Can You Beat Super Paper Mario Without Leveling Up?

[@danielthomas7222]

Brobot getting upgraded with hands only for them to be used against them is some hidden comedy I didn't know I needed until now

[@TunaBear64]

And the missiles, MISSILES

[@nitroturbo7869]

That's like some Incredibles shit

[@JoboVT]

the fact that it's fleep as well that makes this happen, never did I imagine they'd have a use in battle

[@Wote89]

I guess you could say Brobot wasn't ready to catch those hands, huh?

[@DatBoi07]

@@Wote89 man, if only he had some hands to catch them with

[@piplupfan5106]

If I’m being honest, SPM is my favorite video game of all time. Is it perfect? No. Is it objectively better than TTYD? No. That doesn’t matter though. This game was the most amazing thing I ever experienced, and I’m glad it gets the recognition it deserves nowadays.

[@BoltTheEmolga]

Yeah this is my thoughts on it. Not my favorite of all time but my favorite Paper Mario.

[@shadewful.]

SPM genuinely has a better story out of all of them

[@Temmitime]

​@shadewful. True, I played through the whole game and I keep returning to the game just to play it again, and the story is extremely good.

[@potatopepperoni]

@@piplupfan5106 I agree!! I played through the game 18 times lol, I am mildly insane about it. I look all its flaws dead in the eyes and love it regardless

[@MarioSMG64]

I’ve found myself disagreeing more with the love for it as time goes on. Yes, the story is the best in a Mario game, but the actual gameplay is nearly unbearable. I gave up at 7-3 on my last playthrough.

[@joshuareesor1756]

9:48 Mimi does have 8 legs, the 6 big ones and the 2 small ones that she usually has out that dangle there in her true form.

[@luviana_]

@@joshuareesor1756 Oh my god.

[@sadgetrollge5614]

@joshuareesor1756 mimi scared the crap out of me as a kid. This was the first Paper Mario game I've ever played, so I was like 7 when I witnessed her head twist upside down and transform into an abomination.

[@mautos3421]

Just when I thought she couldn't get more disturbing:D

[@dimentio1030]

fun fact: it’s normally impossible to see in-game because it prevents you from being in 3d during a cutscene, but with freecam mods, it’s possible to see Mimi transform in 3d. if you do so, you can see that 4 of her 6 long legs come from her body. the other 2 long legs come from *her eyes* :)

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

...bleck is one sick twisted husband

[@mostlyghostey]

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD FLIP DURING THE MR. L-BOT SHOOTER. That's wild. This game came out 17 years ago and I have played it almost every year since.

[@mostlyghostey]

Also, I just love Dottie. She has good vibes. She seems like that one friend who lives in a cute, tidy, house and invites you over for tea and sweets when things get stressful.

[@jbmtjoy]

I’m so, so happy that SPM is finally regarded as the tried-and-true third member of the OG Paper Mario trilogy. It’s well-deserved. It’s hard to say whether it’s better or worse than TTYD because it’s so different, which is perfect. We got a third PM game on-par with the second that was completely different!

[@Atheau]

I personally will always put TTYD over SPM, but I'm fully willing to admit that putting one over the other is more a matter of preference than objective quality. SPM had great ideas, but I vastly prefer the combat system of TTYD even to this day.

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

IMO TTYD is the better game SPM is the better piece of art.

[@d3dsh0t]

@@jbmtjoy So nice to see the recognition, SPM was one of the most important games for me since I was young, and it genuinely broke my heart when I found out that the reason they didn’t continue in the same style with the deep stories is because apparently 90% of Nintendo Club reviews said they did not care about the story at all?

[@moth.monster]

in the brothered bot. straight up "fleeping it". and by "it", haha, well. let's just say. My rockits

[@chifii]

I think the best indication of how easy SPM is is that I've _never_ seen the death animation before. Didn't even realize the Mario 1 pose was in it.

[@tinyetoile5503]

Now I feel bad, because when I was playing this game for the first time, I couldn't get past the ch 2 Mimi bossfight for the longest time 😂

[@bossbrozork3022]

I saw the game over screen when i tried (and eventually won) the pit of 100 trials after beating chapter 4.

