Legend of Zelda speedrunner completes four-day 100% marathon

We mortals usually spend 88 hours and 54 minutes on a single The Legend of Zelda game, but not Twitch streamer Nukie, who casually cleared every 3D game in the entire Zelda franchise within that same timeframe. You heard that right; Nukie 100% completed every 3D The Legend of Zelda game that has been released since Ocarina of Time, and she did it all without pausing, in less than 90 hours.

This streamer doesn’t just play The Legend of Zelda games; she is a legend of Zelda games.

The craziest part? This wasn’t even a one-time thing for Nukie, who already finished a 100% playthrough of every 3D Zelda game in January 2023, as shown on her YouTube channel. At the time, however, the speedrun did not include Tears of the Kingdom, as it had not been released yet. The full run took 56 hours.

With Tears of the Kingdom added to the lineup, Nukie’s 100% Zelda playthrough from December 22 included the following 3D Zelda games:

Between an 18-minute Ocarina of Time speedrun and a seven-minute Breath of the Wild speedrun on the Nintendo Switch 2, there’s been no shortage of impressive The Legend of Zelda feats, but Nukie’s achievement is particularly spectacular when you consider not just the “no sleep” part (she played for almost four days straight — imagine that), but the great variety in gameplay. After all, no two Zelda games are the same, and an oldie like Majora’s Mask requires a vastly different playstyle compared to the Nintendo Switch originals.

In a celebratory post on X, Nukie states that it took six years of practice to set this speedrun record, and she’ll “cherish [the speedrun] forever.” As she rightly puts it: “No one can stop me, I am on top of the world. I am that bitch. Fuck yeah.”

You can watch Nukie’s speedrun on her Twitch channel.