The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past by Xelna in

[@gamesdonequick]

Runner introduction starts at 0:05. Run starts at 0:22. JHobz interviews heyZeusHeresToast at 1:52:00. Couch commentary is provided by Angie, Screevo, and bluntbunny Sooraya is the host.

[@hope_and_love]

Loving the videos; I would have come to watch this earlier if the title said that it was low% one hit. I don't usually watch vanilla runs of this game but I'm glad I clicked on it anyway.

[@brundige47]

does angie stream?

[@brendanmorales4504]

"I'M DONATING FOR ALL THE GOOD IN THE WORLD AND A NO DEATH RUN!!" "..... I'm... donating for every death."

[@Simon0]

He's evil.

[@multiplegoblins]

This game has held up so well. For a game released in 1992, i would be happy with a new zelda game that looks like this. Nintendo did an amazing job. This was a great run of the game aswell, good commentary.

[@wupme]

Its one of those categories where i love the speedrun. You get to see a lot of the actual gameplay. I also love the soundeffects from the couch :D

[@flyingmindzofficial6891]

How the f did I actually never notice that the background of the timer is actually the timer in binary?!

[@thesterndragoon9159]

1:07:59 Unbeknownst to all, that Beamos would train hard and one day grow up to be the prototype used in the construction of the Guardians.

[@andracass20]

i never knew lttp was actually a survival horror game

[@mercamia]

Wait really?

[@pvzbronygodgaming8476]

@@DS-qj1ii How?

[@arieltabuzojr2434]

I think he's talking the run. Pretty scary because you'll die with just one hit. Thats horror.

[@sapphic_sophie]

34:50 “Save the frames, pay the animal.” Lmao

[@dbjb40]

one day i'll have enough disposable income to donate to speedruns like this

[@acatterz]

I’m a bit late to the party, but this is such a great category to watch! The runner did awesome in what feels like a really tense run a lot of the way through. A lot of categories of many games are so full of glitches and tricks that you really have to be a fan of that category to understand what’s going on or why some tricks are so difficult. But this OHKO run is so raw you can see how difficult it is with no knowledge of the game! Bravo!

[@bucky13]

Really enjoyed the vibe from these folks.. Great run!

[@katielynne]

Lol, the Legend of Xelna, one hit sends you to the past. That's not bad ^_^

[@AirshBornely]

By far my favorite game of all time and enjoyed the run too.

[@casualgamerdads3840]

Still one of the most memorable runs for me even after all these years

[@thomasb429]

My uncle had this at his house and id get to play when we visited...it took me weeks to compleate this games...seeing it done in under 2h and with this degree of hardness is mindblowing

[@janmatula1534]

i think any% wr is at like 1:30 (one minute and 30 seconds)

[@KleinerHermano]

Absolutely incredible run. Well done!!!

[@CG87343]

I watched the 100% run Xelna did back in September 2015 (online well after the fact that is) and it was absolutely amazing. Watching this one, I’m even more in awe. Absolutely awesome run, makes me wish I could be present at one of those speed runs. Link to the Past is bar none by favorite Zelda game.

[@nathanesau1]

this is super impressive to attempt (and pull off) in a marathon.

[@Sarnith]

Not even the one playing and my kids and I were cheering and going OH NO - NO NO NO NONO - YESSSSSSSS -- well done Xelna, was a great watch and hope to see more like this!

[@Hotsaucedeluxe]

25:30 That was intense.

[@jacobs3780]

Understatement of the year thus far haha

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

14:40 Well I suppose it's better then half the 3D ones where the item's main use is in that dungeon only and maybe as a "key" to 2-3 heart pieces outside of it. Seriously all the items this game are so fucking useful outside of the dungeon you get them in also. Bow: Ranged weapon. Power Gloves: Rocks can be used as a decent strength weapon in addition to moving ones blocking key areas. Moon Pearl: It's automatic, so no need to worry about it. Hammer: Super fucking useful for tons of shit, especially in the randomizer. Hookshot: Cuts down on walking/running and can be used to stun in addition to unlocking new areas. Fire Rod: Instant-kills most enemies from range. Titans Mitt: Really the only exception since it doesn't add anything to the power glove besides unlocking a few areas. Blue Mail: Passive damage reduction. Cane of Somaria: Admittedly this is mostly for puzzle solving, but they put the puzzles everywhere after you get it, can be used as a weapon if needed. Mirror Shield: Passive shield upgrade. Red Mail: More passive damage reduction. I mean compare it to things like the Rod of Dominion, Wind Waker Mirror Shield, or the Spinner (admittedly fun, but never viable for anything save a couple puzzles) among others.

