The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX by zorlaxseven in

[@TheGreenForestree]

I never knew Link's Awakening had such a following. This is the Zelda that I grew up with. It's awesome to see it get this kind of attention!

[@admstoker]

This is probably one of the best commentary of the entire event, like great runner/couch interaction.

[@trumpeter811]

A good fast one is cool,but a great commentary and friends who you can tell are really having fun makes a run better then even the more technical runs

[@Zeroxmachine1]

Yeah i love when runners have fun while running and enjoy what they do instead of having these elitists only saying comments like "so this so and so saved like, three frames" and nobody cares. Runners should bring fun to the event, cuz its already impressive to speedrun the game to non-runners as it is so no need for it to be any good compared to PBs and WRs. This run is a good example of why i love to watch GDQs.

[@harrisonbaguley5691]

Also this run was five seconds off wr at the time

[@Taydel]

in my opinion the best run of SGDQ 2016.

[@daveblair4161]

Definitely the best, funniest, and most genial run I've ever watched. And mad skills, too. Hats off to the runner & the couch!

[@jesalbeta]

aye love runners who can give constant commentary while playing gg bro

[@Breeelax]

One of my favourite GDQ-runs of all time. Watch it every 6 months!

[@warmooze]

that part with marin gave me the feels... as a child i fell in love with her and cried so much, when the windfish woke up :,(

[@Frickes]

It's awesome to see how broken one of my favorite games of all time is. :D

[@JeffyFurious]

This is nothing. Check out 100% no restrictions

[@DezertPenguin8]

No restrictions means duping, and doghouse glitch.

[@noot1814]

And your fav game of all time is getting remade on the switch

[@lukasmisanthrop8557]

great commentary, sympathic runner, really love this run.

[@mikethered123]

Cypher was re-inserted into the Matrix as a talented video game speed runner.

[@adampilarski7083]

This was such a fantastic run to watch! I'm so glad that my favorite gameboy game got such an awesome treatment by a fantastic runner and group to help commentate.

[@pizzapielemon]

You can tell that these people really enjoy the game, from the way they joke about it to the in depth explanations (that might sometime just be "we don't know"). Really entertaining run.

[@allooutrick8266]

I count myself fortunate enough to have had a gb printer as a kid. That thing really amplified the sense of wonder I got out of this game.

[@Keymaster2022]

Having this game on a car ride as a kid was mind blowing.

[@Rogue9]

Loved this back on the original Gameboy! Although it took me a little longer to compete ;-p

[@sclarke6969]

Amazing run, amazing commentary, amazing couch!

[@versebuchanan512]

I always loved this game, but I never knew about the games logic checks breaking the item trading sequence. Neat!

[@chriskelly5823]

That was amazing, one of my favourites of all time! Great bunch of guys too.

[@Alex_Eicher]

26:11 / 35:16 / 51:13 These heartpieces are new for me! Thank you!!1:14:50 WOAAATT??? Watching this Speedrun-tricks, my hole childhood runs away in seconds..

[@meanbeanmachine]

This is a really fun speedrun and great commentary. I live the inside jokes and good-natured ribbing.

[@arvindhmani06]

The blue tunic joke was my favorite 😂

[@TheDarkEye]

The ending scene still gives me the shivers

[@josephdawson9494]

"Richard picture"

[@burakyesiloglu5218]

I came here right away when i saw the hd trailer of this game

[@scatlinksean]

"You need all 8 Instruments to hatch the egg" How do I use them? "You need a 9th instrument" Then you need *all 9 Instruments* ?

[@JakeHennett]

9:30 I had a GameBoy printer, thank you very much.

[@chrismilton3240]

Smh rich people, xDDDD

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

"Is this some sort of peasant joke that I'm too rich to understand?"

[@redyellowpink01]

This is the 1999 version of airpods

[@jimbo_13]

Same. My first paycheck went towards the Game Boy Camera and Printer

[@nintendovcs11]

Thanks for upload. Never got to see this run live!

[@hylianarmy0]

I just finished this live last night. Took me a total of nine hours, with one session clocking in at about six and a half hours.

[@Chrisuan]

Amazing run, explaining everything so well!

[@MarcterChief]

The commentators were really on fire here, it was lots of fun to watch!

[@Cornbinks]

I always knew absentmindedly running into walls was a sick strat.

[@raynejx2]

well, zorlax has a new fan. i don't think i've seen someone that charismatic in a long time

[@Night-Jester]

So awesome. Love this game (memories playing at grandma's with no games in sight other than my gameboy). So fantastic game, fantastic commentary, and slick fun looking game play. Also that super jump looks so fun I will try it next time I play.

