Super Mario Land 2's Long Speedrun History

[@Storster]

Thank you so much for watching! Did not expect this unofficial sequel to be so long, but it had to be done!! Major shoutouts to AdamFerrari64 and Oh_Deer for both contributing to and proofreading the script for me! Twitch: www.twitch.tv/storster/ Twitter: twitter.com/Storsterr/ Discord: discord.gg/ysJ7KdN

[@therebel4630]

Hi, there are still several Mario games nobody has covered. For example the original New super Mario brothers.

[@jezierskioliwier2212]

This game can be completed how you want, kinda like a linear-sandbox hybrid And most importantly It has gordos

[@Controllerhead]

I'm so happy this exists now. Awesome to relive this. Thanks for making it!

[@AdamFerrari64]

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[@Controllerhead]

@@AdamFerrari64 Adam! THE CHOSEN ONE!!!

[@eBloodyCandy]

Yeah - this was actually really interesting to watch. I didn't know much about the run pre-2017

[@DanzelGlovington]

Mitten Freeman approves

[@lothrazar]

Controller your lives were the best miss u

[@chrismartyniuk5725]

Piraeus here. Big thanks to Storster for taking the time to put this together and everyone involved. Was really great to go back over the old days and see everything that's happened since then. Really enjoyed this!

[@AdamFerrari64]

🙀🔥🔥

[@Storster]

Awesome to see you still lurking around! Thank you so much for being a huge help! It's awesome you were able to dig some records up! Thank you again!

[@NinetyLegos]

It feels like Darbian is in almost every speedrun history of Mario

[@alecrutz956]

super darbio bros

[@dandastardly2792]

I really like how detailed you are about the progression of games in videos. I feel like i watch the speedruns build on each other as opposed to jumping in time.

[@SPY-ce8qf]

I really appreciate the songs being listed in the description. Most don't do that and your choices are so good.

[@AdamFerrari64]

The only thing I like more than this video is Controllerheads Hair! Great work, who knows what awaits!

[@Controllerhead]

Grow hair shave seconds. GGs Champ!

[@AdamFerrari64]

@@Controllerhead YES - TY man 🔥 you too!

[@Amy-si8gq]

me: im so jealous storster: jealous of all the world records, right? me: *looking at the message in the chat that said "im eating nutella right out of the jar"* storster: of the world records, right????

[@kobjgdewschucrvtubnkm]

Im so happy you've made this video! I constantly look for people running this game, it doesn't get enough love. Thought for a while to maybe start trying myself, but I wouldn't know where to find time haha other game with same story (for me) is Wario Land, feels like it really just slipped through the cracks.

[@kobjgdewschucrvtubnkm]

if I'd ever want to I should start now before this video blows up haha

[@diewurzeldawids3436]

This is so well done! A true masterpiece! These are the kinds of Documentaries I wanna watch!

[@hueoskar4877]

I absolutely love your Videos! This is just a game that wasn‘t given much attention on real big channels, so it‘s great to have the history in compact now

[@lich-king2298]

Love learning about the history of speedrun games. Great video

[@shad0wphoenix1]

Great video, storster!!! Can’t wait for more documentary style videos like this!! :3

[@adamuber41219]

Kudos Storster, been subscribed for a while, keep grinding and you’ll be a KZbin great in no time 🥳

[@mrmoneybags]

Great video!! This really took me back. Thanks for putting in all the hard work to make this video happen. I hope there will be more to come.

[@3nc0d3r6]

Can you tell me name of track playing from 1:40?

[@drewhavens3821]

Keep making amazing content bro, you’re up there with the great content creators. Quality work each time.

[@bkrich]

Thanks for making this 👍🏼

[@Ardendev]

This is one of my favorite games of all time, glad to see it getting some recognition

[@artificialallium]

It was my first and favorite mario game.

[@marshmellow9281]

1:00 great Jerma985 impression!

[@Nikedemos]

YES. Another quality Storster video. Your channel is about to blow up!

