I beat Kaizo Mario Odyssey. It was Painful.

[@agentshibe]

I think an easy solution to make the Spewer boss fights harder is to remove the boss and instead have the player solve increasingly more difficult, randomly generated math equations.

[@C00LC]

That's just mean. Not evil... But mean.

[@idkonaname1511]

and if there's a question using a unit of measurement, it'll be in mario so you need to know the height of mario to solve the question

[@egbertmilton4003]

Or make the poison he leaves behind permanent instakill poison on small platforms

[@brendantw]

Now replace Spewer with women, not so funny now is it?

[@sliceofsparta8985]

Excellent logic. Can't make him harder? Boom, solve these differential equations.

[@happycryingcat3101]

23:42 you know smallant is getting serious when he pulls out the dual joycons

[@briansilva3344]

I don’t think I ever saw him that serious during gameplay

[@PassTheMic2006]

I watch people play fighting games, and yet that is one of the most “locked in” moments I’ve seen. The sound effect too when he pulled them out and the music behind it too, it kinda felt perfect in a way

[@rexw2]

24:49 I have never seen SmallAnt this close to actually crying out of pure frustration

[@dermathze700]

Yeah, there was ACTUAL pain there

[@Omgehrken]

@@dermathze700you could say a path of pain

[@FilipDallHoelgaard]

saddest moment in gaming history

[@JohnAwesome-mj9oo]

1:18 😂

[@BansheeBooVT]

21:34 The Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy Narrator was killing me 😭😭😭

[@ziggyfrancisco]

Me trying to remember the name of the narrator from Getting Over it with Bennet Foddy 🤔

[@Hoxeel]

So... Bennett Foddy?

[@BirdThatEatsPrometheussLiver]

Bennett Freaky

[@BansheeBooVT]

@@BirdThatEatsPrometheussLiver Bennett Frotty

[@CharacteristicOfUs]

Bennett Fruity

[@chasingtw1795]

Only an hour and 15 for that Only Up Ruined Kingdom is nuts.

[@norasalocin]

Did you see Fir's 19 minutes and 5 deaths Only Up Ruined Kingdom?! That's insane!

[@VVVideoGamerrr]

@@norasalocinhe did it in 19 min!!

[@SugarSpice07]

​@@norasalocinYeah that was insane

[@swsmp]

⁠@@norasalocinand it was in ruined kingdom!

[@wildinmyveins]

@@norasalocinfir's actually built different wtf

[@weirdkraken]

i really respect the editor for not only using path of pain music, but making it accurate to the amount of progress he’s made; the path of pain music progresses with more and more instruments depending on what screen youre on, and when smant fell all the way down the music went back too!!! ahhh thats so cool

[@lukemimnagh2594]

Wait, it does? I never noticed that!

[@LovelyIKnowx]

He played it on stream too iirc, the editor synced it though - as you said, massive props to them!

[@weirdkraken]

@@lukemimnagh2594 listening to it for hours on repeat while attempting to beat it made me gain an appreciation for it hehe, at the end in the final screen its super intense and emotional compared to the first screen

[@iamthedorkygamer]

Bro I barely struggled with PoP my first time (comparatively, still took around an hour or two to beat, with a reset due to the kingsmoulds I think) so I never really noticed this, but yeah listening to it now I can totally hear it lmao

[@asshizu]

@@LovelyIKnowx he records on separate tracks for this reason!

[@kohakuyaa]

35:00 The way he said "Mods kill this guy" was so funny to me 😭

[@crashwebb4715]

LowTierGod type shit

[@speertime]

MODS

[@TheDeadCactus]

It was so clean 😂

[@killerexe007]

Streamers say "Mods!" in the same way corrupt kings would say "Guards!"

[@ehnehm]

"Bailiff, WHACK HIS PEE PEE!" type energy

[@StainedRevenant]

(23:17) The Hollow Knight “Path of Pain” theme was a very appropriate choice; thank your lucky stars no OHKO spikes were involved in the climb.

[@phoenixroberts4559]

Fr it's just like path of pain

[@Waffles17643]

Not really this was WAY harder than PoP

[@LordJatz]

To witness secrets sealed one must endure the hardest punishment

[@angry_volbonan7805]

He definitely didn’t do this one in 20 minutes

[@mridiot57]

i laughed harder than i should have when i heard that start playing out of nowhere

[@bradencosier80]

That Path of Pain music perfectly encapsulates the intensity and fear of the Ruined Kingdom climb. While the punishment for failure is less in Hollow Knight (not a complete reset), I have a strong respect for the music from the times I did the Path.

[@charlessluter3240]

Glad I’m not the only one that noticed this!

