How Useful Is EVERY Mario Power-Up In Real Life?

What would happen if you had access to every power-up in real life? In this video, I break down the logistics of EVERY Power-up in the Super Mario Series!
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[@deserted4ever]

Forgot to mention: The penguin suit also gives increased water mobility on top of its other perks, making it a better frog suit

[@03luigi14]

And you slip less on ice

[@Monkeymario.]

yesyiyoyiayoei3fy yes yesaiy yesay

[@jruler93]

The Boo and Bee mushrooms aren't timer-based. You lose the bee if you touch water (which, outside of rain, shouldn't be too hard with the short flight time it grants) and you lose the Boo when exposed to bright lights (such as the sun).

[@algotkristoffersson15]

The ber mushroom would not function for me at all, because I live in Sweden which has a humid climate.

[@emanuelivanramosperez1312]

You forgot the 1up which would very easily be classified as op.

[@RussVandy]

I can’t believe I missed that one

[@dudufartta]

yeah you just get another life

[@JudeCanDoStuff]

@@dudufarttabut like how would that work in real life?

[@gferrol118]

​@@JudeCanDoStuff If you die, you come back alive. Simple :P

[@scragar]

@gferrol118 But how do you come back to life? In the games you come back at the last checkpoint in a predefined state, do that mean you're reset back to good health at the last major event of your life/day? Because if so it may wind up being an amazing time travel trick too.

[@THEGASTLYAPPEARSInsertspookymu]

Boo Mushroom only works at night, because you lose it in light

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Yeah, so it’s pointless

[@McYoutubeMan]

Nice rhymes

[@THEGASTLYAPPEARSInsertspookymu]

@@McKZbinMan I just realised I rhymed, I would never have noticed if it wasn't for you, thank you. And just to be clear, I am not sarcastic

[@SubSandwhichStudios]

Exactly.

[@DarkTails256]

​@@Jelly_shy_guy_mannot really. There's many uses for it

[@Docteur_Hex]

The super mushroom doubles your height, makes you more durable and much stronger, it's perfect

[@tarlaihope]

Also jump on people who disagree with you to win argument.

[@DanielLCarrier]

Until you hit your head on a doorway and lose your powerup.

[@Docteur_Hex]

@@DanielLCarrier nah, with the increased strenght you'd break any doorway

[@FudgeFace-kt7wx]

​@@Docteur_HexI have to disagree as in the mario movie he has to physically punch through the brick walls even WITH the mushroom plus then getting slapped by the fish caused him to lose the power up so I feel like you'd have to INTENTIONALLY try to break something using your strength for it to actually break. Then I assume getting hit too hard or something that would usually cause someone a lot of pain would cause you to lose the power up.

[@AnEnigmaOnYoutube]

You'd probably get really dizzy if you used the Blue Shell/3D World Shell.

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

I get dizzy from vr so yeah would pass me out

[@mistahmatrix]

3D world shell canonically makes you dizzy

[@Rockety521]

Propeller mushroom/propeller box too, and probably worse

[@dontgoonthischannel1221]

​@@Rockety521 I don't think the box makes you spin like the mushroom version

[@Monkeymario.]

i am pretty immune to dizzieness i could use the blue shell

[@marcelopaulo446]

P from the P wing comes from the fact that the Run meter is caracterized as P>>>> in super Mario Bros 3

[@PladusPlatypus]

P = power >>> = meter

[@algotkristoffersson15]

But the only reason it shows P is that the last part is an image of the P wing. So it’s a loop.

[@bioss11-io5zv]

well in my opinion the superball flower can also pick up money so you can basically steal all the coins from a well that people put coins in and for the golden flower, yes, you can get money, but you'd have to turn stuff into coins, which could be a form of destruction, which can put you in jail

[@RussVandy]

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[@AnEnigmaOnYoutube]

Aside from stuff like the Super Mario 3D Land/World Tanooki Suit, all of the flight power-ups would also be illegal because... they're not government approved methods of transportation or something. I don't know, I'm not an expert at flight laws, but I do know it's illegal.

[@bioss11-io5zv]

@@AnEnigmaOnKZbin yeah you got an honest point besides even if you could fly legally I think people would have to learn to use them in real life so they don't die ig

[@ssg-eggunner]

@@bioss11-io5zv depends on what's the scenarios with those power ups if those powerups were all free for everyone, sure but if you have a monopoly over them, not really

[@ssg-eggunner]

you could just turn cops into coins too lol

[@titouanv4532]

2:06 AKA for committing mass murder

[@benjfr5723]

About the power-ups that generate money : what if they cause too much money to appear and devaluate that money ? Especially if you're not the only one who has it ? Or what if the generated gold was ruled as fake ?

