How to speedrun Super Mario 3D World (Switch)

I've been playing Super Mario 3D World quite a lost since it's re-release on Switch and I even started to speedrun this game! Let me show you how that went and hopefully get you into the speedrunning scene!
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🎵 Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack
🎵 World 1
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[@puffy3176]

As a speedrunner myself, with a time of 1:49:12, this guide is pretty helpful for people who may not be acquainted with the game. But there are a couple things I would like to make note of. Never grab the flag on a timer ending in 1,3 or 6. It’s faster to wait a in-game second than to do so. As by doing so, you only lose 0.75 seconds compared to the 2-3 seconds lost from the fireworks. You actually want to get a backup cat suit in 2-3, not 1-1, as 2-3 has a cat bell right in your path. In 1-2 it’s actually faster to throw the above shell at the Goomba stack. In 2-A, is you use the cursor to stun the Galoombas, they can be knocked out instantly with a claw swipe. In 3-1, make sure to release crouch before jumping, as you may accidentally long jump. After 3-CT, make sure to warp back to the beginning of W3 The furthest way to cross gaps is to cat claw twice in the air float with peach, then cat claw some more. This allows us to jump from the switchboard from Green Star 2, to Green Star 3, and to the end in 3-7 with a running start. A similar technique is used in 3-Train to move between the trains, which progresses the autoscroll faster. In 3-B, you can also use ground-pound jumps In 4-4, you can bounce across the biddybuds to skip the moving platform, it’s also much easier than it looks (assuming you have a cat suit) Now here’s where most people’s route diverges After 5-CT, we go to 1-CT via the hidden warp pipe at the bottom of W5. In 1-CT, we grab stars 3,4, and 5 first, then drop down and get 2 and 1. Afterwards we warp back to W5, do 5-1, and then go to 5-3, where we get all 3 stars. Otherwise everything is the same except we go to W6 immediately after 5-Castle. Now this is a common misconception, but Prince Bully isn’t RNG, he actually operates on very tight cycles. The way we do it is we go to the right of him, and rolling long jump him into the middle left pipe. He’ll usually pop out the bottom left pipe. In 6-MH, on Star 3 (The P switch one), it’s better to do it normally unless you have the touch starts down perfectly. In Motley Bossblob, you don’t want to collect the double cherries, as they do slow down the pipe entry. For 7-1, you can skip the final pipe. It’s usually done with peach and cat momentum (which is still the fastest way of moving combined with vectoring with peach) In 8-1, you do actually want to collect green star 2. Another more minor route diversion. Some people go to 8-2 like in the video for safety, but going to 8-3 saves 20 seconds on average. Keep in mind if you go to 8-3, you only get green stars 1 and 2. In 8-4, we also collect green star 2. In 8-6, collect star 2 if you went to 8-3 instead, otherwise just skip it. In 8-Castle, most people use rumble to time their jumps. Also remember to not collect any green stars, though I have seen people collect Green Star 3 for fun. Now you may have noticed I didn’t mention more advanced skips, such as Fuzzy Skip, Candle Skip, Or any of the Grumblump skips. That’s because these are much more difficult, and you’d be better off using these once you get better. Same thing for crouch boosting. I hope this helps anyone that sees it!

[@jonathonmeasday8451]

That is a big comment... Good job wasting ur time 👍🏻

[@Cootshk]

also, diving/rolling at a soccer ball makes it count as 2 hits (I think, that was on the wii u version)

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@@jonathonmeasday8451 This tutorial is full of terrible misinformation and was not well-made, this comments from a REAL speedrunner makes clarifications

[@sampletext52]

@@xxEzraBxxx Woahhhh calm down buddy

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@@sampletext52 I’m not wrong tho

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks for the guide! Now I will get 24th

[@NonsenseXML]

hi tetra big fan

[@ComicallySmallA]

Hi

[@Tlmmy924]

Ok

[@TheEnglishDictonary]

That... would make him 26th

[@junisim9244]

Lol

[@christineconrad2614]

Nico & Bathaniel Uploaded at the same time EPIC

[@eliprag]

Facts

[@gamingwizard6000]

EPIC

[@necrullmsm]

Spittin fax eh?

