The Glitch that allows Zelda Speedrunners to time travel

[@grfrjiglstan]

In 10 years: "A speedrunner found that, by jamming a screwdriver into their Nintendo Wii at just the right angle, they could skip directly to the final cutscene in the game. This strategy became known as the 'Tool assisted speedrun.'"

[@magicmulder]

“This glitch requires your stupid cousin to press a button on a second controller at least 6 yards away from you. It’s the real tool assisted speedrun.”

[@yarimatthews8722]

talking about weird hardware glitches. One time I was playing super metroid on snes and my bedroom was a pretty small laundry room sized room. Power cable came loose a bit so I went to push it back in (I was at the start of the game). It cause the power on the snes to flicker but didn't shut off. Had the power bomb icon appear but zero bombs. Played through the ridley scene and got to the ship on planet and when I saved power bombs kept going up until they hit a 99 state. Never recommend anyone doing it for obvious hardware damage but it was interesting.

[@C_Yo]

The fact that Wii modding was first discovered by jamming tweezers into the console means that this isn’t even impossible

[@WoodymC]

LMAO xD

[@nowonmetube]

Actually this is not too far off from some techniques of older consoles for specific game speedruns 😂

[@extrasyllable3865]

I love that the speed runs become less playing the game and more meticulously resetting them

[@nebulous9280]

Honestly it can barely be called a speedrun. Over an hour into the run and you're still on the Title Screen smh

[@iLiokardo]

Meticulous.

[@dialena4418]

Ocarina of time can legit be done that way tbh You can tp from the starter location to the end credits

[@Tribalfan88x]

"speed runs" in the future: *game starts* "here's all your stuff" *end scene*

[@tatters8236]

@@Tribalfan88x You mean DK64?

[@fynnsternis6432]

Dude I love the moment when the person explaining everything starts saying "I discovered" and "I tried".

[@uriarte411]

Exactly, it feels amazing watching these and getting to see them go "Everyone was stuck on what to do, until I broke the whole thing wide open"

[@judgment5090]

This man made this video just to flex on us all... respect

[@SPFLDAngler]

@@judgment5090 not really... this channel is made up of like 4 speedrunners that each create videos for it... he was assigned this particular subject and it happens to involve himself.

[@puffena9013]

@@SPFLDAngler I wouldn’t say that it “just so happens to involve himself.” I think it’s pretty obvious that he spoke on this topic because it is the one he has the most personal experience with, and him being this video’s narrator is largely dependent on the fact that he played a major role in it

[@grindx1292]

@@puffena9013 yeah i think either pointcrow or smallant did a mario odyssey vid on here and he was like I GOT IT DOWN TO 5 CAPTURES

[@bluez_w]

Imagine if during history class, your teacher was like, “yeah, and *I* discovered the ruins of this ancient civilization.” Same vibes.

[@flyingsky1559]

Isn't that the plot of Indiana Jones

[@yangr88]

this is just university

[@gorblintown]

Damn, I can’t believe people managed to glitch Zelda games so hard that they all became majora’s mask

[@guyguino5770]

Lmao

[@cartoonfantasy4541]

Bruh

[@bizijr]

@Aaron Allen I can't believe people can LINK these shortcuts together for a speedrun.

[@LBoomsky]

lmao

[@false_idol__]

@Aaron Allen S i g h h h.

[@rage_2000]

Everybody gangsta till the narrator starts talking in first person

[@FlamingZelda3]

lol

[@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7]

Literally though! The discovery of reverse BitMagic seemingly shaved off about 3 times the amount of time saved by all the other Bit techniques, if I understood correctly.

[@lotuslyrik]

bruh this a channel of 4 different speedrunners, and the narrator is a *legend of zelda* speedrunner

[@rage_2000]

@@lotuslyrik well, for me it was just a KZbin recommendation, I haven’t seen his other videos

[@nonamereising]

@@rage_2000 i had a woooosh Feeling till i saw this comment

[@taechuK]

"If you load a corrupt file..." *ad plays*

[@Charmolution]

There are... Infinities... That are bigger than other infinities...

