Somehow, this is the hardest Mario game ever made

[@cmc178]

Fun fact, if you played this game on the gameboy advance and you rage turn off the game it deletes your progress and you have to start over. Little me took a long time to beat this game.

[@PaulW_ftPAULK]

There's no way to save your progress it's so annoying!

[@ZeldaFan940]

Yeah that's why I charge it while it's Idle & I'm not using it it's really the only other way to complete it in more than 1 day I think what took me the longest was collecting stars for stuff like the boo house etc but the boss that really ticked me off was probably the pyramid section & blooper just difficult & same with the ice section fun fact: if you hit the penguins twice each they die I used that to help going to the other screens is irritating I wish they had an item to extend the pipe I beat this game a few times it's fun when you achieve it but irritating to play throughout I feel accomplished but think if a game over made you lose your star count!

[@paulyd2406]

I never beat this game and I Always HATED we players couldn't Save Our Progress :-/

[@FudgeFace-kt7wx]

That's actually fucking evil, the game will always get the last laugh...

[@ZeldaFan940]

@@FudgeFace-kt7wx I know right are you winning in pinball Alpharad too evil? I did say it was hard. ;)

[@CapnJigglypuff]

Mario didn’t have to become a ball in this game. He’s not cursed, this isn’t a strange land that he needs to be a ball to maneuver through, he’s just choosing to make this harder for himself.

[@stormylobby]

He’s had so many adventures to stop Bowser, he was just like “Y’know what? Let’s make this more interesting.” And then just casually becomes s p h e r i c a l

[@fodv93]

Mario just saw Kirby and sonic doing it and got jealous

[@Exeggutorking]

Just like Kirby in 60% or Kirby spin-offs

[@moosesues8887]

He was feeling freaky that day

[@SinnohJohtoKanto]

Toad and Peach made it look like so much fun tho

[@Gamesmarts194]

Jacob: "Hey Jo. I'm playing Mario Pinball Land." Jo: "Oh I'm sorry."

[@HerpDerpTheTank]

It’s funny that he says “tilting” so much, seeing as Pinball is where the term came from. “Getting Tilted,” “Hitting Full Tilt,” and “Tilting” all came from the term Pinball machines used when there was too much movement on the machine. It was an anti-cheating measure to make sure no one was shaking the machine or tilting it to maneuver the ball, and when it detected too much tilt, the machine would shut off and display “TILT” on the light up screen, indicating that it caught you cheating and would eat your money. Much like Vending Machines, people would get mad they were losing and try to shake or tilt the machine, only for it to fully cut off and they would be forced to rage quit and walk away mad. That’s why we have the term.

[@MisterZebra42]

That’s so cool, thanks for the info!!

[@feder28]

Holy shit so THAT's where TILT comes from

[@Mike14264]

And yet this is a pinball game where you can't tilt, even tho that would've fixed so much of the pain.

[@Emberson-9000]

Its funny that tilting is now such an essential part of playing pinball games. Its like they knew its bs when you lose on a real machine to factors outside your control, so they just throw you a bone and let you save what would be a guaranteed loss.

[@TuffyIsFluffy]

​@@Emberson-9000 Not to be an "um actually" kind of guy but tilting in pinball terms is just when you get too many warnings and end up losing the ball. The term for slapping the machine is called nudging, but you're absolutely right, it's an essential part of competitive pinball! The fun thing is how modern pinball machines are now fully aware and of this concept and are actually using it in some rulesets, such as rewarding you at points with extra tilt warnings for instance. A bit of a tangent and not related but I still find it really interesting!

[@coolbro5535]

I finally figured out why Mc.Donalds had a Mario ball as one of its toys

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

Oh snap I had like 3 of those!

[@Mikustan39]

@@MudakTheMultiplier Nice pfp!

[@Pearl_Blossom]

This game doesn't hit the same without the underwater music playing perpetually

[@shapeshifterk]

Real.

[@bash9553]

Grrrrrrrrr

[@RandoGrunt]

This comment caused my high blood pressure to skyrocket. Thank you

[@genericgamer53]

@@bash9553thanks for sharing

[@the__wolf5087]

Really Alpharad Golders will know this one

[@JuDabod06]

Real

[@Baconator2558]

The fear I felt seeing this notification.

[@sealeo5772]

Don't you mean alpharad deluxers?

