The Most Stressful Mario Game?! | Show of the Weekend

Super Mario Blow Up Shaky Tower is supposed to be a fun game for children. Actually it's an incredibly stressful game for ANYONE aged 4 and up, which includes us. Prepare for some edge-of-your-seat moments in this incredibly tense Show of the Weekend...
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[@slimdim1]

"Stop giggling, you're shaking the world" has to be in the new-year gag reel.

[@someguysittindown5974]

I was gonna put the same-ish comment!!!! 😅😅😅

[@vict4451]

The look of joy and terror on their faces when Luke rock the tower is priceless

[@philippegauvin-vallee9371]

At least 10% of the subscribers are here only for Ellen's giggle. She is so sweet.

[@BomberMan-2012-]

Even if it makes me wrong to say Ellen is a sweetheart

[@joenesvick7043]

I just love Ellen's laughter

[@domonkoskiraly]

Luke's overreaction at 9:36 to rolling a 0 in this child's game illustrates perfectly why I watch this channel

[@lukas8670]

Luke: "It's so good when it's not your turn anymore" Ellen: *Immidiately skips turn* Luke: "No! It's my turn again!" This moment has to be in one of the compilation vids plz.

[@maxvel0city906]

I turned 32 last month and there's nothing I love more than watching two "normal adults" playing a children's game. Yours sincerely another "normal adult"😃👍💜

[@nickdejager8873]

There are no children's games. There are adult games (due to content or complexity) and all ages games.

[@esskay2195]

'Normal'? 😂

[@maxvel0city906]

@@nickdejager8873 of course anyone can play this game it's not restricted in any way, What I meant was that the game is targeted at the demographic of children.

[@maxvel0city906]

@@esskay2195 "I'm a normal adult man."😂

[@SimuLord]

I turn 46 in July and I'm beginning to think my mother's more on point than she realizes when she says "you haven't changed since you were 16."

[@katfromthekong414]

Shenanigans are back, folks! 😆👏🏼

[@aceundead4750]

Hey Farva, what's that restaurant you like with all the goofy s&'( hanging on the walls? Lmfao

[@cypher1419]

​@@aceundead4750 You mean Shenanigans?

[@lurick]

@@cypher1419 Shenanigans??!?

[@WildfireMagni]

How's the shenanirat physics?

[@laterkater4213]

Trying hard mode, immediately failing and switching to easy mode is such a mood. 🤣

[@merepseu]

It's not often that a game says "Hard" and actually means it.

[@clazluvsdolphins]

Brain "I've got this!", immediately failing "Well there's an easy mode for a reason"

[@Raguleader]

Me playing Jedi Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor lol

[@johnpeterson9416]

"Don't laugh, you're vibrating the world!" Luke Westaway - 2023.

[@CraigJudd]

Variant: Number the platforms 1-8 and the characters 1-7. Roll 2 d8, and you must use one die to decide the character (8 for character is a free choice) and one die for the step. If the step is occupied or the character already used, then it's free choice in that category. When removing characters, roll 1 d8 to determine which step to clear; if it's already clear, you get a free choice. Nightmare Mode: Any Free Choices in the above rules become Opponent's Choice.

[@jasonhenson7948]

Breathless Mode. 2d8 where the first d8 determines the character as above, and the second d8 shows how many platforms any characters on platform have to move to different platforms during your turn. In Nightmare Breathless mode, your opponent must call the character you must move before you take your hand off the character you've just placed or it's your free choice. A turn can only consist of one breath.

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

True Nightmare Mode: A whole crate of d4's! Just chuck em on the floor! The opponent must then cross to rhe other side of the room with no shoes!

[@loser-nobody]

@@smashbrandiscootch719 1: "Look, it's not hard, we're just gonna roll D4s then you gotta take that many steps to cross the room!" 2: "Okay..." 1: ~dumps a bucket of D4s~ 2: ಠ_ಠ

[@writeonshell]

It's been years but that intro never ceases to make me smile. I'm still so glad they kept it.

[@sfb7247]

I kinda need to see Andy, Mike and Jane play this now too.

[@slavboii420]

Now that would be epic!

[@cebbi1313]

I feel like they'd childishly sabotage and taunt each other more, and I'd love to see it

[@lacytaylor1501]

​@@cebbi1313 They'd be bumping and smacking the table as one of them is putting a character down or moving one

[@Arthur-rm2qz]

I Absolutely need to see that

[@MarkEmerAndersonII]

@@cebbi1313 I can't imagine that. They're all too...nope couldn't finish that thought without laughing.

