The Wind Waker Tool-Assisted Speedrun in

Stream reveal for informal commentary
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A tool-assisted speedrun does not use cheats/hacks to speed up gameplay, so any comments claiming this will be removed. Everything you see can be theoretically done on any Gamecube/Wii with any controller.
To read more about what a TAS is read here: www.tasvideos.o...
An example TASing session at the end of making this project:
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Timing starts at selecting the file. Timing ends when sword strikes Ganondorf's head.
This project represents the better part of a year's worth of hard work. I hope you enjoy what this game has to offer.
A few notes:
-Fadeout from doors is removed via hack. This is done to give a more enjoyable viewing experience during periods where I perform glitches with doors. Without the hack the game would go grey and you would be able to see nothing. The hack does not provide any advantages whatsoever.
-The tingle tuner cannot be displayed. The current support for using a GBA emulator for TASing is very limited. The tingle tuner used was built ground up for this TAS. It ignores incoming requests (such as map information) and only sends commands (like red ting healing or tingle balloon). Not having to emulate incoming requests makes TASing with the tingle tuner viable and easier to work with, but at the cost of not being able to display the GBA screen.
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Learn to TAS or speedrun this game at:
www.zeldaspeedr...
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[@swordshark3903]

man my memory of this game must be pretty bad because i forgot that link was the boat

[@kingofbleh]

Best fucking comment.

[@hugodl9073]

Sword Shark I can already predict that people won't realize it's a joke

[@Broockle]

Step right up and ride the Hero of Time Yar har har har..... we have fun

[@TheNja09]

Sword Shark it's his day off

[@Wtahc]

goat*

[@vourok]

Supposedly, electrons move so quickly that they can be in two places at once and even bump into themselves. The same principle also seems to apply to little boys swimming across the ocean.

[@onemonkeyboy8225]

vourok you sir, are a comedian

[@Laenthor]

vourok applying science always gives a comedic effect XD

[@zekeram129]

vourok A Link to Light Speed

[@ERROR24016]

@@zekeram129 or, a Link to Quantum Mechanics.

[@ronansmith9148]

I think I saw 3 of him, maybe 4.

[@maddogminecraft2938]

"Who needs boats" *starts thermonuclear reaction with quantum twin and teleports across ocean*

[@scarletsunrise6436]

Q: How long does it take for a boy at sea to get to an island 35 miles away when his boat travels at 7mph? A: The boy arrives instantaneously by getting out of his boat and swimming backwards at the speed of light.

[@ukemi-]

if d=r/t (d is distance, r is rate, t is time), to find t you must divide by r to undo it. d/r=t, which if substituted, would be 35/7=t. I don't remember taking 5 hours just to get to an island

[@staircaseofkneecaps783]

i skipped five minutes to pass the intro and we were on windfall. what

[@Stryder7x]

Really nice work, words can't express how much fun I had watching this!

[@b1gandch33sy]

Fancy meeting one of my regular speed runners/glitch hunters that I watch all the time on this random video! Recently pretty much all I watch anymore is speed runs, can't get enough of them lol.

[@rickjames5998]

yeah wow, stryder is amazing

[@GreenDeLeBean]

Oh dang stryder is here, it must be lit

[@bugchewer]

WHAT? ! A SPEED RUNNER WATCHING A SPEED RUN? ! PREPOSTEROUS! BLASPHEMY!

[@lonkster]

Stryder7x get back to paper mario

[@reverendshifty535]

My favorite bit is when Link turns into two fried eggs and starts going at mach speed across the sea.

[@plasma9706]

Reverend Shifty Boats are for fucking losers. *zips across ocean*

[@thehermit8618]

Plasma More like: **QUANTUM LEAPS THROUGH THE VERY FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME CREATING AN EXTRADIMENSIONAL ANOMALY THAT PROPELS HIM AT SPEEDS BEYOND HUMAN COMPREHENSION*

[@Bleesotron]

Well, this seems like a normal enough run. I wonder when the TAS-ness will start... 05:35 There it is.