[@Ispyguy]

I can still hear the swear to my bones outro 🫡

[@RealBrenudo]

Plussy gang rise up

[@ashen_roses]

When Alpha ragequit at the end and the camera zoomed on the first chat message I saw was someone saying "you got this" and idk about you but that's art. That's poetry in goddamn motion there.

[@draconis17]

Bowser making you go back 2 screens is mean as hell actually

[@Axel-wo6qu]

In the climbing games, you learn how to control the character and get better. Here, you bang your head against the wall until it works. That is why this is the kids game.

[@Nihilpotat]

Unless you're good then you just breeze thru it bc mario pinball is the pinnacle of gamer skill

[@NewsofPE]

well considering he just sucks at pinball, I wouldn't take him as the prime exemple for how the game is

[@Peyatoe]

The climbing games?

[@Axel-wo6qu]

@Peyatoe getting over it with Bennet Foddy, a difficult game about climbing, Jump King, Pogostuck, the new 3d one where you climb chained to your friends, etc. He talks about the trope in the video and asks why those games can be easier than this, yet this game is the kids game.

[@Peyatoe]

@@Axel-wo6qu FYI: Click on the message to reply to it. Oh I understand now. I mean all good games have something you need to get better at. Like in the normal Mario games you get better at controlling the character in order to beat it just like in the climbing games. Just a different way of controlling the character.

[@Dajo42]

me when im a ball. an orb. a sphere, if you will

[@tinyclover3849]

they will never be ballin

[@bulletkin_etg]

i WONT

[@RealBrenudo]

me when i am rotund

[@Tyranitar.]

“babe, when you come back you better not be a ball. an orb. a sphere, if you will!” my ass:

[@oceanman_8370]

So true queen

[@amanwithnoname4657]

Its a rarity to see jacob actually tilted in a game

[@Mikustan39]

That’s what I was thinking! He’s like the complete opposite of me.

[@korimela]

if your favorite popular game series doesn't have its own pinball spinoff, is it really that good of a series?

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

Hell yeah, Shin Megami Tensei Pinball: Judgment!! The 2006 pinball spin-off of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner for flip phones that is currently lost media! 🥴

[@willfern1096]

Why Devil May Cry don't have one?

[@lavenzavantas]

Metroid Prime Pinball

[@stormylobby]

@@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas Unironically, I’ve accidentally never heard about that till now. This sounds really cool though, so thank you for teaching me something new today!! I can’t believe Atlus had not one, but two different phone games based on one of their franchises that came out in the 2000s and is now considered lost media.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

The Pinball sub game in Kirby Mass Attack was unironically superior to the actual Kirby’s Pinball Land game from the 90’s on the Game Boy. I’m actually sad they never made a Deluxe version like they did with the Sub Games of Triple Deluxe.

[@Kakume-sr4kh]

I love the fact that the hardest Mario game Is just about hitting balls until you kill everything to get a star

[@fosterbennington6405]

This is one of the only Mario games I’ve actually played and more importantly completed. I don’t think I’ve ever heard another person even mention this game before which is sad because I played so much of it as a kid. Notably, I actually did not understand the mechanics at all, I made it through with pure dedication to the art of ballin’

[@GamingGD5600]

same, I actually remember beating this game while I was supposed to be going to sleep but was hiding under my blanket as a kid, I think I spend about a hour just trying to beat bowser till I got to the final phase and just the moment you realize its not over yet you just kind of panic and try to figure out what the game wants lol

[@TroboTicTac]

How does anyone beat this game on a GBA

[@fosterbennington6405]

@@TroboTicTac It's not that bad controls-wise

[@hmmhmm3452]

This is some kind of sick vindication for my poor 4th grade self playing this on car trips. I'm glad to know it truly is as tilting as I remember

[@GamingGD5600]

watching someone else play this after the quite literal years of my childhood trying to beat this game is hilarious, and after finally beating it I don't have a single memory of ever going back to it afterwards that being said this video makes me want to play it again lol

[@danhatter6823]

“I’m playing Mario Pinball Land.” “Oh, I’m sorry.”

[@thatonedude9148]

"It's like if you were playing a Mario game and then every 20 seconds your ability to run and jump was just taken away!" Things that stun you:

[@WiiMote070]

Yeah, but imagine that, but it can stun you in the air... huh, I wonder how that would play like...

[@loserlw337]

yeah, I guess the better analogy would be if Bowser broke Mario's kneecaps with a crowbar every 20 seconds

[@Arras01]

Looks like you can stop him from doing the stun move by hitting him, at least... not that that makes it all that much better.

