Invictus is a LEGENDARY Mario Hack

[@GenCavox]

As a fan of Kaizo since P-break, I have to say we cannot overstate the effect of Invictus on the SMW Kaizo scene. Before Invictus virtually nothing was chocolate, it was all vanilla mechanics being used in interacting ways, but after Invictus we can't get away from chocolate in hacks and I'm here for it. If Juz never makes a hack again he has already left his mark on the scene, up there with Panga and Takemeto.

[@Darxide23]

Couldn't have said it better. Juz changed SMW Kaizo forever.

[@brandonvangieson8087]

@@GenCavox And if you watch Juz streams, hrs has been actively talking about his work on a second hack. He's been working on it for years, and while he has no idea when he will be done or what it will consist of, it is in active development.

[@panerabred64]

Look at storks pal it was released in 2017 and inspired this hack

[@aftermoon639]

Invictus showed the SMW community that chocolate could be fun with carefully designed levels. There were chocolate hacks before Invictus but players were very hesitant to play them because they had a reputation of using custom mechanics in levels without much explanation. Even hacks that are praised now like Storks didn't do a good job of explaining a lot of its mechanics and players were forced to throw many Marios at obstacles in order to learn how things worked. Invictus changed this by easing players into them through familiar scenarios and tutorial segments. An underrated aspect of Invictus is how well it builds up the mechanics and tricks and combines them in fluid ways: levels like the Red Switch palace and water level have timed switching block obstacles that prepare the player for Stellar where they control the switching blocks; motor skills was somewhat built throughout the game by having many jumps that alternated between normal and spin jumps; screenwrap in the sewer level and Biohazard and so on.

[@brandonvangieson8087]

Juzcook is the only Mario streamer that I watch nearly as much as GPB, absolute legend

[@asiriusworm]

The invictus and GPW comps are how I started watching you and so many others... so nostalgic

[@ReaperUnreal]

I love how every one of these levels I was all "oooh, I remember this, it was a banger", truly an influential hack. But timing out Juz was deserved.

[@Waffletigercat]

Biohazard is truly a great level. Creative use of screen wrap, cool visual design, VVVVVV and Mega Man music... perfection!

[@apushman]

44:42 that recovery

[@Darxide23]

Invictus was the first big hack to heavily use Chocolate and every big hack after followed that example. It was a great thing for opening up what an SMW hack could be.

[@jakehawthorn7920]

Poo calling genichiro "generico" is great lmao

[@ODISeth]

The fact that megalovania has a copyright claim and had to be muted/replaced feels wild

[@spencerchancey1471]

Man invictus really holds up as an awesome hack, super creative

[@Twister-ul6tn]

I think invictus was the first hack I watched on youtube and I was recommended to watch poo's invictus videos. I was so excited about it and it was so much fun. That was also the point when I subscribed to juz and poo's channels.

[@poisontango]

19:50 had me legitimately laugh out loud.

[@Waffletigercat]

This truly is one of the greatest Kaizo hacks of all time. Hopefully Juz does eventually finish Invictus 2.

[@Neopumper666]

"Oi, the janky hack m8" - Juz

[@kruksog]

19:33 I honestly appreciate that you keep the real reactions. Kaizo is hard. I've died on much easier levels and let out way worse streams of profanity. Too real 😅

[@jacobmccain8082]

The raters at SMWC were clearly drunk when they set this to Kaizo:Intermediate. Man this hack is brutal. I still havent beaten all of it.

[@francisj9003]

Someone needs to make a video on the history of kaizo mario up to the present.

[@SlevinKalevera]

Probably one of the best soundtracks, overall, I heard out of all the hacks you played in this challenge. And the level design was bloody brilliant. but FUUUUUUUUUUUCK that water level 😆😆😆

[@SlevinKalevera]

ope, and 20:30 just made me realize there's some Undertale in there 😆😆😆

[@gibble7863]

44:39 nah the save at the end was crazy clutch

[@UnitNo.2]

This is still one of my most favorite hacks to watch.

[@NastadonGaming]

I only watched a few runs at Fast50, I didn't know you were on the couch outside of Mario games. Might have to check the others out as you got good commentary lol

[@boydicus9143]

Intro: IDK what to do here. 4 seconds later... Crushes it lol 😂

[@LunarTFM]

If you contact Materia Collective regarding Undertale/Deltarune copyrights, they’ll remove the copyrights usually, the only exception is with fan games like Undertale Yellow, which has made their music before the game came out, and they didn’t communicate with them before making the covers.

[@matthewjohnson6938]

No last level. :( wanted to see that kaizo...

[@louisng114]

"Invictus is a net negative." ~GrandPOOBear

[@SwordSaint892]

Great editing on the conversation stuff weskill :)

[@ShanTsung]

I'll never get tired of seeing you play Invictus

[@qShermann]

God that retro version of the Super Mario Bros. Wii lava levels music is so damn good

[@MagicScorpio]

Gas is $5.50 here and every time I pump it I’m Furious.

[@vinvinvichii]

This made we want to watch the Dode vs Tofu race.

[@stevieboy7075]

I love how you give hate on them cheesing the level, and you are literally the cheese god

[@TheStrahl]

Invictus is the GOAT hack IMO (Based on OST alone)

[@IntergalacticBrowny]

Ive only ever seen poo play Mario Odyssey, who would have thought he was smooth as hell on smb

[@unfinishedsente]

imagine Fast and the Furious started using Tesla's and they had to stop to charge.. That's the whole movie. Them sitting around, waiting 1 hour for the car to charge, but there was only one charger left, so the other cars had to wait. So now we got a 3 hour movie about 3 people sitting around waiting for their battery to get charged.

