Impossible Ninja Gaiden Challenge Finally Completed After 30 Years!

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Today we take a look at an absolutely insane gaming achievement performed recently on Ninja Gaiden for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This was something that everyone thought was utterly impossible until someone was crazy enough to believe it could be done.
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[@karljobst]

How fast can you mash? Huge thanks to Ridge for supporting this channel! Their products are awesome so go grab a wallet at ridge.com/LEGEND and remember to use promo code "LEGEND"

[@Culso]

I can mash potatoes pretty fast

[@adaddylicious1748]

I love to mash and smash

[@DubYuhGChoppa]

I can do the shake method pretty fast lol

[@Soullessrun]

12-14 click per sec. wasn't able to do 15 yet hah

[@jacek349]

Not that fast

[@WALTERRIFIC]

"As certain as death and taxes". Slackanater: "Tax evasion".

[@janniksam1504]

Wow, Walter watching speedrun content... Glad to see it! :)

[@GiygasStarman]

Death evasion and tax defiance!

[@idk-do9oe]

Ummm

[@BrickmanZero]

Yoshi: *proud noises*

[@whitealliance9540]

@@GiygasStarman you can evade death. If you can beat this game, you will win immorality. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGjVm3h7oJykb68

[@aspetznazstan5118]

Even tho no-hit runs are very different to speed runs it feels like they are both cut from the same cloth

[@haroldbalzac6336]

Both are a showcase of skill, mastery and determination.

[@Venoseth]

Both are heart thumping, adrenaline soaked endeavors

[@Tokito935]

Both are gay

[@haroldbalzac6336]

@@Tokito935 says the one with an abraham lincoln vampire hunter pfp

[@theobserver200]

@@Tokito935 you are gay

[@Kosmicd12]

thanks for covering this!

[@JSA-Studios]

Dang a verified KZbinr with only one like

[@Garathon]

@@JSA-Studios no a actual Speedrunning legend, not "verified"

[@JSA-Studios]

@@GarathonI know he’s a speed running and he’s verified too

[@SGT676]

Ayyy the legend himself

[@MichaelLight96]

Ikr, I was hoping he would.

[@reeltimegamer7708]

Dec 17th 1903: First man to take flight June 20th 1969: First man on the moon Dec 23rd 2020: First man to complete Ninja Gaiden no damage run.

[@goodname9154]

Nice

[@magnusdiridian]

One small hit for Ryu, one GIANT accomplishment for man.

[@YAWN....]

The Wright Brothers are disputed...

[@Noqtis]

Nobody took a flight in 1903. Planes are a lie. Only birds can fly!

[@Mike-pv3hg]

2 out of 3 of these events actually happened. One is a psyop.

[@PressContinue]

What the hell? I got the honor of being mentioned in a Karl Jobst video??? Karl... you absolute legend!

[@Blackerer]

Congratulations! Hope you get a deserved subscriber boost!

[@manulschluggert1171]

Leuk accent man

[@gfdggdfgdgf]

I'm taking an educated guess... You're Dutch

[@rawkfistgaming]

@@gfdggdfgdgf - What he is, is AWESOME!

[@PressContinue]

@@manulschluggert1171 Haha eerder een irritant accent :p

[@neosaver]

The programmers of Ninja Gaiden watching this after 30 years : "So...they have finally ascended..."

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

"Now to unleash the Kraken" *Ninja Gaiden: Prepare to Suffer Edition, now available for pre-order*

[@jc.1191]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 Lol. That's basically any of the games in reality.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

It would be nice to know what they think. After all it is not something expected.

[@victoremisho9432]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 buahahahahhahahhahahaaaha 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 this killed meeeee totally

[@DirtySouthSOHK]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 That's what they did with NG on OG Xbox lol. They released "Hurricane" packs that added "new weapons" to the game. It also just so happened to turn the difficulty up to over 9000.

[@skylerdickson2939]

That finale gave me chills. He truly became master Ryu and rescued his father without a scratch the way the legend was always meant to be told.

[@JFJD]

He became the Ninja Dragon.

[@PotyGames]

A true legend

[@Extramrdo]

Excellent use of FTL music, too. Audio perfectly balanced to thread the line between "noticeable lack of music" and "intrusive" while still being more than filler noise.

[@whitealliance9540]

@@PotyGames this will give you chills. The dark prophet loves his delicious white women... Go play his game from hell. Only 2 people have beat it so far. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGjVm3h7oJykb68 Loök around him channel. Get dem voodoo vibes. Use your ouija board.

[@GyaruRespecter]

6:34 "But there is a technique that allows us to strike much faster, and it's called 'Slash Cancelling'." We're reaching challenge run levels where runners are becoming like shonen protagonist learning ancient forbidden arts from old masters.

