Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story Minimum Kill Challenge

[@Anotherguy452]

"Mario & Luigi... I remember your pacifist's">🐦

[@omargustavomalavevargas9388]

Mario & Luigi: :D

[@deltaquarayza]

Considering the secret ending challenges you to kill way fewer enemies, a pacifist run is such a great next step. Great run!

[@Zanderman2006]

Secret Ending?

[@akfbqoabepajsoa]

Beat the game with low ranks​@@Zanderman2006

[@fox-milessavioroffoxes3782]

That’s the funny thing, you rarely see Bowser ever kill anything, yet Mario and friends are going around killing everything

[@miraabramson1728]

I know Mario is not a hero and Luigi is not a hero and Bowser is literally the good King

[@derekmaullo2865]

"The enemy of my enemy, is my enemy ~Mario&Luigi probably~@miraabramson1728

[@speempy]

damn that blizzard midbus fight was INSANE, felt like an action movie lmao. crazy how I got recommended this as I literally just thought of doing a run where I only do the required fights, only pick up the required special attacks, and only get the gear from item boxes

[@andreblueboy6019]

10:10 that’s probably one of the most embarrassing things that could happen on ANY play through, even on a casual play through!

[@CallenderMan]

Hehe… yeah

[@MariobBro1]

I’ve made that mistake before 😅

[@MarioMastar]

@@CallenderManThat was funny throwing that in! Very candid!

[@NovemberJoy]

Oh, yeah, I should leave a comment here too. I think the two years did pay off, this is noticeably better than the previous ones! More of the jokes landed, and the editing was noticeably better. It also made a much better challenge, considering how much additional strategy went into beating Blizzard Midbus! I'm not sure where you'll go from here, but hopefully I'll be able to be there. Take care!

[@Illager22]

Yo what's up

[@TheFawfulExpressMustardO-cx6mw]

I actually didn't know you could inhale the squid on my first playthrough, so I did it counterattacks only 😂

[@CallenderMan]

Optimal plays

[@Swimdude11]

Same

[@rainpooper7088]

Same lol. And that's despite the stupid squid being used as an example for inhaling enemies on the box of the freaking game.

[@sup3rlu1gi]

@@rainpooper7088 i think i had a similar story, it was so long ago tho

[@StarlightWarriorGamerJames]

Sometimes you just gotta suck up your pride and look things up.😂

[@renamamiya2279]

19:10 Fortunately, in the remake, you don't have to use microphone because now for the fire breath, you have to touch the bottom screen at the right time making the Giant Bowser fights much easier.

[@Magic_Ice]

It’s a mixed bag in the remake. The no mic is a bonus, the 3D makes the impact and the scale of the fights cooler, and Bowser has a unique finishing attack for each boss so that’s awesome. Unfortunately each boss takes sooooo much longer to beat. All of the animations take at least 3x as long.

[@magicaimuffins]

i heard not being cIose to the mic heIps

[@Nightcaat]

This video uncleared my airways. Excellent job

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

Can't wait to see this for Dream Team.

[@CallenderMan]

When I get around to it in 5 years 😛

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

@@CallenderMan still before I finish writing my book.

[@MarioMastar]

@@CallenderManXD Knowing how long Dream Team is to complete casually, I'm sure 4 of those will just be playing the game as intended. XD Still something to look forward to half a decade from now!

[@kevink2986]

So I will have to wait 10 years for the Brothership minimum kill run 😭

[@jakerz_ow]

these videos are like a guilty pleasure of mine lmao i love the content, your humor and comedic timing, every joke lands! you seriously deserve more of a following than what you have, thanks for the video and have a nice day/night!

[@CallenderMan]

I really appreciate it! Comedy and theatrics, along with video games, are my favorite things, so videos like this really let me combine my passions. Though the editing takes a while...

[@jakerz_ow]

@@CallenderMan editing absolutely can be a very big pain to go through, i absolutely understand.