[@JackMedi775]

38:37 modders really need to thinking about preventing specifically smant from cheesing things. Because you know if there’s a way, he’ll find it.

[@Bookworm159]

I remember watching Fir do that part, because he also checked, but then said oh, they patched that out. Small ant though, nothing can stop him from cheesing your challenge.

[@connt1nu3]

And that’s why he is the GOAT

[@JackMedi775]

@@connt1nu3 True!

[@briansilva3344]

But at the same time, you want people to think outside the box. That’s how you know you made a very good level.

[@SugarSpice07]

​@@Bookworm159Amusing, since Fir always has to Smant-proof his troll levels and escape rooms.

[@SomeGalNamedEve]

It's amazing how this community is still making such incredible mods for this game 7 years after its release

[@ShortcakeAngle]

and for a nintendo game no less, can't imagine they've made it a very accessible modding experience also hello again

[@VerbalusKlumpus]

7... Years... How ist 7 years already...

[@500werewolf]

23:20 I died of laughter when he started playing the "Path of Pain" music. XD

[@Flintel144]

Actual chills at the Path of Pain music with it's progression perfectly synced for the ruined kingdom climb

[@astraadams1692]

kaizo mario odyssey has genuinely come so far from the version years ago. the devs did so well, and it’s great to see everything realized

[@L1nk2002]

It warms my heart that after all these years he still remembers XD skip

[@nathan-qcueparsons268]

22:17 The way Cappy hones in on the "YAHOO" boxes😂

[@gavinsaxey]

First time I've heard him drop an F-bomb lol

[@zaydenross7044]

35:10 “mods kill this guy” -smant 2024

[@JazzyBoy02]

“Mods. Kill that guy!” “Oh, I have to include that in the KZbin video…”

[@MrSpherical05]

23:17 No moon too great, no mind to think, no cappy to throw, no captures to use. Born of small and ant, you shall seal the brain rot that plagues their for you page. You are the Cure. You are the God Gamer.

[@nobodyspecial7895]

It's kind of hilarious watching him shout about the final fight being broken after already showing that the mod maker was in chat lol. Poor mod maker.

[@reese3312]

he made a luck based boss fight in a skill based mod. it was poorly made

[@jasonhu9949]

That had to be on purpose

[@LolLol-jn4qe]

That feeling when Small Ant posts a new odyssey vid

[@Scoutfromtf2-v7v]

I know I just saw the other video this morning and was waiting for this all day.

[@VVVideoGamerrr]

@@Scoutfromtf2-v7vsame

[@carrotcake9301]

🦞

[@The_funny_person]

the way you can just see him cheer up the moment he exits ruined

[@tburgess3426]

The only up ruined kingdom was stressful watching live. I can't imagine what it's like to play.

[@LovelyIKnowx]

My hands got so sweaty just WATCHING

[@gigglenose1990]

ruined kingdom is just the last screen of farewell

[@apawhite]

But with a far worse camera, and without the satisfaction of mastering mechanics you've been training on the whole time or the great music.

[@PineconeMuncher]

just much more difficult

[@PineconeMuncher]

@@apawhitefarewell is also not nearly as difficult as any foddian game

[@twiwi]

@@PineconeMuncheri would completely disagree.. chapter 9 golden berry took me like 40 hours.. getting over it took maybe 6 ?

[@sonosmith48]

@@PineconeMuncher It's not exactly fair to compare the two. Foddy type games have controls that are frustrating by design, the skill is understanding the controls and having the patience to fail and try again. Celeste has easy to grasp controls, which farewell expect you to master. Different genres of difficulty

[@GelatinCoffee]

you know what this really needed to top it all off? a panoramic shot of the climb from hell with some dark souls foreboding music in the back 🤣🤣

[@danielk7245]

43:01 the wavedash joke got me. Was not expecting that even though I know you used to be a smash player

[@fusion1203]

22:43 “I’m glad you came”

[@kowal2486]

24:50 this might be the most pain I've ever seen on a man's face

[@skylercall5004]

5:15 * “There is nothing I hate more chat, then someone who’s better then me and not trying their all.” -SmallAnt | Legendary quote. 🔥

[@Void-Lizard]

24:58 Dev in chat saying this part has already been nerfed 7 times, what I wouldn't give to see version 1 of this nightmare section

[@Beard_guy_brawl_stars]

20:24 That's me. "Get the secret moon first"

[@lukemimnagh2594]

24:17 "to witness secrets sealed one must endure the harshest punishment." Also, this is WORSE than Path of Pain. At least Path of Pain h checkpoints you went back to after falling.