[@-Twotonepony-]

So did this guy essentially invalidate all previous "no damage" run submissions of Ninja Gaiden? Because they were all no damage runs when it was believed that the one hit was "unavoidable". Now they're all just regular old Ninja Gaiden runs.

[@Raptorman0205]

Nah, you’ll most likely see a new category of “no damage” runs being created, or players will still be allowed to take the unavoidable hit from the final boss for a “no damage” run.

[@raidenspark6629]

@@Raptorman0205 hell no that goes against the spirit

[@jcarson3721]

@@Raptorman0205 I doubt that. Just because it's difficult doesn't mean it gets a pass.

[@kiddmode]

@@Raptorman0205 that's terrible if that happens

[@spectrewulf7310]

@@kiddmode it's usually how speedrun communities handle it

[@angelhaerim]

you can't help but smile at the end, his reaction was so genuine

[@ToatsMcGoats534]

I'm not crying, you're crying!

[@executivebexley252]

His heart must have been going faster than his button mashing! Bless him 😍

[@slackanater6639]

and I'm still smiling!

[@bonnibloop_]

@@slackanater6639 I'm late, but absolutely massive congrats on that man. it was an insane run to watch

[@Ghoosteny]

@@slackanater6639 My man, you're an absolute LEGEND (emphasis on LEGEND 20 million times please thank you)

[@cinnamonsugarcourtney6073]

I love that we got to see Arcus in this too. He's so wholesome.

[@rawkfistgaming]

Always ready with a good moo, and he's the only human I've ever seen speedrun a burrito on splits. The man is a true treasure to the gaming world.

[@blakestrike3905]

Yeah

[@echelon1014]

Me who watched Summoning Salt's video on Ninja Gaiden: expoort

[@rolo1369]

Gitty Up!

[@8BitBones]

...aaaand, klonk!

[@noot-noot-pingu-noot-noot]

he 100% deserves this title, the amount of work and effort he put into this is crazy

[@asdfqwer9557]

Yeah, imagine you’d put that into something worth actual sht.

[@Excludos]

All I'm seeing are TAS bots becoming more and more elaborate, now growing beards and streaming themselves

[@endlessedgar4576]

Personally, some no-hit runs are more interesting than any% speedruns.

[@jdisdetermined]

Agreed. I like 100%/legit speedruns and no hit runs alot more than glitch/any%.

[@lonewolffang]

Yeah I watched one for Resident Evil 3 reimagined where someone played it on Inferno difficulty.

[@terrydavis146]

You forgot some words

[@MrJWTH]

Especially if the no hit run was considered literally impossible

[@BallisticBall]

idk watching paint dry is more exciting than SOME any% speedruns (cough cough gta5)

[@Codricmon]

Imagine if you did that and suddenly unlocked another stage with the true final boss nobody ever knew about.

[@misery1500]

You should make your own game then, you creul sob

[@skytg7739]

Ahahhhah LOL !

[@misery1500]

@Jordonius First off, my autocorrect decided to say fuck it. Secondly, I wasn't talking down to OP, you assumed that. What I said was basically a joke

[@VicJang]

It would’ve been discovered by a TAS run tho.

[@DefeatLust]

Daaaamn, that would be so sick

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The amount of patience required to achieve such a task is truly praiseworthy

[@aadenhearst4156]

Hello

[@hilmyvaza8123]

Its a man of focus, commitment, and sheer fuckin will

[@geoxeph]

Patience? nah just good weed lul

[@UltraManager]

Praiseworthy indeed.

[@OnlyLiarGameFan]

Oh, so you watch videos that doesn't have anything to do with anime?

[@Gintaras64]

"Restrains caused by human nervous system" This is gold.

[@TheMikeyb86]

The nervous system, it's Sooo pathetic.

[@Josh-ky8ei]

@@TheMikeyb86 I just be like "Damn Nervous System stop bein so damn nervous sheesh" 😂🤣👍

[@krausercruz2780]

THE FLESH IS *W E A K*

[@delphicdescant]

YOUR KIND CLING TO YOUR FLESH... AS IF IT WILL NOT DECAY AND FAIL YOU. BUT I AM ALREADY SAVED... FOR THE MACHINE IS IMMORTAL. BWWAAAAAARRRHHHH

[@krausercruz2780]

@@delphicdescant "one day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither and you will pray my kind to save you"

[@10oreosYT]

Background: "its a gooollldeeennn daayyyyyyyyyyy!" Slackanater: "YES! OH SHIT.... We got shrimp-ed!"

[@shagnastyfo20]

I gotta start using this phrase when something unavoidable ruins my plans.

[@PanchoKnivesForever]

@@shagnastyfo20 Hahahaha. That was clever. I immediately started looking for examples in life and past experiences where I could say that - outside of gaming, of course.

[@datroll1857]

“The hit is as certain as death and taxes” as certain as one of those things actually

[@BulldozerNDF]

yeah. elon musk is going to invent immortality and tax the shit out of it.

