THE FUSE

Pokémon is popular among most companies, but the long-running series has an especially strong hold on the speedrunning community. The earliest games are built on fragile coding, with certain glitches becoming apparent to even the most casual schoolyard players. Any exploit is a rare candy to speedrunners, which is why a new time skip, discovered in the recent Pokémon FireRed Switch port, has put some records back on the table.