Can You Beat Majora's Mask In One 3 Day Cycle?

The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask. The Zelda game with a BRUTAL time mechanic only allowing the player 72 in game hours to progress as much as possible before having to reset back to day 1.
Have you ever thought if you can beat the entirety of Majora's Mask in just one 3 Day Cycle right at the start of the game? I'm here to give that thought an answer.
Easily one of the craziest things I've done in the Zelda franchise and I absolutely loved this challenge.
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[@Smiffic]

Holy moly the support has been crazy here! Thank you everyone so much for watching! I normally do these dumb challenges over on Twitch @ Smiffic ! I'll be over there if you want to watch things like this LIVE! 😄

[@recodegamesstudio]

Popped up on my recommended, epic video watched it all. Nice run

[@Smiffic]

@@recodegamesstudio Thank you for watching!

[@LeviLewis]

Great video, very high quality and enjoyed the full thing. Thanks!

[@Smiffic]

And thank you for watching!

[@keithseratt5926]

I was wondering if you could tell me what music you're using at 6:38

[@colinkeane9070]

Honestly kinda crazy he got 3/4 stray fairy rewards in 1 cycle alone

[@Smiffic]

I think all strays are possible too with good routing! 😄

[@costby1105]

​@@Smiffic I can't remember the name of the uploader but IIRC someone did this challenge with the stray faires and the Kafei and Anju side quest. I don't recall but I don't think they used glitches either.

[@Smiffic]

@@costby1105 Interesting!

[@shrimpguy6900]

Take me a whole cycle just to go stone towers lol

[@brysonbarnett4]

​@@costby1105Brando Batel?

[@Tor-Erik]

This is the most canon Majora's Mask story in Zelda history where young Link speedruns and saves Termina from moon's fall in just three days straight without having to go back in time and start over.

[@Smiffic]

The ironic thing is that I had no clue he did this in the manga 😆

[@Tor-Erik]

I have read the manga, and I think this here is actually more accurate than even in the manga as he didn't even fought all the main bosses in the manga. Just fillers.

[@Smiffic]

I gotta give it a read soon!

[@Randkaz]

The only thing missing from the manga is completing Kafei's quest

[@Njr-il5bz]

that is some shit young link would pull off

[@Barquevious_Jackson]

I love how this could be what canonically happened and that Link just never found out about the time warp while in Termina.

[@SilverCraftLPx]

i mean he kinda has to know after reversing time in the first cycle as a deku, but he might think it was a one time thing

[@thewolfstu]

Link: "Wait, so you're telling me I could of just played a song to turn back time?" Random person: "Yeah, I thought you remembered from that last time you used it to defeat Ganon." Link: "My incarnations share the same soul, not the same memories!"

[@keiyakins]

​@@thewolfstu except this is the same incarnation as OoT :P

[@thewolfstu]

@@keiyakins then that makes it make even Less sense why he forgot he could do that! lol

[@QuayeEPICGAMER]

@@keiyakinsin oot it worked differently and didn’t let him go back in time I think

[@vapersmith7859]

The fact you didn't automatically consider massive sequence break glitches in this run surprises me this is actually a truly legendary run!

[@hoaujudaiyubel]

A glitch is a program acting in a way that was unintended by the programer Using intended machanics and making them act in an intended way but to get an unintended result is not glitch it's an exploit If that's confusing think of it like this A glitch is when you put cereal in a bowl but the bowl folds over so all the cereal falls out An exploit is when you eat cereal straight from the box

[@Ilias2]

@@hoaujudaiyubel Wait, you don't eat from the box?

[@the66books]

he used the bomb thing to get the boss key n the last dungeon=

[@ninjafrog6966]

He still used skips in this run

[@ninjafrog6966]

@@the66books yeah, he used several skips in this run

[@Tracey_]

Every single Zelda fan has thought of this idea in their head. Props for actually doing it!!!

[@Smiffic]

And thank you for watching!

[@anonymouss1270]

I never had this thought once

[@hylianro]

​@@anonymouss1270 do you even think

[@anonymouss1270]

@@hylianro my thoughts are mostly “I wish I wasn’t here, why did I take 7 classes instead of 4, why would she ever think I’m going to make something of myself? Not flip burgers my whole life, what a joke” It’s not about Zelda usually and especially not if I can beat MM in the 3 days that’s allotted to me

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@@anonymouss1270 seeing as you never thought about Zelda im not sure you classify as a zelda fan

[@stevesamuals2651]

Alternatively, you can call this challenge "majora mask, but link lands on his head during the fall into termina and forgets who Zelda is."

[@Smiffic]

LMAO

[@CarlosSaulRodriguezA]

actually, when falling from the horse, and to be honest, Link really looked like he forgot about Zelda until he got the ocarina back, lol

[@yourmum69_420]

nah because he did use it one time... so this was really Majora's Mask in 6 days

[@rockk9753]

As long as he still marries Malon its all good

[@Ave_Satana666]

@@Smiffic if you put it on 2x speed you can watch the alternate version "Ben Shapiro tells you how to beat Los mm in 3 days"

[@robertlombardo8437]

That Link is one slick son of a gun! Blows himself up multiple times just to launch his green ass farther, soars around an entire country, taking names and solves a world-ending crisis inside of half a week. All before puberty.