[@mouthwide0pen]

death is just a state of mind

[@ttty2242]

Wait you know how to cure aging?

[@crcker3841]

death cant kill you without your consent just say no

[@martymcfly88mph35]

Jokes on you, I havent paid my taxes in 9 years.

[@Starwarsfan3331]

“You need to do 15 clicks per second” Twosetters: ‘Heavy breathing intensifies’

[@TheGaberGuy]

Nice. If you can click it slowly, you can click it quickly.

[@blueheart9873]

Elegant from Smash Bros laughs at this

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

This man has unlocked the ability to parry bullets now.

[@AkaiAzul]

You know, there's literally a man who can actually do this.

[@gerardmasip7177]

Are u telling me that Garou from opm finished ninja gaiden without hits?

[@cedarnomad]

PARRY THIS YOU FUCKING CASUAL! *Ok.*

[@MB5rider81]

Till... 😈

[@AkaiAzul]

@BlackWatchAmbush I didn't say it was easy, feasible, or doable with multiple bullets, but it can be done once, with preparation.

[@HallsteinI]

Love your content Karl, stuff like no hit runs is just as interesting as speedrunning because it's all about people challenging themselves. Take care you absolute legend.

[@shrike6243]

". . . will likely never be preformed in a real speedrun" There are so many speedruns WRs that rely on what was once thought to be TAS possible only. I guarantee that now this trick has been performed, the world record will one day rely on it being pulled off as the final act of the speedrun. It might take some time, but eventually it will be the only time save left, and once that is true, speedrunners will pursue it, regardless of how insane it may seem.

[@shzammpatapon9865]

they are still other time saving measures before this trick is deemed neccesary

[@ZahnZee]

"It might take some time, but eventually it will be the only time save left, and once that is true, speedrunners will pursue it, regardless of how insane it may seem."

[@h4724-q6j]

One such "technically possible" trick is in Quake, where the final map has a trigger to exit the level near the ceiling in the boss room (According to the source files released by John Romero in 2006, "This is so in Deathmatch, exiting the map will go to the start map.") You can reach it using a combined grenade and rocket jump, but it's rarely ever attempted in single segment runs because it's so difficult to get the required height without dying and it's right at the end of the game. Since it allows you to exit the map without killing the boss, it's technically the "true" ending to the pacifist speedrun. www.twitch.tv/shamblernaut/clip/VictoriousIncredulousNarwhalCoolStoryBob

[@saltytea7367]

Kinda random question but do you play smash Bros?

[@nicoborken9963]

will this happen to carpetless as well?

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Wow. I'm lucky if I can even beat Ninja Gaiden on a good day. I can never imagine never taking any damage.

[@TheRedRaven_]

Some of the best players can barely pull off a “no death” play through.

[@SuperRyan810]

Don't be a "man babey" pat

[@BeowulfNorther]

honestly the most impressive feat of the soulsborne challenge is the hurdle of DS2s infamously shitty hitboxes haha, theyre extremely janky & unfair compaired to the pixel perfect hitboxes of the rest of the series, can get caught out by reallly unfair distances & clipped by attacks that clearly missed you. the b team did a shoddy job on it, plus you can only move in 8 directions, its just not optimised or as flawlessly designed as the rest like with 1/3/BB/sekiro you can watch fights in slow motion and see attacks miss by millimeters, grazing past the character model in amazingly fluid dances but with 2 when you go slowmo you'll see massive gaps where people still get hit haha

[@No_More_Eyes545]

I have never beat this game without save states, I can't imagine a no death run or even hit. Man I remember being 8 and working hard just to get to Jaquiao. Time has wussed me in gaming.

[@jc.1191]

For real!

[@scottgray4623]

This further validates the rage I experienced as a child when I saw "The Wizard" in theaters and they claimed he was on his second or third time through and hadn't even taken a hit.

[@Macksbet]

or was it nintendo subtly mentioning that it was entirely possible this whole time

[@feshpince7181]

@@Macksbet Koei-Tecmo made NG, not Nintendo

[@Macksbet]

@@feshpince7181 what?

[@feshpince7181]

@@Macksbet What don't you understand? Nintendo is not the company that developed Ninja Gaiden. Koei-Tecmo is. If anything, it was Universal Studios that you're thinking of, here. Considering they made "The Wizard" in the first place.

[@Macksbet]

@@feshpince7181 what i dont understand is why you feel the need to explain that tecmo made the game. the movie was made by nintendo

[@aristateles1549]

The dudes behind NG: "So we can die in peace now....."

[@Fede0779]

Lol

[@DaDonroy101]

@Adnan Yusuf wut

[@Mj0Skyver]

@@DaDonroy101 A compliment was made but it was hiding behind a snide.