[@Wuwuwuowow]

This video was really interesting! It's my life's side quest to try and speed run this game and maybe one day get as good as these guys. Super Mario land 6 gold coins is my favourite mario game that I own :3

[@woopslap]

Thanks for listing the star song in the description, was gonna go search for that

[@MeesterTweester]

I beat this game last year so I'm excited for this

[@thebettergamer2988]

Keep it up buddy !! love this stuff

[@hollowcloplover9539]

Now that beatbox intro already hyped me up

[@RandomBurfness]

As it stands, this is a thorough explanation of how the world record time of the any% category of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins was lowered over the years. But I feel like the midpoint of the video is you just saying "oh and then the time was lowered again", and without mentioning strategy changes I don't really have a solid grasp on why the time was lowered. The takeaway from this video that I see, is that it's mostly just subtle gameplay differences that aren't very apparent to the uninitiated viewer. There was maybe like two strategy changes that you mentioned and it got somewhat repetitive in the middle. Maybe spread out some juicy information about the strategies used throughout the video so people can better understand why the times were changed? I dunno.

[@williamferguson8543]

I enjoyed the video, and also agree that there’s some constructive criticism here. I would have liked some background information on why you need to visit certain zones in the game, why the any% category has 22 exits, and what strategies propelled runners forward. A mix of the personalities, records, and strategies is hard to balance, but maybe not all of the back and forth record taking was needed. That said, thanks for making the video and I’m inspired to try this game out (causally).

[@conorleighton7644]

whatt an amazing collection of videos. so much effort its really appreciated. brilliant history brought to light.

[@MaxsMarioMania]

It’s nice to have such an underrated game get a bit of love in Speedruns

[@ultra_exists]

Me and the boys waiting for new Storster video 😳

[@Future_Genesis]

Nice video, you did a great job on it

[@Storster]

Thank you! :D

[@KJgameplay14]

Awesome video! I hope you cover the Wario Land games as well in the future!

[@YoloYester94]

THE STAAAAAR SOOOOOONG!

[@El_Chompo]

Wow great job on the video m8

[@Ccrey_]

I like how it went from brief to long

[@DaVince21]

Really enjoy that intro.

[@Real_Artician]

A long wait for a long vid 😄

[@raiccoon13]

Gameboy nostalgia just got revived, definitely going to watch this for the next hour :)

[@JP54704]

Wake up honey, Storster uploaded a new video.

[@TaylorSwiftSimp]

this video is so cool your are so awesome pattie wow keep up the videos

[@Soothsayer_13]

Nice video

[@SPY-ce8qf]

Anyone know what song starts playing at 53:08?

[@ssjrose9641]

I love the background music!

[@bryceherdt2363]

22:36 "Shorey-upiff"? I think the name is actually a reference to "shoryuken," which is (usually) a Street Fighter reference. So "Shoryupiff" would be pronounced "sho-ryu-piff," though "shor-yoo-piff" is probably close enough.

[@Storster]

Very well could be. Runners said my pronunciation was good enough lmao

[@connorgross3410]

19:13 hi dad

[@patrickdempsey7244]

hey man! good video and i loved SML2 If i can add an opinion, I was really excited clicking on this video to learn about the changes in routes and how the speedrunning process progressed, but this video could have been much closer to 20-25 minutes. i don't think there was a need to go over every.. single... run.. whenever there was a new WR. The first 10 minutes were great, and then I kept skipping forward 2-5 minutes until the end before anything became interesting. Just my opinion but good work!

[@djtomoy]

I’d forgotten how fresh and original this game is

[@denisgaming5686]

This is very underrated!

[@amcbray844]

Never played this game but have watched a few videos on it, super excited!

[@Muzzino]

How has nobody commented on how epic the music in this video is?

[@Larszard]

Anyone know what the song is which ends around 35:16 ?

[@jatloe]

BRIEF -> LONG

[@retrogameroom9019]

Do I need to know about the bus leaving in this game

[@StepBaum]

Great video :)

[@zion6680]

Holy shit I thought this was Mr.Sark's channel for a ssecond with the red S lol

[@elliothazelton4489]

That FUNKY STAR-SOOOOONNNNGGG!!!!

