Speedrunner Plays Luigi's Balloon World for the First Time

After speedrunning Super Mario Odyssey since the game came out I finally had the opportunity to try out Luigi's Balloon World. Here's how it went...
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[@user-jq4jq5qd4m]

Smallant1:*has 9999 coins* Balloon on luncheon kingdom mountain: What coins?

[@ivian8425]

Chief Cheetos 48. Last attempt he could have.

[@firebug69]

Heh the old times smallant1 not smallant

[@emuboss_smo2685]

Omg after doctor strange MoM the what coins fits so well

[@saljaf79]

@@josegordo488 It's not a second time until the timer reaches 0.

[@GrouchyGander]

The balloon at 10:05 is like an astrophysicist trying to do basic math; so used to the complicated stuff that they overthink the simple.

[@YellowSkarmory]

That was amazing live; was actually his 4th try. Knowing where the balloon was and seeing him completely go by it was amazing.

[@danielivanov439]

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

[@tech6hutch]

@@danielivanov439 gg on being an astrophysicist

[@danielivanov439]

@@tech6hutch I'm just an astrophysics major undergrad haha. Far from an actual astrophysicist. At least for now...

[@dylanlee45alien]

He overestimates the ability of the average Mario player

[@YellowSkarmory]

Man, that luncheon one behind the painting was amazing (that was my balloon)...seeing him struggle on all the fairly close balloons (and the successes, like Lost he did on first try) was amazing. Also, FIRST TRY on the Luncheon one on the mountain...totally...definitely not like 300th...aaaa

[@YellowSkarmory]

@@Nickstonator I was talking about the one at 10:05, not 5:07.

[@makoala8881]

wow calm down satan, you sound like you like to se people in pain.

[@SupRemE-en2xp]

Nice it was funny him trying to be all smart

[@nebula-collector]

I find it funny how he deleted his comment xP

[@tomrob0697]

Mr Ree what did it say

[@rinasumb]

The fact that he started that stage with 9000+ spicy dollarinos... And that he ended with 48

[@Kmn483]

He was on his last try since each run takes 65.

[@TheSdyer85]

No not rue Kmn

[@hms5]

First try baby

[@jenniferdimsdale4421]

Wtf is thar

[@sirgo0se97]

@@jenniferdimsdale4421 I dont know, what is thar?

[@yonaka_]

While showing everyone his screen: "I picked a really good hiding spot."

[@ongrong1611]

Well, as proved by the 9000 coin dunkey balloon: just because you know where it is doesnt make it easy.

[@lonebriefcase]

Ah the “dunkey” balloon albeit different spot but the jump is still iconic from him

[@orangeryeti3869]

Knack

[@OwenDaBowen9]

I read this comment when he said what's the donkey balloon

[@73685]

Mastapiece

[@peardude8979]

I expect nothing less from the man who got the world record on Bowser's Big Bean Burrito.

[@romd0m786]

@@rubub8455 knack is back babyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! Game of the year EVERY year (besides super Mario 2) Number 1 game!!!!!

[@SYN_CDH]

I love how he hides ballons on stream then posts them on youtube

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

But he put them in such difficult places that people still won't get them...

[@hew0014]

It shows you where the balloon is when you start

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@hew0014 You see an arrow pointing to it, you can't always see it...

[@JustSomeDude1213]

9:47 Can we talk about the fact that he literally would not even have enough coins to try it again and that's when he got it?! That's amazing.

[@MultiKoopa]

he absolutely refuses to lose. that's SmallAnt

[@niftswift]

I didn't realise that they added time for people to find balloons, so i spent hours optimising my route to get my balloon in place. Turns out it didn't matter because Ant couldn't find it anyway lul

[@ivian8425]

? Say what? Which one? Time stamp?

[@niftswift]

@@ivian8425 12:34

[@logan5232]

Do people not watch the video. Making lycel go searching for a time smh

[@fakename7725]

@@logan5232 sorry for not psychically knowing which one was hers

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

@@logan5232 i am annoyed when people put a quote and a comment and then one random dude is like “Timestamp?” But this time there is so way to tell which one is hers

[@metrafish]

all SMOtubers: omGGGGGG staph hidin dem outta bounds! smallant1: hold my beer

[@FishSticker]

DonutCutie hold my joycons. Edit: procon

[@Xelinan]

ikr!