[@acardenasjr1340]

@Adnan Yusuf w0t?

[@glitchedoom]

I like to believe they were ripped from existence as the only seal confining them to our reality was finally broken.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I love how Arcus is like the old sensei here, teaching others how to surpass their perceived limitations.

[@cattysplat]

Standing on the shoulders of giants.

[@nahta]

He's a great player, too odd of a person for me to be able to watch, one of the weirdest I've ever seen on Twitch, seems like a nice person tho.

[@patricksinotte5015]

Hoo-ahh, made it through-ahh... your perceived limitations

[@Benni-rp9or]

And.... Mash, mash, mash

[@davidmarshall2399]

Jumping and a squishin

[@mock15halo]

This is not an epic gamer moment. This is a legendary gamer moment

[@Steve.Maverick]

This is not a legendary gamer moment. This is a legendary moment in human history.

[@K_1_T_S_U_N_E]

Time to split the leader board in "One-hit" and "No-Damage" runs.

[@DPRX99]

No. It would be “runs” and “damage-less”

[@santinocorbo8938]

Just wait until someone attempts a pacifist run...

[@threeco2350]

nobody will succeed

[@protoman1365]

The fact that enemies can knock you into a pit on a single hit because of the knockback means that eliminating them to make the run easier is a big part of why people attempt these runs. Eliminating weapons entirely? It might be theoretically possible, but I don't think a human can do it in segmented fashion, let alone all in one shot.

[@a1s972]

I think sinisterwon has done it and just used the sword on the bosses. Lotsa damage boosting

[@Kiron001]

If you search for sinister1 Ninja Gaiden pacifist you will find a run from AGDQ where he completes the game pacifist in a single setting. Uses the sword bosses, only

[@loucam08]

www.speedrun.com/ngnes#Pacifist That's a thing apparently

[@undeddjester]

Ha, I'm now gonna use "we got shrimped man!" as my go to phrase for getting rng bullshit from this point on xD

[@thefrankperspective4247]

Shrimped: To be screwed over by RNG. Yes, this will be a thing forever

[@delphidelion]

legit

[@ntnsosoe6634]

this is one of my favorite stories of speedruns/no hits from your channel. The fact that someone can still be the first person to do something in a game that’s 30 years old is just wild.

[@StephenChapman]

At the end of all your videos: "Let me know if you would like to see..." Everyone: "YES!"

[@deanchur]

Karl: "clicks per second" Me, a veteran: *Flashbacks to Koreans playing Starcraft*

[@myrdana]

15 per second is 900 apm on a single button and finger. Starcraft doesnt come anywhere close to that. I guess the only thing that that actually does is some meme rhythm game songs, which obviously only a few people in the world can actually do.

[@yevgenyiyeet8737]

@@myrdana you should probably change it to 900apm lol. And it does sometimes hapen that players have a 1000apm but thats usually just holding a button like when youre creating zerglings and then the game counting each seperate zergling made as an action.

[@myrdana]

@@yevgenyiyeet8737 whoops yeah, my brain isnt awake it seems.

[@NablaSupreme]

@@myrdana Yes, some extremely hard song charts in games like osu!mania or Lunatic Rave have 17 or even 18 keys per second sections, and that is when taking into account each single key alone, which makes some parts reach 60+ kps when including all keys together. Btw Takahashi Meijin used to have the record of 16 kps that stood for a really long time iirc.

[@laufy955]

@@myrdana You know that the n1 player (debatably) is reynor and he has gotten 1200+ apm multiple times in pro matches.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

"Unlimited lives means unlimited continues. The game is only over, if you make it over!"

[@dhightower910]

Board James is better.

[@Yahula1edits]

Im impressed with his concentration and composure, being so close to achieving history and not panicing and choking damn

[@CharlesUrban]

He's an anti-Atlanta-Falcons.

[@scottmune4484]

on the inside he would have been boiling

[@NintendoCollecting]

Amazing skill to be able to do this. I can't beat the 1st level without taking damage.

[@catzoran]

Indeed. I can't even beat the 1st level period. :O

[@chittagya]

I take damage holding the controller.

[@alexworm1707]

It must take incredible skills un not getting bore/annoyed, maybe he could take my ex lmao

[@gothicbuzzsaw]

To this day I still cant even beat the first level of NG

[@luisditaa]

I can't beat the first level.

[@thomasmerritt9296]

“Yet fair” 0:10 Proceeds to use dragon tooth with rapier move set

[@ThatRandomDude204]

Lmao those were the rage in DS 1

[@jongbong]

I remember I was 13 when our teacher asked us what our talents are. Some of my classmates said they can sing, dance, etc. When it was my turn, a quick idea came into my mind. "I can finish Ninja Gaiden without dying." But I didn't say that. The teacher might not get how awesome feat it was. So I just said, drawing is my talent. The teacher was happy and here I am now regretting that time. PS: Slackanater, you are a legend! Much respect here.

