How Speedrunners beat Tears of the Kingdom BLINDFOLDED

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  • Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
  • Speedrunners beat Tears of The Kingdom Blindfolded in UNDER 2 HOURS! Let's break down the Speedrun.
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    Be sure to check out @FrozenMelody incredible run of this category, and @Runnerguy2489 for dedicating years of his life for a good cause.
    And shoutout to everyone else in the Zelda Community who has worked on these runs over the years.
    Saver's World Record: • Tears of the Kingdom B...
    Footage Sources: pastebin.com/d4pBh2mj
    0:00 - Intro
    1:30 - Sponsor
    2:54 - History
    5:36 - Breakdown
    #Zelda #Blindfolded #Speedrun
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Комментарии • 138

  • @Linkus7
    @Linkus7  Месяц назад +30

    Thanks to MANSCAPED for sponsoring today's video! Get 20% OFF + Free International Shipping with promo code "LINKUS7" at manscaped.com/linkus7
    Spent a lot of time working on this video, so I really hope you enjoy the history and breakdown of this incredible speedrun challenge! ^^

  • @LunaticJ
    @LunaticJ Месяц назад +339

    I'm very happy to see you give credit to genuinescorruption beating OoT blind. An incredible story that not many people bring up these days

  • @user-xw7up6up1m
    @user-xw7up6up1m Месяц назад +559

    not to mention pointcrow beat tears of the kingdom with only his meat

    • @michaelmahoney5677
      @michaelmahoney5677 Месяц назад +15

      ayo?

    • @Redeyebakedpotato
      @Redeyebakedpotato Месяц назад +46

      He also established the raw meat meat club

    • @biglacroix6946
      @biglacroix6946 Месяц назад +32

      Just wait til Crow is done mastering the blindfolded TOtK, and he then does a blind meat run.

    • @pancho5159
      @pancho5159 Месяц назад

      @@michaelmahoney5677 you heard him

    • @rockinggamerdude
      @rockinggamerdude Месяц назад +7

      @@michaelmahoney5677 yeah he did it was it must’ve taken him long time to beat it

  • @FrozenMelody
    @FrozenMelody Месяц назад +85

    I had no idea that my blindfolded route would be commentated in detail, thank you! I will be attempting the new route with some changes later this week, so look forward to that!
    Livi deserves credit on being the first to kill Ganondorf and second to complete an any% run. Player5 and Pointcrow shall be coming soon!

  • @hazzard_destroyer
    @hazzard_destroyer Месяц назад +157

    Wait I love the heartwarming story of how blindfolded runs started ❤️ we need more things like that in this world

  • @livi_ladouceur5590
    @livi_ladouceur5590 Месяц назад +17

    Nice video ! I'm really happy that our work is being highlighted. Indeed, it is very difficult to have our discipline accepted everywhere, particularly within the framework of local speedrun events. I also didn't expect such enthusiasm, especially since at the beginning, my videos received very few views. Today, a lot of people are starting to blindfold this game and I'm quite proud of it. Thank you so much. If I can give some advice to those who would like to try the experience, the TOTK community is very attentive. Saver has made a tutorial video which explains the controller configurations as well as the basic movements which you will find quite easily about BOTW and which works too for TOTK and helped me so much. By the way this video is cool for our blindfolded community ; )

  • @Bubzia
    @Bubzia Месяц назад +37

    Yooo thank you so much for showcasing the blindfolded community! All amazing players, can highly recommend to check all their runs out!

    • @AndreaColombo-fx1wh
      @AndreaColombo-fx1wh 10 дней назад

      Hello Bubzia!
      Why no sm64 blindfolded 16-star sub-20 practice stream?

