Out of Bounds Secrets | Super Mario World - Boundary Break

Lets take the camera absolutely anywhere we want to learn more about SMW!
Every episode I have - • Boundary Break
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[@Dank455]

RIP Buzzy Beetle. He died as he lived; stuck in a wall.

[@wigglyboots2]

Doing what he loved, waiting for death.

[@blakfloyd]

I swear I've seen that Buzzy Beetle either when playing normally or watching someone else playing SMW on their stream.

[@Madnessnunky]

I like being stuck in a wall. It's my function!

[@kaydwessie296]

And in the worst level too, poor dude

[@charliep7112]

Wait a minute, remember the impossible goomba from Super Mario 64? Let's coin this the impossible buzzy beatle, and on top of that, let's try to find a way to free him from this hellish purgatory. Will we succed, or will we fail him like the impossible goomba from before? Let's find out.

[@beardphantom]

Only on this channel can someone say “alright let’s start talking about doors, cause it gets really interesting here...” and I believe them.

[@theguythatcodes8991]

and now 1 year later, its true

[@choccydamonke]

imagine, he does a boundary break, on doors like the game

[@DiamondNoobie]

Doors is bad game

[@AndrewDaPro]

Have you heard of players of roblox doors?

[@ZealKingdom]

I feel REAL stupid that I never realized Bowser was flying around outside his castle on the world map. I thought it was a bat.

[@General12th]

I thought it was a ghost.

[@SuperDupTNT]

Lol to both of you

[@alterna6234]

lol to all of us

[@nyanezt9636]

same i didnt know it was bowser

[@Azzucips]

to be fair it doesn't really look like bowser

[@retrospect]

I would love to see more retro games!

[@jamesbryan558]

Genuinely same. I'm not from the "retro game" era but I still love the games and want to see all of it

[@lettucememe3390]

Check out his older videos

[@OddlerTheHousehusband]

Same. I want to see the original TMNT

[@saulgoodman3674]

Retro spectrum what are you doing here!!!

[@Postposterous]

I haven't done many retro games, but it's cool to see they can be done. I can think of a few I'd like to explore.

[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

Let’s gooooo

[@xilo5442]

Let's gooooo

[@xilo5442]

Hey @The Completionist i have a game request for you to complete can you do Resident evil 5 there is alot to do in the game :)

[@luisjogos821]

wrong version man,that voice clip only exists on the Advance port

[@chrisbeach423]

@@xilo5442 thats a no brainer..

[@chrisbeach423]

Aye there is a SNES Action RPG called Terranigma that puts “A Link to The Past” to shame, an also has a completion bonus with a banging soundtrack to boost...Even Smash Melee copied its music for its main theme...hopefully you will consider it!!!!

[@Infindox]

The Bowser sign on the castle is different in the Japanese version, says "Koopa" instead of Bowser so that may be a reason of that.

[@DamienGranz]

This is true about the change to the name, but not likely why the sign is on its own layer (they could edit any layer they wanted to, after all). It's probably on its own layer so it can rapidly change the color palette to get that neon light effect while not messing up the colors to the other features near it, and also they couldn't use the background color change effects because it was busy doing the lightning thing.

[@NFITC1]

@@DamienGranz I was just about to comment on the two of these things probably contributed to its addition as a sprite. You can't just change part of the background's palette without changing the whole background. The Sprite layer is the only one that can change palettes per sprite group.

[@IMaximusDMI]

I kind of figured that. Not sure why he didn't make that connection.

[@Infindox]

@@DamienGranz I'm not well versed in how smw sprites work so it was just something I noticed from what I knew about the Japanese version, so you're probably right.

[@LittleBigBwner]

"Marios adventure is over, may he fly off to his home world now!"

[@DMTInfinity]

*lol*

[@Rissole]

"I have to go now. My planet needs me"

[@ChristopherMoom]

10:53 "Move Mario through Princess Peach" Shesez I know this show is called "Boundary Break" but come on, man

[@Mahiopool]

lol

[@MrBurgerMan47]

People better not say the cliche line or anything near

[@MrBurgerMan47]

@@timz0ckt OMG SHUT UP MAKE AN ORIGINAL COMMENT WE GET IT, HE IS EVERYWHERE BUT PEOPLE NEED TO STOP COMMENTING THAT IT IS SO ANNOYING STOP DOING IT

[@gallardo1787]

@@MrBurgerMan47 k

[@graysonwells21]

@@MrBurgerMan47 mans just snapped on us

[@idunno_]

8:30 that's because the first lava tile is actually a water tile, I think this is done so that the platforms that float on water can also be used on lava

[@skyrimlover777]

It's not much, but boundary breaking is honest work.

