(OUTDATED) [TAS] Project M: The Subspace Emissary Speedrun in

Here's a link to an updated version, which saves over 12 minutes over this one: • (OUTDATED) [TAS] Proje...
This is easily the biggest project I have completed. This took almost 3 months of near-constant work, and I'm pretty happy with the way it finished.
Let's get some stuff out of the way: I know that this can be improved by a very large factor. Many parts of this were unoptimized, like The Ruined Zoo (With Squirtle) and The Great Maze (Simply because I didn't get a very powerful sticker). I'm well aware of a Japanese TASer by the name of ピカピ 12, and his feat of beating normal Brawl's SSE in 1 hour and 12 minutes, but the main difference between his TAS and my TAS is that I didn't take damage in this at all. I know that taking damage can lead to timesaving in this, but I think this video can be in its own category.
This was TASed and recorded in many parts, as TASing it as one file would've led to desyncs slowing the progress of this tremendously.
Due to my impatience at recording the final stretch, I accidentally overwrote about 30 seconds of video and all of the audio in the video segment from 1:24:00 to about 1:28:00. Thankfully, the only video erased was backtracking in a large room (As the shortcut forces 1% on you, and I couldn't do that) so nothing major was lost.
I considered the beginning of "Time" as the beginning of the run, and the end of "Time" as the final attack that defeated Tabuu, which comes out to 1:34:03. I have no idea how that compares to realtime speedruns or other Project M TASes, as I'm the only one (As far as I know) who has completed a Project M Subspace TAS. Nonetheless, I hope all of you enjoy this run. I'm stepping away from Subspace for a decent while, so I can have a break from all of this.
Special thanks to all of the subscribers on my KZbin Channel that have supported my actions of this all the way through, and the viewers who watched me stream the making of this on Twitch for being dedicated to what I do. Also, special thanks to DannyRom288 for helping me plan out a few of the sections and for talking with me all the times on Skype. You're a good friend. :D
I'm considering this my "2 Year Anniversary" video, as my KZbin Channel was created near this time in 2014. Happy early anniversary, I guess? The next thing I plan to do is finish the "How To Make TASes" series I promised when I reached 2 million views, so look forward to that!
As always, thanks for watching, everyone! I couldn't have done it without all of you! Have a good day!

[@seanosborne5634]

I still find it funny that you find the Luigi fight in the Great Maze in a random pit. He had no definitive placing in the story, so Nintendo just puts him in a random pit.

[@shmurdy]

you didn't do moonwalks across the stage after killing tabuu? fucking hell that just ruins the entire TAS! i want my money back!

[@shmurdy]

***** I might be stupid, but i'm also dumb!

[@theriffman7392]

lolz

[@Kiteboxing]

There's something real depressing about seeing only Falcon, Fox, Luigi, Bowser, Sonic, Dedede, Kirby, and Ness there at the end.

[@CaptainDiqhedd]

+Twewyable Yay we won! Also, there are almost thirty people dead now because we didn't spare half a second to pick them up, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

[@gamingintheclintonyears7061]

+MaxXplosion they were pathetic low tiers anyway, and Falcos just a poor mans fox.

[@pidove01]

Um, excuse you, what did you just say about the Emblem squad?

[@gamingintheclintonyears7061]

+Ghostly Pidove no one even cares about them anyway.

[@pidove01]

Rusty Shackleford I can't tell if you're being facetious, but all three are good characters in PM.

[@DyllonStejGaming]

There's no audio at around 11:00 because the music is copyrighted. Sorry about that!

[@elijiah4631]

+DyllonStej Gaming Do "If Fox/Falco had guaranteed true spike side b"

[@kwabenagreen]

dude enjoy the relaxation idk if ur gonna take a break or do I care just enjoy the break DyllonStej u earned it

[@snicholas2895]

No it's oke I'm thank you soo much the make this tas learn me better, I love the part where mario is turbo canceling versus the the giant prmid

[@kazwach0wsk1]

either way, IT FINALLY CAME TRUE!!!! YOU'RE THE BEST!

[@TheBlake378]

+DyllonStej Gaming i think around @1:14:44 is the same music, to warn you.

