Speedrunning Super Mario but the game changes randomly

We speedrun with a twist! The Bizhawk gamr shuffler lets you play multiple games at the same time and randomly switches between them!
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#Kosmic #Mario #Speedrun

[@Kosmicd12]

Uncut version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5-lXnl6qpyljJI

[@MINE_OK]

9 hours ago wtf lol

[@JohnLattanzio98]

​@@boxcutter56No? You commented AFTER he did so it was much later than two hours

[@ryanbunn5600]

I hope you see this comment Kosmicd or anyone who can answer this. How do you do that where the game randomly changes

[@edge3220]

I wish you could watch each game back individually and see Mario suddenly make weird decisions mid-level.

[@Joel-pl6lh]

Oh man that would be so cool!

[@CeeJayThe13th]

I mean they could edit it like that but it probably just wouldn't really be worth it for what would come from it.

[@joshgirndt4896]

@@CeeJayThe13th knowing the context it would be worth it

[@undercomposition]

I was thinking of making that.

@@undercomposition I comment for update if it's done one day

[@hauntedsunsets]

it's really interesting the way this technically gets easier the more games you complete, but really starts to feel more difficult as the games left are the later levels of the games you struggle with the most

[@jonathanbarkins8480]

While getting exponentially more tilted

[@2NDFLB]

▪️ ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️ *BREAKING & ENTERING FORM* ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️ ⬛️

[@tomash1974]

4:22 my man accelerated so fast that he ended up 2 games ahead

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

88 miles per hour

[@vinodwasnik4]

@@randomguyontheinternet7940 420 miles per hour

[@ultrio325]

This is a prime example of the phenomena known as *time dialation.*

[@TehChozen1]

@@vinodwasnik4 No

[@vinodwasnik4]

@@TehChozen1 yes

[@litelbrown]

"I'll probably fall in a hole and die." Truer words have never been spoken.

[@feralkitty9378]

How did you say that so fast

[@litelbrown]

@@feralkitty9378 somehow managed to pull this video up 22 seconds after it went up.

[@SuperYoonHo]

yeah ?

[@purevessle2641]

It would be even more true if you remove everything but "I will probably"

[@_Sp4ce_]

Imagine how crazy it’d be if it randomly transitioned into the 3D games as well.

[@NOT_A_ROBOT]

The entire Mainline Mario Marathon 🤔

[@329link]

The 3D games would last significantly longer for sure, but that would be pretty cool regardless.

[@melee_fox4954]

@@NOT_A_ROBOT That would take wayyy longer than 24h lmaoo

[@NOT_A_ROBOT]

@@melee_fox4954 1 month 👀

[@jonathanbarkins8480]

Which controller would he use? Not a bad idea though

[@clothinghanger6978]

A switch during a pipe transition would be hilarious

[@cuddlecakes7153]

Mario but everytime I go into a pipe it switches games

[@gustogay190]

@@cuddlecakes7153 Everytime you enter pipes, enter doors, climb a vine, or clear a level.

[@329link]

I love how it almost becomes a form of psychological warfare. You're constantly paranoid about when the next switch will happen and which game it'll be, and it causes things like panicking during a boomboom fight.

[@Mark_LaCroix]

This is incredible. The Boom Boom death in particular shows how this format forces speedrunners to actually *play* the games instead of relying on memorialization and practiced technique. I'd love to see this in a race format, where the games switch at the same time for both runners.

[@oldvlognewtricks]

I also like that it encourages strategic play to select a safe spot, rather than rushing ahead

[@MeesterTweester]

Watching this without paying attention what's a shuffle and what's a jump cut edit The shuffle is a really interesting idea

[@surestab]

Yeah all the cuts kind of breaks the immersion of the shuffles having an effect on his gameplay.

[@CatCube2]

@@surestab Yeah, this is one of the few videos where the editor is in a bind, because everything he does makes it worse. I kept having to rewind 5 s to see if the skip was Kosmic getting juked by the game or just a cut by the editor. I might have to go watch this on the VOD if there's one available.

[@IllusoryMaze]

I found the beginning a bit confusing, but from World 8 in SMB I felt the edits started flowing much better.

[@surestab]

@@CatCube2 That's a great idea! I'll have a look for one too.

[@gave2haze]

Gotta keep one eye on the facecam the whole time to tell lol Also hi MT, first Reddit now youtube! You really are everywhere

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

I love how relaxed this guy is. It's fun to see a speed runner who occasionally plays some casual games and comes up with interesting challenges for speedrunning purely for fun. It's also cathartic to watch a speed runner struggle to beat a game normally.