  • @stonerbland7621
    @stonerbland7621 Месяц назад +127

    Calling time on Links hand clapping against Zelda's (hand) is an adorable audio cue, and should be in official timing rules imo

    • @stonerbland7621
      @stonerbland7621 Месяц назад +21

      The rules say "upon grabbing Zelda's hand" and I'm not sure if that implies final input or the actual grab

    • @pancho5159
      @pancho5159 Месяц назад +24

      @@stonerbland7621 the final input is a "Hold" prompt so time ends when you no longer need to hold the button, meaning it ends at the actual grab

    • @avasam06
      @avasam06 Месяц назад +3

      Timing on audio cue is horrible for verification (audio is very easily delayed or out of sync). It also makes it harder to get an exact time.

    • @cloudedSR
      @cloudedSR Месяц назад +4

      all categories that beat game do end time on the first frame of the final hand clasp.

  • @DeepThought420
    @DeepThought420 Месяц назад +57

    Huge shout-out to Runner Guy what an amazing task to take on just to help a gamer! He's the true MVP

  • @Crumbling_Vortex
    @Crumbling_Vortex Месяц назад +20

    With how often Linkus is sponsored by manscape he better have the smoothest balls on the face of the Earth or he will have betrayed us all.

  • @pkmasterjt4899
    @pkmasterjt4899 Месяц назад +14

    Considering how hard they went with the sound direction. I don't doubt that this is possible. EVERYTHING has a unique sound effect

  • @hudsonator7259
    @hudsonator7259 Месяц назад +16

    Blindfolded skyward sword sounds like actual hell

  • @WaterFudge69
    @WaterFudge69 Месяц назад +31

    Player5 is actually a god. He does what feels like minutes of ASF in his blindfolded runs so far

    • @MononymousM
      @MononymousM Месяц назад +4

      For sure! He's an incredible runner in all categories.

    • @DinoTechSR
      @DinoTechSR Месяц назад +1

      The arrow smuggle isn’t hard tho, he is still insane at the game, but he is not the best right now. He is at the 3 spot in normal any% and he has not completed a run. Also, all of his routing has been done for weeks with so much time and dedication 👏

    • @MaJuice209
      @MaJuice209 Месяц назад +5

      @@DinoTechSR he clearly is the best right now. the only reason he is not #1 is because he got bored with having no competition and went back to botw and now blindfolded. he will be back to totk and he will hold the #1 spot as soon as he decides to do so.

  • @fernando98322
    @fernando98322 Месяц назад +12

    I remember that RunnerGuy videos. What a legend. My favorite section was like a 2 hour goose chase trying to get the Ocarina of Time underwater hahahaha

  • @jefferblue8617
    @jefferblue8617 Месяц назад +9

    0:32 not the discord ping sound causing me to open my own discord and check 💀💀💀

    • @awsmrs
      @awsmrs Месяц назад +1

      not me causing that discord ping to happen :)

    • @SailorMusicCat
      @SailorMusicCat Месяц назад

      if it weren't for the fact roomie has the shared computer I would have too lol admittedly the instinct rose for half a second before logic broke back in.

  • @civel
    @civel Месяц назад +7

    @linkus7 It’s unfortunate that another huge and important runner of blindfolded TotK wasn’t added in the video 🙁
    Livi La Douceur has just done recently sub-2h blindfolded Any%. She also began her journey of mastering blindfolded TotK last year in 2023 and she was the runner that pushed the run up to Ganon fight blindfolded FIRST! Without her, Saver wouldn’t have the motivation to continue past GSI and finish through the dragon last fight.
    I’m sorry but I can’t watch the video if she doesn’t make the cut as she is a great part of blindfolded TotK history and this incredible feat! 😢

  • @cloudedSR
    @cloudedSR Месяц назад +3

    nice coverage - I'm surprised Saver's blindfolded TotK run has actually gone under the radar for so long; it's simply incredible!

  • @honkin
    @honkin Месяц назад +11

    BABE WAKE UP NEW LINKUS7 VIDEO DROPPED!!

