Minimum Captures Any%

Any% Minimum Captures is a speedrun category on the Category Extensions leaderboard for Super Mario Odyssey. As the name implies, the primary goal of this category is to complete the game while capturing as few objects or enemies as possible.

Under normal circumstances, the game can be completed in a minimum of 13 captures, with the hardest trick in the run being Pokio Skip. This can be reduced by one if the game is played on version 1.1.0 or earlier, using the nut jumping exploit, and/or reduced by three if two-player mode is permitted, using Madame Broode Skip. Therefore, the absolute minimum number of captures required to beat the game (to the extent of the community's knowledge) is nine.

These two variables result in four distinct subcategories of Any% Minimum Captures, depending on whether the use of earlier versions (i.e. nut jumping) and/or two-player mode (i.e. Madame Broode Skip) are permitted. These categories are labeled 9 Captures, 10 Captures, 12 Captures and 13 Captures. The easiest of these subcategories is 13 Captures, since it omits Madame Broode Skip and nut jumping, both of which are considered to be extremely difficult. However, all four of these categories are quite challenging regardless, due to the presence of Pokio Skip.

This category is widely known due to streamer Smallant1, who is one of the most prominent runners for the category and holds many of the top times across the various subcategories.

Route

The route for Minimum Captures varies between versions and capture amount.

(Note: Most of the route documents are currently oriented toward the older categories that prevailed before the recent discovery of Pokio Skip, and have not been updated yet.)