[@CorbinsChickenCafe]

Your editing and commentating has improved a ton and the pacing is perfect, hitting all the gameplay and story aspects so that i could really relive playing the game through watching. Looking forward to Dream Team whenever you do it xD

[@Ludwig_Von]

THE INTRO GIVES ME NOSTALGIA, I LOVE UR VOICE! Now to watch the whole thing!~

[@hmedbando127]

I've beenwaiting for this one, so fun to watch ty for posting this nostalgic game

[@dggaming2274]

23:42 I love what remake of this game did to peaches castle as a whole. The mood is insanely different from both versions but overall they are both really good

[@waddledeep]

this reminds me of how I defeated the statue without inhaling when I didn't even know It wasn't itentional

[@Vrotation02]

I vaguely remember reading a Nintendo power magazine saying if you been the game with lower then level 17 you’ll have a secret boss at the end of the game

[@SHAZAMC26]

as anyone ever done it?

[@luisishere987]

doesn’t seem possible with the level ups from the bosses that you have to kill

[@Tatercon]

Did minimum xp run where you do story only fights and make sure mario is koed each fight. The dialog is real but there is no boss

[@Luigicat117]

This was me as a kid because i used to always flee from the enemies because I felt like fighting the enemies took too long. My friends could never believe how I managed to beat the game being as underleveled I was. Admittedly, every boss felt like a major roadblock and I just thought the game was really hard. Then I played Partners in time and got punished even harder for my terrible habit. These days, i actually play the games and its much more fun this way.

[@noysam3570]

This video was definitely worth it! Don't feel the need to do the challenge in dream team, you're already completed the best games

[@kstrleo9055]

Great video! Loved every second of it!

[@Wrulfy]

I remember reading a long time ago that the amount of stats the brothers get when leveling up depended in part on what level bowser was. I dont think that mattered for this run but is crazy that that exists

[@Random-yg1fi]

I recently got this game for a ds I still have and man it’s so good. I did something similar because I was disappointed that the final boss was basically one shot on my first play through. Though it was a no optional battles and not a true pacifist. Great job on the run

[@legobeylov7470]

I'd love to see this but in the remake also surprised he didn't try get for blizzard midbus. But props to him for not giving up

[@MLmaster135]

doing a nerve-mode type of challenge of BIS where you don't use items or special attacks, only level up Stache/Horn and must not have anything equipped, except challenge medal(after scutlet, since thats when the challenge node opens up to get the challenge medal equip, unless here were a way to hack it into the game so the other 2 bosses, Broque and Blooper Statue+Scutlet itself get the boost). it makes things.. interesting. Wigglers deff the most extremely varied exp gain since the leaf guys either take a long time to show up or just show up in a few turns. its the most unavoidable part, since I assume the big veggie would kill bowser in one hit on challenge medal. assuming the bros would be at least level 5-7 by Durmite via a good exp gain from leaf guys,(not the broken 9999 exp exploit by stalling the wiggler fight for over 2-4 hours), I'm certain Durmite's possible w/this in mind, since their jump+hammer together beat the straw no problems at that level. assuming the bros level could even be lower than that, green shell may or may not be enough to beat the straw's 24hp, which's why Durmite would have to be the exception. I don't know if its possible with challenge medal and low-level no equips. at least everything else would deff be possible, just takes a very long time. prob the wildest part bout this nerve-mode challenge is compared to partners in time, everything just kills you in one hit in BIS challenge medal. while in partners in time, at the exact sweet-spot of level 23 Stache only on level ups(lowest level to beat the final boss with due to Pit's level scaling), you could at least live 1 hit from Elder Princess Shroob there and you got free heals after every major boss too. 🤔

[@june9914]

Ooh I’ve done this many times, minimum turns, kills, time, no gear, challenge shell, etc. I know how this’ll go but it’s still a fun vid. Junker is my bane.

[@swaggin1716]

Congratulations on finishing! I enjoyed watching.

[@BryndanMeyerholtTheRealDeal]

Protip: Mash X and Y for the Vacuum Block in a rubbing kind of fashion.

[@Nik_the_RAWful_evil]

After a brown star grew completely cold, I think it can be dark

[@ChrisHinners008]

30:37 All that work and we still need to kill the snowmen. COME ON! At least it's only one set of 4, instead of 16 with the intended route.