[@ashisharky]

Can I get a timestamped list of songs please? I don't want to be searching the whole video for every song change to find a specific song

[@jasonpm213]

But 770 isn't divisable by 4...

[@srich040]

Well done!

[@michaelhackman3195]

Awesome content! Only criticism would be the song at ~4:30 might be too busy for talking over

[@Storster]

Thanks!!

[@epsilon_psilon]

10/10 thumbnail

[@GhostHostMemories]

I'd love to hear a history of the glitch speed run.

[@alessandrorossi1294]

Please include people's back stories and what trials and tribulations they went through to make milestone achievements. I would like to know what were the difficult things they had to do to achieve their times and what things they did to accomplish them. A lot of this video is "this guy got this time, and then he beat it 2 days later by half a second, then a week later another guy beat it by half a second, and then came back to beat it by another half second! and then three days later someone else beat that by a half second, making it below X:Y0 for the first time. then a week later another guy beat it by a half second..." A missed opportunity was discussing the SML2 practice rom hack: what skills did it train, how did it work? can we get a demo of how it helped players? I got into this like a half hour, maybe 40 minutes?, and couldn't go on. Maybe the end is really juicy but I wouldn't know, if that's the case large amounts of this should have been cut. I say all this as someone who has been subbed since you had 1k subs. You clearly are putting a lot of work into this and there is clearly potential, which is why I subbed.

[@AdamFerrari64]

Bruh you missed out on the best part 👀🔥

[@signastytv5954]

I’m glad the nasty made it into this

[@cdrsmm1909]

Another amazing video! Can't wait for you to blow up 😉

[@GTM_]

fuck yess ive been looking forward to this

[@innisjohnston]

Song at 1:40?

[@ArmadisRock]

Trying to find it myself

[@ricklewis2068]

Are the colors completely different on all these runs due to Super Game Boy palettes?

[@Storster]

correct!

[@sophiegrey9576]

The star song sounds like you're in first place in mario kart 8

[@Shadow64]

Dope vid

[@LarviStarSLJ]

Alright, me being a proven runner of SML2, I have some things to talk about here: "adam's zone" when you were mentioning Mario Zone. lol Overall, the history showcase was really hitting home towards the last 15 minutes, but some portions of the WR timeline were missing something. That could be stemmed from a lack of overall game knowledge in earlier years, and the issue of Twitch VODs being prone to just being scrubbed on command and thus deleted VODs no longer have their highlights up, thus lost media forever. Lastly, a personal big pet peeve I have as of now watching this, and I am sorry if this comes off as personal...no mention of any strategies I have accidentally discovered due to irrelevance to WR history? At least you have thanked the community of SML2 runners, but time and time again, people like I have helped make dreams a reality. Lag reduction, the "primarily tool-assisted strat" and how it leans on borderline superhuman abilities, mainly. You listen to me, video game! You better come at the king, you'd best not miss! --AdamFerrari64

[@Storster]

Hello. Thanks for the feedback. It's nothing personal if I missed any little details or anything, the video was already nearing an hour haha. You'd be correct about some parts being missing due to Twitch VODs being broken. 3 Records have either mostly if not fully broken VODs.

[@kkeithf]

Good vid

[@devansurf]

This deserves so many for views

[@JohnGunn-]

It really is a fun game. They did an amazing job making a fun mario game. Even with the gameboys limitations they made it work. Great music, level design and mechanics. Great memories.

[@msdcrafter8336]

Good video

[@GretgorPooper]

TIL Carl ran Super Mario Land 2 way back then! I'm a huge Carl fan and didn't know that!

[@richarddavis8863]

You said some runners ran this game on an emulator and it got me thinking, how would you even capture the video if you WEREN'T emulating it? Is it an actual piece of hardware they plug into an old Gameboy?

[@Storster]

There was a Super Game Boy add on made for the Super Nintendo. Tons of runners use the Japanese only Super Game Boy 2, which has proper game speeds. You’re allowed to convert your time if you use the original one.