[@mrmeepbeep4239]

Just having bowser both WAVEdashing and surfing on the WAVES is hilarious in my mind, Mario’s just standing there drained of his energy while bowser’s on his 15th phase and pulls out a second surfboard lmfao

[@Eclipse5O]

My brain is very simple. I see smant video, I click smant video.

[@Domryoo]

Relatable

[@DavidSmith-bs4if]

Real

[@limzahnlimzahn4453]

Same

[@Gamegamer63]

Relatable

[@Jexx5000]

I agree

[@ralto7]

21:34 I'm so sad that so many people in the live chat were confused by what was playing

[@Dragynn5]

5:13 Smant's got that Goku-level competitiveness. I respect it.

[@theinhibitor420]

Vegeta when he found out about SSJ3:

[@B3Rand0m]

@dragynn5 I don't think you have watched DragonBall a day in your life. Goku is known to sandbag against his opponents.

[@mrmeepbeep4239]

My favorite part was when he captured bowser and got the ability to wavedash. Truly a gaming cinematic masterpiece.

[@Ilikecheese-bx2ds]

I didn't beat Kaizo Mario Odessey, simply existing is painful.

[@jbbrown5709]

Why is that?

[@beastlyfails7695]

I'm 14 and this is deep

[@ClownyGuyToo]

“Difficult” is not a word in smant’s dictionary, it simply will be done

[@DragonNM46]

“Difficult” IS a word in smant’s dictionary, but “impossible” isn’t. Just look at his SMO impossible jumps video.

[@Mr.Me3392]

Hard is definitely in his vocab

[@AJ-yc3bl]

Stop the glaze

[@Adelyn-j5g]

The path of pain music in ruined got a chuckle out of me. Pretty soon he’ll be playing buck bumble when he’s having trouble.

[@Cranbearry_YouTube]

SmallAnt in Moon Kingdom at the entrance of Moon Cave: I see a Moon Shard back there, or is it a Moon? Grabs Moon. ‘Entrance To Shiveria’ Me: Of course, how else would you get there? 🤣

[@buhguh-r8g]

Smant finishing a series he starts is a monumental achievement, and we all ought to take a moment to celebrate this 🙏

[@CthulhuianBunny]

These two videos really highlight the comedic gold that is the "Mario slams his face into solid surface" sound effect.

[@leowolperting5387]

5:07 ish- It's being respectful of your opponent and being respectful of the game. People just can't handle losing for some reason and haven't been taught about growth mindsets. It's why Smant's so good at everything he tries :)

[@JohnAwesome-mj9oo]

26:35 “You’ve made it far traveler. Rest here.”

[@pentonguenther5732]

the editing on the additional moon count is really impressive and helpful props to the editor

[@theboxygenie]

40:01 perfect Mario impression bro. Cast him for the next Super Mario movie!

[@eow4317]

He should play Kaizo Mario Galaxy, that’s where the true suffering is

[@grassy9213]

23:30 the path of pain music represents this perfectly 😭

[@eruptive-toaster]

23:16 smant puts path of pain music. True af for the situation 😂

[@aryst0krat]

That final Bowser fight was a nightmare lol. I recognize his tone from my own getting PO'd at unfair games

[@ThorinHeal]

24:27 the white palace soundtrack has me on the floor! 😂

[@Justsomeidiot-x4p]

This is what I do all day, watch people do stuff that I would never come to cuz I would probably be stuck in the first area 😭

[@Chinny_32]

I’m so happy that through all of this, Smant still finds ways to go back to his roots with some Mario Odyssey

[@SolstaceWinters]

23:12 - SmallAnt finds the White Palace.

[@MasonAnimating]

dear god not path of pain

[@smashdriven1640]

“You can’t just wavedash away! You’re bottom tier in every game.” That part had me dying 😂

[@avitaltagar]

Putting the sealed vessel theme over the only up section of ruind was the icing on the cake. So fucking good

[@BioFox08]

3:23 XQC moment

[@AsherSD]

Waaat

[@khanh-z2t8o]

That curtain shot is really well done.It's astounding that seven years after the game's release, this community is still creating such amazing modifications for it.

[@grfrjiglstan]

I had hopes when someone mentioned that the Ruined Kingdom would be hard, and those hopes were fully met. Good stuff.

[@HammerTrowIsPeak_WaddleDingus]

I love thinking if Smant was a teacher he would be Mr. Minecraft.

[@TheGoldenBerdMan]

I've been waiting for this video ever since the first one. I enjoyed this series SO MUCH.

[@superfoguinho20]

Watching smant either perfectly execute a trick jump or an absurdly difficult challenge or him miserably fail, all that while mario is screaming wahoo wee wahooya woohoo, and sometimes oooonononono is simply... peaceful. Edit: also cappy saying cApPy, doing whatever shit he wants and laughing smant into a pit of oblivion after he is one cap jump of completing a really difficult section of parkour

[@daveslamjam]

aaaaahhot-hot-hot-hot-hot!!!!