[@Electroudon2006]

Link used Surf! Link used Double Team! Link used Extreme Speed!

[@onemonkeyboy8225]

Electroudon it's... well he is already across the great sea

[@cylnder]

@@DSLink The opposing Logic fainted!

[@sleepytrout]

"Hehehe, how's he gonna kill the Chu-Chus on the Deku Tree without a swor-"

[@Ay-Ka]

He just use technique called storage 11:38

[@nileprimewastaken]

@@Ay-Ka r/woooosh

[@cursedred_]

@@Ay-Ka r/woooosh

[@SquidPartyDude]

@@Ay-Ka r/woooooosh

[@KindlTAS]

@@SquidPartyDude It's wOOOOsh with 4 O's

[@nebbii]

42:28 fucking dying

[@Ezixea]

nebbii lmao

[@Megrowing]

nebbii This man was doing something he should have done at the beggining of this run

[@lemonke8132]

nebbii lolllll

[@superd3gamer]

Hey, my name is Link, and welcome to Jackass. *Jackass theme plays*

[@TheUltimateRare]

cool guys don't look at explosions~

[@randomviewer896]

Jesus, that superswimming thing is just as potent as Mario 64's BLJ

[@bugchewer]

Source engine's ABH is a lot more "potent" in my opinion but I can see how fucking ridiculous superswimming is. Like, you're actually a twelve year old kid moving at 100kph through the sea backwards. Side note, just noticed that a lot of speedrunning tactics involve jumping or swimming backwards...

[@ForcepsDelivery]

how is abh more potent than blj that lets you access the 4th dimension in 3d game?

[@bugchewer]

I meant vs superswimming cus there's no sodding way it's faster than that shit

[@dromulus18]

it looks like link enters a quantum superposition in which he can see himself swimming in front of him

[@Jeahy.]

Just theese small puns you implement into your run like in 1:05:02 show how much you like to put some time into entertaining others. Background movie explosion link hype

[@thinkingfubuki]

How to conduct with the Wind Waker: *Wave your hands wildly*

[@General12th]

Medli: Cool, you have the Wind Waker! Link: Let me conduct for you! **seizure** Medli: Uh... okay. **plays perfectly** I call hacks.

[@asup759]

1:31:00 - 1:32:00 would be fun to show to someone not familiar with TWW speedruns

[@MK.5198]

honestly that single minute is a pretty good summary of the entire run.

[@McNugNug255]

danny I had a good time watching that minute

[@TheUltimateRare]

my headcanon is that Link got revived by the volcano itself.

[@kestrel2986]

46:40 I like to imagine that the king of red lions was just watching this little kid fly onto this mountain, blow a hole in the side of it, then proceeds to enter the mountain passing by saying "I could do that if I wanted to"

[@Komali09]

Who does he think he is kidding? He can’t even fly like Link can

[@librariviera4581]

30:38 - 31:24 I'm dead.

[@tavernierdimitri6797]

Seeing this link flying at the end of the cinematic killed me XD

[@kamalkali2080]

TAVERNIER Dimitri à

[@maplebobo9862]

Libra Riviera Link moving in the cinematic while holding a bomb was pure comedy

[@Doudoussin]

Libra Riviera It looks like some YTP

[@SaurusTheKing]

Libra Riviera 31:02 when Link climbs up into the monster is what got me

[@gomitasad]

TAS be like "Steps to beat Wind Waker: 1.- Beat Ganondorf 2.- Get Telescope from sister 3.- ??? 4.- Profit"

[@sonicdudeatdawn2]

5. Eat dinner

[@IDM4Sunlights]

1:59:53 I love it when TASers just have fun like that XD

[@ikanarabbit]

Saaammee!!

[@GMWR_TES]

SAAAAAAAAAME

[@cursedred_]

Yea same

[@Kumquat_Lord]

I've seen regular speed runners do that too

[@Abahbob]

We've finally made it.

