Is it Possible to Beat Super Mario 64 While Only Pressing Up?

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[@ChristopherMoom]

13:45 "I even put myself in timeout" Damn, no wonder Nathaniel hates corners, it's not because they get you stuck, it's because he has trauma from being put in the timeout corner

[@PrincessPooonyPoona]

I know but not all of us had that expiriance dont worry At least he relived a memory for us WOOF

[@driftdetector27]

Christopher Moon Why are you everywhere

[@PrincessPooonyPoona]

@@driftdetector27 BTW i subscribed to you And liked your comment Doggies do what doggies do🐶

[@Bruh-gj4gi]

Yeah.... good reason :D

[@stanloonaforeternallife]

@@driftdetector27 because he likes being annoying

[@sylveonemeraldz]

It must've been pretty UPlifting to beat this challenge

[@poptartculture3889]

That took me longer to understand than I’d like to admit

[@freakyforrest9]

You Been Chuggaconroy too much, vgm. XD

[@alexanderflores934]

Vgm23 how you commented 1 day ago but vid was made 8 hours ago

[@hobeypeterson628]

alexander flores I was wondering the same thing

[@superdude11235]

That was so funny that I don't even know how to react

[@DraftyDaftyHubertOHare]

18:48 it’s pretty ironic that it’s Big Boo's Haunt that will haunt you, hmmmm? Don’t think your puns can hide from me, Nathaniel!

[@sophiebubbles07]

Punny

[@oefest5252]

19:57 Nathaniel: *Worries about the rematch* Also Nathaniel: *Proceeds to Mario dance*

[@Romir01x]

Everybody do da Mario Dance! I watched that son of a glitch when I was 7

[@sophiebubbles07]

@@Romir01x yes

[@MiniSuperHeroesToday]

That “Cool, Cool Mountain” cannon blast was absolutely unbelievable!

[@Cat-47]

Wait You watch Nathaniel too?

[@choccymilkking]

Me too

[@KainaX122]

Not as unbelievable as that Koopa race on THI Seriously, how the F☠️K did he manage that?!?

[@TheGlitchyGamecubeKid2]

i also do because hes so awesome

[@tophatfriendly6274]

Nah, it was.. *"Cool"* Kill me

[@vesterandfriends]

1:20 My favourite geometry teacher.

[@yournamegoeshere7584]

*corners. stupid, stupid corners. i hate you* best moment in the video lol

[@TinNovaKiin]

lmao

[@loganandrocky5677]

XD

[@loganandrocky5677]

XD

[@kevinamaya-calderon5557]

I liked and subscribed your videos please comment me

[@thecherry6849]

13:56 Nathaniel: It’s not over Me: Already closing the video “dang it”

[@camo6465]

19:58 Mario: “Aight imma just have a seizure to get across this bridge, no biggie”

[@gup6917]

Bystander: "what the oof?"

[@stress1300]

KtQ : I gonna beat the race I'm gonna bea- wha-wha-what the ********

[@jelenaokadar1787]

Christopher Ochoa KtQ stands for Koopa the Quick

[@sandranicolini5867]

Soon Nathaniels gonna beat games so weird that’s he will forget how to beat the game regularly

[@spiritbaki108]

Hey SPM fan, great

[@lordroy88]

Beach Baki did you say SPM

[@demonatic7258]

Ikr

[@MorganNye]

Hi, can you ask Nathaniel why do you not post videos everyday, and can you do Nintendo GameCube triggers you and how Nintendo 64 triggers you and how Mario golf toadstool tour triggers you and how Nintendo ds triggers you and how Sega Dreamcast triggers you and how Sega cd triggers you?

[@sandranicolini5867]

Morgan Nye I don’t know Nathaniel bandy also videos take a long time so if you want a video to be trash then he would upload daily

[@midievalcat7770]

No one: NB challenges in 2030: Is it possible to complete SM64 without moving?

[@catfrombowsersfury1654]

Easy play a luigi hack and you can win

[@RadiantSharaShaymin]

Pannenkoek has some videos for completing stars without touching the joystick, so I wouldn't be too surprised

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

That's kind of already been done, but only for individual stars.