[@Benobot99]

10 years from now: "Ninja Gaiden Completed BLINDFOLDED with No Damage Taken" haha

[@Pantano63]

And completed in 10 minutes

[@koridora]

and only using 1 hand

[@jc.1191]

Summoning salt in 10 years and 1 month: And then he did this...

[@Robkinggozer]

@@koridora While being punched in the back of the head every 20 seconds.

[@brentashworth]

100 years from now .. "NinjaGaiden(Ancient AF) COmplete, Blindfold, No damage *, NO HANDS telekinetic run" *except for last boss... can think fast enough

[@ADxTygon]

Slackanater’s stream layout is stylish as fuck

[@Dante...]

If you want to see another extremely hard no hit run. Check out DarkviperAU's no hit runs of GTA 5. He's been trying for almost a year now and he is VERY close to achieving it.

[@superscatboy]

Holy shit that sounds very impressive.

[@fernando47180]

Best he has done is a single hit theoughout the whole run. We may hear about Darkviper on this channel pretty soon

[@Cytra-]

If you think that’s extremely hard you haven’t played Ninja Gaiden

[@amer2142]

@@Cytra- but it's still hard so yeah

[@drowsy9701]

@lmao reactionaries they programed that game to be unbeatable by humans, only super computers are able to play through

[@FilmLearnin]

That's insane - it took me 25 years to beat this, I can't imagine trying for no damage!

[@WallopWannabe]

In that amount of time, you could become a professional musician, raise a family, learn the entirety of English, mathematics, science, etc., witness seven unique US presidential terms, go from 144p to 8k video, see the America, Haitian, and French Revolutions, etc… or you could beat Ninja Gaiden.

[@FilmLearnin]

@@WallopWannabe in that time I bought a house, got married, had 3 kids, had some mild success on KZbin, gone through several jobs and a whole lot more haha

[@jakefingerrr]

@@FilmLearnin it's probably implied that he wasn't trying all day every day for the entire 25 years.

[@FilmLearnin]

@@jakefingerrr 😜

[@JC-11111]

25 years? Are you serious? I beat it when I was like 8 yrs old in 1989.

[@AcidGlow]

That is a True Ninja that has Mastered all his skills. Impressive! ❗️😨

[@rexgamewell]

My homey acid glow 😏

[@eucalipto9724]

the true ninja gaiden

[@protoman247]

I see you everywhere 😳

[@JoshuaKimbrough]

"Fuck impossible. It's only impossible until someone comes along and does that shit"- CT Fletcher

[@pulsefel9210]

the fact this took longer then the dark souls trilogy without getting hit says alot about the difficulty

[@jamisonr]

I think it is more that dodging the head was thought to be impossible as opposed to just very hard...then it was proven to merely be very hard...and three years later it was done.

[@pulsefel9210]

@@jamisonr or dark souls just isn't as hard as people make it out to be

[@ryancarthen2198]

@@pulsefel9210 dark souls is just a shitty game with a shit story. I never got the hype around any ds game.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

@@ryancarthen2198 I like the atmosphere of the games. The "difficulty" relies heavily on cheap shots as well as trial and error. The big appeal was that it was a "really hard game" that normal people could actually play.

[@TelvanniWizardMoneyGang]

Grew up on Megaman 2, Super Contra, and Ninja Gaiden, so Dark Souls wasn't terribly difficult for me. It was harder for me to figure out how to max out weapon upgrades and stuff.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

I love that an entirely new way of even holding the controller was necessary to do this

[@bangablegirl]

Imagine flexing so hard that he wore crocks while doing the no hit run

[@sirdigbyofsmeg1191]

Wtf is your name

[@7GamerMinutes]

Its purely based in scientific theorem. The crocks holes allows airflow to the feet which works for better ligament control, focus and I don't know what I'm even talking about... 😅

[@sirdigbyofsmeg1191]

@@thoticcusprime9309 i can read it Thotticus Prime

[@sirdigbyofsmeg1191]

@@thoticcusprime9309 ok cool

[@AnglosArentHuman]

@@sirdigbyofsmeg1191 Two words

[@MatheusSM1000]

"We've got shrimped!!"

[@PapaFlammy69]

Great overview, thank you Karl!

[@prateekbhurkay9376]

Oh hello, Papa Flammy! Imagine seeing you here!

[@sandeeptiwari5189]

Mathematics he loves it

[@asmodeojung]

But can he smash those integrals as fast and flawless as you do?

