Can You Beat New Super Mario Bros. 2 Without Pressing Right?

In this video we try to find out if it's possible to beat New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012) without pressing right.
Huge thanks to Egg for helping me with this video, I wouldn't be able to do this without him:
‪@exeggalovania6695‬
What counts as a right press?
pressing the right button during gameplay, what did you think it was.
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Can You Beat New Super Mario Bros. 2 Without Pressing Right?

[@exeggalovania6695]

"Well, that was sure fun! I had a great time, hee hee!"

[@Ansel_G]

Hey!

[@SquidLikesTalking]

Hey!

[@ELIASKball]

Hey!

[@viridoren7611]

Hey?

[@dan8116]

Hey!

[@miitard5858]

i'm probably wrong but i imagine finding a partner to do all this with was the hardest part

[@Ansel_G]

Egg was the first person I asked since I knew he’d be one of the only people who was both available the times I was and knew how to actually do online stuff

[@NovemberJoy]

This was a really entertaining one. Good to see you found an interesting challenge for this game - and one that actually required co-op, too. Favorite part was...I dunno, there's a lot of candidates, but it's between the koopa dance strat or skipping the snake block in the final stage!

[@Ansel_G]

Glad you liked it, it was fun editing this and seeing all these moments

[@sonicmeerkat]

some absolutely slick tricks in this one, like damn that tanooki momentum really carried.

[@maingamecentral9086]

This video was a ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS, love the video and you just earned yourself a sub. Keep up the good work!

[@Ansel_G]

Glad you liked it, I hope you enjoy my other videos too

[@YoshiFawful64]

Amazing teamwork, great ingenuity, impressive skills, and editing that really emphasizes all that beautifully. I was at the edge of my seat during that snake block room. All in all, an absolutely incredible video. Thanks for all the effort you put into it.

[@Ansel_G]

glad you liked it :)

[@benbenooo]

7:30 this was fucking impressive, I thought the run would end here. The video is amazing, both of you blew my mind

[@Ansel_G]

I thought so too, I’m glad you liked it

[@CaptainClouds]

Dude this video is so entertaining it's insane, I think you should do more of these types of videos!

[@Ansel_G]

I'm doing another one for Wonder, I'm going to livestream a lot of it also.

[@R0NNY.3DITZ]

Played this game on my 2DS when I was 7 or sum, this game and Super Mario Maker for 3DS is my childhood

[@sirGuy1995]

22:51 As soon as I saw that screen, I said “You’ve gotta be kidding me!” At exactly the same time lol. Great video!

[@threemar3]

Unironically the best 2D mario ever made. I have never had more fun in a mario game than playing this with my buddy, with the exception of 3Dworld.

[@Ichewcutestuff5097]

Your teamwork in the last level was honestly really fun to watch

[@Ansel_G]

glad you liked our efforts.

[@MarioSMG64]

This was insanely impressive, and very entertaining too! Such a shame it takes exactly 1 right press, but the way you eliminated all other ones (especially getting to the pocket in the castle) was awesome.

[@callmealx]

This was genuinely incredible, hahaha - I fuckin cheered everytime you got past a level

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

This is actually the first mario game i ever played. I absolutely loved it. Its unfortunate how other people don't like it that much

[@paulgilbert5278]

NSMB 2 is overhated. It’s honestly better designed (and better looking) than DS and Wii

[@PerhapsRq]

Your uploads are always very good. Looking forward to this one!

[@JRENZO10]

This is a very intriguing challenge, and a great video. Also, you have great music taste. How could I not notice Techno Factory playing in the bg?

[@JAProductions494]

This was a brilliant video and I think the commentary from two people helped to make this vid stand out and led to it being even more enjoyable than usual As for the challenge itself, if you use Ceave’s old rule of gameplay Vs meta right presses, then you did succeed at this challenge because there were no gameplay right presses

[@Rockotarthepurplehatguy]

Amazing job, both in terms of the game and this video. Keep up the good work.

[@mustacheman529]

Very cool video. I had no idea this game had multiplayer.

[@lunkel8108]

Really good video! Interesting strats, engaging flow and nice esiting. I really liked the subtle bits of text, they're small but add quite a bit of character with the way they're placed

[@seroujghazarian6343]

1:29 no, that'd be Super Mario Bros Deluxe

[@joeygarcia6120]

Great, now speedrun the whole game doing no hit. No invincibility suit. If you get hit once, you have to completely restart the run from World 1-1. Good luck.