  • @Altgamerlink
    @Altgamerlink Месяц назад +4

    11 minuts is the earliest ive ever been for a vid keep up the great content linkus

  • @NintenHawk
    @NintenHawk Месяц назад +3

    This is such a fun speedrun category! I can't wait to see how it evolves!

  • @FarmerDud825
    @FarmerDud825 Месяц назад +1

    5:36 Linkus: let’s jump right into it!
    Also Linkus: walks off the ledge

  • @RipVanFish09
    @RipVanFish09 Месяц назад +2

    That story at the beginning is amazing. Very wholesome.

  • @RedheadStonerJesus
    @RedheadStonerJesus 29 дней назад

    im literally crying rn just at the history part of blindfolded speedruns. so touching and to talented

  • @coneyislandqueen476
    @coneyislandqueen476 8 дней назад

    4:02 i absolutely love that this guy never wore an actual blindfold, but instead simply put a shirt over his head

  • @lychenthrope
    @lychenthrope 28 дней назад +1

    these speedruns make big leaps for accessibility in gaming in a lot of ways. I bet these routes, if there was a way to have a tts read out the instructions, could be good building blocks for casual playthroughs. I saw a video about addons for WoW that had specific checkpoints and directions for blind players to use while levelling and even doing dungeons/raids. I hope these sorts of runs inspire people to help us on the higher support needs end of the disability spectrum; instead of us being used to inspire like always. We don't need to "overcome our disabilities", we just want to be treated like everyone else - even if that means sometimes we need a little help. I've been looking into sightless methods of playing games since blindness runs in my family, and I dont know when it will hit me. I hope that with adaptive controllers and such I can continue playing the games I love, no matter how disabled my body gets. It's scary to lose mobility, sight, etc.. but It's less scary knowing I can still hold onto my biggest comforts with routes, mods, modified controllers and setups. These speedruns just affirm me that if I work at it long enough I could pull off some of what they're doing, if not at least learn the layout of everything with normalized movement. :)

  • @Koda_Grey
    @Koda_Grey Месяц назад +2

    Hello! I’m a blind from birth Zelda fan. I have yet to beat Tears of the Kingdom due to its complexity and openness. I want to actually experience the plot though. The most frustrating parts are 1) As you mentioned, Link ALWAYS continues to move forward. If he can’t move forward he auto climbs. This drives me crazy and makes me lose track of where I am quickly. 2) I hate there are no audio cues for switching between items on the Dpad. Also nearly impossible to try to navigate one handed while I use my other hand to use OCR with my phone to read what items/weapons I’m selecting. 3) I didn’t know that constantly refocusing the camera could help with aiming the bow. I will need to try that myself to see if that will work with no visual references to work off of. Lastly) Trying to build ANYTHING is the most confusing and frustrating experience when you have no visual or 3D reference. I tried getting help streaming and I still cannot comprehend the movement controls. I know it’s because I’m missing so much context/information, but it’s the most frustrating thing ever for me to try to comprehend. I haven’t struggled this much since A Link Between Worlds and trying to understand being a painting within a 3D environment. It’s one thing to blindfold oneself. It’s quite another to have no visual memory to work of from in the first place. I don’t get to take a blindfold off. It’s my reality 24/7. I still really wish to complete TOTK, but I don’t know if I will be able to with how visual the interactive environment is. Any tips would be GREATLY appreciated.