[@terminusfinity009]

That is EPIC

[@necrullmsm]

@Shaun Lavery every like is personalised Because it’s been liked by a person! Ba dum chh

[@TheMayhemCorner]

1:44 Nico: “But for a speedrun, we don't need a slowpoke like him.” Peach: **sits in corner quietly** 5:03 Now I know why stamps are cringe! Thanks, Nico.

[@soniccool3341]

Yeeeeesssssss nico!!!

[@supermariobrot1762]

Mario's faster than Luigi and peach

[@fg4life124]

But road is faster than mario

[@fg4life124]

Toad

[@supermariobrot1762]

@@fg4life124 never said he was the fastest

[@toesuck123]

Me:trying to speed run SM3DW with mario Nico bbq:you Under arrest

[@Kian694]

Nicos Speedruns are EPIC. Also Toad is sppppeeeeeeeddddddd

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Luigi is usually faster

[@jonathonmeasday8451]

@speedrun gaming lol! #toad_the_hedgehog

[@judychu21]

SPEEEEEEDDD

[@gferrol118]

"I'm far from a pro" Idk man, I would say being the 25th best person in the world is pretty good

[@EricCartman13020]

Actually he is 29th place now

[@brandytweak7342]

Look up KingBoo97 and LuigiMaster, they are the best 3DW runners and it looks insane at the truly top level.

[@EricCartman13020]

@@brandytweak7342 I already know luigimaster06 I'm subed to him he makes great videos

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@@brandytweak7342 kingboo hardly does sm3dw anymore

[@puffy3176]

LuigiMaster and Movefish are great top runners, however they use a lot more technical strats not suitable for beginner runners. If you want to watch a more beginner friendly run, watch a run from the 1:48-2:05 range

[@mediocre7800]

1:17 After playing 3D World with all characters. I wished they gave Mario the spin jump similar to Rosalina once you unlock her just to pay homage to Galaxy.

[@tFluffy]

Yeah but then that would be baby mode.

[@alessandrobueno4]

Hey! 360 Chrism is there! Right above Nico! He's the chillest guy ever

[@zoeytremblett5431]

17:47 if you memorize the level layout you can actually skip almost all of the auto scroll as the game allows you to go ahead if the camera. The camera will always catch up to you in the spots where he showed in the video. So For the two vertical sections you can cut the time down drastically and the olny auto scroll you have to follow is the horizontal part.

[@kingconrad4577]

Its always fun seeing him trying to speedrun

[@jonathonmeasday8451]

Daniel: it’s fun to see him trying to speed run Key word: TRYING

[@Dillon69]

@@jonathonmeasday8451 lol

[@shadowflamegaming5598]

I’ve been trying to speedrun the game too, but I wasn’t using any routes and I’ve only done it twice so far. I got like roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes my second run, so that wasn’t too bad.

[@theepicbluerocketgamer7603]

Hey I upload videos and I tried speed running this game but I was literally in world two in two hours maybe could you help me

[@brightenlahaie533]

ive gotten to world 2 in like 30 minutes

[@alessiovalsecchi423]

Seeing nico speedrunning so smoothly is really satysfying

[@jaevlaunghee8502]

You should have the world record because i just saw you complete the game in 23 minutes

[@louannatapia7466]

Good luck speed running Bowser's fury without any power-ups

[@jonathonmeasday8451]

Ooof

[@NotnormLOL]

1:46 “we don’t need a slowpoke like him” Also him: *made a mario is a hero video 9 months ago*

[@jonathonmeasday8451]

Toad: Gotta go FAST!!! Sonic: woah man! Wait for me! 🍄 🍄 🍄

[@elizt1976]

At 14:25 you can select world 4 without selecting world 3

[@remmy626]

In sm3dw + bf, Mario is known as good for everything, he has some average speed, average jump hight, he's pretty good.