[@CallenderMan]

Right?! I thought they would despawn after Midbus died, but nope

[@pixelbird14]

It's nice to see that my favorite game of all time still gets recognition to this day. Challenge idea based off a run i just did: There is a cheatcode that makes all attacks twice as difficult to dodge and deal twice as much damage. I hope you try it with BIS. (Tip: i had to use 4x exp to make the fights beatable while it still being challenging. You don't have to though.) I hope you try it and have a great day :). (I subbed)

[@Ky2Crazy]

I swear the carrot minigame was the HARDEST THING IVE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE when I first tried it

[@Nathan55411]

Stars can actually be fairly dark, with neutron stars being some of the least luminous objects in the sky

[@CallenderMan]

Interesting, though I think we’re reading a bit too much into a stupid joke I made :P

[@Greenjay1248]

Seeing you respond to comments even months after video went up gives me hope I'll get to see a new video one day, this one made me subscribe 😎 Ending theme is 10/10 Boss OST design

[@CallenderMan]

I'm actually really itching to start working on the Dream Team video. Once I can finally start streaming again, which will hopefully be before the end of the year, I'm gonna start streaming the gameplay portion of Dream Team.

[@Fan-imator]

@@CallenderManhell yeah Dream Team, then after probably months of work you can start the game with the least fun exploration but most fun gameplay

[@mudkipmyman]

i love how bowser's little pose synced with you saying "success!" at the end

[@CallenderMan]

I didn't notice that until just now! As Bob Ross would say, it was a happy little accident.

[@MarioMastar]

@@CallenderManThat was random? That's pretty sick! I thought it was timed (liked it anyway) but that adds a bonus point there. Yeah cause you played out the scene in full and it sounded like just one take to give your thoughts so you really nailed it!

[@CallenderMan]

Most of the script was done in one take, with some voiceovers added later if necessary. I did intentionally have the battle end when I said the challenge was a success, but I never noticed that Bowser’s pose synced up with my line.

[@earthUSOA7705]

i literally love this game and seeing 5000 videos on it plz make more mario and luigi content

[@realracer0353]

Very good video! I'm impressed it took 2 years to make, but the end result was definitely worth it!!

[@CallenderMan]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Honestly, it only really took 1 year, there were just a lot of breaks in the middle where I wasn't working on it.

[@realracer0353]

@@CallenderMan I like this game a lot too! My game has even stopped counting how many hours I played it because it capped out at 100 hours of playtime a very long time ago lol

[@briangeer1024]

I remember as a kid I had no idea you could light the bombs from the dispenser and time your punches... so I was stuck underground as bowser.

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

As a kid I beat the blooper statue without inhaling because I was lousy at button mashing

[@CallenderMan]

@@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime I always had wacky strategies for button mashing

[@fFrequence]

this needs way more than just 8k views, this is so good

[@romainch505]

Glad one of my favorite games is still played

[@Offline219]

Never understood how anyone ever had trouble with the carrot mini game. It's super easy.

[@CallenderMan]

I always lost my stylus as a kid, so I'd always miss the piece I was trying to hit lol

[@yoshihammerbro435]

DO NOT compare blorbs to COVID-19, its more like diabetes cuz the toads get fet.... Also Mario gets fet from air and water in this game, along with Luigi getting fet in the snack pack, including Bowser getting fet by eating all the food...

[@kevink2986]

I used to have the player’s guide for this game (not anymore because it fell apart) but I think I remember bowser’s level at toadley clinic being about level 14.

[@golemplay64]

1:45 is it ironic that my first playthrough of the game was back in 2020?

[@salvadorisaiperezlopez1431]

I genuinely forgot that you could break Fawful's glasses on my lvl 41 bros run XD

[@CreatorMystic]

Now everyone can finally see the masterpiece you took two years to edit lol

[@CallenderMan]

"Masterpiece" is overselling it

[@CreatorMystic]

@@CallenderMan nahh it’s great

[@hoverdam2]

⁠@@CallenderMan “Masterpiece” is underselling it

[@MontyMoleLoreMaster]

What about doing the giant battles without killing any of the minion enemies that help the boss (such as the Mawful Moles that heal the Tower of Yikk for example)?

[@SNoodleJuJu]

Good thing I plan on getting a Capture Card installed on my 3DS...