[@LeRuseBird]

So the plot of the Subspace Emissary changes completely once the characters are first blasted by the off-waves. It details the journey of a young boy with psychic powers, his brief journey to locate and revive the idol of the legendary bird man, and that man's personal quest to stomp everyone's shit.

[@LostSnowdrift]

+Happy Happy Cultist and the power of the Knee

[@achunkofbutter]

+Happy Happy Cultist I'd like to imagine that Captain Falcon was a Flying Man. Only this time, Ness's 'courage' has a hit list.

[@zsanetick]

"Ness's courage has a hit list" That is at least a year old, and I love it. (Your comment is a year old.)

[@tharwab]

when he ignored the disc at 35:10 it physically hurt me

[@chef7423]

Wow you running away from those enemies reminds me of how I run away from my problems : /

[@Lausacc]

y-you good?

[@expeng]

I always remember Tabuu being a monster to try to beat, but I love how TASs put him in his place. XD

[@Gaminggod1997BAGR]

he was a tough bastard.

[@Zenkai2718]

Gaminggod1997 I feel like the only reason he is 'tough' is because half of his moves one shot you don't get me wrong I think he is hard too

[@Gaminggod1997BAGR]

Soren_07 yeah.

[@depito2]

His worst attack was the one where he had wings, for me

[@projectgarchomp2380]

It took me 2 tries (Pokemon Trainer for the win!)

[@MishaHivemind]

I lol'd so hard at that primid not attacking Squirtle and just killing itself.

[@Shadrake]

Same xD

[@kevinbushman3113]

I still want to know why that happened... XD

[@abeaver3691]

Wtf are you talking about, nothing like this happened

[@skoalaleonhart5560]

Martin Ho it did happen. look at 36:00

[@digby1103]

"I'm not even gonna bother."

[@jrcapparelli]

36:00 When your mind games are too strong.

[@Thisispow]

JCapps LMAO!

[@rayhaana.3153]

JCapps when you realize water beats fire

[@yadonegoofed1427]

Rayhaan Ahmed - Brock was right.

[@projectgarchomp2380]

This Prymid was smart

[@Tamiss]

Damn nostalgia, this mode was so good, shame smash4 didn't have anything comparable

[@waluigi8105]

Tamiss blame that on people posting all the cutsceens on youtube

[@shadowhunter1451]

MCJockey127 yeah not Nintendo it's the people sharing the game mode they loved so much. Fuck those people

[@waluigi8105]

BrainerFern no it didn't make it because people leaked all the cutsceens on youtube and spoiling it so Nintendo took it out to not spoil the game as much. The 3ds had nothing to do with it.

[@gamesandluigifan7152]

MCJockey127 Imo this is a stupid reason not to include a story mode. It's not like the story is spoiled for everyone only because people are uploading videos of it on the internet, because they can simply choose not to watch them. This reason didn't stop him to make stories for Kid Icatus Uprising and the Kirby Games either so why does it bother him with the smash series?

[@six_buck_dlc]

Master Core was badass, though.

[@thefuture269]

If this ain't the most viewed Smash related video of this month, I don't know what would be.

[@ShadowMark3_]

+EnderLordJamal You got a point

[@thefuture269]

***** Forgot about that. But still, I find this more enjoyable anyway.

[@nicklespale22]

Too bad it's another TAS video

[@boop6428]

Nickle Spale well tas vids are kinda popular

[@nicklespale22]

possesses no real talent = shouldn't be popular = upvote for society but this is not the case here obviously

[@DyllonStejGaming]

IMPORTANT UPDATE: I just recreated, to the best of my ability, the "lost footage" around 1:24:37, and the time it took to get from the video loss to the first frame of good video was around 28 seconds. So the time in the title is pretty much spot on to what it actually is.

[@sebastianwallace5593]

Thanks a lot.

[@shadownshaws]

Thx !

[@bladethegoat8067]

Ok thank you and I just got pm back

[@al-teriekrobinson9653]

How are you so good at this

[@bladethegoat8067]

Who DyllonStej Gaming he uses tool assisted gameplay which helps you completely create frame perfect gameplay with no mistakes and only possible on dolphin emulator only for PC

[@NathanielBandy]

Dude this is crazy cool!

