Can You Beat Thousand Year Door Without Mario?

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door expanded a lot on the partner mechanics from the first game- so much in fact, that partners can actually hold their own! I decided to try and beat the entire game while only ever using Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, Yoshi, Vivian, Bobbery, and Ms Mowz in battle...
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro & Rules
2:56 - Prologue
4:25 - Chapter 1
7:34 - Chapter 2
9:26 - Chapter 3
17:45 - Chapter 4
21:25 - Chapter 5
23:56 - Chapter 6
24:44 - Chapter 7
30:03 - Chapter 8
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[@CR1MSONACE]

*PAPER : The Thousand-Year Door*

[@potgx2]

W comment 😂

[@tyquil825]

Paper Ally

[@The-ms2ub]

Very epic comment also nice pfp

[@dreamerofthorns]

Oh my god I love your username

[@MIDMAN-lz6io]

Perfectly describes modern paper mario

[@literallywho1440]

Mario being able to appeal makes sense since he's getting the glory & fame despite not doing anything

[@isaacthelad496]

Mario wins by doing absolutely nothing!

[@Zorothegallade-gg7zg]

He's on moral support duty

[@Skullhawk13]

Big manager energy

[@LoquenderoInazuma]

Paper Goombella: Thousand Multibonks

[@CenturyBlade]

Raging Goom: Bonk One Thousand Bonks

[@-Crustyboi-]

😂

[@Doxsein]

For Goombella The Bonks Multi

[@slippy318]

Bonking my way downtown. Bonking fast. Faces pass and I'm Rogue(Port) bound.

[@underrated1524]

22:00 There's a reason you've never seen that attack before. Whenever you whack Cortez's bone pile, he shrinks, and when shrunk, he can only use his charged attack.

[@luciedaddle]

rip goombella for being mvp for most of the video and not being in the thumbnail

[@twigglyfiggly3429]

Imagine peach about to get an exorcism and just dipping for an hour to get groceries

[@NickMario1]

Ikr lmao

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

The idea of Mario being a dirty coward and making everyone in his company do the dirty work reminds me of a Flash RPG duology called _Crystal Story_ (the first game of which has been remade in Unity to...mixed reception, and there may or may not be a sequel remake on the way). [SPOILERS BELOW, if you even care] In the first game, an evil witch steals a crystal of power and uses it to resurrect a terrifying ancient beast. A man by the name of Hiro hires a startup company called Mercenary Inc. to take on the task of tracking down the witch and slaying this beast. Four adventurers accomplish this task...and Hiro is recorded as having single-handedly slain the beast himself, when in reality he never participated in combat nor dealt a lick of damage (and is fact is KO'd be a weak attack in-cutscene and carried around in this unconscious state for most of the adventure). The intro to the second game even summarizes the first as if Hiro was the one who slew the beast and restored peace (but it does give Mercenary Inc. an honorable mention).

[@JacquIreBriggs]

OMG I knew you’ll be the one to talk about Crystal Story. I’m a big fan too. If a sequel remake never happened, I’ll do it myself.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@JacquIreBriggs Hello again! :D While I haven't actually done much in terms of Crystal Story modding lately, I have occasionally put some more thought into what I might like to attempt to do in that respect.

[@JacquIreBriggs]

@@steam-powereddolphin5449 I couldn't wait any longer! :D

[@JacquIreBriggs]

@@steam-powereddolphin5449 I couldn't wait any longer. XD

[@tyquil825]

The first striking rule also kinda adds to the story. Mario is brave enough to sneak attack an enemy but not stay and fight

[@Wiblum]

125 likes and no comments?!?!?? I would fix this but I can’t be bothered, sorry.

[@zackbuildit88]

​@@Wiblumit's ok I'll do it

[@guardianboreal1432]

I would have said Mario got randomly/unintentionally cursed on his trip to Rouge Port, making him unable to fight, kupo.