[@flyingduck91]

your world is 100% corrupt

[@mid-boss6461]

If you load a corrupt file you get cheap car insurance.

[@epicgamernoisesintensifies6238]

That’s definitely a very corrupt file.

[@voidAsteraceae]

heh, for me it was "if you load a corrupt file" *Link dies* *ad plays*

[@archonicmakes]

It's funny how all of these glitches could've been prevented by just using a pre-rendered title sequence

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

That would've been massive in terms of storage space. I think it was in Wind Waker HD where a single, few mins long video took 2/3 of the space on the disc. There is a reason these sequences are done in-engine.

[@archonicmakes]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Wow, I really didn't think I video took up that much space. The more you know, huh?

[@Squiggums799]

I think Nintendo skipped the entire problem by making BotW's title screen a static image. No real time cutscene, no pre rendered cutscene, nothing.

[@want-diversecontent3887]

@Interstate Puerto Rico But they don't use Back In Time

[@manfredjohnson627]

Interestingly (how wrong is this?) there is a video file for the title screen in windwakers gamefiles.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

Zelda having a "time travel" glitch is very fitting for the franchise.

[@zero-pointgamer]

TOTK, OoT and MM just to name games in the series with time-travel elements.

[@rafedyacoubi286]

and TP (temple of time)@@zero-pointgamer

[@shadewrecker9683]

@@rafedyacoubi286 and oracle of ages

[@cerealkilleryt]

@@rafedyacoubi286 and SS

[@joshriley2936]

I love how death is something we tend to avoid in games, generally, but when speedrunners come in, they look at death and say "Hmm, another tool for my speedrun. I'll have to figure out if there's an optimal time to use it."

[@Wote89]

The difference between dying because you're bad at a game and dying because the game needs your permission first.

[@Lugbzurg]

@@Wote89 That's quite a bell curve.

[@TyJay20]

When a glitch makes every other strategy obsolete, speed runners will usually create a separate category where that glitch is banned. You can get the best of both worlds

[@amimirmimir512]

phineas and ferb ride again has lots of taking damage during the normal levels to skip parts of the game

[@vaporwave3495]

They really couldn't call the back in time glitch "a link to the past"

[@lolcat]

God damn

[@jennifersingson-pena7392]

Gah

[@roc-noK]

AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHH

[@leaffinite2001]

Too confusing

[@noone6991]

That would’ve caused confusion, but other than that reason, yeah why didn’t they?

[@dankdungeon5104]

It's only a matter of time before the leaderboard will have negative time values.

[@markusoreos.233]

Doge....Doge never dies.

[@noahjones9833]

When speedrunners discover glitches in the irl physics engine and start wrong warping to 5 minutes ago to set up a paradoxical premade save file so their future self can win before theyve even booted the game

[@Name-jb7kw]

So beating the game before starting the game

[@Qbe_Root]

The glitch's name would go full circle

[@adfadge]

bUt YoU cAnT hAvE nEgAtIvE tImE

[@Omnicrom]

I'm amused that Back in Time means that Skyward Sword has more time travel than Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask.

[@sirsmellybottom7480]

YES!

[@elli_senfsaat]

Hm, given Link travels several hundred years back in time, Skyward Sword does have more time traveling in terms of time spans. And this in normal gameplay without glitches.

[@4swordsluver]

bruh their is so much time shenanigans in Skyward Sword tf you mean

[@SEMIA123]

There is a literal time gate that multiple people travel through my dude. Old Sheik and young Sheik. If I remember right the climax happens in the past.

[@Omnicrom]

@@SEMIA123 Yep! And thanks to Back in Time THERE'S WAY MORE!

