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Twitch Star Spends 37 Straight Trying to Beat <em>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom</em> Using a Single Branch
You might assume that two years post-launch since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom debuted, fans would have exhausted novel self-imposed challenges that impose special restrictions on a playthrough. Yet, although many players have attempted to complete Tears of the Kingdom with just a stick, content creator PointCrow holds the record as the individual who aimed to clear the adventure with a single stick—specifically, the very same stick from start to finish.
The streamer is famous for these kinds of challenge runs, such as the time he played the game solely with bombs or the effort where he tried to beat the game with no stamina. A one-branch playthrough, however, seems impossible at first glance. There's the game's introduction, which requires the hero to wield the Master Sword. Then, there's the whole weapon wear mechanic, which is especially important when working with the weakest weapon in the entire game. But if the branch breaks, that's the end. Game over.
So, How?
How did he do it? The straightforward answer is glitches. The complete answer, I kid you not, is parallel universes. It turns out, you can tweak Tears of the Kingdom's save file system to have distinct game sessions that affect one another. So the creator creates a “setup” save where he progresses normally, and the actual file, where he's restricted. The preparatory file has him completing the prologue and initial starting area, and this Link acquires full endurance and health. From this point, he triggers a cutscene and pauses midway through to instruct the game to open an auto-save from the branch-only file. The game gets mixed up and creates a new game file that combines the conditions of the first two files.
That creates fresh issues, however. The fused save file has a protagonist that did not obtain the capability to enter sacred places. Luckily, this is an issue that the save glitch addresses readily, but pulling it off means depending on an buggy build of the game that refuses to load some locations. Like everything else, he has a technical solution for it: He begins the game on its early version 1.0, and then patches the software partway through to ensure it starts functioning correctly.
Overcoming Durability and Other Hurdles
Interestingly, the prologue version of Link is programmed so that he is unable to damage any weapons he wields, presumably to avoid a scenario where the player gets stuck at the beginning of the game. But that's additionally how the streamer bypasses the durability problem, as the character he pulls between dimensions is the version from the beginning of the game. It's a smart trick, but not one that eradicates all possible difficulty. The stick is nonetheless a weak weapon that renders battles onerous. But at that stage, it's entirely a matter of grit and perseverance. It also aids that there's a duplication glitch that grants him an plentiful number of items to boost his strength, or stock up on healing spirits. He additionally employs a bug that allows Link to clip through the environment. A few would find these methods reason to discredit the validity of the run, but to my view, he's a resourceful gamer who is willing to do anything necessary to engage his audience. He further uses a penalty of kinds stating that, for each fairy he employs, he'll remove a fan from his Twitch chat, creating an incentive to avoid depend too much on them.
Boss Fights and the Final Encounter
PointCrow manages to defeat many of Tears of the Kingdom's main enemies, but the fights appear painful. The video version of his quest spares the viewer endure the whole fights, which is a blessing when a few of them take several hours. A particular boss fight, Queen Gibdo, takes an incredible twenty-three straight. The final villain showdown, which erases the hero's health as it progresses, is a memorable tense moment. The unbreakable stick is still only a piece of wood. He is unable to necessarily duplicate items during the fight.
So, is it possible? In a matter of speaking, PointCrow does overcome the beast form of Ganon. But the software forces the user to wield the Master Sword as the last attack, so technically, it's not completely a stick-only run. But where's the challenge in that?
When everything is said and done, PointCrow removed over a thousand people in his live stream. Rest in peace.
James Shepherd
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