How is this speedrun possible? The Legend of Zelda World Record Speedrun Explained

[@Bismuth9]

If you've enjoyed this video, please consider supporting me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/bismuth9 Edit: Update! Greenmario has achieved a 27:55! Link here: www.twitch.tv/videos/855907990

[@Grissi]

Very well made video, really good and clear explanations on everything going on! There are a few times it did break the flow a bit while watching(to long / overexplaining) but I'm sure you will keep refining the way as you continue making great content :).

[@warehousedave7937]

Check out 3D Dot Game Heroes on PS3. It's a game that plays like Zelda 1, looks like Minecraft, made by the people who developed Demon's Souls.

[@ariss6449]

Can you please do a ben 10 ultimate alien cosmic destruction speedrun video I am second in the world with 10.36 but I can't submit my run

[@kwjames87]

I subbed for the technical explanation of the screen scroll glitch. :D One of the things that has gotten me to stick around in speedrunning (spectating) is the technical aspect of what these runners are doing and how they have dissected the games. So thanks for helping to explain these crazy techniques!. :D

[@warehousedave7937]

Hope one of you speed runners picks up Zelda clone by Fromsoft/Atlus called 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3. It is fantastic.

[@Kosmicd12]

algorithm please do this one justice

[@leg10n68]

Definetly deserves +500k views at least

[@kvadratbitter]

Lets hope for good judges!

[@chickenboss36]

Hi kosmic

[@CosmicNyan]

Only one cosmic can live Except you would kick my butt so maybe not

[@TheYouTubeGame]

like honestly how does this have any dislikes too!?

[@DaVeganZombie]

55:38 “This is.... that was Gohma.” Bismuth has killed me.

[@PretzelYT]

Killed you with a single arrow.

[@undead890]

You know a boss run is optimized when you can't even say the bosses name before killing it.

[@literallylegendary]

that one was so funny I had to play it back.

[@CharlesUrban]

GIANT ENEMY CRAB. Shoot it in the eye for massive damage.

[@mythonousblue3211]

the runner even looks up as though predicting the future.

[@MrJohnJiren]

I'm Bismuth's brother and would like to point out that he's the one playing the piano in the background, and that they are his own arrangements.

[@ultra_exists]

They're beautiful :O

[@null3007]

Damn thats dope.

[@DorkyDogBoy]

we know his last name now

[@Norweeg]

Welp, that’s wholesome. 😊

[@Bismuth9]

@@RTDelete yes

[@machouchacha]

Everyone has already said it in the comments but that won't keep me from saying it one more time: this is, hands down, the absolute best explanation of a speedrun I have ever seen. And reading that you also made your own arrangements and played them on the piano is just the cherry on top of the already incredible cake. Amazing work. AMAZING.

[@orangejoe2147]

I can’t choose between this one and the DK64 TAS explained

[@kruje314]

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[@kruje314]

@@orangejoe2147 abc

[@DannyDorito504]

Check out summoning salt he does a good job too.

[@cipher_db8992]

"Now that Lak has beaten Level 1, he goes to Level 2 next." Me: this is very complicated

[@WOKEchair]

Extremely. Why does he go to 2 and not straight to the end? Me brain hurty.

[@aclonymous]

@@WOKEchair if you don't have all the triforce pieces, there's an old man in the room at 1:00:41 that blocks you from going into level 9

[@cjeelde]

Exactly! There's two things needed for level 9 1 - all eight triforce pieces to "skip the old man" in the beginning 2 - any sword to beat Ganon (plus the bow + silver arrow) This is why you can't beat Ganon in the swordless speedrun.

[@josephmother2659]

I found myself saying “How is this speed run possible?”

[@ujkloin]

WOW, JEEZ COMPLICATION

[@yugioldchannel]

I like how Bismuth spent like 5 minutes describing the enemies just for this guy to clear them all instantly

[@ChanceTheCheetah]

55:35 This is -- That was Gohma,

[@sendhelpplease420]

Me when I hear gleeok: (flashback to gleeokenspiel) (I hope I spelled that right and at least 1 person knows what I’m talking about)

[@sirapple589]

G P The Instrument?

[@warehousedave7937]

Hope one of you speed runners picks up Zelda clone by Fromsoft/Atlus called 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3. It is fantastic.

[@nyoukki]

@@sirapple589 It's a boss from Cadence of Hyrule, basically a pun since it is a rhythm based Zelda roguelike

[@LackAttack]

Amazing video, thanks for letting me be a part of it.