[@Smiffic]

LMAO

[@fayescarlet]

I did a one-cycle run WAAAAAAY back in the day. I mean pre-KZbin days! I think it was a popular old-school challenge among playground and middle school cafeteria chats. It's cool to see other people take the challenge.

[@Smiffic]

It's such a fun challenge to do! I had an absolute blast with this 😄

[@skullmastergamer]

Nothing like that happens in my own school. Just stupid trends that I don’t understand

[@sleepwalking3345]

​@@skullmastergamerwell yeah its like a 20 year old game

[@Sursion]

@@skullmastergamer Because the internet is way bigger and more mainstream now than when games like Majoras Mask came out. I was in elementary school when Pokemon came out and there was no internet to find out things about the game. Your best chance was finding a magazine in stores that had heaps of wrong info in it. So at recess and lunch everyone busted out their gameboys and talked about the game. The internet really killed that social aspect...

[@bipinnambiar]

@Sleepwalking3345 I think he means the challenges itself, not the specific ones

[@smashdriven1640]

Dang, I actually didn’t think it was possible to do that without glitches.

[@Smiffic]

It’s a brutal run but so much fun! Wanted to keep the major glitches away from this to try give it more impact 🤣

[@bennutt5050]

not sure if moves in game are more of exploits or glitches

[@Smiffic]

@@bennutt5050 I'd classify long jumping as a trick or exploit, regardless though it's not actually needed to grab the boss key either 😄 You can use ice arrows to make a platform and roll off it to grab the ledge too 😃

[@MaruchanPrime]

@@Smiffic So it is possible to still get the ice arrows and kill Gekko within time?

[@Smiffic]

@@MaruchanPrime Yup! The order of events in Great Bay Temple would just get changed a bit but more then enough time to take it out still 😃

[@idkjustleavemebeplease]

When the adventure is definitely not the friends we had made along the way. Amazing job.

[@Smiffic]

LMAO Totally accurate description. Thank you!

[@idkjustleavemebeplease]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ ewwwww NIV

[@ninnusridhar]

Hey when the world is literally about to die, I'd much rather live than make friends. That being said I'm the kinda guy who'd rather do anything than make a new friend, so take my words with a grain of salt

[@BowlOSoup6661]

@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist No bot

[@jsc1jake512]

Fierce Deity: BUT WHAT ABOUT EVERYONE EL- Link: N A V I

[@Ramen117]

In the Majora’s Mask manga, Link does the adventure in 3 days.

[@bruhmaster8272]

And he doesn’t even use Epona

[@sctkarter1111]

There’s a manga?!

[@squirrelshapedcorps]

​@sctkarter1111 yes! But it's considered non-Canon

[@Blumoon09]

​@@sctkarter1111yes.

[@user-go4sm4ow4d]

It would be a good 4 or 5 episode anime, I'm my opinion

[@good_dog2470]

15:01 "Luckily nothing can go wrong here" *Monster doing a Jig*

[@Smiffic]

LMAO

[@myanballXD]

Elegy of emptiness : hi.

[@Dr_OneWing]

This run was great. Not only did it prove that it could be done, but it also showed it doesn’t even need to be a perfect run!

[@Smiffic]

That's the reason why I wanted to leave my mistakes in, to show that anyone can do it with the understanding of the route 😄 Thank you for watching!

[@Chiller31916]

Mad respect for not using major glitches to do this speedrun, these are the kind of speed runs I love watching.

[@Smiffic]

Thank you!

[@rudyrubio5214]

Wait, glitches were done in this run? I thought he said he wasn’t using any?

[@Chiller31916]

@@rudyrubio5214 Depends on what you count as a glitch. He didn't use any game breaking glitches, just small stuff like getting up the deku palace without magic beans.

[@rudyrubio5214]

@@Chiller31916 there was also the bomb bag one. The only way to get the bomb bag is if you do a side quest during night one. Which, I guess I would count? Maybe I looked wrong, but I’m sure he bought them during the day on day 1

[@emeraldiguana7316]

@@Chiller31916 well that was not a glitch tho just game knowledge

[@allananderson6343]

The amount of knowledge and planning this required was insane. Props to you for proving it could be done.

[@reitairue2073]

You act like this is a 1st or something.... lmaooo

[@xxslayer255xx]

​@@reitairue2073 you are annoying

[@The-Xclusiveeeee]

I still think this is the best Zelda game ever made, it's so genius and unique, nothing has ever been close to it's weirdness that just works! Ocarina is my first and very special to me...but there is something about Majora's Mask that is hard to explain..it just hits different!

[@Smiffic]

Speaking of Ocarina, I've just finished recording a certain challenge video for it 👀MM though hits so different I fully agree!

[@JulienMarzanoGuitarist]

Couldn’t say better

[@hajisaiku]

Well Twilight Princesss was a bit weird at times

[@TbdPonchoBillionaire]

@@hajisaikuevery Zelda has its fair share of weird, MM stands out most in the series imo because the weirdness blends directly in to the game play in the most major way in the series.