[@Pepper-Films]

VERY CrAzY COOL! :D

[@cookiecake2108]

Nathaniel Bandy I'm replying to an old comment because it's Nathaniel Bandy

[@soulsilvergamer5225]

Ikr Nathaniel

[@Krookodile841]

Yooo

[@Dronkhrrrrng]

>go to select squirtle >"Mewtwo" ok

[@bradstover2691]

Filthy McNasty apparently, pokemon trainer was renamed mewtwo, as you can see by the fact that after beating the stage, it says "Mewtwo joined your team!"

[@jordanthejq12]

Go home, Project M, you're drunk.

[@DyllonStejGaming]

One more update: Because this version of Project M was loaded by the SD Card and Gecko Method, the loading times are abnormally quick compared to Brawl or Project M loaded straight from the disk. I don't quite have an idea exactly why, but if this TAS were done with the ISO method of Project M, and not the SD Card, then the time of this video would be much greater.

[@TheLongLouis]

What are your exact specs for your computer?

[@yunotheactivist3066]

DyllonStej Gaming mi thought project m was closed

[@redshepherd32]

+Roblox,smash bros and more! sites might close, but torrent download links are everlasting on the internet

[@Shoyoumomo]

Congrats on finishing this dude!

[@samesu766white7]

Oh hey shoyoumomo from 5 years ago! How've you been?

[@Shoyoumomo]

@@samesu766white7 Fantastic! Hope you've been holding up alright too! Thanks for asking 😊

[@samesu766white7]

@@Shoyoumomo I have been, thanks for asking! Huge fan of your videos, and honestly I didnt expect you to respond 😅

[@jamesnubz]

he fucking did it holy shit, congratulations

[@bandeyawx9709]

I find it funny how empty that little island is at the end, seeing how I always saved everyone in my SSE runs. It's as if the empty spots are representations of "x Flipping you off in hell".

[@str4tsune]

Girlfriend: "If you get even 1% of damage on subspace, I get to go through your phone"

[@booperboy]

If I saw this as a kid I would think you were God himself

[@SoloMael]

So you're not actually a kid? :P

[@booperboy]

+SoloMael I am going through a mid life crisis trying to find out who I really am

[@SoloMael]

+Squid Kid oh sorry

[@iP0STcomments]

OH MY GOD DUDE, YOU DID IT.

[@GeneralForster]

0/10 not enough taunting.

[@Javi-ce3wb]

finally dude im so proud of all the work you put in!

[@ItsNeonZX]

Absolutely amazing! With Project M's engine, you just sped through a lot of my childhood growing up with Brawl. Amazing work! Also, a drinking game: Take a shot for every F-Air to D-Air on the fighters in The Great Maze.

[@chef7423]

You are, by far, the greatest TASer in the smash community. You deserve a break. Thank you for blessing us with the greatest TAS of them all.

[@monstermash1571]

1:34:03 I was kind of hoping he'd kill tabuu with Mr. Saturn, Just kidding, this was incredible!

[@SonGoku-qp2yz]

You deserve the highest amount of subscribers on KZbin for this, bro. I love it.

[@CringingCrit]

So. Captain Falcon, Luigi,Sonic, Fox, Browser, Kirby, King Dedede, and Ness lived. R.I.P everyone else.

[@M4C3W1]

Browser...

[@CringingCrit]

+Macenator X K

[@THENINEOFSLIPKNOT555]

36:03 "I hate my life, goodbye world"

[@succulent_carlos7642]

Jacob Henson mind games too strong

[@Dragooshin]

Although there isn't as much Lucario as i'd like, everything is sooooo perfect. The turbo Mario part was amazing. 'Ioved every second!

[@Panda4Hir3]

This is like a damn dragon ball z episode

[@Eldoofus]

Do you mean almost like Melee?

[@TheRealSpellstar]

I've been waiting for one of these for a long time wasn't expecting it to be in PM, but thank you

[@Dixie402]

When the game first came out it took me 3 damb months... my childhood

[@extremekiwi101]

SLEEPING IS FOR THE WEAK

[@MrDeadpool-ti1qf]

Extreme Kiwi Sleeping improves the brain. I guess you're calling yourself dumb (assuming you don't sleep).