[@zekedeblaay4211]

congrats on the run!

[@carriertaiyo2694]

I once did a Zelda "No Sword" run, using the sword to kill Gannon and nothing else. Watching you do this made me feel like an amateur watching a pro at work XD

[@migueldelmazo5244]

"part of it"? Literally could not have been done without you. :) congrats Edit: did you have to attempt a single screen wrap more than once? If so, I missed it. That was gorgeous. Also, do you do this with a teammate keeping track of the bomb and fairy counters? Is that who you high five at the end? If so, the idea of team speed running makes this seem so much like formula 1. Very impressive!

[@jc.1191]

🤘

[@Jrose11]

This is so insanely well done. I can't imagine how long the graphics and whatnot took you, and it really just makes this so easy to follow. I'm a big speedrunning fan, and it's so cool to get these in-depth explanations about popular games! Really amazing job!

[@Dubstep195]

Lmao jus saw another comment by you on another speedrunning vid. Funny lol, question did you ever take that one guys advice and check out SummoningSalt?

[@jaimenon5592]

At this point you should try doing a Speedrun of RBY since you're so familiar going through it

[@dannyholley]

It really is a masterful video. The explanation of screen scrolling alone is so thorough and well done, without being overwhelming, that I hereby nominate Bismuth to teach everything, forever.

[@LiroRaeriyo]

@@jaimenon5592 i mean he kind of is doing that in a sense with each pokemon

[@theSato]

Here I am watching this and thinking "when is jrose gonna upload again I'm ready" and here you are.. You're right though, Bismuth content is premium high effort stuff and worth the wait every time

[@Schelmenstueck]

I am blown away by the sheer amount of information you added onto the screen. The map, the enemy counter, all the small ghost Links walking routes that the runner did not take and more and more! You must have put so much work into the video and it shows and it helps to understand all that is going on very smoothly. More than well done. This video is awesome.

[@Bismuth9]

Thanks! Zelda 1 is an incredibly knowledge-heavy speedrun. So much stuff going on behind the scenes that the runners need to keep track of constantly.

[@onradioactivewaves]

I had to rewind quite a few times to grasp all of thr information. And what a great nostalgic experience. Outstandong job indeed, for both of them!

[@tiitto167]

Did you know it's two links on the screen in every block. they move likes a mirror image to each other. the enemy hunting shadow link in zelda 1 can be exploited by the the best.

[@willp2906]

Think about this, the record was achieved on October 18th, this video was released on December 18th, so at the very most, writing, recording, and editing this whole documentary, not even talking about creating all these graphics and scoring the thing, was achieved in two months. That is some absurd speed to turn around anything in, especially something of this quality. Beyond amazing work from Bismuth as usual.

[@bennetteidsness3275]

Speedrunner: Beats game in less that 28 minutes Bismuth: Explains speedrun in over 68 minutes THIS is why I'm subscribed. Great work!

[@PolarBailey]

i literally didn't even notice, it was so entertaining

[@warehousedave7937]

Hope one of you speed runners picks up Zelda clone by Fromsoft/Atlus called 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3. It is fantastic.

[@PolarBailey]

@@warehousedave7937 speedrunning is similar to rule 34, if the game exists, there's someone who speedruns it

[@dsan558]

I never thought a speedrun could turn into a full length director's cut with commentary.....move over George plimpton....here comes bismuth

[@tehberral]

8:36 Oh my god he explained framerules without saying the word bus. Police arrest him!

[@ThirdXenocide]

15:30 Lack provides the contractually obligated bus analogy so Bismuth's in the clear.

[@LackAttack]

@@ThirdXenocide Couldn't resist, and was funny that it was in my PB

[@GMPranav]

Imagine a bus....

[@theNova99]

@@GMPranav that arrives every 4 frames...

[@Thedestroyer2031]

@@theNova99 and runs on a very tight schedule...

[@Drawica]

"Because of framerules" We meet again old friend.

[@PhiAce_0]

Well, imagine a bus

[@skyblade7438]

*Happy bus noises*

[@jatloe]

@@skyblade7438 lol yes

[@joeshittheragman6252]

Cruisin on down main street

[@Thebluernemace]

It's as if at the end of every level, a bus arrives every 21 frames to bring you to the next level. Even if you miss the bus by just one frame, you would still have to wait 20 frames to catch the next bus. Sometimes though, you'll arrive just before a bus does, and you'll hardly have to wait at all. Of course, this doesn't apply to the last level, since timing stops immediately once you touch the axe at the end.