[@CATLOAFMAN]

I love how smb2j is sapossed to be harder yet he struggles with smb2a a lot more

[@imprincesswolfy2565]

Because Doki Doki Panic! Isn’t a real Mario game

[@mariesyvian8187]

@@imprincesswolfy2565 why would that make him struggle more with smb2a?

[@imprincesswolfy2565]

@@mariesyvian8187 would Kosmic be Global Elite or Radiant because he speedruns SMB1 and SMB2? No. Same with that non Mario game Doki Doki Panic!

[@mariesyvian8187]

@@imprincesswolfy2565 I don't understand what you're saying Also as far as Nintendo is concerned, SMB2A is a real mario game

[@Danewd98sChannelgaming]

@@imprincesswolfy2565 It's a Mario game, I know it doesn't feel like one. But it's a Mario game and I think most people agree that it's a Mario game, even if it is just a reskin of DDP.

[@stapler942]

It would have been hilarious if the end screen of SMB1 kept coming back and you just had to wait it out.

[@gurvmlk]

Agreed. One might call it a waste of time, but I think it would be amusing just having to sit there in anticipation. Having no idea what's coming next, or when. Especially since your hand might be off the buttons, making it that much more awkward to suddenly need to be doing whatever the next game throws you into. Not to mention that wait would be nerve-racking because you would be focused entirely on the wait, rather than being focused on the game you're playing in the moment.

[@ThatGuy_33]

It took me far too long to realize that this video wasn’t just edited weirdly

[@quinn7894]

I know what's going on and it still seems like it's edited weirdly.

[@theonlymegumegu]

for sure, i was def like, "wait, was that an edit or a shuffle?" the whole time XD

[@Haanski]

It took me too long to realize IT WAS lol

[@GMPranav]

To be fair, it's indeed weird that both the emulator game swap and the video moving forward are both rough cuts. But again 2 hours of unedited footage probably won't fit the main channel. Maybe actual video cuts could have had a different transition.

[@AdrianHereToHelp]

I actually love how sometimes your inputs for one game go through the other; it makes it feel like there's a momentum there and you're literally running between universes or whatever

[@NCozy]

It's hard to tell what is happening when you constantly cut and shuffle games and you can't tell the difference unless you stare at the timer/webcam

[@enchilada7765]

They were pretty easy to catch up with him commenting over what he's doing

[@graduator14]

Amazing! I wonder how many possibilities there are... Imagine going from SMB1, to Super Mario 64, to Mario Kart 64, to Mario teaches typing, to Hotel Mario, to Super Mario Odyssey!

[@DarzieP]

13:53 The genuine fright 😂

[@davidandrewwiebeofficial]

Catchphrase of this episode: "I gotta be really careful..."

[@trayson]

i love how it ends with him just struggling to play smb2 normally, lol

[@drainer3339]

i cant blame him, thats the only mario game i havent beat without save states, ive even beat lost levels before but not that

[@yamatohime2035]

I saw it was done with 8 games including: Contra, Mario, Adventure Island, Ninja Gaiden, Chip&Dale, TMNT3 and others. You can only choose real-time games for this challenge. Was funny to see how streamer was switched in the middle of jump or during boss fights where you require precise positioning...

[@BIayne]

I want to see someone load 3 Zelda Randomizer Seeds into this emulator lol

[@coolpapabell22]

You mean like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHezd3ykhJVgjqM ?

[@329link]

That would be amazing

[@TransRoofKorean]

I wanna see him do this twenty times in a week and see what his actual best speedrun is. Because I like seeing Kosmic in pain.

[@Nob1ej0n]

Now that is one chaotic ROM hack! Very entertaining! Glad it wasn't me. Haha 16:15 That seriously shot my adrenaline up! Don't tease us like that! LOL

[@ericpoore2063]

It’s actually not a rom hack, instead a emulator plugin for Bizhawk called “Bizhawk Shuffler”. Works with any number of games across a wide selection of consoles. Anything Bizhawk has support for should work

[@quinn7894]

Suggestion: Release only the parts from one game for each four games.

[@enchilada7765]

His commentary would make no sense

[@JM-dq7xn]

It will just look like he's bad at games / having a stroke

[@bobcoleman9045]

I love this idea!!

[@iantaakalla8180]

But it would be worth it to see him play badly. In particular, he should at least splice together all the SMB2 USA stuff.

[@undercomposition]

Over the past month I did exactly that. You can check it out here: kzbin.info/aero/PLaA7qgonsxRG5lemDwUctzOdtxoIKnZ6f

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

16:15 “Should we tempt fate? No! What are you doing? 🤣😂🤣😂

[@theonlymegumegu]

dude, one of my fave vids of yours, this was a hilarious game play idea! this is prolly just cause I'm coming off watching the various smb races from sgdq this year, but this game would make a sick live race!

