Zelda Ocarina of Time remake: rolling still beats the new sprint

Players weren't convinced, and speedrunners (people who race through games as fast as possible) got out the stopwatch. In a video posted on YouTube on 6 November, the creator Kethaldo compared the different ways of getting around. His result: the roll beats the sprint by two frames, which is a fraction of a second. Tiny, but it is enough to prove the roll fans right.

What is the "roll-hop" in the Ocarina of Time remake?

There is something even faster. Kethaldo also showed a technique that combines a small forward jump with a roll. It has no official name yet. The French-language suggestion is "roulebond", which translates roughly as roll-hop. According to the source material, it saves a few precious seconds on longer trips.

Speedrunners have a long record of bending a game's new features to their own purposes, even ones meant purely for comfort, and this is another example.

Is the sprint worth using?

For most people, yes. The sprint should make getting around more pleasant for anyone who doesn't want to spend a whole adventure somersaulting across fields. If you are racing the clock, though, Link is not done rolling.