[@saouer]

@@FishSticker ant doesnt even use joycons kek

[@RashedGd]

@@saouer at 0:43 there is a joycon icon which means he uses joycon

[@beenguy5887]

Just because someone can defend themselves against a burglar doesn't mean burglary should be allowed you know

[@danielcarney1021]

"small-ant; big-dumb" your laugh on that was priceless lmao

[@snorg7139]

I can just imagine Alpharad scoffing in the distance and going “Oh you ain’t seen *shit* yet”

[@shrukaiin2304]

heh

[@link7287]

Luugii baaloooogii

[@omarpikm2101]

the balloon clipped under the bridge

[@boomannotjeff]

*Explains exactly what the concept of the mode is in detail* 5 seconds later: “I have no idea what to expect”

[@Blernster]

Typical Twitch streamer

[@saljaf79]

so true

[@dusitn_]

This used to be my favorite minigame, but people always find a way to ruin the fun by clipping it into buildings. Thats why i dont play it anymore

[@burnerfrenzy3392]

Wait what’s the competition

[@MeltyNote]

Ballon world, it’s literally in the title

[@starcoin5653]

Agreed, and since almost everyone has done it it’s almost impossible for a casual to grind for outfits, never mind the paywall for online

[@kir0726]

@@starcoin5653 you don't need nintendo online

[@bienghuo9636]

@@kir0726 You need it

[@brocktalkfangirl6662]

0:26 look at mario spazzing out in that triple jump

[@ABeautifulTraveler]

"It's the Dunkey balloon" 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@alexsilva28]

Literally said that at the same time lol

[@oracleoforanges8628]

I love speed runners like you. You dont rage, and are willing to give up 9999 coins just for a balloon and is still happy about it. And you dont get salty at glitched ones. Keep it up!

[@anescengic5699]

6:19 *the legendary dunkey baloon*

[@Party_snacks]

That moment when you spend 10 grand trying to get one balloon

[@AmberSkitty3]

the seeker gets an additional 5 seconds to find a balloon, you found a balloon that had 4 seconds to seek, it took the hider -1 seconds to hide it (Yes I know coins were used to manipulate the seeker time)

[@tewu8257]

Watch ceave's gaming video about it cause you're just so dumb

[@thecolorpurple6401]

NO PE *ok asshole.*

[@alchmage3926]

Coins can't manipulate it past the original timer

[@clintonanderson7436]

No seekers get a +33% time increase, that's how 40 sec balloons exist

[@meta04]

@@clintonanderson7436 it's 20% plus 3 seconds except when it's 20% plus 4 seconds (14-19-24-28-29)

[@bunbun4141]

Man. I was in a bad mood, and all of a sudden, my favorite streamer posts a new video. Thanks Ant. I love you.

[@Smallant]

Ily

[@JSFBeginner]

4 years ago, jeez

[@raycraft001]

1% of the video: Balloon World 99% of the video: HE’S DONE IT

[@TheMetalGearSolid3]

18:49 "ez bloonz" killed me.

[@EdoVro]

Balloons: *exist* Speedrunner: I’m about to end these balloons whole careers.

[@wtfnumbnuts]

More of this please. Its entertaining watching you pull off these mad strats

[@rhaining]

Awesome! Really appreciate the editing too, to get right to the juicy bits.

[@xmgaming2444]

Hollow Knight? One of my favorite games? Ant you better upload this

[@eulefranz944]

Hollow knight is amazing And him playing it even more

[@emcar5555]

Imagine if he tried to 112% it lol

[@xmgaming2444]

@@emcar5555 I would pay money to see that

[@emcar5555]

@@xmgaming2444 Same ahah

[@graytiamat]

@@emcar5555 Better yet, Steel Soul 112% All Radiants Embrace the Void.

[@specterx2135]

One thing I actually think is really cool is how the kingdom’s have completely new backgrounds.

[@simmojosh71]

Ah finally smallant has reached the level of videogamedunkey

[@capt.jaylenbrown8534]

has smallant ever beat gex? no, didnt think so. dunkey>>

[@boy8906]

Did he get the world record on Bowser‘s castle I didn’t think so

[@pancarialice]

"i have no idea what the dunkey balloon is" me: *how*

[@themarketgamer5611]

I consider this guy the god of games, I've seen over 100k hours of gaming across the internet and no one that I know of has been able to top his craziness, beating super Mario odyssey blindfolded?! Seriously this guy is nuts!

