Majora's Mask: The REAL 3 Day Challenge [Commentated]

[@KyvannShrike]

"We have to go back. The song of time. Play the song of time!" "I don't know the song of time" "WHAT?"

[@megidont]

imagine being a citizen of clock town. some deku scrub comes scrambling up from the sewers, teleports around town for 3 days helping random people, blows himself up a lot, transforms repeatedly into different species, and then finally kills the moon after summoning some giants. they knew this guy for 3 days.

[@disfiguringthegoddess1102]

Magic is a hell of a thing

[@gallows9998]

That's not even really that different from the game's actual story. (Other than the whole main character blowing himself up thing). In the game's actual story link does this getting to know the town intimately , but the other people know very little about this guy.It's kind of like groundhog's day.

[@Much_Ado]

​@@gallows9998 yeah, no matter when the game ends, be it on the first cycle or after 100 cycles, the people of Termina only knew of this terrifying reality-warping green-hatted kid for 3 days

[@Buphido]

@@gallows9998 it’s kind of tragic, since it’s a direct parallel to what Link already experienced once. He saved Hyrule, becoming its hero, but then travelled back to a time when nobody remembers what he did. Then he gets the chance to prove his heroism in Termina, only for him to get to know and love this parallel dimension without it ever knowing him. Again. And so, in his timeline, he ends as an unsung hero, because saving the world with his ability to travel through time, the very same ability that allowed him to save multiple worlds to begin with, cursed him with noone ever knowing that he did.

[@vaiyt]

​@@Buphidoand that's how you got the hero's shade

[@ryanbasile2577]

Click here to skip first cycle: 2:35:16

[@Kellestial]

Thanks, some people drag these intro segments on for far too long

[@aurastrike]

nononno wait the entire game is in the first cycle what-

[@birdofterror6628]

@@aurastrike That's the joke, a lot of MM speedruns include first run, but also include skip bookmarks.

[@squalycactus]

Omg this is hilarious

[@turdcalzone7636]

Hahahahaha

[@RickRaptor105]

I love how there's super precise optimizations like "transform into child Link because he reads textboxes slightly faster" but also "we're gonna do the Kafei Quest and collect all dungeon fairies just to flex"

[@amethonys2798]

The real reason there is a year between all of these is so we the viewer have enough time to free up enough space in order to have enough room for all the things Keeta wants us to keep in the back of our mind.

[@MetaKnight68]

Brain heap manipulation

[@ericborczuk135]

But I never think about it too much, so I'm always ready for another run

[@Obbliteration]

The astute viewer might have a notebook

[@Smoothedawg]

“This is the most arbitrary LOTAD I’ve ever seen.” “You’re welcome.”

[@rtyuik7]

i can just imagine Link, in his twitchy "nervous/No-Z HESS" state, eyes bloodshot, jaw clenched, talking with HMS: "YEAH, THREE DAYS, GOT IT, LETS GO!!" and then he proceeds to backflip everywhere, blow himself up, and break physics itself by turning a stick and a bottle of milk into a flaming arrow that he fires out of his face...

[@alexlee4154]

How it feels to chew 5 gum

[@KCGunner]

​@@alexlee4154no matter what anyone else says, you have won the internet today

[@ianwalker2259]

I feel thoroughly flexed on. I'll be keeping that in the back of my mind.

[@GuillaumeLeValiant]

A year later, i still didn't forgot about that legendary sentence lol

[@ErectedGasCan]

​@@GuillaumeLeValiantStill as legendary.