[@thalfie]

By the way, the person narrating this is Gymnast86, who holds the world record in Any% Skyward Sword and has been to MANY Games Done Quick before! Go support him, if you can!

[@solame4983]

The video keeping calling him them, so he is actually multiple people. Be better!

[@shanemacmillan5732]

Gymnast: "Can I do something before loading the file?" SS: "No, we reset the flags when you press start." Gymnast: "What if I did it in the other order?" And that, kids, is the difference between great thinkers and the rest of us.

[@sirsmellybottom7480]

Why wasn't that tried immediately?

[@yourmomsboyfriend3337]

@@sirsmellybottom7480 if you watch the video, the hex viewer in dolphin emulator only came out in 2019, so gymnast was the first to use it and do research. Also, hindsight is big, just because it may seem obvious to do that now, the infinite other possibilities of things to try have to be accounted for as well

[@TheVoidlessness]

@@yourmomsboyfriend3337 a perfect explanation like the explanation of the glitch

[@Ramsey276one]

THIS Is why Speedrunning is an art of its own!

[@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7]

Literally both galaxy brain, and something a 5 year old could say. Out of the box, outright devil's lawyer thinking at its finest. The same troll/hacker logic also came into play when they realized that they could travel out of Skyloft within Back in Time and get the Flag 62 trigger somewhere else.

[@Lessen_]

Reverse BitMagic may be one of the best names for a glitch in all of speedrunning

[@scipioafricanus2071]

could also be the name of a cryptocurrency^^

[@AR15ORIGINAL]

I found the whole thing badass too tbh. Now imagine the author of this video thinking of himself as one of the few speedrunners to have mastered both BitMagic and Reverse BitMagic... He's a Bit-Archmage!

[@ConiferSSR]

Still a fan of "Wet Nut Jump" from the Minimum capture Mario Odyssey runs

[@Jazardly]

Reverse Bottle Adventure is hard to top though

[@temporalCaster]

They could've called it cigaMTiB

[@Mercrion]

Lowest percent is the first time I have ever heard of gymnast86, but his narration is so amazing and I love how he talks about Twilight Princess.

[@DesTr069]

I’d say a gym is kind of a staple of 3D Zelda game speedruns, you can’t go too far without stumbling into him. Which is a good thing, because his narration is so chill and entertaining at the same time :)

[@Loop_Kat]

Gymnast and Linkus7 are honestly two of my favorite runners because of their chill and informative commentary, you should definitely look up some of their GDQ runs and streams

[@surtGD]

I watched his entire skyward sword 100% run of GDQ, entertaining all the way through a 6 hour run. I’d recommend checking him out

[@kaskarden491]

If you enjoy his lowest percent videos you should definitely check out the "elusive glitches" series on his KZbin channel!

[@GamesAndAnimes]

@@Loop_Kat Or their Zelda Wind Waker 100% Randomizer Races, it's so cool and 8h long ;)

[@jemandetwas1]

17:56 "Commander Gymnast, the time has come. Execute Scene Flag 62!"

[@carrotpl]

Yes, my lord.

[@mmariann]

Glad I wasn't the only one.

[@thanosbig9516]

Speedrunners in a nutshell: "i found it by accident"

[@MilhSpears]

@Crystal Kanashii only if more people was willing to speedrun real life!

[@kennarajora6532]

@@MilhSpears My parents discovered the quickest way to speedrun their lives was to have me.

[@devinddst7467]

@@kennarajora6532 did you kill them ?

[@daeniboi9933]

@@devinddst7467 bruh

[@daeniboi9933]

@@devinddst7467 That was the first thing you thought of.

[@evgenykarasev2562]

The most impressive thing about all of this is how the game never really crashes despite all the abuse it takes.

[@Adirbal]

Knowing how valuable skips of a few minutes are in speedrunning, hearing that BIT skips *four and a half hours* from a 5h and something run feels amazing even for someone outside of speedrunning like me. Great job with this video, I remember hearing about BIT in SW some time ago from another speedrunner, but it wasn't as well explained as this.

