Background Storage

Discovered By Anwonu, tdutchnick96, and Viskiv

This trick currently has no use in a speedrun

Information

In any dungeon where it is possible to Bombrod from floor to floor (theoretically, though ToH is the only one with a known setup), it is possible to store the current locations background.

To store the background, you perform the miniboss skip in Tower of Hera like normal, up until 5F or higher. Once there, simply walk out of the tower's walls and fall. As soon as the screen starts transitioning back to 3F, soft reset the game (L+R+Start).

Doing so will then save ToH's background. You can open a file with it still saved and do other things and get some strange oddities.

Theory

The most common theory of why this happens is that when you soft reset during the screen transitions, the game doesn't have enough time to clear the multiple rooms it has loaded. The game will then store the background as a result and use up more memory than it should.

The game will crash a lot because of the extra memory usage and will not be able to handle some simple tasks.

Effects and Oddities

• The title screen cutscene will appear glitched.
• Starting a new file will cause the opening cutscene to appear glitched.
• Waiting on the file select screen too long will crash the game.
• Overall gameplay becomes choppy.
• Opening or closing Gear or Items crashes the game.
• Each area you open a menu has a different crashing effect. Screens become glitched, Game may crash but music will still play, etc.
• Going through a portal causes the game to crash once you are close to coming out the other side.
• Returning to 3F in Tower of Hera cancels out the storage.
• Have your game crash and then start it up again. If you then do a Bombrod up to 5F or above and then fall, when the screen starts transititioning back to 3F, it will be more visually glitched. It also does this if you cancel a BS and do it again while in ToH.
• The sewers of the Hyrule & Lorule Sanctuaries are the only known places that allow menus to open without crashing the game.

Using Hint Glasses

For some reason, using the Hint Glasses while having a background stored will allow you to open menus without crashing the game. The reason this might work is because the Hint Glasses apply a filter to the screen when being worn, so the filter could be temporarily replacing the stored background.

This can be useful if you do not have Quick Equip yet and need to change your items.