How Speedrunning Revived SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom [Any% World Record History] Part 1
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Part 2: • How Speedrunning Reviv...
This is the story of how a video game based on SpongeBob SquarePants gained a passionate community a decade after its release, through the art of speedrunning. World records, glitch discoveries, advanced routing, friendships, rivalries, personal growth... It's all here in this 4-part journey! We hope this series can tide you over until Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated is released... We're just as excited as you are!
Subscribe to know when Part 2 is available to watch, and in the meantime, indulge in more Battle for Bikini Bottom + Rehydrated remake content: www.youtube.co...
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BfBB Links and Resources:
2013 BfBB speedrunning guide: kb.speeddemosa...
Battle for Bikini Bottom Any% speedrun leaderboards: www.speedrun.c...
The ultimate BfBB Any% speedrun tutorial (2020): • How to Speedrun Sponge...
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Text Credits
Researched, script written, and video edited by SHiFT
Script edited by SHiFT and smloader
Narrated by smloader, featuring AverageTrey
with cameos from Trihex and Redmoss
Voice audio mastering - ZimSR
Thumbnail art - Azultite
WR graphs created through flourish.studio/
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Special thanks to...
Hazel, for compiling a playlist of old BfBB videos from her time playing and working with me to fill knowledge gaps. Without her, the video wouldn't have been nearly as thorough.
ExiledPrince, for getting a hold of and interviewing Coel, which helped verify some of my research. Our original plan was to work on this project together, but I ended up restarting from the ground up and researching/writing it myself. His effort before the redirection was appreciated!
ItsMaximum, for creating the WR progression graph!
GlitchPHD, for masking the pirate theater scene!
JaredsGiantz, for input on the introduction and comedic relief.
smloader and Musicman, for music recommendations!
SeilCW, for uploading BfBB to noclip.website/ , providing great aerial views!
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Music Timestamps:
00:00 BfBB - Goo Lagoon
00:18 BfBB - Downtown
00:48 SpongeBob Movie - Opening Theme
01:36 SS: Lights, Camera, Pants! - Goo-Ladiators
02:20 Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights - The Mystery Machine
02:39 BfBB - Dream
05:05 Super Mario Sunshine - Deep Sea of Mare
05:31 Metal Fortress - Dire, Dire Docks (Melodic Dubstep Remix)
05:55 SS: Creature from the Krusty Krab - Super-Sized Patty
06:48 BfBB - Dream
08:17 BfBB - Poseidome
09:10 SS: Creature from the Krusty Krab - Diesel Dreaming
10:34 Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - Theme of Solid Snake
13:27 SS: Creature from the Krusty Krab - StarFishMan
14:42 SS: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman - Reef Blower
15:47 BfBB - Jellyfish Fields
16:49 BfBB - Graveyard
18:10 BfBB GBA - Level 1
19:25 Street Fighter II - Guile's Theme
20:43 SpongeBob Movie - Slide
21:37 BfBB - Industrial Park
22:23 SS: Creature from the Krusty Krab - Alaskan Belly Hub
24:08 BfBB - Kelp Forest
26:02 SpongeBob Movie - Challenge Level
28:34 Sonic Adventure 2 - Escape from the City (2-Player Battle Version)
30:02 BfBB - Slide
32:45 SS: Creature from the Krusty Krab - Alaskan Belly Hub
34:08 Mr Feral - Mute City Metal Remix
35:18 BfBB - Downtown
36:00 BfBB - SpongeBob's Dream
37:55 SS: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman - Square Pants
38:18 Koba - Meta Ridley Battle Theme Remix
39:31 supralightning - Terminate II
40:13 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Court Begins
41:17 SS: Creature from the Krusty Krab - StarFishMan
44:00 BfBB - Goo Lagoon
45:18 SS: Lights, Camera, Pants! - Inflatable Pants
45:51 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Telling the Truth
46:57 SpongeBob Movie - Shell City, Dead Ahead
47:21 SS: Lights, Camera, Pants! - Machine Meltdown
48:28 BfBB GBA - Level 8
49:48 SS: Creature from the Krusty Krab - StarFishMan
50:48 GaMetal - Dialga's Fight to the Finish!