[@zackbuildit88]

Holy moly a modern day in-character KZbin account. Thank you

[@Codricmon]

Absolutely love the idea of a "Chosen Hero" who, due to a prophecy, _has_ to be involved in taking down the Great Evil Whatever, but they're a total wimp and coward... and instead of them training up and having, like, character development, a bunch of "unchosen heroes" just drag the chosen one along and do their job for them while having to make sure the "hero" doesn't die from the forces of evil or their own patheticness.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

If Bowser takes damage during his own turn (from a superguard, electricity, or reflective status) with a bite attack, he does another bite attack the next turn. Edit: apparently the reason is because he has to finish the biting animation, which is interrupted by the damage.

[@AriaFlame37]

I thought it was because bowser is stubborn

[@Cheese-Slime-Sheriff]

@@AriaFlame37”You think that one block can stop ME? Let’s see how many you can block! BAHAHAHAHA!”

[@jedprice7002]

Partners-only Pit would be so cool! I’d be really interested to see the crazy strategies and workarounds you’d have to do

[@PhoenixUltima]

"For Chapter 3 I've set a bonus challenge of no items" 13:00 *Uses a honey syrup* Um.

[@BringlesCan]

LMAO I can’t believe I didn’t realize that or think about it at all during the whole video making process, embarrassing ngl

[@StuartRedman]

I noticed that too

[@TBiscuit1]

I was like : "After using WHAT"

[@MarioMastar]

@@BringlesCanMad respect for owning up. XD We all start somewhere in our LP journey. Good show all the same.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@BringlesCan To be slightly fair, Impossible Mode runs do have to allow FP items or Sweet Treat for the mandatory Armored Harriers fight, since there's otherwise no legal way to have enough FP to Gulp twice to beat them. (If both of them had a bit less HP, then this wouldn't be a problem...)

[@stormRed]

I like to think Mario is trying to act more cowardly to better understand his brother.

[@archdiangelo7930]

Wow, I love Paper Luigi, so glad we finally got to see one of his adventures!

[@Kappy0]

This challenge kinda solidified this opinion, but you remind me of myself back when I started challenge running this game LOL I think that's why I've been really enjoying your content. Keep it up! (do the pit LOL)

[@EliteWizzerd946]

I feel like you sleep on Flurrie too much. Gale Force is just an early game Showstopper AND Lip Lock is a Defense Piercing Life Steal move. That's so good, dude!

[@gerbiluwu]

The problem with Flurrie is she's completely missing a strong damaging move. Goombella has Multibonk, Koops has Power Shell, Yoshi's moves are all strong, Vivian has Fiery Jinx, and Bobbery has Bobombast. Mowz kind of stinks for the same reason. Gale Force is definitely great but as with Showstopper, it won't work in boss fights and you shouldn't rely on it because it's pure luck. Lip Lock makes Flurrie into a great tank but considering there's no way to "draw aggro" in this game and most tough bosses have area attacks anyways, there's no real place for that in the game because Mario will just die instead. She's definitely not *as* awful as people seem to say but she is a straight downgrade from every other partner in the game from a damage perspective, and damage is the key to victory in TTYD.

[@owennelson5814]

@@gerbiluwu Dodgy Fog can be a nice niche move at least, having a 50% chance to avoid attacks for 4 turns for the cost of a mere 4 FP is REALLY nice, but again, a 50% chance isn't really 100%, so you might end up wasting 4 FP for nothing. Still, when it does work, it's great

[@toastytoad8154]

No no. The aversion is warranted. -Yo'ster

[@Surgemaster2012]

@@gerbiluwu While those are indeed problems with Flurrie, the same applies to any partner that's not Goombella or Yoshi, multihit moves are just really good, especially under danger/peril. And Koops cheaper spread utility for grounded foes makes him a necessity, and while Gale Force is RNG, it is also broken and can even totally save you in many runs. Even when it doesn't blow every enemy away and you at least get one out of how many there are that is still huge. And sure, Flurrie lacks power, but so does Vivian, Bobbery and Mowz too. Flurrie is better for bosses than those three and Fiery Jinx is outclassed by Stampede and Gale Force because any situation where you'd wanna FJ you'd just Gale Force them. She isn't any less damage heavy than Vivian, Bobbery or Mowz. Mowz is just the worst at everything, Bobbery has damage issues that get worse when defense comes into play, and while Fiery Jinx does give Vivian spread damage, there are also a lot of situation where it just won't work, and Gale Force will. And any weakness GF has would apply to FJ, only GF covers FJ downsides. Flurrie is also more useful against dragons, Cortez and Magnus more than Vivian. Even though neither are great partners. I also fail to see how she's a downgrade from every partner, when Mowz has the worst damage in the game and everyone outside of Goom and Yoshi have the same problem non multihit moves do.

