The History of Crystal Chronicles Any% World Record Speedruns 

Happy 20th anniversary to FFCC! I loved playing this game as a kid and I'm glad to have shared this WR history with you all!!! Runners: Ghoul02 - www.twitch.tv/ghoul02 LittleTonbi - www.twitch.tv/littletonbi Neviutz - ru-vid.com VerySydney - www.twitch.tv/verysydney Romulo - www.twitch.tv/romulostx Tansu-Kaguno - ru-vid.com/show-UC9e3... Manaclaw - www.twitch.tv/Manaclaw trsLinitaa - www.twitch.tv/trslinitaa Other FFCC Community Members: Wobmiar - ru-vid.com/show-UCOAi... O.D.W. - ru-vid.com/show-UCS_b... Other Footage: GamesDoneQuick - ru-vid.com/show-UCI3D... Coolkid - ru-vid.com Hotarubi - ru-vid.com Speedrun Resources: Leaderboard - www.speedrun.com/ffcc Discord Server - discord.gg/YRRquyF Music (In order): pastebin.com/4uaHHW1v

YO IS THAT ME? I VAGUELY REMEMBER ROUTING THIS GAME I do recall that when first starting out, I was sleuthing for those JP FFCC runs on NicoNicoDouga. Back then we barely had any idea of how the game worked and I don't think anyone in the English-speaking community even knew what the player's stats did. Eventually we figured out that every 5 points of attack and defense converted to 1 HP damage given or taken, but that was stuff that wasn't explained in any guide at the time. It's so hard to understate how different speedrunning is now compared to then. Imagine that there was a whole JP community for this game with experienced runners while we were mostly ignorant of them and trying to figure out how the game even worked, lol. Meteor Parasite phase 3 was definitely the biggest roadblock to getting a complete run. I think in 2012-2013 I was finishing up college and applying to medical school, so I stepped away from FFCC at that point. It's awesome to know how far along the community has come.

I love the idea of speedrunners ambitiously rushing to Mount Vellenge never to be heard from again because it parallels the events of the game's story. The mayor of Tipa explicitly tells the player not to try ridding the world of Miasma because previous caravanners had mysteriously disappeared while attempting to do so. Great video by the way! I adore FFCC, so it's exciting to see people talking about it all these years later ❤️

1:14:03 As in dr. stone "You may better than me, but you cant compete with the colaborative research of the whole humanity over the years"

Only 6 minutes into the video, but when you mentioned dondon151 I did a second take because I recognized the name from his Fire Emblem runs and guides that he does now. Never knew he worked on this in the past! How cool :)

Im so happy a video like this exists, let alone being so well paced and well editted on top. This game has always meant a lot to me, so much so that I maxed out all artifacts for all 8 character slots in the remaster, and while I knew the vague strats from some marathon runs recently I never knew how colorful the history of this scene was this whole time.

Fantastic video, its so well paced over the entire 90 minutes without feeling like its dragging on at any point, very impressive and must have taken a huge amount of work. I remember briefly watching Neviutz run this game on twitch in what must have been 2014 or 2015, crazy to see this after so long.

Fun fact: I've played this game to death, but never actually beaten it. I got to Mt. Vellenge once. lol This was an absolutely fascinating watch! I'm not a speedrunner and never will be, but I'm always interested in seeing how speedrunners can break the game into tiny pieces. A shame the letter glitch doesn't work in the English version...

Yo, Pokemon Colosseum music AND Duelists of the Roses music??? What a treat!

"...stirring up a user named Dondon151." Well, FE and FF are but a letter apart, I guess. Who knew?

I remember getting this in 2003 and being bummed out to find that GBAs were needed for multiplayer, since none of my friends at the time had one. Still had a hoot playing it by myself though, and I'm glad to see it's had a solid fanbase over the years :) Thanks for making such an incredible and comprehensive catalog of the game's speedrunning history, it was truly a treat to watch.

Small correction: it takes exactly 4 myrrh drops for a myrrh tree to replenish (a little bit more than 1 year, or 3 dungeons) Edit: Correction number 2: Events are not scripted in specific places in the world. They are scripted after certain myrrh drops collected/dungeons done

Commenting to support the youtube algorithm. Great video showcasing our community in such a great way

I remember beating this game a few times solo without farming. I don't remember how long it took but the last boss fight was a good 2 hours long or so. I used the class with the strong shield and could block enough damage from the final boss to survive and chip away at it. Ran through all the levels required to get to the final area as fast as possible.

Having watched the whole video, I would have loved a throwback at the end of the video to the true champion of the beginning of the this speedrun's history: Zm4rf on the SDAForums who indeed was correct: "The game can [indeed] be completed in less than 5 hours." Truly a champion before his time.

How did you get all of the B-roll that looks like it was taken at like a first person eye level?! It looks so good. Also, Pokemon Colosseum is probably my second-favorite GameCube game after Crystal Chronicles, so I appreaciated the music.

Romulo's ability to curse is impressive, even getting what he wants. a true goat.

