This Blue Dragon Speedrun Has a 99% Failure Rate

[@DoctorSwellman]

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[@TheNumber1RatedSalesman1997]

this tripped me out to be in my feed; because i just yesterday got blue dragon again to replay it

[@DijaVlogsGames]

Equipping your entire party with that stupid black belt was hell. I just did it a month ago. Could take 10 Minutes. Could take 5 hours.

[@lovebirdrica22]

damn rng

[@KaimArgonarEyyyy]

This many views for a Blue Dragon related video? Frankly amazing. Gotta love the game and anime.

[@aprilmay4328]

real!!🙌

[@__-be1gk]

I loved this game's systems, being able to make any character any class and they'd all get new animations for their class was so awesome

[@RushStudios101]

I have a lot of strong memories associated with Blue Dragon. It often gets overlooked because lmao xbox jrpg but it was really one of the most defining games of my childhood. I pray for the day when 360 emulation becomes good enough that I can finally play it again without having to get all my 360 stuff out of storage. It does my heart good to see this game get talked about! So many hours spent grinding on hard mode... that shit was seriously HARD!

[@theOfficial476]

same. have really great memories of playing it in college after work... I don't know that I'll have the time to play through it ever again but the fond memories will never go away.

[@GuidoMigliorini]

yeah! I remember fondly all 3 jrpgs that came out as exclusives! Eternal Sonata and Lost Odyssey were amazing too!!!

[@dafire9634]

Another victim of "lmao xbox rpg" in the 360 era is Lost Odissey

[@maiastniki]

isn't it on the backwards compatible list? also im p sure i saw it in the microspft store when i had a series s briefly

[@RushStudios101]

@@maiastniki sadly I don't own any Xbox consoles other than a 360

[@BAIGAMING]

My mother overheard me playing the game, and she instantly recognized the Deep Purple singer who does the poorly-made boss theme in the game - she said to me "Dang I didn't know Ian Gillan was washed up" 🤣I really wish the Blue Dragon IP succeeded, I enjoyed the anime and the game so much as well as Mistwalker's other games like Lost Odyssey. Thanks for teaching us about the game's speedrunning tips, I didn't know the game had a speedrunning community because it's not the most popular game.

[@MrDoggson]

That battle theme is god awful

[@pockitsune6347]

Thats so funny

[@vangoghsseveredear]

Wait it's actually Ian Gillan? What the hell 😂 ...he is washed up though, he was losing his vocals even during the Deep Purple run. Which is sad, Deep Purple were fkn incredible

[@loopygordo]

Here to scream that lost odyssey desperately needs a port so more people can experience that master piece of a game.

[@S0larisPrime]

In Barkley Shut Up And Jam Gaiden, "Eternity" is also used as the battle theme, and the mp3 file in the game folder is tagged "Jesus Christ the guy from Deep Purple sang this"

[@Kazmahu]

The image that went with "Palmer had arrived, and he was about to change everything" is forever associated in my head with the unsung out-of-nowhere theory-crafters who do so much for speedrunning now, and I thank you for it.

[@Q2tall]

Alotta dope memories with this game, I remember getting double cast with bat pirate mommy and instantly realized how op it would be for all your teammates to have.

[@AmaryInkawult]

Generalist role really busted party builds making everyone insanely strong the moment that part is maxed out, skill slots unlocked, and you start slapping together the ultimate party of badasses that bulldozes the secret bosses.

[@majstertheunlucky2272]

I love it when yt reccoments me this random shit. A game I've never even heard about, a yt channel I've never seen, I've never watched speedruns in my life and yet here yt brought me.

[@coyotekent2267]

I’m almost certain this is the Anime I remember seeing one ad for on Cartoon Network when I was a kid and never knew what it was as an adult. I’m pretty sure you just helped me complete a childhood memory

[@BlameItOnYourFriend]

I love these speed run lore videos. I have been seeing them more and more for different games and all of them I have see are really well made.

[@mrbaaman]

'someone new came in and optimized'. That was the whole video basically

[@Lumenecy_]

Thank you Swellman for the lovely video on what is my childhood game. I actually had no idea the maths had been confirmed for the run. Suddenly I'm very aware of how lucky my handful of completed runs were.

[@Genowhirl910]

Wow! I LOVE Blue Dragon, super cool to see a video about it pop up in my feed in 2022. Great video, cool to know there's a crazy speedrun of it lol

[@Infindox]

People who speedrun rng-heavy games have my entire respect.

