Beating Mario Odyssey as SLOWLY as Possible

I’ve done plenty of speedrunning, but in these trying times, the world doesn’t need a speedrunner, they need a slowrunner. And that’s exactly what I’m gonna be.
Watch me live: / cjya
edited by: / alliethewump
#SMO #cjya

[@TheHippieRat]

I love how his method of slowrunning is basically doing 2015-era Let’s Play commentary where the KZbinr keeps getting distracted with lame bits like “why is that bird glowing? Hey! Are you okay?!”

[@day7163]

Stop. Now I can’t unsee it.

[@leonardorosado9247]

Ikr

[@praalgraf]

easier times

[@the.muffin]

I made the mistake of loading the comments before the video and now ill be thinking of this the whole time thanks

[@teddybeargaming4469]

Yep. I still see it today. It annoys me

[@leebydeeby]

I like how when he decided to just speed through Lake Kingdom he ended up getting a faster time on it than his PB

[@mangelsimonpaniello2256]

His speed senses had been suppressed for too long, they were charging up

[@Yallahyallha]

69 6 likes nice

[@Gon-hx4df]

@@Yallahyallha 969 likes now thanks to me ;D

[@uwuAstolfo]

@@Gon-hx4df You frivolous fool! You have no power here!

[@ALTsquared]

*Task failed successfully*

[@jackb3159]

Alternate title: Cj plays Mario twice as fast as any casual player

[@bad_noob1221]

nah my first playthrough was like 5 hours

[@blakebeaver1857]

uh im ashamed to emit it took me idk how long but i went out of my way to get as many moons as i could

[@ypob2007]

@@blakebeaver1857 took me about 40 hours to get to the final boss, after that i learned some useful stuff like cap roll cancelling and cap throw jumps

[@whamer100]

my first playthrough took me like a week because i went for all 880 moons

[@ypob2007]

@DarkCoreX helps to make quick turns

[@hauntedsunsets]

god, imagine verifying an smo run and the guy just loads up smash

[@Fiberoeatingfiber]

and then literal minecraft later in

[@meesvanleeuwen8506]

He shouldve played some splatoon aswell

[@SuperScienceWithGeorge8]

I dm’d the mods and they said a run couldn’t be verified if you open another game lol even though it’s not in the rules

[@fyra_cat2119]

honestly, going slowly through the game, mostly appreciating the cutscenes makes you realise how beautiful the game is

[@barrikade8886]

Yeah but like... It's odyssey and we already know how it is and the story sooooo

[@Start_Button]

Yes

[@fyra_cat2119]

@@barrikade8886 the cutscenes are still very beautiful tho. Even if you know what's gonna happen

[@blokos_]

the final song tho

[@yasmineh.1333]

That's why I keep resetting my save to replay the story

[@abarette_]

"Yoshi from the Mario Bros movie" holy fucking shit did I not expected to wheeze that hard

[@parksanderson8224]

How did he get footage of my first playthrough?

[@MonsterVP]

Underrated comment ngl

[@starwing1795]

lollllll

[@jufa87]

Wasnt the first "speedrun" of this game like 4 hours or so?

[@johannesboomsma4680]

@@MonsterVP Ah yes, the most liked comment by far, with every comment having like 1 or 2 and this one having more than 20... truly underrated

[@MonsterVP]

@@johannesboomsma4680 This comment had 0 likes when i commented that ._.

[@maxturtle7787]

fun fact: on my first play-through of Mario Odyssey I never once saw a T-Rex before beating the game (didn't see the one in Cascade, didn't fall into Deep Woods, didn't do Metro sub-area), so I was really confused when I saw it in the credits hahahahaha

[@the_legendary_fire]

Same except for me I never captured one I saw it in deep woods and 10 year old me was petrified to the point where I closed the game to exit

[@Crxsseyed1]

Ok how did you NOT notice the first t-Rex, I feel that you kinda have to see it

[@Crxsseyed1]

@TrulyBlue lol, I saw it immediately and thought that was how you got through the bricks, and not the chainchomps

[@thogdontcaare2649]

I did this same thing and only noticed when I went back to do moonrock cascade and could not BELIEVE I walked by the trex on my first playthrough

[@konstralit2105]

I skipped all three of them even knewing they're exist somehow

[@eclipsegaming2453]

i can only imagine how bad every fiber of his being was screaming to speed up

[@stockierclaw9935]

Beautiful pfp

[@ALTsquared]

*screaming intensifies*

[@Catmanater]

*the swears of agony.* *the screams of despain*

[@amystarr7654]

That's why he had to distract himself with other games.

