Softlocking Every Mario Party for Nintendo 64

In this video I softlock Mario Party 1, Mario Party 2 and Mario party 3 for the Nintendo 64.
0:00 Introduction
0:25 Platform Peril
2:00 Coin Block Blitz
2:40 Box Mountain Mayhem
3:25 Lava Tile Island
3:44 Platform Peril Mario Party 2
4:05 Coffin Congestion
4:58 Coconut Conk
5:19 Bounce N Trounce
Check out the squeal to this video where I go more in depth here
• The Mechanics of Softl...
The mini games in this video are Plaform Peril, Coin Block Blits, Box mountain Mayhem, Lava tile island, Platform Peril (From Mario Party 2), Coffin Congestion, Coconut conk , Bounce "N" Trounce.
Snooplax Twitter: / snooplax
Special thanks to DSJ
DSJ Twitter: / crown_puff
This video was recorded on actual n64 concole using a gv-usb 2
The softlocks in the video were done using TAS tools.
#MarioParty
#n64
#softlock

[@SimpleFlips]

Did not expect to see my face in the corner when I started this video lmao

[@simon1334]

Heyyyyy

[@Mattstak]

shoutouts

[@gamewalk8]

That’s a bruh moment

[@Nobbie248]

No shouts

[@magnumopus4592]

Neither did I, I had to do a double take to make sure the desert bus stream wasn't fucking with my brain.

[@ThirtyfourEC]

The first softlock is basically Luigi's existence as a whole. Never able to surpass Mario. Stuck in his shadow. Luigi used to be paler than Mario. Probably due to this softlock.

[@spacesponge8732]

Oh and also Donkey Kong is there

[@defaultmate]

*DK Donkey Kong* *DK Donkey Kong is here*

[@CertifiedNEETClassic]

"He's gonna spend an eternity trying to get by" really hits the nail on the head there too.

[@donovanlee6717]

Luigi is an dumbo he can just walk over.

[@JLMetak]

This is now Waluigi's characterisation.

[@SilvaSight]

Luigi does absolutely nothing by winning

[@minifridge8315]

😂

[@dekudude8888]

Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?

[@The-JAILOR]

My my, how the turns have tabled.

[@silvahedgehog]

SilverOne how the turntables

[@spyrooooo8601]

Oh no

[@Azure70]

Luigi: look bro, I finally won Mario: I don't think so

[@TheLegless101]

*You will never reach the victory screen*

[@Cassiepult]

@@TheLegless101 Wha-

[@NoahWolfWiseKingWolf]

@@Cassiepult Wha-

[@havensplayer]

@@NoahWolfWiseKingWolf Wha-

[@grmmmmmm]

@@havensplayer Wha-

[@vitorborges807]

"Luigi softlocks the game by doing literally one specific action."

[@inkorporeal204]

Bouncing forever softlocks Mario party 64

[@bhull242]

See, Luigi! This is why you should just keep doing nothing!

[@sneshadow]

the first one, Luigi Wins, But can do absolutely nothing.

[@SakuraNights]

Everyone: “Wario, stop bouncing! We need to end the game!” Wario: “Not until I’m declared the winner!”

[@RockStoneLee19]

Game: "You lost anyway. We are ending it"

[@dustinjones7458]

Warior: Go ahead! Hit the power button! If I go down I'm taking you all with me!

[@billuminati3867]

I got the softlock on MP1 during platform peril and had no clue what had happened. I had submitted a video of what happened to the MP discord and no one could figure out what happened either. I'm glad to finally have some closure Snooplax!

[@Goomatora]

2:49 Luigi doesn't care about collision, he goes through whatever he damn pleases

[@Goomatora]

@Dominic Going through flesh displeases Luigi

[@Goomatora]

@Dominic *I can*

[@vauiol]

This is why Luigi is the best character.

[@spyrooooo8601]

Thug life weegee

[@hogoototwilightian628]

I distinctively remember in Mario Party 2, I softlocked in Grab Bag, the battle minigame. When the timer ran out, one character was in a walk cycle loop stuck on another character, standing in their ending destination. The walking character was just in the right side of the standing character that they couldn't go around. I was in disbelief when that happened, you gotta try it out.

[@hobowithamansion42]

Every time a game softlocks, simpleflips abandons another one of his children.

[@Davtwan]

hobowithamansion42 - They're not called gay baby jails for nothing.

[@lilwyvern4]

How many kids does that lad have?

[@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote]

lmao remember when Quote had to kill Toroko?