[@noodlelynoodle.]

@@bossbrozork3022 my last time thru the pit was soooo early that I like doubled my level in there and that's the only reason I had the health to survive the boss lmao

[@pigmasteroink]

In my first time playing this game, the only time I have ever seen the death animation is in one of the arcade games where you collect the falling things on a platform, I think.

[@TheGeladoo]

The reveal that Fleep actually has an interesting and unique interaction with a boss was INSANE, Super Paper Mario is one of my favorite games and I didn't even know that. That's awesome

[@sirhandsomebanana]

13:15 I regret to inform you that this is indeed not a Wavedash but a Dashdance

[@SadToffee]

are you sure it wasn't a koopabackdashwaveslidehoverwalkmoonland?

[@sirhandsomebanana]

@@SadToffee valid

[@ado-]

it's a shimmy... he's walking not dashing lol

[@sirhandsomebanana]

@@ado- well can he run?

[@scrapbotcommander]

@@ado- Does that make it a Waveshimmy or a Shimmydance?

[@KoffeeB]

I like how during the Dimentio fight he was complaining about invincibility frames while primarily fighting him *using invincibility frames*

[@ryanparker260]

I love you saying it's considered the last "good" paper mario, because you're probably aware that back when it was new, and actually for a while afterwards, it was marked as the start of the downfall, the first BAD one. I appreciate that it has changed over time, and i just wanted to point out how its changed over time.

[@UCXEO5L8xnaMJhtUsuNXhlmQ]

People didn't realize just how good the game actually was when it came out. They needed Sticker Star to remind them how it could be worse

[@wintereclipse3263]

A lot of people felt fine with the game on launch. Good but it didn't feel enough like paper mario. But then they basically removed even more rpg mechanics which is when the game got a bad rep since it was seen as the start of the downfall. Eventually though people basically re-looked at it years later and were like "Sure it was the first game to start removing rpg mechanics but it was actually a pretty good game. Not a great rpg but a good platformer"

[@YEs69th420]

Changing the formula in the way it did will always be controversial, but Super Paper Mario is undeniably oozing with charm and creativity. One of my favourite things that I've never seen anyone talk about is the artstyle; it looks like an indie game in the best way possible.

[@chantolove]

I don’t know the rest of the series, so I don’t know how good it is as a Paper Mario game, but I can say for certain it’s one of the best Super Mario games…

[@Luxynx0502]

Love seeing Super Paper Mario challenges. I remember a few years ago doing a No Items challenge, including anything that came from the overworld and ? Blocks. It went so well and I even did the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials. But what ruined it all was right at the end of the game, Chapter 8-2 where you are forced to take the obvious Mushroom bait for Mimi's trap. You literally cannot progress without using that Mushroom and healing. I was so upset at that.

[@josephmay852]

14:47 are you sure it wasn't for owning a firearm? I don't think the Mushroom Kingdom allows...open-Carrie

[@superlionrw]

@@josephmay852 ok (i don’t have anything funny to say just have my like)

[@kingboo4518]

Tbh, this is actually my favorite game of all time, I absolutely love the characters, worlds and the STORY. The story is the best in the series and I don’t mind the 2d and no rpg battling, everything is just perfect

[@potatopepperoni]

I'm so happy over any kind of SPM content in this day and age. Thank you for bringing more attention to this divisive gem. ❤ I've gotta try and attempt this challenge for myself sometime...

[@Soviniy]

I am endlessly fond of most games that introduce darker concepts while still keeping up both story and humour, which this game excels at. I enjoy every single member of the villain team besides maybe O'Chunks, who needs a little more light, and I am still sad that my favourite genocidal Jester hasn't shown up in anything since. His theme rocks and each of his appearances never failed to entertain, much like his role!

[@killedbycrit]

Super paper mario was probably the first game to really have an inpact on me due to the story. Glad to see it made its way onto this channel, and hopefully you do more challenges with this game (brainrot included ofc)

[@circusmonster415]

To this day I’m still flabbergasted that what with how well received the story and unique characters were, Nintendo randomly decided that that SUCKED to the point they apparently put restrictions on it for later entires.