[@chimmychuck]

"It ain't much, but its honest work." - Engineer

[@diggydiggyhole-fan]

@@OnePiece23463 You're also forgetting that he hasn't once shown us how to do this for our games. Sure, some might see it as exploit abuse.

[@RaphielShiraha64]

@@diggydiggyhole-fan why does that even matter???

[@StarkMaximum]

11:02 - "I have-a to go now, Peach! My planet-a needs me!"

[@wurtknurte7283]

Everyone: Don't Boundary Break SMW. Shesez: *What if I do ANYWAY.*

[@GabePuratekuta]

Shesez: "You can't tell me what to do! You're not my mom!

[@JohnRiggs]

With Peach, at the end, if you keep moving mario from one side to the other, will Peach turn around and walk the other direction?

[@iciclecold2991]

I was wondering that too!

[@TheKrossRoads]

"Get back here and let me give you cake!"

[@JadeiteMcSwag]

ooo

[@caliklepto1316]

3:16 so it really is a super mario world. wow. like, it goes around and around lol

[@sandordugalin8951]

"Mario could have swim in lava at some point." Sadly they removed the Varia Suit upgrade from SMW.

[@Garrulous64]

As someone who's messed around with Lunar Magic in the past, I was not expecting to see all those submaps together like that in the same way they're laid out in Lunar Magic. That's such a cool revelation.

[@chimklee]

As a subscriber, I did not expect to see you here

[@ShalmendoGlineux]

Earthbound does the same thing for all the interiors, if I recall correctly. Oh, and the exterior too, it's all pretty much two giant maps you get swapped back and forth between. Seems like it's a common technique. There's probably a good technical reason why.

[@rovospire]

You're a cool revelation

[@PinguinodelRio]

8:17 I don’t think the swimming effect means that Mario was ever supposed to be able to swim in lava. I think it’s more likely that they just reused assets from water when they programmed the lava into the game. 9:57 As for the Bowser sign being it’s own layer, that may simply be so it could easily be changed for localization in other languages. Like how the original Japanese version says Koopa instead of Bowser

[@pinhead7422]

"We might not find much..." Me: _Looks at video length_ *Here we go bois*

[@zelenpixel]

"Mario's adventure is over." and then here he goes nearly leaving the screen

[@JezMM]

The Bowser sign being seperate is most likely because it was subject to localisation - it says "Koopa" in Japan. Probably easier to just replace the sprite for a single sign than the entire castle.

[@GabePuratekuta]

I don't think it's a sprite because of localization.

[@ViddyOJames]

They would have edited just as much if it was part of the castle. that's not a very good deduction.

[@JezMM]

@@ViddyOJames I was going to say my deduction was based off the fact that sprite layers and background layers were very different things and while I'm not an expert I understand everything was much more complicated to do back in those days due to archaic dev tools. Having thought about that detail further though, you're right, it was probably more related to that sprite layering thing I just mentioned than localisation, namely that they probably wanted the sign to animate independently from the rest of the castle.

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

We have the power to go out of bounds. Quick, we must save the Yoshis from being sacrificed.

[@andricode]

They use their flutter jump to land safely in the glitch world, and modifying the code to reinsert themselves inbounds. Or at least i tought that when i was a kid, now i know that scene.removeObject exists

[@legendarymooseman]

Yoshi is a tool to be discarded at will.

[@DMTInfinity]

*L○L*

[@Youcantpostcommentsonthisrun]

@@legendarymooseman you monster

[@vesper8450]

That beam in the chocolate ghost house is actually a skinny pipe/log/bone. Why the developers put it there is most interesting. It's possibly there for anti fly over with cape (there are also pipes above Tubular to stop just flying over as well). As for the garbage sprite (that's what we call it the rom hacking community), SMW uses tile sets and can only have so many loaded in at a time. Sprites and titles overlap in these slots so while one thing can look correct, another won't. Also the reason it is in the air is it screen wraps. Something too long going under the map will come back up at the top over a little. The pipe is covered over by the dual platforms to the left. Lunar Magic is an incredible program for looking at most of this as well. I learned a few things so thank you Shesez, I love all your videos.