[@ExperienceLOS7713]

I literally worship you.

[@samb.6579]

*How it feels to chew 5 gum*

[@saltygames1395]

Sam Booher *_starts to super swim_*

[@thehermit8618]

SaltyGames13 *s t i m u l a t e y o u r s e n s e s*

[@Laenthor]

The most cancerous Of memes oh now I need to edit a video with this

[@sply2927]

Best comment ever

[@Pop4484]

Sorry is this is a dumb question but whats What It Feels Like To Chew 5 Gum?

[@RealClassixX]

I will continue to believe in Barrier skip. I will continue to believe in 0x A presses any%. After Palace Skip, everything is possible.

[@jojo0753]

Classix well done

[@JManTheOddball132]

It might be out dated, but this TAS is so funny and well done. Thanks for taking the extra time to make it an enjoyable watching experience!

[@hidanyul]

This is actually the most entertaining run I have seen. I fucking love this

[@phazondude117]

My favorite part of TAS's like these are the comments putting the timestamps of their favorite glitch and quoting something funny as fuck XD

[@ERROR24016]

is that the only thing we have in common?

[@MrSherbert]

1:19:49 crab shirt, then hero's clothes

[@MrMrMojo]

Apparently there was a wardrobe in that doorway.

[@MrSherbert]

yeah

[@newsupermariobros.uworldla5626]

needs to get ready quick for his date with Ganon, didn't even have time to feed the bird

[@laser5317]

46:30 going fast, going fast, HOLY SHIT HE'S FLYING

[@ericicu]

Wow. This is the first time I watch a full Wind Waker video. Long sailing parts didn't sound very sexy to watch. How foolish I was. This was by far the best video of my Zelda-life. So many mind fuck. Great work here. Bravo!

[@McNugNug255]

1:18:30 aliens

[@sgtmuffinz5564]

a round of applause for the time spent on this

[@Lord_of_commencement]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@YokusaHHart]

King of Hyrule: Link, do you recognize my voice? It is I, the King of Red Lions. Link: Who?

[@iLuke182]

I have a boat, but it's quicker to swim

[@gizoginjr]

Boats are overrated.

[@MeteorSmash]

2:46:21 And then Link proceeded to beat the shit out of Ganondorf.

[@kevinofthesharingan9600]

Holy shit Link didn't just stab ganondorf in the head he slaughtered him.

[@GMWR_TES]

42:24 Link breaks the 4th wall

[@PEACEWALKER1992]

42:25 Hahaha this guy doesn't need the Selfie Feature in the Wii U Version, he can do it on his own xD

[@thenamesmichael7335]

PEACEWALKER he’s like yes bitch I killed this monster

[@Tamonrae]

So let me see if I have this straight. Link can vibrate himself so quickly that quantum effects mean he is now in two places at once. Link and Quantum Duplicate Link resonate off each other with such intense amounts of kinetic force that merely ceasing said vibration propels him to SR-71 Blackbird speeds. He has to do it in the water because it's a necessary buffer. If he did it in the open air, he'd escape the planet's gravitational pull and fly off into space. I would say his body shouldn't be able to withstand all this, but given how many times he deliberately blows himself up and shrugs it off, I don't even know anymore...

[@atk3001YT]

Intro skip 5:33

[@dr3ddy]

mvp right here

[@atk3001YT]

:D

[@ExperienceLOS7713]

Damn you should do speedruns man

[@b1gandch33sy]

But the beginning cut scene and song it makes you listen to/watch is great D:

[@Christopher80611]

1:16:17 wtf are you doing 😂😂

[@Minty_Meeo]

I JUST REALIZED THAT THE SAGE SONGS WERE SWITCHED AT THE ALTARS WHERE YOU LEARN THEM

[@tr0gd0r0090]

I've been waiting for over a year for someone to point that out. Nice job spotting it.