[@haze5069]

Here’s another: can you beat sm64 without beating sm64?

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

The No Joystick Allowed is already a thing

[@JetSetDman]

I always love when Nathaniel’s challenge runs lead to the discovery of new TAS tricks

[@aSuperCrazydude]

5:09 " *Go for a hundred red coins* "

[@SwitheKun]

i think he meant "a hundred, and red" but he kinda stumbled his words, lol.

[@barracudajsab5018]

LOL

[@nil8659]

@@SwitheKun he actually said that

[@marshallhorton7154]

Yep

[@Vehicle_Master_Boi]

He said "A hundred and red coins", actually.

[@Skazzy3YT]

14:02 Whoa I'm in the video

[@JavierJimenez-ys9rf]

Lucky

[@dess.3761]

Skazzy3 lol lucky boiiii

[@lordsnek]

Lucky

[@pixellego4773]

Congrats!

[@RNKel1]

Cool

[@sticks_stuff]

shoutouts to ukikipedia

[@xandrey64]

hey thestickman391 how are you doing

[@pavelhorak880]

do you mean mariopediA right?

[@sunk6478]

Contribute to ukikipedia

[@jongyon7192p]

@@pavelhorak880 no, ukikipedia, one of the most technical sm64 wikis, citing decomp and such

[@ethanwagner5754]

It's named after the monkey in the game right?

[@spenjaminn3846]

20:19 “And the wiggler fight was also pretty easy to fight” Hello, this is the department of the redundancy department.

[@sophiebubbles07]

Hmm yes the fight here is made out of fight

[@ashrolow5804]

Hmm yes I died because I got killed

[@skullmastergamer]

HMMMM YES YOU CAN FIGHT A FIGHT

[@Nocturne989]

Wonder how much more of this would be doable on the 3D All Stars version since the camera controls aren't inverted. He'd be able to aim cannons upwards, which seems very useful.

[@dabs4270]

nice video! I was really happy to see it's possible once you get past DDD, to be able to do the sblj and skip DDD but be stuck at another part would have been so sad, but thankfully that didn't happen!

[@yournamegoeshere7584]

if you had not helped him this would not be possible

[@RadiantSharaShaymin]

Skipping DDD was my first thought when he fell in the water, glad to see it worked :D

[@karenpender1750]

You saved the challenge!!!!!!! Nice work dabs!!!

[@check_about_right_fucking_now]

m a r i o d a b

[@noelburmeister1444]

69th like, nice

[@Th1boi]

This lad played this Game 24 hours in vr and he hasn’t had enough of those challenges.

[@joelgamersonic6450]

1:25 when you had to go in timeout as a kid

[@leahluostarinen]

Stupid corners

[@karenpender1750]

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury send corners to prison for 100 years this INSTANT

[@haronka]

14:39 April Fools joke XD

[@wonk123]

*i’d try this for a 3d game* *wait, that’s illegal*

[@mintentha]

SM64 is 3d

[@spaghettinoodle-gamer9961]

He is quoting him

[@goldenwarrior1186]

Pyro Flare what is r/kaswoooosh?

[@goldenwarrior1186]

Pyro Flare what is swoooosh? A stronger attack than woooosh?

[@acesamm]

Pyro Flare hahaha... HAHAHHAAHA!!!! *high pitched laugh* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! (Grabs baseball bat in anger) HAHAHAAAAAHHAAHHAAAAAI’MGONNAKILLYOUHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

[@locuslol]

21:19 "the camera was being a good boy and listening to me" person named the camera: wat.

[@N_manMETA11]

Me: When we get our wave of Mario ports to Switch this summer and fall, we peak officially. Bandy in 2062: Can you beat Super Mario 64 without loading a single frame?

[@maxwellmegagamer8535]

10:36 mmm yes definitley got mips

[@lancewilson1722]

I got a challenge: Beating Mario Sunshine with tank controls

[@icebrorottenmushroom1817]

It's resident evil as an platformer then

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

Try beating Sunshine without the spray nozzle. It becomes a very different game when you restrict yourself to the hover nozzle.

