Blindfolded Punch-Out!! (Wii) by zallard1 in

Runner introduction starts at 00:04
Run starts at 02:06.
Feasel interviews Jamevil and Fcoughlin at 1:30:37
Couch commentary is provided by Klaige, Mecha Richter, and Sinister1.
The_Kov is host.
This speedrun was recorded live at Summer Games Done Quick 2019, a weeklong charity speedrun marathon raising money for Doctors Without Borders. Summer Games Done Quick 2019 is just one of the many charity marathons put on by Games Done Quick. For more information on SGDQ2019, find us at: gamesdonequick.com
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Runner introduction starts at 00:04 Run starts at 02:06. Feasel interviews Jamevil and Fcoughlin at 1:30:37 Couch commentary is provided by Klaige, Mecha Richter, and Sinister1. The_Kov is host.

[@aclonymous]

An accurate summary of the video: “It’s impossible to do this thing” “oh, I did it”

[@matpat9884]

Anna Nimmous If you want to give up just remember Glass joe has 1 win :)

[@aidenzorn8322]

Just an average Tuesday for zallard1

[@elliottevans2312]

"So a lot of Aran Ryan's attacks are really silent or- the audio cues are really subt-" Aran Ryan: *FuCkInG SCREAMING*

[@sentient5]

*Ya PrObAbLy GoT cHeEsEbUrGeRs In ThOsE gLoVeS*

[@shaylafay]

AAAAAAAA- *skips intro cutscene*

[@jokerisinthememe5852]

“Oh, ya think yae’re foony? Ei’ll take a piece oota ya! Come on!”

[@MiraiGen]

"Do you wanna know how much time you had left on that round?" "Slightly over ten seconds?" ".......yeah.

[@flandrescarlet2903]

timestamp?

[@sixwheeler3598]

Bald bull title defense: 1:00:13

[@bugsySA]

Flandre Scarlet 1:01:37

[@WolfNightSoul]

@@flandrescarlet2903 1:01:02 for the K.O punch 1:01:36 for the sentence

[@sengir84]

@@flandrescarlet2903 After the Bald Bull TD fight which starts at 57:45. Comment is around 1:01:35

[@sixwheeler3598]

I'm going to be honest. I kept forgetting that zallard1 was blindfolded until the menuing every. single. time.

[@benbutt3867]

Him Destroying boxers then just spending 30 seconds on menus were halarious

[@code8155]

I still can’t believe it and this video has been in my sleep playlist for like.. a year

[@jeffbabcock1ify]

Imagine looking at the start screen, putting the blindfold on for an hour. Then taking it off and you've won the game.

[@WSmith1984]

You will like the blindfolded "Castlevania SOTN" play-through they did last year.

[@KWCHope]

@@WSmith1984 honestly blindfolded gameplay is the most skilled shit, absolutely breathtaking

[@Thanatos2996]

"If I miss an input it's all over" *Misses* *Recovers fine and wins anyway*

[@dragontamer108]

Just Zallard Things

[@goldfish6525]

19:34 "A lot of Aran Ryan's attacks are really silent." Aran Ryan: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

[@Adventureruler]

I never caught that the first time xD xD xD xD xD xD

[@BreakerdeGodot]

One of the most impressive runs in GDQ history.

[@ricinmuffins7645]

Not nearly as impressive as his blindfolded punchout and super punchout runs. Like they said, everything in this game is consistent unlike the other punchout games, in addition to this game having more sound cues than other games in the series all of which are easily differentiated from each other. Still a really great run though, i agree.

[@lemin5508]

@@ricinmuffins7645 I mean he did say "one of"

[@Laurentxoplex]

1:01:37

[@victormendonca5109]

Don't forget the tetris grandmaster 3 run in AGDQ 2015. The guy literally managed to play insane tetris with invisible pieces.

[@JCtheSpy]

Every year zallard comes back and does amazing stuff.

[@STOFDOCMD]

It still baffles me how Zallard pulled that off not only blindfolded, but managed to avoid Round 2 the ENTIRE run. Props to you dude.

[@logicaltips4107]

What do you mean by round 2? I'm not familiar with punch out EDIT: oh, you mean the timer?

[@jackstoutamore8541]

Bungie Chief LogicalTips Yup!