[@superguy9834]

The mario mandates aren't real. That was a myth.

[@PhantomOfficial07]

@@superguy9834 they were actually real. Sticker Star was originally going to be a "good" PM game before it got changed halfway in development

[@Skullhawk13]

@@PhantomOfficial07*shakes fist* Miamoyto!!

[@justafriendlycryptid]

I still fondly remember finishing this game as a little beeper and I bawled by little heart out at this games ending- I miss what Paper Mario used to be.

[@DefinitivNichtSascha]

I think Super Paper Mario's main balance problem lies in the fact that you level up too quickly and that there is so much that just doubles your attack power. Level up at half the rate and give Bowser (and Super Jump) a flat +2 bonus to his jump damage (but not fire) over Mario, Peach, and Luigi and the game might offer up a nice difficulty. Boomer, Thudley, and Cudge could even retain their double damage that way because it's hard to hit with them. Also, I think King Croacus is probably the most well-designed boss in the game just from a gameplay-perspective. Also also, Slim is worst Pixl.

[@HyliaBeilschmidt]

Super Paper Mario holds such an important meaning to me and even though I understand why people prefer TTYD or PM64 over it, the story in this game never fails to touch me. I've been going through the earlier Paper Mario titles, I discovered your channel earlier this year, been binging through all of your videos and seeing a SPM video from you makes very very happy. I hope you make more modded SPM videos!

[@drewstillexists]

I'm amazed that Fleep turned out to be overpowered. Insane plot twist. I don't think that anyone has ever had to learn those Fleep tricks before.

[@Nickk7878-v8t]

Have you ever heard of the gold bar glitch? It allows you to clip out of bounds anywhere in the game, with Slim, flipping into 3D, and a gold bar! It makes replaying this game an experience!

[@INFaeternae]

@@Nickk7878-v8t how has it been this long and I've never heard of this ...

[@epthopper]

@@INFaeternae it was only discovered like 4 years ago so its understandable

[@Mr._Sherwood]

As much as I adore Super and genuinely consider it to be the definition of peak fiction, every boss could've done with like twice the HP because it's so easy to absolutely floor them in a minute flat and they end up being really forgettable. Thank goodness we have challenge KZbinrs to completely flip the script and make them torturously long instead.

[@Depths_Of_Life]

This is my favorite Super Paper Mario OST video, thanks for uploading the full songs for each fight!

[@Depths_Of_Life]

Nice jab at how long he took for each fight haha

[@Depths_Of_Life]

Thanks! I didn't think the joke would land lol

[@ignCody]

@@Depths_Of_Life Did you forget to switch accounts?

[@Wote89]

@@ignCody Either that, or they've opted to farm engagement through a "mistake", though I'm not sure what good that'd do on here.

[@dog7676]

mental illness maxxing

[@robotortoise]

This was a really fun challenge! Thank you for showcasing it - this games really was extraordinarily clever with really fun characters and writing. I wish I'd appreciated it more when I was a kid.

[@rickjames5998]

bruh u a bot?

[@MetalMan1245]

Dottie is actually quite useful in the Pit of 100 Trials because she makes the enemies not see you and therefore not attack, making rooms like the Koopa one near the end a lot easier during normal gameplay.

[@jimmygarza8896]

Imagine going to hell, picking a fight, and then you get struck by lightning 7 times in a row. I'd reconsider my life choices, but Bowser is built different, ig.

[@LorcanV.B]

Man, it's good to finally see this movie out. Love SPM, seeing content about it is amazing..,

[@healthyminds9279]

Currently 49 minutes into the video. I gotta say, even though I think Paper Mario is best when turn based, this is a top tier video of yours! This reminds me a LOT of what it's like to play FromSoft games without a guide and with unoptimal builds. Most fromsoft players copy each other's builds and strategies, but if you use unpopular weapons, you end up in super interesting scenarios where you have to experiment and attempt each boss for hours to get through. I feel like my worlds are colliding, seeing this with Mario.

[@SnaccHBG]

That comparison doesn't really work because respeccing is limited and you don't always have every option, but I get what you mean.