[@stephen_irl]

hey it's me i'm the talky guy in the middle.

[@Xbob42]

How could you? I was trying to watch this run in complete silence, as I always do!

[@NormalLunk]

I can respect that.

[@Lionimia]

Great job commentating!

[@RoundShades]

Bluntbunny sure is... blunt, huh.

[@DrumstickFL]

Talkboy DeLuxe

[@Krubanosuke]

The lady on the couch has the best reactions! I thoroughly enjoyed this run. I hope to be a part of GDQ one day.

[@cocomunga]

To be fair, most attacks done against Link in this game would kill a person. Bats and Rats wouldn’t, but getting bitten by a giant worm, and getting blasted with a giant red laser would kill a person.

[@Mephiles343]

Or getting impaled by a blade,Or trident

[@txoptimusbob]

Been waiting many days to have this uploaded

[@eggsack]

Absolute favorite Zelda game

[@AlanNess]

The announcer’s voice is so so soothing~

[@chrismilton3240]

Anyone know who she is?

[@smaller_cathedrals]

@@chrismilton3240 She's credited as "Sooraya"

[@slickbricknick123]

This run live was so goddamn intense.

[@SixWingZombi]

That Moldorm fight tho

[@pianoman021]

Special thanks to H. John Benjamin for joining the couch. Your voice is always welcome ;)

[@Platanov]

My buttcheeks were definitely not ready for this.

[@WereDictionary]

did you lose your shit?

[@irocc]

When you play 200cc for the first time..

[@BobberTheWiseYTP]

Wish I had a cheeky reply

[@JaredMLG]

I love speedruns, ever since i watched this channel

[@nomukun1138]

The proper response to a bad M. C. Hammer joke is "Oh my Lord."

[@noahbrown9923]

Thank you, for blessing me

[@mariano3716]

It makes me say

[@LevantineR1]

35:20 I had no idea the hitbox on the sword beam was so precise.

[@RoundShades]

Did they do a 1 hit run, on the only version of the game that allows you to be hit in locked animation? That backfired like a rusty blunderbuss, i see. That comeback in the second fight tho.

[@stephen_irl]

No, any version of the game will let you get hit and die out of the death mountain cutscene. This version, however, does allow you to get hit after falling in a hole. The other benefits to running on japanese 1.0 vastly outweight that one negative, however.

[@Yujin4757]

Love this game...

[@spentchicken]

Man not getting hit in thief town boss is amazing

[@blainefrickenchapman]

Playing rando makes me panic everytime he skips a chest!

[@benrager429]

“A few minutes of abject terror”? Rough translation: comeplete butt clencher of a fight.

[@robotsturm6488]

That speed run is more scarier than any modern horror movies

[@BlinddragonsLair]

I'm gonna be miffed if I look up his streams and he doesn't call his fanbase "Xelots"

[@DrCorndog1]

Wow, that Ganon fight was something.

[@justjoe19]

Cafe Colonial in Sacramento? I thought that place closed down. Did it reopen?

[@erichzaun4168]

Great run!! The dude on the couch said at one point that trinexx can’t be defeated in this run without the hammer, but that’s untrue. I did it not knowing I could use the hammer. Haha

[@marmaduketemple7570]

Where is Andy, did he dieded?

[@Reeykz]

Apparently he was attending, no idea where he was during this run though

[@steves9539]

Andy has been doing randomizer lately.

[@Motorrad-Auf-YouTube]

If I would not lay in my bed I would be at the edge of my seat. This is so intense to watch.

