Ark Escape

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Explanation

Normally, it's impossible to leave the Ark of Yamato after entering. However, there exists a loading zone back to Ezofuji just out of bounds, behind the stairs where you enter. It can be reached by KT'ing over the invisible walls around the Ark interior.

This is not used in any major category. After returning to Ezofuji, the game will be in the same state as just prior to entering the Ark, and you can return to the Ark through the normal loading zone.

Demonstration: https://youtu.be/f9BxijcRChg

Collision Images

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  An overall view of the out-of-bounds loading zone from Ark of Yamato back to Ezofuji

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  An orthographic view from above. North is up.

History

This trick was first demonstrated by Rocmox in this YouTube video and posted about in this post on the SDA thread on 27 October 2012.