53:38 BfBB - Downtown
56:42 hyeonjiim - Undella Town (Winter) Remix
58:15 BfBB - Dream
59:45 hyeonjiim - Undella Town (Winter) Remix
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Love is expressed in many forms. Through our love for learning all of Battle for Bikini Bottom's ins and outs, a community formed and grew stronger than we ever could have expected. But we still have a lot to cover before we get to that point...
Who's excited for Part 2?
Edit: WOW. After nearly a full decade, KT has posted on the SDA thread where it all started!!! twitter.com/shiftposting/status/1257502828563742720
HELL YEAH
Can't wait
fucking me
me!
CRUISE BOOSTING FRICK YEAH
Ad: *starts*
Me: *ready to skip*
Ad: *actually the rehydrated trailer*
Me: you deserve to live
Dude I couldn't agree more I wanna give the ad a full watch to inspire more to come out
I swear this is the only ad that plays in this video, I saw it like 5 times!
I'm not complaining, mind you. That shit FIRE
@@gaminwatch8203 it's because you must be watching anything spongebob related or even if you have watched something spongebob related it will pop up on other vids but honestly is amazing So Hell yeah
Same.
exact same thing happened to me
I WAS A WIMP BEFORE CRUISE BOOSTING!
NOW I'M A JERK AND EVERYBODY LOVES ME!
Underrated comment XD
Perfect video 10/10
oh if EZ says it's 10/10 i'm in for a real treat aren't I
God content approved by the gods? Amazing
W
It’s like I can’t click away
But has 200 disliles...
Holy shit! I USED TO GO BY THAT NAME. KT1JDDD, I haven't gone by that name in a long time. Wife was sad there weren't any speedruns, so we thought about doing it ourselves. And yes, that grinding shinies on the top of the sand castle is exactly what I did. Big reason my run didn't have any footage is because I had no way of recording it. Wife and I do plan on speedrunning the remake. I wish I hadn't been so big a dick in those days. When this game started ramping up, I was going back to Majora's Mask to do more runs I never ended up recording.
I had to see it to believe it! Big thanks to you and your wife for reaching out
What a chad
@@Fellovidual What about it? Lol.
@@KTSpeedruns I was just saying it becuase you are the reason it all kicked off it the first place
@@Fellovidual Nope. Still not used to hearing that. Haha. At any rate, I hope your days are wonderful.
Oh god the crying pirates at the end was simply genius
Special thanks to Glitch Doctor for making that one possible. I would've never written it into the script if I didn't have him to help execute it lol
That actually hurt my soul x'D
Coel's instructions for cruise boosting is just spongebob's instructions for blowing a bubble
Uhh yeah, so you basically just do a cruise boost... And then you just do another one
@@clickbaitcancer120 yeah but you need to, like, do the first cruise boost before the second
@@orpheos3150 yeah and like... the cruise boost must be done using like... a controller
@@thefatshark4301 and you must have beaten the bosses where you get these powers
Legend has it, KT is still too lazy (and secretive) to post his strategies - he's probably at a sub 25 now
I never got past the sub 2:29 actually. There were things happening in Majora's Mask I was trying to do. A game I also pretty much never got lower than around 2:30. I digress. i regret being such a jerk in those days. They were pretty much spot on with the route speculation, though.
@@KTSpeedruns yooooo, don't worry about it man! I look back on things I posted in 2010 and want to slap myself for it, but it cracks my friends up. Cheers to starting up speedruns to one of my favorite games!
I want to like, but it's at 69 likes, when someone else likes it i'll like, but for now imagine an imaginary 70th like. Edit, OK, i'm the 127th like :]
@@KTSpeedruns my man
Reiden Lightman Nothing cooler than seeing stuff like this with unexpected replies. Don’t feel bad about it, glad you can look back on it now.