[@cristopherpoole3127]

Seeing Potatochan's work in both larl42 and smallant1 videos makes me happy

[@1simpleAtom]

And I used to think that getting the ballon to the top of Peach's Castle without scarecrows was impressive. Obviously I'm pretty new to the speedrunning community.

[@OwenDaBowen9]

Nice!

[@waitressroyal8561]

do it in 64 next

[@garyjaffe9845]

Wait. I want see small ant play hollow knight..! Where's that video?

[@YellowSkarmory]

There isn't one currently, but it had been happening at the end of twitch streams if you want to check out some of it.

[@milesherndon3239]

I don't know if you found them already but on his twitch there is like 12 1-2 hour streams on it

[@justsomeguywithnoprofilepi4252]

Well the video is out now if you have not seen it yet.

[@rootoo555]

12:00 oh ok so he used gameshark to get the rest of the way

[@m3ga66]

Has over 9000 coins then goes to 0 Him: wasn’t that only like 3 tries

[@UpdateFreak33]

I love how the auto-chapters are just the donations

[@evoplayz4567]

I like how the time stamps are when people follow him

[@Kingdomroxas100]

10:05 cant stop laughing at this XD

[@RyanOlsen]

Very fun. I do wish there could be a separation of out of bounds balloons and regular, so we could know what we're getting into. It's annoying "finding" the balloon hidden in a wall and having no idea how to get to it.

[@Superokiko]

Potatochan at 5:45, guess they don't just play SMM

[@gavin5410]

I saw that too lol

[@MrSamwise25]

Was wondering if anyone else noticed!

[@xthought9430]

I also noticed, PotatoChan makes everything hard to play

[@RJZII]

@@xthought9430 especially in smm and smm2. The Battle Cats?

[@mbccgliczsdnm7627]

Moon Techno battle cats

[@m0nky89]

I always thought I'm not the worst at this balloon game.. but maan, you guys are on a whole other level.

[@spoonface4508]

*super Mario odyssey minimum captures world record holder struggles to slap balloons

[@jozajab6849]

I love how some people put just as much work Into balloon world as other put into speed runs

[@Rby8479]

"My only freaking weakness is trees" Smallant 2021.

[@RJZII]

5:47 The legendary PotatoChan, the trooliest troll level maker in smm and smm2 (Super Mario Maker(2))

[@jinniestonic]

This was the first stream I watched; I was a little lost why I already knew what was happening dkheskdh

[@VRNGGF2]

Ant: Hides the baloon in really elaborate spots Me: *puts it at the start*

[@father_bubba]

17:11, dude that Shiverian is doing the kazotsky kick

[@Mote.]

The balloon you hid at top of chapel is awesome

[@KnellMortem]

Cheers to the first Smant video I ever watched. We’ve come a long way.

[@kayram7962]

Potatochan apears “Is this a crossover episode?”

[@redrolacitebahpla]

My question is if you can nut jump, then stand on the nut to set the balloon...

[@redrolacitebahpla]

@@Skyeward79 Damn

[@thegogglesfam352]

that is actually genius but rods is right

[@sterlings2239]

"Knowing how to do something doesn't make it easy. I could end your life but that doesn't make it easy" Damn... I'm gonna sub just for that and see how things go watching your content.

[@qu1ll1on]

Balloon: is in a difficult spot out of bounds… Ant: hold my beer…

[@mx.sunset]

Everyone: talking about the clipping Meanwhile... Me: what the hell is the code for Skarmary's Ballon Also Me: tries every code in the live chat for ballon world Switch: *an error has accoured*

[@blackmerkit142]

8:37- “Are you threatening, master speed runner?”

[@Mastersmith_1]

Me:seeing the Ballon in luncheon being so hard. Also me:immediately does the jum

[@apple8104]

Woohoo he just hit 500k I was watching a ton of videos and this was the first one I watched when he had 500k!

