A Link Between Worlds
Text Speed
Data Gathered by various runners
Will be updated with more cutscene data##
Informations
Since most of ALBW's text is not autoscrolling and can be mashed through very fast, the only way to tell what language has the fastest text speed is by counting how many text boxes there are in a cutscene.
Below is a table showing how many text boxes were counted in a certain cutscene for multiple languages.
Totals
This data was gathered using the current Any% route. For the sake of this table, the lowest numbers are used for the cutscenes where you rent items.
| Language | English | Italian | German | Spanish † | Japanese | Korean | French |
| Total Textboxes | 545 | 569 | 595 | 619 (Plus 0-7) | 631 | More info needed | 648 |
† Spanish has 1 more textbox per Heart Container than all the other languages. The 0-7 additional boxes depend on how many Heart Containers you grab excluding the one in House of Gales, because grabbing it makes the Pendant appear faster, so skipping it is not worth it.
Notes
- English is the fastest language overall. It has the lowest percent of text boxes covering all the cutscenes.
- Quite a few languages item descriptions have more than one text box unlike other languages which only use one per item.
- The text said by Ravio after you've rented an item (that you paid for, which excludes the Tornado Rod in current any%) can vary in length. Most of the time it will be a single textbox, but sometimes it can go all the way up to 3.
- Some numbers for Japanese and Korean might be a bit off, because those were counted using either a speedrun video with an old route (Japanese) or videos of a Let's Play (Korean).
Detailed breakdown of the number of textboxes
| Cutscene | English | Italian | German | Spanish | Japanese | Korean | French |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulley inside house | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Gulley outside house | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Gulley at blacksmith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Inside blacksmith house | 21 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Ravio after Death Mountain | 28-30 | 29-31 | 31-33 | 32-34 | 31-33 | No reliable source | 35-37 |
| Castle Guard | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Seres and Dampe at Sanctuary | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 |
| Lamp Chest | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ravio after Sanctuary | 30-32 | 36-38 | 31-33 | 38-40 | 37-39 | No reliable source | 36-38 |
| Yuga in Eastern Palace (Including Bracelet) | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Sahasrahla after Eastern Palace | 32 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Irene | 17 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
| Shady Guy at Zora River | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Kakariko Vendor | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Shady Guy in Kakariko | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
| Queen Oren (With Fish Skip) | 16 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Ravio to get Hammer | 7-9 | 7-9 | 7-9 | 8-10 | 7-9 | No reliable source | 7-9 |
| Pendant Of Wisdom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pendant Of Power | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sahasrahla after Tower Of Hera | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Lost Woods | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Sahasrahla at Master Sword | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ravio before Hyrule Castle | 33-39 | 41-48 | 35-41 | 40-46 | 35-41 | No reliable source | 45-51 |
| Sahasrahla at Hyrule Castle | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Guard and Impa at Hyrule Castle | 14 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| Impa inside Hyrule Castle | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Zelda | 24 | 29 | 34 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 34 |
| Zelda and Yuga | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| Yuga fight (Before and after) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Inside Lorule blacksmith house | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Hilda near Blacksmith | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| Hilda near Turtle Rock | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Turtle Rock Sage | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Hilda near Ice Ruins | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ice Ruins Sage | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 (Might be off) | 6 |
| Hilda and Zelda 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Hilda near Dark Palace (Rock field and Maze) | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Dark Palace Sage | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Big Bomb Vendor | 15 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Swamp Palace Sage | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Hilda and Zelda 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Hilda near Desert Palace | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Desert Palace Sage | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Irene after Desert Palace (First Warp) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Hilda near Skull Woods | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Skull Woods Sage | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Hilda and Zelda 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Thieves' Hideout Door | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Thieves' Hideout Guard | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Meet Thief Girl | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Thief Girl in Zazak Room | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Thief Girl in main room | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Thief Girl entering boss room | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Thief Girl after boss | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Thieves' Hideout Sage | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Hilda at Lorule Castle | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Zelda during Yuganon fight | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Zelda in Sacred Realm | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
Items and misc.
| Item | English | Italian | German | Spanish | Japanese | Korean | French |
| Small Key | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Big Key | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Heart Container | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rupee Chest | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Energy Potion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Monster Part | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |