This was the greatest plot twist in TRG history. Looking back through the Let's Play, Chugga really wasn't running the entire time and no one noticed :-D
This single moment inspired an entire series of streams from me testing this very thing. Beating the game without running. And yes, it's possible to beat the whole game without running.
I've been there in not knowing a basic game mechanic and unintentionally making a game much harder for myself. I played through the entirety of Tales of Phantasia (the gba port) without ever knowing you could save in the overworld, I thought I could only use the save sigils that were in dungeons.
Maybe it's my own fault but back during my teenage years (early-mid 2010's), I viewed Emile as this all knowing Nintendo expert. It's been a bit eye opening knowing his stories when playing Mario & Luigi the first time, how he forgot things in Pikmin 1 during the TRG playthrough, various classics he's never played before such as Super Metroid and his story of being stuck early on in Banjo Kazooie. It kinda makes me feel better because growing up I got stuck and needed a guide for Super Mario Sunshine and Paper Mario TTYD when I was a kid. Although how's anyone supposed to know the unlock requirements for Corona Mountain and how to get into Chapter 3
On another note, the wiimote+nunchuck controls (the one I prefer) don’t have a run button since you can do it with the stick. I was just as surprised watching this as Emile to find out the sideways controls had a run button lol
This is why Crash Bandicoot 1-3 and Crash 4 have an unskippable stack of crates that can only be passed by using the Square button to smash them so you know that button does that. It's why Wrath of Cortex, among other things, gets a rough rep; you only need to use the spin attack on the second boss at the latest
Think about this: Emile said he's beaten the game before without knowing you could run. So he's been playing slow for at least one and a half playthroughs, as far as we know. That just makes this "discovery" even funnier.
Funny that this moment happened before Prime for the timeline of LPs cuz Jon has REEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY been questioning Emile over this kind of stuff in Prime as well. Also both Retro Studios games that's a funny coincidence
If it's a game chugga hasn't played, it's sorta understandable (to an extent) but if it's a game he has touched on, I question alot of how well does he play many games he's owned.
I think if we were comparing TheRunawayGuys to the members of the MrBeast crew. I think it’s safe to say Emile is most similar to Chandler. This moment just proves it.
This would've been even better if Jon paused, gone in the options and showed him the controls, so Emile couldn't use the "the game never tells you this" excuse
To be fair (I've not even seen this LP, hearing about this moment for the first time), I've played through the entirety of Tropical Freeze and DKCR and didn't know you could run in them (still don't know if you can in TF), but also, in all fairness, I like speedrunning, and roll jumping is WAY FUCKING FASTER than that fucking weak looking run, so I'm with Chugga in learning this for the first time and I don't really care about it tbh, it's not changing my playthroughs anytime soon.
That’s w/o mentioning his disastrous record with blind play throughs & British games (Click Clock Wood drowning in Winter, Emile wonders why physics aren’t going his way, when it’s his anticipation that’s non-existent)