[@Mikustan39]

@@loserlw337 That’s a perfect example.

[@BigHailFan]

Btw: the makers of Metroid Prime Pinball made this game. Talk about a fall from grace as that game was actually fun.

[@Chubby_Bub]

This seems like the kind of game where you constantly feel like you must be missing some sort of important mechanic, but eventually you realize even if there was it wouldn't help because it's just that janky

[@dorlo7933]

This video would be better if Under the Ice was the only background music

[@jvts8916]

Somehow despite most maps being more simplistic than regular pinball they're infinitely more painful

[@Ramonatho]

That's because this game has non-euclidian ball physics

[@Mikustan39]

@@Ramonatho Perfect way to describe it.

[@seanmild5536]

What if you wanted to go to heaven but God said “You must beat Mario Pinball”

[@coten]

this is what happens when a pinball developer refuses to use scrolling-screen playfields on a portable game. thankfully their DS efforts (Metroid Prime Pinball / DSiware The Ancients Beckon) could take advantage of a great screen format for the genre

[@JeskidoYT]

and then never heard from again since they shut down

[@foggy8298]

According to Jan Misali (and me) this is technically a 2D platformer

[@mslabo102s2]

No it's a 3D Platformer with 2D space (without gravity plane) and 1D time

[@thischannelisforcommenting5680]

Is it mainline series of Super Mario?

[@Chubby_Bub]

thanks to jan Misali for introducing me to the existence of this and the fact that it was called "Super Mario Ball" which is funnier than it should be

[@foggy8298]

@@mslabo102s2 technically all platformers are on the imaginary 2D space of a screen and are running within 1D time

[@thefancydoge8668]

​@mslabo102s2 so just 2.5D like the new-wonder mario platformers

[@aidanpedersen]

0:03 for anyone who doesn’t know Mario lore, the bricks are all supposedly made of Toads from the Mushroom Kingdom, so they’re certainly staying true to…?

[@chungo.]

do you mean that the bricks are made of toads?

[@mimisezlol]

I feel like this is the perfect context in which to use the term "tilted"

[@Tailsbot98761]

24:20 He learns jacob is playing pinblall land and his first rwavtuon is im sorry

[@aggapuffin]

This game honestly feels even more tilting than games like Getting Over It just because it's fucking Mario. This is not a game made to get you made. This is Mario. A game series meant for kids. And it's beating your ass. That's mentally destroying.

[@falsehero2001]

Sonic Pinball? Yeah that makes sense. Kirby Pinball? Yeah, that makes sense. Pokémon Pinball? Yeah, that makes sense. Mario Pinball? What were they thinking?

[@JeanKP14]

Nah man Sonic Pinbal was incredibly tilting as a child lol

[@ohaiitsurrn8922]

"This is like a Mario game but every 20 seconds Bowser takes your ability to run and jump." I think i just watched that Fir video recently.

[@Jdietz43]

If I had a nickel for every time a world leading video game mascot starred in a brutally difficult pinball based video game, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

[@geminimaxxim]

Shoutouts to the McDonalds Mario Pinball toy. That was my adhd fidget toy from time of purchase all the way until I moved out of my parents' house

[@TheBonkleFox]

I still have it. It's such a fun ball

[@thewinterprince1731]

"Look at them walk with such elegance-" *koopa falls over*

[@shiitakiaandqwsad3859]

For whatever reason this has become one of my comfort videos

[@BasilMax-y4o]

this game is a great example as to why quality control is a necessary thing

[@FalseHerald]

I decided to race this game with a friend after watching Jo play. I gained a significant lead through most of the game... but then I hit Bowser. I could not do it. I blew a thirty minute lead because that final boss is the most tilting thing I have ever experienced.

[@TheTitaniumSamurott]

Jo(Hi Jo) would agree

[@ItsHayden]

dont call him that

[@RealBrenudo]

Hi jo

[@anonymous7024]

@@ItsHaydendon’t call Jo (Hi Jo) what?

[@thecupofno]

Good grief...

[@MDClips2464]

Jo "hi jo" sniffy

[@grfrjiglstan]

Remember in Mario 64 where star 1 made you kill a bunch of guys, and then star 2 had you kill a bunch of guys, and then for star 3 you had to go into a different room and then kill a bunch of guys?

