Following the initial speedruns with players beating the game in under an hour, a new feat comes where a player beat an Elden Ring boss with a banana controller.
News that a player beat an Elden Ring boss with a banana controller comes via SuperLouis64, who posted a video of the prototype controller that let him still manage to beat one of the game’s bosses – despite the extreme physical handicap.
Here’s the glorious moment in action:
THE BANANA CONTROLLER WORKS 🍌
AND WE BEAT GODRICK WITH THEM LETS GO #ELDENRING pic.twitter.com/ZOjzYb8Sgo
— Louis 64 🤠 (@SuperLouis_64) March 8, 2022
Louis’ setup included eleven bananas, each of which wired to a circuit board that Louis programmed himself so each banana corresponds to various inputs within the game.
It’s worth mentioning this is also how movement happens with using the prototype banana controller, so it takes a lot of hand-eye-coordination.
This is done via programming each button command or directional input through a digital controller layout, each tied to the various bananas.
All a user has to do is press each banana and that input is processed. This naturally ends up getting a little gross and smelly, considering the bananas get mushy and old.
The absolute madman also did a similar setup for playing Square Enix’s very popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, only that time he used literal slices of pepperoni pizza. As your local guido writer and iconic rapper Method Man say, “it ain’t easy being greasy in a world full of cleanliness.”
In case you missed it, you can find our thorough and spoiler-free review and video review for Elden Ring here – we also thought it’s excellent and highly recommended!
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Elden Ring is available now across Windows PC (via Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