[@theheckler399]

I fuckin adore how similar these lotads with commentary play out like an awkward school presentation, especially with zfg's monotonous voice XD

[@jamesmkay]

I've been wanting to see what I call a "Perfect cycle" speed run. Where you load a file that has already 100% the game, then make everyone from the notebook happy, beat every boss, and do everything possible so that the most things possible are done in the same cycle to make a "Perfect cycle". I don't think it's possible to do EVERYTHING in one cycle, but I think it'd be interesting to try to complete the anju and kafei sidequest while also beating the boss in each temple and doing so many other things. You'd have to plan out everything you do so that you're where you need to be when you need to be there. Save the bomb lady, dancing with the girls in west clock town, frog choir, anju and kafei, the aliens sidequest. It would be so cool to see how many things you could complete in one cycle

[@lilrabbiofficialvevo5256]

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR YEARS! I called it the make everyone happy challenge because I was like 8 when I first thought of it and it would be super cool to see that

[@philipdraco]

It is not possible to do the Kafei and Bomb lady side quests at the same time. Sakon won't go to the pawn shop if he doesn't steal the bomb bag, and THAT means Kafei will never follow him to his hideout. :\

[@lilrabbiofficialvevo5256]

@@philipdraco fucking havk the game to make it happen

[@cherryistrash4080]

@@philipdraco To be fair, things like Bomb lady aren't that important. She's safe, alive, unharmed. Even her and her son don't really care about losing it. So quests like that could be ignored, perhaps?

[@BlitzenFuhrer]

If you use glitches and exploits, you probably can make everyone happy. I'm fairly sure, using a trick that we've seen here, you can actually help Kafei and Bomb lady in the same cycle. If you do the Kafei sidequest as normal and also help the bomb lady, Kafei will not be waiting for you at Sakon's hideout on day 3. But, as Keeta does in this video, if you clip into the hideout on night 3 Kafei should be there anyway. IIRC, the game will just load him there on night 3, because there isn't supposed to be any way to get in there without doing the quest properly. So long as you gave Anju the pendant, she will be waiting at the inn and you can get the mask. I've messed around with the early Sakon's hideout in the past, and I'm not 100% sure but I'm fairly certain that it can be done, might need to go back to MM and check. We also saw Keeta use equip swap to help both Madame Aroma and the Postman. Although, arguably, if you just give the letter to the postman, you're still helping both of them as Madame Aroma still finds out her son is ok - you just won't get the reward from her. Edit: If you do save them both, I'm not sure if Curiosity shop guy will be there to give you the Keaton mask and priority mail, but I wonder if there would still be a way to help everyone here by exploiting day reset? Probably not, but if you consider glitches you can easily do a lot more to help people. TL;DR I think you can help both Kafei and Bomb lady, but then possibly not his mother or postman.

[@JachymorDota]

Reality bending aside, this is basically the best-case outcome for Termina. All regions can be healed, most people helped and all for the small price of sacrificing best girl and her farm.

[@cowboylizard1483]

2:27:43 this made my heart JUMP. Great run as always!

[@idiotic._.waffle]

These runs honestly make me so happy. Thank you for giving us hours and hours of content, while telling us how it’s done. I look forward to this day every single year for this, and I’m so happy it’s finally here

[@deauxnim9312]

It's so comforting it makes me fall asleep... I end up watching multiple times every time because I only remember the small bits before I snooze

[@gamefreaker321]

The runner's pride in his work really showed how difficult this run was to route. It's rare hearing ZFG express that he's impressed. Kudos Kaztalek

[@JasperStJean]

Feb 21 is unironically the day I look forward to most every year, and these runs just keep getting better year-by-year. The unnecessary flexing at the end had me rolling. I will continue to hold out hope for a two-pause OOT 100% run one of these years.

[@disfiguringthegoddess1102]

This is like 3rd best date for me. Behind my bday and the royal rumble

[@MetaKnight68]

Your wish has been granted! Alas, Kaztalek was not on the commentary for it, but it's still very cool and very fun.

[@JasperStJean]

@@MetaKnight68 What? Link? I've been out of the loop for a while.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

You got one. 100% oot 2-pause. Just Google it. It uses itemless escape to avoid the first pause.

[@loulou3676]

8:00 This is why the run is blessed. You're able to skip "meeting with a terrible fate" entirely

[@alexanderhetlinger3294]

This was great, but I think what the people REALLY want is the next chapter of Sonic High School.

[@zekay_]

Been waiting for the next chapter for years.

[@kyounokaien]

I'll be keeping this in the back of my mind

[@LordEgilYGO]

GIM explanation: when a mommy chest and a daddy item love each other very much a speedrunner can put any baby in the chest they want

[@zekay_]

Faster GIM Explanation: You cuck the daddy item.