[@Myahster]

I will never forget finding my old cartridge after a long absence, loading it up and pressing continue. ...and finding myself infront of the final boss room. And watching helplessly as Mario immediately falls. Straight down. Room after room, after room, after room. All the way back. Fumbled trying to get back up, and because I had no lives left when I last stopped playing, I got sent back to the start of the game. I threw my Gameboy to the side and put my head in my hands and cried. It had undone so much progress my child self had accomplished. It happened so fast. Worst game over of my life.

[@Multi-Waves_Music]

Sometimes treasure should stay buried.

[@Ramonatho]

This game doesn't have save states though?

[@Multi-Waves_Music]

@@Ramonatho dang I wanted to believe someone didn't lie on the Internet.

[@Myahster]

​​@@Ramonatho If you saved and quit, the game effectively pauses where you were, and drops you in the middle of the room with no momentum when you return. Bumper or not.

[@Myahster]

​​@@Multi-Waves_Music I didn't lie. You can literally save/quit. But getting a game over sends you to the beginning. It's basically permadeath.

[@torchrandom9059]

Some say that both God and Satan reached out to Nintendo to help them design Hell and this is what came of it

[@TheGhpro11yo]

Didn’t know this game reused so many Sunshine sound effects lol

[@bulkypigeon]

This game was one of my favorite alpharad plusdeluxegold playthroughs, especially because of that BANGER final part thumbnail.

[@HonneyFoxey]

This is the first Open World Pinball oriented game i have ever seen, and probably the only one lmao

[@captainjellystar1453]

After watching this game on Good, I also thought “oh this looks fun. Why is Jo stressing?”. I played it all the way through and I would like to apologize to Jo for thinking he was anything other than a gamer with Ghandi like patience

[@robertsemon1712]

I hope whoever made this game knows life is worth living and they don't need to bring pain to others to relieve their own.

[@sometf2player752]

Kinda interesting how this game seems to be themed after Mario 64 dispite releasing in 2004 the coins have stars in them some tree assets are from Mario 64 and the font used is the same as Mario 64

[@matthewwasson2906]

I love how this game could be made infinitely easier if the paddles were just a LITTLE closer together

[@KnightofBretonnia]

Yooooo the return of Mario but Ball! I wish Jo were here to see this! Edit: @24:16 Hi Jo :)

[@butter_0021]

Jo is watching and cackling to himself in pleasure that you have to deal with this god forsaken game as well. I sat though all the Plus/Deluxe/Gold videos just for him to give up on the finally boss and I respect him for it.

[@Progamer1013]

The amount of reused sound effects in this game drive me crazy lol

[@ACasualFool]

The blorbs! Quick get the star cures! Curse you Fawful!

[@phillipmiller3076]

I remember beating this game ONLY because a long road trip became longer when my parents found out every hotel in the town we were going to stay in was booked, so we ended up driving for another HOUR. How I ever beat this cursed game at age 10 feels like a fever dream

[@RandoGrunt]

Oh yeah, same here. I seriously wonder if kid me was high on something for having the patience to get all 35 stars for the secondary ending

[@JeanKP14]

@@RandoGrunt That sounds like hell on earth

[@9bitalex]

I want to see his played at events or something holy shit

[@MangoTurtlenova]

this video would be even better if the music track “under the ice” played throughout the entire video

[@whybother5741]

28:40 bro has NOT played Sonic Spinball.

[@JeanKP14]

lol as a kid I could literally never beat the 2nd level. No idea how they expected most people to LMAO

[@SirWallReuploads]

noone else has gotten so much content out of this game as you

[@Bminutes]

2:23 the piranha plant screaming tho

[@Dreigonix]

I can’t in good conscience call this game bad. The presentation is slick as hell with AMAZING art and 3D work on GBA, almost every song is a banger (the boss themes are great, Under The Ice is a classic, and it’s helped by the songs that sample Hooked On A Feeling and Culex’s theme, and even the Yoshi bonus theme that sounds like Darkness Of The Unknown?!), and once you ARE able to land your shots, everything you do feels like a dopamine shot straight into the brainstem. That said, this IS a ragegame. I played it as a kid, and although I did eventually beat it, it put me through HELL. Beware.