[@sharmakefarah2064]

Really, this is the problem with all infinite money powers in games, as well as powers whose purpose is solely to generate money: Unlike in games, having an infinite amount of money doesn't equal you buying an infinite amount of stuff, because there are non-monetary reasons why goods cost what they cost. They are completely useless in real life.

[@light6666]

You do relize the elephant fruit gives you enough mass and musle to lift up cars right?

[@carlosemilio385]

But is it REALLY that useful? I guess unless you are a destruction derby worker, construction or try to get your keys under the car (which why not just drive and then pick them up or use a long item to get it?) it’s pretty situational if you think about it.

[@MarioMastar]

@@carlosemilio385 Plus it seems to change your hands into elephant hooves which are useless for getting grips on things. You can use your trunk though. I'll stick with the Cat suit. Dexterity is a lot more useful to me.

[@rubenrodriguezalvarez12]

Fun fact the invincibility leaf in nsmb2 lets you run in water

[@Orangefan13]

Russ: “Every power up with flight has its uses” Also Russ: *Puts wing cap in trash tier*

[@josephconover5270]

It would be aquard to use, and if it runs out while too high up, you would die.

[@ineophobe]

can you do a triple jump in real life?

[@MarioMastar]

@@josephconover5270 Yeah, any temporary flying powerup would be suicide. Sure flying would be great, but unlike Mario (outside of a few 3D games) WE can't survive a fall that's about twice our body height, let alone from the sky heights we'd be flying. So we'd NEED the flying power ups that let us descend slowly. Wing Cap DOES let you fall slowly.... but it also can run out at any time. Plus it's tied to the hat so if you somehow lost your hat while flying... GG.

[@Breakfastbuild]

Wouldn't it be funny if the waluigi costume was compatible with the weird mushroom

[@isaacman4157]

3:27 - A little correction, but riding a Lakitu's cloud began in Super Mario World: in Mario 3, it just allows you to skip a level. The footage of riding a cloud from Mario 3 was one of the e-Reader levels in the GBA port.

[@DinoGoofHybridHero7531]

I'm imagining the powerups work like they do in the Mario Movie, so with the Cat Suit you have super fast reflexes, and with the Super Star you have more time and can perform super jumps o3o

[@lxcidanalogy8414]

The one thing to note about every single power up with a time limit: When collecting the same power up again, the timer refreshes, and we've seen on multiple occasions, whethwr it's nabbit or mario himself, that the power ups can be stored and used later. If you really wanted to, you could stockpile a massive amount of some of the better power ups, and use them for even longer. Imagine saving up enough stars to be invincible for an entire day...

[@aaamogusthespiderever2566]

Walking straight into a military base with this one

[@MarioMastar]

Yeah plus it also depends on IF you can call on the power up anytime you want or have to get it from some box or somewhere randomly. If it works like the items in SMB3 or NSMB where you can hold onto them like cards and use them anytime, the time limited ones would be more practical. Like just use Metal cap when you need to cross a river. Doesn't make WIng cap more useful though as you can't reset that while in the sky and if it runs out, you're dead. Even Mario dies if you fall from too high.

[@lxcidanalogy8414]

@@MarioMastar actually I think it's possible to reset it if you copy the game logic exactly. If you fly into one in-game it just disappears and refills your timer. So if you think it would just absorb into you and reset the timer in real life too, then it probably would. Otherwise it's definitely too risky to reset

[@SebasTian58323]

I do want to point out that the bubble suit allows for infinite jumping as well, where you can make bubbles and jump off them at the right time to do it until you get to where you want

[@Monkeymario.]

17:59 like how the most useful power ups are flying power ups

[@pabzplayz2330]

the P-Balloon has became the DevianArt Power-Up of all time...

[@CannedWatermelon-fd3my]

Imagine if someone uses the 3D Land P-Wing and teleports to Area 51

[@armstronggaming8566]

Man did the dry bines shell dirty. Who wouldnt want to _temporarily_ turn into a pile of bones?

[@TheDEchannel]

Gold flower you would have to be so careful of turning your loved ones to gold

[@Monkeymario.]

9:03 agree its only used onthat planet

[@Monkeymario.]

14:51 also halloween

[@Lonkshi21]

I would 100% use the bell power up, being a cat would be so cool because you can reach higher places but also get lots of headpats and belly rubs

[@MarioMastar]

Nerd boy may have taken a LOT of jabs at furries, but lets be honest... the only people who really judges furries are other furries IRL. I wore a costume to work and people praised it and thought it was cool.

