Game Grumps Mario 64 - Arin's Spiral into Madness

[@JoseFranco-xl6pi]

"Whoohoo!! Welcome to Mario 64! The best game!" ~62 episodes later~ "I wish I were dead..."

[@tematoflakes]

NuzzlyLeaf I'm exactly like Arin when I played this oh dude super Mario sixty fucking four I'm ready! hours later FUCKIG CAMERA NO DONT SWING TO THE RIGHT LEFT YOU GOD DAMN TURTLE ASS FUCKING GAAAAAH(my exact words and scream) end boss oh Fuckin look it's bowser for the hundredth time oh I wonder what his plan is now ooooo fire ow so hot....Fuck off credits roll man that......was....stupid I had no idea it'd take a,month to complete(I was sick a few days)

[@wispeon]

Arin: "The game is self-explanatory" as he tries to lead a bullet bill into the board you're supposed to kick down

[@Manas-co8wl]

Is THAT what he was doing??

[@superpaytonmars8852]

I thought he was just f****** with it.

[@aesonfuentes7623]

I did that too...didn’t know what to do until I read this comment

[@aortaplatinum]

To be fair, I thought that was what you're supposed to do too

[@iamvee87]

To be fair, I would consider doing that too on my first approach.

[@Pokomonsss]

With Super Mario 64, every copy is personalized. With Arin Hanson, it’s personal every time.

[@snugasapugonarug]

13:35 I love the timing on this one. Hey Suz, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@quesleedanner7288]

ed arin won’t be coming home tonight

[@mcintosh0265]

queslee danner The correct way to say that in the grumps community is “pre to completion”

[@WindyREDPanda]

The best why to fear the Wife.

[@thehammurabichode7994]

edit in a volume warning, please I have no good reason for this. i just thought that it might help someone

[@thefrenchtaunter7916]

@@thehammurabichode7994 no

[@bg3929Z]

This video's title is a wonderous and accurate thing

[@tidy_toast1770]

I like how he's more pissed off at Mario64 than Bloodbourne

[@linguicaguy]

Super Mario 64 is the *true* Dark Souls.

[@jasontentacles4038]

The true dark souls begins now

[@evangrinter4138]

this could be a documentary title.

[@kylewhitehead1684]

A documentary that includes the words "And then he turned the gun on himself."

[@Magma_Seb]

"This is a pretty smart game!" ~Two months and 61 episodes later...~ *"i wish i were dead"*

[@kylebeardsley6200]

I saw the title and thought, "Yes, I do want to watch Arin's Spiral into Madness. Who doesn't?"

[@ethanbullard7533]

I love how Arin varies from one extreme to another, and Dan is so innocent and wholesome the whole time

[@kylewhitehead1684]

-Final thoughts, Arin? -...............................I wish I were dead.

[@krbthewitch]

I don't know what's funnier, Arin's rage or Dan's exasperation at Arin's playing. Either way, nice compilation.

[@bumble_bee_84]

You left out my favorite one from Little Big Island where he can't die, kills the koopa, and then Lakitu.

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

Classic, one of my favs too

[@SamiSatanas]

"you see how good I a-OH GOD NO!"- Arin Hanson

[@Talz622]

The worst part about this playthrough wasn't Arin's raging. It isn't how bad he is at the game. It's him insulting Crash Bandicoot. That is heresy.

[@Xeno_Solarus]

yaboiTallMan Same. When he said Crash Bandicoot sucked... I died a little inside.

[@superpaytonmars8852]

I didn't even grow up with crash bandicoot and I'm pissed. (If you're curious, I grew up with Spyro)

[@tiziod5066]

Yeah me too

[@GamingPiratesTwitch]

Funny thing: I played wrath of Cortex and Crash 1 and I hated them but then I played crash 2, 3, and 4 and those games made me like crash. Younger me would’ve agreed with Arin but mature me says otherwise

[@BobBobBobBobBob]

I can't say Crash Bandicoot sucks because I never played it. I'm sure it's a good game, but I never played it growing up or anything like that.

[@conormoon4421]

I kind of wanted there to be 64 episodes

[@Monkey_XDD]

Yeah. There was 63 :/

[@jbacxtrme5649]

Mönkey 62 and all because Danny wanted to end Arin’s insanity before it got worse

[@birdscameflying]

¨self explanatory¨ Arin says, as he runs around repeatedly doing the wrong thing

[@powergannon]

Are we sure that Arin's controller wasn't broken because the more times I come back to revisit this series the more I struggle to believe that anyone could be this bad at Super Mario 64.

[@aaronkinch7103]

Timothy Y. I'm just as bad tbh

[@Treetops27]

It's not hard to be bad at a game where your character controls like a bag of water on an ice rink.

[@tarjet3867]

On the ice levels. This game holds up and anyone that’s bad at it is Arin level bad at video games.

[@jedisalsohere]

@@tarjet3867 That's not a fact.

[@pantheman2842]

He just has bugged Mario mechanics. Nothing he could do.

[@rareroe305]

"I hate it!" How long is left in the video? ... Oh dear.

[@EPWillard]

19:23 he threads that needle perfectly

[@thor-robertj2100]

19:25 is the greatest Arin-scream I have ever heard.

[@Sananjalka]

Mario 64 feels like trying to do parkour in one of those dreams where you have to run and do dangerous things but your legs feel like noodles. Jumps are floaty, you stumble around heavily, momentum is hard to gain and hard to lose, it's hard to keep your balance, you're constantly in danger of falling down from something, something happens and you think you're going to fall to your death but oh, oh, somehow you just survived that and are still going. Also you can sort of fly sometimes but it's hard to control and you're constantly fighting to keep going upwards instead of down.

[@andrewvaldez1710]

I am now convinced thats what this game is now.

[@nivada94]

unless you are a lucid dreamers! In the past when i was from age 12 to 16 i occasionally had nightmares and dreams like that i then readed about how to stop them by waking yourself up by saying at random intervalls in the day is this a dream and trying to wake up. Apperantly you will then subconsciciously do it in the dream as well. The first time i woke up was good i was happy. But i took it a step further. At some point in my dreams instead of waking up my mind went so from wait i know this is a dream. Let's try to control it and unbelievebaly the dream changed to my imagination. So if i was facing a horrifying parkour i changed it to a water pretpark. You should try to either learn to lucid dream or learn to wake yourself up from nightmares.

[@macaronitree9127]

Wat

[@grilledcheese9845]

This is probably the most ignorant thing I've ever read about Mario 64. "Momentum is hard to gain" there's something called the b button that helps with that. And when you fly you are fighting to go upwards because it's based on how much downward momentum you put into it.

[@jedisalsohere]

This is why I far prefer the DS version.

[@lordoftheabyss44]

"This game is self-explanatory" he says as he does the wrong thing to knock down the board.

[@skuffy4930]

The game doesn't give any hints on how unless you just happen to punch it.

[@horsehorse4601]

arin: *walks off the cliff* Arin: WHY DID THE GAME DO THAT FUCK THIS SHITTY ASS GAME

[@SoffiCitrus]

Cole Wharton Becouse the controls are utter bullshit

[@Br0seid0n]

The controls are fine. 95% of the deaths in this video are caused by incompetence and refusal to learn from mistakes.

[@Wafflesniper2]

And we wouldn't want it any other way.

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

arins bad a videya gaems.vid

[@hyperhedgehog7]

holy shit how did I forget about the zen phase

[@thatrizzoguy]

In his defense, the Rainbow and Clock levels were pretty maddening at times.

[@ElvenRaptor]

In the game's defense, you can get the necessary stars to beat the game without ever going to those levels.

[@wesleypatterson2284]

Arin's emotional process with this game is exactly what I fear will happen at the beginning of every relationship. That she'll like the way I turn into my runs at first, but after a few months she'll say Im floaty and weird :'(

[@swampsong9740]

alright Wesley Patterson

[@thehammurabichode7994]

That was funny and adorable, and here's hoping you make it through!

[@thehammurabichode7994]

I guess we both need to get great at rejection if we're gonna have a shot at *not being alone forever,* btw

[@Verticom10]

Dan telling arin to calm down while a goomba is going hyperactive in the background is a mood

[@AnubisAkaLee]

I know it's not feasible to get every moment of Arin's decent into madness and subsequently reliving the stages of grief over and over... but I really feel like this could have benefited from Arin's screaming "HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" in the ghost house. Love the compilation.

[@grandiosereject5083]

This is my favorite video on KZbin right now tbh. It's like a documentary. Thank you

[@wadeyhyena1657]

I'll be honest. I feel like everyone can relate to Arin's experience with this game. Whilst it can be fun and challenging. It can be also be unfair and rage-inducing, and sometimes the camera and controls can make you miss a star when you think you've lined yourself up perfectly.

[@thesquirt6476]

Ep. 1 Arin: I like how Mario leans into Future arin: 16:20

[@Boooo]

You really gotta feel bad for mario, he didn't deserve the fate of being controlled by arin

[@cardinalman7]

Arin: Dan, I'm a complete failure, I hate this game Dan: ...Bring your ass ^Low-key the best moment in the series

[@AssailantLF]

17:03 is the time of that quote for any passersby

[@dreaded_joe8263]

I love seeing games where Arin slowly but surely slips into insanity as it progresses

[@Monkey_XDD]

22:30 Karma at it's best

[@ButteredToast32]

Someone passes by with a Mario plush. Arin sits huddled in a dark corner, overwhelmed by PTSD flashbacks of Mario 64. There is no hope, no comfort for this broken man haunted by vivid images of a fat plumber burned into his mind. He has discovered Hell with no way out.

[@joenodden]

9:31 I'm having a ball don't stop me now if you wanna have a good time, JUST GIMME A CALL!

[@IgnatiusThorogood]

I just love how much the phrase "ugly as sin" makes Dan laugh.

[@jorgeoquendo7514]

I think the world and areas look great, personally. Very engaging

[@TheBigT2000]

The word of the day is" Patience. Arin has NONE.

[@stephenprosnik2475]

Just skipping around you really can see the descent.. best part has to be 0:00 and skip to 17:18

[@wadeyhyena1657]

"That's how good I am- OH GOD NO!" Yeah. I hate the Vanish Cap mission too, Arin. Screw those platforms.

[@vincentpol]

I love how he's already incredibly quiet (or shouting really loud) around episode 50... and it's just half way of the video.

[@Erdrick68]

When Arin decided to be zen, full blow psychotic break in the offing.

[@SergeantPancake]

"i phUCKING HATE IT" gets me every time

[@SephBentos]

Thank you for making this compilation. Best lunch time viewing ever.

[@uncannycerebro]

This is probably my favorite series from Game Grump lol, anything Mario and Kirby they do is hilarious.

[@aortaplatinum]

This whole playthrough is just that Got Milk commercial where the kids are like "jump, Mario, jump!" and they're just fuckin slamming his face into the wall over and over

[@gameandwatch909]

Arin went though all 5 stages of grief in this Mario 64 playthrough.

[@EPrimeify]

"Bouncy FUCKING BOX" -Arin Hanson

[@pizzael]

And then came Sonic and the Black Knight...

[@tristanmcfrosty2588]

Episode 6: You Know the cool thing about this is that this is the first time in forever that I'm really getting to sit down and play this, and I'm basically getting to experience all of it again 15 ep's later: FUCK THIS GAME

[@fanofthefett1238]

This play through is a perfect example of the five stages of grief Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

[@penguinbabeez]

I've experienced something similar every time another semester of college starts. I start out all excited and ambitious and ready for whatever comes my way---I have all my shit together. As time goes on, there are some challenges, but then I reason that they are brief obstacles, and I'm still convinced I have my shit together. About midway through the semester, I start questioning why the hell I went back and I stress about EVERYTHING. I start to question my own existence around this point. The experience reaches its climax as every assignment, project, exam, and other miscellaneous worries begin to pile up---this is the frenzy in which I have realize I don't have my shit together. Towards the end of the semester, I'll reach this state of zen immediately after the frenzy, but it's not really peace so much as I have stressed myself past the point of feeling anything. The people around me are visibly stressed and I've actually been asked how I could be so calm, and it's honestly because everything else is just gone. And wouldn't you know it, after a Winter or Summer break, I do the entire thing aaaaaall over again. TL;DR: I feel ya, Arin.

[@CatNolara]

Did Arin actually figure out, that at the clock it depends on the time it's showing when you go in? I don't know exactly how the times were, I think it was 3:00 slow movement, 9:00 fast movement, 6:00 random movement and 12:00 no movement at all.

[@GazzyD]

Yeah, he eventually found out after 1 or 2 episodes.

[@nathankronew3434]

What‽

[@4700cat]

@@nathankronew3434 the clock levels, when you go through the clock, if you enter it when it’s set at those certain times, the levels will be set at those speeds.

[@flameyboy4184]

Every time arin selects a level his body’s sodium level raises by 1%

[@jgilly223]

Arin's suffering reminds me so much of zerolenny's dark souls broken sword playthrough videos

[@ninthguardian]

I cannot express just how much I love this video nor how necessary it really is, just, so much love,

[@icybarbecue2533]

Those last episodes were practically Gubble

[@fluxx5783]

I have to give respect to Arin, he did go zen mode towards the end

[@anonymouspanda2841]

Finally, I found a video about "it".

[@jackieparmz]

The Tik Tok Clock and Rainbow Ride episodes are to Arin as Dark Side of the Moon is to Pink Floyd. His magnum opus of rage.

[@andrearupe6035]

i absolutely LOVE when they do the "like comment subscribe" bits. kills me every fucking time.