[@Coopidge]

Jonathan Bad was really impressed by this one. He even knew what hovering was after seven years of writing things in his mental notepad.

[@wompastompa3692]

Sonic woke up and looked at the clock. "7:00," it said, and Sonic screamed.

[@fishleywashere]

can someone fill me in on the sonic jokes

[@CabeliotCometier]

@@fishleywashere there is no joke, they're just filling you in on Sonic's day.

[@7heHopeMan]

@@fishleywashere the first lotad challenge that keeta and zfg did, Keeta “shared” an online Sonic comic during a few long down times. It was funny. I guess people have not forgotten it.

[@PushyMisumi]

when it was announced that this year's lotad would be a mm run, i thought about what it could be. first i thought something like: "afr no human in dungeons" again. either something similar to that or as remastered. then i thought about srm/ace. then about max% first cycle(as deku). but this one surprised me a bit. and this time i even managed to watch it live. that was cool :).

[@ext93]

My guys Keeta and ZFG together again. Thank you. Gonna watch this in a little bit before I go to bed. Happy 8th (or 7th?) anniversary LOTAD

[@leviathan6326]

"Why am I doing this? It's literally just a flex" "Yesh you could skip this cut seen but we also get this added bonus and also, we're getting lore." I just love how you said this 🤣🤣🤣

[@chatex2666]

I cleared out the back of my mind just for this! can't wait

[@Ser3ch]

A friend of mine recently complained about the time travel impeding his progress in the game. I just sent him this, hopefully he can take a thing or two from your run on how to beat stone tower.

[@superninjaraidingman]

23:05 Time only moves forward, Words of wisdom lol

[@pyriel6870]

The bunny good mini game is one of my favorite parts when playing MM. The game makes you go so slow in order to win something that's makes you go incredibly fast.

[@Swungler]

"I will be going Silly Mode" - Keeta

[@christianweersink4149]

This run is an insane demonstration thank you keeta

[@SSM24_]

1:20:47 - "maybe it applies the movement speed of one of the other forms" This is actually correct, and we can tell because the exact same bug is present in the 3DS version. There, if you end as human, you actually get the slow acceleration effect that Deku got in that version. And if you end as Deku (in both versions) you get what I assume are human's movement properties instead. My guess is that having 4 player models in the same scene puts the game into some sort of weird state and they have to manually clean up some stuff afterward, but they accidentally swapped human and Deku's movement properties and never noticed. I don't know how accurate this actually is, though. (If anyone _does_ know more about why this works, please let me know.)

[@NightshadeDE]

Been waiting for this all day!!! Favorite day of the year

[@Khronosian]

We gamers have missed you, Keeta. Hope to see you again next year.

[@carryingautoclicks7501]

21:13 I watched this live on ZFG's stream. The stream froze on the EXACT frame that you started this HESS and I thought you deliberately put in a HESS crash for a good few seconds.

[@WannabeMarysue]

its that wonderful time of year

[@Jessieofhearts]

My favorite holiday, Keeta has conquered the 「world」 and flexes by taking no advantage of it.

[@EmileeAria413]

I actually didn't know that the Majora's Mask end credits don't show some of the happy endings if you didn't receive the associated mask. That's actually kind of cool.

[@brandobatel]

This is the greatest event in gaming. Kaz and zfg are my heroes.

[@graveyardsmash2711]

Putting on Captain's Hat during the Majora fight just for the sake of it gives me a nostalgic appeal for some reason.