[@balls_gaming]

I love the balloons that are literally three meters away from the starting point (I've found two that are actually three meters away. all by the same person, I have also found ones that are like 18 meters away)

[@EPMTUNES]

You are a slave to speedrunning. It's kept you from balloon world and 100%ing the game casually

[@miguelmoreno0182]

Smallant: my only weakness is trees Mrbeast: You have no power here

[@literallylegendary6594]

14:48 Is nobody ever going to talk about that INSANELY PRECISE video cut????

[@nimbus5459]

The videogamedunkey balloon

[@linkinkling6959]

15:45 the jump is possible but it has to be a cappy roll jump with rainbow spin and a good vector

[@daydreamdj5025]

I feel ya

[@kirbyhypno2522]

Ant has a Luigi's Balloon World gambling addiction

[@lou626]

The intro remiends me of " TODAY'S THE DAY I LEARN TO FLY FLY LIKE EAGL- AAA" and the dude just kinda of fall

[@TheTuneAce]

Crazy how all of smant's game knowledge is still relevant even after all the patches

[@Slender_Dude13]

That moon kingdom balloon with the crimson background and the guardian is mine.

[@agitated_cat]

Luigi: **has ballons** Glitchers, speedrunners, and little timmys: *Allow us to introduce ourselves.*

[@jonaswolthaus1901]

King Ant: yeah I'm gonna put it here, it's hilarious and no one will notice it Also King Ant: has very big Twitch an KZbin channels so everyone will know

[@aviida280]

5:47 wow potatochan XD ur always making hard stuff

[@sleepyredpanda2643]

This guy has so much patience, I wouldn’t last 10 minutes on that one balloon

[@Etheiechief1620]

5:42 Potatochan is a troll level maker

[@felixfogo]

This was my first stream! So cool that it became a video!! Edit: there I am at 12:57 :D

[@austinglander1337]

Sanic, o Segonho yes

[@28llamas5]

Hey your gaining subscribers really fast

[@adamdapatsfan]

"The Dunkey balloon." Ah yes. I remember when he released that video. Good times.

[@thezedmain1603]

ma boi yellow skarmory at it again with the genius balloon placements

[@OwenDaBowen9]

Smallant:(takes a million tries and finnaly gets it)Yoooooo weve done ittt

[@dankdankeryetdanker2726]

The dunkey balloon is the most evil "in bounds" balloon.

[@incog0956]

This just convinced me even more than Potatochan is a god

[@vortexoku5570]

you could use the third balloon as a hiding spot:D think that would be pretty good!

[@thebestthereeverwas3318]

Luigis balloon world is the best coin grind. Everyone does the bowsers castle vine level, but just do luigis balloon world. If you rank up (which is very easy) you get 500 coins and if people look for your balloons, you still get money!

[@jjjosie_]

the phrase 'Luigi's Balloon Word' seems so strange to me..... all i know is loogi baloogi

[@KatM26]

the dunkey balloon gave me flashbacks

[@wanderingvagrant1551]

this man can beat the hardest speed run of this game he cant find bloones in trees

[@bloodshot7954]

my fav smallant1 video

[@tmbocheeko]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa is that POTATOCHAN I SEE 5:41

[@enderstrikegaming8578]

Cappy can murder 50 enemy's at once by homing into them and spinning so fast it breaks there skin apart, but cant find a balloon in a tree?

[@jessecabral4372]

12:06 these messages in chat are savage lmao

[@averageaccount4366]

Of course Potatochan's balloon is the trolliest one.

[@AngieLikesGirls]

9:38 simpleflips has his BLJ... smallant has this ballon

[@Doomannater]

ant: i can kill you, doesnt mean its easy luigi in the background: oh yah

[@sethblack8828]

when he said he did,nt know what the dunkey balloon was i cried

[@shane_kai1983]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who recognized the Dunkey Balloon

[@emilianozamora399]

Lol potato Chan made one of those Bloons lol

[@MeImgaming]

9:59 "What was that like 3 tries" Me: you literally had over 9000 coins at start

[@Flandre-Scarlet]

2:07 "That's a cool spot" *SmallAnt will remember this...*

[@Hoodiebud]

Mario is an extremely athletic person that can do crazy aerobics, yet he slides down any surface that is a tiny bit steep like paraplegic

[@Donat.3481]

I can imagine the pain of the casual players trying to find them balloons clipped in the walls.