I like how professional and unprofessional this is at times and I love it
The world you're looking for is "passionate".. It's professional yet it depends with the certain group circle
I like how your comment follows a similar format but with a sentence and it hurts my brain but i love it 😂
CRUISE BOOSTING!!! FUCK YEAH
As most things should be
The part when Cole's face was on a movie theater screen was pure gold
When I initially thought of it I was laughing like a dumbass with nobody else around. But in the final cut, that scene was so emotional leading up to the meme that I didn't know how it made me feel. Some weird mix of light-hearted sadness, I can't describe it. I was curious to see how people would receive it.
And of course, big thanks to GlitchPHD for masking that scene. Guy's so good at what he does it's unreal.
@@SHiFTss had me teary eyed
Gave me goosebumps
I honestly feel like without the Speedrunning community, we may have not gotten a remake of this game. Knowing that there is still more to talk about the history of the Speedrunning community shows just how much this game has grown over the years.
I've been casually playing the game throughout the last 15 years
This is why I love speed running. I personally would never be able to do it but I love watching people speed run these classic games. The community surrounding it is great too.
If you love watching speedruns you'll love doing speedruns. Especially of this game. There are many resources that will help people that even know nothing about the game. There's no reason not to try it!
Entep the Speddrunner _smo Yeah that’s a good point. I just never tried it before because I knew I’d rage hard lol.
Seriously, try it. You don't have to be a world class speedrunner to enjoy speedrunning as a hobby. It's as simple as taking a game you enjoy, and pushing it as far as you want to.
“This video would be put in 4 parts”
Me: oh then I guess it’s like 20 mins eac-
*1 hour long*
Oh.
Same
Better than most documentaries
Part 2 is an hour AND A HALF
At first I was like, cool he put all 4 parts together. Than i realize it only said part 1. Yet it still very entertaining.
1hour? Felt like a some minutes
The writing & editing for this was AMAZING, especially towards the end with the flow graph building suspense for Part 2
Graph is courtesy of ItsMaximum, who had to put up with sooooo much of my bullshit to get it just right. Love him for helping with that.
And as for the writing, the style I was going for was more of a thesis rather than an info dump. I didn't expect so much comedy to get squeezed in, but as soon as Loader and I started working more closely, the synergy developed into some... Really sick shit. A lot of the lines in my original script with no comedic value whatsoever were even made hilarious just with his inflections and take on the script. And the cruise boost skit was literally just him spouting out random crap, and I instantly knew I wanted it in the final cut.
We are anxious for part 2!
"Coel was inactive on the thread since the police station discovery."
Me: what... Oh right
What?
Gamer Wolf Makes it sound like he was wanted by the police
@@Nattegoya how
@@thefatshark4301 “inactive since the police station discovery” Let’s forget about bfbb for a minute and just think about how weird this would sound out of context
The only problem with this video is THAT IT ENDS
Don't worry chief. Zim, Loader and I are doing a mic check for Part 2 tonight!
@@SHiFTss When will this be out? the suspense is killing me lol
@@BigRhys02 same, i can't wait
@@SHiFTss still waiting
Same
"Now this, is what a speedrun looks like:"
-interesting movement? yes!
-erratic, jumpy camera movements? YES!
-C L I P P I N G T E X T U R E S ? Y̶̝͉͇̗͒͊͂͘͠E̶̯̯͔̊̿S̸̨̹̭̄̎̏͛̑!̸͇͇͎͚̲́̓
it's super impressive that hazel managed to keep up with the spongebob-fueled superhuman that is coel
Me after clicking on this suggested video: Geez one hour long, and its multiple parts, def not gonna watch this.
*one hour later*
Holy shit I need part 2
This has to be one of the most detailed and well made documentary’s I have seen on UA-cam...as a 90s kid I grew up playing gamecube and remember playing this game so just watching this whole video made me feel like a kid again and made me pull out my GameCube to play some of my old favorites....this truest brought a smile to my face....nostalgia overload
Almost every ad was rehydrated
Y-yeah I had ads enabled too
UA-cam Premium gang.
Not gonna lie when I see an army of ads I usually just pull it up on my browser because I have an adblocker. I know it's leeching from ad revenue but I just don't feel like seeing 8 raid shadow legends or arknights ads. The other day I saw 18 ad breaks on a speedrun. Like I would rather donate a dollar to the content creator than sit through that, it will be 1000 times more money than I earn them from ads.