[@hajisaiku]

@NarwhalPoop97 and yes, i personally know how weird MM can be. It's can be soo weird that you can get a very rare glitch/bug in the code where all the items you pick up are intsa-killing you. Wish we hadn't lost that cart

[@hugoreyna9618]

I like to think that this is how Link would do it, "I'll just save this town from the moon as quickly as possible so I can keep searching for Navi" it was an amazing video, congrats on making it possible!

[@Smiffic]

Hahaha 😂 Thank you so much!

[@astrolatte_]

"People call me the Hero of Time because I'm good at time management"

[@seaweedcat4267]

I love how this suggests that saving the world is just a side job for Link at this point

[@Smiffic]

@@seaweedcat4267 He got bored one friday night 😆

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

​@@seaweedcat4267 This is basically Link, if he had all his past memories from previous games.

[@Autonova]

Makes you think they probably designed the game with this possibility in mind. Well played!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you!

[@FlappyBirdGamer-ky5kj]

The traveling salesman did say he's leaving in 3 days.

[@parkouremaster]

I don't think so, he still had to made some exploits like in 19:54 to save time

[@diddy_dante]

​@@parkouremaster considering the mistakes he made, I think there is theoretically time to do it differently

[@parkouremaster]

@@diddy_dante Mistakes? Well that specifically exploit it's pretty hard to accomplish, i just find perfect he could do it without losing so much time

[@cashblaster3475]

I always found it fascinating that you can beat whichever dungeons you want in whatever order in this game. You can literally beat stone tower first providing you get the dungeon item in the other ones

[@LilKardboard]

I've always liked that about Majora's Mask and to some extent Ocarina of Time where, provided you nab the Bow from the Forest temple, you can just straight up go Water Fire Forest then do Spirit and Shadow in either order

[@Hypno-Journey]

​​@@LilKardboardactually the only thing you need the arrows for in any other temple is to blow the bridge in the shadow temple (although someone recently told me you can use bombchus). It makes things harder but you can beat them in almost any order without ever entering another temple. Only other consideration is that without glitches you can't get to shadow until you beat water. Most out of order I have done is: Spirit, Water, Fire, Forest Shadow.

[@LilKardboard]

@@Hypno-Journey Oh that's cool, I must have misremembered something in the Water Temple cause I swear I remember using the bow in that temple for one of those "Shoot the eyeball" gates, it has been forever since my last playthrough

[@Hypno-Journey]

​@@LilKardboardyou can use hookshot/longshot for all those :)

[@LilKardboard]

@@Hypno-Journey huh, is this a change made by the 3ds remake or is it's hitbox just really finicky on the N64 version? I never had a chance to play the 3DS version and I could never quite activate them on N64 with the Hook/Longshot. Either way that is a cool fact, glad to learn something new about such an old game

[@anitalift7546]

17:22 fun fact, if you void out like this after defeating Twinmold but before grabbing the remains, it resets the entire boss fight. Learned this from personal experience 🙃

[@Smiffic]

Oh damn I didn't know that!

[@zeldamaniac14]

I learned from experience as well. Never doing that again.

[@sumthingwikked4257]

That should be a new game challenge. Best of three boss battles

[@elmaLLe91]

Finally someone who took the whole „finish in one cycle“ seriously. Havent fully watched yet but wanted to say kudos!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you!

[@Trevperson]

Glitchless speedruns of the game have completed the game in one cycle for several years now, but this is still a really cool demonstration and well put together video demonstrating the ideas behind it for sure! Good job!

[@Smiffic]

@@Trevperson One of the best people to give this explanation! Thanks Trev 😄! GL on the runs!

[@Trevperson]

@@Smiffic Thanks man! I see you have more Majora's Mask projects in the works, so I'll be sure to check back! Always happy to see good content creators for this game, and you did a really good job with this video :)

[@Smiffic]

@@Trevperson Thank you so much!

[@puppystatus]

i managed to 100% the game in 3 cycles (fewest possible) and that was so stressful but rewarding as hell. I have never tried this challenge but now i'd like to!

[@Smiffic]

Give it a try! it's a ton of fun 😄!

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

What's the 3 Cycle 100% Route?

[@Matthew10950]

​@@heyoyo10gaming4 Painful and impressive.

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

@@Matthew10950 Ok, but where can I find it

[@puppystatus]

@@heyoyo10gaming4 Every heart piece, every mask, every upgrade, every bottle. I have like 6 pages in a notebook tracking everything and it's a mess, I honestly couldn't tell you how I did it. I wanna try again tho and make a proper guide for it. The idea is that in order to get the blast mask, the postman's hat, and the final bottle, they all have to be on separate cycles. Everything else in between is just time management. The first day pretty much is the same as this vid, you have to get the arrows, get the goron mask, get bombs, do a goron bomb damage jump to get into great bay, get the zora mask and wallet upgrade before midnight, get the blast mask, save romani ranch. Any spare time in between tasks and before the morning, collect rupees or grab something you may have missed. I'm leaving out a shit ton of details cuz i can't possibly type them all out rn. I've 100% it multiple times so it takes practice and an unnecessary knowledge of the game. Super fun personal challenge!!