[@LordBrimstone1]

If I recall correctly, Zallard1 mentions that this was the first time he beat all the fighters in straight succession in round 1of the bouts during a stream on his Twitch channel where he watched this run and provided commentary. It's a good watch to kind of understand what was going on in Zallard1's mind during certain fights, and some of the complicated technical aspects he needed to know to deal with them. You can start to see and hear Zallard start to tense up and concentrate more starting with King Hippo 2. He gets even more tense after the Great Tiger 2 fight. As for the Ball Bull 2 fight, I remember Zallard saying that he was really sweating and trying to compose himself not so much because he was worried about losing the fight, but he really wanted to get the round 1 string. At that point after getting past most of the opponents that had to be beaten with little to no mistakes or possibly lose the match (Especially Great Tiger 2) Bald Bull 2 was sort of the final gate keeper for Zallard. He mentions while Macho 2 can be bad, he's not nearly as bad as Bull 2 and the other GateKeepers, As for Sandman 2 he said that during round 1 and the first blinking Barrage shown in 106:20 Sandman allways blinks the same pattern. He goes completely random at rounds 2 and 3. Still though, to be able to maintain his composure and accomplish that is nothing short of amazing. It reminded me a lot of his first SPO blindfolded run, especially at the end when had nearly the same dumbfounded look he did at the end of his SPO run, like he was saying to himself "Did that really just Happen?" (after SPO), and "did that just happen in a marathon again?"(after Wii punchout)

[@cB-sr9kd]

I love how in Glass Joe 2, Joe just gives a friendly "'allo" and then gets punched in the face for like a minute straight.

[@Ryusuta]

I know you're just making a joke, but if you're curious, I believe the full line he was going to say is "Allé-vous en forme?" (Are you in good shape?)

[@buglab2285]

@@Ryusuta are y- *gets punched in the face for a minute*

[@mongo_mgoo]

@@Ryusuta which is still very friendly

[@calemr]

@@Ryusuta Well it's a good thing Little Mac countered, otherwise Joe would have hit him with the loup de buster!

[@HumorousRain]

"Expect a lot of resetting." (does instant knockdowns in the first phase) (gets frame perfect stars) (does precise buffers) (TKO/KO's opponent without ever entering a second round) (performs strats that took many runs and hours of practice) "Oh okay that happened I guess that's it"

[@Izandaia]

We desperately need a new Punch Out game, mostly so that Zallard1 can destroy it.

[@EdwardHowton]

I for one would welcome such an eventuality. Especially if Switch controllers get a 'punch' function!

[@SyRose901]

*When Nintendo removes any chance of buffer strats in a new punch out*

[@eldudemp6195]

Imagine one called "punch-out!! All stars" with every character of the saga and also starring special guests

[@NeoKurow]

I agree but the wii game was probably the send out and good bye to the series

[@thewizward8471]

EdwardHowton motion controlled punchout sounds actually cool

[@tarodeculture]

25:45 "I'm not skipping this. It's not happening." Lol. Even if it is a speed run, it should be a tradition in Punch Out Wii at GDQ to never skip that intro.

[@YukaTakeuchiFan]

Wow. You know it's a Zallard Blindfolded run when he's consistently having more trouble with the menu than he is with the opponents.

[@hana-chan420]

Not only is this one of the best GDQ runs ever, it's also a perfect example of the importance of good sound design in games. The audio queues are recognizable and consistent, and the punches sound super satisfying when they land on the opponent. This game has so much soul and personality, it's great!

[@dusky0565]

"This turn is looking pretty good" As he says this blindfolded

[@fruitlion8]

Suspicious? :)

[@mrshook145]

In this run even the menu was hype

[@IERServer]

Word.

[@shanemacmillan5732]

"I guess this run's possible." PBs by 6 minutes. Zallard1 is the kind of runner that we will tell new runners about 50+ years from now and will live forever in legend!

[@RecoveryPlayz]

Yeah!

[@hanezutchins2786]

He's like the kid who says he failed his test when he got a 99

[@GaliotTreiton]

One of the best runs for the current gdq, i hope nintendo make another punch out for switch to get destroyer for this man

[@kameronschadt5246]

seriously, we need moar punchout

[@millersj]

If I may ask, what runs have been better? This GDQ or earlier? I want to watch whatever tops this.

[@MasterChaoko]

@@millersj So far this GDQ, Kirby Air Ride, Sonic Adventure DX, and Portal 2 have been very fun to watch

[@GEB_Rosee_PPS]

@@millersj also other punch-outs blindfolded cuz in other ones, there are less soundclues and they are more random.