[@wonsikyang891]

the windfish took a nap

[@stevenrathburn2018]

Speaking of things runners didn't know until ages into running... the floor slime monsters in the color dungeon become invincible if you bump them with a shield

[@LotoTheHero]

Super impressive run. I knew this game had some things that could be exploited, but I didn't realize it was to this extent. Awesome job!

[@FromShaneToLp]

This run not only makes me want to play the game again, but it also makes me want to run it...

[@Blaze-cr2iu]

If I am correct beating the game without dying Malon turns into a seagull before the island goes bye bye and she lives her dream of flying around or whatever.

[@atraxos]

Mostly correct: once the island vanishes and Link awakens, there's a scene in which Marin's face appears in the sky and is replaced by a seagull, heavily implying she got her wish to fly around and sing her song wherever she goes.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

I'm shocked when they said that speedrunners did not know until a week before this run that the red tunic speeds up picking up objects with the power braclet. I've known it for years upon year ever since I first chose the red tunic in the game and noticed that Link picks stuff up faster.

[@azurrayne4140]

When I ran this game back in the day, I found the staircase under the water on the one side, so I thought "what if theres another secret on the other side HOLY CRAP I GOT A HEART PIECE"

[@jizanthipus587]

"Zorlax turns his head away to make it family friendly" *dives underwater*

[@jefferytownsend7787]

I found that heart piece @51 by exploring every single square of water. I also dug up every single square in the game in order to make sure I didn't miss anything. I didn't have many friends as a kid.

[@MrBdenver]

"mambo song is the best song" speaks during all cutscene...

[@PapiPig]

2019 and were getting a remake on the switch

[@ryline666]

* we're

[@azure1474]

Team Blue Tunic, Team Red Tunic... On my first playthrough, I didn't even know that they existed.

[@RavenheartIndustries]

This is funny as GDQ has made me want to speedrun 2 games now... ALTTP and Link's Awakening... it seems like the runners and their couches sound just like me and my friends when we get together for game parties!

[@jimbo_13]

I had a Game Boy Printer as a kid 😅

[@Basqui.]

Watched this because Link's Awakening Remake was announced for the Nintendo Switch. Looking forward to speedruns for the remake.

[@JCHall110]

I'm convinced that this game is held together with duct tape and wishful thinking

[@voltron77]

And it’s all it needs to be the best game of all time.

[@cognitivedissident2881]

How you guys find these gliches is amazing and speedruning the way you guys do.

[@sofiag5537]

"I'm gonna take it super slow." *mashes A*

[@malighn]

amazing how big this has become

[@janisir4529]

4:57

[@gandalf1010]

Never beat this game before on 100%, nice run !

[@dannymusic]

Nice random Sonic reference at 56:00 "And that's NO GOOD!"

[@spaceybob6632]

2019 now, I finally watch this run and realize they found out that red tunic picks up rocks faster in a 2016 speedrun. I already new this! I thought everyone else already knew this! Did anyone else know this before hand?

[@aullos]

Actually, some other runners knew it, but it was the kind of thing nobody talked about because it seemed obvious for those who knew lol

[@kulrigalestout]

"Swords on the Beach" sounds like an amazing drink.

[@aprilliac]

I see that Cypher's deal with Agent Smith worked out for him.

[@jeffcon123]

This game took me... god I can’t remember.. years... years and years

[@Jose5k]

It made me so happy to see how easily he rekt that Level 2 boss

[@丁吉阳]

I really love this game for its music!

[@TheChayxxx]

“It’s basically an any% run, but there’s these collectibles...”

[@TheKharymusic]

Great run & very charismatic, informative commentary. Much prefer the classic version to the remake, the charm here is unmatched.

[@SleepyMime]

I HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS RUN! THAAAANK YOU! KILL CANCER LIKE WE KILL FRAMES!

[@SleepyMime]

Kill frames like he killed my vibe! D;... I thought this all went towards cancer research and all that good jazz. :/

[@doutchebags]

+SleepyMime AGDQ is for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. SGDQ is for Doctors Without Borders. Both are extremely good charities that go to good causes. Doctors shouldn't be limited to helping people in the country they live in when there are surviving war victims and people in third world countries where people die everyday from disease, injury, infection, and so much more. Give help to those who need it. Let doctors save lives all over the world. This is what Doctors Without Borders is all about.

[@SleepyMime]

+doutchebags ooooh! Thank you for explaining!:)

[@thomaskiser3886]

What do they keep calling it, LedDX? So good

[@CGZ_TM]

And now there's gonna be a remake

[@Xitrial]

Great and enjoyable run

[@flash24g]

It's interesting that you left level 6 till last. I remember level 6 as the one (apart from levels 1, 2 and 3 obviously) that you can access before you've even completed level 3 (without exploiting any glitches). But I don't think I've ever tried *completing* the levels out of sequence - maybe I should give it a go some time.