[@got_richh]

Turkenheimer was pretty obsessed with what SMRs would do instead of focusing on recognizing his partner's skills and on what was actually not banned for this run 🤣

[@sygos]

alternative title: Majora's Mask without time travel/song of time

[@LuckyNumberSlevn]

cant wait for 2077, for the lotad of "reprogramming oot so it becomes mm but warping to the credits of tp"

[@zachattack1279]

While this is funny the reverse actually does sound somewhat feasible

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

did you see triforce percent? You'll like triforce percent. Aka oot beta content showcase in GDQ

[@mintpaintome]

For some reason i tought LOTAD wasn't gonna happen this year but then I double checked, glad that I did. Love this yearly thing, always glad when I see the uploads or catch them live

[@WannabeMarysue]

run starts at 1:05

[@ext93]

Thank you, piss piss piss piss piss piss piss piss piss piss

[@WannabeMarysue]

@@ext93 Your welcome, BoneDrinker

[@reynoldskynaston9529]

I can’t believe this is also a 3 heart challenge. It’s insane that he did it with only 3 hearts.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

That's easy in a TAS

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

That movement through Great Bay Temple was insane, holy shit.

[@FranciscoPerez-it7rv]

I enjoy this a lot, please keep doing it

[@Zaxh01]

17:28 the complete silence after that comment. I mean if he said what I thought he said it makes it all the more funny.

[@Datlossit]

Final Hours begin at 2:10:40

[@summer_xo]

These are honestly my fave videos on KZbin.

[@Gatoholic4eva]

The Swamp spider run was insane man! Insane

[@courage_the_cowardly_cam]

I've been trying to find a run like this! This is awesome

[@roninlviaquez]

Drink every time you hear “as a flex”

[@Gragledump]

I noticed the tektite jump through the hoop

[@larrybadabingbadaboomba9785]

Dang yo, this is some hot stuff right here

[@jandoRganjah]

This was a wild ride and I loved it. First time I see something like this but now I want more. Simply amazing

[@grey6509]

Ah yes, my favorite category: Flex%

[@sanjum2475]

i stayed tuned for weeks and finally it had payed off. thank you keeta

[@zenith4919]

i love these every time, cant wait for next year!

[@fighterman4812]

Huge pog, can't wait to watch through this all!

[@willsutter5207]

Oh by the way, I'm actually doing this on the REAL first cycle. ... Oh by the way, I'm not going to be using song of double time. ... Oh by the way, I'm doing the Kafei quest. ... Oh by the way, I'm collecting all the fairies. ... Oh by the way, I'm going to be collecting 18 masks.

[@Auride]

You are a legend Keeta

[@frenzy0640]

I love your content Keeta!

[@GuillaumeLeValiant]

This is actually so insane i can't even describe it, especially the end lol

[@TheFatestPat]

"I was just doing as I was told." Ha, a likely story. I bet you are the true mastermind behind this high profile crime against speedrunning.

[@MyBodyWash]

Doesn’t sound like the runner and Lucas get along very well lol 😆

[@SobotkaTV]

I felt like he was backseating for some reason...

[@theSato]

cant believe i missed this year's february 21st wtf i was even subscribed why didnt youtube show me aaaaaaaaa thanks for showing up on time every year, dependable

[@elio7610]

This was an entertaining run.

[@CsrM40]

This was very entertaining to watch. And with all the explanations it was enjoyable

[@TheUltimateRare]

this is crazy that this was possible all along, and we didn't know how because it was pretty well hidden. though it took over a decade of glitch hunting to achieve this run, This run was truly a long time in the making.

[@harrisonfackrell]

Huh. I had no idea that time moved faster pre-ocarina.

[@rubixtheslime]

1:15:00 I actually discovered this cutscene glitch a few years ago and kept meaning to mention it to the public (didn't because shy), so it honestly makes me glad that someone else found it so that everyone else can enjoy it!

[@amethonys2798]

I like all the optimized bonking in GBT to get up ledges or switch direction or whatever

[@alaraplatt8104]

50:51 this cracks me up so much

[@MegaLuros]

I get malncolic thinking about the year where there will be no LOTAD on Febuary 22nd. Perhaps I will have stopped caring. Perhaps Keeta will be dead. Perhaps I will die before. Perhaps KZbin will have closed. Perhaps electricity will have become a very scarce commodity or perhaps scilicium will. When there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. Wether that parting be forever or merely for yet another year... Well I guess this is up to you.

[@ext93]

Electricity ends tomorrow man. Sorry to bring the bad news...

[@linkthepringlesman3951]

Oh, it’s February 21st already? Nice.