[@jonathanntumba1250]

But then again he’s trash ONLY because he’s useless because luigi is just better and he is the same speed as Mario so Mario is really useless

[@LFCFan20]

At 13:50 it also works with peach if you ground pound jump:)

[@Adrian-qd7ry]

I just remembered who he is and i still remember his video from 5 years ago that i used to watch

[@Neentensev]

"I've been playing Super Mario 3D World quite a lost" nicobbq 2021

[@grandios2930]

Nico don't stop making videos these are epic

[@koopaplayz6998]

Fun fact: If u do 5-3, there’s a little skip that allows u to bypass the second indoor section. Get a propeller, go to the wall, go up and climb the rest of the way. Then ur at the flag. (This is done outside where the key coins are)

[@thecoolbroscoolman4672]

Good job on getting 25th on any percent! I can’t even speedrun like you or at all. Thanks for this video it really helped me speedrun this game.

[@drivebite3236]

i cant be the only person that is trying to learn the route and has come back to this video like 30 times

[@tonyb334]

I did not expect for you to avoid ALL of those stamps.

[@lucybickerton4573]

Dude I am obsessed with this game and your channel!!

[@shroomfruit345]

Coinless speedruns would be epic.

[@lorenzotommasuoli9290]

Now I'm motivated to learn this

[@willbro777]

"Level 1-2 is surprisingly simple" *tragic flashbacks : "It's actually surprisingly simple"*

[@CesarTorres61296]

As a Luigi main in 3D World, I approve of this speedrun.

[@wiifitspeedrunner]

Oh no this pfp

[@teamawesomeness7137]

world 3-5: *plays as luigi* also world 3-5: *shows peach's icon at the bottom*

[@flyhadi3586]

good job nico! 25th place isnt too bad!

[@randomdude88856]

1:31 "And Toad runs as fast as Sonic the Hedgehog!" I don't think Toad can run at the speed of sound.

[@randomdude88856]

Oops. Sorry

[@the0therethan]

The route guide starts at 8:55

[@belu-fan2090]

Thank you Nico. Now I will do my 2nd speedrun in my life. Thanks 😊

[@stormtroyper_101]

This was really helpful as I got 3d world for Christmas

[@blazingstrikers5299]

Yes I like these types of speed run guides!

[@MadmanBuck]

I remember the days back on the Wii U where cat momentum was the fastest.... Now its vectoring!

[@KingBoo97]

And crouch boosts, even though he doesn't mention them.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

cat momentum wasnt the fastest on wii u

[@FabulousMarioBros]

20:12 you're right because in the next level you only have 4 lives

18:03 This is the secret baseball mini-game

[@chris1229sonic]

I’m dieing the only cure is to give nico million subscribers

[@StoMoComedoPro]

This video was great, you should continue the series!

[@scanchannel3259]

5:46 Pet the good luigi.

[@wp_2k]

thanks, i always see videos about speedruns but never ones that explain what the speedrunner is actually doing to go fast

[@leonardorosado9247]

18:15 omg that was so brutal 😭😭

[@teamawesomeness7137]

this r button cursor was also what replaced pointing the wii remote at the screen and pressing a in the 3d all stars version of galaxy

[@ben729speedruns6]

I got 1:55:06 a few weeks ago, and now I’m right behind you on the leaderboard.

[@bloxcarter]

Make sure you do your vectoring with both direction and magnitude. OH YEAH!

[@lisannewalcott1805]

Nico: we never use Mario. Me: why is it called Mario 3D world

[@tornado5444]

19:43 You can do a cat jump to reach the check point faster

[@yaron._.]

9:25 Nico you can trow a shell into the goomba tower and aim for the warp pipe that will save you some time

[@Z-Vee]

I find it funny how many of these I discovered on my own from beating every level with every character.

[@maxh8915]

Wow! Love you’re content! Keep up bye good work!

[@jackimiskill2864]

Nico thanks the victom glitch is cool it can work for Mario to

[@beaumclean747]

you could probably gain speed by changing your power up before touching the flag because it takes a while for the cat characters to claim the flag.

[@eliprag]

I like ur vids because ur chill, awsome, and dont clickbait like most people

[@bubblegum6701]

20:30 You can also use the cat suit

[@Romir01x]

6:05 *laughs in super mario galaxy*

[@pwr_kitty1519]

When you talk about how Mario does not have any special abilities, you are basing the other abilities off him so he is basically a control character meaning you are wrong.

