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[Summoning Salt] When Zoast first saw speedruns himself in the mid-2000s
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Running with Speed

When Zoastfirst saw speedruns himselfin the mid-2000s, no one was betteratSuper Metroid...

[Summoning Salt] When Zoast
first saw speedruns himself
in the mid-2000s, no one was better
atSuper Metroid than a mysterious runner
from Japan named Hotarubi

Full Transcript

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[Summoning Salt] When Zoast first saw speedruns himself in the mid-2000s,
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no one was better atSuper Metroid
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than a mysterious runner from Japan named Hotarubi.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:43:08
Uploaded
Apr 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Wild Arrow Media,Good Deed Entertainment

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Movie Summary

It tells the fascinating story of how the most dedicated and ingenious video game players in the world compete to set the fastest records of all time, and how they unite at @gamesdonequick to raise millions of dollars to fight can...
Very little was known about him, - Running with Speed 00:07
Very little was known about him,
Hotarubi is a legend, in a Super Metroidspeedrunning, - Running with Speed 00:05
Hotarubi is a legend, in a Super Metroidspeedrunning,
When people first saw his runs, - Running with Speed 00:06
When people first saw his runs,
They thought that he had cheated to achieve those, - Running with Speed 00:05
They thought that he had cheated to achieve those,
[upbeat electronic music] - Running with Speed 00:05
[upbeat electronic music]
[Summoning Salt] Turns out, Hotarubi was a kid growing up outside of Tokyo, - Running with Speed 00:15
[Summoning Salt] Turns out, Hotarubi was a kid growing up ou...
[video game music] - Running with Speed 00:15
[video game music]
And to add to his lore, - Running with Speed 00:09
And to add to his lore,
After defeating Mother Brain, - Running with Speed 00:07
After defeating Mother Brain,
But there's a quick detour that leads to a room with trapped animals. - Running with Speed 00:06
But there's a quick detour that leads to a room with tr...
It's a fun side-challenge, but you don't need to do it. - Running with Speed 00:05
It's a fun side-challenge, but you don't need to d...
So not only was Hotarubi's run so fast that people thought it was fake, - Running with Speed 00:10
So not only was Hotarubi's run so fast that people thou...
You have to go to this sort of alternate route - Running with Speed 00:08
You have to go to this sort of alternate route
When the planet explodes, right before it explodes, - Running with Speed 00:07
When the planet explodes, right before it explodes,
[upbeat electronic music] - Running with Speed 00:15
[upbeat electronic music]
[announcer] We have "save the animals" at $14,939 - Running with Speed 00:08
[announcer] We have "save the animals" at $14,939
[Summoning Salt] GDQ uses the decision to save, - Running with Speed 00:12
[Summoning Salt] GDQ uses the decision to save,
Let's save these animals." - Running with Speed 00:09
Let's save these animals."
[commentator 2] And with a final total of $128,152 - Running with Speed 00:18
[commentator 2] And with a final total of $128,152
[Summoning Salt] Every so often, someone comes around - Running with Speed 00:07
[Summoning Salt] Every so often, someone comes around