[@iKonVital]

Mr. Deadpool0122 you're no fun

[@blip5006]

Mr. Deadpool0122 god damn it man, the joke just went over your head

[@Irrelevant_BigBrain]

Mr. Deadpool0122: calls Extreme Kiwi dumb Also Mr. Deadpool0122: isn’t smart enough to understand a joke

[@Eldoofus]

Sleeping is for the Mr. Deadpool0122

[@JeremyBX]

tbh this is so fascinating to watch...

[@knux400]

Everyone always comments on how he left all the enemies behind when the real highlight is him leaving all the other characters behind. The only two characters he actually saved were Fox and Captain Falcon.

[@omukssbm]

Congrats on finally finishing this! It's awesome! Feel free to take a break. You deserve it.

[@PrettyPieHead]

Beautifully executed, but there are a few things I got confused about. 1: When you took the time and "rescued" Fox, I thought it was because you would later have use for him, but you didn't. 2: In The Great Maze, you killed Ice Climbers, Meta Knight, and (I think it was) Mario before you needed to, so you kinda just went back and forth there. 3: In the same way, you went *back* to activate the south west portal instead of going in and out when you went past it the first time.

[@DyllonStejGaming]

Indeed, I thought that I would have a use for Fox, but I never did need him at all. If I ever do this again, I won't do that, haha. As for the other parts, I was only following this one picture for a standard/best "route" through the maze, so I don't know if there are parts I can do better or not. And the reason why I went through the portal while passing it the second time was because I didn't foresee a freeze happening when I passed it the first time. I had to make accommodations so I could actually beat it (As a route I was going to do decided to freeze the game in a random spot) so it's slower than it should be.

[@PrettyPieHead]

DyllonStej Gaming Yeah, that makes sense. I've never tried using TAS myself, but I've heard that it's a great deal of work. I can imagine that even when you realize that there was a more optimal choice further back, it'd be a hassle to backtrack and deal with it. The Ice Climbers probably only lost you a second or two, since the door was "along the way" to the top of the mountain, but f.ex. the Meta Knight door (outside Halbird) made you struggle against the wind one more time, dealing with like 10 seconds delay. But yeah... freeze. Great fun watching the turbo Mario, by the way.

[@zacharycohen7083]

44:18 thats as good as it gets?

[@MK.5198]

Wow. Now that I've watched the whole thing, I really just have to say, job so incredibly well done. I've been looking forward to this TAS for quite a long time, and you did not disappoint. Keep up the awesome work.

[@Protantical]

My hands hurt just watching all of this, jesus christ.

[@LolzSquid]

congratulations man, I know first hand how much hard work and how frustrating TASing can be. starting, continual work, and completing a TAS of this caliber is no small feat, ggs.

[@ApexGale]

meta knight never stood a chance

[@StrawHatPuffy]

To be fair, none of them did.

[@spicychicken2]

Hey Dyllon! Great great GREAT video! Thanks for sticking with this TAS through all of the frustrations. I think it turned out fantastic! Excited for the "How To" videos (I keep desyncing when I try PM and Melee, so I must have some settings wrong). Thanks for your content

[@Himadpeoples]

I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU HAD TO SAVE EVERYBODY IN SUBSPACE TO FIGHT TABUU WHAT THE HECK

[@ShinyHunterHunter]

SAME, MY FRIEND AND I SPENT HOURS GETTING EVERYONE

[@masongarrison2316]

I Fought tabuu, and I thought I needed all characters which I thought I had all of them. APPARENTLY I FORGOT FOX AND OLIMAR

[@TheDrinkingFood]

holy shit, over an hour and a half of frame-by-frame gameplay? there was a point at which you needed to stop, but you kept going to see what would happen

[@sondonovan2958]

"WOW, INCREDIBLE!"- Smash announcer

[@mrsluigi9478]

I'm so proud of you DyllonStej! You have some real good patience to TAS a script that lasts an entire 94 minutes!

[@NightCrafted]

I was wondering how it was moving so fast, then I saw Project M and realized just how slow Brawl is

[@GoldenCatX9]

WHOA FINALLY IS OUT! GONNA WATCH IT ALL!! Damn Mario made an Explosion Start!