[@UItEnthusiast]

Others: "There's nothing to find outside game boundaries!" Shesez: "Observe."

[@TheYouTubeGame]

I think it's more of a comment on how we already know so much - FuSoYa's done a ton of work with Lunar Magic, and you can really see so much of the game's innards with it, it's crazy. I think what Shesez was able to highlight best was sprite properties here - that's something we _can't_ see inside of Lunar Magic.

[@Lightspeeds]

Sheez: .smacks the others with a hammer. *FOOLS BEHOLD!*

[@BlinksAwakening]

"Indicating that Mario could have been able to swim in the lava at one point." That wasn't the implication I immediately took. My thought is that when they added lava into the game, they just started with water tiles, copied them, and made them deadly and changed their appearance, meaning they kept all the properties that water tiles already had and didn't bother to remove those properties since the death property would obviously overrule being able to swim in it.

[@checkyourcheese]

ok

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

I think originally they intended the fortress cutscene to be interactive letting you jump on the switch to blow the fortress up and later changed their minds. Best guess

[@theoldfinalchapters8319]

Nah, this is just how they do all the cutscenes. The player can't control Mario, but Mario still interacts with things. This way they don't have to worry about the exact positions, and can instead just say "do this when they collide".

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

@@theoldfinalchapters8319 being able to jump on the Demolition Switch would of been a cool reward for beating the fortresses tho,eitherway cool to know.

[@ExaltedUriel]

@@theoldfinalchapters8319 This is a common thing in a lot of games, though not usually as "fun" as the switch. They'll usually have position or animation checks for key actors and objects before progressing to the next scene, hence why in many cases when you use "control in cutscenes" hacks it'll often hang on certain shots.

[@ChristopherMoom]

In this video, we're gonna go from Super Mario World to Super Mario Out of This World, so we can explore what secrets lie in this game

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

Super Mario Galaxy 3 confirmed

[@namenone2617]

Good one

[@palermofamily887]

Why are you everywhere?!

[@Enlightenment0172]

9:58 The reason the Bowser sign disappears is because it actually is a sprite, not a tile like the rest of the castle. Sprites are rendered on a different layer than tiles (which have 2 layers, normal tiles and special tiles,) which causes what you speak of to happen when you remove the sprite layer. As for the save prompt causing the sprites to be removed, I believe that is because the game removes the overworld sprites currently on screen in order to display the save prompt.

[@IraJavier]

It's hard to unsee this and go back play SMW normally. JK that game is awesome.

[@weebsquit347]

Even 2d games are interesting to explore out of bounds.

[@DMTInfinity]

Indubitably.

[@austinreavis4226]

@Weeb Squit That sure is a nice profile picture you got there ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Caydiem]

Cool stuff. Even if it's nothing groundbreaking it's still nice to see what's going behind the scenes of games that invoke your nostalgia.

[@Destron5683]

I love this stuff because I started making games as a hobby before the internet and I used to to things I though were “hacky” and unprofessional to get effects and such and now I realize professionals do the same shit lol

[@Kaizoman666]

9:58 Regarding the reason the Bowser sign is on the sprite layer instead of the actual castle layer, it's for the color change effect. Instead of changing the colors themselves, the game just flips the tiles through a few different sprite palettes. It also saves a bit of tilemap space since they can reuse the castle's tiles instead of making duplicates with the bowser sign overlaid on top.

[@TheSyphel]

I always wanted to see what mario buildings look like without doors. Thanks Shesez for the most useful information ever !

[@Tone260]

This is in my Boundary Break Top 10! I hope it does very well. One of your best yet!

[@erans0889]

never thought we would be getting a Mario world episode. well now we do!

[@erans0889]

@Justin Halladay Man I forgot about ffIX now I'm with you on this one I want a ffIX bb episode.

[@lunalikestuna333]

5:26 that was Luigi saying “ok” right there

[@MichaelJOneill333]

I've been waiting for this episode. Thank you! Its neat finding undiscovered stuff in mario games.

[@GamerUwUExtract]

The water effect in lava may be due to the lava most likely being just retextured water as well. it would save on resources to make it like that instead.

[@contentcreations6810]

This will be the greatest

[@sk3tchchannel]

One of my favorite games ever! It's probably nostalgia talking but this game brings back so much childhood joy. Thank you for doing this. 😁

[@spencerock2187]

YES THANK YOU! I have been waiting for this episode for so long!