[@grcia_08]

*destroyed

[@goodzillo]

this dude's using the force. no other explanation. 'subtle audio clues'? yeah right. nice try obi-wan

[@dilbertgaming2734]

But a boxing ring is flat How could he possibly win with no high ground?

[@Sharikacat]

I think that during one of his previous blindfolded runs, they changed the category to Jedi %

[@Zsaver3]

@@Sharikacat that was not for zallard, that was for sinister1 with MTPO blindfolded in AGDQ2014

[@ksad96]

His midichlorean count is off the charts!

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

He destroyed this game blindfolded. I can’t even get to the bathroom in the dark.

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

49:28 the most impressive part of the run He deserved a standing ovation just for that "Expect a least a couple of retries" *Nails it at first try* that's just inhuman

[@sonicfanyt6617]

Not to mention 4 frames from WR. Blindfolded.

[@lastmajora]

That Bald Bull Loop 2 fight had me on the edge of my freaking seat

[@BtBaller1738]

Same

[@DeltaSpark8]

I've always considered Bald Bull the hardest in Title Defense, followed by Soda and Sandman. It didn't help Zallard that BB has two attacks with the exact same audio cues but different timing. Major props to him for pulling it off so well!

[@TheOrangeBanjo]

“You’ve kinda been killin’ it up here, boss.” Understatement of the year.

[@Chernobog34]

I mean, that’s just it. Zallard is a god of this game. No human should be able to do this. I’m definitely giving him a sub on Twitch after the event is over.

[@DrGandW]

Once he masters the menu he could probably get the same time with or without sight

[@TheUnholyElements]

10:07 ''We get to see all the cool cutscenes'' Actually no, everyone except for you gets to see them lmao.

[@AndrewSkyMuru]

Menu: appears Zallard1: why do I hear boss music?

[@TKNinja37]

*Navigates menu* Next boxer: "Why do I hear boss music?"

[@artist_of_cons8184]

This man defeated every character in the game without any un-intentional losses blindfolded... I no longer think he’s human and now think he’s a robot

[@willcada51]

43:39 “this is where you’ll probably see me start to do restarts” proceeds to never restart a fight for the rest of the run

[@beknown63]

Damn, that Bear Hugger fight almost looked like a normal Punch-Out fight!

[@slavkei]

This, followed by Keizaron's amazing disaster of a Crystal run, combine to make the best consecutive 5 hours of any GDQ ever.

[@millersj]

I couldn't be more impressed. Zallard has cemented himself as one of, if not the greatest showings at GDQ ever.

[@tombuis8485]

again

[@wilton1990]

"I think I might need to retry this one, just be ready for that" .... To Quote a movie "You keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means."

[@spydrwolf]

The movie is The Princess Bride

[@code8155]

Love that movie

[@warwickknight3247]

Zallard's perfect timing and ability to do this blind folded is why we havent been invaded by the aliens

[@escobarisanoctopus]

Zallard struggled more with the menus than he did with the fights. Every run of his has been a highlight reel. Thanks for uploading!

[@bobby-nf3gy]

that moment when the only thing to improve the time of the speedrun is to know how to hit the buttons for the next fight blindfolded :D

[@GEB_Rosee_PPS]

52:53 scariest moment in the run, it was so close!

[@lk697]

For sure

[@TheHermit_IX]

The real run killer

[@0knothing443]

and the actually one 1:00:51

[@slashkamei]

Zallard1 is such a madman, maybe one of the best speedruns we've seen on GDQ in a LONG time

[@Norgorber]

Ever since I watched the first Blindfolded Punch-Out run on GDQ stream, I've wanted to see Punch-Out Wii be done blindfolded. It's finally here, and it absolutely is worth the wait. One of my all time favorite GDQ runs!

[@android19willpwn]

man it's been a long time since a run got me this hype. The absolute madlad just walks on stage and proceeds to ultra-instinct the entire game.

[@civildisorder]

The Bald Bull title defense fight is the most tense part of the run, mama mia.

[@Bingus_mcgee]

Idk when he almost hit the options menu was pretty intense

[@RecoveryPlayz]

Especially about 10 seconds away from round two

[@christop3]

Blind Kaizo was hype as hell, but this was by far THE BEST run at this GDQ holy hell, thats amazing.