[@ClintonKE]

This, the Flurrie hate is unfair. She isn't bad just the game doesn't favor her skill set as much over how easy it is to break damage wise with some of the other partners. As far as the more defensive type partners go though I feel she is the only one w/o a very big weakness at least. Koops can get flipped and has low hp to make up for his extra def, bomb is fp costly, both of them can't restore their own hp while attacking or attack certain foes in various areas of the battle as easily as her. There is no way to "draw aggro" but putting her in front makes her take the bulk of attacks anyway cause like Final Fantasy 1 the ones in front are more likely to be attacked. Gale Force is luck to a point but knowing what foes are weak to it really helps it power wise. Sure that requires a bit of extra knowledge/experimentation but once you get that it is sort of like blue magic in Final fantasy again where it shows its power better. Really though yeah damage dealing partners break the game but I blame badges being a bit more broken and how you can have so many of them for that for favoring offense and not giving enough defense ones.

[@ryand8338]

Brilliant! But can you beat Paper Mario: thousand year door without the door?! Now, that’s a challenge!

[@cyanideOwO]

paper mario the thousand second game

[@GustavoPizza]

What about Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door without the paper?

[@PlagelKnigchenko]

What about playing Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for a Thousand Years while being near a Door

[@laser90]

Paper Mario: The thousand years

[@pastacatlover]

Would have been funny to wear the L emblem here

[@psigreen3864]

Mario supergaurding is like that calebsity skit where the guy is cowering but then parries the attack out of nowhere and then goes back to cowering. "When loan sharks turn into regular businessmen" was the title, i think

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

I would love to see the pit in this challenge.

[@gabs3147]

17:40 wtf is up w prince mush's face

[@Cheese-Slime-Sheriff]

I like to imagine that Mario got cursed on the way to rougeport, removing his ability to fight other than first striking. This forces him to strategize, while he normally just attacks until the job is done. His partners recognize this and choose him as the leader, realizing that while he’s not actually able to fight, but is a great strategist.

[@Elfos64]

I'd say Quick-Change should be allowed but damaging via Mario's Superguarding shouldn't- save for the opening Krump fight where you'd have no other choice. Anyway, I'm guessing the partner badges don't work for the Vivian in the Dupliss fight because they trigger at the start of the battle- which Vivian is absent for. I think another good challenge would be if you can only use each partner for 1 fight per chapter (at least until you've cycled through all of them within the chapter) and you can never have more than one boss fight across the whole game per partner (at least until you've cycled through all of them).

[@staceymata2049]

paper goombella the thousand-year door cracked me up.

[@TGVBT640]

Paper Goombella: The Thousand-Times Goombella Did Everything For Mario

[@Goombella.Vivian]

hahahaha kneeslapper!

[@Ozzmaniac1]

Always love to see a Bringle upload

[@KatSuricata]

words cannot describe how much i love your TTYD videos

[@gabethegamer5957]

Mario Wins by Doing Nothing: Paper Edition

[@glassesjacob]

You should try Hero Mode! It’s a ridiculous hard mode for the game, just about everything is made a lot harder. Great job on another good video

[@liquidwolf2]

Pit of 100 trials partners only? Yeah that would be pretty cool

[@cammac6243]

I like to imagine the puni’s watch Goombella destroy Crump while Mario hides in his hat, only for the puni’s to thank Mario. Of course his typical male behavior doesn’t bother correcting them

[@underrated1524]

7:10 You have been tricked, you have been backstabbed, and you have been, quite possibly, bamboozled. The game has coding to cut off your powerbounce streak whenever it feels like it, especially against bosses. That was you getting capped, it wasn't you missing the action command.