[@MadManwithaSpoon]

@@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote -Leaves- Petals man... Not even once.... EDIT: I'm a dumb fuck who's less smart than balrog

[@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote]

Twisted Spoon Pedals man.... not even once.......

[@gengarguy8801]

So, if I'm really salty in MP2's Horror Land, I can just do the Coffin Congestion trick to force everyone to restart?

[@MasterLee2011]

Don't be that guy.

[@NKBlazer]

Bro you gotta be that guy

[@danforce4222]

Don’t be that guy.

[@thatoneguy9582]

If you're lucky

[@throughwalking6736]

oldred890 parsec

[@kekt536]

"And hes gonna spend an eternity trying to get by" Aren't we all

[@SCMabridged]

That comment is surprisingly amazing!

[@umeinui]

😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@SaveDataTeam]

Wow, I felt this.

[@LowSpecGamer]

This is the type of niche content I crave.

[@daigoroxyojimbo8615]

I was going to say the same thing

[@ChuckNorrizHIM]

I agree, but without any reason. It's just satisfying

[@LagginPotato]

Oh yes you're SO unique that you watch this

[@LagginPotato]

You snowflake watching this don't make you special or unique lmao

[@Bobbley82]

Your KZbin fetish is getting insatiable.

[@skatepandaXD]

3:59 The sound of Mario and Wario dying will forever haunt me

[@joshybratwurst1398]

It's so bad

[@PoorStargazer]

Wariocarcrash.mp4

[@yutuberocks22]

>a softlock Ah, okay. >also known as G B J Hold up.

[@safetytheflamewolf]

*Simpleflips intensifies*

[@Insanemonk11]

Geanut Butter and Jelly

[@MarioGamer052]

If a COM player has 99 stars and talks to Boo, the game will softlock because it tries to steal a star and has already the maximun amount. This happens on MP1 and 2, but not 3. On MP3 if it has 99 stsrs, it chooses to steal coins instead.

[@Robbie_Haruna]

I love how they accounted for that in 3, despite that being physically impossible to hit.

[@174Anime]

I would give you a like but it's just to perfect at 99

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

@@Robbie_Haruna you could theoretically steal a bunch of stars through the exchange thing. Under like perfect conditions (and probably tas + chars all helping one character

[@lexo632]

Hey cool profile picture

[@candyneige6609]

"stsrs" Gramar.

[@gamewizard2008]

5:00 Fun fact, I once saw a speedrun clip where a weird glitch happened in that minigame. Basically, even though all the characters landed, the victory animations were still trying to load. The game was basically frozen, and the player thought he softlocked. After a few seconds, the player started controlling Peach, even though he was playing as Luigi. He had Peach Ground Pound a coconut onto the barrel, then after a second, Peach returned to position, and the victory animations finally loaded, with the minigame concluding. It wasn't a total softlock, but it was really weird. ^^;

[@outoftime1626]

1:54 Luigi: Do you think maybe... I can get past real quick? Just move for one sec. Mario and DK: *N O.*

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Luigi forever stuck in a line for his preordered game.

[@DGR_Dave]

The real question here, is were you controlling all 4 characters at once in most of these mini-games?? If so, that's even more impressive than the softlocks to me! 😂

[@coolkat3103]

@MPDeity xD

[@inciampare9083]

Oh dgr

[@yoshiwoollyworld]

Can’t you just tas?

[@Pc_98_Fan]

"are you going to finish the minigame?" "no, i don't think i will"

[@thebirchwoodtree]

"and he'll spend his existence trying to get by" I feel that

[@Xeptar]

When you’re in last place in N64 Mario Party so you decide no one gets to win

[@Punykirby]

So i can ruin my friendships even quicker?

[@AyameSohma1993]

"how smart Nintendo was" You say that a few times, but Nintendo didn't develop these games. Hudson Soft did, up until Mario Party 8.

[@26dollar]

"Akshually"

[@Accrovideogames]

Actually, NDcube is composed of Hudson Soft's Mario Party team, so it has been the same people all this time.

[@AyameSohma1993]

@@Accrovideogames that's before they were Nintendo employees. Plus it wasn't until 2010. Don't try to fact check me when you don't have all your facts straight. :)

[@bhull242]

That explains a lot.

[@pikachu896]

I think all of these could have been avoided by simply having a timer that automatically forces the minigame to end after a few seconds, even if the characters are still not in their win/lose animations.