[@leoinfinitygames4794]

Cjya: You know what doesn't take 6 hours to do? Subscribing to the cha- Me: Hey guys so today we're gonna be subscribing as slow as possible!

[@genji2191]

That's called ignoring the sun button for 10 years to them inally sub

[@prettysunk]

I don't know why but when people on youtube comments that have Me: I just don't like it

[@diamondman3434]

You know, there is nothing in the rules that says you can't sub to Smant while subbing to CJ

[@p3chv0gel22]

I mean, playing a different game is not only not against the rules, there is actually at least one speedrun, in which you swap your game for one trick: There is a credit warp using arbitrary code execution in Paper Mario, for which you would play ocarina of time during the run

[@needzzzsagain]

LMAO really?? Is there a video on it somewhere?

[@p3chv0gel22]

@@needzzzsagain there you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWrHhaCwh6Z_lZY

[@7p7m7]

i just saw an atrioc video on this

[@kek1247]

@@7p7m7 Brandon "Glizzy Hands" Ewing truly is a master of speedrunning

[@bluewuppo]

@@kek1247 you mean coffee cow?

[@jazzpasco4180]

15:27 “The eldest son of the king of France. He’s a prince, and they just killed him!” Well, they did that in France, too.

[@splashmanej3]

historically accurate mario odyssey

[@jcklevods1362]

the "YOSHI" at 3:33 has me DYING

[@Dewdrop0-6]

Same.

[@Muffin44434]

Same.

[@luna_eclipse93]

Same.

[@JohnMcbob]

Sme

[@aidarusniarti344]

Same😂

[@ienjoyoranges]

"im gonna go to the bathroom" *twelve hours later* "oh no! time loss!" imagine tho lol

[@ElectricMan3444]

Hold up got to complete my homework **anothor 12 hours** Lost some time but we Finna collect this comeback

[@QuasarSolarStorm]

@@ElectricMan3444 and while completing homework he drank water so he needs to got to the toilet again and while on the toilet he thinks of an idea and then he goes to present the idea and its so good people elect him a presidentand while he spends several days fixing the city he make the whole game in real life and then he dies 😞 but the computer is preserved and alien finally end the run at I 1 nanomillion 3 billion 1 million 5 thousand 3 hundred and 52 seconds And 99 milliseconds Sorry for essay.

[@ElectricMan3444]

@@QuasarSolarStorm I- it’s okay you don’t have to be sorry, but this comment got me thinking about life and Mario

[@TNTGaming718]

CJ leaves the timer on for 18 years and eventually finishes the run

[@elementballs]

"Speedrunner plays Super Mario Odyssey for the first time"

[@Verse28]

“Super Mario Odyssey Speedrunner plays Super Mario Odyssey for the first time”

[@6969Sarazz]

@@Verse28 that’s the same thing

[@aimbot4arrowz982]

@@6969Sarazz the difference is that the original comment is a "first playthrough" while the reply means he genuinely played the game without just using cutscene skips and glitches

[@2cool4school2]

I like how he played 2 separate games, and still finished it purposely a few minutes after the time he was trying to beat

[@Manic640]

@@2cool4school2 he literally said he wanted to lose to that dudes time

[@cacawsthelaw]

Sorry, we're going to have to invalidate this run due to an unusually fast Lake Kingdom. Step up to get your drug test, Mr. C J Ya.

[@objectshowfan362]

This run would never be validated anyways since there's no effort being made to go fast.

[@_amya__]

@@objectshowfan362 It's a joke speedrun

[@rubutu8408]

@@objectshowfan362thats isnt against the rules tho

[@objectshowfan362]

@@rubutu8408 I'm sorry, what gives you the information to state this as fact?

[@rubutu8408]

@@objectshowfan362 litteraly no where in the rules does it say that you have to go fast

[@Tredenix]

14:12 and 18:47 gave me an idea for a challenge; either you can't, or you can only, use techniques explained by Cappy (or other NPCs) from that point of the run onwards

[@chubby3726]

Might be impossible due to cappy not saying how to jump in cap kingdom. Maybe cappy and signs , if the sign at the start says how to jump.