[@huckthatdish]

Amatsu need some blindfolded blind Kaizo next year I guess

[@legion999]

Someone did kaizo blind? Wtf

[@Samp98518]

One of if not the most impressive accomplishments ever achieved within in a video game. Winning all 27 of the fights in Punch-Out!! (Wii), in a row, without ever going into round 2, while blindfolded.

[@PicklePyro]

Cant wait for the Mike Tyson Punch Out/Super Punch Out/Punch Out Wii all played at the same time with 1 controller run by Zallard at GDQ2020

[@Mikman360]

I love how he underrates himself throughout the video ("expect a few restarts," "I can't believe I did that!"), yet he beat every fight on the first try XD

[@drag0nerd]

Zallard: You can't defeat me King Hippo: I know, but he can. *The Punchout menu:*

[@corrindragonflower3272]

I like the echo location zallard uses to select the boxers.

[@lemmingrad]

The wiimote also vibrates on highlight. For once an actual use.

[@yato2997]

When Title Defense Bald Bull starts his bull rush: Everyone else: Aw shit Zallard1: Ok

[@EdwardHowton]

Zallard impresses as always. I remember Bald Bull from back in the NES days as one of the toughest fights, and here's Zallard accidentally going off-script, "I'm just going to have to react" and then does everything perfectly. Forget Super Metroid, Zallard1's the guy to watch at these events!

[@vagabondRaiser]

Quoth Old Ben Kenobi: "Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them." Clearly Zallard1's been honing his force senses, because hot dang, that run was a thing of beauty.

[@spidermacho123]

Ah yes, my favorite Star Wars character: old ben

[@kailor8764]

That TD Bald Bull fight has got to be one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen in a video game. Truly legendary work.

[@E3kHatena]

I can’t pull off a third of these techniques when looking, but boy howdy I can operate the menu! Zallard is some kind of maniac. Bless him.

[@xenophanessonic821]

Zallard's the guy who says "I could beat this with my eyes closed" and actually does

[@gamebreakers2535]

Thank you for posting the greatest run in GDQ history and thank you zallard for doing this

[@UnaT1muS]

This run is gonna go down in history as one of the most impressive of all time

[@THAGZA85]

His ability to consistently pull off near perfect runs with an audience is impressive

[@FanNotANerd]

The absolute madman even did the credits blindfolded.

[@user-kt7gp9ce4m]

The true difficulty of this run is the menuing!

[@kingofthepinetrees3189]

When a blindfolded person can play the game better than you

[@theodoresmith3829]

Von Kaiser is definitely my favorite. The way he "ha-HA"s after dodging and the way he performs his "aaaaaAATACKKUH" are just so endearing to me

[@juicebox5124]

IDK how this is even possible, this is definitely one of the most amazing runs I've seen on GDQ

[@BroadwayBrittany]

This was amazing to watch live! So glad it’s finally up on KZbin! Zallard, you did a PHENOMENAL job-congratulations, and thank you so much for giving us this legendary run :D

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Can we take a minute to appreciate how awesome the art direction is in this game? This does not look like an 11 year old game. Sure, it's low res, and a little pixelated around the edges, but the character designs and animations are so on point, this game aged very well compared to some of it's contemporaries.

[@Much_Ado]

I love how Zallard is just like "just because I can't see Macho Man doesn't mean you guys shouldn't"

[@matthewmspace]

I was actually at GDQ. This was even better in-person.

[@Sidewinder_Circa]

Even 2 years later and this is still one of the, if not the best speedrun of all time. Absolute lunacy

[@AnvilPro100]

This is unironically one of the greatest speedruns I've ever seen

[@thedoctor559]

This next fight is a run killer *cleanly wins the fight* This next fight is a run killer Basically every fight after title defense

[@Hitmonchu]

An absolute landmark in speedrunning history.

[@gulfgiggleanimations4472]

1:02:13 he invalidated the run by skipping Macho Man Title defense intro But seriously though, mad respect for this dude. I can barely beat Sandman TD with my eyes open.

[@Wryyyong]

0/10 bogus was not released

[@JDXC666]

There's being good at a game. There's being great at a game. But this? This is mastering a game.

[@nomercyforswine]

My man on the couch in white is the ultimate hypeman, love his support and positive vibe.

[@stevencleere4912]

yeah I like Klaige. basically a cheerleader the whole time.