[@hisham_hm]

You seemed be having a lot more fun than usual in this one!!

[@DaRealGrossBurger5]

I really love the idea and concept. Great Job!

[@pvawterpvawter]

This was a blast to watch :-). Thanks for putting yourself through the torture for all of us, and for taking it so gracefully.

[@MINE_OK]

13:13 Kosmic: “Don’t switch” Shuffler: *But it’s opposite day.*

[@Luke-wz4em]

Watching the runs spliced back to a continuous game run might also be really funny to watch 😂

[@Vhs.dreams]

I love your Mario videos🔥 Keep up that great content

[@daev3000]

That was wildly entertaining. I'd love to see you run this whole thing again some time.

[@Sparksterlot]

This is hilarious! Keep up the good work 👍

[@efrenb5]

Kudos man. That was crazy.

[@Pentazer]

Watching Kosmic's mind liquefy in this run is fantastic.

[@WiFi-qj5kr]

This would be an insane official game, like imagine each stage it switches completely different game mechanics

[@jruss609]

They just did a Mario all stars shuffle in AGDQ 2023, but honestly, this is much more impressive. Switching every 1-15 seconds is so much harder than the 30-60es sec switch. All that is to say that I’m still so impressed by this run!

[@cayiika]

Did you recognize whether you're in SMB1 or SMB2-J just as instantaneously as with the visually different SMB2-U and SMB3 or do those take a couple more moments to register? Just wondering because that feels like something I'd struggle with but you've obviously played both of them a LOT.

[@legoboy7107]

Outside of maybe water levels since those are the only stages that remain visually completely identical between both games, if you become familiar enough with both games it's not that hard to tell which game is which, Lost Levels has so many slightly altered sprites that it ends up looking and feeling fairly distinct from SMB1 (the best word I'd use to describe it is it looks more "rugged"), especially in overworld and underground sections. Even in water levels the HUD text at the top has shadows in Lost Levels whereas SMB1 does not. So with enough familiarity it becomes nearly as easy to identify which of those two it is as with the other two games, just takes some getting used to. No problem at all for Kosmic, I'd imagine, with all his experience.

[@Debuttfes]

This was a blast to watch lmao

[@racerking5901]

Seeing super Mario bros 2 gameplay made me feel so nostalgic. I played the game once 15+ years ago and I totally forgot about it. But as you played through the levels I recognized a bunch of stuff

[@themarioguy]

13:14 “ok don’t switch” switches Kosmic - 2022

[@youtuboomer1948]

I watched full version on Twich. Thank you! You can have switch run between Dr. Mario and Yoshi's Cookie or another Mario NES Spin Off

[@isprobablyjobhunting]

The youtube algorithm failed me by not showing me your channel sooner. Thanks for the chill.

[@eat-lc5rx]

This is a really neat gimmick, bet it'd work well for a ton of different platformers. Could see sonic 1/2/3&K/CD being fun to do all at once.

[@gizmoduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu2773]

i think someone already did that although i'm not sure they included CD

[@succojones]

there's one where it changes when you touch a ring

[@tygical]

imagine he goes in a pipe, it swaps to another game, and when he's in a transition in that game, it swaps to the one he previously went in a pipe in. that would be sick like a pipe leading to another game

[@aqpleclips]

this is actually such a cool concept i would love to see something like this but for the 3d games

[@brinleyhamer729]

What controller do you use?

[@Dan-ji4db]

This is frickin hilarious 😂

[@fostena]

Crazy how you didn't game over, not even once! You truly are an elite speedrunner, Kosmic

[@JohnLattanzio98]

It'd be cool to see the speed runs spliced together from this

[@BrainSlugs83]

Dude, if you mastered this, I would watch the crap out of it at GDQ. That's freaking cool.

[@arfansthename]

"Let the games begun." "The Bizhawk gamr shuffler" - Kosmic, July 2022

[@joecaljapan]

This was fun to watch

[@FinagleBagel]

Cool concept! If I can figure out how, I might yoink it for a different franchise 😂

[@Danflave]

Having Phanto and the Sun chasing you at the same time -- INDEED a true childhood nightmare!

[@TheOfficialDorianelevator]

12:54 i died of laughter at that part 💀💀💀💀💀

[@JetSetDman]

"Here we go, it has begun, we have at least three seconds of SMB1" bars

[@GretgorPooper]

I'm impressed Kosmic managed to retain his sanity throughout this whole ordeal!

[@elliottryan13]

Loved this shit! Good job bro

[@andrewzublionis1217]

Each shift is like waking up from a dream - “Aw man, I was just about to do this thing…”

[@hellishhybrid1839]

This is legitimately stressing me out to watch. I can't imagine trying to play this.