[@albin8166]

Man thank you for doing this run, since I was a kid I always wondered if you could beat the full game in just 3 days, now we know is possible. Great video again 👍

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@Walex117]

I've done the 3-Day Challenge (as I've historically heard it called on small circles of the internet) soooo many times, it's basically the only thing I do anymore when I go and play Majora's Mask. It's honestly super fun to see what all side-quests you can complete and optional items you can get within the 3 days. Either way, it's great to see a youtuber talking about this and giving the challenge that much more exposure!

[@headphlegm8774]

sure u did

[@andrewchase4666]

Its the only way to play it. My best is: 21 masks (all except Blast and All Night), Gilded sword, Spin Attack.

[@TrashQueenAndKing]

​@@andrewchase4666sure u did

[@simgames9133]

wow, that was really good. i remember trying this challenge as a kid and failing over and over again lmao

[@Smiffic]

Thank you!

[@dingding12321]

that's rad you attempted it wow haha

[@ja4039]

You can save Termina in one cycle of 3 days, but I wonder how many cycles and days cumulatively in Majora’s Mask actually went into knowing HOW to save Termina in one 3 day cycle! What’s neat about speed running is that it’s such a good example of how gaming intelligence evolves through the sedimentation of collective gaming experience and memory over huge periods of time. The amount of time this player played plus the amount of time other players played collectively to make knowledge of how to do this kind of run (and its strats) possible is actually wild.

[@Smiffic]

That's the beauty of these runs. It was a joint effort of myself and my chat to try make a route which could work 😄 We've just collaborated again to make an even better run 👀

[@webbowser8834]

@@Smiffic Very nice, it's honestly kinda surprising just how much wiggle room you have in this run. Protip: Light Arrows are really really good in the Majora Fight and give you a lot more stun time.

[@Smiffic]

@@webbowser8834 Wait you're telling me Light Arrows work in there!? I never knew! Thank you for the tip! 😄 We're going to be pushing that wiggle room even further in the next one 👀

[@webbowser8834]

@@Smiffic Yup, they straight up bypass the mask armor in the first phase and remain solid options in the later 2 phases.

[@Lunaticboi956]

>how many cumulative cycles uhhhhh at least four maybe. probably more than that though

[@neverstopexploding4128]

Impressive, I never played as a kid but it's nice to see all the (necessary) aspects of the game completed. Cheers!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you for watching!

[@t-bird6853]

How have you never played as a kid? You ALWAYS play as a kid! There's no Adult Link in this game!

[@jacobs113]

Sees video in recommended: "I mean yea probably but he's gonna trivialize w/glitches". Smiffic: "WITHOUT ANY GLITCHES!" You had my attention, and i was not disappointed. Nice work!

[@David23Howe]

I want this to become a speedrun category

[@Smiffic]

I believe it might be already!

[@Knightmessenger]

Getting the powder keg and into the ranch before night 1 is really the hardest part. After that, there's a lot of different order you can take.

[@Nyug3r]

I actually half did this challenge when I was a teenager. By half I mean I had a prep cycle where I did none of the main quest stuff, but got some upgrades and masks to make the actual cycle easier. (Bunny hood and bombs most importantly.) It took me like 5 tries since I realizes the graveyard issue too late on a late cycle.

[@Smiffic]

The graveyard can be such a run killer 😆 At least you did it though, that's the important thing! 😄

[@ricardohumildebrabo]

Kinda off topic, but this game aged magnificently.

[@andrewdyke5561]

This isnt the n64 version

[@absantos]

@@andrewdyke5561 what version is it? switch version?

[@callmacc]

@@andrewdyke5561 It appears to be the emulated N64 version using Nerrel's HD Texture Pack.

[@evansmith7150]

I sometimes re-watch this as a reminder that anything is possible

[@ikogame]

This is so impressive. I didn't even considered that this would be possible to complete it in just one cycle. Mad skills.

[@Smiffic]

Thank you!

[@protowave]

* consider

[@jrmungandr]

The amount of comments in here saying “I’ve been playing MM daily for 50 years and have watched 150000 speedruns but never knew this was possible” is really strange, this is probably the oldest and most well-known challenge run of the game that exists. Not to take away from the guy, the video is well made and the commentary is on point, I just feel like I’m in the twilight zone reading most of these.

[@Smiffic]

Thank you! If I were to guess it’s because MM has always been less popular then the other Zelda games so it hasn’t had as much exposure so a lot of people might be seeing this for the first time 😄

[@Helladamnleet]

@@Smiffic Good have fooled me looking at the way people talk about it. People act like it's God's gift to the N64 when the reality it's kind of a "meh" game. It's not the WORST Zelda game, but I just never really got the hype.