[@SuperMario2401]

THAT WAS INCREDIBLE awesome job guys. Bubble strats were OP

[@supermodderguy4]

Because Nintendo shut down the Wii U and 3DS Eshops on the 27th of March, it's no longer possible to purchase content. You can still redownload content you've deleted. 2011 - 2023 (3DS) 2012 - 2023 (Wii U)

[@Ansel_G]

I bought nsmb2 last year, we good

[@deanc8458]

Turns out Second Soup puts the Bros. in the Bros.

[@melodywawichi802]

that snake block skip was impressive, gg's

[@heroshadow42]

Funny to think a solution would include the Koopa Bah Bah meme.

[@naryosh_]

I think the bug with the ground pounds in 1-A might be something weird going on with the physics of pipes. maybe pipes aren't considered to be the same as other ground blocks so they probably have different physics regarding pushing people around when you ground pound on them

[@nietmachine9301]

What even was the bug?

[@icensalt]

16:29 NOT THE CUT LOL

[@OverratedGames]

This was such a fun challenge run to watch! GGs

[@wasd1500]

I remember playing this game on my 3DS as a kid I ended up 100%ing this nice to see this game again

[@RaFaReAcH]

I consider this a win.

[@ThinnerThanStix]

Lol Luigi walks forward at 7:47

[@Ansel_G]

yup lol

[@Geckowo]

This was so good, keep up the great work!

[@yannickcolle2656]

I didn't know you speak Dutch😅. That's a fun fact. 30:12 showed me. Anyways great video!

[@Ansel_G]

I can’t haha

[@yannickcolle2656]

@@Ansel_G when you are in a bubble it sometimes says "ik wil dit niet" which means I don't want this.

[@GordoDoesOtherThings]

The legend is back, throwing my comment and like here too for the recommendation algorithms.

[@Ansel_G]

Tyty

[@Matsnat64]

this video is so peak what the hell

[@Dan_the_man-ls5vb]

If only Nintendo allowed us to play their games like this natively :(

[@Ansel_G]

They do (Kind of)

[@dramo2002]

9:29 you moove on the right

[@maxmedranosoy]

Amazing video, subscribed :)

[@_WiZ420]

I wonder about not pressing left somehow throughout all of this

[@Ansel_G]

Not pressing left is possible

[@charr420]

what if we touched the flagpole together

[@ceo_reuben]

Love this style of video! keep it up

[@imbargo9789]

should’ve just pressed east

[@tylerherdman1755]

Dang dude my guess was way off 😭

[@charliepikminfan]

oh hell yeah babey

[@watchmyreplay]

Haha you're so Right XD

[@Not_Gedatchtnis]

What's the music used in 27:45?

[@Ansel_G]

Theme of bayonetta 3 instrumental

[@Cheggg_]

This game has co-op???

[@fridaynightfunkinfan5627]

What’s the name of the music at 3:00?

[@Ansel_G]

fleet glide galaxy SMG2

[@fridaynightfunkinfan5627]

@@Ansel_GWhen you 1st enter the galaxy, or while you’re riding the bird? I don’t remember hearing this music in that galaxy.

[@Ansel_G]

while you're on the bird. search the ost on youtube.@@fridaynightfunkinfan5627

[@fridaynightfunkinfan5627]

@@Ansel_G Already have, in the form of a gameplay video that came out soon after the game released. I didn’t remember what the galaxy looked like at 1st, but now that I know, I guess the music fits.

[@samuelmitschele-dauenhauer2984]

The "Retro Blast" is basically a POW block, I reckon Iggy is immune because the game considers him airborne.

[@Ansel_G]

Not in every other game he’s in, only this one

[@Seven-9090]

@@Ansel_G probably an over sight then

[@adstheflareon8770]

The second player just made the whole video 100% more enjoyable, the interactions were great

[@Zman201]

Yes I've watched way more of these videos than I'm proud to admit and I always felt something was missing especially when they used a second "player" the interactions, this felt way more enjoyable

[@TheGreenLightningMRT]

Using a pipe is a meta-press in my book. This was so impressive.

[@Moss_Dude]

So many other challenge runs abuse two player mode, but a shocking few of them actually have a friend to do it with. Watching the genuine teamwork of this was just beautiful :')

[@madlad255]

I knew this game had a 2-player mode, but I would have never thought to make one player ground pound the other! Really impressive stuff here. You two vibe well together, the editing was great, the tricks looked awesome, ... By the way, I thought this challenge was gonna be completely impossible and would require tons of right presses, so in your community post I guessed it'd take 2 right presses for the memes. Turns out my meme guess was not that far off!