[@SighrusSQ]

You finally finished it! Its amazing!

[@Wizzkidwas]

YES DYLLON YOU ACTUALLY DID IT! And it is amazing! Even though Kirby wasn't useful, I'm fine with that because I get to enjoy his screen time a lot more hehehehe. If you did do more than one great maze streams, then I definitely missed the others...whoops (Yay for the indirect mention in the description) The streams were awesome and a lot of fun, especially getting to chat with you and other subs (even though I lost a lot of sleep from them haha, and I'm fairly sure that was the only thing that stopped you from going insane from this TAS XD)

[@TheAnimatedGamer]

you make this look like melee

[@chase5654]

14:20 i always loved playing as mewtwo in the emissary

[@thatgenericyoutuber1903]

Who else noticed that fire primid just killing himself like Fuck this I'm out! At the 30:00 mark

[@DarkToxic4]

Amazing TAS dude! I felt really good when you destroyed that giant Diddy Kong since it's one of the hardest fights on intense mode.

[@SHSLRuby]

HOLY SHIT IT'S COMPLETED YOU ACTUALLY DID IT!!!

[@thesaucypickle9866]

Im so glad to see this finally completed good work man i know you put more effort into this than any other project before and it really shows cant wait to see more quality work from +DyllonStej Gaming

[@kennycosmic]

Not like I was gonna sleep anyways, fuck it.

[@RemoniSnuggler]

good lord man every second was beautiful the great maze was hilarious u gave no time for the shadow characters to even breath made me laugh everytime beautiful stuff man amazin

[@PluckyStar]

It is my strong belief that Master Core was derived from the Shaydas enemies. I don't know if this is already confirmed or not, but I would be genuinely surprised if it wasn't true

[@TheBonkleFox]

My theory is that a little bit of subspace leaked into master hand, and beating him in sm4sh caused it to burst out of him and turn into master core.

[@PluckyStar]

+The G-Wing But seriously, you have to agree that he looks exactly like Shaydas.

[@QuoteIzkewl]

What about the shadow bugs?

[@boundforward9469]

After the longest time watching your "WIP" video, you finally finish it. Great job!

[@longevitee]

21:00 Amsa takes over for the TAS.

[@charlieartaus4011]

Man i love TaS runs :D! Just so amazing to see what the game can do at its absolute peak :D!

[@johnnytorres6124]

ALL THAT TIME WAITING WAS WORTH IT!

[@chloehussey7519]

+johnny torres and all that DlyDiddyDunk was worth it :}

[@johnnytorres6124]

Adam Hussey There were too many memes

[@chloehussey7519]

NOT ENOUGH MEMES

[@eldritchtoilets210]

26:25 These fights usually are pretty hard to win, seeing that part just made me burst a good laugh, awesome work man :D

[@ConnorTheUndying]

I remember beating Subspace Emissary and getting all the characters, including the secret ones... But I was somehow missing one... About a year later I came back to that file And then it hit me I shouted "SHIT, MR. GAME AND WATCH IS STILL IN SUBSPACE!!!"

[@beatlejinx4714]

Poor mr. Game and watch...

[@joysmileyay]

Been waitin' for this man. You know, this is acutally kind of historic in Smash history.

[@WiezAnims]

this is amazing great job dude

[@TeamOneDay]

I can imagine you celebrating like it's New Year's Eve when you finished.

[@erk33]

Dang this guy runs faster than my father when he chases me with the belt (:

[@YoshiONE2ONE]

This was easily one of the most impressive things I've ever watched. Nice work, man!

[@pkcookies5459]

Him running away from enemies reminds me of how my dog ran away :(

[@FaiDro]

This is exactly what we were waiting for! Great job, dude!

[@chef7423]

Wow you leaving all those items behind reminds me of when my great grandparents had to leave all of their items behind when they were taken to a concentration camp : /

[@shinycrobatishereforthecom1960]

welp

[@manoknawa]

welp

[@shinycrobatishereforthecom1960]

welp

[@chef7423]

welp

[@shinycrobatishereforthecom1960]

welp

[@dekuskrub2154]

I think its kinda cool to have those few characters side by side at the end.Also, Brawl theme nearly moves me to tears every time I hear it.