[@Kazmahu]

If I can offer an unsolicited suggestion, chesk out Super Mario RPG speedruns. There's an AGDQ VOD from a few years back that shows it off really well. The game's battle system is fairly consistent, but the item system sometimes conserves a use of a battle item, meaning it has a shocking amount of RNG. The runner has to memorize basically a flowchart of where they'll save the most time if they have more items than they were expecting as they move through the game. The amount of theorycrafting that went into optimizing this is insane.

[@DoctorSwellman]

I’ll second this. I was actually at that GDQ and it was an amazing run, even better to see in person

[@OGYouTubeEnjoyer]

Speedrunners are worthless members of society. They get nothing but disrespect from me. Get a real job and contribute to society.

[@Scatteredpast]

I so vaguely remember "Blue Dragon," I thought it was a weird dream I must have had.

[@johnnycaralta]

Thumbs up for using legend of dragoon music. We need more of that.

[@thegaymingavenger]

I have never heard of this game before but it looks gorgeous and now I wanna see if I can find it and play it. I also love these videos, honestly, they're so interesting and I love that it's not only about well known games

[@StepBaum]

Designs brought to you by Akira Toriyama the creator of Dragonball and Dragonball Z, and the Designer oder the Chrono Trigger Series

[@chimaeraarts]

@@StepBaum also Dragon Quest too

[@rppriya6904]

Very good easy to follow video. Otonyshi sounded vaguely familiar, then you said Chulip, and I'm like oh yeah, I think I've seen him around or heard his name on strats. Thanks for the flattery of my guy Palmer. Didn't realize how much work he did. :O And the code people wow.

[@kilik519]

Blue dragon was so underrated. I played it like 3 times and watched the anime

[@punkducky69]

Blue Dragon isn’t obscure! What are you- *reads comments* Okay, maybe a little obscure...

[@devfromthebay2587]

Sorting by new? Go find the OG Blue Dragon manga, the version of the franchise most people know of is EXTREMELY toned down The protagonist is a lovable goof who was locked in the dark his entire life because they didn't want to release his shadow dragon.... suddenly his kingdom is under attack and they need his powers, so after 15 years in the dark he's released... and he's absolutely FASCINATED with women lmaooo The fact that they took the concept and somehow converted it into something more marketable is cool and all but finding and reading the original as a teen was like beating a secret boss that nobody else has ever even heard a about This vid gave me a brain blast of good memories, appreciate it

[@ulallume5725]

Thank you sooo much for mentioning Septerra Core I've been trying to remember that game FOREVER I used to play it on an orange Compaq in the nineties as a kid lmaooo

[@m2cks]

Your videos are really entertaining and informative! I hardly know a thing about these games and yet I'm still able to follow pretty well. Nice job!

[@sagumelon]

ahhh blue dragon, that one game in my 360 library i knew was good but just never played

[@ziegfaust1316]

I remember finding shadowra in a really dark tunnel. This was peak gaming.

[@svenbernhagen6320]

Nice Mass effect music addition it's always so athmospheric

[@ItsJabo]

Another Swelly Drop!!! lets go!!!

[@Fantasy_Flan]

I recently started playing the game on impossible mode, at the final dungeon now, game was always fun to play

[@PlaystationTalks]

OMFG i love that you used a Clip from Waganarri anime!!!! at 6:35

[@thestruggler7887]

Literally thought I was the only one who played this game and watched the show

[@WoadyB]

Watching Palmer run this always makes me think of my Grandia 3 runs where the entire run hinges upon some low chance or RNG heavy element. 3 hours into the run relies on a fully RNG based Casino section to complete a run

[@eeyuup]

Damn, the craziest thing for me is dicovering they made a third Grandia. I had no idea. Grandia 2 was my jam back then.

[@AidenAlias]

Blue dragon being spoken of in 2022?!

[@Kyoslilmonster]

Thanks for the huge insight on a dope game! I love Swelly I love Palmer I LOVE the Legend of Dragoon music during the video :)

[@GodleyX]

I loved the arcana music in the video lol

[@awesomeuno1]

Palmer showing that he's just built different

[@lordchrona8356]

Took me only 15 minutes to get my whole party outfitted with Black Belts last time I played! Training for the Insane difficulty mod, heheh

[@LockCard]

im so glad there are other history speed runs other then summoning salt that only seems to do mario kart, and punch out. love him to death but man i needed more variety.

[@nebky]

Man I thought I must have misheard but the boss's name is actually Corrosive Poo.

[@Autotrophian]

I am so glad this game is getting more recognition!!!

[@heardofrvb]

Kenshiro: I have to, even if I have a 99% chance of failure.