[@richarddavis8863]

@@Storster oh wow okay yeah I remember Super Gameboys, SNES taught me to read lol. Rad that it still has a place in the speedrunner's arsenal!

[@Jazerus]

I enjoyed this video, but I feel like there are a few things that could be improved for your future videos. I know it's been a while since you made this one, but I think it's an effective illustration of a few issues you could clean up to make your videos more compelling. 1. Your phrasing is often a bit awkward or simply incorrect, particularly when transitioning from talking about one record to another. For example at 6:35 you say that Mugg's run was "yet from perfect" (rather than "far from perfect"); at 9:08 you say you won't "go down" the controversy of using emulators (rather than "go over"); at 10:18 you say that we may have noticed "how close the time was towards a new goal" ('to' would sound much better than 'towards'); at 12:12 you say that the phase "aligns up" (rather than "lines up"); around 12:20 you say "at the time" twice in the same sentence; and so on. I noticed a lot of these in the Mario Land 1 video as well. I know this sounds incredibly nitpicky, but the overall effect of having strange phrasing every few minutes is very distracting. It also calls attention to the fact that you're reading from a script, as these are generally errors that a person would make in writing rather than speaking conversationally; overall, the goal with this kind of video is to sound conversational even though it's prewritten. 2. I would have to echo previous comments that you sometimes don't examine what a run did differently from previous runs in enough detail to be interesting. Simply saying that a runner came back and was more/less sloppy in a particular section than the previous record isn't very compelling; if there's a long string of records like this, you could simply summarize them by saying that the record went back and forth while displaying all of the times together, and talk about common mistakes or new strategies within that group of records as a whole. 3. Finally, to return to the "sound conversational" point, varying your emphasis and pace while reading from the script to sound more like you're talking to the audience rather than, well, reading the script, would be more effective. It can be hard to listen to someone speaking consistently at exactly the same pace for a long time. You're far from the worst presenter I've ever heard, but it could be a bit spicier and more personal-feeling. I apologize in advance if these are largely issues you've fixed since this video since I am catching up on your more recent work, but I felt like this all needed to be said since overall I think your videos are fundamentally strong, just with a few weak points that you could address.

[@Cyclingismywholelife]

I like the part when he said Cycle!

[@nugboy420]

Good game tho cuz as a child I used to play this in gameboy in my car and would get car sick and now every time I try to play it I get nauseous hearing the wonderful music lol

[@HEX_17]

At 36:56 there is a free GarageBand sample called above and beyond synth, it is pitched up 2 semitones

[@alanavery5412]

What emulator (or if you used super gameboy 1/2 or the gameboy player for game cube) did you use to get those colors?

[@get_real]

:o yes

[@ISellSigals]

Nice one.

[@-.1_]

I found out that りんりん beat the game in 27:54 on August 9, 2010

[@dandastardly2792]

Super mario land 2 needs a re release

[@matthewconley7568]

Give this game a couple years in this category. Someone will bring it under 25 minutes

[@jayyy_doggg]

as a runner of this game, with current human viable strategies the limit is looking at around a low 26:09/high 26:08, so we're still a few major breakthroughs away from sub 26, let alone sub 25 :)

[@ArmadisRock]

What is the song playing right after star song?

[@ArmadisRock]

Two years later and we haven't found it yet

[@fryingmachine571]

Brilliant

[@RandomnessMusician]

Storster good

[@Umbreon_Eevee]

Just played this game today

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

Pls make a Super Mario Land 3 speedrun history

[@israelgutierrez9304]

Thanks

[@gmdrandom6287]

ILUVMARIO

[@GRNKRBY]

I think emulators are less controversial these days (at least in the communities I'm familiar with).

[@koolaid33]

This is one of my favorite mario games and is one of the best 2D Mario's there are.

[@bobbydog6762]

40:35

[@joselekiwi5695]

Puts kats Puts kats

[@Cheese001]

Nice

[@oreocereal2]

this is some good shit