[@Damaniel3]

Best run of SGDQ so far. Zallard1 is a Punch-Out GOD!

[@justweirdout]

I know how hard this game is and seeing him pull everything off perfectly with little to no mistakes is absolutely breathtaking. Zallard1 is a god among speedrunners.

[@ctrlaltdestroy91]

58:09 - Best match of the entire run.

[@PingusWorls]

Zallard1 what a frickin legend. This is the most impressive run I was able to look at myself live but all the other wr‘s he managed to accomplish… It‘s just astounding

[@pokewho]

There isn't just one GDQ highlight in this video: it IS the GDQ highlight! Personally, I think this is one of the best runs we've ever seen in Games Done Quick history.

[@SpaceStormy]

Couch- Wanna know how much time you had left on that? Z1- About 10 seconds? C-... C- Yeah...

[@tizzleforrizzle]

Why is this dude such a legend.

[@MrJechgo]

48:46 "Expect at least a couple of retries" *KOs Great Tiger in one single round* Wait, what O_O ?!?

[@CelacantoFeliz]

Increíble, no puedo imaginar cuanto tiempo le ha dedicado a Punch-Out!! para haberse aprendido todos los patrones de los boxeadores. Mis respetos

[@TheConpletionist]

Best run by far this GDQ in my opinion. Couldn't keep my eyes off of the run live

[@elseworld_outlaw]

oml the most stressful part of this run was navigating to get to the next fighter

[@VincentHernandez2121]

Even though the *BOGUS* was not released, this was en *EPIC* run from Zallard1. Props to him for this legendary run.

[@Cillranchello]

This is what Speedrunning is about, sheer mastery. I've never seen a game so utterly handled before.

[@ShadowKnux372]

Guy must have been trained by Doc Louis himself to be able to do all this stuff so well!

[@aurelionsolofficial]

Doc himself was trained by Zallard1.

[@gregwilliams4926]

So impressive remembering the sound ques of all 26 fights with no losses.

[@raven6988]

He was perfectly fine with being blindfolded for over an hour! I think that's an achievement in itself (XD), let alone the amazing run!

[@chiefhydropolis]

Achivement get! Blindfolded Master | Beat the game blindfolded and without any Round 2.

[@chiefhydropolis]

Achivement get! Perfection | Beat at least one circuit without restarting a match.

[@Behemoth_Jared]

This was my first GDQ to attend and seeing this in person was absolutely mind blowing!

[@HandsomeJackKR]

So how has a switch port not happened for this game, I know we have the NES punchout on the emulator, but this would work just as good with the joycons as it did with wiimote+nunchucks

[@kreftmaker]

I would prefer a sequel with new boxers

[@point-five-oh6249]

@@kreftmaker I am totally fine with the lineup on the Wii Punchout, but maybe make them much more difficult. That way it would be complete luck to defeat them blindfolded. Zallard1 would probably still beat it, but it would make him be a lot more afraid of the original circuits.

[@BJGvideos]

@@kreftmaker Heck, since this one had DK, they could even include someone from ARMS.

[@GilliamYaeger]

@@kreftmaker Or imagine - a prequel starring a young Doc Louis.

[@Xorthos]

This was one of the best moments of SGDQ 2019 by far.

[@1234573332]

Another highlight of GDQ from good old Zallard1 guy is a monster in punch out and we can now declare him the punch out king till they release a new game

[@hana-chan420]

One of the best speed runs I’ve ever seen. Where’s our new Punch-Out, Nintendo?? We need to see how far this man can go!!!

[@Phish620]

probably the best run ever at GDQ considering how hard he PB'd and literally showed us the basically the entire game blindfolded, absolutely insane

[@Wizzkidwas]

No resets All round 1 KOs Normal AND Title Defense including Donkey Kong BLINDFOLDED Only Zallard1

[@Valderami]

This was one of the most incredible runs in any game I have ever seen. My god this was legendary

[@charlesajones77]

This is incredible! Definitely the highlight of this year's SGDQ.

[@Falkirion]

That was one amazing run. Love Zallards play and couch commentary was on fire. Still can't believe he was blind folded for the whole thing

[@MrAiden43]

Pretty funny that in zallard1's normal speedrun of this game, he went to Round 2 with TD Aran Ryan, but in his blindfolded run, he finished it off before that

[@jacksparrowjives3138]

Because of course he would. Of course he would.