[@joeldixton5627]

its 2023 I hope a generation of people who weren't around when it came out get to see this fantastic game :')

[@kaisawatson]

​@@Helladamnleet It's down to personal preferences. If like me you love the atmosphere and creepiness of the game, it's a 10/10. I personnally doesn't get hyped all that much by Botw, despite everyone claming it's the best Zelda ever (same for Totk, even though I have a feeling I will enjoy it more). It's an excellent game, but I'd take majora's mask over it any day, because it fits my preferences better. I like atmospheric games with great music and artistic direction, I'm less of an open world, freedom to explore kind of person, so MM is perfect for me. Saying MM is a "Meh" game is childish, it just doesn"t fit your preferences. To me Botw felt meh on many aspects, but I don't claim it is, I know it's because it focuses on aspects I care less about, (even if it does so amazingly),

[@pikachu896]

​@@Helladamnleet I could say the same about BotW tbh

[@luke2042]

What a run! I didn't think you could even do it at first. Great job!!

[@FBIAgentRC-]

Gotta love recognizing some three houses music. I’m sure everyone has wondered if this can be done including myself and I’m curious to see where this goes

[@Smiffic]

The OST is perfect for setting the stage!

[@vaads7743]

I thought it was only possible WITH glitches. That's absolutely insane, good job!

[@Smiffic]

I thought so too until I tried this 😆Thank you!

[@ninjafrog6966]

I mean he did use skips

[@vaads7743]

@@ninjafrog6966 skips that they used weren't glitches, just unintended ways to get around to save time

[@Minecraftgnom]

@@vaads7743 Then it's still weird they didn't just use the same trick to skip getting Epona. xD

[@DJEevee257]

@@Minecraftgnom Epona is still required to access certain areas. You cannot skip it.

[@joey-pace]

I love the way you took us through this story! The pacing was immaculate. I'd love to see some moments from your stream interwoven in there bc I'm sure you were hype when you made epona's song by 2 mins. Great stuff

[@Smiffic]

Thank you and totally valid points! The next one will include moments from the stream too 😄!

[@Vulpas]

Now this is my kind of speedrunning content. No glitches, interesting challenges, playing as intended.

[@ninjafrog6966]

He definitely used several skips in this run. Him skipping straight to the great bay boss key using bomb boosting is definitely not playing as intended as you’re not intended to reach it until after you get the ice arrows

[@user-ov6bo5gz1f]

Absolutely insane, on my first playthrough ever and my mind is blown. You made it look almost easy.

[@Smiffic]

This run took many attempts, that's the part you don't see 😆 Thank you for watching!!

[@pureevilecho150]

I respect that you admit that. I love these games and they were my first games, so it’s even more special to me to see you accomplish this. It brings so much pride and joy to my heart ❤️ fantastic job, and keep it up, good sir!

[@robleon6368]

Watching you explain the cause and effect of how to get Epona's song, I felt like the math lady meme. Also, enjoyed the music choices! GG!

[@Smiffic]

LMAO

[@baylee9879]

Are you talking about Zack Galafanakis meme?? 😂

[@Smiffic]

@@baylee9879 🤣

[@Cain532.]

That was single handedly one of the most impressive runs I have every seen

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@JinlongTheGoldenDragon]

I am thoroughly impressed. This deserves way more views than it has. The fact you used no glitches doubles the impressiveness of this run. You're truly legendary to have mastered the game to such a degree that you're able to complete the entire thing in under 3 hours (and again with no glitches!!!!) Hell I've played this game dozens of times and like to think I know it well but I still struggle with Stone Tower Temple and a little with Great Bay at times to not get lost, it's truly a testament to how knowledgeable you are and know this game from the back of your hand to be able to even do this. As well as the insane amount of planning in advance. Seriously the fact you managed to get the freaking powder keg and get epona on the first day with no time reversal had my jaw dropped.

[@lucamjp4839]

That is amazing dude! On my first play-trough one year ago, I needed a full three-day cycle just to complete the Great Bay Temple and you have finished the whole game without any major sequence breaks in that time!

[@AmallieGames]

I have played this game since I was 9 years old and I've never once considered you could technically do dungeons out of order as long as you have the key items required to advance 🤯

[@Smiffic]

Right!? I was the same for such a long time till realising it's just the items you need 😆

[@tomrees82]

Might want to look into Ocarina of Time then.

[@hirotashi5950]

​@Tom Rees you can do the water temple before doing forest and fire.

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

Many Zelda are like that. In the first game, you can beat several labyrinths without setting foot in some or all of the preceding labyrinths. Granted, they will more difficult that way, and a few absolutely require items from previous levels.

[@Smiffic]

@@tomrees82 This is also true! Same can be said for OoT for the most part! Which btw OoT content soon 👀

[@snailch]

Great job planning, executing, and explaining all this! I had always wondered if it was possible. Now I just wish there was an animated speedrun video of link just zooming across termina with the happy mask salesman watching speechless.

[@Smiffic]

Thank you! I too would love to see that 😂

[@Abegilr_Dragonrider]

You talking about TerminalMontage?

[@Halibel764]

The boost given by bomb + Zora form should be considered as a glitch. Still a lovely run.

[@finnsword8286]

I wouldn't say its a glitch. You aren't glitching the game just because the bombs launch Link a greater distance than a normal jump.

[@Smiffic]

Next run doesn't use it 👀Thank you so much for watching!