[@GameBitz-f0rg0]

I just beat the game a few days ago and now I’m recommended this. Good video man!

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

There's something satisfying about not only the beginning Ally, but the weakest enemy type in the Mario franchise taking out the Shadow Queen. Goombella the beast

[@Cricket-mo4vr]

This was really well done! I'd love to see the Pit taken on without Mario in the future.

[@josephparadise9726]

26:49had me rolling!

[@bluemarker1695]

Loving the paper Mario content with m&l music :)

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

And Chrono Trigger music too.

[@StuartRedman]

Right? Homie's music choice is always on point

[@matthewcarey5243]

3:18 "Mario will rely entirely on Goombella" he says as he leaves her behind.

[@chaoticzer0688]

Loved this video and the story you came out to go along side it! Interested to see you tackling the Pit of 100 trials with this ruleset too at some point.

[@junietwoknees]

really great breakdown of a sick challenge run. Keep it up!

[@MrJack8700]

MariNo

[@wyattskinner697]

17:13 I didn’t even know he could charge

[@CharmCityGamer]

Only you would try this challenge Bringle. I applaud your brilliance my friend! And definitely try a Partner Only Pit!

[@FlubbedsodaGamingOfficial]

Rather nicer way to call mario in the intro: Mario allows anything if he allows, and this time, he let his partners do everything

[@mehriotime1100]

The next day goombella was amitted to the hospital for multiple brain injuries

[@Haunter_1616]

Something to keep in mind for potential future challenges or playthroughs is that some bosses have attacks that pierce your defense making defense plus not work all the time. The exception to this as far as I know is P-down D-up. I have no idea why, but the defense from this badge stays I think even for the piercing attacks.

[@NovikNova]

Smart how the Remake removed the condition you have to fulfill and just says "Kill him however you can" lmao

[@-Crustyboi-]

Interesting video. Some of yall make superguarding look very easy. All the times I've played TTYD and I've only did a superguard like twice on accident lol Anyway I can't wait until the remaster.

[@FistanDauntilus]

It's a 3 frame window I think. Definitely makes it look easier than it is but it's not too bad with practice

[@MemoMemoli-je3dc]

Love the "never let up" from mario Luigi dream team bros at start

[@deathkillrt]

Nice challenge, makes this game shine even more.

[@feyytime5571]

I loved watching let plays of this game when I was little. Its been so long since the last time I've seen it

[@EliteWizzerd946]

38:08 ~ ...What? That's... I've never seen that. In all my time playing TTYD, that has never happened to me. Shadow Peach's crown acting like a spike...? What? Are we playing the same game?

[@BringlesCan]

I am 95% sure I remember that you can't jump on Shadow Peach without taking spike damage... I haven't tried in a long time because I thought that was the case??? It's possible I'm wrong but I thought that was true LOL.

[@EliteWizzerd946]

@@BringlesCan Yeah, I fought SQ without Spike Shield just recently & I could jump her just fine.

[@Likeaboss-nf4ht]

same ive never heard of that before, im pretty sure you can hit her with yoshi

[@jonathancangelosi2439]

@@BringlesCan Nah her head is definitely not a spike hitbox. The crown does look spiky though. 😂

[@SkadingleMadongle]

​@@BringlesCan wtf I also thought you couldn't jump on her. Mandela effect at its best again. I remember there being some queen or princess in a Mario & Luigi title where you couldn't jump on due to a crown. Maybe I mixed them up somehow.

[@mannofdober873]

Ironic. Goombella could spam her best move on others, but not protect herself when Magnus von Grapple spams his own best move.

[@ianalsobrooks6481]

"like a child playing a fighting game" has to be one of the funniest quotes, since children do spam moves over and over again.

[@7cubed]

28:10 he took the crowd from 98 to 2 during that fight 29:40

[@chwaftka9775]

The Grodus fight is honestly easy in my opinion using Vivian as she can take out his shield fuckheads and using Fiery Jinx over and over again Grodus will never have a full shield.