[@Lonkshi21]

@@MarioMastar pfft, you are so wrong, there are people out there who hate furries so much that they stereotype them as people who do nasty things to irl animals 💀

[@panosmosproductions3230]

I would grab multiple P-wings of the Mario 3D Land variety, and set their warp locations to areas that are important to me, like my friend’s house in Chehalis, WA, USA.

[@Monkeymario.]

4:00 but it could be bad long term for your tail

[@aidenadair5894]

If you used the golden flower for infinite money you would just make inflation skyrocket

[@ssg-eggunner]

just do money laundering and fake your current balance, hoard all coins and use them from time to time, like very tiny drips

[@dakotacornish6616]

How would inflation sky rocket if only you get richer you would join the top 1% and Don't forget it's gold your making and gold has never lost its value as a currency

[@josephconover5270]

​@dakotacornish6616 that is due to there only being so much. If it becomes common, then its value will plummet.

[@MarioMastar]

@@josephconover5270 Yeah people simply won't want to buy gold from you except those who use it for practical purposes like computer components and experimenting with chemicals. but then it'd be worth about as much as Aluminum and frankly our structures would be 1000x better because with infinite gold, we can build our homes out of some of the strongest and most flexible and versatile metal out there.

[@vlionheart]

The propeller mushroom has a huge disadvantage that makes it way worse that the others, which is the need to spin around constantly while airborne. You would quickly become a public menace by barfing everywhere.

[@silverwind6902]

You forgot the tanooki suit from Mario 3.

[@Enderpig124]

8:30 the Bee powerup doesn't have a timer. It disapears when Mario get's wet.

[@SimonSays-5566]

12:30 You can boost up with it, though you'd be unable to glide afterwards 18:00 Most of the trash, the shell, cape, P acorn, and infinite fly tanooki.

[@Freddie_06]

1) Acquire golden flower 2) Buy bricks 3) Turn bricks into gold coins 4) Sell the gold Repeat step 2-4 until satisfied

[@MilesDe-abreu]

12:13 when the irs asks where you got the money you can turn them into money

[@Sherisal]

you litterally missed one problem about the proppeller mushroom irl, you would have to spin violently to fly.....

[@JAL1403]

13:47 it’s over your head, it’s useless, it would blind you.

[@familymclean5297]

Ok, I think noone knew about the original flight wing.

[@Ganpan14O]

I'd argue the boot would actually be decently useful as I assume it'd function as a vehicle rather rhan just a random boot, as goombas in it are much more mobile than normal. In addition it's one of thr few power ups you can get out of and back into due to its status as a vehicle

[@Luigi2262_]

It isn't technically a powerup, but I feel like one of the most helpful items irl would be the launch star from Galaxy. If you can change its destination, it's free, super-fast transportation to anywhere, even outer space

[@MarioMastar]

Just befriend a Luma and you'll have a reusable one everywhere you go. since they turn into launch stars. The mini ones only send you so far, but the large ones can send you to other cities fairly easily. JUST...hope you have adamantium legs...or an invincibility star on the landing. XD Even Mario looks like he shudders a bit from impact.

[@Kea984]

Who whouldnt want the coin box and golden flower lol. I whould love to fly around with the leaf

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

It’s basically just if you put effort in your KZbin vids, cause my brothers channel, and he shows me he makes a lot of moola shout out @circustheory

[@ssg-eggunner]

for the hammer's defense, there's a chance it's not the hammer that makes mario swing it constantly, maybe it's mario who swings it by himself 1:58 well if you were able to keep a stock of multiple stars, you could always reuse 2:14 i appreciate the mention of this game, it had some nice extra objects, it even reuses elements from past games such as sidesteppers and DK hammer! 7:25 tbh i'd put it at the same tier as super cape since they work the same 8:28 idk, you might wanna use bee mushroom to sting an asshat 12:48 idk, seems useful to kill whoever disagrees with me on something

[@Flutterdark_]

god if i had a simple home teleport it would be so handy because i need trains and public transport to get anywhere, which sucks

[@ALBERGALARGA_]

11:38 Oh yes. The power to forever become an indestructible furry that inmediatly kills every living creature it touches, I'm sure that won't cause any problems and has many useful aplications for my day to day travel to the supermarket... if they don't give me a life sentence that is

[@Luigi2262_]

Objection on the star rating: it would not be very useful irl because it kills anything that touches its user. That means it would be overkill for anything short of military situations

[@MarioMastar]

The star does NOT kill everything it touches...the reason it seems to is because Mario is deliberately knocking away enemies with his invulnerability. If you watch the cartoons or use the star in Multiplayer, all it does is merely knock down the opponent and Mario has to actively still attack the enemies with force to kill them. Plus get a star in NSMB, then pick up one of your allies. NO DAMAGE.