[@cursedred_]

I think I’ve noticed it when this video 1st came out. Just didn’t pointed out cause i probably wasn’t logged in

[@Minty_Meeo]

Since past me didn't leave a timestamp: 1:29:31 and 1:33:16

[@Trint3e]

18:49 I imagine the Moblins transporting Link aaaaaall the way to the Forsaken Fortress.

[@Ryan-gl8ez]

Link has the worst case of hydrophobia I've ever seen.

[@thecountercounter9127]

ikr, he hates whater so much that he has to go light speed across it cuz he doesnt wanna touch it

[@milkishealthy9662]

i don't get it. Can someone please explain to me 3:42 to 2:57:54?

[@niklaspfafenrot9111]

MILK IS HEALTHY he Beated the game

[@inimitac]

Genius

[@bradstover2691]

Boy learns how to swim at the speed of light.

[@thealmanancy9020]

Boy swims at speed of light, walks through walls, and cockblocks giant birds.

[@Komali09]

Magic

[@Shooopuf]

1:54:22 wtf this jump

[@websterbrown3810]

WOW!?! HOW THE HELL DID HE DO THAT????

[@omgcat44]

pretty sure he used storage to store the action of the springboard then when he ended storage it activated the super jump, and he jumped really high

[@superdude8857]

Shooopuf I know I’m years late, but basically, the game unloads things that are off screen. He abuses that so that while the spring pushed down, he makes it go off screen (why he uses the bow). Then he goes to where he wants to jump and when he rotates the camera towards the spring and it loads again, it realizes it never made link jump and then does the jump. Sorry about the super long comment but I couldn’t make the explanation too much shorter

[@blu2194]

I love the swimming, it was my favorite part not gonna lie xD

[@matiaszuran3730]

5:32 "Look, big brother... From now, you'll have to wear this green suit..."

[@chrisramer3511]

lol 1:39:15 Medli: Wtf are you doing, Link?! Link: "Gotta go fast!"

[@tamthuong101]

Chris Ramer Medli: Should I be worried about this? King of Red Lions: No he does this all the time.

[@ExperienceLOS7713]

It looks like Ganondorf's sword reads "fuck" at 1:20:54. Or "f4chan"...

[@zekeram129]

27:28 Link has gone cross-eyed due to excessive Tingle Tuning.

[@windwaker0rules]

when Miyamoto was dreaming up zelda, he envisioned this

[@j4nnis526]

2:41:35 why did you drop 2 bombs? Was it because you wanted to manipulate RNG or for the swag?

[@tr0gd0r0090]

those bombs push me slightly to the left, which puts me in better position for blowing up the pot up top.

[@redjarman]

So even if you know where the triforce pieces are, they don't actually spawn until tingle deciphers the maps?

[@tr0gd0r0090]

Unfortunately yes. Fun fact though is the developers were aware of this and made a little easter egg if you tried it. You'll end up grabbing a broken brown urn and Link acts all disappointed. Pretty funny.

[@Pesie920]

TrogWW so they know TAS cool

[@augustackerman9404]

link must really want dinner...

[@TrainDevil]

Boats? Fuck that

[@user-rs2gv4vk1g]

10:58 Link runs backward up a mountain

[@kb0sslol]

Four months to do 3 hours of commentary? Is the commentary going to be frame perfect or something? lol

[@MetalOnMetal]

Oh. My. GOD ! I stopped watching TWW's speedruns because, controller in hand, everything just seems to be optimisation for now. This TAS is killing everything ! My knowledge of super swim are low... Please, can someone explain me how is it possible to perform super swim without storing ?

[@distilledink7135]

Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure what they do is rotate the control stick 180 degrees every frame so that Link builds up that ridiculous speed.

[@MetalOnMetal]

Ok, thanks !

[@johnfire4781]

Unfortunately, from my limited understanding of superswimming: -Superswimming is different in a TAS compared to a controller in hand run and -The only way to superswim without storing is to push the control stick in opposite directions once every frame, meaning that it's physically impossible for a human to superswim like a TASbot would.