[@Anonymous-zp4hb]

Keeta spawns a new category: Max% 1st Cycle Edit: lol I get corrected hard at 1:12:36

[@retelefe]

I just encountered this video and I'm so happy about it

[@lucascovarrubio2702]

Doing all of these glitches without error is beyond crazy. Perfect run, Props. Could cut the tension with a kokiri sword during some moments between you guys lol, GREAT FLEX. Lets see a speed run-off between you and the german guy.

[@Jaaayzen]

you do realise that this is LOTAD? He did not play it live, it was created using savestates and frameadvance. That's why all these glitches are done without error.

[@lucascovarrubio2702]

@@Jaaayzen Oh gotcha, yeah I wasn't aware. Seems like it'd be impossible to do all that without error. Still the level of precision is pretty insane regardless.

[@Jaaayzen]

​@@lucascovarrubio2702 yeah LOTADs take a lot of work already but they dont aim for perfection. A TAS on the other hand is pretty much a perfect run, where creators spend months perfecting every single trick, making it a showcase of what would be possible timewise for human without making any mistake.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

​@@Jaaayzen A LOTAD is just what they call a TAS when they don't want you to think it's high quality. The name LOTAD was invented during the commentary for the first one of these annual challenge runs, I think.

[@Jaaayzen]

@@thewhitefalcon8539 What part of my comment gave you the impression I didn't know what a LOTAD was? Even though lower in quality than a TAS, a LOTAD is created in the exact same way, just without putting in these insane amounts of hours.

[@Memo-yh4nc]

Happy Feb 21!

[@HollowRoll]

watched this live, but still coming by to drop a like and a comment

[@JermaineATL]

That was pretty sweet. I just wish it was 3 frames faster then it would be 2:34:56 😂

[@leeburgers2444]

Keeta is such a G! Flexin on these scrubs! Based optimization throughout! Only the most astute viewers recognize!

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

one year, they're just gonna say some shit like "the astute viewer might have noticed that our bomb count has been set to the integral from our deku nut count to our arrow count with respect to time. That's important: take note of that."

[@BaconMaken]

I've never seen anyone kill Majora that fast without Fierce Deity before.

[@jrmungandr]

The golden rod golden god at the top of his game

[@iceypino1086]

just discovered a new holiday to look forward to i guess

[@PixelSergey]

Majoras mask 3 day challenge, flex%

[@FiErCe94]

This is the canon telling of mm

[@ShyRanger]

Crap, I totally forgot about hte February yearly challenge.

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

You can actually skip the Pirate's Fortress cutscene without any glitches OR cheats. It's possible to snipe the beehive before you even touch the cutscene trigger. It's only technically a "glitch" in the same way getting to Ikana Valley by snagging the tree from across the river (without Ice Arrows) is.

[@Kaztalek]

couldn't do that without bow

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

@@Kaztalek No, but it's a neat thing to know for 100% runs.

[@95shade36]

dang, I forgot it was the day

[@keeperoftheshrimbo1101]

New lotad LET'S GOOO

[@MioAppreciator]

this run is the defacto example for why unskippable cutscenes are a crime against humanity

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

No that's oot 3pause or 2pause which watches the same cutscene several times

[@smurfadoodlethewise4584]

I have to wonder if, without doing the great fairies and other flexes throughout the run, if it would be possible to get an all masks run off in just one cycle. Would love to see the Fierce Deity show up after just two hours of gameplay.

[@Albert-yt8xy]

It wouldn't be possible because the bomb lady getting robbed on night one results in kafei quest if you don't save her, and bomb mask if you do

[@anlev11]

Great run!

[@SyphistPrime]

I look forward to new LOTADs. I love me some arbitrary challenges.

[@cowboycurtis4944]

Every time I hear Keeta introduce a LOTAD, I start to sweat in excitement

[@ludabam241]

I just beat this game for the first time and this is insane.

[@turkenheimer4448]

Turnes out I really got Covid and I keep getting these mental blackouts. I am so mad that this happened during the SRM explanation.

[@Maelstrom210]

Damn, get well soon