[@RH1812]

Who needs a coronation when Ellen snd Luke are being big kids?

[@danielharvison7510]

Luke and Ellen, King and Queen of the realm and all they survey? As an Australian, I could go for that!

[@merepseu]

They are rightwise rulers of the weekend. Trust a Brit to come along and try to take over.

[@oxfanblink4115]

They were a much better watch 😃 from what i had to watch due to being with a royalist that day

[@catjazzhappycat7273]

The absolute joy these two have playing games, not just with each other but the whole cast / crew is what the world needs more of.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

I cannot wait for the Monopoly livestream. Pick a themed one for extra fun.

[@maddison5697]

The only KZbinrs who don't need to pose for these kind of thumbnails- it's all natural, baby!

[@davidkearney7933]

I love that these have basically become Saturday morning variety shows, takes me back to watching Sat morning cartoons as a kid.

[@coffeekat5066]

Luke claiming they're not children not even five minutes after Ellen looses it at 'hard balls' hmmmm....Sure. Haha.

[@TheBigbum1974]

One of the top lies on the channel. Along with "I'm a normal adult doing normal thinhs."

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

Luke taking both of the figurines at the same time was impressive, I guess you could call him cool hand Luke.

[@TheBigbum1974]

Indiana Luke with the sizing up and timing.

[@BlandoGaming]

The tower didn't even sway. It was masterfully done.

[@MarkEmerAndersonII]

Booo!

[@mr.mephitis2492]

Very good.

[@rovaan57]

I love this duo’s energy so much

[@deanospimoniful]

Very brother/sister goofiness.

[@rosie_coles]

The synchronised yelling at 15:35 😂 totally reminded me of how me and my brother would get super into board games as kids!

[@Dollightful]

Ellen, your hair looks so good!! 💜💜💜

[@proto-geek248]

Nice & professional. Not like when someone dumps a bottle of dye on their head & expects it to look good. It never does.

[@ANonymous-fq5ky]

You could use this instead of a jenga tower to play dread, The silliness might slightly ruin the atmosphere of course.

[@MarkEmerAndersonII]

I was thinking the exact same thing!

[@dominateeye]

Variant of Dread set in the Mushroom Kingdom

[@Prawnsly]

Super Mario Blow Up Shaky Tower is also the name of a conspiracy theory exploring Nintendo's role in the 9/11 attacks.

[@slavboii420]

I bet someone pirated a Nintendo game over there then

[@samuxan]

This could be a game for the xmas challenges

[@MsKornkitty]

Yes! I want to see Andy overreact to this. 😂

[@gameboy3433]

I like how Yoshi was too thicc to handle the tower on his own. lmao

[@GriffinWolf]

At first I thought this was going to be some sort of Mario-themed Jenga. Then I realised it was quite different. Then I realised it was Mario-themed Jenga. Either way, a good concept, looks fun! I think Ellen's mistake with the first Yoshi was putting him on the opposite side to the tower's lean, meaning more movement; you both figured out quickly that you want to put the pieces on the lower side after that!

[@Icam_here]

can't help but wonder, if this just more proof this is daycare for grown ups with Producer Jon looking after the children interesting to see the difference between normal and hard mode in this game

[@sazthompson8398]

The amount of joy that seeing the thumbnail filled me with ❤️

[@garyv83]

The reaction at 15:35, especially Ellen's, was just indescribably delightful. I think I'll have to find this game to share the stress among my loved ones. Hilarious!

[@Jasmine-wn9ek]

Love that it both started and ended with Ellen placing Yoshi and knocking everything down 😂

[@chrisward5682]

I love these filler episodes, I really like them talking about games but their chemistry is so good watching them just mess about it extremely entertaining

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

"Filler"? These are the best, IMO!

[@green_dragon_knight]

This boardgame feels like a Mario Party mini game brought to tabletop

[@montyr2083]

*Two* Toads. No Peach. I for one am composing a strongly worded letter.

[@Sableagle]

Make your own Peach out of FIMO.

[@EthanMiguelScott]

Maybe they didn't want to highlight that she would be the only female? I suppose they could have used Toadette instead of yellow toad.

[@sebastianwlodarczyk]

7:48 I'm saving that soundbite, it's so good:D

[@Torsee]

3:24 Ellen an her innuendo is priceless!

[@chucklemagne]

One bit of strategy might be to try and place your piece as much off the platform as you can manage it, so that if it falls off when the tower tips on your opponent's turn it may destabilize the tower. And if not, they still have to put it back as well. Could be particularly effective if there's a good opportunity to do that with Yoshi on an upper platform.

[@timhutchinson8485]

Ellen’s whisper-scream laugh is the best 😂

[@georgekon]

I will never forget Luke's scream at 9:37. The sheer joy of rolling a 0 😂

[@jordanbooth4470]

Hahahaha as soon as Ellen sees the table, she knows s**t is about to go down

[@merepseu]

I hope she never finds out that if she sees a table and Andy, someone's expected to go through it.

[@alexi2235]

We did a game called blindfold Jenga at a works Christmas party last year and it’s people playing jenga in teams, but the person moving the jenga pieces is blindfolded and the other player directs them. It might be too wild for shaky tower though!

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

New rule: The ball must not fall for 3 seconds after you place your piece. If it falls after that it is now the next players turn and it counts as them having lost.

[@druman890]

I like how Luke just lets go of the pieces and lets fate take the wheel while Elen is much more invested in winning so she holds onto the piece as long as possible.

[@Michael_Lindell]

A version of this game could be dubbed "Super Mario Blows"; add an oscillating fan for more chaos!

[@GriffinWolf]

Additional homebrew challenge - timed moves. You have ten (?) seconds to place/remove each character.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

That's WAY more time than they were using.

[@GriffinWolf]

@@totz_the_plaid9625 You think so? I'm starting the timer as soon as they roll; they have to choose and pick up a piece, place it, and release. Just the notion of a timer would also make them fumble, I bet. But ten was just a guess. Maybe it could start at 15 and get one second less each time. If they don't place the piece in time, they have to have another turn.

[@mikeberg6407]

The weekend officially begins!

[@catlover7466]

Luke's evil laugh at 7:47 his humor just floors Ellen its hilarious

[@kirbymerby]

You’re vibrating the world!

[@DannyRandomz]

I just HAD to play that special moment in maximum slow mo then seeing Jon's subtitle pop up immediately after was just the cherry on the top 🤣🤣🤣

[@scottlil01]

Some absolutely golden facial expressions from both Luke and Ellen here.

[@karichhoy]

Luke's scream when he accidentally touched the tower cracked me up! XD

[@aidanaguilera667]

"So you think you can handle hard mode.."

[@TachiUk]

Ellen's little "Boo" is absolutely the cutest thing I've ever heard lol

[@zulubunsen9067]

This is a neat way of Luke turning his purchase of a new toy into a business expense.

[@claretravels783]

Ellen: "It's harder to put them on. Like tights." Luke: . . . . . . . "...yeah." Unreasonably funny 😭

[@blueguard61]

I would love to see Andy, Jane and Mike playing this game as well. I can already foresee Andy roasting the characters and Mike just causing an entire mayhem to the tower.

[@grumble]

14:23 Jon losing years of his life to the jumpscare 😂😂😂

[@DanteSA210]

This was so tense I need to go listen to soothing rain sounds to bring my blood pressure down

[@Crootcovitz]

Homebrew rule: assign point values to characters, the heavier ones being worth more points. Putting or removing that character gives you those points. The one with most points when the ball drops wins. It adds a layer of strategy. Maybe assign a negative point value to causing the ball to drop to discourage intentional game ends. Or maybe not. Proper balancing is required. ;)

[@jclarinet6347]

The intensity and competitive behavior makes me laugh every time. Also, loving the hair, Ellen! I just talked to my stylist about purple because you’ve made me miss my purple phase from college. ❤

[@icanbanter527]

this was genuinely tense

[@orcus6893]

and the bgm also helped

[@kamenanew9867]

​@@orcus6893 top tier music

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

Hard vs easy balls. An Ellen cracking up story. Lmao

[@jijiowen8267]

the thumbnail is amazing

[@AardvarkBuddy]

I feel like Luke was sad when he realised he can't steal the d6 for D&D...write a system that uses those dice Luke!!!

[@Sableagle]

There's already Fate, in which the dice are marked minus, blank and plus. The D20 in D&D is effectively a distribution like that as well, just with four parts to it and a shifting middle: critical failure, failure, success, critical success. You could get custom d20 that go 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8 if you wanted, and use them for something. You could also modify D&D with "Good" and "Bad" dice, where the 2 becomes another 20 or the 19 becomes another 1.

[@misatokatsu3916]

You can actually see the camera shake when Jon got scared! 😂

[@MrBjergmann]

This channel constant leaves me with a reluctant smile whenever the intro begins.

[@EthanMiguelScott]

Where can I get this? This strikes me as a FANTASTIC drinking game. Also, it's amazing that they're such good friends that Ellen immediately knew what he was going to suggest for "nightmare mode".

[@tomireland3644]

14:05 I didn't realise how tense I was until I dropped my phone 😂 Like a horror movie, everyone thought Luke was safe and had escaped, then the killer jumped out and got him 😂

[@joaquinvelasquez6252]

Dice breaker missed an opportunity here. Good show you two!

[@studentjohn]

It's a very impressive demonstration of willpower, how competitive Ellen can override giggly Ellen like someone throwing a switch.

[@carminescurse]

Can I just say how perfect Ellen's Yoshi voice was?

[@Carbidestruck]

The table is back!

[@rdpsysium7340]

This video was a delight! I love games that are easy to learn but challenging to play. It's genuinely so nice to watch people having fun.

[@thishandlestaken]

Home brew rules assign numbers to each figure and each platform. After rolling the number of how many get placed then roll for figure and location.

[@agwasp]

I will pay a not-insubstantial amount of money to have my ringtone be ‘one… one… one… one… one… TWO!’

[@bdo7765]

Props to the music editing, spot on! I really want to play this with my kids, haha.

[@SlyRatchet4]

Need to breathe from both holding my breath in tension and from laughing to much 😂 Great Show of the Weekend

[@nramos33]

Much love to the sound editing! Fantastic job!

[@Galvamel]

Best show in ages!!! You guys need to do more board games!!!

[@finnover9781]

"No-one wants Yoshi!" Wow, harsh words from Luke, *an admitted dinosaur lover*, about no-one wanting a dinosaur character. Scold him, Ellen.

[@BlandoGaming]

Her sad Yoshi noises were adorable tho.

[@Astro-bh7fv]

7:11 no one gonna point out that pretty good yoshi impression? no? Ok I'll do it then

[@rocketrooster2410]

Luke trying to find a justification for a suspicious Table.

[@404NoNameAvailable]

This is so much fun to watch, thank you!

[@prayforjonas]

Ellen, your wholesome attitude and buoyancy is so endearing. Cheers from the US.

[@chunkywhippet9503]

Ellen laughing at all the ball talk was great! Ps Ellen your hair looks awesome!

[@timhutchinson8485]

I wish the ball was designed to look like a chain chomp.

[@elizabethrowlett3110]

Odds are... This game will never be seen again... On the other hand, if they Ever do a Mario themed TTRPG, they've got plenty of Miniatures!

[@SwissSareth]

15:37 is just pure gold

[@suntanironman]

4:49 Wow! That legitimately shocked me, lol. The volume on my TV as a little too loud and that was quite a noise, ahahaha. 😂

[@kcollier2192]

Such an intense game of Super Mario Jenga to start the day. Hope everyone has a very steady day :).

[@JessieShadowhold]

chess rules: once your fingers touch a figure, you have to use that one, and once the figure touches a platform it can't leave the platform for any reason. It's gotta be one motion, no backing off.

[@Jamesotronart]

Ellen's goblin laugh always gets me 🤣

[@stephaniesimpson-white3293]

Pure serotonin straight to the brain. Thank you.

[@Survivingbutbadly]

Once again you guys make my weekend. Bring on the next episode of luke the wizard battling the evil ghost knights of Camelot

[@tevura3943]

Watching this reminds me a bit of that channel Johnny used to be on that focused on table top and board games. Always fun to see Luke and Ellen having a laugh.

[@junglesairsoftblog6311]

Ellen, Luke, thank you for your videos, they really help me get through stressful times, you are a Haven of joy in an increasingly bleak world.

[@TacoKhezis]

Luke: "And we didn't invite anyone else". Producer Jon will remember that.

[@crackerjack9]

W show of the weekend Good to watch while eating dinner

[@whoisthis01]

This is so wholesome and funny, thanks!

[@Zoso14892]

I get so invested in watching you two compete in things like this 😅 I don’t care who wins I'm just on the edge of my seat!

[@TheBigbum1974]

They need to do something with this similar to the "Dread" jenga/RPG they did a while back.

[@TheConvivialCopywriter]

I think they're concentrating harder on this game than I ever have while playing chess. Also, god-tier watch, Luke! Love it!

[@TheDeadmandoo]

Best kind of shenanigans