[@michaelrobert6386]

Did Aron know you only needed 70 stars to fight bowser. He could have saved himself lots of pain.

[@toodamnicycold]

He knows. He stated in the playthrough he's trying to get all the stars. Plus he probably knows that viewership will be up because fans like to watch arin suffer

[@DrClay999]

18:36 Ok to be fair, that literally was not his fault, why did the block turn that quick?

[@Hank..]

"I was trying to tone it down" i could smell the word "wop" on the tip of your tongue

[@EleeExe]

Dan: "Can someone put a compilation of Arins slow descent into madness by this game" Me: Oh wow..... how neat

[@NecroGarfunk]

not only do i find the shitty look endearing, but as danny pointed out, the way it makes the geometry of the levels easy to infer is really nice. combined with their open-ended nature and me actually very much preferring mario's movement here to every game after (barring maybe 3DL), makes this generally the most satisfying 3D mario to play imo

[@ccherry.berryy]

_the five stages of grief:_ Denial: I love this game Anger: I fucking hate this game Bargaining: please don’t fall Depression: I wish something bad would happen to me in real life to ease the pain of this game Acceptance: I did some meditation before this Anger: I wish I were dead

[@TheShortGirl666]

Watching him fall over and over and over is painful to watch.

[@TwilightTheCabbit]

I honestly want to know how exactly Arin functions. Like... between this, Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask, I really have no idea how this man's brain even functions. Like, I can't fathom how he's able to struggle on a game that literally no one would ever struggle on... at least, nowhere near as bad as he does... but is able to complete Dark Souls and Bloodborne, claiming those to be great games while these other games that aren't really that hard and are legendary examples of great game design that pioneered the future of gaming are claimed to be shitty, poorly designed messes. I really cannot figure out what the hell is wrong with him and wish I could.

[@pingo1387]

I get where you're coming from, and I feel that way a lot too. But in his defense... in the first place, having ADHD myself, playing video games and talking at the same time when you have ADHD can be very difficult. You get on a tangent about some crap and then all memory of what you're supposed to be doing in the game vanishes. I'm amazed he can stay on task at any point in the game, even if it's not that often. Him being bad at some games could be a symptom of the show's format. As for games like Ocarina, Majora, and M64, I can see where he's coming from with those games too. He tends to be a mostly-action little-if-any-plot guy - Ocarina is very story-oriented and linear, and it probably feels agonizing for him to have to take things in slow, set-up steps because he has to talk to someone for ten minutes before he can progress. Majora seems to be much the same way, but worse for Arin, because iirc it asks you to pay attention to exactly what several characters are doing at exactly what time during the day, and that's probably not an easy thing to keep in mind (for Arin). M64 is much less story-focused, being the first Mario game of its kind, but his grievances with that are the way Mario controls and his own ineptitude. Sure, Ocarina and M64 were very pioneering for their time, but there have been a lot of improvements since then, and maybe they don't hold up *as well* (I say this as someone who has never played either game so take that with a grain of salt). Bloodborne and DS (iirc) are also more action focused than story focused. There's definitely a story there, but it's overshadowed by the main goal of getting stronger and smarter through well-designed combat. They seem to be games that leave everything up to the player without burdening anyone with a complex story, unless they want to pay attention to minute details and easter eggs. TL;DR Arin's problems with video games mainly come from (1) an inability to talk and game/pay attention simultaneously and (2) his own subjective gameplay preferences, sometimes backed up by what makes a good game, sometimes just opinion. (Sorry, this was probably a lot longer than I meant it to get lol. Feel free to disagree w these points but I probably won't come back on to debate.)

[@Saltymedpac8008]

After gathering his game plays I realize that all that he is doing is for the sake of comedy. Notice he's so bad at these games but blood borne and dark souls. No problem. It seems like he makes rage bate videos on things he thinks will be funny. Like this is the guy who screams poop jokes, and like some of his game plays are all like, I've played this, and it's gonna be easy...oooooops I died, que rage. It's scripted to hell.

[@ElvenRaptor]

@@pingo1387 Plenty of LPers who play better than Arin have ADHD and manage to not make total fools of themselves.

[@kokirigirl12]

@@ElvenRaptor it’s almost as if people are individuals and experience ADHD in different ways and have varying capabilities

[@ElvenRaptor]

@@kokirigirl12 Don't even try to use that excuse.

[@drahunter213]

The carpet stage when he was trying to stay calm hahaha!! Good stuff haha

[@shis1988]

I don't care how archaic this game is by today's standards... You can play it even after Galaxy 2 and have no issue whatsoever with it. Like I did. 19:47 ARIN, SERIOUSLY?!

