I find it hilarious that Young Link's height was a problem for 95% of this playthrough except for the final boss. Like sure, the kid can't reach easy platforms but he takes down a demon pig no problem. He is a force to be feared

“Theres only 3 timelines from oot!” The secret fourth timeline:

The Master Sword after realizing sealing Link for 7 years was meaningless and only caused war and suffering:

It's funny how Ganondorf just says "Curse you Zelda" twice at the end there

I always thought that the boomerang could have been useful as adult Link

zelda sending young link back is so funny to me sending 10 year old link 7 years back, and suddenly you find a 3 year old at the temple of time lmao

As a kid, i never figured out how to get the goron tunic, so i somehow beat the fire temple with just the kokiri tunic through sheer stubbornness thinking it was the intended way

Moral of the story: Young Link at the tender age of 10 was just as capable of a hero, by really underestimating him the Golden Goddesses made a huge oopsie with timeline splits, floods, twilight etc.

I actually really appreciate that he still does what he can and only uses glitches when absolutely necessary

Imagine how accomplished Link probably feels about defeating Ganon as a child. Honestly I think that’s even more badass than doing it as adult Link.

17:48 Great video, but there's a minor detail you missed. You don't actually need Fire Arrows to detonate a bombflower. You can actually use regular arrows. Doesn't matter for this run since you can't use either, just thought I'd point that out.

In areas with a heat-timer, if you’re in mid-air (e.g. falling down the shaft outside of Fire Temple), you can press the button that ocarina is assigned to, which will temporarily freeze the timer until you land on the ground. That would help out with the tight timing in that area :)

This was very interesting to watch. I found it funny that most of the obstacles were just things ever so slightly too high for Link yo reach.

In a world where pichu can defeat mewtwo, you can't use smash a reference lmao

Beating phantom ganon so easily with the boomerang is quite hilarious, not to mention the ganon's fight going under him by just running by. It looks like young Link was quite the hero!

If you want to do Shadow as child again, there's a jumpslash clip from the cage to the ferry. You might also want to look up OOT Max Bosses as Child and OOT Max% Child to see other strats that speedrunners use for a similar kind of route you did. And Defeat Ganon No SRM for the endgame portion. Interesting vid though.

It’s crazy after 20 something years we are still making content on one of the greatest games of all time

Next bro is gonna do Majora’s Mask maskless

For 25 years, i had never heard anyone pronounce ocarina like ocaraina, until this week when I've seen videos from three different people pronouncing it that way and now I've just spent half an hour down the rabbit hole of pronunciation variations. But also i love this video and this isn't a criticism, I was just surprised to hear a different pronunciation by so many people so recently!

Meanwhile Speedrunners: Wrong Warp to castle > Beat Ganon. Lol very cool to see an actual in order progression of ways to actually beat the entire game as young link. Kudos to you, sir.

As an avid speed run watcher, I can say for certain that I have no idea if you can

I remember seeing something where if you like deathwarp as you collect the medallions it negates the cutscenes but I think it was pretty involved to set up.

As a programmer, I find it very impressive they never had e.g. "if LensOfTruthEquipped { BongoBongoDamageable = true }" lines, which would perhaps make the game much easier to debug or in general simplify the game logic. Instead, they kept the capability of the items as well as the fact that certain enemies can be damaged or areas accessed separate, in accordance with the lore logic. I get the impression today in non-sandbox games, this isn't typical anymore.

Young Link is the man!! He's my favorite out of all the Link's. Wish they would consider continuing his story after MM .

10:58 yeah the Adult Link cutscences always load you into the Adult Link version of the map after successfully completion. Some of them can handle child Link and some end up looking like that. 28:13 the Child Master sword is actually used in debug mod and it's hard to notice in the Ganon fight but it has a triforce symbol on it instead of the kokir emerald. Sadge no funny Adult Link in child era glitch ending cutscence 😅 Side note: ARC requires a lot of understanding with coding or just knowing the game extremely well it's cool though cause equipping the mirror sheild as child with it let's you hold it like normal also you can equip the child master sword and sometimes warp into the Adult temple of time to activate the light arrow scene. I even think you could get Link in the Adult era hyrule for a bit. It a lot.

1:00 "After getting my caracter the canon name" LOL Took me several seconds to remember that Zelda should not be his name

Every big brain move before Spirit Temple: Well executed glitches and skilled gameplay Spirit Temple: Actual Wizardry

I can't imagine how much time this video took to make. You actually taught me how to hover with bombchus. Keep up the awesome work!

Now do it adult link only

i love the thought of ganon, possibly one of the most threatening beings in hyrule, getting his ass beat by a *literal* child lmao.