[@Eris1987]

So I don't get the exclusion of the Mario and Luigi and Paper Mario Power ups since they are pretty interesting. In addition since they are part of the canon ones like the Ice Flower bleed over. I will say the Yoshi one makes sense because it is exclusive to Yoshi. While in the case of Smash Bros it's depiction of the Hammer doesn't really count since that isn't canon. The one from the Canon one definitely seems to be the person swinging it is in control. The hammer is for construction and demolition. The Fire Flower can be used for say lighting the Fireplace or ever been used for cooking. Probably larger, I believe Small Mario is his default. I think the Rainbow Star is just a Superstar in a different form. You could take the frog suit off. Embrace shoe travel I don't think the cloud is a power-up. The Super Leaf does have a limitation like the Cape Feather. Super Leaves need a running start. Green Shell is debatable But the Blue is a straight up Power Up. There is also the Invisibility Cap. Wing Cap is limited if I may mention. Freezing objects quickly for Ice Flower. The Mega Mushroom can be used to hang objects up high like in that one commercial. The Bee Mushroom does last a bit. No the Boo Mushroom doesn't kill Mario. Snow boarding with Penguin Suit. Propeller Suit spins the wearer. Demolition for the Rock Mushroom.

[@videakias3000]

the goomba shoe is not trash. it should be "only if desperate". theoretically there may be an instance where you have to cross some place filled with spikes that some madman placed there.

[@MarioMastar]

Yeah, we have special boots and platforms for rough terrain. It wouldn't be more practical than just...a pair of heavy duty boots, but the protection it provides on top of being somewhat mobile could be useful in some situations. So yeah, "only if desparate".

[@YuckiestMars31]

The cape should be in the place of the normal super leaf cus the normal leaf is limited the cape not but the P one is OP

[@BrightBlueWonder]

Question - Can you use the Super Star more than once in your life? Maybe about 1 use each hour?

[@gavindasher9356]

9:49 9:53 um, it's for snowy/icy environments.

[@timohara7717]

the cape is litterally better than the tannooki suit, sorry tom nook, because it lasts forever

[@MoonlightLegend]

Wouldn't the Cape Feather be more op than the Super Leaf? The CF can fly indefinitely if you know how to use it correctly, while the SL can fly for like... 10 seconds at most? The only down side for the cape tho may be strong winds but that's every flight power-up weakness (maybe except the Red Star)

[@GaosArmy-Offical]

5:00 : lol

[@natdraglevrai]

the shell always turns have you ever thought about heartache? 😅

[@theplague5803]

There's a lot of these that your underestimating or making seem really bad Like the buzzy shell It isnt just a hard hat it literally makes you invincible from above

[@Sinn0100]

What?! The hammer and fireball are excellent for what they were actually designed for...self defense. Especially the ability to flame on with flying fireballs from your hands. Nothing says deterrent like setting criminals on fire.

[@anji_thesleepyone]

Light box has unlimited light? Meaning unlimited power, find a way to harness and sell the power

[@xaviersavard6343]

Fire flowers violates the laws of entropy. Boiling water is the best way to make electricity and it allows you to generate heat to boil stuff better. No thought at all was given to practical uses

[@verppurp]

i bet a scientist could make a fire flower power up

[@RebeccaGrant-j5z]

Fire flower op you can re heat your pizza if it gets cold on delivery in a instant

[@DugdoesDigging]

with the gold flower, you can easily destroy the entire global economy, thus making it the best powerup IRL

[@gamer-sv4ck]

11:35 That's right because of Because I'm gonna get a Nintendo switch for my birthday

[@Mad_Mike01]

Would walking on water with the ice flower not be op?

