Skyward Sword Speed-Run Accomplished

Depending how closely you followed the flood of Skyward Sword news during E3, you may or may not have heard about the time limit for the game’s dungeon demo. The demo only lasted ten minutes, meaning no one finished the dungeon in its entirety before the demo ended. Nintendo representatives on site were even consoling gamers, saying it couldn’t be done.

But a video has since surfaced proving everyone wrong.

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According to the Official Nintendo Magazine, Matthew Castle, after being told by Nintendo representatives that the dungeon could not be completed within the time limit, took this challenge to heart. After fifteen attempts, Castle was able to speed-run the Sky Temple.

“By the end of the show I was practically speed-running the thing, avoiding all combat completely and pausing only when Link’s stamina meter ran low,” said Castle.

I find the part about the stamina meter to be particularly interesting. It would appear that speed-runners will be faced with an extra level of difficulty once Skyward Sword is released later this year.