[@smax9460]

I just got a smashgasm

[@kennycosmic]

Nice, man! This is awesome, keep it up. Hard work pays off :)

[@andrewpollock7425]

36:00 suicide primid

[@YouthRevolutiongroup]

This is amazing. I didn't realize how much I needed this until I saw it

[@piplupglaceon3868]

does anyone except me always choose Kirby at the start

[@therepeat]

Oh my god you did it! I promise to watch this later when I have time

[@mingfeid.4627]

Did you manipulate item rng?

[@GeoNebula]

This is just so beautiful to watch. Thank you for making this!

[@ArcanistShion]

55:35 why is he glowing with blue fire? it looks epic!

[@AdmiralBobbery123]

I think it happens after he hits a team healer but I'm not quite sure

[@ArcanistShion]

AdmiralBobbery123 i've notice he's gbeen collecting those things on the ground after he kills some enemies, i'm not sure if thats the reason haha! xD

[@ArcanistShion]

AdmiralBobbery123 it also seems to make him move faster.

[@tslos9978]

hes in turbo mode, so all his moves can be autocancelled into each other. thats why hes doing like 20 ariels on the giant primids

[@ArcanistShion]

Tslos116 I knew something was going on for sure, I just needed someone else's opinion about it. Thanks!

[@Teflora]

Woah dude! Awesome! It was really fun watching you make that!

[@FriedChckn13]

Why did you save the Fox trophy in the first Subspace mission if you only ever use Falcon in the Great Maze and vs. Tabuu?

[@bl4ckbl4z39]

My guess is that he picked up fox thinking it would be faster, but then realized the falcon was probably better? I say this purely because of how much faster falcon killed rayquaza compared to fox, i dont think the stickers would have made falcon fall behind in dps, also, falcon is the fastest sprinter in the game behind sonic, and sonic isnt likely to do as much damage as falcon. I could easily be wrong, but it looks like its the reason to me. The best balance of speed and power.

[@necrobonesgaming2424]

RNG manipulation, obviously.

[@ParfaitOperationalGuidebook]

FriedChckn13 He thought it was melee for a second

[@matthewbrooks5470]

The best part about this is the glorious fact that this is Project M, meaning no freaking random tripping!

[@25shadow11]

1:15:34 anyone else notice he made the combo sync with the music?

[@Sehon13Ultd]

I can't even hear any music at that part

[@25shadow11]

you have to listen hard

[@sapphirebulletbill]

that's what she said

[@alwaysanadventure8022]

Project M in the subspace emissary? That reminds me... it's like the characters Mewtwo, Roy, Toon Link, Jigglypuff, and Wolf would be arriving at the nick of time to battle for real early!

[@CaptainDiqhedd]

I get that it's a speed run, but am I the only one who thinks it's a bit fucked up to leave those characters in the Subspace to die? XD

[@baydendora4857]

+MaxXplosion #KillTheAnimals

[@austin7761]

+bayden dora #SaveTheAnimals

[@curtiscreeper5806]

#SaveTheFrames #KillTheAnimals

[@graduator14]

This video has been a smash-hit!!! AMazing job!!!!!!

[@Russom5428Russo]

I just realized that you move faster in Project M than in Super Smash Bros Brawl. That’s fire!

[@FeralPhilosopher]

DUUUUUUUUUUUDE. GET YOURSELF, LIKE, FIVE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES AND ENJOY YOURSELF!

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

i don't care how much someone calls it "cheating". TAS runs always look epic as fucking hell!

[@matthewjones6786]

That was awesome. So many good memories playing hours of Subspace Emissary with my best friend.

[@DarkLuigiGameReview]

Awesome work dude! Finally finished!

[@Agarm122]

this is amazing! I love it! Favorite TAS

[@BoatSniper49]

/Audi famam illius/ /Cucurrit quaeque tetigit destruens/ In short, you're a legend who destroyed the game. 56:02 to you.

[@brassicac]

"If you zero-to-death everything I give you money" "I'll give you... a nickle" - Durty D