[@chickenbob562]

it depends sometimes speedrunning just turns into a game breaking glitch fest with no actual skill (depends on the category of course) but i personally enjoy those the most where people are just extremely skilled and knowledgeable about a game and manage to speedrun it in a "proper" way

[@rimuspp8688]

@@chickenbob562 depends on the glitch, it can or not be rewarding for the runner

[@fullmissileaim4187]

"MAST3RLINKX" Man I haven't heard that name in so many years. it's taking me back to 2007 KZbin again.

[@greenshell4082]

Oh yeah, definitely. The time where video editing was simple and watching in glorious 480p or worse with no HD option.

[@IamSupreme333]

Finding Bigfoot in GTA San Andreas 009 Sound System - Dreamscape Unregistered Hypercam 2 Let the bodies hit the floor My Shooter - Groove Cutter Windows XP and tutorials using Notepad

[@ejgaming6048]

That is why its called back in time

[@namegoeshere8564]

Since the Zelda timeline already involves time travel, this might as well be canon

[@grohlski8669]

This channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites, this video especially. The insane smug aura of "...not in skyloft" literally had my mouth gaping waiting to see what happened next. Great video, please keep doing what you're doing.

[@finnianheart]

"and lucky for us, nintendo decided to use that engine one more time..." me, a dedicated gym watcher: LETS FUCKING GOOOOO BITMAGIC

[@OfficialMASTERLINKX]

I did nothing wrong.

[@violator_]

Lol

[@yurayt1913]

Lol

[@hipxl8r]

Lol

[@doorframe2315]

Lol(keep it going)

[@soapie.]

Lol

[@NukaKappa]

Me watching a video about a game I have never touched in my entire life: “ah, yes, thing. I am invested.”

[@GGorsty]

Same. Same. I feel you.

[@TheSkypetube]

@@GGorsty Underage

[@papersonic9941]

Why on Earth haven't you played the game? It's great.

[@kaitlinwagoner8782]

Same. I really want to play it now lol

[@NoHandle44]

I relate.

[@williamto2249]

To speedrun the 3d Zelda games, we will have to talk about Parallel Universes.

[@orangeapples]

Just the one parallel universe. The title screen.

[@habaranagiko]

Now take a look at the mario 64 tas, which actually does have parallel universes, teleporting between them and more.

[@yourmomsboyfriend3337]

@@habaranagiko i think that’s the joke :)

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

More like "To speedrun the 3d Zelda games, we need to talk about Time Travel".

[@MK-vi2cm]

Half an A press gang

[@thewolfofthestars1847]

Look at that big ol' grin when he was walking through that Hylia's Realm door for the first time during a speedrun. :D

[@Gloromo]

I remember being about 7 years old when my mum came home with Zelda Twilight Princess... She bought it for herself but in the end only my brother and I really played it. I was so in love with it and played it again and again over the coming years.. It´s still my favorite Zelda game

[@Xapheion101]

Twilight Princess will always be the best Zelda to me.

[@charlessmith1896]

It is absolutely wild to see this channel feature so many runners i've seen bits and pieces of before. Keep creating this awesome content and expanding the web of creators I should watch!

[@icarlygod]

Skyward sword speedruns are always fun to watch because you can always make the joke about how the runner is still on the title screen, missing a bunch of key items, and activating early game events with 10-20 minutes left in the run.

[@alainm1568]

We love to see a glitch that COMPLETELY breaks a game

[@burnyoureyes1]

ZFG just released a Majora's Mask 100% TAS on his channel. If you want to see a glitch that completely and utterly breaks a game then hoo boy, look no further.

[@acon70]

@@burnyoureyes1 Link?

[@u5654]

@@acon70 well yeah, I'm pretty sure Majora's Mask has Link

[@pablopereyra7126]

@@u5654 But does link go to the past?