[@legokingcandy]

never knew this was possible. ultimate goal as a majora fan

[@jblen]

Damn majora's mask is one of my favourite games of all time, but I never even thought about how you don't actually need to kill the bosses until the very end. You only need the items and then dash outta there. That's super interesting. I did think the speedrun was in 1 cycle, or that there was a 1 cycle category at least, but if there isn't then this certainly should be one.

[@Smiffic]

MM is really cool that only the dungeon items are needed to go through the world, opens everything up real fast!

[@meegee8439]

One thing I think people like about these kinds of videos is the challenge aspect of it. Just playing through the game without any “consequences” doesn’t bring as many stakes. Especially once you do more of these you can start publishing fails of your challenge runs so it surprises viewers who think you would only post videos of you succeeding. So I recommend continuing with these challenge videos because they do really well and I imagine they are fun to do as well.

[@Smiffic]

I won't lie I love a good challenge 😄 Having a fail condition just hanging over head makes these runs so much more enjoyable for me. Will keep doing them, thank you for watching! 😄

[@oalemanm84]

I actually tried this when I was a kid and never succeeded. (I tried to complete all temples in order, which screwed getting to Romani on the first day), and actually didn’t know you could get past the well without getting the big poe from ikana graveyard on night 3), so I thought it was impossible. Thanks uploading this, it has changed my life and I will definitely give it another try.

[@Smiffic]

And thank you for watching! Good luck on the attempts 😄

[@aLotoMoney]

This video was incredible! I loved every second and am so glad it got recommended to me. Great job on completing the game in one cycle!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much for watching!! Hoping to have the next vid out soon 👀

[@giratinate]

Using “I’m with you” from Sonic Frontiers as the theme for the final stretch was an amazing choice.

[@Smiffic]

It's such a good song!

[@markvo250]

both purple and a moon were invoIved after aII

[@Trikovioz]

I always said it wasn't possible due to too many factors. You straight up blew that away. Awesome.

[@Smiffic]

I also thought the same for a long time! Thank you for watching 😀!

[@josuegtr1034]

If we're talking about 100% completion in 3 days, then yeah it is impossible, even with the inverted song of time.

[@Smellypickles69]

Good run dude loved every minute

[@viniciusrestelli1110]

Majora's Mask ia so unique. It's full of possibilities. A truly creative game, my favorite Zelda of all time.

[@nestrior7733]

I remember seeing the schedule for this challenge laid out like 15 years ago. Crazy to see it actually done and now I want to try it myself. Question: Which version did you play?

[@Smiffic]

Wish I had seen that schedule earlier 🤣 had to fully route this one, This is the N64 Version running Nerrel’s HD texture pack!

[@kelboop8835]

Smiffic, the "Aim" God .. completed with time to spare!

[@Smiffic]

Sources say I'm getting picked up by pro teams 🤣

[@bradleywalker8642]

I've only played this game once, and it was many years ago, before youtube guide speedrun videos, so I don't remember most of the story lines, quests, map layout, dungeon strategies, etc. But I remember how much I enjoyed the experience. I've been feeling nostalgic lately. (Because being an "old man" in modern society kinda sucks, and I just want to pretend to be a kid again for a few days.) So your videos are definitely inspiring me to go dig my N64 and Nintendo Power game guide magazines out of the box in my closet soon. I'm hoping I can introduce the wifey to the game, and get her to love the experience as much as I did/will.

[@Duran8998]

That's really impressive. The steps required go beyond what I can do since I don't play Majora's Mask more than once every few years.

[@Cerialos]

the best part about this video is how happy smiffic looks while hes doing the run

[@Smiffic]

It was a blast honestly! That and I also like to keep a smile on my face to try brighten someone else’s day 😄

[@kylethm168]

​@@SmifficI thought it was because of me 😢

[@Smiffic]

@@kylethm168 😆

[@aquamarinerose5405]

Honestly the most interesting thing about this run isn't even that you're managing to do this in a single cycle, but that I had absolutely no idea how non-linear Majora's Mask even is. Like, the idea that you could grab the Bow in the Forest Temple and then just drop that entire sidequest to head to the Mountain, Get the Fire Arrows in the Snow Temple, Skip all the way to getting the Powder Keg and have all 3 transformation masks + the Hookshot before you even beat the first boss wasn't something I ever thought to do.

[@aquamarinerose5405]

@L Granted, it seems like a lot of it is more going in half-steps since you have to get a bunch of items necessary to progress, but it is still REALLY neat.

[@Smiffic]

That’s what is so cool about MM 😄 it opens up so fast as soon as you get just a few items

[@christianbishop7463]

I never would've thought that it was possible! There were several times that my jaw dropped, and I wasn't sure if you would make it. Congratulations!

[@KawaiiDawn]

This was one of the coolest runs of a zelda game that i've ever seen, great job

[@Smiffic]

Thank you for watching!

[@Aaron1Ayala]

Love the work put into this I can’t believe it was 24 minutes but I loved watching you walk us through the game that’s already familiar to us but done in a way we’d never imagined we could. Love to see it.

[@Smiffic]

Thank you!