[@DarkLordIceCream]

Distilled Ink hello!!! i am an info fairy here to inform you that the 180 degree stick inputs are every other frame and not every frame! that means a rate of 10 inputs per sec with a 3 frame cycle instead of 15 inputs per sec with a 2 frame cycle (with the game running at 30 fps!) it's still an incredibly fast rate either way, and it's basically straight up impossible for humanity's fragile and slow, controller-wielding hands without pause buffering (which makes it possible but still hard as fuck!) now that I've performed my duty as a harbinger for my fairy goddess of getting everybody educated, i'll take my leave! later champ! have a wonderful time if that's what keeps you going! i would say "have a wonderful time" and leave it there but i don't want to impose on your lifestyle because that's lame! i mean it seems like some people just love to be miserable and if they're fine with that why should I try to force my fairy happy times dust (that sounds like drugs haha and i guess they can be drugs if you want them to be!!!) on them if they won't accept my good wishes!? :) well i ended up going on a little tangent there but i'll see you later maybe on the internet battlefield buddy! fairy army corporal creamy smith over and out!

[@MetalOnMetal]

Thank you and John ;)

[@tabbyteacat]

21:13 Link has no knowledge that Aryll got captured...

[@thinkingfubuki]

Using the boat is obviously the slowest way to get around a game consistent of sailing, says speedrunners.

[@FishamanP]

Still waiting for the commentary!

[@tr0gd0r0090]

been on hold as I move to a new place. Just got my stream/recording setup done so I'll be able to get it finished soon :)

[@ElusiveEllie]

Good shit, can't wait! The VoD was pretty good but the quality left a lot to be desired. Hope to see it up soon!

[@vinbone]

But you said this 3 weeks ago lol. Now we know you're just being lazy. Give your fans what they want commentary doesn't take that long you just have to record for like 3 hours and it isn't like anyone cares what you talk about they just want to hear some commentary in general.

[@rickjames5998]

what is VoD

[@free_muffin]

Rick James video on demand basically twitch's way of streaming videos that have already been live streamed

[@DemonlordHatty]

Can't wait to see what amazing shit people will pull out for breath of the wild

[@zekeram129]

So what if we already have flying machines made with mine carts? I just want to see Link Super-glide, in which he creates an atomic clone of himself and zooms across hyrule at such great speeds he stabs through Hyrule Castle, killing Calamity Ganon instantly and dropping Zelda to the ground from the evil cocoon, and then proceeds to, while trying to land, yank the Master Sword at a force at which not even it could keep it from coming out, and then crash into a Lynel (killing it instantly) at the Elding Great Skeleton.

[@sarcastic_slob]

sooo.... did he make it to dinner?

[@plasma9706]

Sarcastic slob Really, really fucking early, but yes.

[@sarcastic_slob]

Plasma Nice, was worried that he missed it for a sec

[@lucky5311]

Lmao I didn't even have to wait 2 seconds before the game broke 10/10

[@DrWaa]

who needs boats when you have SUPER SWIM! (for the low low price of... no boat. and all your rupees)

[@AidenMacIver]

LOZ:WW [TAS] Or as it should be called Around the world in 80 frames :D

[@Bioniclema90]

Link used Double Team!

[@reMCsolaar]

I just watched this entirely, that's freakin genius. The most amazing superswim (to my mind) : 1:15:50

[@Trogdorbad]

Good username/10

[@Bogan360dude]

Lol playing during cutscenes, that's hilarious.

[@mateopolanco213]

as someone that's is new to this, WHAT IS GOING ON!?!?!

[@thearcane2]

basically start here if you are interested: www.zeldaspeedruns.com/tww/Techniques/superswim

[@LightShady]

If you haven't yet, watch some TAS of ssbm. fucking incredible

[@jay9384]

He just vibrates to victory?