    • @FrozenMelody
      @FrozenMelody 28 дней назад +2

      I hope these tips will help you!
      1) If you can buy an 8bitdo lite controller (and upgrade the firmware to v1.03 or so), the movement stick and the camera stick become dpads where you can only press up, down, left, or right. If you hold up or down on the camera while moving Link, the camera angle should not change, even when moving forward or climbing obstacles. Link may climb obstacles at an angle and at once finished he may have his position changed from left to right by maybe a side hop or two (depending on the obstacle and its geometry), but the camera would still be locked behind him, so your up and down should still be the same. The controller is great at movement, but the buttons are much smaller than a Pro Controller.
      2) If you attempt to throw an item, you can listen to how the item sounds like. Fire fruit will sound like theres fire in your hand, while holding a topaz will sound like electricity in your hand. This doesn't work with all items, but can work for elemental items. If you want specific items in front of your inventory, you can throw the item a few times until it becomes "an item you have used the most". Then in your inventory, there is a way to sort the items three times, where one of the times is dependent on how many times you've "used" an item. This can allow you push your favorite items to the front of the list in at least one of the three inventory sorts.
      3) If you hold down the draw bow button, then press the scope button, then hold down the draw bow button again, you will get a consistent angle change upwards every time. Bow, Scope, Bow, Scope, etc. This video doesn't see the drawing of the bow because I do it too fast. This method was used in both tears of the kingdom as well as breath of the wild.

    • @orngjce223
      @orngjce223 15 дней назад

      I think that to really comprehend Zonai device building your best bet would be to find someone with a 3D printer and modeling software, who can make the parts physical so you can assemble them. A local college might have students studying CAD (standing for Computer Aided Design) you could ask for. Another option is to contact a local makerspace. There are also RUclips channels of people who focus on 3D printing that you can ask.

  • @judes2756
    @judes2756 Месяц назад

    Super cool Video linkus! Keep up the great work!

  • @Ragtter
    @Ragtter Месяц назад

    Excellent video my guy!!

  • @Jafn
    @Jafn Месяц назад

    Hey, love your speed running/rando Zelda content, it always entertains me 👍

  • @OguraToasty
    @OguraToasty Месяц назад +2

    I can't even remember my current quest, let alone every single step and hop needed to blind run.

  • @Bassforte3x3
    @Bassforte3x3 Месяц назад +1

    This is so interesting! I may need to try out watching some blindfolded runs now...

  • @TeaKitten
    @TeaKitten Месяц назад +1

    CrystalSaver is such a legend

  • @Boxman_vr_
    @Boxman_vr_ Месяц назад +2

    W VIDEO and also linkus this probably wont be seen and cause how many people might say this but wow you make my day your videos are so entertaining and i love watching your videos every time you upload much love from me and CYA

  • @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
    @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 26 дней назад

    Alvis: i cannot see
    And... what is your conclusions.
    Alvis: ...my sight is hindered-
    Kallian; we are on the grasp on a "bruh" moment

  • @linksaya
    @linksaya Месяц назад +1

    Meanwhile, Queenpwnzalot:
    -Hold my physician.

  • @deuge
    @deuge Месяц назад

    Such a good video!

  • @shakeweller
    @shakeweller Месяц назад

    I'm a Bubzia enjoyer, and I'm happy other gaming comunities also popularize this category. It's so impressive, it's breathtaking

  • @javen9693
    @javen9693 Месяц назад

    Linkus's body hair has some insane PTSD at this point

  • @EBbiker64
    @EBbiker64 Месяц назад

    Unrelated, but I was just introduced to your channel and I would love to see an explanation vid on the speedrun for skyward sword like you’ve done for twilight princess and the 100% speedrun for wind waker. Great content!

  • @unbudgingsalmon
    @unbudgingsalmon 11 дней назад

    I didn't realize that the AGDQ run was historic when I watched it

  • @Xenado22
    @Xenado22 Месяц назад

    Well, I was going to sleep, but Linkus is life😂

  • @BowsettesFury
    @BowsettesFury Месяц назад +1

    That’s amazing

  • @darklordsatan4383
    @darklordsatan4383 Месяц назад

    Honestly, it shows how amazing the audio design in BOTW and TOTK is.

  • @DrUnfunny
    @DrUnfunny Месяц назад +3

    Blindfolded players are easily some of the most skilled gamers, not just speedrunners. I find them to be outrageously inspiring as well, the Mario 64 blindfolded runs as well as Pointcrow's BotW blindfolded Great Plateau video have moved me to try speedrunning myself after being just a viewer for years. MASSIVE props to blindfolded players and thr blind person that kickstarted blind runs.

