Which there isn't a problem with that. But where Mario has continued to grow, despite no more growth in viewership than Zelda. Zelda has just declined and declined. Granted, some of the most popular zelda games to speedrun are awful now (Ocarina of Time for example). - ThreadSky

koroks.bsky.social • 39 days ago

Which there isn't a problem with that. But where Mario has continued to grow, despite no more growth in viewership than Zelda. Zelda has just declined and declined. Granted, some of the most popular zelda games to speedrun are awful now (Ocarina of Time for example).

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koroks.bsky.social•39 days ago

I guess that might just be the root of the problem. 10 years ago OoT was just about tied with SM64, because the game was fun.

The game isn't fun anymore, and the amount of runners reflect that. It's probably the same for the other games. But people still watch because they know the name.

koroks.bsky.social•39 days ago

Idk, it's sad to see a passion you've followed for over a decade just drop off in competition and participation, for no reason other than "it's easier to watch than to do yourself", despite that being an entirely fair point of view.

swiftike.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think the other thing is the core of what makes them fun. Mario at its core is fun because of the movement and the best way to showcase this is through speedrunning. Zelda casually is much more explore focused / trick focused as a speedrun.

swiftike.bsky.social•39 days ago

and this is just the pipeline for why randomizer is insanely popular for zelda and while its fun for mario not nearly as popular. Rando lets you do fuck silly zelda tricks while still capturing some sense of exploration.

swiftike.bsky.social•39 days ago

fun* ... fun silly zelda tricks

koroks.bsky.social•39 days ago

😆 gotcha, gotcha

koroks.bsky.social•39 days ago

I guess it's simply a turn of the tides. Rando is just an easier pipeline for the things that people want to see. But that doesn't fully explain the other Zelda games still falling off in similar ways. Idk, maybe there will be a resurgence of interest in the future. Covid definitely made a boom.

swiftike.bsky.social•39 days ago

im sure bird flu will be huge for the zelda speedrunning community /j ffs I really hope this is a /j

koroks.bsky.social•39 days ago

It's just an observation I've had. An unfortunate one, but idk what the fix would be.

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