[@AStrangeBirdNM]

You know it’s a good day when smallant posts

[@dipndipper]

Smant the type of fella to consistently make high quality videos

[@IntingPig]

Ive genuinely never seen u get frustrated at a game so far, so the fact the creator manages to do it by sheer broken luck is impressive haha. Great determination, I could never commit to that level of frustration.

[@Guedez1]

My dude you are an absolute hero for completing that only up part. I felt like giving up from just watching the video

[@Mariofan317]

One of the best small ant videos. I LOVE the editing

[@Coltious]

Can we respect just how insane small ant is? I’ve played smo and it’s insane for kaizo

[@Mysticfateee]

Damn that ruined kingdom really was one of the only challenging things smallant has ever had to face. It's one of the only times ive visibly seen frustration on his face

[@dedicategrinder88]

10:50 I held my breath here 😂😂😂

[@excalibursonic32]

That Ruined Kingdom climb with Path of Pain music playing in the background awakened like a primal fear in me ngnl. My eyes were glued to the screen the entire section.

[@Cr1tikalBread]

Smants villain arc is missing forks room jump

[@theeternal_uchiha5566]

Small ant is just the goat no context needed

[@EhanDoesArtYT]

Hello small ant I love your videos and your my favorite KZbinr and streamer you inspired me to learn to speedrun smo and learn that nothing is impossible in video games. Thank you for never quitting any challenges and being so entertaining and enthusiastic.

[@potatowithwifi]

Good job buddy, congrats on learning speed running!

[@alive527]

the hollow knight music was so fucking good its actually insane. its so beautiful, and fit so well

[@Savior-GuitarVocalDemosCovers]

33:07 susan wojak's rotting corpse opened her eyes for a second

[@TheEverythingEnthuiast]

Smant rule 1 thou shall not throw for content

[@Bupboy]

9:38 this part right here made me realize his cap says "wooper" Nice

[@MOXavierGa-Try]

I’m very proud of you because you best player in Mario odyssey when I was little

[@SendaiWolf206]

37:49 Where there's a will, there's a way. And if there's another way, Smallant will find it

[@CallmeSlimeWolf]

Not the Path of Pain music.

[@SuperStorm-o7w]

Hey smallant you should you a Mario Odyssey race and all the moons and loading zones are randomized but you need every single moon in the Kingdom to leave the kingdom so for example you need all of sand kingdoms to leave sand Kingdom and if you want to challenge yourself even further you can do it in kaizo mode but if you want MORE of a challenge do it in under 15 hours

[@TheHourglassoftime]

23:17 onwards was an emotional masterpiece - 24:49 felt so raw :(

[@J.Blazer]

35:03 Brooklyn accent into "Mods, kill this guy." Absolutely saving the latter to a soundboard

[@splatless]

23:42 you know he is serious when the hollow knight music starts playing

[@Gnomable]

Starting up the Getting Over It narration was fantastic. Ruined Kingdom was insane.

[@GreenLockGuy17]

Congrats on 3 mill!

[@haydes1285]

I think ruined would’ve been better if the only up parts only showed up after a perma P switch that the wire brought you to

[@NineQuestionMarks]

The British voices and glum music playing while Smant went dead silent during Ruined Kingdom was a trip and a half, at least.

[@Dinosorcerous]

24:49, that title is the biggest understatement of the century

[@sammy5645]

I was not expecting a 2nd episode. Absolutely beautiful 🤩

[@hamstercow6219]

The "playing motivation speech" section reminded me of the classic Jerma985 playing "Cheers to you" CD in tough moments during gaming challenges.

[@anthonyplacek9703]

That ruined kingdom is just... Brutal. My God. Smant is a far greater player, and more patient individual, than I will ever be. And you know what? After looking at ruin kingdom, I think that's okay.

[@S.G.W.Verbeek]

I would have set my house on fire if I ever tried to get to that dragon😂

[@legomotion77]

Seeing Smant make all these seemingly impossible jumps makes me think he could easily survive the one block vertical parkour for the beef

[@snaps_]

i just finished watching the first one this could not be more perfectly timed

[@TheTroupeMasterGrimm]

I have never, on any stream, in any video or VOD, seen smant as truly anguished as when he fell down from the very top of ruined kingdom after timeless attempts. Never.

[@connyaaaa5555]

Smant having to use a motivational speaker during ruin is really funny

[@charadeonline]

The ruined kingdom section was maybe the most stressful and tense thing I've ever watched

[@Vanchor18]

man is singlehandedly keeping this game alive