[@theoneandonlytruck]

so i just found this channel and i think it is amazing that someone is speedrunning blue dragon

[@urdad5667]

Thank you so much, this is my favorite game and I love this video documentary type of style

[@toomas5948]

Oh no, another channel about speedrunning that I'm going to get addicted to.

[@BlueserStream]

thank you for the video doctorswellman cant wait for new swelly

[@OtherMomo]

Damn I haven seen or thought about blue dragon since I beat it the one time

[@CaryPalmerr]

GREAT VIDEO SWELLY 🚀🚀🚀

[@novelezra]

Dragonball, Dragonquest, Blue Dragon... Too many Toriyama IP's have dragon in the name.

[@chimaeraarts]

Shame though that one of them didnt get much spotlight

[@duckwithptsd249]

This game is so special to me. Praying for a port or some way to get it to pc.

[@Tarukun12]

that legend of dragoon music in the background caught me.

[@CreamerOfTheDairySquad]

4:40 Legend of Dragoon music noice!!

[@tyriliusmc9798]

The mass effect music is what kept me around.

[@Blissy1175]

Ugh I miss this game so much. This was my favorite RPG for so long

[@NothThaGod]

RPG speedrunners are on another level I swear.

[@Homoronavirus]

I used to play this so much on my Xbox 360 as a kid 😭

[@PhantomBlackStar]

6:46 Arcana (SuperNES) Dark Castle theme hype.

[@ryjelsum]

palmer is a full maniac he speedruns so many rpgs

[@LgIcedCxffee]

i remember trying to buy this game at GameStop and the worker tried so hard to talk me out of it. He explained that it was a JRPG and that it was a pretty hard game and that he didn’t think I would be able to beat it or have fun. and I just looked at him blankly because I just wanted to play the game that was based on that cool anime i remember watching

[@Dabagel100]

I don't get the workers that try to talk out out of a game. Must not be true gamers.

[@ShiaNeko]

@@Dabagel100 There are people who think WRPG's are inherently superior to JRPG's. The person at gamestop sounds like one of those people.

[@BJGvideos]

Why in the hell would anybody think they should work in game sales if they judge people so randomly?

[@autumnshinespark]

Never heard of this game before, but it looks really cute. YO that's the Bintel Castle theme from Arcana! You've got great taste.

[@warlockd]

I remember buying the Xbox just for Blue Dragon. Kind of thought the game was meh, but owned that xbox though like 4 repairs and 3 cases:P

[@2DollarGargoyle]

the LOD track at 4:40 hit hard

[@EarthboundX]

Think I did that when I played the game, since it was helpful to get all the achievements. Can't remember how long it took to get 4 Black Belts. Wasn't a speedrun of course.

[@Terrgore]

Black belt in the thumbnail? That means my eyesight is shit since I only saw a monster

[@DoctorSwellman]

Look on his neck 👀

[@Terrgore]

@@DoctorSwellman LOL I was right. My eyesight really is shit. Thanks for pointing it out and clearing my confusion.

[@bucherregaldomi9084]

This doesn't need speedrun, it needs speedhomie at this point in time.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Finally, somebody mentions this game again… I missed this game

[@Kuckii.]

So much nostalgia, I played this game so much as a kid...

[@DerGremlin]

7:27 fuck, i heard this soundeffect like a million times but can't remember what it is...

[@lhfirex]

I hated this game when I tried playing it at the insistence of a former friend, but good on these guys for figuring out a speedrun route to get through it.

[@bruno4213]

LETS GOOOO more DrSwellman vids 🛐

[@ac3sw1ld2]

This game was fun but literally couldnt go back to ever finish it because the thought of listening to MaruMaru ever again was just plain torture

[@dylancross1039]

MaruMaro is infinitely more tolerable in Japanese honestly

[@matthewroyer1561]

Laponge36’s profile pic looks is a squirtle disguised as a tmnt

[@lapogne36]

Super Smash Bros Brawl Squirtle custom TMNT skin to be exact

[@dhgmegadrago]

Great video!

[@Kuulpb]

I’ve been looking at what this game was called all this time as i saw an image once YEARS ago, but thought it was called “shadow dragon” made searching impossible

[@LittleRaAnime]

but did you end up playing fire emblem shadow dragon instead?

[@Kuulpb]

@@LittleRaAnime no as i was busy playing mmos and fire emblem didn’t appeal

[@legohalo4]

i love this game. thanks for making this video. its a very underrated game

[@clarafedde8674]

Oh if you want to the most horrendous RNG for a game...pokemon card gbc 2. There's a card lock behind a coin flip game. 10 heads required in a row...I got it, but took me four hours each day of playing it for about a month. I would love to know something worse than that.