[@purple_roy2190]

First Zelda game i ever played

[@jwt27]

What's with the hex numbers that pop up in the top-right corner?

[@askthepizzaguy]

This is undeniably exciting especially once in the Dark World. Tower of Hera onward, really.

[@SethWilson]

I’ve been watching too much rando, this is almost alien to me. Still AMAZING though.

[@VileLasagna]

I was just about to make the exact same comment, except I've also been playing a lot of rando. So it's "wow, this game had textboxes?" and "Oh yeah... they don't need to go to Kakariko..."

[@ano1nymus1]

Seth Wilson So true. when they got the boots, I was like: "Why are they getting the boots in low% when they might not be required?"

[@trbr6705]

Same, where is the Metroid items?

[@Chadius]

Me: HOW DOES HE KNOW WHERE THE BIG KEY IS??? Oh right, vanilla layout.

[@megakidicarus4647]

@@Chadius ME: why is he not going down the left hole in Skull Woods?

[@3-gunjack368]

24:52 MonkaS

[@ryuhi987]

How does this get turned into a 1 hit KO? It is a setting that I am simply not aware of being selected at the game start?

[@captainker]

Typically a rom hack

[@kenny31000]

it a rom hack

[@dhxmg]

Pretty sure it's a rom hack

[@ISouICryI]

It's a setting in the randomizer

[@pernox4148]

Guess it's a romhack setting

[@HadienReiRick]

6:12 "Rats are only supposed to turn counter clockwise unless they run into something" ...last rat in the middle of the last sewer room turns clockwise

[@stephen_irl]

yeeeep. i misspoke; meant to just say “clockwise.” oops!

[@alexanderadams9008]

I have so many beautiful memories of this game, every few years I play through it. Shout out the the butt cheeks above every cave inside doorway

[@LepidoliteMica]

w_hat the fuck_ Okay, that new tech is setting off alarm bells in my mind; this game is my childhood and _how can it break so confusingly?_

[@johnk6123]

The noises the girl makes during the end of that Moldorm fight haha

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

"Hallmark of the 2D Zeldas, get an item and make you use it." What? The 3D ones are no different save BotW.

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

most impressive

[@speedhacked_]

1:14:35 What an icebreaker

[@1313eable]

No, icebreaker is a glitch that is done with a cane of somaria block in Ice Palace.

[@littleg5664]

Dude, I'm so twitchy from Rando. I think I actually forgot how to play the Vanilla game.

[@jasonjuneau]

8:09 worst guard ever! Also the ice rod works great on the Desert Palace boss.

[@nate3487]

Are faeries alowed in this run?

[@hirumaryuei]

Low% doesn't allow bottles, so no.

[@doomswell]

Trinexx is actually possible with Master Sword, no extra magic, without hammer but it takes near frame-perfect spin-attacks and follow up slashes. I did it in my own Low% because I didn't know hammer was stronger... Wasn't a 1HKO run either, lol. If anyone is inspired to try Low% themselves though, I recommend half magic and mirror shield anyways, at least for a practice run. Half magic not only for Trinexx but includes Magic Powder for some helpful healing, and Mirror Shield because it barely matters except for the minor but annoying laser skips you see in this video.

[@stephen_irl]

Low% wouldn't allow for half magic or mirror shield, but it would be a good way to practice the master sword fights if you don't have the practice hack available.

[@middox239]

13:10 IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HIT TO THE PAST, WE WERE ON THE VERGE OF GLORY THERE

[@Nightmare200X]

not enough andy and patty.

[@GwynnFyrion]

Good lord that Muldorm 1 fight was fucking intense.

[@nickcarroll8565]

Is this a rom hack or a glitch to get the one-hit KO?

[@stephen_irl]

A romhack.

[@stephen_irl]

@@Eyedunno A romhack

[@johnk6123]

A romhack

[@zxtury]

I missed this run and finally is here!!

[@mikle9011]

One of my favorite runs. Super butt clinch the whole run!😝🤙

[@burning1rr]

1:31:55 That was an ice boss kill.

[@dowingba]

You don't need silver arrows to beat Ganon?