[@armando7257]

The most amazing thing of this entire run is…. How the developers, without knowing, added a feature that would help this man accomplish a no hit record, which is the down+B method. That to me blows my mind. It’s been sitting there all these decades…. And just recently runners were able to discover and exploit it. That’s so amazing… gosh I love this

[@thatdude4542]

I remember beating battletoads as a kid. I raised my hands in triumph, wiped the dried milk off my upper lip and ventured outdoors where I was blinded by the first natural light I'd seen in over a week

[@zoroarkdx4491]

Slackanater: _Implies he's slacks off._ Also Slackanater: _Pulls off a genuine No-Damage Run of Ninja Gaiden._

[@Snardvark25]

I remember being so confused playing ninja gaiden on the original Xbox. Thinking I could jump away while those damn shurikens followed me wherever I went. Was the first game I played that absolutely demolished me, took a while to get better but when I did it was the most satisfying experience.

[@Dean444ful]

*Pulls off theoretical tech* “There it is :)” Gotta love how chill Arcus is

[@westownsend8228]

Don't get to watch much anymore but always loved watching Arcus. Absolutely amazing mentally

[@EmilyCorradino]

I love the speedrunner mentality. Like, "Alright, we know its possible now. Let's see who could do it fastest."

[@carso1500]

Also the usual it's imposible until someone does it, then after that its imposible to pull it off consistently until someone does it

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And that is why speedrunning transcends just playing a game. I assume most people who play games on repeated runs do some little tricks to speed up the less interesting parts without going for a speedrun. From skipping cutscenes, to constantly rolling or whistle-sprinting in Zelda.

[@Slade69]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Speedrunning is a different ball gamee altogether

[@AyushJrKrusade216Holders]

Arcus is a fucking legend. He transformed into a cowboy

[@Zelinkokitsune]

To defeat the Ninja one must become a Cowboy

[@sirsnausages2164]

The duality of man. Cowboys and Ninjas.

[@JBM113]

Arcus even speedran a burrito

[@davidmarshall2399]

Smash smash smash

[@AyushJrKrusade216Holders]

@@Zelinkokitsune ways of the true Ninja eh

[@squiggleon3291]

Does this mean all other "no hit runs" are invalidated as there is a true no hit run now?

[@npc8253]

Yep

[@EvilRussian13]

Depends on community. If moderators will do in the same manner as for some low%s it would be like this: Runs in the leaderboard first and foremost would be sorted by the amount of hits taken, then by time run took to complete. So his run will allways be above all ones that took 1 hit. Alternatively, they may make a completely new category, like it was with some Mario low%s.

[@48Mei]

wouldn’t it be the same w Doom 2 runs then? Since there was a secret deemed impossible to trigger for a complete 100% UV max run until Zero Master found a way to get it making his run the only “legit” 100% UV max run?

[@yuckyo3s520]

Yes

[@blazegriz]

of course

[@Larsgman]

Utterly insane. This damn game crushed me so many times as a kid, I’ve never even beaten it. Seriously. To see it completed in a true ninja fashion is unbelievable. You can actually feel his excitement

[@AlecdeBoer04]

4:44 As a Dutch person I feel that accent.

[@bartenvancasand8096]

jes, but atliest he is using goet gremmer! otterwise it woeldnt be ferry frikandelbroodje of him!

[@10oreosYT]

Swear I thought he was hosting an EDM radio show and was talking about the next track he was going to play lol

[@BirmadeBan]

11:45 Shout out to Karl for saying "intents and purposes" instead of "intensive purposes"

[@HorkSupreme]

Or 'In tents and porpoises"

[@holyknightthatpwns]

I love that you can hear him intentionally enunciate it

[@CharlesUrban]

@@michaelleue7594 It's a common error...although people's purposes _can_ get pretty intense.

[@randyj4452]

This game tormented me as a child. To see it finally beat this way is truly satisfying!!

[@mike48931]

My favorite part about Ninja Gaiden is that the first stage is basically just walking to the right. It gives you a false sense that the game is going to be easy as pie, but you get to through a couple more stages and it’s hell on earth.

[@eduardopipinel]

Arcus finishes the head with the cancelling technique. Narrator: This is the first time we have a verifiable and reliable proof. Arcus: aaaaand clunck

[@abasslinelow]

That was a good clunk.

[@JewelOfSoul]

Ok, cape analysis: Ryu is wearing the cat as cape... the cat has no cape... and the bird has no cape.

[@DrEcho]

14:46 “after two more weeks of grinding, on the 23rd of December, he would do.. this.” I almost was expecting “We’re finally landing” by HOME to start playing at the end there shout out to the legend Summoning Salt.

[@tehberral]

Nah, "We're Finally Landing" is more of an intro song. This run was more of a "4" moment. Or perhaps a "Highway Broken" by glue70 followed by a "...and that's where the record stands today. Thank you for watching".