[@BringlesCan]

Fiery Jinx is super useful against Grodus under normal conditions, but in this challenge with the rules I set it doesn't really work. Vivian has to spend 6FP to delete all the Grodus X's, and then her normal attack doesn't do that much to Grodus. I'd quickly run out of FP and have to heal because the fight would get dragged out longer. She can't swap to Goombella or Yoshi since that takes up the one turn that Grodus is open before getting his shield back.

[@chwaftka9775]

@@BringlesCan ah i see lol

[@Likeaboss-nf4ht]

@@BringlesCan what about the quick change badge

[@dracanoevolution5802]

​@@Likeaboss-nf4ht2:02

[@chwaftka9775]

@@dracanoevolution5802 Well maybe with Flower Saver P's it could be viable

[@dajax1996]

I'm going to keep saying it. You're going to be a much bigger channel soon bro. Keep up the amazing work🎉🎉

[@ethanhawkins3391]

Needless to say, we’re all loving these TTYD uploads! The challenges are a lot of fun and your editing/narration are only getting better. We wanna see you suffer, so keep upping the difficulty with these challenges!

[@supernoot7334]

"HE'S PULLING HIS C**K OUT!!" Lmao I can't with you mate 😂 love the video by the way

[@Goombella.Vivian]

raw cock

[@user-mw9ev3qv9s]

You know you can use Vivian’s ability to dodge the bombshell bill blasters instead of trying to jump over it

[@justafriendlycryptid]

'The AU where Doopliss keeps Marios Identity.'

[@RedDragonForce2]

@ 17:27 Years ago, Emile, aka Chuggaaconroy, did a playthrough of this game and thanks to Luck Badges, he managed to do a no damage to Mario run with Grubba. The episode was nicknamed: Luck of the Highest Caliber. For your run, I shall dub it: SKILL of the Highest Caliber!!

[@septimustache6359]

Would've been a lot more interesting if the partners couldn't super guard. Kinda just turns strategy into just an execution check

[@BringlesCan]

It’s pretty hard to pick and choose which characters superguard and don’t because most of the timings are feel-based rather than reaction-based. I think with how hard a lot of boss superguards are, strategy still plays a big part in not spending hours on each boss.

[@MarioMastar]

@@BringlesCanTrue, but from a theoretical standpoint, you can easily beat the game using superguard as only a few attacks are unsuperguardable. From a strategic point of view it's more interesting to rely on defensive badges and maintaining limited health to get trough the tougher fights or find the point in the game where no matter the set up, it is mathematically impossible to survive the fight. It's the same reason most challenges ban lucky dodge badges as in theory you could reset until you dodge the most dangerous moves.

[@thebrave9971]

I noticed you had some partner badges equipped for the Second doopliss battle with only Mario and Vivian, fun fact, Partner badges just, don't work in that fight, I assume it's because the game checks if you have partners to apply badge effects to at the start of the battle, and since you don't have partners at the start of the battle, the check goes, "Oh no partners, no need to apply these badge effects"

[@Hagot428]

19:45

[@lovinglife8854]

Nintendo Paper: The thousand partner door.

[@tdawg6365]

PARTNERS ONLY PIT! yes!!!!! GG Bringle!

[@diamondoge]

Can't wait for the remake!

[@mooseygoosey9720]

I watched Chuggaaconroys Lp of TTYD a million times, and yesterday I successfully used my totally legit software to play the first chapter and a half

[@thefallenchaoskeeper]

I await the 2.5 hour compilation video of you redoing all these thousand year door challenges in the remake to compare what’s changed.

[@Myhrrylyth]

PIT OF 100 MUTIBONKS PLZZ!!

[@spartacusthememelord6890]

Curious question but isn’t Fiery Jinx really good against Grodus and his X guys? (don’t know their name, sorry) I’ve only ever watched TTYD so I’m just proposing the idea more than anything.