[@mariofreedomitalia2718]

About your favourite levels of green o water nico how about make my favourite underground levels

[@jonathanumana9605]

I only speed-run Super Mario Odyssey but I might consider speed-running 3D World too.

[@Toastyyycupoftea]

Thank you this will come in handy

[@Evyafton]

Your the best speedrunner off Mario

[@hurlyburlywa6185]

I was thinking about no Money challenges for non Mario games and realized Hollow Knight without geo would be a complete nightmare therefore you should try it

[@jjsgaming6649]

Thanks a lot Nico, now my pb is 2:04:51

[@Alex71579]

ngl this was an AMAZING guide🤩😎 thanks

[@sebastianmjynapiermjy]

I remember watching a live stream of you trying to be your personal best for speed running

[@calumlee7042]

0:16 “I am no pro speed runner” Is in 25th behind 360 chrism, who I think is a pretty pro speed runner Still tho heat vid

[@charmanderanimates2898]

I’ve never tried a speedrun before so I might need to give this game a try it looks fun to speedrun

[@arishnicoff2621]

There is an even faster technique that the best speedrunners use called crouch boosting. When you crouch just a split second before you jump, you gain quite a bit of speed each time, and if you do it many times in a row, you'll start zooooming. Unfortunately, this trick is really hard to do even for me, because you have to crouch, and then uncrouch and jump a couple of frames after. When I try it, I usually get a long jump instead.

[@Legends_of_Robloxia]

Now this is epic!

[@VoidLegendAura]

And in world bowser dash 1 the fire bro is programmed to only start attacking when you go in front of him buy if you jump and hold y and climb it the fire bro will not attack you

[@w_nder]

I've played this game so many times on Wii U so I wanna try this

[@charlesbaragwanath9253]

Dude this is perfect now I can speed run the game ty so much Nico 😃

[@gamezone2547]

I made a video on Vectoring before this video released and I had no idea it was called that lol

[@jjandmj3689]

I've been watching these attempts live

[@alessandrasousa2168]

21:27 WHEN THE NICO IS SUS

[@chromaticeditz]

hehe 24 tim go brrr

[@recksroller2220]

Nice Speedrun of Super 3D World! Too bad is dead, was hoping you would play as him.

[@Detectivemario6296]

Nico Had To Collect 300 Green Stars LOL

[@TheJadeFist]

It would be worth timing all the green stars for how much time you lose off the optimal path to clear a level, and compared to alternate path levels length, and when and how many stars you need for each time the game gates you off by green stars to continue. It might be tedious as there so many of them, but if it hasn't been done completely, it should to optimize routes through the game.

[@ze3p]

Thank you this will help a lot

[@SennVw]

(Im speedrunning for my first time today on Mario 3D world switch) what time will I get? Comment here, when I done I will say if ur right *500 guesses left*

[@mewgaming2494]

Nice video a lot people will try to speed run this game!

[@brendanduffy1408]

They should really make a speedrun category where it’s just any % but ONLY Mario can be used

[@partitionhlep]

why am i watching a 20 minute video about speedrunning a game I don't own

[@WeAreOnyx]

This will help me speedrun

[@white6505]

i just beat champions road with my little bro yesterday. it was HELL.

[@sihamwo5111]

Gotta go fast

[@Tlmmy924]

It is hell

[@Hello-vm8db]

22:11 He said Histocrat on Motley B. and Motley B. on Histocrat

[@thedualiegamers443]

Cool video Nico!

[@Mikillar69]

Epic speed run strategy 😎 😎

[@Xx_heyimcass]

Who would you say is the best character to speedrun the game on his/her own?

[@cory_haneline]

Thank you for the guide!! I think I might actually buy the game and speedrun it now!

[@melxnn]

I feel like it'd be smart to switch between power ups right before hitting the flag to waste a little less time on the flag

[@Theboys20055]

Thanks for making this super helpful enjoyable video.

[@modern2833]

I'd recommend going to 6-3 instead of 6-4 cuz there u can skip the rest of the level at the outside part

[@florentinmagureanu6394]

At the beginning of the bowser fight, you can save time by long jumping on the stairs. Yay!

[@KonroMan]

*SPEED!*