@@SoniCraft98 ad block gang
xentaza not something to be proud of
I just watched a 1 hour video about BfBB speedruns even though I don't even care that much about them and I enjoyed every second of it.
In my opinion that's a huge compliment to you as a content creator.
That cruise boosting segment starting around 39:32 actually made me laugh out loud. Really enjoyed this video as a whole. Great work with the editing!
Soooo much of that was improvised with several people. It all started with Loader blurting out some random bullshit, then I was like WAIT WRITE THAT DOWN. Now it's in the video!
Really makes me want to do a post-commentary with him and some other members of the community sometime
Next time, WE NEED BLOOPERS
UA-cam: "Here's a random video at 5 a.m. you might like- History of SpongeBob Bikini Bottom speed run"
Me: " odd choice youtube. But odd enough I'm intrigued. An hour? For just part one??? "
Me now "please part two please"
There I am, Gary! There I am! 59:28
For real though, I'm glad to help kickstart this project and do some of the research. Here's to hoping Coel and even KT see's this video! Can't wait for rest of the parts!
Tysm for getting in touch with Coel to get that interview. His personal accounts really helped tie together the information I got from Hazel and the other sources I used to piece all of this together as well. Was an awesome addition and helped flesh out one of the major themes I wanted :)
I was KT. I never got past the sub 2:29 actually. There were things happening in Majora's Mask I was trying to do. A game I also pretty much never got lower than around 2:30. I digress. i regret being such a jerk in those days. They were pretty much spot on with the route speculation, though.
@@KTSpeedruns Great to see you come back man! Part of me felt that you were around and would watch the video somehow.
@@KTSpeedruns One of my favorite parts of the research phase was theorizing your route. It was a bit I felt would be unique to the genre and help solidify the viewers' understandings of how the game works.
When you’re more hyped for a remake of a kid’s game you’ve never played than the sequel to one of the best games of last generation.
Can’t wait to visit Bikini bottom
I understood that reference.
Me: _Is watching video, with __1:09:29__ being the best speedrun._
Me: Damn, that's pretty quick.
Me: _Looks at youtube recommendations._
Autoplay: The First 48 Ever Achieved in SpongeBob SquarePants Battle for Bikini Bottom (Speedrun World Record)
Me: Sh*t just got real.
The game never stops.
Same happened to me
Can I just say, seeing a female speedrunner being so influential is actually really inspiring to me, not something you see often that I wish was more common
I can't imagine just how much work must've gone into recovering all of this information. This right here is VALUE.
I think about the same thing everytime I see a speed run documentary. These dudes literally go back in years to find forum posts talking about speed running to put this information starting from the first ever post. Major dedication
Hazel: can you show me how to cruise boost?
Coel: Well yes, but actually no
I remember genuinely disliking that Game Grumps episode. I felt Arin was definitely not giving the game an honest shot and he just continued to give it shit while not being particularly good at it.
As for the game itself, I'm of the few who grew up with every version. I rented the Gamecube version first, then had a PS2 disc, and then when the PS2 disc stopped working I owned it on the xbox. I might be wrong, but I remember the Xbox version being the speediest because it didn't temporarily freeze everytime you grabbed a spatula (I could be 100% wrong tho it's been about 2 decades.) The game had so much fan service from the best years of the series, the hub was a joy to explore, as was the worlds surrounding them and the game reeked of creative level design. I'm actually really happy the speedrunning community brought this game back to light, it really is an underrated classic
He did the same with Glover.
Jontron 2as the only gokd part of that outfit
@@spazerdazer8421 Dont think I've played Glover. I hear the N64 version was pretty solid. Ps1 version, not so much.
arin has just become a grouchy, elitist, predictable and unentertaining youtuber that thinks hating games that people like = funny
game grumps is fucking shit
Well, he is grump isn't it
Spongebob: Part Two? PART TWO?? PART TWO! PART TWO!
This whole video was incredible, I’m so glad to see the Bfbb Community come together to share their love for the game/scene. It makes me incredibly happy to see this game being given the proper love and respect it deserved.