[@jayevin]

Let’s just hope Nintendo doesn’t take this down as well

[@DMTInfinity]

*Yeeee....* 😕

[@BigHailFan]

can you not?

[@BornToPeeForcedToDrinkIt]

Don’t let anyone tell you what to do, I’m sure half of the videos you make were previously considered “not a worth it” and yet you always find new and interesting things. Keep on breaking boundaries!

[@ryanschenk2946]

This whole episode made me smile. Thanks for the nostalgia and taking the time to prove that this old title still has some hidden tricks up its sleeve.

[@thishouseofglass]

Awesome work! I hope everything has been going well for you this year, all the best

[@h2643]

There was nothing new in the video that wasn't known before, but still, good job!

[@SiarMortal]

"We can put Mario's face on princess Peach's body". okay.

[@DMTInfinity]

*#lolz*

[@MichaelJOneill333]

11:06 music gets me everytime, the nostalgia I feel with it is immense,

[@munchingbanana4566]

That intro gave me goosebumps and I dont know why

[@dermilestailsprowerbeutel6644]

lel, In England or Amerika u say Goosebump. In German we say "Gänsehaut". The literally translate are "Gooseskin". Irrickzig World :D

[@identityzeroce]

I always love the people that jump in just to dislike a video the first 2 minutes it's up without even watching it.

[@Zipzapadam]

Commenting so your analytics are better 🥺 I know 2020 has been hard on you + your videos

[@Keshin4539]

I want to thank you so much Shesez for the continued content and your willingness to tackle projects people deem duds. Keep up all the great work. It's much appreciated!

[@MaxOakland]

Peach: Scared, screaming for her life Shesez: Peach looks absolutely hidous

[@skye8277]

last time i was this early, i was born

[@xavierenzo8408]

People in the comments when they’re early gotta be real funny real quick to get likes rn

[@nocsha4119]

I know 1-3 and Iggys castle has geometry above what the player can normally see, 1-3 has some coins and I believe a 1-up, you can also find this by going back with a cape, though the camera never pans up there. I was really hoping to see that in this episode!

[@ChocoHearts]

10:35 "Loaded nakedLakitu.000"

[@richardwawrzonkowski8940]

I'm half expecting another April fool's joke (video not watched yet)

[@Fabio170790]

Early commenters reunite!

[@brycestrife5605]

I'm already back to rewatch this Shesez. I LOVE this game. Certain games give me such positive nostalgia. When my WHOLE WORLD was my dad... He was an amazing person. Miss you my friend and I'll see you later. Promise.

[@YFBDJ]

I love it! A return to why I used to watch Boundary Break with every release! Personally I find out of bounds aspects of retro games much more interesting. The PS2 years and back have the games which I'm most interested in, that's for sure.

[@streamstriker7822]

I Love your videos Shesez and I can't wait to watch more of your Boundary Break episodes.

[@graysonwells21]

9:58 The whole bowser sign might be because I believe it had to be changed from it’s Japanese version where it said “Koopa” instead. I’ve never gotten to this point in the game, but it’s just a assumption.

[@superchrissybros.6236]

Super Mario World holds a very special place in my heart as it is the very first game i ever played. Thank you so much for doing this ❤❤

[@BCNinja89]

At 8:05, I found out when I was really little if you get flying Yoshi and you pull it off just right, you can fly into the hole right there next to the pipe, and if you pull back up just right, youll be inside the wall, and you can fly all the way through to the other side. You have to sacrifice Yoshi to jump back into the stage though. This is so awesome to me because I’ve never seen this on KZbin before today

[@worldrunner6420]

SMW was the first video game I ever played as a kid, and it has consistently been one of my all-time favorites! This was a really nice showcase of some weird things I never knew about in one of my foundational games, thanks!

[@tuxedofunk.]

Huge respect for the game over remix playing at the beginning. Been listening to both of those for a few years now. Still some of my favorite idling relaxing music to have on in the background

[@HardcoreNegan]

I loved this! Keep up the good work dude! :)

[@LightDrag00n]

I just love watching these. You're great.

[@mikejmc3]

Not quite a boundary break, but maybe the all time coolest Game Genie effect I’ve seen was in this game. If you enter a Game Genie code that alters Mario’s jump physics and watch the opening cut scene, he tries to jump at the same time as usual, but if he lands at the wrong time and hits an enemy, Mario *dies* in the cut scene (and the game plays the map music from the Special world when he dies for some reason). I previously assumed that scene was a recorded sequence, but clearly it’s a script of actions executed in the game’s engine, and changes to the game’s physics impact how it plays out. Very cool.