[@mosesbakst]

It says press b to jump on the screen when it starts I think that could count

[@stevenlechtner9417]

This feels like if ADHD and sarcasm merged together to do a "speedrun" and I'm all here for it

[@RGC_animation]

Irony the video

[@sleepysage131]

You just described my brain

[@R3DAACTED]

And mine

[@Factory26_]

I am adhd and sarcasm

[@WhiteWolf-lm7gj]

@@nmenard88games I also have ADHD and I give Steven Lechtner exclusive permission to make this joke. Check and mate

[@ov3rwh3lm]

“No way they put yoshi in the game!” the accuracy with that

[@kinopieo]

one of your funniest videos yet and im not even done watching it! ive stopped at least 3 times just to show my friends some of these funny parts. great video!

[@darzo14]

@Kleckogion bro that means you just tried to copy the comment and you accidently replied

[@JSG645]

@@darzo14 bro that means you just tried to copy the comment and you accidently replied

[@syynchroniciteen]

stop copying the comments

[@ezekielanderson9055]

Gotta make sure those Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V buttons still work 😭

[@jadenbeta346]

@@syynchroniciteen stop copying the comments

[@Ender_Onryo]

When they said they had a trick up their sleeve to waste the last hour I was expecting them to delete their file and then do an actual run without restarting the timer.

[@OofMoment420]

Idk about you but 26 minutes seems pretty fast for SMO

[@mixedmedia2916]

26 minutes?

[@OofMoment420]

@@mixedmedia2916 yea, the length of the video

[@trueablee]

@@OofMoment420 he cuts up the vid, your fr didn't know that??

[@OofMoment420]

@@trueablee I’ve been watching CJ for probably twice as long as you, of course I know that. I’m joking

[@Gameboy2007-Official]

@@trueablee r/wooosh

[@BlueSodaPop_]

At around eleven minutes, the timer just kinda gave up for a while and I love it.

[@JACtn]

I actually forgot the lore to all the cutsecenes I haven't watched them since the game came out

[@ZADARGG]

Why

[@Crxsseyed1]

@@ZADARGG probably because once you see them one time, you usually skip them every time after that

[@chubby3726]

I never even watched all the cutscenes on my own but I still know the storyline.

[@dogewow9893]

I've always fantasized of reverse speedruns and he's made it real. My calls have been answered

[@feltcute_mightdelete]

After watching smo speedruns for a year, you have inspired me to attempt a speed run. If I can't beat the game in at least 7 hours, then I must really be bad at it 😂

[@GR-ci9mh]

I started by speed running the first three kingdoms, then the first 7 kingdoms, then trying a run

[@pvzio1412]

@@GR-ci9mh Nice advice!

[@GR-ci9mh]

@@pvzio1412 No problem! Have you done any speedruns of this game?

[@pvzio1412]

@@GR-ci9mh Uh yeah no, because my joysticks on my joycons have drift, so it's like a handicap for me

[@GR-ci9mh]

@@pvzio1412 That sucks, I got new Joy-cons

[@jackscrivens9520]

To make it even slower, just get all the collectibles.

[@babull4751]

This is any% right? Just 100% it for the lols

[@satintux0259]

Oh god

[@sazuke8991]

@@babull4751 He could 99% it and put it on any%. Dunno if 100% is allowed to go on any%, tehcnically it should, but there's a catergory for it so.

[@kinkajoulegend9989]

@@sazuke8991 any speedrun fulfilling the category rules can be put on the leaderboard. So if it’s your fastest run, you can put a 100% glitchless run on every leaderboard of the speed game you run.

[@sazuke8991]

@@kinkajoulegend9989 That makes sense, just found it weird to add 100% on any % So yeah, if you are sitting there enjoying the game, you'll add it on both ofcourse, since it will be the first run you do.

[@commander_frog]

step one: start the game step two: go and and grab yourself a nice meal

[@gacharandom6087]

Step three: 100% the game

[@boyfriendfnf6378]

Step 4: do step 2 again

[@Diathan]

Step 5: forget about the timer and just continue on with the stream

[@mls_fnaw2938]

Step 6: Sleep

[@dbroiscool]

step seven: sleep again

[@darkspedicey1418]

Love how he called the Dino “Yoshi” when Yoshi is already in the game lol

[@dazcarrr]

1:42 to be fair if most your time playing the game is going fast and skipping cutscenes you would forget the story

[@pvzio1412]

I always watch the cutscenes when playing

[@pinkwing2979]

This just in: local speed runner actually plays game

[@MononymousM]

This video has "whaaat? The old man was King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule this whole time?????!?!1!?" energy.