[@OrangMario]

LINK used *DOUBLE TEAM!*

[@乃優-o2c]

マジですごい！全て最適化されています。 抜け目無いですね。。 感動しました！

[@edmundlewandowski4189]

This game is so so broken

[@shadoexperamint]

Edmund Lewandowski no they had to brake it it runs normal if you play it normally.

[@davidchopin6583]

Whenever I played it growing up it seemed super non-glitchy

[@mitchmayhem549]

35:35 last I checked, that tune doesn’t give you the power of levitation

[@ronansmith9148]

He learned the song, than the bomb killed him, so he did a trick called "zombie hovering" to gain height. he used the tingle tuner to heal.

[@the_knees_bees]

Ronan Smith Woosh

[@zekeram129]

11:40 And here we see the Hero of Winds, performing his day job of herding ChuChu acne through a wall.

[@Blackyboi39]

1:16:10 I was literally just texting one message and I have no fucking idea how you got to the boss xD gotta watch that again :D

[@Rainbowalpacas]

I laughed so hard at the end of the Gohma fight.

[@AmaroqStarwind]

Somebody should make a new TAS now that we have a new version of Barrier Skip

[@adrianhdz138]

18:37 How could you cheat the game like that? 🤣🤣 How crazy!!!! Whatever Moblin you face without having a sword teleports you to the Forsaken Fortress's prison 🤣🤣 42:36 Ya déjalo ya está muerto 1:59:53 en fin cosas de TASes

[@TimoKanal]

All these INSANE tricks, glitches and superswims... and Barrier skip is still not possible?! NotLikeThis

[@Mima_the_vengeful_spirit]

barrier skip is available in HD version

[@wompastompa3692]

why's the third pirate invisible in the saving sister cutscene in ff2?

[@TheXenmax]

due to the order in which he comletes objectives

[@lifeiaskedfor]

bc there wasnt pirates in final fantasy 2

[@MK.5198]

Gonzo is gone-zo.

[@udczoey]

In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker watch as Link bends reality and splits himself between alternate dimensions in order to swim with ease.

[@chitownsuperfan]

1:54:21 WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!!?!?!??

[@Tustin2121]

I want to know this as well. He did some sort of Metroid jump?!

[@TheEssentialHughJazz]

I'm no expert, but I think he used storage to store the animation from the iron boots spring (which you will notice he sidejumped off of before the trigger a few seconds ago), interacted with the chest but skipped its cutscene (I think that also has something to do with storage) and then somehow triggered the spring jump animation when he was at the wall

[@KatDiedAgain]

1:00:17 fuck ME, what are all these collateral shots??

[@teckworks]

This run was a treat from start to finish. Wonderful job~

[@bleikur_]

this has been one of my favorite videos since the day it was uplaoded

[@4876531]

5:33 You're Welcome

[@keklekekle1114]

Now youre probably wondering why we are building so much speed, but first, let me talk about paralel universes. i mean zipping across the map

[@Thorn773]

So many seizure warnings are needed

[@hadalio]

Most of the run: what the fuck just happened

[@Minty_Meeo]

I would like to bring special attention to 49:07 where link give no fucks to Cyclos and his stupid cyclone.

[@TimoKanal]

Why not do these strats RTA? Kappa

[@rickjames5998]

2:41:33 Soooo No one will comment how Zelda is just waiting for link on a big bed. The 2 of em. Alone.

[@c87_archive]

Haha that getting caught by the things in the sub to tp to FF was genius.

[@throwaway1743]

One of the most entertaining TASes I've seen. Fantastic work.

[@Fireblaze3127]

Marry me

[@inpetussp00n68]

AWSOME! Great to see one of my favorite games get broken like this!

[@ukemi-]

47:05 KORL: Oh, Hi Link! I found a hole here after I heard giant booms from this direction. Link: Little help pls?

[@mav3rick413]

Abuse the leaf. ABUSE IT.