It is finished... the first ever Twilight Princess 100% Tool Assisted Speedrun is finally upon us!
This is by far the biggest speedrun-related project I have ever worked on, and it is safe to say that Twilight Princess is by far one of the most complicated Zelda games to TAS. I had never done a TAS of this game before I decided to start this one, so this project was also a learning experience for the most part.
This is a 100% TAS, one of the longest speedrun categories of any game. For this category, we not only need to beat the game but also obtain all of the game's main collectible items and complete all the main and side quests.
Here are the requirements for Twilight Princess as outlined by speedrun.com.
You must collect:
- All Heart Pieces and Heart Containers
- All items on the pause menu which include:
- All Mirror Shards
- All Fused Shadows
- All Equipment:
(Ordon Sword and Master Sword, Hylian Shield and Ordon Shield/Wooden Shield, Hero's Clothes, Zora Armor, and Magic Armor)
- All 7 Hidden Skills
- All 24 Golden Bugs
- All 15 Warp Portals
- All 60 Poe Souls
- Giant Wallet
- Giant Quiver
- Any Wolf Scent
- At least 1 Postman Letter
- The Fishing Journal
- All items on the item wheel and their respective upgrades
(Includes Coral Earring, Bomb Bags, Quiver)
Now, I want to take a moment to talk about the reason why I started this TAS in the first place. The story begins after the All Dungeons TAS was revealed (which if you haven't watched yet, I highly recommend you do so, it's a very entertaining watch.) As I watched the TAS, I was amazed at all of the strategies and techniques being used. At first, the prospect of starting a 100% TAS was more of a meme than anything, I joked that I would start a TAS in around 5 years just because it seemed so unlikely to happen, but after watching that TAS, I began to seriously consider it.
After thinking about it for a bit, I decided I would do it, and as of December 1st, 2022, I began working on it. Throughout the production, the All Dungeons TAS ended up being a great resource and served as a reference not just for the dungeons, but certain sections of the overworld as well, it gave me something to compare against, and it made the TASing process much easier and much faster.
I want to give a shoutout to @Ekke325 the author of the All Dungeons TAS, he spent 4 years of his time working on it and created something amazing.
Again if you haven't watched it, I highly recommend doing so:
• [TAS] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight P...
This TAS is the result of over a year's worth of work, 1 year and 3 months to exact, countless hours have been put into making it a reality, and now, it is finally in tangible form. As is the case with any other TAS, this one is by no means perfect, and it is not meant to be a demonstration of skill, it is simply a demonstration of what this category would look like if it was done with little to no human error, and as such, it serves as a form of entertainment.
I can't thank everyone enough for supporting this project from its very inception, and I hope you all are excited to see all of this work come together.
Shoutouts to the entire Twilight Princess Speedrun community for offering resources, tips, and feedback for this TAS.
I also want to give a huge shoutout to @gymnast86 for hosting the live reveal of this TAS, as well as @bewildebeest and @WaterproofTeabag_ for helping with commentary.
You can watch the live commentary here:
• [TAS] Twilight Princess 100% by TheTa...
If you have any questions regarding the TAS itself, please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer your questions.
Final Rerecord Count: 548,085
Here are the timestamps for each segment:
0:00 - Ordon
12:43 - Sewers
16:19 - Ordon Sword and Shield
20:03 - Faron Twilight
33:43 - Ending Blow
35:47 - Forest Temple
45:23 - Approaching Eldin Twilight
46:51 - Eldin Twilight
56:58 - Approaching Lakebed Temple 1
1:06:57 - Lakebed Temple 1
1:11:49 - Lanayru Twilight
1:27:33 - Zora Armor
1:33:03 - Approaching Goron Mines
1:35:46 - Goron Mines
1:48:22 - Approaching Lakebed Temple 2
1:55:32 - Lakebed Temple 2
1:59:14 - Midna's Desperate Hour
2:05:05 - Day/Night Cycle 1
2:33:26 - Day/Night Cycle 1 (Gerudo Desert)
2:41:32 - Arbiters Grounds
2:56:06 - Approaching Snowpeak Ruins
3:04:35 - Snowpeak Ruins
3:13:11 - Approaching Temple of Time
3:18:11 - Temple of Time
3:30:18 - Day/Night Cycle 2
4:05:07 - Finishing Ilia's Memory Quest
4:15:47 - City in the Sky
4:32:06 - Approaching Palace of Twilight
4:40:44 - Palace of Twilight
5:00:25 - Cave of Ordeals
5:14:09 - Hyrule Field Cleanup
5:22:44 - Hyrule Castle
5:29:40 - Ganondorf
5:33:49 - Credits
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