[@Handsans]

Amazingly well edited and straight to the point video. The first 12 hours are stressful getting to Epona. I never knew one could skip using the ice arrows to get to Ikana Canyon via the hookshot and I have played this game off and on since it came out. Thank you for this video.

[@RealSouize]

I never played the sequel but after this might have too. Great energy and was fun to watch. Thanks for the content, glad this video randomly popped up on my feed!

[@Smiffic]

And thank you so much for watching! 😄

[@HyperHimes]

INCREDIBLE JOB! I would've never imagined that this would've been possible with how much the game relies around you restarting time over and over again! Amazing work! Here's hoping you get to 10K Subscribers ASAP!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much!!

[@HDGamerofficial]

Duuuuuuuude, I did not think was possible! Incredible video man, I was fully engaged the whole time with your narration and your edits made it so entertaining! 👏👏👏 next time I play through MM, I’m definitely gonna use some of the awesome tricks you showed like the Hookshot in Ikana skipping the ice arrows & the boss key in Great Bay, those look like fun to try!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad I could teach you a few tricks 😄!

[@Pandrrr]

First video I’ve ever seen of yours, but gotta say it’s fantastic! Love the concept of this run, it’s like a speedrun against the game itself! Your commentary also is quite entertaining and informative, well done! Great music choices too btw, really added a lot to the vid!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much for the kind words! 😄

[@Pandrrr]

@@Smiffic Of course! Looking forward to the next vid 😄

[@Dubby2]

19:56 oh yeah! I’ve used that a few times through my speed runs! Amazing video!

[@2BX99]

I recently just finished Majora's Mask for the first time. Watching this is so funny! You made my stressful run look like a walk

[@Smiffic]

Congrats on beating MM! It's certainly no joke of a game, time pressure is everywhere 😆

[@jmewhyte]

I know! I gave up in the snow temple and that was after resetting time so so many times. I barely scratched the surface of the game

[@schurerest7661]

That was amazing!!! Ever since I finally got into the legend of Zelda series and saw mm I’ve been wondering if this is possible so glad to know it is!!!

[@missvida6251]

This is amazing! Wonderful job! I love seeing the joy on your face! ❤

[@coopcakes]

Good job Smiffic! Really cool to see this all play out! Now to get the true ending and complete the Anju/Kafei quest alongside it! ;)

[@Smiffic]

I actually considered a run like this in the future 🤣

[@ReceptiveRaptor]

@@Smiffic I don't think this is possible. The last stage of kafei and anju (sakons hideout) is 5pm on the 3rd night, you're in great Bay at this point (in this video) and once you leave sakons hideout it's already midnight on the last night (5/6 hours remain) If you can get great Bay done in those last hours AND get to the clock tower then you should be good. You'd have to route a lot better and probably play out of your mind to get it done seeing as you had 3 hours remain, maybe you drop the stray fairies? Idk. As much as I say this is impossible I'd love to see this play out. I'm sure someone could route it out.

[@Smiffic]

There's only one way to find out! 👀

[@MercuryHg34]

@@Smiffic Could be possible with some smart planning and major route changes. Having done the run without the sidequest once, I think you could do it or at least give it an admirable try.

[@MasterKnightDH]

​@@ReceptiveRaptor Look for the 6 Day/17 Mask Run. I've been wanting to make a 6 Day/18 Mask update too.

[@leabiste6393]

I literally clapped when you made it to the ranch

[@Smiffic]

I'm glad you liked it 😄! Still can't believe we only had 2 minutes remaining 😂

[@the-white-eye]

i love a fun glitchy speedrun as much as the next guy, but holy shit, to show that this would be technically possible in universe by doing it glitchless is something else

[@Smiffic]

I'm the same! As much as I love breaking MM, doing this run without any glitches made it so much more enjoyable 😄

[@JackSparrow-qu2mq]

This was awesome and super entertaining! Congrats for the video idea and your great skills!

[@sottomayortavarespachecoqu5419]

I love how he put the pizza tower pizza time song when he was going to the last dungeon

[@Smiffic]

I had the song stuck in my head for days before editing this 😆 It had to go in

[@SpiritOfGotham]

Three days.... and they're all your birthday!

[@Smiffic]

I think not 🤣

[@cesarlemos1337]

Maybe that's just me, but I have a vivid memory of playing Epona's Song and getting her without going to the Ranch. I remember clearly doing that on my first time playing, just after finishing Ocarina's, to see if it actually worked. That was like my most prized secret (I always thought that the Deku Palace jump was the normal way to do it)

[@Chesterlock128]

I'm glad this popped up in my suggested. A fun watch for sure

[@reesecates8620]

Dr. Wily said that Link could get the light arrows to defeat Majora's Mask, but his chances of doing that without the Song of Time are extremely slim. Maybe that's the case if we're just analyzing the story, but you proved that so much more could be accomplished in just 3 days. Albeit with the Inverted Song of Time. If you tried this challenge WITHOUT the Inverted Song of Time though...

[@Smiffic]

Now I'm no expert but I think this would be impossible with out it 😂! Thank you for watching!