[@austincrook5304]

Collecting a star but getting the shine sprite sound feels so wrong

[@xenigma1414]

This is what i imagine hell must be like

[@Commentingstick]

the bowser bossfight is basically any bossfight but the boss door isn't closed

[@cagethelonewolf]

tbh it wouldn't be too bad if your blue pipe only went away if it's hit like normal pinball. there's no titls so everything is outta your hands

[@webbowser8834]

Put me in the "I actually played and beat this game as a kid" club. No I don't know how either.

[@retronymph]

Why did Jacob add music to this? We all know the soundtrack only has one song.

[@Crazy56U]

RIP Alpharad Gold EDIT: This comment is still technically correct

[@newbielongboarder]

Plusies unite!!

[@selznickselznick]

@@newbielongboarder Thanks for sharing!

[@leandervandenbroeck3914]

@@selznickselznick grrrrrrr

[@lofigalaxy1272]

Thats a hit

[@NEETKitten]

​@@leandervandenbroeck3914 whatever

[@Ramonatho]

"They expect some Tommy shit" didnt know Jacob was cultured like that

[@Hersiz]

_Man plays with balls to pay his bills_

[@JeskidoYT]

i can SENSE this game being remastered on the switch in the next 2 years. MARK my words

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I remember the deluxe playthrough of this, that was rlly fun!

[@FirstLastname604]

This might just be my icarus complex talking but this game looks mad easy I’m gonna try it out Update: I was wrong. Stay as far away from this game as possible

[@jenlord4240]

i shit you not this was my first video game ever THANK GOD IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SO LONG

[@jenlord4240]

I also broke my mf gameboy on the water lvl no shit

[@awmehgoddd]

that moment when the pinball table tilts _you_

[@frustotamer6231]

Jacob: “its gonna be smooth sailing i promise” Narrator: little did he know, it was gonna be anything but smooth

[@squiddler7731]

It wouldn't necessarily save the game. But it's really funny how if the game simply remembered the progress of whatever screen you were in last, that would've massively cut down on how infuriating it is to play, lol. Like that one single mechanic is pretty much responsible for all of it's issues.

[@Mario583a]

Just Alpharad, pondering his orb as per usual.

[@ztsquid3000]

I can feel his pain right now.

[@Elwood7X]

9:15 Bro is spittin’.

[@MattTheSpratt]

Take it from a pinball player in real life: ACTUAL pinball is nowhere near this difficult. For one, you can Actually Nudge in real pinball!

[@Yamartim]

Balling over it with Mario Mario

[@xesca.7999]

as someone who has sunk hundreds of hours into Pokemón Pinball, Yeah.

[@darklightning2730]

1:21 This aged well

[@FlorianHeart]

This may be my favourite video from Alpharad of all time. Not really but I can't stop laughing

[@imalltheragex2000]

8:26 welcome to pinball

[@Eidolon98]

I feel so vindicated for never being able to beat this game as a kid

[@godhasleft]

Toad is a lifeless shell

[@bruhgaming462]

Super Mario Balls???? Don't mind if I do!

[@partyslime69]

As a guy who's played pinball games before, I can confirm that this is the worst Mario game.

[@shadedway5277]

Decided to like at 19:00, because I felt a stirring of joy in my dead soul

[@byrontheusurper6505]

6:11 this song goes CRAZY

[@RealBrenudo]

Had this game as a very young child. Basically just RNG.

[@sunnyd1722]

I would save state the HELL out of this game. I don’t care if that’s bad content.

[@skycaboose]

So glad I DIDNT grow up with game it looks like absolute HELL Which is why I'm happy the nintendo Pinball game I grew up with was Ruby/Sapphire Pinball

[@Angry_Jetpack]

Alternative title: Jacob Alpharad gets real life mad at Mario

[@Fluttersniper]

I nearly beat the game, had it glitch the fuck out on me and crash, and lost all my progress. Learned that day I couldn’t return opened games to Meijer’s, because they had no proof it was broken. Core memory, there. 😒

[@byrontheusurper6505]

The Red coin Song is so GOOFY I LOVE IT❤

[@crimsonstormsurge]

19:02 the golden ending

[@Granlusofc]

Honestly, a tournament of this game would go hard af

[@DerToasti]

As a kid this game was my absolute nemesis.

[@minecreeper98]

This was my 3rd game I got when I was a kid, after Super Mario World 2 and Pokemon Leaf Green. And I recently replayed it like 2 weeks ago because I randomly remembered it again. I have no idea how I played it as much as I did when I was younger, this game is brutal XD . Glad to see Alpharad giving it a go as well :D