[@DubReno]

1:05:09 so Ganon furiously dances while invisible and chasing Link. That's pretty terrifying.

[@maybeher0]

SUAVEMENTE intensifies

[@collinpersinger4809]

Which means every hit you deal is you catching him mid *S U A V E*

[@albertnortononymous9020]

Before I could check on the Internet, I thought “10TH ENEMY HAS THE BOMB.” meant there was a secret level 10 and the boss of that dungeon would give you some type of super bomb. I never would have guessed what the true meaning was.

[@xombie0078]

That's because you're just du... or rather you were just overthinking it, yeah that's it. ;-)

[@globalistgamer6418]

NES GAME HAS THE SHIT TRANSLATION.

[@兄さん]

@@globalistgamer6418 it's not a mistranslation, they changed the message to something else entirely. look at the original: "ライオンのカギを探せ" ("seek out the lion key")

[@Maddyislicious]

​@@兄さん in other words, the line was changed in translation, because its a shit translation lmao

[@MorshTalon]

"Finally, peace returns to hyrule" Ohhh yeah sure, 28 minutes of distress, I'm sure you guys must have worked up a real sweat there.

[@scottpeltier3977]

Hey that was a stressful 28 minutes.

[@ThundersonMusic]

It was like the Age of Ultron...the Age of Gannon...well more like the after school special and one commercial break.

[@velvetbutterfly]

Zelda was kidnapped for I think several days before Impa found Link and set him on his quest

[@tiitto167]

@@ThundersonMusic Or thanos when he got his head chopped off

[@GreenEnvy.]

If only there was a vehicular way to understand frame rules.

[@BootsORiley]

what you did there, i see it

[@TheJadeFist]

Imagine if you will some kind of land based ferrying mechanism.

[@bobbysriracha]

The land based ferrying mechanism is on a very strict schedule.

[@SteamEngine-yz6yy]

“Imagine you get ran over by a bus...”

[@WillowEpp]

@@bobbysriracha Like a train! I see!

[@X-Ter]

"That was Gohma, it can be one-shot with an arrow" imagine being a boss, which is super weak to ranged damage

[@abigriffin9496]

Windblight: haha yeah, imag- *gets obliterated by bomb arrows in half a minute*

[@migueldelmazo5244]

In fairness. I'm a boss, and I'm weak to all types of damage. :)

[@TheNinjaStuff]

@@migueldelmazo5244 **applause**

[@MahDryBread]

Damn dude, you always go above and beyond with the visual aids. Thanks man!

[@pogchamp1138]

Hello Mah-Dry-Bread which fossil did you choose

[@b.clarenc9517]

@@pogchamp1138 This time he chose your grandma.

[@Smile-uu2yg]

You have free time?!

[@MonkeyDBaby69]

The level 3 layout tho 😳😳😳

[@onradioactivewaves]

I would have been completely lost watching the speed run alone.

[@solar901]

23500 attempts. This is absolutely insane if you do the math of how much time of playing it took. But because of that, this unbelievable run was possible.

[@zhewaxen3047]

Not all of those attempts were finished, so it takes considerably less time. Still very insane commitment though.

[@onradioactivewaves]

He must have a significant portion of his brain hardwired to The Legend of Zelda.

[@ebrules]

You can tell he's a major speedrunner because when it looked like it was a good run he started saying "oh no" because a good run is much more stressful than a bad one :v

[@andeggbreaks]

Plus the obligatory 'this run sucks' during a wr run

[@Znernicus]

I really enjoyed this as someone who never really watched a speedrun of this game. It was very easy to understand and follow along this way

[@mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380]

Some of the most quality content on KZbin, the information, detail, presentation etc.

[@Esth.1]

But Im still not gonna watch like 8 ads for it

[@Bismuth9]

@@Esth.1 Funny thing, KZbin wanted me to have 18 midrolls

[@Esth.1]

@@Bismuth9 holy moly, youtube thinks you're a tv channel

[@hanthonyc]

@@Esth.1 I hate ads as much as the next guy, but Bismuth deserves every penny of ad revenue tbh.

[@Royale9]

@@Esth.1 8 ads in 70 minutes is very good. You get 1 ad where other videos would start their 3rd.