I came to notice the speed running community from watching Shift’s runs.
I’m a casual player of this game but I enjoy watching speedruns, they’re so sick. Anyways loving these vids guys!
Yo, I saw a notification and realized Shift freakin’ hearted?! That just blew my mind! :o
Those "masterpiece run" montage scenes were really well done. They're always my favorite parts of the video in this niche video genre.
The montage at the end took many hours to make, and required a lot of planning to execute the right way. Funny thing is, the 1:27 montage had to be redone entirely cause my original music choice (from Oddworld Stranger's Wrath, one of Coel's other speedgames) got hit with a copyright claim lmao.
I got a Rehydrated ad while watching this video! Don’t worry, I didn’t skip it.
I did toooooooo
A statistic will at some point show that the bfbbr ad was the fewest skipped in that time
I actually had to change my sleep shedule, because I'm going back to school in 2 days, but damn, I couldn't miss that. Amazing video, SHiFT, never stop :3
I'm sorry what
"I actually had to change my sleep shedule, because I'm going back to school in 2 days, but damn, I couldn't miss that. Amazing video, SHiFT, never stop :3"
@@icewings_intotheclouds you're going back to school. In two days. How. Why
gamer gaymer not everyone is out of school kid
I've been in quarantine too, but my country has just decided, that we go back to school now shrug. I live in Germany btw.
This video has made me realize I should make my dates prove they can cruise boost before sex.
I originally started watching bfbb speedruns 5 years ago, and since then I’m amazed how great this community has become and the fact that rehydrated is being made is just amazing. Great job on part 1 Shift, can’t wait to watch the rest of them.
KT showed up in Shift's stream tonight.
Truly legendary.
I wonder how Rehydrated will be speedran.
i cant say ive ever heard the term "speedran" before. it makes sense but its existence scares me
It will be extremely vanilla since 99% of the glitches will be gone. Will probably be a fun game though.
JMoto The King people are probably going to mod them in
We'll find glitches. Not the same ones, but we'll find a way.
@@Dkibble101 Fingers crossed
wait people speedrun this game?
its like one of my favorite nostalgic games of my childhood
So much effort went into this and watching it being made on stream was a great experience too. Really looking forward to the upcoming parts and if anything it's hyping me up for the remake!!
i remember watching some of the editing on stream too! poor shift had to deal with photoshop PepeHands
"Hell of fast" is my new catchphrase
So happy this is finally out. It's nice to finally know the roots of a game I never had the privilege of running in the beginning. This also helps my motivation to start runs back up when I get the time. I've never been more busy than the last month. ;-;
Thanks to the community for putting this amazing video together!
>Part 1
>1 Hour 26 seconds
Who knew a Spongebob game would have this much history in Speedrunning for just Any%
Fantastic work. I never knew how sick early runs were.
This game has a loooot of outdated yet awesome strategies that people don't know about. Excited to cover more of them in this series :)
YO, it's absolutely wild seeing myself @ 49:05 in the comments on Coel's video, I remember I was pretty into trying to get into speedrunning BfBB but got hung up on tricks and tried reaching out to Coel for help... insane that that was five years ago!! Maybe I should get back into running...
right here, bud! ua-cam.com/video/xEyu4KrlrGo/v-deo.html
@@SHiFTss Started re-learning Any% as of yesterday and surprisingly I still have a lot of memory of how the game feels/certain tricks. I'm gonna be streaming runs next week!
the music variation gives me serious nostalgia
It's kinda heart breaking that GDQ didn't let Coel perform his speedrun if only people knew of the herculean crusade against golden spatulas and crazed robots was taking place.
battle for bikini bottom rehydrated, coel: What do you say? Wanna go ‘round again? Hazel: i do
Omg this was awesome! Hazel is my favorite speedrunner now. I was rooting for her the whole time! I don't think I've ever heard of a girl being involved in the genesis of a speedrun, and even holding the world record, before now. You go girl!!!!
shut up
Me: ''Why is a sponge bob videogame speedrun recomended to me?''