[@stephen_irl]

Nope! You can spin attack ganon just as he warps away in phase 4.

[@bradencosier80]

Is it still low percent when he picked up heart containers? Not that they do anything in a one hit run, but they still count towards completion.

[@drurywalker]

They went over it in the run, but the heart containers can't be skipped, even in low%. I believe this is because the crystals/pendants won't drop unless you pick them up.

[@SnailBeam]

Required pickups for progression in this game

[@Vi-fw8zn]

they didn't really flesh out what low% means at the beginning, idk if they did later. but what low% means as little item collection as possible to complete the game, and in LTTP, collecting the boss heart containers is required to progress, you can't get the crystals/pendants without doing so

[@stephen_irl]

As explained during the run, the game will not progress post boss kill unless you grab the heart. Only Zelda game you can’t skip them in.

[@Mediocaliente19]

You need to pick it up in order to finish the temple.

[@garnett5776]

I love it

[@CMF412]

during that second aganim fight it looked like there were no blue balls, what gives

[@johnb9523]

is Xelna the best at this game?

[@rajahSufiji]

Yes.

[@mtxrules]

I remember being able to beat this 100% in 6 hours back when it first came out. Before speed runs were even a thing. This is absolutely crazy to see this done in this speed Haha. Very cool!

[@loucyphs7447]

Sooraya is best host

[@siberianbull9]

Before clicking I honestly thought this was a Rando run.

[@CaptainJonjovi]

To this day, I had no idea you didn't need the Silver arrows to beat Ganon.

[@davedupre2600]

Otacon464 No, you can beat Ganon without them.

[@OverseerMoti]

My first time clearing this game was without silver arrows. Pretty hard, but manageable.

[@kyoopihd]

Hahahaha... Angie's reactions to the near-deaths are priceless.

[@MartinGarcia-ym3ec]

Xelna the best master

[@ArtoPekkanen]

The legend of Xelna: A one hit kill to the past :D

[@QuantaSolace]

I remember playing this again for the first time in ages on my 3DS. I abused the crap out of the save states for the Ganon fight because I was dying to him way too many times. I can't imagine doing this on 1-hit KO and not abusing save states.

[@ArturBriones]

can anyone explain me why they are mentioning bloodborne so much?

[@wasdasoos6552]

when the donation count reaches a certain point, another game will be done quick, in that case bloodborne

[@ArturBriones]

@@wasdasoos6552 thanks!

[@Linkenfant]

W O W

[@Femkroner]

Sure thiiing! - Robot

[@scotthartley518]

I thought Zallard1's blindfold Super Punch Out run in 2014 was the best run ever.... Until now... I am completely speechless on the mad skill it took to complete this run. Well done Xelna!!

[@kyoopihd]

For a good pants-wetting time: 25:45

[@PsychokoreUndergroundRap]

Xelna da god

[@softcentered]

XELNA IS A GOD

[@ZOMGItsDAF]

Played this through for the first time recently. This run was ultra impressive, and made me feel bad about myself. =/

[@1JAM229]

1:07:20 Stolen joke from Nintendo Power magazine?

[@HansPeterLiebeskraft]

Next one: One-Hit-KO, Swordless, Item Randomizer

[@Cyrx686]

Swordless? What is that?

[@narrativematters4100]

@@Cyrx686 You avoid picking up the sword, which forces you to do some truly absurd things to manipulate the map.

[@narrativematters4100]

Here's someone running it at GDQ: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoTOo35mYqp8jLs

[@dowingba]

I love Angie's reactions.

[@Dr_Dumptruck]

Caleb is not impressed Kappa

[@matthewfulghum1438]

The real Dark Souls apparently starts here

[@luth7050]

46:06 holy fk D:

[@TechnoL33T]

I love the way the girl on the couch gets excited. XD

[@tiosulfate6492]

The Legend of Xelna is back to kick some Ganon's butt !

[@jimmywangerow2238]

Can someone explain why the game text is in a different language?

[@ryanchase9332]

Japanese scrolls faster, and the Japanese version allows for certain glitches.