[@joemaniscalco4427]

Even though it was in a save state. That guy was the 1st person to destroy the demon head before it hit the ground without TAS. He pulled a God tier move and all he says is "there it is" nonchalantly lmfao fucking chad

[@rohansingh2147]

Try not to say stuff like god tier thanks bro

[@seeker296]

That wasn't a save state. You can tell he really thought he would never do it

[@voodoolew]

Man Slackanater is an absolute legend. I love it when you say: "then, they did this" really builds it up Also, I got a 13 in the mash

[@inyourgranmaass3605]

Good 👍

[@h4724-q6j]

One of my favourite "technically possible" tricks is in Quake, where the final map has a trigger to exit the level near the ceiling in the boss room (According to the source files released by John Romero in 2006, "This is so in Deathmatch, exiting the map will go to the start map.") You can reach it using a combined grenade and rocket jump, but it's rarely ever attempted in single segment runs because it's so difficult to get the required height without dying and it's right at the end of the game. Since it allows you to exit the map without killing the boss, it's technically the "true" ending to the pacifist speedrun. www.twitch.tv/shamblernaut/clip/VictoriousIncredulousNarwhalCoolStoryBob

[@stockicide]

Mad props to Slackanater for even attempting the impossible when most players had given up.

[@blackace1295]

Ya know, you talk a lot about the accomplishments of others. Idk how many people have said this but I would like to thank you on behalf of the gamer community for your accomplishments and dedication to documenting these milestones in the speed running and challenge running communities. I don't personally do either of these things but I really enjoy watching them. As an avid gamer, I really appreciate the quality of the content you provide. It's really awesome and you should be damn proud. Also, hats off to Slackanater, love seeing anyone do the "impossible" :)

[@wunnup3229]

I love how the legendary cowboy ninja is the first person to do this. Gotta love Arcus. He makes this game look so much easier than it actually is.

[@ThanksIfYourReadIt]

Ninja Gaiden programmer: "I canceled a date with that movie star to finish programming the hit detection in time..."

[@YurieSnowie]

Never completed the game, ended up with a hole in the wall

[@karamelflan]

Certified Kyle moment

[@YurieSnowie]

@@karamelflan kyle moment 😎😳

[@vinny6669]

I just miss her so much bro!!

[@YurieSnowie]

@@vinny6669 same, i punched her right in the forehead, got into jail for 2 years for assault, epic This was a joke btw I'm a child there's no damn way I'm punching a woman

[@platinum-or3y]

@@YurieSnowie why wouldnt you want to punch a woman

[@Altercate]

Two things that never cease to amaze: The talent and dedication of speedrunners, and the quality of Karl Jobst's content.

[@sigurdtheblue]

Better than Summoning Salt and One Percent despite not being as detailed sometimes.

[@Slade69]

and also so under appreciated. Normies will barely understand such feats and the effort behind it

[@sanjicook08]

"Autism"

[@SunnyTacos]

In the attempt where he got the perfect run even tho I knew he was going to make it my hands got sweaty and I got anxious LOL, I couldn't help but smile when pulled this, colossal kudos to this dude.

[@ms.ilovecotton9778]

this guy deserves to be in a Guinness Book of World Records.

[@WLF0X]

Oh he deserves something else that's for sure

[@JMon618]

He belongs in a museum!

[@tgnm9615]

Yeah he tried it for months!

[@edvfya9922]

Guinness gets shadier and shadier though, I can't trust them anymore.

[@CiceroSantiagobrasilia]

True

[@pranavsetpal]

I love the fact that Karl Jobst's promo code is "LEGEND"

[@SimBol1216]

We can't talk about difficult NES games without talking about Castlevania.

[@josepharmstrong1531]

Castlevania isn't nearly as hard as you think if you don't barrel through. Of course, speedruning it makes it hard because of intentional game design mechanics.

[@Pichuscute]

Since when?

[@josepharmstrong1531]

@@Pichuscute since forever. Granted, the game's still hard, but it's not impossible if you dont rush it.

[@jdiejejerje661]

I beat Castlevania for the first time a couple weeks ago, and can now beat it very consistently with minimal deaths. I'm close to a no death run and I'm even not particularly good at games. It's just that Castlevania is significantly easier than it's supposed to be once you understand how broken holy water is.

[@RedArremer]

Castlevania is a cakewalk. I never understood why people thought it was a hard game.

[@mikaross3690]

I don't care what game you play, but any no hit/no damage run is freakin impressive.

[@thegameguy208]

I would definitely love to see more of these "challenge run" kinds of plays highlighted in future

[@avalonrainstryder2005]

Tasbots : we have an army of bots that can do better than any human physically possible!! Humanity : we have arcus 🤗

[@Zelinkokitsune]

This just tells me that the TASers are going to view that as a challenge now!