[@lukamagicc]

40:20 just the fact you show a clip of how the room can be done by a casual then show the speedrun method with HD sprites and stats does SO much for your videos, you literally might be the best there is in this category of content and it’s a far shot

[@ghostingskies]

Although I'm fascinated by speedruns, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this one as much if you hadn't provided so much neat info, haha. Learning the how's and why's behind a speedrun really helps me appreciate the work that goes into its creation. So thanks for the video - it was an absolute treat to watch n_n

[@RichConnerGMN]

nice pfp

[@theepicjamez99]

I can't believe I'm allowed to watch this for free. It's a documentary

[@MyLittleWalrus]

The part at 38:32 was really good and something I think would be great to have more of. You explained how one tiny, seemingly insignificant mistake led to several other timelosses which added up to 3 seconds lost. It really shows how quickly things can go wrong and how easy it is to lose time. It was also great how Lack seemed to realize, in his head, all the small consequences pretty much immediately and how to adjust for them. Love the videos mr banana man

[@ashtonmanning455]

27:15 "a crotch sword, for obvious reasons"

[@vincevvn]

That derp face link makes is absolutely perfect

[@Duo2]

I shouldn't find that to be funny.

[@TreeFlob]

“Help my sword has tore my scrotum” -Link

[@Sporkmaker5150]

@@TreeFlob It's the wooden sword, tis but a splinter.

[@Sporkmaker5150]

Sounds like something cartoon Link would say.

[@SomeGuy712x]

(55:38) "This is... That was Gohma." That gave me a good laugh. Wow, so many intricate details that were very well explained here. I learned quite a bit from watching this video.

[@sirpikapika1129]

Looking at the 2 ganon sprite sets, i noticed that one of the sets has at least one hand on his belly and the other has no sprites with hands on belly, so that could be used as an easy way to remember the groups, just "belly or no belly"

[@bluedistortions]

I think you've nailed a strat to make runs more consistent.

[@wrath187]

The amount of effort put into this video is remarkable, awesome as unsual.

[@theSato]

Just want to say - your editing is impeccable and I appreciate every bit of effort you put in. Even the tiny things like how the mini map screen scrolling is perfectly synced to the game screen really enhances the video for me. I think I gotta make you the only person I financially back on KZbin. Keep up the great work man this stuff is so good for the speed running community

[@LowellLoveMusic]

You ever think about how the faster the game the longer the explanation needed? Excellent video!

[@Rillant]

This video just gave me a master's degree in Zelda speedrunning.

[@SkellyMan42069]

Content like this has more quality and rewatchability than half the shit on Netflix and junk. Bismuth, Speed Docs, Summoning Salt are seriously masters of the craft. Even with games I don’t play I’m on the edge of my seat with the info and glued to the screen

[@gloriousliar8747]

"This is- that was Gohma"

[@gruntguy007]

“Because of frame rules” Ah shit, here we go again

[@Huvada]

*distant bus noises*

[@the-rickster]

@Mario Who runs on a very tight schedule

[@DanzelGlovington]

Hey Bismuth, just wanted to say I think your channel is the epitome of quality over quantity. Excellent video.

[@bugdracula1662]

i mean every time he does upload its an hour-long which is still good quantity

[@jenelaina5665]

I'm not even into speedruns generally but I love your videos. Especially on NES stuff I grew up with. Well done!

[@rtyuik7]

55:35(ish) - " -this is- _that was_ Gohma..." something about the deadpan delivery and the perfectly-comedic timing to this line, just [chef's kiss] mwah!

[@KaiserMazoku]

Therapist: Anti-Link isn't real, he can't hurt you. Anti-Link: ...

[@ZorotheGallade]

Ssecnirp em esuuuuuuuuuuuuucxe llew.

[@dudeguy8686]

*Shadow Link has entered the chat*

[@NoriMori1992]

I love speedrunning metaphors. There isn't _really_ an Anti-Link, and there aren't _really_ any Judges in that one level in Super Mario Bros, and the parallel universes trick doesn't involve _real_ parallel universes. But it's useful to call them those things - and I think it's really really fun, too.

[@Fowly-Fr]

I remember playing this game as a kid, and it's really impressive to see how far speedrunners digged into the game's mechanics to optimize the run

[@Engage_lol]

What a day. Niftski gets the most insane and unexpected record in smb2j and then a Bismuth video releases a few hours later.

