MGNES Regions
The Japanese version's any% is 3683 frames faster (61.28 sec). The text is 4555 frames faster, but 874 frames slower in 46 menus, and 2 frames faster in the intro. Also, I believe that rescuing Backup instead of Twin Shot Prisoner is faster in the Japanese version, but I need to test it because of damage considerations.
The Japanese version's deathless is 3651 frames faster (60.75 sec). The text is 4658 frames faster, but 1007 frames slower in 53 menus, and 2 frames faster in the intro.
Here is a breakdown of the timing differences, with the amount of frames saved in the Japanese version, except menus which are slower:
-19 Menu(weapon/equip) 0 Transceiver
0 Deathwarp
0 Item Get
2 Intro (could use -13.06 instead of -13.1 instead)
68 Moving Truck (2 of these in any%, 1 in deathless)
74 B1F3 Ammo Rooms Prisoner (64 text, 10 smaller box)
200 B1F3 SW Prisoner
74 B1F3 NW Prisoner
168 B1F3 E Prisoner
100 B1F1 NE Prisoner
180 B1F1 SE Prisoner
93 Captured Truck (73 both texts, 20 from 2 small text boxes)
1312 Grey Fox
52 Shotgunner
74 B1F2 SE Prisoner
160 B1F2 S Prisoner
120 Machine Gun Kid
74 B1F2 W Prisoner
74 B1R SW Prisoner
156 B1R SE Prisoner aka “Twin Shot Prisoner”
104 B2R Prisoner
305 B2F1 Prisoner aka “Backup” (268 text, 37 faster room layout)
0 B2F2 Fake Dr. Pettrovich (text box is an item get)
100 B2F2 SE Prisoner
244 B2F2 E Prisoner
20 Calling Jennifer (done twice if getting compass)
124 Coward Duck
74 Coward Duck L Prisoner
74 Coward Duck R Prisoner
160 Coward Duck M Prisoner “Jennifer's Brother”
296 B3B Prisoner
916 Big Boss
228 Ellen
328 Dr. Pettrovich (After Ellen is rescued)
96 Fire Trooper
74 B5 S Prisoner
74 B5 N Prisoner
57 “I'm getting sleepy!”
41 “I feel asleep!”
41 “OK, your turn!”
38 “OK! in we go!”
Here is time cost for the time wasting messages:
“I'm getting sleepy!!” – U 93 (1.55 sec) – J 36 (0.60 sec)
“I feel asleep!!” – U 73 (1.21 sec) – J 32 (0.53 sec)
“ok, your turn!!” – U 73 (1.21 sec) – J 32 (0.53 sec)
“ok!! in we go!!” – U 70 (1.16 sec) – J 32 (0.53 sec)
delay for each slow capture – 190 frames (3.16 sec)
for both ration duplication inside a truck ONLY – 142 frames (2.36 sec) for both.
If this is done elsewhere it will be more because of the difference of screen transition. I will add that later.