[@elli_senfsaat]

There is a glitch in ALttP that fcks up the game entirely. Like, killing music and colors and even causing hearts to damage Link instead of healing.

[@ghetis396]

3:35 "Why are you saving in a second file?" "It's a surprise tool that will help us later"

[@cheep5645]

The first section recounting how the glitch was found sounded like a god damn creepypasta lmao. Great video.

[@Blade6303]

The beginning of this vid just sound like a creepypasta

[@viniciusraraujo]

Imagine being a kid and having this accidently happening to you

[@classymarowak7001]

*And then The Nostalgia Critic and Peter Griffin bled at me.*

[@youtubewanderer3347]

@@classymarowak7001 "but i decided to ignore it"

[@Blade6303]

@@classymarowak7001 hyper realistic eyes

[@elli_senfsaat]

Don't forget the gamer buying the game on a flea market from some shady dude beforehand

[@felixc543]

I really appreciate the thorough explanation, including how the tricks were discovered and by who- I've never seen that included consistently and it's fascinating (and also, like, proper credit)

[@worldweaver2691]

hit up summoning salt's world record progression series

[@lt.luxray2570]

Lowest Percent is a great channel

[@synthetic_creature]

I agree

[@Wintermnya]

No lowest percent is better

[@mullyboats]

Take note historians this is called begging for a heart on their comment

[@zxyAprte124]

@@mullyboats lol

[@ClassifiedGamez]

Hol up your post says 3 hours ago but the video only came out 2 hours ago

[@erikerikson3167]

10:23, so basically, you can give link a heart attack...ok

[@OkayestChemist]

Although I’m never going to be a speedrunner, I am SO fascinated by the teamwork, understanding of the game programming, and the skill it takes to execute a WR run that I will never not watch videos about speedruns.

[@robbinshood951]

Hello gamers, the day is December 15 2067, I have traveled back in time using memory and tech from twilight princess

[@justsomeguy892]

Is 2021 any better than 2020?

[@markusoreos.233]

Profile pic is kinda sus. Not gonna lie.

[@Killabun]

Red sus

[@Solrex_the_Sun_King]

@Unity is 2022 any better than 2020?

[@robbinshood951]

@@justsomeguy892 sorry man, I’ll I’m gonna say is beware the giant death robots

[@kylepotts6784]

Gymnast is so good at explaining speedrunning concepts. 10/10

[@monsterhunterayame4941]

I'd heard about the Back in Time glitch but I had no idea it was this diverse. Jeez

[@DidTheMarinersWin]

The entering Hylia's Realm early stream was one the coolest things I've seen on Twitch live. Honestly, all of the RBM research was super fun to watch play out.

[@echo2563]

"Back in time" really sounds like a stand. Especially when he describes how it can activate

[@RandomEevee]

killer queen

[@Izandaia]

holy shit Back In Time ABSOLUTELY sounds like a stand name ...I wonder what other speedrunning glitches/exploits/tricks work as stand names.

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

@@Izandaia How about "Heaven's Portal" in SM64DS?

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Include also the "Hell's Portal" in SM64DS

[@AR15ORIGINAL]

Now imagine the author of this video thinking of himself as one of the few speedrunners to have mastered both BitMagic and Reverse BitMagic... He's a Bit-Archmage!

[@rrawrshack9038]

I love how much context is given to the history behind each of the techniques! Great essay. This channel has been an extraordinary discovery. Although it makes sense how valuable this would be in a low% run, how different are the SS Low% runs before and after the discovery of this trick? In any case, fascinating how much Any% changed.