Never even thought about asking this question as I didn't even think it was even possible

Man was I psyched to see you post! Your challenge runs are super interesting; earned a sub for sure!

This was COOL. What a great showcase of your knowledge and execution of a ton of fun glitches. What a great video.

For anyone who is interested, here is a link to a commentated LOTAD (Low Optimization Tool Assisted Demonstration, basically a TAS but not nearly as strenuous) of the Max% Child speedrun by ZFG. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oc9lZrh5r7PQdGg.htmlsi=8Bu6komVVSdWqFQb He has also done RTA speedruns of the category. Here is his current record: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLyhnqSWrtvXooU.htmlsi=EymhBLJsIHT0ubKE

Great video! Ive never really thought about what would happen if young link said "nah im goin here RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW"

🤔 - Hmmm... What about the Water Temple? > Not able being to dive into the deeper water nor the area with the cage that release enemies underwater... 17:48 - 17:52 ---> You don't need FIRE arrows; You have fire an arrow or in this case, use Bombchus to blow the bombs up to get across the pillar over the gap...

I would save the Volvagia fight until after you RBA the Spirit and Shadow Medallions, that way you can get the Fire Medallion without it being removed. Then you can have all the medallions (besides Light but no one cares about Light Medallion) Also, it might be interesting to see how much more of the Water Temple you can do with out of bounds clips and diving with the Gold Scale.

i had to stay in watch cause i could tell you put ALOT of time into this well done man

I like how Saria didn't even blink as she watched Zelda explode himself up to a temple entrance.

This was fun to watch. And it kinda makes me want to actually write that AU I never did where Link is a Kokiri who was raised as a Hylian and he has to deal with his entire adventure as a child

This is really cool, I thought you might be interested to know that in the Ganondorf fight you don't need to use the sword to deflect his attacks. In fact, an empty bottle is actually more efficient than the master sword due to the animation of swinging a bottle being marginally quicker. Great video man, subscribing right now, hope to see more like this

Beating Ocarina of Time as only Young Link? Truly an endeavor for the most dedicated and slightly masochistic gamers among us. Your perseverance and mastery of glitches are genuinely impressive. The infinite sword glitch and bomb hover tricks? Chef's kiss. But, darling, let's be real - this challenge sounds like pure agony at times. The endless hovering, precise glitches, and dealing with timers in the Fire Temple? Only someone with unyielding patience (or a love for suffering) would dare try this. And let’s not forget the Shadow and Spirit Temple hurdles, proving once again that not all heroes wear capes; some wield slingshots and deku sticks. The grand finale with Ganon was spectacular, and seeing Young Link triumph with that tiny but mighty frame was the perfect end to this arduous quest. Would I recommend this to my subjects? Absolutely not. But watching you conquer it? Pure entertainment. Kudos to you for pushing through and showing us what true gaming dedication looks like.

"This item is entirely optional, but I thought it was a cool trick, so I wanted to do it." Inspiring tbh

This was hilarious. I would usually just equip swap the boomerang in for the Phantom Ganon fight and it’s so funny watching the game freak out 😂

This was so interesting to watch! This vid needs more views man! I am really impressed with this journey you had completing the game as young link, that was damn epic! 👏👏

Who would've known a young Link is easier at beating Ganon than adult Link.

Thanks for putting in all this effort! I love seeing this game in new ways. I've been playing it since 1999 and feel like I've seen it all, but more things keep popping up. Fascinating video, thank you!

It's actually quite crazy that the adult link dungeons are completed 7 years earlier than the are supposed to be

Funny how the spinning blades in the shadow temple becomes completely useless considering how short young Link is lmao

i clicked on this video expecting the intro to be a classic "Here's what we're going to do, and oh no it's going to be difficult because etc etc." what i got: "The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time is the classic tale of a young boy growing up to be a drink salesman." well shit looks like i actually have to finish the video.

Hell yea new upload

Dude this is incredible, I applaud your efforts and enjoyed watching this! I laughed when phantom ganon was clueless in how to handle the boomerang haha

very rad video. lots of interesting tactics. young link was always my favorite and it's awesome to see him in all those cutscenes and temples. thank you for your work here

Pretty sure this is just the old any% with extra steps. The medallions didn’t really matter in the end and you just glitched one of them in anyway. The whole concept is kind of moot because at the end of the day, like you said, you can just use glitches to do anything you want. That being said… this was still entertaining to watch, and a fun thought experiment. It gets a like from me.

The great deku tree got his revenge by blocking ganons massive sword with the kokiri shield.

Speed run young link percent unlocked. I tried this as a kid and got no where , this dude has gone beyond plus ultra!