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmm]

Cool! I'd like to see TASes of the stars he wasn't able to do, since most should be possible, besides DDD, WMotR, and a couple others

[@enonymous0.047]

Wat

[@the_neon_08]

18:05 This is how I did it normally lol

[@WC3fanatic997]

Nathan: "Wind, you're gonna give me trouble on that bridge aren't you?" Wind: "Imma prove to you I've turned over a few new leaves."

[@saougos7659]

Hey Nathaniel. I have some recommendations for videos that I would like to see: 1) How Gamecube triggers you 2) Is it possible to beat Super Mario Odyssey with getting no gold coins? 3) Ranking Every Zelda Game 4) Top 10 power-ups in Mario Games (Including 2D Mario, 3D Mario and Mario Kart) I would appreciate it if you made at least on video which included one of my recommendations

[@charliebrown1874]

He's already ranked all power ups

[@milansubotic7674]

Id like option nr. 3

[@saougos7659]

@@charliebrown1874 oh okay

[@juliuskulla2097]

#2 has already been done. A long time ago.

[@ethanwagner5754]

@Tucker Snow He just means beating the game with no normal coins, so I guess regional coins are still allowed

[@emmbeesea]

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to our new worst enemy: The camera.

[@khit007]

You mean the same old worst enemy mario 64 has always had :P

[@RadiantSharaShaymin]

It's the main villain in a lot of games, let's be honest. Wish developers could come up with a new one :D

[@PrincessPooonyPoona]

my worst enemy ever is Imposable levels in Mario games yah thats much worser then the camera WOOF

[@PrincessPooonyPoona]

Btw i subscribed to your channel and liked your comment WOOF Doggies do what doggies do🐶

[@charliep7112]

Don't forget about the camera's henchmen, corners and water.

[@Odyssey_Central]

I’d be pretty interested in seeing some TAS videos on maybe some of the stars you couldn’t complete. Seeing all the crazy stuff you can do in this game from people like Panenkoek I wouldn’t be surprised if most of if not all of these are possible in some crazy way.

[@treefiddy_Yugo-slay-via]

Sup dude

[@frostlord1246]

12:09 Is that Spongebob: Battle For Bikini Bottom music that I’m hearing?

[@cheongkonpau]

Yes

[@cay7809]

Jaiden animations played this and she really didn’t like it when she replayed it last year

[@bucketzzz.]

I miss that game so much...

[@legendbtv]

Frostlord1 and Spongebob’s Truth or Square game too 😂

[@makeandeatgummyleeches5975]

Cay7809 - Roblox and More ummmm.... And?

[@RadiantSharaShaymin]

19:57 I see fine Sir Pancake blessed this attempt, nice!

[@pixellego4773]

a k e c h i

[@jongyon7192p]

14:40 "Is this an April Fools joke?" Sir Pannen cursed this attempt

[@toasterquestion8057]

I am so hyped to watch this Nathaniel; thank you so much for possible challenges. Edit: GBJ Count One: 4:46 GBJ Count Two: 7:52

[@Idk-sq4qt]

At 19:00 he had used sonic music from "Sonic unleashed" lol. Also the reason i noticed this is because i am a big sonic fan.

[@thecodester6669]

Same here. Sonic unleashed( wii)was the first sonic game I ever played. Also played sonic forces,(ps4) mania(ps4), all star transformed(ps3), adventure 2(LIVE AND LEARN AND, Take my lead and i'll set you free, follow me, trust me and we'll escape from the city)ps3, and sonic lost world(3ds). And the next game is rumored to be a remaster of sonic colors

[@Idk-sq4qt]

@@thecodester6669 i never knew someone who knew as much sonic than me. All the kids at my school make fun of me for liking sonic. But i got over that.

[@sagacious03]

Excellent video! Love these strange & innovative ways of beating games, & I eagerly look forward to another!

[@theofficialchannelofoffici7962]

Imagine THIS is how Mario 64 got released. Nobody would make 3d games again, and kingdom hearts would have been 2d so I'm glad this isn't how Mario 64 was released

[@yoran4067]

What

[@CloudfulGaming]

what, that makes 0 sense, your not even thinking about all the other games that was realeased before or at the same time as sm64, sm64 was not the only 3d game that was realesed. and there is more then just nintendo. Nintendo was not the only one that is working on 3d.