UA-cam: Trust me you wont be able to stop
Me 1 hour later: I WANT MOREEE!!!!
the fact that i had gamecube in 2005 with this game and truecrime LA after moving to colorado at age 6 i feel blessed to have had this game as a childhood memory and now discovering your channel is like a blessing of nostalgia i didnt know i was yearning for. bout to pack some bowls and watch this whole doc of one of my fav games being completely broken and beaten by pure skill that us gamers have accumulated all these years. Cheers Shift.
Cruise Boosting, Fuck Yeah.
Remember playing BFBB for the first time, thinking it’s just a awesome spongebob game, to see how it changed casual play and and the impact it had on casual players and the SR community. Amazing video, pumped to see part 2
23:08 ‘As the year came to a close Lab door skip had not been found.’ I think what the TAS community was trying to do is very comparable to how taxi glitch was found on rehydrated on day 1 of the game being released.
I watched a 1 hr video about a game i never plan on playing. That is how good you did at keeping the fans attention. Truly remarkable stuff not everyone can do what you did for a entire hr
me at the beginning of this video: look i love speedrunning histories as much as the next person but i'm not gunna sit down and watch a video on it for a whole ass hour
me at the end of the video: PART TWO PART TWO PART TWO PART TWO PART TWO PART TW
I played this game once when I was like 6 and thought it was okay... Thank you for putting me in my place. Genuinely cannot wait for part 2
Like it how the ending of this video starts with a guy with "Your time is up, pinhead" pfp going up in times
This game is a masterpiece and the sheer number of tricks you can learn form it is unreal. Takes real skill and patience for this shit. You speed runners are truly a different breed.
Damn man Coel’s an absolute legend, dude made waves for years and him & Hazel really carried this games community for so long. Nothing but respect to those two.
The stories of speedrunning are amazing because no matter how many games you watch be speedran, they will all be different enough to be unique and exciting.
Thank you speed runners :) There was a time where i was going to go to the extra miles to play playstation 2 games specially since you need special courds for the new tv's to hook them up. But after seeing shift's videos because of one spongebob episode i was trying to remember i was like so hook on wanting to play this game again and then few weeks or months later a spongebob game has been announced. So basically that's how the story of me figuring out that this game was in development.
Considering I got an ad for the remake before watching - what a wonderful coincidence.
Loved the video, it was very informative as I didn't know about the game a lot. Can't wait for part 2!
40:28
"Battle for bikini bottom runs at 60 frames per second."
Me: *can't even get 30 on my computer*
MAE BOROWSKI!!
Never thought I would sit through an hour of SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom speedrunning history, yet here I am.
Scooby-Doo night of 100 Frights now that brings back some old memories. I really hope that they add a nod to it in the remake of SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom... I highly doubt it though.
Mystery Mayhem was better
@@MaxiemumKarnage a couple of the ghosts and monsters are creepy to.
I would rather have that XD
@@zxbryc Scooby-Doo night of 100 Refrights Confirmed..... JK.
I never knew a mere mortal could make 4 documentarys on battle for bikini bottom. I am dumbfounded.
Why is this video so good holy. Easily earned a sub, BFBB is one of my favorite childhood games and didn’t know it was coming back out, so hyped. This video also makes me want to learn how to speed run it.
coel's cruise boost tutorial was just "so basically, youre gonna have to cruise boost."
Bro, I fricken love this game with all my heart. I had played this when I was a little kid and loved it so much. Seeing this rehydrated I literally cant. I love it so much
Cassandra Webb same
I'VE WATCHED THIS LIKE THREE TIMES I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT
"And then it ended."
me: *notices there are going to be 3 more parts* "Don't know about that one chief."
Guys this video is insanely good like really well made. This is the best video I have ever watched on youtube, and I honestly felt like I learned something and know i really wanna play that game. Thank you for making this masterpiece
I'm so glad and grateful that you tell us the story in such detail. It also motivates me to spend more time with the game. Big thanks and above all: respect!