[@brickislove.brickislife]

The theory where CJ thinks that the dragon in ruined kingdom is a baby actually makes sense. If you don’t know, most babies have a squishy, weak spot on their head called a soft spot. And that glowing red bump might just be exactly that.

[@i_am_me0_0]

This video is proof there's a speedrun for everyone 😅

[@etoinedevries7583]

I didn't know this was a speedrun category, man, I'm the best then!

[@ezzy841]

He tried doing the slowest speedrun but still got a run faster than my fastest speedrun

[@Conorator]

It's not a speedrun, it's a slowrun.

[@someguy19]

@@Conorator at this point, it's a slow walk.

[@MB-vk3ub]

I've never speedran the game but I could probably beat it in like 2-4 hours

[@Exolotyze]

I like how the game calls them 'Backwards Somersaults' but they're just backflips

[@JennySYS]

i swear "the hat punch!" made me LOSE IT idk why 😭

[@672thesketchgirl]

I love how you played a couple games of Smash to distract yourself from beating the game

[@danielburgess5864]

Hey, CJ's run didn't get validated! Must be because the run was too fast....

[@taizomichael7294]

I think it’s because he had an obviously faster time

[@nathannicholson3816]

69 likes, I’m bout to end this whole mans career

[@sazuke8991]

@@taizomichael7294 shame you can't hold two spots on same list. But yeah, his comment was obviously sarcasm.

[@Aggebagge384]

I love how he screamed ”YOSHI!?” at the dinosaur in cascade

[@RGC_animation]

I like how someone at cascade kingdom said "WR pace"

[@TSKyanite]

Tbh, I really like the idea of Speedrunners just taking their time and exploring the games lore

[@goldenwarrior1186]

Alternate title: I pretend to do a casual playthrough of Super Mario Odyssey Another alternate title: NEW SMO PERSONAL WORST

[@pramudia9999]

"Rule #1: Beat the game as fast as possible" cjya: no

[@lazyrein3501]

This was one of the funniest videos I’ve watched in a long time

[@kremit_frog4031]

“Lets play some smash bros”

[@LeonelMedina-j4j]

6:39 his head isn’t supposed to explode 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@possiblylegit8]

Finally. The one speedrun I can win

[@onlyicebreaker2299]

Should have %100-ed they game and then submit the run to the any% categiory. The any% category means as long as you “beat” the game you and submit it at ANY% of the game completion

[@demoniclemur2483]

I literally just watched Kosmic’s ‘SMB 1 as slow as possible’ video just a few hours ago, what a great coincidence. That’s got me right in the mood for this video.

[@mr_sheep28]

0:49 It literally says, "In the skies above Peach's castle" right before this

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

The wave of the future for game streaming: Slow Runs!

[@dalefreund]

“speed runner discovers game actually has story after watching a cutscene for the first time”

[@reethelemon]

I lost it when he looked at the dinosaur and said "YOSHI?!!"

[@MB-vk3ub]

I just realized, the bird literally vomits in the soup and mario destroys the ingredients and the people at luncheon kingdom still eat it

[@tea_34121]

13:06 Don’t know why but I bursted out laughing 😆

[@doctormahrio5226]

Classic joke noise.

[@sussdood]

@@doctormahrio5226 tv audience laugh sound

[@OfcourseJimmy000]

Donknow*

[@alexholley2712]

Him: it doesn't take 6 hours to subscribe Me: Okay then, looks like im gonna break the record for worlds slowest sub

[@bern7482]

I think I could probably do well in this new category

[@genji2191]

Just fall asleep for 1 day then speed run it like I would

[@djxogo9058]

This is much faster than my first playthrough… First time i was in cascade kingdom, i got all moons that don’t require you to go further than cascade kingdom, took a while

[@Strikery]

I like how he has 2000+ hours on this game yet he knows nothing about the storyline

[@grandmastermario3695]

2000 hours isn't a lot master Tyrone has over 10,000

[@hugoforcada2167]

Fun fuct, when we were done watching this video, he was still in Cascade

[@gevinduka_647]

At 4:00 the flying thing hade me DYING

[@trbtrickshots7246]

12:46 "this guy blows, lets see if we can find someone else" had me in stitches :D

[@turtlemine4613]

"Subscribing doesn't take 6 hours 9 minutes and 16 seconds" You underestimate my ping

[@turtlemine4613]

@Garrett Hager I meant underestimate (the power/severity) of my ping.

[@GodOfFurcorns]

you have a new subscriber

[@SI1v3rm00n]

This is just OCD% with “ Oh, I gotta break all of these.”