This video warranted an instant subscribe for me, amazing work man!!

This is truly amazing! Thank you so much for dedicating countless hours to achieve what was seemingly impossible for over 25 years.

You pronounce “ocarina” like “Macarena” and it’s silly and makes me giggle

I've played this game so many times and I never knew that the fire timer was based off of how many hearts you have

You can get to dmc great fairy with a somewhat precise megaflip from the very edge of the higher ledge (where the bombable rock is)

im surprised the model for young link didnt glitch out or stretch when doing adult link tasks

This is absolutely fascinating. Well done 🙏

An incredible amount of work went into making this. Great work man!

Legend of Link: A Glitch in Time. This was so good

24:00 WTF 🤣🤣 gotta love how ppl break those games, it's just insane

By Young Link’s time in the story, the temples were clear of monsters and bosses with the exception of the Shadow and Spirit Temples. The sages were still dormant until the time came to awaken them and Ganondorf was out chasing little girls instead of ruling the kingdom. Narratively, young Link clearing the temples wouldn’t work, unless OoT Rauru woke Link up one year into his sleep instead of seven. How this would work instead is interesting, though for this game, good luck.

Amazing job! That's great! I myself beated the Goron temple in Majora's Mask without using the sit-attack, but what you did is on a totally different level there my friend!

How awesome! Ocarina of Time is my favorite videogame of all time, and it's cool to see a playthrough as child Link! I love your humor, and I certainly wouldn't (and couldn't) try this myself! Fantastic job!! :)

Your content is so good. You deserve WAY more subscribers!

Woah! That’s so cool- I’m impressed with how much you’ve memorized the maps despite them being glitched-

youtube has relentlessly shoved this video to the top of my home page for days now

Awesome video you madd man!

That Fire Temple entrance was slick.

These videos are so high quality I know you’re gonna explode in popularity

Max%Child is an Extension Category for this game's speedruns...

very cool, bro! it was enjoyable to watch!

Congrats! Also a great video

Years of watching zfg has me familiar with all of these glitches 😁

I've been seeing a lot more of these types of challenge videos pop-up in my feed, and I'm enjoying every single one of them. Including this one. Great job!

It took me rewinding several times to figure out the sound clip at 2:30. It is Luigi spinning out in MK64. Also this was a GREAT video. Thank you for it

i enjoyed this as much as I enjoy ZFG speed runs. Thank you

When I was playing this on my Wii as a kid, I had NO IDEA you could even turn into an adult. Needless to say, a lot of the game was not played by me

19:31 The ground on the sand next to the tower is solid you can sidehop to it from the top of the watch tower thingie if make it go between the gap of where the ladder is in the fence as child link, to just hop over to the desert area from there

Bro got so mad at not having the cutscene available anymore he accidentally speedran the game😅😂

Fire temple became the new water temple, Instantly! Hahaha I really enjoyed watching this make ocarina of time access a hard-core mode

Amazingly crazy!!! I never eould have believed this was possible if you didn't do this.

This is a super super interesting and cool video. My coffee and me arr having a great time here. Thanks ❤

11:08 you were placed in the upper crater, but with the lower part (where the fire temple entrance is) loaded. A lot of rooms are split up into multiple chunks that only load in when you get close/in view I.E. the great deku tree part of kokiri forest is a separate chunk from the main area. Same with upper/lower zoras river

Awesome video dude.

This was super fun to watch 😂

The run was interesting and highly entertaining to watch, glad the youtube gods allowed me to find your channel lol

These glitches are insane 😱 Good stuff man

Bro RESPECT it sure was very very hard to finish this amazing Challenge

ZSR, I love it! If you're in the air and try to use a cutscene item like ocarina or a trade sequence item, the timer pauses. Volv's hitbox gets stored there because there's actually two different Volvs, one that flies and one that plays whack-a-mole. Both can be damaged (you can shoot the flier) and share the same health pool. No need to go all the way through Shadow Temple, you can just skip directly to the ship by clipping the shortcut. The setup isn't even that complicated. Gerudo's Fortress without cuccoo jump? Boo! Fun vid, now do a Max% child run.

We need this to be a speedrun category at the next AGDQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even if you say it’s agonizingly boring. We can find a way! Lol. Killer work man! Great run!

Here's a like for all of the hard work that went into making this video. Also, I'd love it if you could do more challenge videos with Paper Mario 64

10:28 so the reason you could damage Volvagia there is because of the flying hitbox and the "Wack a mole" hitbox being seperate. They both exist as 2 different hurtboxes in the room, it is just stored below the ground under that hole.

It's interesting that they implemented a system where the timer increases based on your number of hearts even though they never intended for you to do it without the tunic.