[@TemporallyAnarchaic]

As someone who regularly plays Majora's Mask Randomizer and loves MM, it was refreshing to see a lot of MMR skips being used in a "traditional" playthrough. I definitely admire the dedication put into routing this. It was a lot of fun to watch, and I may attempt it myself here in the near future just because... well, I love MM and it seems fun.

[@Smiffic]

MM Rando is sick 😄 Give it a try! It's an absolute blast

[@applekiller9914]

I had tried this so many times as a kid i thought it wasnt possible. Good on you for doing it

[@BioYuGi]

This was awesome. I'd love to see something similar in seeing how many of the tasks and subquests you can get done in a 72 hour period. Imagining it's Link's 'final run', he has everything possible at this point, so in a 3 day cycle, can he: finish the Anju and Kafei line, save the Zora eggs, finish the bomber handbook, etc.

[@GiI11]

Amazing job. I'm not a fan of glitch runs, so what you did was even more impressive for me.

[@Smiffic]

Thank you for watching!

[@sevzgaming2891]

There was still a glitch used though.

[@brood5184]

@@sevzgaming2891 True but given the mistakes he made along the way I'm pretty sure he could have avoided using it fairly easily ESPECIALLY given that he spent a bunch of extra time collecting the bonus sword charge attack that he super didn't need.

[@sevzgaming2891]

@@brood5184 honestly i dont know how much time that glitch saved, but idk, it seems silly that the video starts off saying 0 glitches are used, but proceeds to use one anyways. Maybe it could have just been explained better on how much time was saved, and maybe it was just for the sake of not resetting, idk.

[@pauI_r]

@@sevzgaming2891 what glitch? he used some exploits but neither bomb jumping nor the hookshot are glitches. that's just using intended mechanics in unintended ways. emergent gameplay is not the same as a glitch

[@laurierhebert-jodoin5716]

I'd definitely call the bomb jumping a glitch, but it's not like you couldn't have finished in time without it for the little you used it so GG... more importantly, great commentary and editing!

[@Smiffic]

It’s definitely in the border between glitch or exploit 🤣 always seen it as an exploit but can see the other side too! Luckily there are other ways to do the same trick without bombs 😃 Thank you so much though!

[@freehulu7184]

Thank you for answering one of my childhood questions! It feels complete!

[@wolfganglisborg3970]

This deserves over 10 million views. the fact that you made this happen so well. Made me using a strategy guide and cheatcc, seem like foolery. When I needed to know was.......................the concept of using every song and necessary mask actual made the game progress within the three days. You've made my teenage experience of this game look flawless. You're awesome, your will definitely blow up from this masterpiece. PS: that bomb explosion in the great bay temple was phenomenal to get the boss key. IDK where you figured that out, but you did!!!! Thank you for this!!!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much for watching!!

[@benboyd6877]

Dude you’re the goat, keep grinding way more entertaining than like 98% of other Zelda KZbinrs always look forward to your uploads

[@Smiffic]

You’re the goat for watching! Thank you so much 😄!

[@DipreG]

This is absolutely insane. You, sir, are a Big Boss.

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@nutjobvoices]

I literally thought you was crazy when the video first started and boy was I right lmao that was amazing bro it was very interesting because I've always wondered if it was possible 😮

[@88Spint]

What a sick challenge to do! Mad props! :D

[@nerostile333]

I remember as a kid i tried to find all the fairies in stone tower temple but even with that guidebook i couldnt find all of them in those 3 days, even when i slowed down the time. Insane what you accomplished.

[@Smiffic]

Stone Tower fairies are the worst to collect! having to flip the dungeon back over and over to get them all is a pain! Thank you for watching 😄!

[@vrachik]

this was really terrific, period, I was like 20 years in the making waiting to see someone do this! Congrats and keep up the good work!!!

[@Smiffic]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@IDoubleJ]

This thought always was in my mind since I was a kid playing this game. Respect to you for actually seeing if it is tangible in any way.

[@dogryme6]

When I saw the title of the video, I wasn't sure, honestly! But you surprised me. I knew about a good chunk of the glitchless speedrunning tricks, but that jump in Great Bay Temple and the hookshot tricks in Ikana Canyon really saved you a lot of time. You made some really effective use of your time just gunning for all of the dungeon-required tasks and items and then the bosses themselves, and I'm floored by your knowledge of this game. I can see why the Lens of Truth was required for the Stone Mask, but I think it could be possible to skip both assuming you know how to make the Goron Hotsprings climb without being able to see and find the most time-effective way to sneak past the gerudos in their hideout. Although, I hesitate considering both, since failing at both would cause very significant time losses that could kill a run. Still, goes to show that even with some of the mistakes you made, it's certainly possible. I applaud your achievement!

[@Dexcalibur420]

I played this so much as a kid, it had to take me a few dozen cycles at least. I can't believe you actually did it in one. Absolutely brilliant. I genuinely didn't think it was possible to beat in a single cycle without major glitches or cheating. I guess I was wrong. It's always nice to be proven wrong about what is and isn't possible, that with enough ingenuity and effort the seemingly impossible is in fact possible. I hope you have plans for some more videos like this because this was an absolute banger.

[@Smiffic]

What if I were to tell you. I just took this run and made it even better 👀 Video hopefully real soon!