Yoshi's Story by Dan Salvato in

Runner introduction starts at 0:00
Run starts at 2:36
Commentary is provided by carlsagan42 and wolsk
Jaypeg is host
This speedrun was recorded during Summer Games Done Quick 2024, a week long charity speedrun marathon raising money for Doctors Without Borders. Summer Games Done Quick 2024 is just one of the many charity marathons organized by Games Done Quick. For more information on Summer Games Done Quick 2024, find us at: gamesdonequick.com/
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[@maxschwitzer9390]

>go on KZbin >gdq has begun! >larl sagan on the couch >yoshis story being played >only find out later that this man made ddlc What a legend

[@Ashragi]

He made DDLC He also made FrankerFaceZ. He also made 20XX which is basically the only way Smash Bros Melee is played in tournament now. He also has been trying to get this game into GDQ for about a Decade. I'm insanely happy for him. But "I'm probably best known for my Yoshi Story speedruns" is a hilarious statement haha

[@CassiusStelar]

This is the guy that made Project M and Doki Doki. You inspire me, Dan!

[@trentonshowers7366]

I didn't know about project m but I'm more familiar with 20xx for melee.....still have 20XX as my name for smash ultimate to pay homage

[@alococuccoyo6103]

I also had the pleasure of facing off against his Link in a random Smash Ultimate local bracket. He is a man of many talents!

[@CassiusStelar]

​@@alococuccoyo6103I would have said "man of many hats" but same diff

[@williamjones5334]

And he introduces himself as "guy who speedruns Yoshi's Story"!

[@SYNC4ex]

So so happy for Dan. I show everyone his 2016 hype video. And now it's real!

[@arescochrane]

A huge name in smash, absolute legend. Super nice guy too

[@BioYuGi]

My thoughts when I saw this: "A Yoshi's Story speedrun that takes an hour forty minutes? You can beat the entire game in less than thirty.... oh he's doing the all melon speedrun?! Madman."

[@verg4469_]

I thought the same thing

[@valentinemeikin]

We know he's mad. He caused Monika.

[@perfectchaos0078]

Doki Doki Literature Club was one of my favorite games of the generation. This speedrun was surreal for me to watch.

[@kenpachikiking6179]

What a great opening speech!

[@razzberrypie]

This was unreal in so many ways

[@Simte]

Dude the tec in this is crazy. Beautiful run.

[@Rexdrinkredbull]

I'm so glad I got to see this live, Dan's passion for the game is so evident

[@rainsparks29]

Caught this live. Though "huh, the name is familiar but he only speedruns this game?" I didn't realise until like halfway in. Great run.

[@Juniper_Rose]

i really love the aesthetics of this game, especially how the next world intro has such children's books vibes; "the page turned, and the yoshi''s grew happier!"

[@fjkdjal2504]

“But streamer, what do you get for collecting all the melons?” You get 720 melons.

[@MKtagteamer]

This run was great, really glad to see it included at SGDQ. Awesome job, Dan!

[@BardianAngel]

just yoshi

[@MarcosPaulo-cc6wd]

Very nice run! You are the best

[@ericlim4589]

LET'S GO DAN SALVATO !

[@macmo544]

I'm happy you are giving this game some much needed love

[@Linkums]

Oh man, I didn't realize that All Melons finally got in (unless it did before and I didn't realize that either). I remember you submitting this for years.

[@TirrellKajder]

such a inspiration!🤩

[@emilianoaventura5295]

A shame I couldn't catch this live, since I found out about this GDQ on Dan's stream, at least I can watch it on here

[@psycl0ne1]

Oh it's this time of the year again. Just checked the schedule and saw alot of games I'm looking forward to see.

[@animefanrk2k]

@47:10 This is the greatest game dev commentary of all time! xD

[@Surge_N_Destroy]

All melons is the only way to play this game. Me and my sister would just play all melons when we were children.

[@Joooovis]

They FINALLY accepted this run

[@jeanbob1481]

super fun run GREAT beginning of sgdq

[@gmtatum]

17:35 Those stacking games plus the sniffing you just mentioned are why I never 100%d this game.

[@mercifuldeath]

Dan da GOAT

[@CosmykTheDolfyn]

No idea if Dan will ever see this, but can't you break a bubble by bouncing on it repeatedly if you're missing an egg like at the 25 minute mark? Ehh, it was probably faster to find am egg anyways.

[@shen_valor]

I just finished watching his All Melon run from last year. And then I was recommended this. Wtf is going on? XD

[@mandlecreed02]

Shaky cam intro you KNOW it's gon be gud

[@puritychalice]

Is this why we’re not getting Project Libitina?

[@simpleguy86]

Maybe i forgot who he was but I never knew Dan Salvato did speedruns.

[@bmac4]

He did stuff with speedrunning and Smash for years before his other most famous thing, in fact Smashers and speedrunners were some of the first people to stream it before the rest of the internet caught on.

[@billcook4768]

But but but… you skipped right past the theme song. That’s the best part of the game! I could never be a speed runner. Well, also because I suck :)

[@speedygamerchannel]

THAT'S MY GOAT

[@SuccMunkey]

Woah! Dan Salvato! His Yoshi Speedruns are nuts! Those are the most defining feats in his entire career!

[@adamhunter1223]

It's weird seeing a guy who made one of the most disturbing and repulsive horror games of the past decade or more playing something as cute and wholesome as Yoshi's Story...

[@Kazooples]

I literally had a dream mere hours ago about melons, they had too many seeds…

[@applekid1516]

Thanks Dan Salvato for your run... this game is special in the way of the difficulty works, you can eat every thing und you wouldn't see the end of every stage, and then you have this challenge where you have to know everything in the game. A good example of the Nintendo formular. The games expanding bye becoming better.. love it. Soundtrack wonderful... First N64 game yes... Thank you

[@shuckyducky5212]

is this THE Dan Salvato?

[@NGO9000]

The funny monika guy

[@mandlecreed02]

Doki Doki / Melons comment got me gud

[@mrphlip]

For those playing along at home: 47:08

[@JMartini810]

I'm sorry I must have missed something..... WHY can he fo ro the 2nd world after just the first level? Something to do with the melons ?

[@icedhollyssb7816]

That's just how the game works - instead of the typical 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, ect, you see with most games of this formula, it automatically puts you at the next world. It's why he had to fight the final boss four times.

[@kurtisharen]

The plot of the game is that Yoshi Island was turned into a storybook. It’s not necessarily six worlds, as much as six pages. (Which is why the menu says “Start From P.3” or whatever.) Each level you play has three large hearts to collect. Each heart unlocks an alternate level you can choose from for the following Page. What he skips in the run is that the game has a cutscene at the end of each Page which is unique to whatever level you chose to play, where it reads the “story written on the page” that you just completed. After defeating Baby Bowser and beating the game, it plays a cutscene and reads the full story start to finish. This means that every single time you play the game, you end up with a unique story specific to that run. The game really goes hard into the “storybook” theme that way. Despite the game being easy as hell, provided you aren’t masochistic enough to suffer an all-melon run, the game was one of my favorite growing up because of how it did the theming.