[@NessOkey]

egg wins

[@Ansel_G]

Egg does indeed win. I hope you enjoy the video, Ness 🙏

[@NessOkey]

i enjoyed it way more than 2-A 😭

[@vYper-wk4tx]

The E in Ansel G stands for "Egg wins"

[@WaluigiGoesWa]

I completely forgot this game had multiplayer.

[@Ansel_G]

Hey, I’ve seen you before

[@WaluigiGoesWa]

@@Ansel_G 👀

[@rahsoff]

It's insane how much WORK you put into your videos man. I never imagined that this game comes anything close to any Challenge but you did it once again. Thank you for your Videos.

[@Ansel_G]

Glad you enjoyed, it took us a while to play this well haha

[@coes1]

Watching 2 player mode be abused like this when me and my brother would race to see who could get eaten bya cheap chomp first

[@Phoeboi]

I cannot explain how my jaw dropped at that last tanuki climb

[@Ansel_G]

What was your favorite part of this video?

[@kennyrlarsen]

Utilizing the Koopa dance

[@gabercat3492]

the part that egg was in

[@PrincessCarmel]

Definitely the koopa dance, especially hearing the excitement in his voice during his revelation where he realizing it was a strategy. This is probably your most entertaining video yet, because the audio archives of the gameplay are really insightful and add a lot of flavor to the content. Overall I would definitely say its my favorite aspect. Nice work!

[@Ansel_G]

@@PrincessCarmel I’ll definitely implement it in more of my videos :) Ps: my salmon run video is very similar since I made it with 4 other people

[@A_Surpluss_of_Stupidity]

The final bubble tanooki stalling climb to that pocket

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Oh there IS multiplayer in this game… the live reactions to the vine climbing level were brilliant

[@plushdragonteddy]

wow, i love how 6-A almost seems like it was purpose-built to force you to try and keep your momentum. i guess mario games have kind of always been about trying to get through a level in one fluid run, but that's really emphasized when you learn you can do a whole level with just the momentum you get from bouncing off enemies.

[@MrCheeze]

Loved seeing the cooperation here. And the last level was appropriately climatic.

[@KneeCutter]

This is my favorite video of yours. Collaborating with someone to do a challenge like this added a ton of value to the video!

[@438emily9]

Never would have imagined the answer would have been 1 press, amazing job!

[@dogboyton3166]

Honestly that isn’t a right press I’m mad about. Though maybe I’m just used to Ceave Gaming’s rules for this challenge(he did this for NSMBU)

[@Ansel_G]

@@dogboyton3166in return for letting us use the world map, I made pipes gameplay right presses

[@finnegandoherty5295]

Whenever I read these thumbnails I always think yeah I could do that I used to love playing this game as a kid, and then within minutes of opening the video I see how wrong I was XD

[@tacoforce5]

congratulations, you’ve made the best FREAKING NSMB2 video on youtube

[@Ansel_G]

Yooo

[@sudhapraveen3167]

pipe right presses are the same type as worldmap presses and also try pushing the least amount of buttons in new super mario bros 2

[@Kamekthegreatgamer]

As there are not enough challenges on this game can you try beating this with pressing less buttons

[@HenryZhoupokemon]

I’m so bad at Mario games that ur probably better than I am even without pressing right

[@sangohanvde1294]

9:29 isn't that a right press ? (By luigi)

[@Ansel_G]

No, that would be in practice

[@meowmaro]

9:29 dont think i didn't catch that right press lil boy

[@PlayerSnipes]

9:29 Luigi pressed right while landing on the platform

[@Ansel_G]

It was before the attempt we actually made it, doesn't count.

[@ShijuMasters]

This is a realy good idea! Great vid! 😅 Subarashī!!

[@purehyper124]

3:27 Can your friend please not say God in a devaluing way.

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

4:05 * Super leaves 4:08 * Super leaf 8:20 * raccoon 10:00 * raccoon 20:09* raccoon 20:16* raccoon 23:48 *white raccoon block 27:48 *raccoon You have no idea how much it irrationally bothers me when people mix up the raccoon and tanooki powers.

[@Ansel_G]

I thought they were the same thing

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

@@Ansel_G The raccoon is when Mario has just the ears and tail. The tanooki is the entire bodysuit. It’s an honest mistake cause they pretty much do the exact same thing.

