List of The Legend of Zelda speedrunning records

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Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series is well known for its popularity in speedrunning. This is a list of notable scores achieved in The Legend of Zelda games.

The Legend of Zelda

The current world record of Any%[Note 1] speedruns for the original The Legend of Zelda was set by LackAttack24 in December 2015, at 28 minutes and 50 seconds.[1] LackAttack24 beat his previous world record, set April 2015, at 29 minutes and 56 seconds.[2][3]

At Summer Games Done Quick 2015, speedrunner Jkoper played through The Legend of Zelda in 59 minutes without obtaining the sword, the most important weapon in the game.[4][5][6]

A Link to the Past

It is possible to speedrun through the original Japanese version of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in under two minutes by making use of a particularly advantageous glitches,[7][8] though the current record of beating the game without making use of any "major glitches" is in hands of Canadian speedrunner Xelna, with a time of 1 hour, 23 minutes and 50 seconds.[9]

Ocarina of Time

By using the "wrong warp" glitch to skip the majority of the game, it is possible to beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in under 20 minutes.[10] Since the discovery of the "wrong warp" glitch, Any%[Note 1] speedruns of Ocarina of Time have become highly popular.

Date Name Time Platform Sources
9 May 2015 skater82297 17:45 Japanese Wii Virtual Console [11][12]
1 January 2015 Jodenstone 18:07 Japanese Wii Virtual Console [13][11]
July 2014 Narcissa Wright 18:10 iQue Player [14][15][11]

The current record of beating Ocarina of Time 100%, collecting all optional items, is in hands of speedrunner ZFG with a time of 4 hours, 19 minutes and 35 seconds.[16][17] Ocarina of Time was beaten 100% while blindfolded by speedrunner Runnerguy2489 in October 2015. This complicated run took him around 103 hours to complete.[18]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Any%" refers to beating a game without having to play through any optional content.

See also

References

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