[@DragoonDyte]

6:57: Nobody gonna talk how that was smooth?

[@LegoPlayz29]

3:33 BRO DID NOT SAY MY BOI WAS A T-REX

[@forestofsecrets7273]

this is how i play every game

[@nathanseguin6574]

The face of Cjya in 12:26 😂

[@Keyzo__]

11:03 the sun has come out I’m so proud of them

[@Djnomoney]

I took the slow run to subscribe I’ve been watching this channel for almost 3 years now

[@WillieJasinski]

When he called the dino “Yoshi” I lost it😂

[@V3CILvideos1]

It’s so funny when he said what the fu## are you ###### about at 15:01

[@brodizzle4]

19:07 Cappy was thinking of Doug Bowser obviously

[@Lord_eBatts]

I love how they named New Donk City the "City that Never Leaps". Nice Frank Sinatra reference there.

[@marioman118]

CJ: "6 hours! Good Time! I bet I got WR!!!" Me: I feel your pain. Because I live it LOL!

[@circlemantm1]

Alternate title: CJ actually plays Mario odyssey for the first time

[@Totally_Bonkers]

7:45 "you made it just in time" thats totally what the text means!

[@PyslockeMain123]

I know cj was in pain not being able to skip cutscences and do speedrun skips

[@Charaster]

Me who is still stuck on cap kingdom after 2 years

[@jacobiogaming]

This whole video is someone who is like never played before. *goes back into door* "ohh what is this room" *FALLS*

[@gregoryisntmyname]

I totally thought that his "secret" or whatever was going to be him almost beating the game and just deleting the save and starting over.

[@Bonnie_2.0]

I have an abnormally huge likeness of the act of unknown being pulled off by the internet video maker.

[@ryninja5788]

My question is, in the cutscene in cloud kingdom after beating bowser, he starts firing cannon balls at mario that explode when they miss him and hit the ground. The ground that is made of clouds. How tough are those clouds if they can survive cannon fire?

[@ninfan6434]

The crazy cap pamphlet talks about how remarkably sturdy the cloud platforms are

[@mjserrano32]

**sees Harriet’s pattern** “IS THAT A PENTAGRAM?!” Me: OH SHT I DIDN’T NOTICE THAT FR THOUGH

[@sizelvr]

“Did u know u could do that?” -CJ 2021

[@whivvy]

this vid was actually really entertaining for some reason. i liked seeing his reactions to the cutscenes that he didn’t remember. makes me want like a Mario galaxy 2 play through or something

[@notvalk5475]

Fun fact: your first run can’t be faster than this run.

[@Crxsseyed1]

Mine actually was, I spent a whole day trying to beat it, and I got around 7-8 hours

[@chubby3726]

Mine was, about 3-4 hours, mostly me trying to do soeedrun tricks and failing ( I got them, but took a while, the one in luncheon salt pile sucks )

[@imbot_88]

The unskippable part of the first cutscene: says “in the sky’s above peach’s castle Peach’s castle: is in mushroom kingdom Cjya: MUSHROOM KINGDOM IS IN THIS SEEN ?!

[@CherryVR73]

19:12 bowser watched how to tame your dragon duh

[@_DoorStop_]

He predicted the future in cascade, they’re making the mario movie

[@mrlmaoooo9249]

Prophet

[@mrlmaoooo9249]

Thats what he is

[@goldenwarrior1186]

Cj during the stream: “This is gonna be the worst video on my channel.” The video: is his 7th most popular video

[@voodp5922]

The cutscenes are my favorite part of the speedrun

[@goldenwarrior1186]

4:24 shoutout to SmallAnt

[@rykerwilliams2690]

13:33 NOICE NUMBER PAL (LAUGHS)

[@xilenator]

How to *ACTUALLY* beat it as slow as possible: just dont play it for your life lol

[@OhNoBohNo]

never have i more seen cj look like he's having the time of his life AND in absolute pain

[@Magnum69]

8:22 I literally did this on my casual file LOL

[@FTAMonkeman]

I'm reminding you that you made this masterpiece of a comment

[@NotRend3r]

I love the idea of bowser just waiting for hours in his ship while Mario frolics around

[@Charlie.mp4]

I thought by the title this would be the voice command one, but from what I saw on stream you are WAY too good at that and it would be too quick

[@RobbianMemzexe]

This isn’t the best speed run I’ve ever seen, it’s the best blind play through I’ve ever seen