[@skel3tron]

Although I basically didnt understand anything he just explained, this is still pretty dang cool

[@MangoGoesOwO]

Frigging legend gym. I've heard you explain BiT so many times, and every time it just gets cooler and cooler. Love ya, keep up the great work

[@evan_mirDM]

People really do be playing Ocarina of Time in Skyward Sword

[@malikeths]

its so funny to me because the first part of this i actually accidentally encountered on my first playthrough as well, the falling into quicksand and pressing sth in panic and then ending up on the bridge, i remember being incredibly confused when i was a kid because i wasnt even aware there was such a thing as glitches in games haha

[@vaguelydeltarunethemedsocks]

Didn't even realize how invested I was in the vid until 16:57 when I gasped out loud like I was watching some kind of scifi drama. Great video!

[@PimStoit]

This channel provides such high quality content. Did I ever play any of the above mentioned games? Certainly not. Do I have any intention to speedrun anything? No. But learning about these game-breaking mechanics in a understandable matter from Lowest Percent's calm, yet passionate voice is simply great educational entertainment.

[@peterlynch9929]

Apparently, there’s a glitch like this in Ocarina of Time too. If you go up to Master Sword pedestal in the Temple of Time, the game freaks out and you become young Link

[@ZephyreSyx]

"the glitch, now known as 'Back in Time'" * Brain blasts Huey Lewis and the News *

[@SirLightfire]

TIL that Reverse BiTMagic doesn't refer to the bit* flags set by the scene action, but rather just Back in Time itself. * dunno if they actually use bit flags; it was just an assumption on my part

[@soyeahsauce]

I'm pretty sure they use hex

[@lachlanmcgowan5712]

I think it might be a deliberate double entendre between the two meanings of "bit".

[@mzxrules]

@@soyeahsauce hexadecimal is a way to display binary data.

[@acrid8952]

15:28 Shows that the flags are supposedly stored in the memory range 805A78D0-805A78DF, which obviously holds 16 bytes. Although, I'd guess that many of them are unused but still allocated to some random pointer for conveniance. Based on that, there would be 128 flags available.

[@58209]

i've heard BiT explained to me several times over the last couple years, and i finally realized the thing missing from all these explanations is clearly stating that the "title screen" you're traveling back to is itself a three-dimensional zone within the game with its own game data, and not a pre-rendered video. it still wasn't stated outright in this video, but the visual comparison between the original TP title screen and the BiT arbiter's grounds made it finally click for me. a lot of folks still assume that game sequences we don't have control over are pre-rendered, hence the confusion.

[@spacebothayden1514]

Amazing work, Gym. I've been following you, Linkus, and several other wonderful speedrunners in this community for awhile, and your dedication to finding cracks like this is stunning. Thank you all for providing endless entertainment.

[@B463L]

This is insane! Next thing you're gonna tell me is that Link can travel through time in the N64 games as well.

[@Bulblorb]

lol

[@chyuame]

Imagine if a certain paper mario game had something to do with it.

[@yamiru3417]

@@chyuame true...

[@InazaDX]

“Look what they need only to mimic a fraction of my power” -*OoT Link… Probably*

[@PatCatzz]

I just realized with how you described it at the beginning, the glitches discovery sounds like a creepypasta

[@Delveintohobby]

Inject speedrun history videos into my veins, I love this stuff

[@WolfWalrus]

I've been following Gym for a while and I'm always blown away by his combination of talent, ingenuity and modesty

[@BierBart12]

TIL that Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess both run on a modified Wind Waker game engine. Feels kinda wild

[@crazyone3494]

This bug in Twilight Princes was so powerful that it literally scrambled the hole code execution on the Wii to the point hackers managed to unlock the Wii

[@tomlaw8821]

Skyward Sword is so underrated it makes me sad. The first truest Link of them all. Also the most powerful having all of the pieces of the Triforce that you earn through the trials. Also Zelda's speech to Link before she freezes herself is the best scene in Zelda history for me. That game actually made you feel like a real Hero.