[@The_PolterGhost]

Is it...actually RNG? I got it in like 20 tries. Why do I have dumb luck when it doesn't matter?

[@clarafedde8674]

@@The_PolterGhost yes exact definition of how RNG works. The odds are 1 in 1024. In perspective, a shiny Pokemon encounter rate is I think 4,096(was double in gold/silver). Never had one of those either in 20+ years of playing.(red Gyarados don't count) Odds of winning the Powerball, 1 in 292,201,338. Gahhhhhhhh the number value on that.

[@clarafedde8674]

Sorry I forgot to mention why. When you see the probability you think well shiny p should be tougher, but no, that is one RNG value chance. The coin flip game is 10 RNG value(least I think, I don't know the programming.) Granted it's easier to win the coin flip, but 10 chances versus 1. Yeesh. I'm sure there are worse RNG gimmicks, but Im not lucky...

[@BJGvideos]

Hm. There's guessing the treasure chest game in OoT without using the Lens of Truth for it. I did see someone pull this off though.

[@clarafedde8674]

@@BJGvideos you could of gone with wind waker "battleship" minigame. To get the top prize, requires 20 or less shots I believe. Not an easy feat, but like the treasure game also in majora mask, Alttp and lbw, you actually get to choose, which can be manipulated using "savestates" via emulator. Sure it's cheating but my example there is none. You are at the mercy of the rng and only earn it if the CPU let's you.

[@alienatedslayer]

That Mass Effect music hits me deep.

[@KuuYami_]

legend of dragoon music? favorite game

[@Vandita3344]

This was a great video and informative

[@TheZoruf]

kirby music got m e subbed bro keep it up niceeee commentary

[@R0KURU]

I loved this game! Always played with my bro

[@apototsky]

Such good content every time

[@AlexRiversMusic]

I love this game

[@jakes9519]

All my speed runs have a 99% chance of failure

[@DoctorSwellman]

Honestly same

[@Rianoria]

In love the blue dragon game... but sadly i dont have it anymore or a console to play of

[@iceflake6179]

Sad it never got a pc port.

[@PurpleLionRs]

I remember when this first hit cartoon network as an adolescent/preteen. Can't remember my exact age but I remember liking this and zatch bell like b2b. Edit: came out when I was 15, 15 years ago.

[@TheGoondas87]

You got my like for using Legend of Dragoon music

[@Dylaneka76]

The fact that i'm mentioned in this video is incredible :D

[@xWhaleShark]

5:24 Black belt drop shadow fail lol

[@sagacious03]

Great analysis video! Would love to see more like this in the near future! Makes me feel a little bad, though; How many hours in is the black belt grind? If you can only do that 1.6 runs out of 100, how many days, if not weeks do they spend on dead runs on average?! Anyway, thanks for uploading!

[@CaryPalmerr]

Black Belt is about half way in. Took me about 5 months of a few tries a week.

[@lanteanboy]

*never played this game* *sees the PCs' artstyle* It's a Toriyama artisted game isn't it? *looks it up on Wikipedia* Yep, as expected.

[@greenwave819]

Jan 18 is my B day so I understand how greatness does often occur on this historical date!!!

[@jenaf3760]

did you just round 98.4 to 99? heretic!

[@robdiquattro5590]

How you gonna round 98.4 to 99 in a video ALL about math? It hurts

[@JoJoestar]

This dude is a god damn legend holy shit

[@edman1357]

Never even heard of this game, which is disappointing because it looks right up my alley. Gonna have to look for a copy.

[@Blu-_-Nu]

It's so good.

[@Gamefreak-kb2ni]

If you own an Xbox One you can buy it digital for $20. This is even mentioned in the video. You can probably also do the same on Series, unsure though.

[@maiastniki]

yep

[@Tit-Ulus]

Sonic '06...an...iconic game? Okay buddy, go to bed

[@Crumbling_Vortex]

"Iconic Games" *SONIC 06*

[@tsukasa0802]

Is that a sample from the Castlevania 64 ost near the end?

[@DoctorSwellman]

Sure is!

[@tsukasa0802]

@@DoctorSwellman Hell yeah! Had to go into the deep brain to pull that one out.

[@necoluga7950]

i was playing this game a bit of tiem ago and i rly coldent get past one part of the game for some reson i grinded up alot but i couldent do anything.

[@nonAehT]

just saying if it's a 1,6% chance of success its a 98% failure rate, not 99%

[@burdenking]

For those 9 hr runs does the timer stops if the player needs to pee?

[@DoctorSwellman]

Some folks have been known to use an empty jug