[@CallingSkoot]

6:13 man jumped on a spring in Lost Levels and lands on an airship in SMB3

[@iprobablysuck9107]

the game switching from us mario 2 to three seconds of the level ending in jp mario 2 and then immediately back is really funny, like out of a cartoon

[@serioushex3893]

how wild! i can beat each game individually just fine, but i think i'd be throwing so hard just trying to switch game logic on the fly over and over.

[@jacobtrapp3772]

The way Kosmic talks just makes you immediately think 'man, this dude is such a great guy and is instantly my best friend. Boy Kosmic be so coo and chill' or is all of that just me..? WHY DOESN'T HE HAVE MORE SUBSCRIBERS.. Quality freaking content bro

[@MikuChanAnimations]

wish there was a VOD for this

[@jevogroni4829]

i like the layer of strategy this adds.

[@CharlyHyo]

13:03 about that trick, it can be done in the All Stars version, SMB1 you can do it like in SMB The Lost Levels, the difference is that the Hammer Bros in SMB1 are static in one place

[@clous_]

This Takes Multi Tasking To A New Level

[@ros9764]

This reminds me of the Classic Sonic games challenge but instead of the game changing every time you pick up a ring, the games just randomly change on their own

[@Omega_thehusky]

this is actually so sick lol wonder if something like this for Zelda could be done or i guess without knowing hows this works the 3d games

[@MrTASer]

Great gamer finally gets his hands on my favourite emulator !

[@CeeJayThe13th]

Normally I watch stuff like this and want to do it because it looks like so much fun. This, however, looks like an absolute nightmare to me.

[@endlessoul]

Getting Everything Everywhere All At Once vibes this is excellent

[@jcorona984]

Trying to do a 100% of all 4 games under these circumstances would be insane.

[@rays7805]

This is like that episode of Futurama where the time kept jumping. Remember how the Harlem Globetrotters kept skipping ahead and could keep the momentum of their game going?

[@alexleo-wolf4339]

This randomizer is my spirit animal.

[@theherk]

I expected this to be funny. I did not expect it to hurt my sides. Good grief. Top shelf entertainment right here.

[@nemojimeister8769]

This was a really funny xd nice vid kosmic

[@frenfudiz]

12:11 i love that series

[@lordmuaddib]

ok this is hilarious! bizhawk mario race together with other speedrunners when? :D should be bonkers

[@mancinitruckinginc]

51:16 on game timer. Best death ever LOL 🤣

[@ayoitscat]

This video was so fun

[@neodymeum6383]

This is such a unqiue concept i love it

[@SylentEcho]

Forget Contra, this is the real treadmill of doom, lol

[@anthonybalista7421]

Speed running it aside, I feel like the hardest part of this would be the constantly swapping jump mechanics between the various games. Each Mario game had its own precision during jumps and having to adjust on the fly like that would mess me up horribly.

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

Looking at you laughing while being absolutely destroyed by the game really brings an unexplaiable cheer~

[@gurvmlk]

The truest joy of gaming is when you can laugh off failure, rather than flip out over it.

[@gurvmlk]

This program seems hilariously amusing. I'm no speed runner, but I still think I could have a blast messing around with it.

[@WiFi-qj5kr]

It's crazy how fast you switch between them

[@supermariofan]

"I want anxiety personified in all the NES Mario games."

[@xenxander]

Catch phrase for this: "So we're doing this now."

[@puffingdragons]

Love the content

[@FloydianSystem]

Is there a vod of this on YT? I'd love to watch it

[@Rikysonic]

This is the gaming version of context switching at work

[@DracoGalboy]

I kinda want to see this recut into each game playthrough start to finish/until beat. In release order.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Adam Prenger is doing it but don’t expect it to be quick. Currently he has finished the SMB1 splice.

[@Ventiglondalator]

Accel so fast Mario went several years forward in time

[@aBlackMage]

I've seen this be done with Fire Emblem and Pokemon before, but never a real-time game like Mario. Neat.

[@yamatohime2035]

I saw it was done with 8 games including: Contra, Mario, Adventure Island, Ninja Gaiden, Chip&Dale, TMNT3 and others. You can only choose real-time games for this challenge.

[@Ultimaximus]

I didn't have any trouble or confusion watching this, so I don't relate to the other commenters. This one seemed stressful, Kosmic would sometimes just die even when it didn't switch games, likely since he's worried about it switching at any possible moment. If the switches weren't random, then it would allow for some more strategy, hopefully it wouldn't be too easy though.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Then after all that ended, between frustration and not actually being good at SMB2 US he died again a few times until two hours and something.

[@supergrendel]

Kosmic still beats all 3 games faster this way than I do playing them by themselves lol