[@FlamRackett]

Major nostalgia hit from this, super Mario world was.my introduction to console gaming. Great vid, really interesting finds!

[@JorgeGeorgeD]

10:53 after all those years Mario is finally inside Princess Peach.

[@Robbie_T290]

Always a delight to see one of these episodes drop.

[@Jumpernot]

5 year old me says thank you so so much! You answered some questions I spent hours and hours of childhood trying to figure out but never did. The best was especially on the world map and showing what else was out there. Keep doing what you're doing sir :)

[@Srcsqwrn]

Thank you Shesez, I appreciate the work you do!

[@Evilmon2]

8:20 The top tile of lava (Tile 4) doesn't damage Mario and has water properties for him but still kills some sprites. This is used in quite a few older romhacks (before the implementation of more custom tiles) or vanilla romhacks (those that don't use custom code) as a filter in puzzles. Mario can swim right through it but things like shells or enemies walking through will be destroyed while P-switches and springboards are safe.

[@LazyGardenGamer]

I love this. I've been missing you in my feed lately, and I've been busy watching Super Mario Maker 2 gameplay on other channels, but I'm glad you popped up again! I'm hoping Age of Calamity is on your list, cuz I think that'll be a blast to take apart. Love your work as always, mate! Cheers!

[@federicobinaghi8118]

7:00 When you take a bad d-pick and you have to prove the contrary:

[@TakeNoShift]

Wow this came just in time for Thanksgiving (Context below lol). Great content as always! That's why I subscribed. You never fail to entertain 👍. I'm excited to see the traditional Vinny LOZ 2 and SMW randomizer streams. Kinda became a tradition for myself to watch them.

[@jumponeverything]

Just one day off super mario world's and my own birthday! Very excited to see what this video has in store.

[@kengurusafari]

Awesome intro! But before I continue, I want to leave a like for my 100% all-time favorite game ever. Been alive for thirty years, and this has never ever been boring to play!

[@jacobharley8401]

Fun fact, that Super Mario Bros 3 video was one of the videos that got me into video games. Keep up the great work, and Thanks!

[@silverboltscrapper]

damn you're missing out on a whole lot when it comes to video games

[@jacobharley8401]

I know, but I feel like I’ve made up for the lost time, since I know A LOT about Mario and Nintendo. Plus I still join the hype for a new game, like when I was hyped for SMM2’s release

[@KirkHMiller]

I always saw the Blarg eyes as a little white face (the one pupil was one eye and then the other connected to the gap between the eyes making a mouth.) Even to this day I *cannot* unsee it. 6:54

[@zackreyhudson7103]

Thanks so much for making this video! Thanks for not giving up!

[@odyss3ytv]

Amazing video as always

[@dotapazappy]

what a cool little episode - I'm surprised there's so much to see since I used to play with layers in emulators a ton myself and the trick where you can take sprites apart like that is neat.

[@realnick3099]

The creativity of the layering is insane. Just wow.

[@DeLisi.]

God I love these episodes. Well done, Shesez!

[@lastgenrichtofen385]

Super Mario world is my favorite Mario game from when I was a kid, so this was really cool to see! Retro games in general are still really neat to see on here

[@zebdawson3687]

Great video as always, Shesez!

[@altos5069]

I used to be an active member of SMWC back in 2008-2012. Glad to see that the community is still going strong 8 years later. The kinds of ROM hacks that people made back then were incredible. I can't even imagine how impressive they must be now.

[@IngusMalingus]

Very awesome. Great job, dude

[@aarongreenfield9038]

A retro boundary break series Is so needed.

[@LelloDalamiq]

I NEEDED THIS, THANK YOU

[@afroscal]

Fantastic as always

[@PinguinodelRio]

Ngl, I think I actually like seeing these retro game Boundary Breaks more than the regular ones. A lot of what you find in them is so unexpected!

[@Traumachu]

I love you Shesez! You're content has so much heart :)

[@Youtuber-xi6qo]

3:53 < This has to be the best part of the video. Nice video as always!

[@blakfloyd]

Great video! Keep 'em comin.

[@Postposterous]

I haven't done many retry games, but it's cool to see they can be done. I can think of a few I'd like to explore.

[@FaithOriginalisme]

This is my fav episode of boundary break now.. for one of my fav games of all time.. ty