[@theofficialchannelofoffici7962]

@@CloudfulGaming its not supposed to make sense :/

[@cyber774]

PS1 existed tho

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

@@CloudfulGaming Tank controls.

[@JoeMajewski]

I feel very immersed being able to see the joystick move around, despite only the forward direction working. It's nice being able to see into the mind of a genius.

[@rubeast5512]

12:27 "star 3 and metal cap are pretty straight forward" pretty straight forward, haha I see what u did

[@yaqubi.]

Nathaniel Bandy definition: 1.Very good at creating hard challenges and completing them 2.Very entertaining! 3. Best KZbinr ever!!!

[@MysticalOriginz]

Great entertainer he is

[@LilacMonarch]

18:45 "That level [Big Boo's Haunt] is going to *haunt* me for the rest of my life"

[@madghostek3026]

I love how there were tons of stars that just barely worked, I was wondering if it would be possible to get 70 stars at all, really interesting video

[@MonadoJoJo]

This was awesome! I always love learing the super cool speedrun/TAS tricks to SM64

[@andknuckles101]

12:29 'pretty straight-forward'

[@lordsnek]

12:16 dorrie ❤️

[@alvarochaves1999]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@olliebomb8]

Lord SNEK

[@GameJam230]

"The metal cap stage was pretty straightforward" Was the pun intended?

[@Chronothemeter]

This is so entertaining Subbed!

[@MstrKipper]

This is a pretty great video, crazy solutions with so many starts too. Love the content

[@JUMPYCOOL]

Bandy: I Encountered My Enemy! Me: Walls? Bandy: CORNERS! Me: Oh I Should Try This Challenge With The DS Version Also, I First Though The Title Said “Mario 64 Without Pressing Up”

[@vda4793]

How are you doing with the ds version?

[@JUMPYCOOL]

@@vda4793 I didn’t start it!

[@makofox2224]

Gotta love that super Mario party music at the beginning

[@Hyder_B]

You did some really cool stuff in here. I love that you put Paper Mario TTYD music in the background

[@buttfart227]

17:01 uhh Mario... are you ok?

[@SuperM789]

great video! shoutouts to ukikipedia

[@krisdreemurr13]

20:04 what the foof?

[@whomisit5357]

No one: Nathaniel: Uses Sonic music in a video about Mario

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

You do not need No One

[@seifgazawy8814]

This is i believe the theme for spagonia in sonic unleashed

[@borisrancev3262]

8:15 I think you must go all the way back up to the surface, then come back down and the eel will get out of the ship. Then you can get inside, and even if you do that, the interior of the ship is difficult on its own. Overall, it's a fun video! Keep it up!

[@ryaquaza3offical]

Tbh when I first read the title I thought you would only be pressing the jump button (since that’s technically up) I’m not sure if this is just my lack of sleep or what

[@Barrageax]

I can't believe you didn't throw the baby penguin off the edge in Cool, Cool Mountain

[@xflame7556]

7:00 "And travesty I got." Man the music fits.

[@ilayerez1]

Great video like always. This video reminds me why you are my favourite youtuber!

[@memerio1458]

First Mario 64 with minimal A presses, and now this. Soon, people will be making: “Is it possible to beat Mario 64 without existing?”

[@suvannaberkahjaya5984]

next joystick only

[@x8k800]

Camera was being a goood good boi on rainbow ride. Good job camera, good job (sniff)

[@krisdreemurr13]

Wind: I will blow u off Mario: 19:57

[@mylifeasbeth1968]

Well done. I'm extremely impressed by your patience. There is no way I would have the patience to do all that.

[@OrionAltHist]

This challenge must have been quite the UPhill challenge! Great vid!

[@AndriuxDev]

Nathaniel: It is NOT over yet! Me: It's not over *'TILL IT'S OVER*

[@leahluostarinen]

So true it's not over till it's over EVER

[@omegawilliam9571]

A fan of jsab I see.