My brother and I spent so many god forsaken hours on this game back when we were kids that it is not even funny. This game was so damn good, I didn't even know there was a speed running community for it! Thank you for making this video.

Man this video is so nicely visualized! I appreciate the effort, must have taken a lot of time to make all of that!

Manaclaw: New rec... Community: here's a new bug, every previous record is obsolete Manaclaw: back to the grind Rinse and repeat

(Here's trsLinitaa) Awesome job, thank you for this video! Finally took some time to watch it and it was so entertaining, I didn't know all the history of this speedrun since I came late, it's great! Makes me want to get back into it and improve my time to at least get in Any% top 3 but who knows if I'll actually get time and energy to do it. Being armorless as Selkie -unlike Lilty who can keep at least one armor- asks for some specific practice that I haven't done seriously yet, and I want to keep running with Selkie :'( Future will tell. In any case I'm pretty sure the current WR is set in stone now, but I'd be glad to see new speedrunners have fun with this game!

Never had any contact with the game before. Now thinking about picking up the remastered version to play it myself :)

Ik this a lil late to the party with this video being a year old, but at 47 minutes im positive i hear tge dinocrisis 2 save room theme. Such a trip down memory lane.

This games got a fricken killer soundtrack

Hot damn this was a much longer video than I expected, but it was really good! I love this game, and I had absolutely no idea about the speedrunning community around it, so learning all of that stuff really has blown my mind!

You're getting a lot better at making these videos!

love the use of LIFEFORCED music and of course FFMQ~~

Thanks! FFCC is my all-time favorite game and I had no idea there was such a vibrant and modern speed running community. This video kept me sane at work while grappling with the terrible SCOTUS decision today. For real this has been completely invaluable to me.

holy crap i think i was following ghoul02 when he started running this. haven't heard that name in almost a decade and i'd stopped following speedruns as closely. thanks so much for this blast to the past, and well documented history. glad to see crystal chronicles got more traction and love.

lol the forbidden memories music around the 38:xx mark got me. thanks for the amazing video doc!

I wonder if "Memiroa" is a mistranslation of "Memoria", which was one of the last dungeons in Final Fantasy 9. Might not be a coincidence, considering how many art assets are re-used from 9 in Crystal Chronicles. It also would make sense since "memories" are kind of the theme.

I've just had your video on repeat in the background while I play through it lol. It's amazing how fast some people can blow through it. Awesome work all around.

Amazing video. Ty!

This was a treat! Thank you for the hardwork and research you put into this video. I really enjoyed this one!

great document !

This is such an amazing video. I've never played this game, but the story of its speedrunning history is absolutely fascinating. Loved it!

Amazing video thank you!

Duelist of the roses ost at the end. SSS tier

This was my favourite Gamecube game and remains the best couch co-op experience I've ever had. (Provided you can afford the equipment.)

Im so happy to see a hour long video about this game!! I absolutely adore Crystals chronicles, one of my top fav games for sure. So cool to see there's a speedruning community for it.

Its crazy when i hear dondon and i already watched his videos with mekkah on fire emblem

I remember playing this game as a kid and thinking whyTF do I gotta use a gameboy as a controller LOL

I still sometimes play it online through the switch with my friends. My lilty has all the artifacts except the meteor ring, and is just uber decked out. Game is still fun imo

Really fantastic in-game footage and video editing on this!

Watched this while working on commissions. Thanks for makin such an in-depth vid on a game that definitely deserves it. Cheers!

Great Video. I really love how well this video highlights that sometimes innovation in a games speed running community can sometimes appear out of spontaneity, creativity and exceptional game knowledge. I've learned a lot about one of my favourite games, and for that I am thankful. Congratulations to the community for fostering the spirit of friendly competition!

I played this game so much as a kid despite never getting past Year 2. Me and my brother would take turns playing since we didn't have a GBA connection and constantly make new characters and experiment with spell combinations and stuff.

this is such a good doc, new subscriber, so happy I found you!

Great video, very interesting documentary

Because of the music you picked, parasite eve (2 I think?) I find myself wondering if there is a speedrun community for it.

"ffcc had a wall" 10-year-old-me would agree lol

Crystal Chronicles had such good graphics, its so pretty. Cool video.

I love this game, I listen to the OST to this day. Thank you for introducing the speedrunning community.

This is super fascinating! I remember bottoming out on Crystal Chronicles on a multiplayer casual playthrough, so seeing how it breaks is always good! I'm curious about a run that was shown in the background on a runner's speedrun list, would you be interested in sharing anything about Final Fantasy Fables - Chocobo's Dungeon?

Amazing documentary. All these accomplishments and discovery over the decades, for such a beloved childhood game. Thanks for the amazing video, it was a riveting journey from start to finish.