[@healthyminds9279]

@SnaccHBG Oh, well I usually play as a jack of all trades that collects each category of wewpon and spells

[@SacredFaerie]

Carrie Bowser was how I did everything as a kid. I was surprised it took you so long to just go 'oh Carrie Bowser wrecks Mimi's Samurai fight'

[@noodsdood6977]

ngl, I was a Wii kid, so SPM is the first Paper Mario game I ever played, and with me being a child, I assumed it was Super PAPER Mario instead of SUPER Paper Mario, if that makes sense.

[@Bupboy]

I was a wii kid yet my first paper mario game was ttyd on switch, but i have been enjoying SPM recently

[@no1angelhater892]

Me too just assumed it was a paper version of the normal games....LOL

[@duckified.]

i was a wii kid, but my first paper mario was the original on virtual console, so i got super without a second thought. i missed ttyd though, as well as the entire gamecube era of games except for sunshine 💔

[@justincav2]

1:01:50 I was the one who told you to use the blue switch, you're welcome 😁

[@Nickk7878-v8t]

25:38 lol. This looks the ttyd turn-based system in which you are super guarding his very telegraphed attacks, then breathing fire when it is your turn.

[@cinnamoone3553]

1:00:54 really glad i was able to help fuel this crazy idea that actually ended up working, this was a legendary silly moment

[@krio3060]

This games soundtrack is still so different from any other game ever. I love the whole soundtrack even though im traumatized by ghe the overthere theme since i got stuck there for like a month when i was a child

[@NoahGreen]

57:00 You know, I have been so privately proud of myself for the last few years for doing that trick within an hour. That feeling has now been shattered lmao

[@bigchillin_]

21:37 ITS ME! I AM MR. AUTISM!!!

[@pichumaster1143]

Yes

[@Nixitur]

Post-commentary Bringle: "This is one of the coolest, most fun fights! :)" Cut to live-commentary Bringle: "Dude, this fight sucks, it's so annoying, that's so unfair!"

[@Yellowkirby-o2i]

Babe, wake up, peak just dropped

[@o1theunknown]

As a child I didn’t have dogass memory so 5-1 I was able to enter the code without issue while today I could forget the last two numbers of a 4-digit code

[@KatSuricata]

Are you not doing the "chapter titles zoom in with beats of the music" thing anymore? I really enjoyed that unique stylistic touch and associated it a lot with your style. :( I'd miss if it it was gone.

[@franbh94]

That, unironically, made me discover Octopath Traveler 2, and now I love that game

[@reydesonic]

[Pokémon BW Elite Four Theme beat] [(That song from Mario Galaxy I always forget)] [Tutorial theme from Thousand Year Door]

[@rickjames5998]

​@@reydesonicyeah good ol bringle using those themes haha

[@jr637-1]

Barry may be your favorite pixl but everyone knows Dottie is the goat.

[@Infinnite01]

If you didn't use block meals: "A bullet home for a bullet hell. A worm in your face [A WORM IN YOUR BRAIN!!!]" - Spamton G. Spamton

[@characookie241]

​@@Infinnite01 Luigi Restitiched

[@theirongiant6596]

I’m so glad I found this channel a couple of months ago. An absolute gem with great videos.

[@GoatandWatch]

thank you for making a super paper mario video! i love super paper mario :)

[@trainerfioraantiqua]

1:18:04 this whole Bleck fight was so hype to watch live but ESPECIALLY this moment

[@mettatonex7221]

24:04 I've given this game countless playthroughs and thought I've seen everything, but that's evidently not true given my surprised reaction to the Brobot fight in 3D.

[@Patashu]

I love how you don't need to come up with enough arbitrary conducts to make the game hard because chat will do it for you

[@kodyleahy4148]

Thanks for playing this game. This was my favorite childhood game, I loved being able to watch my brother play and then be able to play myself. This game is really nostalgic for me and I couldn’t thank you enough for playing

[@Rattlehead62]

I love this game so much. It brings me genuine joy whenever I see videos about it.