[@RedStoneMatt]

well, se you guys in two years for the dream team episode :)

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story Minimum Kill Challenge Momentum 100

[@TruGamer1127]

I decided to try and beat the remake with the same rules. I'm currently at Blizzard Midbus with a lvl 6 Bowser (block monsiour and the giant battles don't give exp in the remake), and the max damage I can do per turn is 40, even after getting every bean. The remake requires exactly the same amount of kills though 5 are removed for the giant battles and block monsiour, but 5 are gained, 4 snawfuls and the Vacuum helmet

[@Gatorboy5678]

7:59 I did it first try when I was like 11 😂

[@CallenderMan]

☹

[@Tatercon]

If you want a really "fun" challenge you can do a minimum xp on the remake. Giant battles dont give xp at all so you walk into blizzard midbus at lvl 6! It took me an hour of not being hit more than once and doing 40 dmg per turn with gomba storm. After that its pretty much the same run. Dark bowser did take me a few hours of planning but you can 1 phase dark core with some risky gear choices. If i find a cheap way to record my 3ds i might post the dark bowser fight. Happy to say though the special text is real and I got to see it.

[@erikeriklol]

Yea that carrot minigame brings back memories haha

[@coverblader2108]

The voice crack at the start 😂😂

[@kevink2986]

The vacuum shrink was the first weird mushroom before the weird mushroom in super Mario maker was the weird mushroom.

[@rylandsmith8552]

I for one love mario pinball land

[@CallenderMan]

I never said it was a bad game, I honestly though it was quite charming

[@WeegeeMaro]

Lets go he’s back with another great video

[@ladypug6958]

This is just me playing the game as a kid cause i was too impatient for battles

[@Its_me_6]

14:20 The x-nauts from ttyd called, they want their evil scheme back

[@supermaximglitchy1]

i did something like that with equipping the challenge medal as soon as possible At the end i ended up with 2 or 3 more levels than without the medal (spoiler: it’s 17)

[@SonicGamerLP]

Well there are some kills missing: Giant Battle vs Bowsers Castle: Killing the Shy Guys in the Airship as Counter Attacks + killing the hordes of spinies spawning Giant Battle vs Fawful Express: 2x destroying the Mountain it hides in + 3x the Montey Moles in the express

[@CallenderMan]

None of those individually give EXP as far as I'm aware, which was my one requirement for something to count as a kill.

[@Miles_Action]

My brother did this sort of challenge with mario and luigi dream team, but he called it being underleveled but that was so many years ago and there was no way for him to record it anyway even if he wanted to, i don't know how he did it but he was able to do it, it's just the bosses took a super long time, i don't remember if he said if he defeated the final boss but it doesn't matter anyway, it was a waste of time... admirable dedication but for nothing in the end.

[@CallenderMan]

Well, I'll be doing this challenge for Dream Team eventually...

[@halyoalex8942]

Considering the Mario Bros’ kill count, I’m curious how many of those are actual enemies vs stuff in Bowser’s microbiome, lmao

[@dcozombieloverr7115]

My favorite game of all time. Great vid. I totally got stuck on the carrot game for a LONG time when i was a kid lol. i don't remember how long i was stuck on it (days, weeks?) but one day i just did it flawlessly with plenty of time left and i was like. oh. Also melonDS (at least on pc) has a screen layout rotate feature and the mic should work flawlessly.

[@dcozombieloverr7115]

>hearted then immediately unhearted sad

[@CallenderMan]

@@dcozombieloverr7115 Don't know why it unhearted lol. Maybe because you edited the comment?

[@dcozombieloverr7115]

nah, nah. i edited it as i was watching the vid. I think it was youtube tomfoolery. all good@@CallenderMan

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

At this point you’re not counting kills, you’re counting EXP increases

[@CallenderMan]

@@ghost_ship_supreme I mean, yeah that’s true. But this is a mario game, if I took the word “kill” literally there would be almost none and there would be no challenge. It’s all just for fun, no big deal

[@derekmaullo2865]

​@@CallenderMan"EXP is a acronym. It stands for EXecution Points". 🔴🔴 🔴 Sans is here to say it

[@sethskoke5767]

THE RETURN OF THE KING!!!