[@felixc543]

I agree- the story is great, the characters are very fun, and the art is gorgeous

[@glitchy9181]

i never knew that game even existed

[@seanvasquez523]

Dude It was that like one those games that I played when I was a kid but just forgot about about it. My story with this game was that I got this game in around December 2011 when I was like 6 years old but couldn't play It because young me thought that the Wii motion plus video meant the game was broken and I thought the music CD was the actual game. I was young alright, so because of this I couldn't play the game until a few months later when the game worked (possibly the video ended one time I booted it up). I then played it, enjoyed it, and then I didn't come back to the game for another two years until I learned about BiT. Then I came back to the game here and there and just gave up and went play other games instead and forgot about it. After I rediscovered the game after watching gyms streams in and around 2018 I became interested in SS again. My thoughts on it are that yes It's not the best zelda game I played I mean there are other games I liked more then SS. But overall I still enjoyed skyward sword now that I'm much older and even I didn't have a problem with the motion controls and other waggle events in the game when I was younger. Overall to me SS is a good game, I'm not saying that it's great or that it's the best zelda game ever. To me at least it's just good.

[@seanvasquez523]

But god I do love the glitches that the game has to offer. This is probably the best Zelda speedrun game I have ever seen and this just makes me like this game a little bit more.

[@WideMouth]

I actually like SS more than BotW.

[@cans2719]

the whole time i was wondering "why do i recognize that voice" then i heard "I'm gymnast86 with lowest percent"

[@scrapyarddragon]

man i knew that BIT was a heavy part of SS speedruns but I didn't know they found a door skip, thats pretty neato.

[@CaptDuty491]

Wow. I can't believe that a glitch that sents you back in time works in a game that has its story split in three due to a kid messing with time. Ironic.

[@jamesgraydon556]

I don’t understand how I can be this invested in this video without understanding a single word he is saying

[@maryse127]

That week when reverse bit magic was found had such hype streams, it was a lot of fun :)

[@pcou715]

Must have time travelled to be this early.

[@johnnyseffker7995]

Ya no kidding

[@pcou715]

@Windows98GamerYT Its uncreative and unuqnique, but I read all the comments when I clicked to make sure know one had posted it yet. If there is one it hadn't loaded.

[@Etoka]

Grookey moment

[@ScruffyGD]

@@pcou715 boomer idiot stolen comment moment man bruh

[@SoLongKingBowser]

I didn't know the lockpicking lawyer did speedrunning as well.

[@ngwoo]

Nothing on scene flag 1, bit of counter-rotation on 3...

[@mrsirinventor7307]

Lol underrated comment

[@mayawinkler9040]

I KNEW THIS VOICE REMINDED ME OF SOMEONE!

[@Calayna1]

Omg yes thank you I knew the voice was familiar LOL

[@cavalierliberty6838]

@@ngwoo binding on scene flag 4... and, the game is beat

[@itsl3489]

I love how a process of setting and deleting flags (one-bit-values) is called "Bit-Magic"

[@net-banshee]

damn i cant believe that going back in time in the back in time game makes you go back in time faster

[@clairekopenhafer8272]

Gymnast's voice over the music fading out at the end of the video is so serene

[@hekirb3382]

Not calling reverse BitMagic "BitScience" is a missed opportunity

[@concept8192]

sufficiently advanced bitscience is indistinguishable from bitmagic

[@dusty2366]

It would be amazing if we could talk to the game's programmers to get their take on how all of it works. That kind of information would be incredibly valuable.

[@JeRMRellum]

Honestly at this point I wouldn't be surprised if the speedrunning community knows more about the game's code than the actual developers.

[@drewdadew]

None of you actually realize how amazing this video is, the music selected is so perfect, and the fact that the narrator becomes the focus, and the discoverer, is just so cool. then "On Skyloft" part, I was like "wait, during BIT he gets off skyl-" (cuts to flying scene in the clouds) "YOOOOO he can find flag 62!" just such a great video, especially the end when your smirking at stream chat, knowing full well your cutting to the end of the game. Just amazing. well done.