[@rawzokooken]

I just want to say thank you for the amazing Super Mario 64 content that you produce =D It's been so good that it actually made me want to pick up and play the game after, after only beating it for the first time in my life about a year and a half ago. I played it yesterday and actually managed to beat it with a minimum of 70 stars in just under 8 hours. I wouldn't have even bothered playing without stumbling on your videos, I don't think. I love this game, and I love that there is such a strong community around it. Thank you for being so awesome and producing such great content =D

[@julip0398]

You are so good man, this was amazing

[@i8dacookies890]

Really want to see Simple Flips do this.

[@dysable]

Hey Nathaniel, Hope your having a good day. c:❤️

[@barracudajsab5018]

Im good, but yeah, how are you Nathaniel?

[@meta527II]

Pretty funny, after I saw this video, I felt inclined to walk around my house the way you played in this video, in facing directions before actually walking in them

[@LuigitheMan20]

The speedrunning/TAS community saves the day again!

[@Aidswayz]

This reminds me of the tank controls from the first Resident Evil game lol

[@SomeOneTheRealOne]

Wasn't really expecting to see a GBJ in one of Nathaniel's vids, but look like it happened anyway.

[@BJsTrashChannel]

18:31 SONIC UNLEASHED MUSIC!? Awesome choice!!!

[@theoctolingsociety1004]

13:55 I legit spit my Sprite, and cheered

[@ChristopherMoom]

Imagine the challenge videos Nathaniel would be able to make with the *_Switch's Button Mapping_*

[@hendix2200]

Oh no

[@VGJol]

Damnit- Mario got me in the thumbnail

[@wowzachild5379]

¨CORNERS! STUPID CORNERS! I HATE YOU!¨ the corner: hello darkness my old friend ive come to talk with you again

[@mansifacio5458]

Nathaniel:"Or we're Doom(ed) Eternal(ly)

[@flavor_text8757]

3:09 “Yare Yare Daze”

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

???

[@tomfoolery2885]

Nathan: uses Spongebob music Me: wait thats illegal

[@seifgazawy8814]

He used sonic as well

[@scoopishere7881]

Imagine what an awesome TAS category this would make.

[@wafcone]

"Big boo's haunt is going to haunt me for the rest of my life" Boo: Bruh

[@crabking3525]

Couldn't you frame walk up the stalagmite on the "blast to the stone pillar" star in Jolly Roger Bay? You automatically slide down the other side of it when you get to a certain height, so all you have to do is jump and then ground pound at the right time to make it on the platform.

[@Sigmamale1289]

This would be so easy any other game just because of the camera 😂

[@ClamantesDaemonium]

Normally I loathe ads but the one before this video started with "hey, hold up!" And I was like "yeah, that's the point"

[@blazefromhoenn]

Nathaniel doing these Mario 64 and Mario 64 DS things has made the SM64 and SM64DS communities discover a lot of cool stuff

[@flywithhuddy]

Doug Doug: “Write that down!”

[@demonatic7258]

Why would Doug Doug write this down

[@fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290]

Who's doug Doug?

[@HeyKevinYT]

doug bowser?

[@funnyyoutube7776]

“Sue me” -Nathaniel Bandy 2020

[@mintentha]

I like how he never even mentioned if he himself was capable of doing the SBLJ with only up, he just showed the clip the TASers made.

[@geometrydashmash5664]

I’m glad you put the mario sticker star music in (my favorite game)

[@user-hh8im6ds2f]

15:02 you mean king dedede?

[@timboneiod1780]

5:25 hmmmmmm... yeah that’s some amazing holding up there. 5:38 too

[@RandomLobster77]

I was waiting to see a comment like this

[@ianfinrir8724]

Love the Paper Mario music in the background.

[@pozxyyy]

Normal people: I hate politics and war Nathaniel Bandy: I hate water and the camera while only pressing up in SM64

[@Dezcjy]

Spongebob battle for bikini bottom music? I dig that❤️

[@mariobroultimate1808]

I hope he does a triggered and mind blown video when Rehydrated comes out.

[@Dezcjy]

OMG I hope he does it

[@mishb3]

Nathaniel: I got dabs, a speed runner. Me: *dabs*

[@ashlee7847]

I definitely read the title as "without pressing up", so within 20 seconds of the vid I was like "wow he already lost smh"

[@Timeless56_No.256_a]

I subscribed since I love these kind of challenges