[@isneezelightning]

I think partners only pit would be cool..... also wow thanks for teaching me a lot about badge setups that i wasn't smart enough to understand when i was a child haha! this is really neat

[@HappySmilesInc]

What was the background music you used while fighting the Shadow Queen? Also, the Unova Elite 4 Battle Theme was an excellent OST choice for Chapter 7 (seriously, the fact that Mario was still alive after 5 USES OF THE AUDIENCE CANNON was impressive in its own right)! For some reason, I often imagine Mario charging up a Spring Jump at that one part just past the middle of the song that sounds similar to the BGM for the 2nd half of the Palace of Shadow! (watch?v=llnXhrCn9Yo, between the 0:53 & 0:58 marks)

[@tacodivision2325]

why... why would you say how old this game is... i dont need you to tell me im old...

[@guillermostaudt6452]

20 years isnt old... Right?

[@RedStoneMatt]

Yesss a new challenge run!

[@SodaScarletMachine]

28:50 You used a Super Guard with Mario without having a partner in front on him :(

[@TFSned]

Since you're using texture mods, it would be cool if you changed Mario's textures in some way. You could make him monochrome, semi-transparent or even invisible.

[@SkadingleMadongle]

But he's using a "totally legit original GC disc", didn't you know?

[@tdawg6365]

Love Bringle nights

[@traceyhenri4482]

I'd love to see you take on the Pit of 100 Trials Mario-less in an upcoming challenge. It would be a great test of your skills, and I know you'd win.

[@djdegen4686]

Bros building himself up to be the go to TTYD content creator

[@larrychilders6599]

15:36 you could call him by his Japanese name of Hawk Hogan

[@LanceThumping]

I could see a version where every turn a dice is rolled whether Mario tries to defend (hide) or run away (panic).

[@Hidden_Fern]

They have actually figured out how to do ACE for this game, you mentioned TASMalleo in your more recent TTYD challenge so you might already be aware lol. So far I’ve only seen it be used to credits warp (it involves sitting in a shop for a long time) and I doubt anyone’s looked into removing Mario

[@ryancleaver9651]

do you have a vod channel? cuz id love to watch the vods of these

[@AlexanderVentura-ft5qy]

I wish this was in the switch version

[@kmpgos4158]

Interesting challenge, but I think that another title that would fit it would be: Paper Mario Thousand Years Door Pokemon Trainer.

[@chraze8397]

Besides your awesome Challange videos, can we talk about the fact, how much Triangle Strategy music you use? Really an awesome game. Maybe you could do some challenges for it too.

[@GlyphedArchitect]

Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door is almost 20 years old at this point, but I'd say it's still one of Mario's biggest adventures to date. Throughout the story, he recruits seven different partners to help him fight through several new locations in order to defeat the Shadow Queen once and for all. Needless to say Mario is a very very brave individual. But, what if he weren't so brave? What if Mario was secretly a GIANT weenie-hut jr. and needed his partners to do all of the heavy lifting? What if Mario was Luigi? Here's my review of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass. Let's a-go!

[@avhtarc2169]

Challenge run ideas: required battles ONLY

[@KornersquaredMike]

My favorite game! Paper….: The Thousand Year Door!

[@Shadic4101]

Finally got that Paper Luigi game

[@Scorpionspear77]

At least Mario was useful to the group in traversing the world.

[@96shadowrazor]

is there a video for your emulator settings? Your game seems so smooth

[@bubblesdoodles]

Ooooo do the Pit next!

[@joyelynn]

flurrie only run when??

[@Lunawithcheese]

Paper partners: thousand year door: pit of 100 trials

[@gavinplayz9767]

Paper _____: the thousand wait where is oh hes hiding behind goombella

[@Eddie_Winter]

*sees title of video* "i wonder how he'll do creepy steeple time"

[@FlameUser64]

imo this challenge would have been more interesting if you'd allowed either Quick Change or for Mario to use his turn swapping partners. That would have allowed for, say, Vivian to get a chance to shine with Fiery Jinx in the Grodus fight, since that would handily kill all the mini-yuxes for less FP than a Bombast, instead of needing Thunder Rages. edit: Or you could do that. That works too.