[@trainerfioraantiqua]

Super Paper Mario has always been a favorite of mine and these streams were so fun they made me wanna replay it

[@napkinx4341]

it remains my favourite nintendo game is horrendously underrated

[@Eddie_Winter]

Im 140% sure he discovered that flip fist thing after playing this game off and on for almost 15ish years and i never even thought to use fleep offensively

[@someoneunknown6553]

I LOVE that these cool bossfights finally get some spotlight longer than two seconds! There are some really interesting attacks in here that barely ever get shown off

[@mausplaysgames]

man, i never even knew about fleep strats... legendary

[@jjs3755]

I love this game. Having completed it several times, and done the flipside pit even before chapter 2, I do have to say that the difficulty of the main story is beyond easy. Maybe it could have use a difficulty setting, but who knows. Enjoyed watching your stream beating Wracktail.

[@glassbirdfeather]

18:15 Having the Souls game boss fight experience, right there. Just learn the fight and don't get hit.

[@sunlightFrequency]

What's really cool about this run is seeing some underused pixls getting their moment to shine. Fleep Sweep!

[@boogbug8244]

This challenge taught me things i didn't know about the game. Also i'll never forget renting this game as a kid and thinking you HAD to work off the debt. i grinded for hours, used a rubberband + coins to hold down on the wheel as i slept (as it was a school night) and woke up to great disappointment and confusion when i didn't get like anything for it. Eventually i had to look it up as i still needed to beat the game in the 5 days we rented it for... I would have never found slim as a kid.

[@somerandomgamer9065]

37:38 this part of the game is S- tier along with the part after mimi. Some rare dialogue I havent seen mentioned much is the dialogue of the yielding Sammer Guys. The majority of them simply do their shtick and tell you to go to king sammer. But the last 3 stuck with me as their world neared destruction the third guy only gave his name before sending you off, and the other didn’t even do that simply telling you to hurry because they know that a single second they spend talking to you could mean their death. It gives me chills to this day

[@670839245]

when I saw stream title when streams were going on, I thought it was vanilla game and you have to purposefully avoid every non-forced encounter to avoid levelling up

[@ethanhawkins3391]

The day of challenge runs in other Paper Mario games has finally come! Would love to see you play the original PM64 and The Origami King as well one day

[@ItsLux1211]

Gotta love Super Paper Mario, it was hated unfairly because most people wanted it to just be an exact clone of TTYD and hated it when there an original idea but looking back it’s a really really good game with a great story and fun gameplay

[@rickjames5998]

i dunno if they wanted clone or just an expansion of turned based combat, not platforming 2d combat, no action commands.

[@MusicPerson-to3wb]

Honestly one of the best final boss themes that Nintendo has ever made 1:18:56

[@tooboon4863]

dude this is awesome! i hope to see more from you cause these videos are amazing

[@dianacutie99]

YESSSS DUDE OH MY GOD super paper mario is my personal favorite and i cannot tell you how hyped i am about this

[@Azeriiall]

SPM WAS KY FIRSTT PAPER MARIO GAME IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS CHALLENGE RUN AND I HOPE THERES OTHER CHALLENGES THAT ARE POSSIBLE IN SPM SO I CAN SEE IT MORE (IM JUST REALLY EXCITED SORRY FOR SCREAMING)

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

I was there for most of the Streams but i kept being Kidnapped by sleep because of the fact Bringle is an Afternoon streamer

[@Smabverse]

I love seeing people still playing my no. 1 favorite game all-time 🤩

[@sunshowers3838]

I don't remember the block puzzle being painful for me as a kit, they specifically told you to write it down so I wrote it down. Though, I often had a little slip of paper tucked in the cover of the game in those days for maps and notes. Papa's an old-school RPG gamer and he showed me how to take notes by writing down the healing cheats for Morrowind on Xbox. Which is something I haven't thought about in ages, so that was a nice kick of nostalgia.

[@Lugmillord]

This looks like so much fun! Those strategies that are never used otherwise are really entertaining.

[@grandaduck]

one of my favourite Mario games of all time, this was super fun and interesting to watch!

[@pokeaccanito]

44:17 Did you say... Massive? You know... what else is massive?

[@runningoncylinders3829]

I have tried Low Exp runs for this game and enjoyed them a lot. Croacus and the Brobot fights are a lot of fun. Ultimately I think it’s the preferred way to play Super.

