Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Only a short stay in the desert heat for us! Spiny Desert has been cleared on my ninth attempt, and Pipesqueak soon followed on my third. We're making excellent progress - I've essentially reached the halfway point of this run, and I won't let anything stop me now. :)
The successful match I played on Spiny Desert is, to put it mildly, incredible. I've never experienced such a rollercoaster of emotions playing this game. It is 100% the most entertaining match I've played in this challenge thus far, and I highly recommend watching it in its entirety without spoilers on the details. It begins at 3:06:20 of the video.
Pipesqueak was fine. I have the sense that the speedrunners must despise it. I tolerated it and now it's behind me.
No Minigame Wins Challenge Rules:
1. I am not allowed to win end-of-turn minigames.
2. I am not allowed to win Duel minigames.
3. I am not allowed to win against Game Guy.
4. I am not allowed to get 1st place in a Battle minigame. I am allowed to get 2nd place, though.
5. If I win a minigame I must reset the board entirely, starting from Turn 1.
6. No turn resets. Boards will be played without mid-match save files. (Allowing turn resets would make the challenge way too easy.)
7. Item minigames, which are not adversarial competitive activities, I am allowed to earn items from. (Succeeding is not the same thing as winning.)
8. For coin minigames, I must let the game play out with zero input from my controller. (Letting coin minigames kill my run would be unsatisfying, but allowing me to intentionally earn coins through them cuts against the spirit of the challenge.)
9. Chance Time is not a minigame and I may take advantage of it as I please.
10. I can defeat the fake Millennium Star at the end, don't be silly.
More information here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14VbiFZ10gVZK5qE8e5JPccBo1q9JQ7vDEDVl4zaWMaI/edit#gid=668371316
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/yourgenderhere
Only a short stay in the desert heat for us! Spiny Desert has been cleared on my ninth attempt, and Pipesqueak soon followed on my third. We're making excellent progress - I've essentially reached the halfway point of this run, and I won't let anything stop me now. :)
The successful match I played on Spiny Desert is, to put it mildly, incredible. I've never experienced such a rollercoaster of emotions playing this game. It is 100% the most entertaining match I've played in this challenge thus far, and I highly recommend watching it in its entirety without spoilers on the details. It begins at 3:06:20 of the video.
Pipesqueak was fine. I have the sense that the speedrunners must despise it. I tolerated it and now it's behind me.
No Minigame Wins Challenge Rules:
1. I am not allowed to win end-of-turn minigames.
2. I am not allowed to win Duel minigames.
3. I am not allowed to win against Game Guy.
4. I am not allowed to get 1st place in a Battle minigame. I am allowed to get 2nd place, though.
5. If I win a minigame I must reset the board entirely, starting from Turn 1.
6. No turn resets. Boards will be played without mid-match save files. (Allowing turn resets would make the challenge way too easy.)
7. Item minigames, which are not adversarial competitive activities, I am allowed to earn items from. (Succeeding is not the same thing as winning.)
8. For coin minigames, I must let the game play out with zero input from my controller. (Letting coin minigames kill my run would be unsatisfying, but allowing me to intentionally earn coins through them cuts against the spirit of the challenge.)
9. Chance Time is not a minigame and I may take advantage of it as I please.
10. I can defeat the fake Millennium Star at the end, don't be silly.
More information here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14VbiFZ10gVZK5qE8e5JPccBo1q9JQ7vDEDVl4zaWMaI/edit#gid=668371316
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/yourgenderhere