[@sirpikapika1129]

I like the little editing details, like the room objective in triforce piece rooms going from "get triforce piece" to "triforce piece get"

[@timmahsanow1662]

42:20 Lack: This run sucks. *Morgan freeman voice* But little did LackAttack know, this run, in fact, did not suck.

[@WannabeMarysue]

41:27 "This run sucks"

[@Bladius_]

all good world records MUST have the runner say "this run sucks"/"I should reset" half way through.

[@LackAttack]

had to do it

[@officerwizz]

It seems you are new here

[@WannabeMarysue]

@@officerwizz nah, just wanted to timestamp it.

[@lukæer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ3bnZereqd6hKM&ab_channel=AverageTreyVG

[@dahsous1097]

*this should be a trending movie on netflix*

[@thisisfyne]

The last time I was this early, Mario was only 3 parallel universes ahead of me

[@Thedestroyer2031]

how does one learn this power

[@dandastardly2792]

@@Thedestroyer2031 speedrun mario 64

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

@@Thedestroyer2031 Your PFP Makes Me Afraid On A Personal Level.

[@Thedestroyer2031]

@Mario so where will you BLJ to next, Mario?

[@thelivestock7102]

Man this video is fantastic. Quite possibly the most engaging but also easy to follow explanation of physics in a video game. It’s impressive how much this video can teach to someone who’s simply interested in the game they played as a child. Again, fantastic stuff

[@CertifiedDeadMemes]

9:49 Bismuth: *shows level 3 layout* Me: 👁👄👁

[@mattisandersson9661]

just a buddist peace symbol, no worries

[@puddle812]

I had the same reaction when I saw that, then I remembered that symbol isn’t bad actually. When it goes in that direction, that’s a buddhist peace symbol, but when it goes the other way is the nazi version.

[@mattisandersson9661]

@@puddle812 the nazis also turned it 45°

[@InCompet4nt]

@@puddle812 even when flipped its still a peace sign

[@juanignaciolopeztellechea9401]

It would also be worse if it were black in a white circle with red in the edges.

[@silentspring222]

Music by: Bismuth in the credits blew me away more than anything else

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

Did he made the legends of zelda music

[@givemeyoureggs456]

@@AboveEmAllProduction the piano cover

[@guitaristwilllane]

"misaligned with the grid" *PTSD flashbacks to mario 64 TAS*

[@Bladius_]

"This Hyrule is actually a parallel universe"

[@adamfra64]

"Now we're in the second quest and we have to somehow do frame perfect BLJ's to get the recorder"

[@PeterJavi]

@@adamfra64 Damage boost infinite speed screen scrolling when?

[@ace_7901]

Quality over Quantity, that’s what I like about bismuth.

[@AkashWShah]

But with this video being an hour long, he certainly has both!

[@ace_7901]

@@AkashWShah You bet it was!

[@mounne13]

I'm glad more videos like these are being made. Shows that Summingsalt isn't as niche as one would expect

[@pinut187]

And Karl Jobst is a legend in it as well.

[@shobooknight]

@@pinut187 indeed, although Jobst and AbyssSoft are less of speedrun documentarians like Salt and Bismuth and more like speedrun reporters

[@thewarmembraceofafriend]

I go back through your old catalogue of videos and watch so often. You are incredible and genuinely one of the best KZbinrs I have ever watched. I think given some time the Mario 64 ABC series will go down as one of the best series of analytical content about anything on KZbin. You are wonderful and it is genuinely shocking to me that you don’t have millions of subs. Keep working on what you love forever please.

[@jasonkyleadams7577]

Kudos to Lack for such an amazing run and a big shout out to Bismuth for breaking down and explaining the run so professionally. The real star though is that Nintendo programmer who came up with the Ghost Link/Anti-Link idea that stops all on-screen enemies from making a beeline towards the player at once. You are all, legends.

[@flyingtomato98]

The best part is that in later games link actually gets to fight his mirror version dark link in ocarina of time, I never knew that dark link had such an old backstory!

[@lauro2672]

"Anti-Link" So in a way, Dark Link existed since the very first game. Neat

[@dudeguy8686]

Definitely where they got the idea, and it kinda makes playing Zelda 1 a little freakier

[@brunodelvalle9934]

My native language it's Spanish but one of the things I love from understanding english are your videos, since kosmic's Mario record I fell in love with them. Cheers Bismuth! Amazing content!