[@avalonrainstryder2005]

@@Zelinkokitsune you got the point hahaha, I have fun watching TAS and speedrunning in general. They both are fun and exciting. But we are finally having breakthroughs that which was only believed TAS can only do. Im excited for the future runs on other games as well. 😆😆

[@Zelinkokitsune]

@@avalonrainstryder2005 Yep and the TASers hearing something like this might decide to give a game another look and might find another breakthrough or fine tune the routes once more. And then Arcus puts on his cowboy hat once more and gets back to the grind.

[@avalonrainstryder2005]

@@Zelinkokitsune thats how the grind continues. And it not just ninja gaiden. Other games might be affected as well. This is gonna be fun 🤗

[@paydaygh9388]

I’m still waiting for DarkViperAU to finish GTA 5 damageless, he’s gotten down to a 1-hit PB and is still grinding

[@kiddobix]

I love how this impossible task was achieved not only by the hard work of one man but also by the contribution of a whole community.

[@JonO387]

That's how all "impossible tasks" go.

[@DubYuhGChoppa]

Gotta give SS a shoutout for making me aware of the speedrunning lore around this game in the first place. Can't wait to get off work so I can watch this video.

[@aeternis7680]

yep, first learned this from him haha

[@bransonbenson9520]

work? what's that?

[@DubYuhGChoppa]

@@bransonbenson9520 I found this amazing loophole where grocery store employees are considered essential even tho it requires literally no special skills at all lol. So iirc I'm able to get full time hours fresh outta high-school during a shortage of jobs.

[@JustinLeeper]

I enjoyed how deliberately you said “intents and purposes.”

[@PeteKillsBats]

Eh, clear articulation like that is a diamond dozen.

[@simonyadig]

@@PeteKillsBats Very welp laid.

[@creaturalshade7054]

I now understand that I have been an illiterate simpleton for most of my life.

[@aubrey6195]

Love the FTL music, that game has such an amazing soundtrack

[@essigautomat]

not only the soundtrack, FTL is amazing itself

[@T3sl4]

Every time I hear that Abandoned Sector music it makes me want to go light up some Lanius ships.

[@Megalopros]

so...can you recognize the track at 12:22 ?, does FTL stand for "faster than light"?

[@sanjicook08]

​@@Megaloprosyes

[@wowpop2506]

15:43 "There is no bathroom" by Arnold Schwarzenegger lmao

[@Vitor20XX]

I can feel his tension in the end. Dude is a legend.

[@bonjook9670]

Bright up and early, Goodmorning Legends

[@metalvideos1961]

It's 12:17 here

[@DubYuhGChoppa]

Same here but it's for work so still kind of an L lol

[@tombstone54]

21:20 here

[@Marcazz123]

It's 10:10 pm here

[@jackfelts117]

It’s 343 am here good morning

[@nerobiblios4086]

For a Slacker, he wasnt slacking.

[@gutterspeak]

The player *"Look, I've no friends or loved ones, and this pathetic achievement is all I'll leave to the world."* The internet *"Oh snap dawg! This guy spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours of his life, doing something that we truly don't actually care about... is this man a hero?"*

[@KotalBrew]

I honestly get a confidence boost every time he calls us absolute legends

[@karlmalone2464]

I've lived in my grandma's basement for the last 10 years and I'm an absolute legend. Sweet!

[@Blackmist64]

"It's called Ninja Gaiden. It's supposed to be totally hard!"

[@Nakata2021]

The start of an era. Any "one hit" speedrun will be behind him now.

[@PermaJeff]

Lol for real, he basically rendered every one hit run completely worthless.

[@Bladieblah]

Not the speedruns, only the no damage runs. He's nearly three mins slower than WR

[@Nakata2021]

@@Bladieblah no damage speedrun wr he is 3 min behind?

[@Bladieblah]

@@Nakata2021 I thought you meant that his run is now also the best speedrun (which are necessarily at least one hit runs and often will be). It's not because the WR is much faster than his run

[@Nakata2021]

@@Bladieblah and it is the best. All others made "one hit" runs saying "it's impossible" and he just slapped their face and made all their "one hit" runs useless.

[@angelusnielson7135]

And the best part about being the first person to do something... other people may wind up doing it faster, but you will ALWAYS be the first one to have one it.

[@jimcameron6803]

When Karl puts on his socks in the morning, does he look down at his feet and say, "Hello you absolute leg-ends"? :)

[@BloodyYTNamingNonsense]

It's amazing how little I care about actually doing speed runs, or this game at all. And yet the moment i saw this video i was like 'I'm ready to be called an absolute legend and then be educated about yet another speedrun'. GG Karl

[@DOak]

27~28 years ago while playing this game, a no death run was the perfect run for me. This guy is something else. Amazing.

[@typhoonsd9720]

I did the same, no deaths. Shhh, no one tell him there is an alternate ending. :P

[@StiggyAzalea]

Every single one of these videos has a point where "he used a technique that was known about but thought humanely impossible." It would be cool to see a roundup of some of the oldest of such techniques that havent been implemented in a run yet