I don't know why UA-cam recommended me this but I am fully into it, great video and keep it up! :)
I live the trope of the skilled runner who has no idea how to explain what he does
This game holds some of the my most subconscious nostalgia that I forgot about, but has always been there in the back of my memory. One of the few who had the gamecube copy
This is so well made, love y'all for keeping this game alive. Hope all of this continues with Rehydrated.
14:38 "Well, some beacons of hope would soon arrive..."
Ad: "WAWA'S FRESHLY-BREWED ICE COFFEE"
getting trihex to voice over his own forum post from 14 years ago was really cool
It's so fascinating watching all these different people discover and explore every nook and cranny of this game. Definitely hyped for part 2
It blows my mind that I found a few of those time skips as a primary-schooler back in the days. I played so much and loved to find exploits in games and it makes me so nostalgic seeing that stuff. :D
Looking back on it, I think this was really what made me decide that I wanted to speedrun BfBB. I'd been interested for a few months, but watching this made me feel like there really was something special about running this game. And now as of today, I'm just under 3 minutes away from a sub 1 hour run. So, thanks for this video :) I loved this game as a kid, and I've found a whole new love for it through this community :)
39:29 I'm just gonna leave this here
cruise boosting timestamp
I don’t know the story of this game and have never been interested in it until this point. Please make part 2 soon! This video was amazing!
I am writing this purely for algorithm. Thank you for this, I absolutely love the work
ty brother
*Skips Tales series on sales charts*
I cry.
Great video, and looking forward to the remaster.
Absolutely amazing, I can't wait for the next parts.
I clicked on this and then realized it was an hour long and let out a groan. Way too long of a video, or so I thought. I was hooked and watched the whole thing and now Im waiting for part 2. Well done
really loved the animated graph at the very end (58:37) that made me feel sort of sad as the last generation is left behind but also excited to see where this story goes next. excellent video, can't wait to watch the rest! my little brother loved this game and I'm excited to try the remake next month!
Cannot believe i watched a full hour video about speedrunning when i dont watch many speedruns themselves. This is a very well done, interesting video and am looking forward to part 2!
I usually dont leave comments but man this was a really entertaining and well put together video! Excited to see where it goes from here in the next part
This is the first video of yours I've ever seen and that cruise boosting intro was phenomenal. You just got a new subscriber.
To be fair, you should never trust Arin's opinion on a game in the first few hours. He's a dunce who skips tutorials then complains about the game sucking, not teaching him the controls, or it being too hard.
pretty much most games i love arin thinks are bad, like sonic adventure 2, or BFBB, or Kingdom hearts lmfao, yet i still hella watch gg and hella enjoyed all their sonic playthroughs despite arin being fucking annoying about the games
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@@ehboss3220 He did nothing wrong.
@@stevehandjobs1 he did everything correct
Honestly I think that playthrough is what killed any enjoyment I had for the channel and why I unsubbed. I fell in love with the channel watching their Punch Out videos and liked their Mario Galaxy videos but along the way I started to become more annoyed and just fucked off. I am not sure what was the point where I was like "Fuck this guy" (because it was really just Arin himself I disliked) but the Battle for Bikini Bottom videos really didn't help. Fans sent them that game and they couldn't be arsed to pay a little attention to it. I can understand not caring too much because you didn't grow up with the show but that doesn't excuse skipping everything and then getting stuck and blaming the game.
Mad props to everyone who made this documentary. This game will always be apart of my childhood.
When averageTrey showed up I knew this was a good speed run history video
3 years ago Trey and I first talked about the possibility of this happening someday. So when the time came to writing that script, it would have been a crime not including him as a cameo. Guy's been a source of inspiration and a great friend.
👌🙏👍
Damn you got both of them to reply
@@jessemaniboujee I feel blessed 😇
With an entertaining topic and phenomenal editing, I stayed around for the entire 1 hour long runtime and was engaged during the whole thing. I can't wait for the next parts! Bravo for all of the work you put into this soon-to-be series, you've earned my sub.
Those guys are people who actually care about their community
Honestly though, some speedrunning-history videos become samey and predictable, but this was REALLY well-structured, didn't "spoil" anything ahead of time, and stayed actually entertaining throughout. Great video, thank you