[@GMDFaisal-ws1vj]

YOU CAN DO AN INFINITE JUMPS WITH BUBBLE FLOWER

[@PROPLAYEN]

I'd love a Part 2

[@Mama-Luigi]

see the thing is idk the logistics of "clear the level" powerups... for the ones that disappear after beating a level, would they just vanish after like. any sizable accomplishment in your life? that sounds like a scam... would it be based on location? if so, whats the cutoff? its confusing... would the 3dl p wing just skip to AFTER a major accomplishment? that sounds cool but horribly unfulfilling. lakitu's cloud in smb3 has a world map powerup form which allows it to skip over obstacles or levels. ignoring the level thing (thats just the same q as p wing) that sounds hella useful in certain scenarios, if you have a traffic jam in the way i assume you'd just be able to cut the line completely

[@EFG447]

11:42 Is the invincibility bell exclusive to the switch release of SM3DW? I've never seen the bell version in my life, and I 100%'d the original.

[@AnEnigmaOnYoutube]

@@EFG447 Yes, and you can only get it from an amiibo.

[@EFG447]

@@AnEnigmaOnKZbin i see

[@therealBingusGaming]

With the lucky bell would all the coins fall on you?

[@michaelr3077]

Fireflower would be amazing if you were a chef... or honestly if you cook at all you would want it for unlimited free access to fire.

[@RussVandy]

That would be cool

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Then it could be burned

[@unemployedfreind]

Hammer suit is op you can melt the hammer and its sort of infinite i guess?

[@bloodyflesh143]

the cape should be higher. you can indefinitely fly if you use it right

[@DDboi-4737]

Fire flower could also cause forest fires and arsonist would use it

[@Celestia282]

Bro forgot the Super Crown. It's clearly the most OP.

[@aaamogusthespiderever2566]

how to become woman in 3 simple steps

[@MultiLuigiGo]

Member not joining. How to reach not error member?

[@CinnaSwirls]

The gold flower removes things from existence to replace them with gold coins. This means you'd have to destroy nature, or buildings... I guess you can use it on junk. But how much junk do you have? This powerup would be most useful to people with no moral compas. You would be feared, I guess. Only if desperate.

[@dripman2341]

the only issue i see with having these is that the government would probably hunt you down lol

[@vavadadeur150]

Sympa comme video jattendais justement quelqu'un pour parle de ce sujet

[@nurifu_nightly]

Gold block and flower would cause hyperinflation

[@JesseLong-o6w]

Okay but the Super star kills everybody you touch

[@graczgierx2329]

You forgot about tanuki suite frome super Mario Bros 3

[@FurretTurret-i1k]

Erm actually 🤓☝️ if everyone had access to free money inflation would skyrocket.

[@Memeinggamer25241]

Hold a second you cant set that to your house or anywhere and you can kill people with the star tho

[@fahimehshabanpoor5083]

This Was one of the Best Vids you ever made!!

[@AnEnigmaOnYoutube]

@@fahimehshabanpoor5083 You wrote the same thing 3 times.

[@fahimehshabanpoor5083]

@@AnEnigmaOnKZbin wait really OMG I ACCTULLY WROTE IT THREE TIME I did not realize 😳 I will delete them

[@enzzogamer74]

4:36 me using it to go back to home without having to use my bicycle for 10 kilometers ( im an cyclist)

[@Monkeymario.]

7:23 but i can its easy juat jump 3 times

[@vedantpatel5985]

Bro fr ranked Super Leaf above Cape 💀💀💀

[@Supersilly923]

aren't the rotten mushroom and poison mushroom the literal same thing

[@jaco8822]

giga cat bell would be op in certain scenarios

[@ShorkBoi]

Me precisely throwing a gold fireball at the Trump Tower at 3:28 AM (Nobody can recognize me because I'm made of gold too)

[@nameless......................]

2:25 ok who tf gave mario waluigi's ability?

[@Monkeymario.]

17:16 also you cant swim

[@Tvman78900]

13:52 but what if your phone is dead or you don't have it

[@angelrodrigodelgadilloruiz1995]

Wouldn't use coin flower or any other power up cause an inflation in case it's the money of a country on itself, because it would create new money into the alredy existing?

[@JesseLong-o6w]

No way he grouped the Green shell with the blue shell NO not the Mario kart shell

[@JesseLong-o6w]

I mean lucky Bell is pretty useful Plus free money

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

17:32 and in centimeters?

[@dymaz_azure]

0:50 Literally works for defending yourself???? what do you mean is just a party trick when you can literally do arson anytime you want? 7:38 Literally you can freeze anything and use it as a sheld, tf you talking about???? 12:01 Yeah, Op power u 13:55 IM A FURRY, NEED IT, I NEED IT, I NEED IT, I NEED IT 14:31 YES

[@cheechms]

Underrated content 😔

[@ElentraGames]

I would use a cloud flower to skip traffic lights

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Okay?

[@ConNinGame]

The Giga Bell Is Good For Flex.