[@_90sClub_]

I watched this video a year ago and like an idiot I didn’t hit the like button I have been looking for this video ever cents and I have finally found it today its a great day

[@erinidum]

Zen Arin is, to this day, my favourite phase of Game Grumps history

[@ashiicakes3745]

I think it all starts to go down in Episode 6 but it really begins to kick off in Episode 21

[@kiwicatnip]

Amazing idea for a video. And amazing video

[@CyrilOfTheWind]

Ya know, everytime arin complains I'm reminded that as a child of 9 I, and probably most people, played this game sans walk through or internet and managed to figure out how to get 120 stars and how the controls worked.

[@miami_lolz]

Arin went through all five stages of grief but out of order.

[@trenchcoatjoe1891]

>Arin goes into first person view "HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO GO INTO FIRST PERSON VIEW"

[@aeroblu2002]

This would be perfect for one of those CTRL-ALT-DELETE remove the middle panel comics.

[@demonreacts7816]

19:18 the game purposefully fucked him over after he called it Shitsty Four

[@jackieparmz]

This playthrough bordered on performance art. Arin weaves profanity into like a master seamstress.

[@squiddler7731]

It'd be interesting to see Arin play Mario 64 DS, but something tells me that's never going to happen.

[@aidanmoore6687]

I thought this was the 3ds?

[@squiddler7731]

Um... what? No, this is on the Nintendo 64. Hence the name, "Super Mario 64".

[@aidanmoore6687]

jw dude

[@lordoftheabyss44]

Dequan Milete the ds version is super Mario 64 DS to be fair.

[@steveblake4190]

16:50 I guess we know why he doesn’t hang out with Chris O’Neil anymore

[@Rottondude2]

The automatic captions on this video are basically flawless? wtf?

[@Rottondude2]

Okay, there's more flaws than i initially thought but its amazingly good compared to the last time i ever checked the auto-captions

[@ErinMartyFreeman]

They recently have been doing a lot of work on the auto-captions. They still need volunteer's to help put in the correct captions though

[@PhantomShadow224]

I can see some mechanics from 64 used in Mario sunshine which I have like- hate moments with.

[@PhantomShadow224]

I remember accepting the envitiblity of death during 10 minutes of pachinko

[@anomaly8271]

Bless you for making this🖤

[@psychicgangstalker]

"I love it when you call me big poppa, throw ya hands in da Air if you a true playa 👏🙌👐"

[@JustJamesNotJerry]

I absolutely understand Arins rage, because I’m 100%ing this game right now, at first it was fun, but then the developers thought that the difficulty curve should be based on frustration. DEATH WOULD BE A RELIEF!! After I 100% this game I will never 100% it again, I might not want to ever even touch this game ever again! FUCKING KILL ME! This game is like a abusive relationship.

[@ShotgunLlama]

This is why we root for Dan

[@jacobroe9145]

this will never get old

[@libernox5376]

This was my second ever mario game. I got it on my fourth birthday. I played the shit outta it. I loved it. But... I'm willing to admit, Arin has some points. Juuuust saying.

[@kylewhitehead1684]

No, I loved this game when I was three so it must be a flawless masterpiece! Arin just sucks at this game! It's his faut he slides off of platforms all the time! - Every other GG Mario 64 KZbin comment.

[@KruelAidMan]

+Kyle Whitehead: Arin admitted he's bad at the game, son. Give it up.

[@jbacxtrme5649]

KruelAidMan He’s just saying an example dude

[@nunyabisness1979]

i played it in my 20 thought it was good realized that arin might just suck at games. looked at some of his other videos, now i know for a fact he sucks.

[@schlongdonger2183]

@@kylewhitehead1684 how dare someone critiques my favorite e-celeb - Every other GG fanboy youtube comment

[@grandiosereject5083]

happiness annoyance anger hatred rage defeat

[@FTWorWTF]

Did you intend this to be an,acronym for "haahrd"? "This game is haahrd..."

[@SpellboundWolf]

I fucking love that title!

[@wertwrertewgrhffwergtehhh5698]

a better spiral into madness is P is for Pain

[@goaskinza]

You could pinpoint the exact moment he went absolutely insane.

[@chris-zilla2113]

Could you imagine if he did 100 coins on rainbow Road.

[@faroshscale]

I forget which series it was where they were talking about getting so angry that you just suddenly go super quiet (maybe it was Mario Sunshine?) but Arin was at that point more than once in this playthrough

[@anaveragecommenter6748]

Episode 50 and onwards I died.