[@AuraWizard]

Literally my first playthrough

[@JammingNights]

3:52 HELL YEA MY FAVORITE PART

[@CallenderMan]

😂

[@MariobBro1]

“The return.. OF THE FRENCH ACCENTS” 🤣

[@javtendogaming9109]

5:45 This is how I defeated this boss on my first playthrough, I was really bad at using the suction ability

[@davyjones3105]

The minimum kill count for Dream Team is around 27 by the way assuming you use glitches. 6 Grombas, 4 Smoldergeists, 10 drombas, 1 dreamy Mario, 2 thorbs, 3 capnaps, and 1 Pi’llodium. (You can kill 5 or so Boomerang Bros right before the Pi’llodium fight to level yourself up for obvious reasons but that’d drive the count up to 32). -Antasma doesn’t count since his first battle is the usual EXPless tutorial battle, and we can glitch our way past the 2nd fight with him at the end of the game. -Every normal boss from Grobot to Popple & Wiggler (and final Antasma like mentioned before) is skippable with glitches, as is every giant boss except for the Zeekeeper. However, the Zeekeeper doesn’t count since you don’t gain EXP from the giant battles. And he doesn’t actually, y’know, die.

[@CallenderMan]

Hmm, I might look into glitches then if they make that big of a difference in that game. Thanks for the heads up!

[@davyjones3105]

@@CallenderMan You’re welcome, man. I used the world record Dream Team speedrun for reference

[@davyjones3105]

Okay so you actually can skip Dreamy Mario and Smoldergeist, as well as the dreamy Gromba battle and gromba battle under Pi’illo castle with a glitch, and you can get the Pi’Illodium done with just 3 enemies (2 flying robot things and a bee guy) so that brings the kill count down to 11-14

[@youssefhamadi7499]

HE IS RETURnED

[@capitanaless1o493]

I Just noticed that Bowser Inside Story predicted covid with blorbs

[@oegaboy]

Finally he bacc

[@lol-ih1tl]

34:18 Except for Best Fitness Friends and Bowser Jr.'s army.

[@boi6274]

8:01 hours? Oh boy just you wait for my story. 6 YEARS AND ALL MARIO AND LUIGI AND BOWSER ALL AT MAX LVL because I couldn’t pass that stage. Only managed to beat it on IOS emulator first try

[@mysticmaya9426]

I love this game

[@ChrisHinners008]

36:34 honestly I'd still add them on, since fawful and the dark star are almost DEFINITELY dead. Neither of them have made any appearance since. I miss that guy...

[@CallenderMan]

Great point (and yeah, I miss Fawful)

[@kidincredgamez5819]

"Giving a total of 48 kills" except you're counting MANY enemies which died once but killed twice?????

[@CallenderMan]

Yeah, such is the side effect of how I chose to count my kills. I probably shouldn't have double-counted kills like that, but I think it made for a couple neat optimizations like the squid pipe.

[@kidincredgamez5819]

@@CallenderMan Oh certainly, keeping the bros out of Bowser's kills was definitely the right decision, just that it might've helped if you kept a 'total kills' tally, not double-counting any.

[@CallenderMan]

Fair enough

[@judgementbird2248]

Commenting before getting into the video, I honestly assume that since there are no turn limited battles in the main story, as long as you're a good enough dodger, you could essentially do it pretty much without fighting any optional battles. You'd only be forced into the mandatory tutorial and boss battles.

[@CallenderMan]

Yeah there really isn't much as far as actually minimizing kills for most of the game (though Blizzard Midbus was a pain). A lot of the fun is pushing gameplay at a low level and my dumb sense of humor

[@TheGodOfInsanty]

4:22 am I the only one who thinks double counting an enemy Bowser swallows because the Bros get exp is insane? If mario and Luigi fight one enemy inside bowser, that wouldn't be a kill for each Mario and Luigi- it's one kill for the one enemy they both participated in fighting. It's not suddenly a new enemy because it moved from outside to inside, it's just Bowser+ the Bros all participating in the same fight

[@CallenderMan]

Yeah, I get what you mean. I probably shouldn't have double counted, but I thought it made for cool optimizations like the squid pipe.