[@tedtiger7774]

If you want more Super Paper Mario challenges, you should try a hit challenge where you try to beat the game without getting hurt once. Or maybe a minimum kills challenge where you kill as few enemies as possible? Either which way, I love the Super Paper Mario content

[@CorbinsChickenCafe]

I watched all the vods but here to drop a view and comment + enjoy your editing and commentary!

[@emmettl2780]

The game starts easy, then there are dark souls level bosses like Mimi 2 and Count Bleck.

[@warioland523]

This 0 score hack is absolutely brutal. It makes what would normally be the easiest Mario RPG one of the most difficult.

[@gearedguy1737]

funny thing, i was about to watch the vods, but now you just uploaded an edited version of the streams so uhh, thanks i guess?

[@HylianSwamp123]

13:42 This fight is usuly over so quickly for me, i didnt even realize that this theme was part of The Ultimate Show, which i find pretty neat

[@healthyminds9279]

Just watched the rest of the vid. Count Bleck was super interesting! Great job.

[@OneDoomedAngelo]

I actually did this challenge myself back then, it was a very fun challenge. Also trying to do it with only Mario, since the others just have too OP abilities. Additionally I only used healing items. Fighting Bowser was actually one of the tougher ones. I think I also remember the first Brobot being immune to my shots, but not to the missiles.

[@carriioneater]

Honestly the king croacus fight is a lot harder than people give it credit when you do it as intended even with the right health, that second phase especially also can i say it is SO cool to see you like analyzing the boss fights

[@carriioneater]

ALSO my perception of the sammer kingdom fight with mimi is not that mimi is trying to stop you, but stall you. EVERYBODY knows there's not much time left for Sammer Kingdom, Bleck's team knows they can't really take down the heroes, Mimi doesn't have much health but she's evasive and fast, she can stall for time enough that, hopefully, the heroes won't be able to escape the void in time

[@celestia74]

Funnily enough, just jumping into Bleck from below and Barry-ing him was exactly how 14-year-old me beat him (although I had been distracted by story and forgot other characters besides Mario were playable)

[@iTrapa]

Second brobot fight with Thoreau is literally classic Kirby boss fight lol Fleep meta kinda feels like DJ Octavio

[@PoyoDesuka]

I remember when I was little, I'd always rent a copy of SuperPM from my local Family Video for 3ish nights at a time, and I never got past Bonechill as a kid. Kinda hilarious that my final obstacle keeping me from beating the game was so cheesable, I must of never considered the power of Luigi.

[@Mattschmalzter]

Watching these streams live was so much fun!

[@FryingMike]

Unlimted height too! never knew 12:18

[@light_artist]

Fleep the GOAT

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

21:35 I can confirm this, before this games resurgence in popularity everyone said that I was kinda lame

[@Star64]

This was my 1st ever Paper Mario. I’ve never beat it (and want to) but it holds a special place that I will fill. It truly deserves the love that 10-11 year old me should’ve given it

[@ricardodct5577]

37:00 It was free! For the Sammer Guy lmao

[@blazie42069]

I think super paper mario is such an interesting game gameplay wise that I just have to like how unique it plays also the story is god tier this game better get a remake with a hard mode because I would buy it in a heartbeat

[@lillyy256]

luigi vs final dimentio finally shows us what it's like being an enemy and fighting lucky day close call mario

[@Sqwivig]

54:39 lmao "my expert menu-ing" 😂

[@celloj3703]

This was my first Paper Mario game. It was a blast in elementary school

[@damonrichardson1999]

I only saw the Game Over animation once in the whole game in Flopside's Pit of 100 Trials when I was broke, underleveled, and out of items. It's easy but the gameplay is very enjoyable. I do wish this game had a new game plus or new modes.

[@fgvcosmic6752]

Man I love Super Paper Mario. One of my favourite games of all time. Also my favourite Paper Mario game, controversially.

[@suntails6736]

this goes so hard,,, great work!! so curious if the pit(s) would be possible with the same setup

[@crystalcrow44]

I was falling asleep to the streams but now I can actually watch the main content! Hooray