[@Mogawty]

"This is-- that was Gohma." Hilarious

[@davidGA殿]

This is the channel I never knew I needed until I started watching it and how perfectly everything is explained. This channel is truly amazing.

[@SourCandies333]

Can’t believe u made an hour long video and played all the background tracks in it, true talent

[@iLUMENi_]

Do you know what the song is other than the Zelda theme? It’s so familiar

[@Mswordx23]

"This is--that was Gohma." Lmao

[@warehousedave7937]

I don't get it

[@quinndirks5653]

@@warehousedave7937 narrator says it at 55:37, lack kills Gohma in one shot.

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Lack is a great dude. Everyone should go follow him.

[@AGreatDivorce]

I really appreciate your break downs for showing not just the playing skill necessary but the mechanic understanding and the way it's applied to strategy that makes these runs possible. Thanks!

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

So THAT is why the shopkeeper just takes forever to show up sometimes? Huh, leave it to speedrunners to answer a question I wondered about for a lot of my childhood.

[@RodriHermo]

Holy shit. 1 hour and 8 minutes. This is gonna be nuts LOL

[@browniex5120]

Yeah. I realized that video is Bismuth's longest explanation video ever.

[@yelir64]

You still ain't done

[@Dacdac839]

I saw 1 hour and 8 minutes and salivated

[@leg10n68]

Well he said it was gonna be longest but I didn't expect a (relatively) simple game to be longer than DK or Mario64

[@FlameLFH]

You explaining stuff as a speedrun goes along makes watching them way more entertaining

[@BlueNavigationUnit]

This is an incredibly well put together video! It's so good to see good imformative speed run content like this :)

[@SongokuJidai]

Thank you for this video. Not only was it informative, you've answered a lot of little niggles I've had about certain aspects of Zelda 1 for over 15 years now (Darknut behaviour with antiLink especially). Your piano skills are also top notch.

[@KingCuba]

10:18 You’re editing has gotten reeaalllllyyy slick man. Please keep improving and adding flourishes like this. We notice, and we love it

[@michaeljacyno8368]

This was really amazing to watch. Been following/watching Lack for some time now! Grew up playing this game and its fascinating to see some of the tricks and info people have picked apart over the years. Screen clipping? Crazy and pretty awesome! Amazing episode! Subscribed!

[@sapinballwizard]

You know it's good when the Bismuth video is over twice the length of the speedrun

[@Ruvric]

It may be 2:00 in the morning, but I will always have time for another one of Bismuth's Speedrun Night Classes.

[@Dowell318]

Extremely well done! Wow. Great graphical presentation of the game. Just, amazing. Thank you for this so much. Very enjoyable to watch.

[@joakimkarlsson8428]

This is amazingly thorough, as someone who ran Zelda for a while hearing an explanation to how screen scrolling works is really cool. Incredibly detailed video, well done!

[@CMorpheus59]

I don't often comment on KZbin videos, but the amount of work you put in to your videos (and especially this one) is absolutely ridiculous. I hope the algorithm will do its thing and help this one blow up, you surely deserve that. Your videos are amazing, keep up the great work !

[@publiovirgilio2238]

I didn't know that binding of isaac had THAT many TLOZ references. By the wat, bismuth, nice piano playing and amazing video, dude. You are by far the best of all youtube at this kind of videos.

[@chlorophil545]

I ever got this far when I was a kid, but I just realized the wizzrobe attack sound is the same as the dinosaur from Mario 2 when he shoots the egg used to throw back at him.

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

Technically right, but it's a giant bird. Named Birdo.

[@sunwentai1]

An exceedingly well made video, with the maps, the location of Link on the map, the counters, a description of every dongeon and important enemy as well as all tricks and strategies. Well done indeed.

[@poppajoe11]

Was just going to praise you for this video and the amount of thought, research and editing hours this must have taken. The results are speaking for themselves, you can really tell that you are passionate about this. And now i read that you arranged and played the background music aswell!? Well done, sir. Hat is off!

[@ohreally1013]

I admire the amount of time, research and production value you put into this!

[@Luigiofthegods]

32:30 when you reincarnate into a first world upper-class family

[@zekedeblaay4211]

underrated comment

[@gwvaio]

He has the most informative set up screen I’ve ever seen.

[@Yamthief]

I love these kinds of speedrun breakdown videos. I appreciate the amount of effort that's gone into breaking it all down and explaining it in layman's terms. Thanks!

[@zidaryn]

Most channels that explain a speed run don't into the depth or effort that you did for this vid. Amazing work.