  • @Zxll__-sw1ij
    @Zxll__-sw1ij Месяц назад

    I love this music in background

  • @smatt1670
    @smatt1670 Месяц назад

    Funny that this category was mentioned in the most recent linkus7 daily vid

  • @jsproductions8569
    @jsproductions8569 Месяц назад +1

    Meanwhile, the blind people who beat tears of the kingdom last year:

  • @Foxlover781
    @Foxlover781 28 дней назад

    11:30 to do that sort of damage to Ganon attach a silver lynel saver horn to master sword

  • @Nikketsinne
    @Nikketsinne Месяц назад

    What the damn hell. Congrats to that guy !

  • @meeatyuwhole3889
    @meeatyuwhole3889 Месяц назад

    This is so cool

  • @AndreaColombo-fx1wh
    @AndreaColombo-fx1wh Месяц назад

    *in bubzia voice* yoooo, Saver is a legend!

  • @A_Ali173
    @A_Ali173 Месяц назад +1

    I thought Crow was just having fun with a stupidly difficult category that wouldn’t be taken seriously. What is this?

  • @HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo
    @HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo 28 дней назад

    I mean... games can also just be more accessible to blind people. It's more common these days, but very unusual, still.
    Delighted to hear that that first person described everything, and not just gave button inputs.

    • @HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo
      @HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo 28 дней назад

      To be clear this is NOT me complaining about blindfolded runs. This is me lamenting how much time has passed and still how few games are accessible to blind folks

  • @OneArmVR_
    @OneArmVR_ Месяц назад +1

    Just casually

  • @Groundonboy1277
    @Groundonboy1277 Месяц назад

    Insane

  • @SuperSilverBLC
    @SuperSilverBLC 13 дней назад

    you should multi cast streams to youtube so we can watch your streams on here

  • @fropsL
    @fropsL Месяц назад

    This video feels like it belongs on Lowest Percent. That ever coming back?

  • @eiraflling4981
    @eiraflling4981 Месяц назад

    This would solve your eye strain issues.

  • @LIGHTTACT
    @LIGHTTACT Месяц назад

    i love zelda communtiy

  • @sunmistnimbo6348
    @sunmistnimbo6348 Месяц назад +1

    How does he get the fairies? Seems like their movement is random, is it not?

  • @ClaytonSkrzypchak-hw4by
    @ClaytonSkrzypchak-hw4by Месяц назад

    This is why humans are on top of the food chain

  • @serpentin1926
    @serpentin1926 Месяц назад +1

    Have you ever done a phantom hourglass or spirit tracks randomizer before, if not, then try them out, and shout me out if you grab my idea

  • @Borgluk
    @Borgluk Месяц назад

    You really dit it

  • @laulau2004
    @laulau2004 Месяц назад

    Wait... Sekiro blindfolded?! Holy moly-

  • @mattarificwolflink9280
    @mattarificwolflink9280 Месяц назад

    Blindfolded sekiro sounds like hell

  • @hustotron533
    @hustotron533 25 дней назад

    You should do a multiplayer wind waker randomized with smant

  • @thewoofalo631
    @thewoofalo631 Месяц назад

    11:00 at night Swedish speed runner jump scare

  • @zerorose4011
    @zerorose4011 Месяц назад

    LET'S GO

  • @Yes22466
    @Yes22466 Месяц назад +1

    hi linkus. im not the only one who found him because of pointcrow right

    • @DeepThought420
      @DeepThought420 Месяц назад

      Who's point crow 😂 I found linkus on GDQ 😂

  • @TwinBlasters
    @TwinBlasters Месяц назад

    Why didn't the clock stop at final input?

  • @tomboy_kisser
    @tomboy_kisser Месяц назад +1

    Handcams?