[@maakujiten3812]

Some minigames do have that as shown in one of the Mario party tries and in the lava minigame for 2

[@pixel8991]

This video showed up in my recommendations and I'm not disappointed. Awesome vid dude. Keep up the good work!

[@Pleasestoptalkingthanks]

“He will spend an eternity trying to get by”. Yep, thats Luigi alright.

[@videomakermiller8188]

Items in the coffin: WHO KEEPS KICKING THE COFFIN

[@k0ngbuster]

I love the idea of this video! Finding out all ways to softlock a game!

[@XGreenhoot]

This is unironically one of the best videos ever made. Incredibly original, interesting, and engaging. I'm staggered by how much of a perfect niche this is. Please keep it up

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

This is such a fun to watch concept, thanks for the video!

[@allthingsgaming6]

Everyone else: Oh cool softlocks! Me: *DITHERING!*

[@iangarcia178]

Stryder 7x: Are you challenging me?

[@trappedintime]

Great video man. Love this kinda stuff. N64 related content has a true home here I love it!!

[@teresanessa8807]

These are really great finds!!

[@k96man]

Quality assurance was really on point with some of these

[@tsurugizaki]

I didn't even think this sort of game was softlockable. Cool stuff.

[@cyber895]

Props to you man. That is dedication to leave it running for over an hour every time you found a potential softlock. Great video!

[@one1ten]

1:22 MARIO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY DARNIT

[@TBoneTony]

This is where game Quality Assurance Testing comes into it. Sometimes Nintendo would be smart with their Super Mario Club team of testers in Japan finding all of these soft locks, but they can't cover all of them before a game's release I guess.

[@Marshall.R]

Shoutouts to Simpleflips

[@Dinner_Roll]

To me this video is a great example of Nintendo polish. Adding extra mechanics for extreme edge cases is something only Nintendo would do

[@JetEriksen]

Gay Baby Jails? Piplup seal of approval.

[@birdiemcchicken1471]

1:10 Mario prevents Luigi from winning by doing absolutely nothing

[@primedecanus5301]

So what you have done is taken a game that makes your friends enemies worse than monopoly and give a way to flip the table. I like this. Great video

[@thegamermaks4316]

Man did I find this so fascinating!

[@hammerman1758]

I know Coconut Conk also softlocks Mario Party 3 when it's played through emulation: once the game starts (or is supposed to start), the player inside the barrel rolls off screen instead of coming back to their starting position to begin the game. As far as I know, there haven't been any solutions to solve this problem to properly play this particular minigame on an emulator.

[@svp5thechad408]

Bruh, I thought it was a bad downloading of the rom

[@braddye4983]

Ahh that was a cool refreshing drink of nostalgia. Thanks **pushes self away from bar**

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

I like how you described the situation that might lead the first softlock to occur through normal play

[@Octolicia]

2:35 I love how the lost fanfare is so fitting with the context.

[@12q8]

3:59 - Wario's scream slowed down was the funniest thing I've heard in a while now. Lmao.

[@noctiluca4580]

Snooplax, I would really appreciate more Mario party 64 videos cause they are my favorites

[@GoatandWatch]

Please do this with the GameCube Mario Party’s if you will!

[@rileyrobin2]

That’s really cool! I hadn’t considered softlocks of mario party games. Is this possible in more recent titles of the series?

[@TheSassJacket]

Very good work.

[@wheatiesmann3414]

I love the editing in this video wow

[@TempoName]

Shoutouts to Simpleflips lol. I never expect to hear GBJ when softlocks are mentioned

[@newbornkilik]

Good stuff my man

[@dragondiana8]

oh my gosh this is just great!

[@KindredRainbow]

This is a new level of making your friends break their controller

[@charleslindeman2169]

...with your face.

[@aequilibrium4028]

Lol! OP Softlock hunter!

[@thereversedguy]

3:58 descend into madness

[@tyzonemusic]

2:50 Luigi enters the B a c k r o o m s

[@packosiris]

very cool content here. thanks!

[@kingmeprime]

Quick and to the point. Very uncommon these days. Good job, dude.

[@aturchomicz821]

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[@haronka]

Great vid

[@PlantedWave5190]

I had to rewatch the Mario Party softlocks video after watching the Nintendo Direct yesterday, since the first three Mario Parties were announced for Nintendo Switch Online. Everyone, I wish you best of luck softlocking all three games on NSO!

[@NintendoTV64]

Now softlock Mario Party 4-8!

[@SonicJrandSarah]

I can imagine Mario and Donkey Kong are standing in front of Luigi because they think that it isn't fair that Luigi was declared the winner even though the announcer says he won when they crossed first.