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

I gotta watch more Poo! I missed a fan meet up at GDQ?! I missed so many chances to get a photo with Poo and Barb last weekend :(

[@dillyduncs]

The music in this hack is on another level. I have no idea if it's just taken from other games or original.. but its insanely good.

[@adamneko]

Second Half of Absolute Power is Tobyfox's megalovania, and there's a track from Undertale's Ruins area during one of the ghost stages. It's from all over. Surprised Poo had to mute Megalovania and not the other Undertale Track.

[@psymar]

​@@adamnekothe level that wraps from top to bottom is Warp Zone from VVVVVV, which was especially funny as I had been thinking on the left-right-wrapping vertical level it should have the VVVVVV The Tower music

[@psymar]

also at 39:50 that's the fastest finger music from old Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

[@scannerooni]

Wait the VVVVVV Pressure Cooker on a screenwrap level is perfect

[@psymar]

I was expecting VVVVVV The Tower on the earlier vertical level with left/right wrapping

[@stevenvinson1615]

13:10 i live in downtown Sacramento. Couple hundred yards from the Capitol. It's safe, fun and i can walk to anything i need in minutes.

[@jsbmx2039]

Switched left to right at the end. Nice save

[@lukewood2662]

Some Castlevania bangers? Nice.

[@TheUnlocked]

As a viewer Invictus is my favorite Mario hack. It was just so innovative at the time, and even compared to modern kaizo all of the custom stuff in it looks so purposeful and polished.

[@Smartguy898]

Would be cool to see the total time loss and/or gained each video or hack.

[@sweeeenay]

That save was ridiculous!

[@MaxxDomination]

That save was legendary

[@Maninawig]

Just to note: Juz is working on Invictus 2.

[@autumnshinespark]

One At A Time's got VVVVVV vibes with that music.

[@puppet_master]

What's the music from the boo level? So jammin

[@laserborb]

wait, how is megalovania copyright restricted? does toby fox not own the rights to it anymore / is he a copyright troll / lazy with the youtube ID system?

[@psymar]

I don't think switch 2 will have AR as its gimmick considering they tried to hype that up on 3DS

[@Andrew-zn9tu]

12:56 gas right now in OK is 2.78

[@IZEASGT]

You know, I don’t actually know much about what the most influential, or historically significant, SMW romhacks would be, aside from of course Kaizo Mario World. Like, just what was the significance of Invictus? How’s it affected what’s come since? What other hacks are up there? There’s probably a good video about the history somewhere on here; any recommendations are welcome.

[@kitsovereign4127]

IIRC, Invictus was super popular and brought in a wave of "chocolate" hacks, that didn't use fully vanilla sprites and behavior but still stayed pretty close to the spirit of what's in the base game. I think it was also what popularized the "janky hack, mate" meme.

[@IZEASGT]

@@kitsovereign4127 I thought that came from Juz streaming someone else’s hack?

[@Neopumper666]

​@@IZEASGT it was during the time juz and Carl were trolling each other with trolls iirc

[@SpaveFrostKing]

It's kind of funny how Invictus popularized chocolate hacks, and now Juz gets excited every time a hack is described as vanilla or mostly vanilla.

[@CaptainXJ]

What happened to the logo on the thumbnails?

[@MidnightPausch]

be fr though who's going to california to visit a random mountain town

[@MarlonMacielBrando]

Megalovania triggered the YT copyright algorithm? That's nuts. But hey, kudos to the editor for choosing DKC's "Fear Factory", it's a banger.

[@hoopsm6106]

Love me some donkey Kong music

[@thememelordbobbeh3107]

9:30 he simply didn't beat the game.

[@michaellorden8150]

Hey coach, liking and commenting for the algorithm

[@dochoskinsjr9807]

WOW!

[@AthomeBurnerphone-cu7mm]

Hard disagree gpb. You may not be able to fill up a gas tank fast, but you can do it furiously. I'm fuming the entire time as I watch the numbers get higher. Absolutely worst way to set a high score.

[@madhattercr]

Great hack

[@janngranberg8102]

nice

[@Deaganus]

So does Toby copyright claim Megalovania?

[@GrandPOOBear]

No but some other people always try to claim it

[@Deaganus]

@@GrandPOOBear YT claims are such wild west bs

[@Jifuryu]

You forgot to hit so many kaizo blocks.

[@eggsbox]

but this hack doesn't have kaizo block*s* :)

[@eliasgaspar9947]

POO 👑

[@yoshitaki69]

I was the 420th like!

[@Margulan217]

This hack too good even in mine channel banner😅

[@fwabcaf]

When is Poo going to make Super Invictus 3? His last hack Super Dirty Dog World sucked. Get back to basics Poo, stop trying to code your driving wheel to work with smw. The F1 Mario crossover is a dream. You can't control Mario like you do a car. He's a plumber for Pete's sake.

[@Jacovie]

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[@KesshinOfficial]

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[@Enan63.]

No offense. But I am a not fan of Kaizo SMW Romhacks. Due to me being an Standard SMW Romhack person. So sadly I am going to get hate for this. But I really don't like Invictus along with Stokes Apes and Crocs and Original Kaizo Mario Trilogy and finally Grandpoo World Trilogy. Since I hate Kazio hacks. I love Standard hacks!