[@wusupslinky2404]

I loved your integration of comedy, the level 6 boss joke was great and the “this boss is harder, jk” was great.

[@haydenward082]

Seriously, imagine if Bismuth teamed up with Tomatoanus on an explained speedrun they both knew a lot about. It would be so wonderful! My favorite aspect of speedruns is people can manipulate things in unintended ways to serve a benefit. I love seeing the mechanics being written out and explained. I love seeing the perfectly routed lines players traverse worlds in. Careful manipulations to achieve a predictable result in normally random patterns. It's all so satisfying.

[@forgiveman]

It will be better with Summoning Salt.

[@pinut187]

@@forgiveman or Karl Jobst

[@lunasophia9002]

Covering up Twitch chat for an hour long video is perhaps one of the best things anyone has ever done.

[@septclues]

That’s really PogChamp amirite?

[@Bismuth9]

Lack has an excellent chat though, really out of the ordinary as far as several hundred people in a twitch chat goes

[@danielburbank1669]

@@Bismuth9 absolutely...he has always asked that it be family friendly and for the most part it really is! The trolls only show up on the youtube videos

[@lukelaser5397]

I still don't see using glitches should count as a complete speedrun. Should have to play the game with no glitches to me it makes it better to watch. Just my opinion. Dude still did an amazing job.

[@andeggbreaks]

@@lukelaser5397 there's separate categories for that

[@Lasagnaisprettycool]

The way you visualize and explain technicalities like subpixel offset glitches is amazing, super interesting and makes these concepts easy to understand!

[@white_toad_appeal]

I'm not sure whats more impressive, the speedrunning abilities, or how well this video was done.

[@MisakaMikotoDesu]

"Yeah this run sucks" Run becomes the new world record minutes later

[@WoodymC]

Yeah, intuition is a bitch. Got myself new PBs on runs which I thought to be totally screwed up.

[@esotericVideos]

*Bismuth seeing all the unoptimized screen space on LackAttack's display* "It's free real estate"

[@Rocky712_]

It is not unused space. The chat is there which seems to be covered up.

[@ogkushconsumer]

"Here's the layout of Level 3" Oh. Okay then

[@beefylovelord7385]

tilted swastika is the nazi symbol, the side laying one has been a religious symbol for Eurasian cultures. those few degrees have alot of meaning

[@ZombboniZZ]

Also the levels name is The Manji, like level 1 name is Eagle and so on...

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Also, If you layout the maps of all of the "Levels" they fit together like a puzzle.

[@alexradice8163]

Uncultured, ignorant

[@darsure3006]

@@alexradice8163 Everybody thought the same thing when they first saw it as a kid, doesn't mean they are uncultured it just means they have pattern recognition. It's obviously not exact, just close...close enough for the vast majority of people to have the same reaction to it. You should smoke a bowl, by the way.

[@wardrich]

Man, I really wanna give you some kudos for the small details I didn't even consider when I watched this earlier... Like the transitions you do on the sprites, and the work in general on the cutscenes when you break down enemy info etc. There's a lot of really small technical details that went into this video, and it's amazing.

[@robertplourde2447]

I enjoy watching speed-runs but these thorough explanation videos are oddly more entertaining to me.

[@clauz7535]

The epic return of an old friend: the Framerule

[@Purpzie]

"This is the total attempt counter" t-twenty three fucking thousand?????

[@SSM24_]

Yup. Those attempt counters give me a massive amount of respect for top-level speedrunners more than anything else. The sheer amount of dedication and perseverance it takes to pull off these highly-contested world record runs is, to put it mildly, absolutely insane.

[@sku11face51]

keep in mind these wont all be completed runs and lots will likely have been reset fairly early on in the run. That being said it is still a decent amount

[@forgiveman]

And those are attempts with the current route. They reset the counter if there is a route change.

[@LackAttack]

@@forgiveman Nah that was all attempts across all routes. For this route it was about 3500.

[@forgiveman]

@@LackAttack thanks for the info. Learning from the best. 😅

[@idrawbadly1015]

I love your speed run analyses. They're fascinating. I am curious how these pixel and code level details are discovered. Is it by sheer repetition and trial and error or are there people who decompile the games, look at the code and analyze how to optimize runs?

[@hasanrudd9823]

Dude.... Your breakdowns are the best. Don't ever dumb your stuff down. I come here to have my mind blown.