[@jamic6107]

It's awesome how you manage to make those videos interesting even for someone like me who's not especially into speedrunning and who prefers "legit" (i.e. no-glitches) speedruns.

[@TallTapper]

ah yes, time traveling by quicksand, a classic

[@Opharg]

(Reverse) Bit Magic sounds like an awesome idea for a puzzle game. Or a secret part of a game that requires/encourages the use of tools (even if it's just spreadsheets of pen and paper) not inherent to the game itself. With the part of another game my first idea would go to World of Warcraft, which has seen a few secret puzzles over the last few years.

[@MattF_V3]

Video starts Me: "of course it's skyward sword"

[@mzxrules]

A funny thing about my discovery of BiT in Wind Waker was that a few days before I discovered BiT, someone found a minor sequence break in Forsaken Fortress that they decided to call Back in Time, even though it wasn't the same setup. I hated the name so much that one day I was just like fuck it, I'm finding the TP style BiT, so i get off IRC, turn my game on and after 30 minutes of attempts i hit it.

[@BaumMiner]

Definitley the best video explaining Back in Time( Bit), Bit Magic, and Reverse Bit Magic! I hope this gets watched by everyone who has now seen the agdq run.

[@bearlyawakeprogrammer]

The devs: Yep seems good to me A tester: So I killed the character while doing an attack animation, quickly paused the game and reset my console and that triggered a glitch The devs: 😐😐😡😐

[@jstmist]

Back in Time Really Sounds like this Guy just Developed a Stand from Playing Zelda

[@syifi9810]

In certain lands, we call this Ocarina of Time

[@elijahkeay3906]

I love this channel. It’s taking tons of KZbin speed runners I love watching and letting them make the interesting kind of speed run content that gets me excited. I already have known about most of the stuff showcased so far but the ways that they are explained thoroughly feels so good

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

Damn Link does not need ocarina no more, he wields the power of time travel by himself.

[@CoolMilkYT]

This doesn’t make any sense to me, I. LOVE. IT.

[@SchereGeist]

back to the future makes a whole lot more sence now :D

[@FreshGirl3000]

I didn't even realize until half way through that the game was in German lol. My brain was like "But you understand that. And you understand the voice that's talking. So it's obviously the same language."

[@bmendra2]

This channel is like the encyclopedia of speed running. Very informative and entertaining. I like getting all the backstories since everything just kind of flies by when you are watching speed runs themselves. Keep up the great content!

[@milktea3710]

i love gymnast’s voice. i’ve rewatched his videos but i would put them in as i sleep because it’s so relaxing

[@Martin-lf2fj]

Back in time? Huh, I thought that it would be called link to the past

[@Jason_Van_Stone]

😐

[@kiteracer]

OK. That’s enough cool videos. I relent, I subscribe.

[@LowestPercent]

❤️

[@RaynmanPlays]

OoT runners: "You guys are using glitches?" ...And MM. And Skyward Sword. And the Oracle games. Actually, are we sure that Back In Time isn't an intended feature?

[@bawesom4]

Majora's Mask literally contains an intended Back in Time lol

[@wizardsummoner9124]

BiT in OoT means something different, which often confuses people.

[@mzxrules]

@@wizardsummoner9124 When I think of BiT in OoT, I think of OoT3D's warp to the title screen, and the "Beta Quest" cheat code.

[@wizardsummoner9124]

@@mzxrules It just means going back in time and become a child again. It's used as an abreviation in routing, "BiT Bingo Goals" that require forest temple, that kind of stuff.

[@Savariable]

I was questioning who was voicing this until it hit me in the middle of his skyward sword section, because I've watched his videos on skyward sword! Honestly this channel is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING with all the people it has gotten to talk about topics they are passionate about related to speedrunning.

[@Nixitur]

This is a really engaging video. I love how it's not just dry facts and technical explanations of the glitch itself, but also a _story_ about the people who found and refined that glitch. It makes it super easy and interesting to follow. Really great job!