[@felineki]

4:00 Wario: "WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH....."

[@arnox4554]

DOH I MISSED

[@a_aronSR]

felineki OH MY GOOOOOODDDDD!!!!!

[@NexxtMeme]

Thanks KZbin for a great recommendation for once!

[@Sypaka]

Luigi when he got softlocked: "Aren't we all locked in an infinite cycle day by day?"

[@candyneige6609]

1:09 when the race is so close that the game can't decide weather Mario or Donkey Kong win.

[@PinkiePieParties]

I'm very interested in this as a series.

[@AgentXRifle]

I wonder if this can be done with any Pokemon stadium minigames... Great video, as always!

[@Snooplax]

That is a great idea I'm gunna try that out

[@tanookijumpman1139]

@@Snooplax There's a Mario Party 1 softlock you missed: if you play the minigame Key pa Way and either pass the key to another player or open the door, doing it with perfect timing when the timer hits EXACTLY zero will softlock the game. I'll try to replicate the trick and see if I can remember some more details about it.

[@KylesSocietyofMisfit]

"When Luigi tries to walk forward for his victory, he gets cut off and spends eternity trying to get by." *Typical.*

[@CordelG25]

If you keep up stuff like this i will keep being subbed. Cool video idea

[@CordelG25]

Not exclusively softlocks, but explaining cool mechanics in old games

[@myrandommindtv]

This is why I love gaming videos! So many unique concepts being created on older and newer games. Great work on this! How many attempts until the soft locks worked? X3

[@mightyfilm]

2:56 "I'm-a Wario! I'm-a gonna ruin-a EVERYTHING! AH HA HA HA!

[@Supermario0727]

My Internet soft-locked while watching this video!

[@monorail0]

Watched this after watching "The Rarest Item in Mario Party ". You've improved a lot! Continue working on your enunciation, like the "to" in "to touch" at 0:33 :)

[@awakenedcrowl]

This was fairly interesting :3

[@CyberxxShinobi]

LOL at 3:59

[@Rainock-qz5le]

ShinobiR3D 😂 wario’s yell cracked me up

[@CyberxxShinobi]

@@Rainock-qz5le Mario's scream slayed me

[@SuperMario-vc4ew]

Luigi: look bro, i won Mario: i don't think so

[@no64256]

You missed on in mp1 and 2 (I believe it was fixed in 3), where if a cpu who has the maximum number of stars (99 I think) pass boo and they try to steal a star, they will just get stuck on the option because they couldn't select it, and the game would softlock. Great video otherwise

[@Stonefallow]

But is it even technically possible for one character to get that many stars within 50 turns?

[@no64256]

@@Stonefallow fair point, but I figured he was trying to include all softlocks, even if they are so unrealistic that they practically require cheats. So I just thought I'd mention it

[@iicapnjazzii6779]

Marioparty 2 has a special place in my heart i love that game.

[@matthewpalmer4543]

Grab Bag from Mario Party 2 can be soft locked, but it's on *very* rare occasions. Sometimes, when all the characters are moving to their ending positions, sometimes, some of the characters will just eternally walk around one of them. It's happened to me only a handful of times, but it's still possible.

[@pengwin_]

Nice video!

[@jeffreysmith915]

This may have been addressed somewhere but to me a true softlock is also completed when nothing other than a hard reset changes the purgatory statw the game is in ie: player inputs. In any case, I will be trying these because I love the Mario Party series. Cheers!

[@rickjames5998]

what a great use of our time on earth.

[@PommacX]

Thanks KZbin for suggesting this!

[@DrPootis]

3:59 rip mario and wario

[@luisjogos821]

RPGs,Platformers,and now Mario Party? Geez,now the only thing that remains is softlocks in Tetris,no joke!

[@lightsideluc]

I got effectively softlocked in the mining kart on rails 2v2 minigame several times. It's the one that takes place over lava, not the mountain, so I think it's MP 1 or maybe 2. There's a deep dip that if you aren't traveling fast enough to escape, you'll get stuck in the bottom with no way to gather enough speed to get out. You also can't tip over to fall into the lava.

[@gferrol118]

I'm surprised there wasn't more, for such old games

[@Brainrot_content_is_cringe_af]

3:05 My Favourite Part

[@daydrunk11]

I experienced the bounce n trounce soft lock when I was like 6, I remember thinking it was so weird and freaky but also kinda funny

[@john_stromboli]

0:21 look at the dice he just contradicted himself