  • @zeldageek35
    @zeldageek35 Месяц назад

    The thumbnail for this video changed while I was watching it 😅

  • @CarlsCozyCorner
    @CarlsCozyCorner 27 дней назад

    Lol ofc pointcrow is in on it

  • @aceinsidious564
    @aceinsidious564 17 дней назад

    Linkus7 you probably already have different getting lot of rupees tho without glitches Molduga guts, Thunder gleeok horn, molduga fin Gleeok wing Hightail lizard. Is 594 rupees.

    • @aceinsidious564
      @aceinsidious564 17 дней назад

      Already have different *ways & means getting a lot of rupees

  • @MementoMoriv2
    @MementoMoriv2 Месяц назад

    I’m sorry but Is link holding a spliff at 11:00?

  • @danamouyal8175
    @danamouyal8175 Месяц назад

    Beat totk with out the surface

  • @UnethicalReacts
    @UnethicalReacts Месяц назад

    lets goooo

  • @ninkstheultimate3376
    @ninkstheultimate3376 Месяц назад

    If only i cared about Totk

  • @gamingwithahandicapreviews
    @gamingwithahandicapreviews Месяц назад

    Nintendo speedruns are the best out there!

  • @BaalFridge
    @BaalFridge 26 дней назад +1

    Can blind people submit any of their runs as a blindfolded run?

  • @ruinhopes1163
    @ruinhopes1163 Месяц назад

    Send

  • @Mr.pumpkin443
    @Mr.pumpkin443 Месяц назад

    OMG

  • @GabrielHernandez-dg3bq
    @GabrielHernandez-dg3bq Месяц назад

    If I ever did this challenge then I would fall off a cliff over 50 times and I'm not even joking how bad I'm at in this game.
    Linkus is the GOAT when it comes to challenges though.

  • @NationX
    @NationX Месяц назад

    This was so cool! Especially the Demon Dragon bit, I was wondering how that was even possible.
    Though I feel like using an amibo is cheating it a bit. I guess it’s technically part of the vanilla game but feels like entering into a cheat code menu built into the game.

  • @highfiveshighfives4980
    @highfiveshighfives4980 Месяц назад +1

    If games were as short as botw and totk, all games would have a blindfold run

  • @amiante2000
    @amiante2000 Месяц назад +1

    I find all TOTK speedrun/challenges impressive, but duping is making them àrepetitive and feel likes they're all the same

  • @altexeruh2531
    @altexeruh2531 6 дней назад

    Linkus majora mask pc port just dropped!!!

  • @highfiveshighfives4980
    @highfiveshighfives4980 Месяц назад +1

    The only thing I don’t like is that they use an amibo

  • @RealTal.
    @RealTal. Месяц назад

    Zuggles aren't THAT complex lol you don't gotta make everything dramatic

  • @sophiesmidnightsquad
    @sophiesmidnightsquad Месяц назад

    Wow I’m early! 35 seconds ago!

  • @PaddyKret
    @PaddyKret Месяц назад

    :)

  • @lookatcurryman8793
    @lookatcurryman8793 Месяц назад

    First

  • @infinityfold7830
    @infinityfold7830 Месяц назад

    10 minute gang!

  • @Groundonboy1277
    @Groundonboy1277 Месяц назад

    And first

  • @KabowW
    @KabowW Месяц назад

    First and definitely not 4 minutes late

  • @Gabeysword
    @Gabeysword Месяц назад

    Day 2 of asking for a phantom hourglass randomizer

  • @theonlyDrderk
    @theonlyDrderk Месяц назад

    Damn, I'll never be first :'(

  • @AbradantWings
    @AbradantWings Месяц назад +1

    People here at the comments before watching the video
    👇

  • @thatunknownfella
    @thatunknownfella Месяц назад

    Spoiler warning?

  • @Twinsen764
    @Twinsen764 Месяц назад

    Why would you go through all that trouble just to beat the game when someone can beat it faster while seeing it. You may as well play it with no sound on.