No links, only Fieris. Fierae? Fieres.

February 3, 2022 7:42 AM

Trial by Fieri: an Ill-Advised Zelda LTTP Randomized Run. In which a flavor blasted celebrity chef takes on the mantle of the Hero of Time, finds an orb, and then dies 200 times to the same laser squid.

There are 5 episodes so far:

Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5

The Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past has been on MetaFilter before, but if you are new to it, it's a game originally published on the Super Famicom in 1991, and has been a fan-favorite ever since. You lead a plucky character through two sprawling worlds in a quest to defeat Ganon and restore peace to the land of Hyrule.

Streaming is typically on Wednesdays, Griffin lives in Austin, TX and I think they're happening in the early afternoon his time? I always wind up catching them the next day or on the weekend.

Curious about how this is all coming together? You can check out the randomizer for yourself!

posted by curious nu (10 comments total)

I think the most critically hilarious (and deeply frustrating for Griffin) element is that this run has a 1-hit death condition as well - if Guy gets bumped just once by any of the myriad horrors that are randomly distributed (including massive rolling spike logs in front of doorways, mudmen that launch unseen from the ground, or bastardly birds with deceptive z-axis placement) he dies and returns to one of a few spawn locations across the worldmap (or the beginning of a dungeon). And it takes a not inconsiderate amount of time for Griffin to finally find a sword, much less any other useful tools... it is truly a tough time in Flavortown.
posted by FatherDagon at 9:36 AM on February 3, 2022 [5 favorites]

Oh, yes! That was in an earlier version of the post main text and then I left it out. The stress is exquisite.
posted by curious nu at 9:51 AM on February 3, 2022

I am really enjoying this. It may have something to do with the fact that it's been over one human calendar solar year since a Monster Factory dropped. It may be that it's straight off the dome from the only McElroy whose contributions I still consistently enjoy. It feels deeply weird (and I wonder if it points to what their audience is looking for) that the fourth installment of this has gotten more views in two weeks than the Imbalance finale has gotten in two months.

All of the randomizer surprise deaths are hilarious, and all of the randomizer surprise triumphs all the better for it.

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posted by supercres at 9:54 AM on February 3, 2022 [2 favorites]

Thanks for this post! I watched the first chapter and was just wondering yesterday if he kept going.
posted by Rock Steady at 11:53 AM on February 3, 2022

Legend of Zelda
tags: Souls-like
posted by I-Write-Essays at 12:39 PM on February 3, 2022 [1 favorite]

I'd cut off my pinky toe for another Griffin Nuzlocke run. This bodes well for something along those lines.
posted by supercres at 2:42 PM on February 3, 2022

So, what is the dark world version of Guy Fieri, anyway?
posted by knuckle tattoos at 1:52 AM on February 5, 2022

Gordon Ramsey, maybe? Griffin got the Pearl really early so we don't actually ever see the DW version, except once(? or twice?) briefly in the Kakariko dungeon when he gets hit by one of the temporary transformation hazards.
posted by curious nu at 6:18 AM on February 5, 2022

I'm not a particular enjoyer of the Family McElroy, Zelda, or watching game streams, but this is a lot of fun. I think it's the one-hit death condition that really elevates it.
posted by BungaDunga at 11:31 AM on February 5, 2022

Episode 6. The OHKO struggles are real in the Skull Woods.
posted by curious nu at 9:26 AM on February 11, 2022