Oh wow, I actually started a casual playthrough of this just last week specifically to take on the any% since I saw how how short (relatively) it was on SRC, so I was surprised when I saw this pop up in my feed. Game blew my mind as a kid since it was the first time I saw a legit RPG combined with action combat so I always wanted to come back to it. But no runs for me though, turns out that I have developed a deep hatred of cutscenes, menues and textboxes over the years lol

No way FF CC video. Gonna enjoy this one for sure

I absolutely loved this game, and would LOVE to fire it up again with some friends.

DonDon151!!! I love his Fire Emblem speedruns and it's fun to see him pop up here!

This video is incredible, good work!

Where can I get the typeface first shown at 4:00? Been looking for it for years

Great vid. But why are you not using the music from this game in the background? It's god tier.

i got a gamecube well 2 of them. 1 back up. the only games i got are ocarina of time master quest version, FFCC and a mario game i dont even play never played and will never play lol. FFCC and OOT gets massive play time. its why i got a back up gamecube after all. eventually ima need it.

It always amazes me how active some seemingly dead games are. Jak and Daxter, CC, hell even Rayman 2 Great Escape, they all have runners who are playing to this day and even if the runners think it's done there's always some random guy who comes in with a new insane strat.

loved this game as a kid but was too impatient to figure out the year system. Incredible seeing it come so far!

Good lord this video is good

This game is really close to me and I always imagined what it would take to run it as fast as possible and the rng alone made it a no go for me. Cool to see how far people have taken it and glad its been for fun 😊 I tend to do limited gear runs over speed as it eliminates rng and replaces it with just skill. This speedrun definitely takes a lot though to compete. Impressive and ngl, kind of tempting but the setup seems like the worst part second only to rng 😅

Man, when I was a kid I was able to make it to meteor parasite since I had the Strategy Guide, but never could get past it til years later. I wouldn't mind playing the game again using a different race since I played as the Cavat when I was a kid.

The ds crystal chronicles games are GOATED maybe I’ll have to go play this version now

1:03:50 They found Bottle Adventure!?

I thought this was ff my life as a king and i thought that 5hr time was ridiculously fast lol

yo i would love to play this game in first person vr. I feel like the world, music and graphics + simple gameplay are really what sell this game.

I want a category called "Any% Have Fun".

Great video very entertaining and informative with hints of summoning salt ;) well done

Good Video

This was great to sleep to, the volume didn't jump at any point. And now I want to play ff crystal

Whenever I played this game I always had to do 1 run of every cycle of every level before going to Mt. Vellenge

Had to break this one up and come back 3-4 times to absorb it all but it was all great. Good work and I was very impressed with the technique of using the high quality close ups of character models during some of the scenes. If I may, can I suggest that these sort of much longer docs you put out - maybe split them into 3 parts and put them out on 3 Saturdays or something. Have those be a specific subset of your docs called Boss Gauntlet or something. Your progress has been great to watch. You've become very good at what you do and still put out content at a great pace. Gg

Finally had the time to give this a proper watch, and honestly, I don't know what to say. The fact the time has been brought as low as it has is honestly insane. That said, I can't say I'm surprised that Mount Vellenge stifled early speedrun attempts for so long-that place puts most Cycle 3 dungeons to shame. I've tried to beat it in year 5, and yeah. You feel like a child dropped into a den of wolves. A little unfortunate the mail glitches are Japan-only. They sound pretty fun! ...Anyway, now I want to pick it back up. The HD port has some nice QoL updates, and I've had a lot of fun with it so far.

Uuuuuuuuuuuugh I have such wonderful memories of CC

AM I LISTENING TO LEGEND OF DRAGOON OST???

Another certified Swelly banger!

Hey, I grew up with this game!

You should do a history of good troop coop speedruns!

big f to the yuke, never got much use.

This feels like such a love letter to an underappreciated game. I love all the closeups you use as B-roll: they really sell the beautiful style and ambience of FFCC.

I'm probably not the only person who's asked or is curious about this (I hope), but what font are you using in most of this video? I'd like to be able to find it one day!

The massive generational history of this game is wild, it almost works as a mirror to speedrunning in general. From VHS to streaming. From using one or two glitches to finding massive gamebreaking exploits of the code. I 'speedran' this game as a kid, basically just continuously replaying it cus I could never beat it. So that gave a context to how wild the problems are in this game to overcome with it's RNG. Now that gear RNG isnt a worry anymore.... I wonder if discovering some way of skipping the cutscene encounters for real will be found.

Hi! Random question: How did you get the random footage of the moogle in the rocking chair, the selkie playing the tambourine and the beautiful views of the land? :) Your editing skills are awesome!!!

Manaclaw is my favorite speedrunner

it took me years to finish this game, 1st time, played without walkthrough, at year 12, the 1st crab boss oneshoted me. Then died at the meteor, and finally then reached the very last boss and win, it was beautiful

I fucking ADORE this game

I loved this game back in the day. Played with actual GBA and gamecube lol

Dark cloud moon drops was heard

Amazing

God that letter glitch tho, it looks so sick too and the swing animation makes it look natural wtf

Dondon?!

nice parasite eve music

Brazil mentioned LEEEEEEET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

1:11:09 this little edit had me laughing