Random: Yes, Young Link Is Still Quicker When He Rolls About In Ocarina’s Remake

Testing in the Switch 2 remake of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has found that Young Link can still travel faster by rolling than by using the new dash ability. The finding matters to speedrunners, for whom small gains can add up across a run.

Speedrunning channel Kethnaldo compared the movement methods and found that “forward hop roll-cancelling” was fastest in its demonstration. Using it to travel from Koriki Forest to Hyrule Castle got Link there about four seconds sooner than the other methods; Nintendo could still change the mechanics in a future update.