[@Ansel_G]

@@quangamershyguyyz7166 ohh, that makes sense I suppose.

[@MRDShorts]

This is so insanely impressive. So much fun tech

[@konsta3220]

I love the creativity at play here! Mario challenges risk getting somewhat trivialized when the player is forced to whip out either another player or the white tanooki costume, but here I *loved* how you got to use every single tool availabe to even the playing field and the challenge felt fair. Amazing, how this is how far one must go to make the metric ton of extra lives nsmb2 gives the player seem balanced 😂

[@bigdawud9180]

banger ass video you deserve wayyyyyy more subs man

[@SPG64]

Really great video man it's awesome you had your friend along for it too. It was entertaining seeing the clips of you two reacting to what the game throws at you! Not to mention the tech showcased in this video is stuff I would never think of doing myself, so great job! :D

[@Ansel_G]

thanks, I'm glad you liked it

[@JoelTheParrot]

oh, i wouldn't count the warp pipe being sideways thing. well i guess this is uhh, not gonna be truly possible by your rules. that is my diagnosis at 6:17 Also THIS GAME IS FROM 2012? Djidoaodjsofs SONG STRAAAATS!! 14:01 OK now that we're allowing pipes, my personal tally of your score will remove them 14:19 RIGHT PRESS >=( that vertical vine autoscroller was hype never knew the super tanuki removed secret exits what an epic late big challenge in that snake block! I CAN'T BELIEVE MARIO AND LUIGI JUST HAVE TO DO A SIMULTANEOUS GROUND POUND TO TAKE OUT BOWSER GG, I say you win.

[@BryndanMeyerholtTheRealDeal]

That one meta right press to enter a pipe is disappointing.

[@Ansel_G]

hopefully we'll find a way to combat that in Super Mario Bros Wonder..

[@BryndanMeyerholtTheRealDeal]

@@Ansel_G Speaking of which, will right presses on the world map counted separately when you do so for Wonder?

[@Ansel_G]

they won't be counted at all, the same rules for that video will be the same as the ones for this video.@@BryndanMeyerholtTheRealDeal

[@JenukiDa]

my jaw dropped one bowser died in one hit to the retro blast like that's insane that it just. works. not even three times or anything just a single one

[@Just_Jasen]

Egg makes me glad I'm not the only one who quotes "Remember the snake block?" whenever I see one in these games.

[@mmeio]

sick video! really creative solutions to a lot of the problems, insane respect (:

[@JooT471]

Great Video, top Quality especially for such a small channel, happy to have found it in my recommendations!

[@Ansel_G]

I’m glad you found it too.

[@Starlight_235]

what about the bonus world?

[@Ansel_G]

We’re only beating the game.

[@akiooosama]

This was so fun to watch omg, kinda frustrating the only right press was a fucking pipe- i grinded this game so much as a child, glad to see a challenge on it !!!

[@benmerritt7100]

lol saw a random video and clicked on it, i saw your name pop up and thought i recognized it, turns out i did, was in the blue zenith collab a while back small world lol

[@Ansel_G]

Wow, that was a long time ago haha

[@benmerritt7100]

Yeah I'm was glad you remember it!@@Ansel_G

[@datnico13]

That video was insane! I love you needed to use super advanced mechanics just to barely clear every level. 10/10

[@averykoi]

this is so brutallll lol!! nice vid! :)

[@itsmyfavgameseries]

THIS VIDEO IS AN ABSOLUTE BANGER!!! also u guys are so good at this game damnn

[@FlorianKarmelk]

9:30 Whas this a right press?

[@Ansel_G]

Yeah, but we didn’t make progress that time

[@FlorianKarmelk]

@@Ansel_G oh damn cool didn't expect for you to respond :D and man you guys are SKILLlED!! Keep making content like this I LOVE IT

[@mikecraftbro]

I never knew NSMB2 had multiplayer I knew about wii and u thought

[@terablast]

Using the music to not get hit by the Koopa, incredible 😂 Ive always liked those little details that match up with the music in NSMB games, but I've never seen them actually have impact!

[@VictorSilva-lj4wy]

Exxeg's voice sounds just enough like Charlie Day to make it great that he played Luigi

[@AntoineXVI]

But, in the map, you press right … Ahah it’s a joke, GG , it was impressive !

[@pelusouwu]

New Super Mario Bros 2 but you have no rights _😢_