When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s most popular speedrunning route has been made “obsolete” after standing for 12 years, all thanks to an accidental discovery that shaves an entire minute off the world record. The previous record-setting route relied on the ability to go through a door at the Deku Tree and end up at Ganon’s Tower during the collapse, relying on a technique called ‘Wrong Warp’ to do so. That route was first discovered in 2012, and while it’s been optimized since then, it’s still been the fastest way to complete the game for many years - until now. Our story begins in 2017, when long-running Ocarina of Time speedrunner DannyB was playing around with a room duplication glitch (itself discovered in 2009) that yielded some strange results. Multiple duplications started to mess with collision in …
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