of this period.

On Shin Sasuke, I consider it to be 18-24, 25 - 27 was the Kanzen renewal, this was a declared new era by the producers and while 26 did completely betray the vision for the (bringing back old obstacles and upgrading them and combining them with the new to create the hardest course) era, it still feels a lot different to 18 - 24. For example,the slider drop, double salmon ladder, buffed stage 3 with the Ultimate Cliffhanger and flying bar. The competitor pool/results were also very different with an influx of US competitors who did pretty well and Okuyama and Lee dominating. The era also had a different atmosphere/vibe than Shin Sasuke, with the looming fear of the show being cancelled, which was seen an inevitable.

Of the period you chose, I'd say 18 is the easiest due to most of the obstacles being in their most neutered form and the lenient time limit. 25 had a harsh time limit and tough obstacles like the upgraded circle slider and dome steps.

For hardest agree with 19.

Rising: I'd say 29 for the easiest as the lumberjack climb is objectively harder than the rope ladder and I don't think any competitors had close call time outs in 29 due to it.

Agree with 28 for the hardest.

Morimoto era: I'd say 33 was the easiest due to having the longest time limit and easiest version of the fishbone and double pendulum.

Hardest I'd say would be 37, especially if weather is being taken into account.

Agree with pretty much all of this.

The only one I disagree with is 37 being the hardest of the "Morimoto era". If we take relativity into account (i.e. unforeseen new additions which increase relative difficulty due to lack of training), then 32 and 35 are harder due to more new obstacles that were pretty damaging to a lot of high profile veterans, reflected by the lower clear rate. If we're including weather than 39 is by far the hardest due to the wall being straight up impossible for the last few runners, with 37 affecting a similar number of competitors towards the end but still being able to be beaten by 3 competitors in the mid-to-high 90s, compared to none in 39.