[@loganpops4487]

I would always get magic window before junkbot and then use it to defeat it in 2-3 turns although I was appropriately leveled when I did it

[@nsmario6864]

About the rant, I personally like the Fawful Castle in the 3DS version better because it has a darker shading.

[@CallenderMan]

I still have yet to pay the 3ds version, though I do plan on trying it soon

[@chokkymiilk]

7:55 F*CK the carrot minigame 😭 i remember being in 3rd grade and almost EVERYONE in my class that had the game was stuck on it. Everyone was talking about it. I concure that for whatever reason, its a lot easier when you're grown

[@charlesbessis2763]

Hi ,I’m french and I just noticed that broque monsieur is a stereotype of a french in the English version However in the french version of the game broque Monsieur is a stereotype of a British man I didn’t knew about that I found that kinda funny

[@CallenderMan]

That's awesome! I love localization tweaks like that

[@nightmaredoom6170]

WDYM I WANTED MARIO PINBALL LAND

[@thebananaspeedruns9275]

19:19 “Who the fu*k pinged me”

[@FuryJack07]

30:37 God i wish that they put special dialogue for this scenario so that Bowser gets as confused as you and rages

[@Pikachu_Gamer123]

bowser be like:"WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE"

[@FuryJack07]

@@Pikachu_Gamer123 I was thinking about something like "huh? You little ones still here? YOU'RE NOT SCARED OF ME?? I'LL MELT YOU DOWN TO A LEMONADE!"

[@Pikachu_Gamer123]

@@FuryJack07 yeah that's fair, but i do think bowser would wonder why the minions are still alive, as i think he has seen the minions die when the main boss was defeated, no?

[@FuryJack07]

@@Pikachu_Gamer123 I guess yours makes more sense.

[@CallenderMan]

😂

[@maauzii3700]

Finally 🫡🫶🏻🫣😀🤯😇🤓

[@Herocross64]

I've got Discord servers Muted besides some DMs so at [19:21] I was like whom would DM or which Server Ping me especially at this time of day?! I can't believe your Ping got me.

[@CallenderMan]

@@Herocross64 hehe, I knew I would get a few people with that. I really did get pinged when I recorded the VO, but I readded the sound effect to emphasize it

[@Herocross64]

@@CallenderMan So, you beaned me and were trying to have that happen. You did good!

[@CheshireVulpes]

Me every run to give it a bit of an challenge 🤣

[@yellowfox1542]

More Mario and Luigi series challenges!!!!

[@C0NFU510NS]

Playing this game first and then the remake There are so many difference's between the two, the remake is 10x easier than the original.

[@heather1921]

You mean trash pit?

[@CallenderMan]

I did indeed mean trash pit. I somehow never caught that mistake 😅

[@kevink2986]

I like this series. Are you going to continue with dream team and paper jam?

[@ed94ro99]

I know it wasn't nessary in the end when you fought blizzard midbus but i expected you to atleast try and collect all the Blittys for Broggy attack before playing the whole game again.

[@CallenderMan]

I originally recorded a segment regarding Broggy that I chose not to add, but essentially getting all the blitties would've added kills because of the coal goomba thing. When you inhale it to get the blitty, you always inhale the little coal things, which forces the Bros to kill them.

[@FangTheHellcat]

Isnt the first inside bowser area trash pit? I thought gut check was the area for the carrot minigame?

[@CallenderMan]

Huh, I somehow never noticed that I mixed up those two

[@FangTheHellcat]

@@CallenderMan lol it's all good, I wasn't sure or not myself just wanted to double check.

[@lillycutie3806]

I hope this has been said already, but wow the giant bowser fights would’ve been way easier if you used desmume, which has built in screen rotation setups as well as options for microphone hot keys or using a real mic :P

[@CallenderMan]

Desmume was what I switched to when doing the giant battles, I just kinda forgot that you needed microphone access in the game.

[@lillycutie3806]

@@CallenderMan well I’m glad that you didn’t finish the game with the wacky retro arch setup you pulled off!

[@deltasrage97yt]

The Carrot minigame was THE WORST Minigame

[@NovasYouTubeName]

I thought I was being messaged on Discord😂

[@CallenderMan]

Hehehe 😈