[@schalasmagic]

The guy Richard that takes a picture with Link looks like Prince Richard from Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru or For Frog the Bell Tolls, a gb game that uses the same engine as Link's Awakening. Maybe it's a reference? If it is..that's really cool.

[@jamesbartow3808]

Schala Magus it is, there's actually frogs in his house lol

[@TheSamuel12777]

Schala Magus it is, and the music that plays in his house is the over world theme from that game.

[@TheDarkEye]

"I don't think really anyone had a GameBoy Printer growing up" ...hey, I've had one and together with the GB Camera it was awesome :D

[@rebelartwork]

Me too. I still have it!

[@lyriexius5115]

whats the most confusing thing is zelda...OH its the TIMELINE

[@braydonduprey1673]

Keep up the uploads! I was to busy this summer to catch it live :(

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

this is the greatest zelda game on gameboy...then comes minish cap ,link to the past and then oracle

[@Rogue9]

Ha! I never realised that the frog king who teaches you a song (at 1:03:00) is the end boss from Super Mario Bros. 2!!

[@1337_bean]

Did they just reuse assets or something?

[@saifuusuri]

@@1337_bean The game has a lot of references, so it was probably on purpose.

[@DanielMartinez-ih3hq]

@@1337_bean No, but a lot of Mario references exist in Zelda. Probably same universe. Chain Chomp, Yoshi toy, just to give a couple examples in this game

[@Masteredge3]

Having just finished the Switch Remake I hope we get to see this maybe at SGDQ next year!

[@redyellowpink01]

I've played this through about 5 times and i don't think i found more than one of the photos 😂

[@TheNo1pencil]

I started this game now thats its free on the Switch and its annoying to see the pictures and stuff that I've missed lol. Also, how do you shoot a bomb arrow?

[@actinid14]

Even though I finished this game many times and I know it pretty well, I´m still like bruh by watching this speedrun...

[@Pheldagriff]

you don't need the magnifying glass. you can just try and error the few possible routes

[@FirebrandOP]

Great run! You guys rock!

[@psovegeta]

I got my GB printer new from the store but I barely used it. I still have some paper.

[@helgemeff5555]

What a run. Just amazing.

[@coolbro5535]

game begins at 4:32

[@karsten69]

I bought this game when I was a kid, I bought it on a day trip to Germany...The game was in German... I didn't speak that when I was a kid, so I could never get past that dang walrus. back in the early nineties it was very few people who had access to the internet so I couldn't just go find a guide online. :P

[@mericalgirl1234]

Hey! I'm early! That's never happened before! Jokes and stuff aside, this run was great. Crowd was great, runner was great, person reading the donations was great...honestly, the only thing that WASN'T great was the thing known as "Twitch Chat." But even then, chat was tame during this run, I think.

[@tcrstowing555]

I went thru a lot of double AA batteries when I had this on regular gameboy

[@Corcky54]

I got four hours into Breath of the Wild and all I could think was "man, I wanna play Link's Awakening again"

[@CrimsonClaws]

38:47 scared the hell outta me, my volume was high

[@LiaThePenguinologist]

these guys are great

[@fnord3125]

For the upgrade bat, he said he had to make sure he picked "no" but the first option definitely says "no" in japanese...

[@damnvier3897]

wow cypher from Matrix does now speedruns!

[@SILENTGAMER-bv8uk]

yes yes yes yes yes cant wait for the remaster

[@guestusersomething4340]

Maybe it’s easier on the OG game boy or something, but my brother that used to play this game casually could get the villa skip trick with almost 100% consistency. Shame he didn’t care about speed running, he just really loved the game and played a lot.

[@Turnarcades]

Can't believe though speedrunners DIDNT know that rocks picked up faster with piece of power/red clothes - it's obvious and everyone knew this back in the day when we first played it.

[@cortster12]

21:30 So, who else discovered that you could glitch out the pits in the gameboy Zelda games while playing causally? I honestly am a bit surprised that I know all the pit glitches. I may not have known why they work, but I knew that they did. I did not know about that water thing, though.

[@Tuck018]

Awesome Run

[@BV51Gaming]

Does anyone remember killing dungeon four's boss quickly (because it's easy) and thinking you killed a second miniboss?

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

lol the fish sucks so hard

[@dannymusic]

Pause on 51:14 LINK ACTUALLY IS WEARING BLUE TUNIC!

[@matt_kelly]

11:05 Technically you could jump 5 years before LADX in the original GameBoy release, if you really want to be pedantic.

[@mllarson]

Technically Link could jump in Zelda 2 but that seems to be the black sheep of the official Zelda games and people forget it....

[@reggicide5964]

Red Tunic: "Do you even lift, bro?"