For a large portion of the gaming community (myself included), glitches are nothing but annoyances that muddy the developer’s intentions. As someone who has dealt with my share of game-ruining glitches, I would never argue for the preservation of all glitches.
It is important to remember that none of these are game-breaking glitches that lead to soft locks or lost saves. To a casual player the game functions just fine, but in the hands of a knowledgeable speedrunner, Ocarina of Time can appear to be one of the most broken games of all time. If you’ve never heard of these techniques before, it’s because they are things that the casual player would never run into during normal play. No more Ground Jump, no more Bomb Hover, no more Weirdshot. Why? Because many of these glitches were removed in the 3DS version.
However, if you watch the video (which I highly recommend you do for a better understanding of speedrunning) you will notice Wright is playing an older version of the game (the iQue Player version to be exact, as Chinese text is fastest), rather than the recent 3DS remake.
This run, which Wright says is his greatest speedrun ever, is the culmination of over 15 years of work by glitch hunters and speedrunners who have likely spent more time with the game than anyone else in the world. Ganon is defeated with a Deku Stick after activating what is known as the Infinite Sword Glitch. He completed the game as Young Link without ever picking up the Kokiri Sword. On July 20, speedrunner Cosmo Wright beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 18 minutes and 10 seconds.
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