Super Mario Bros. 3 - James and Mike Mondays

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

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[@arkeiou_]

my wife left me

[@yournamegoeshere7584]

@@arkeiou_ that sucks bruh

[@Light_3209]

@@arkeiou_ OOF.

[@chaTzon]

I need to cut my toe nails

[@tinkywinkyfan1deldiosbanan204]

You can make more angry video game nerd like sega nerd playstation nerd tiger eletronics nerd nintendo nerd atari nerd and also colors

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_"I think that inside every adult is the heart of the child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act like an adult."_ *~ Shigeru Miyamoto*

[@TelvanniWizardMoneyGang]

What a load of crap.

[@jamieoconnell4574]

This speaks to me deeply.

[@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx]

4000 year old Telvanni wizard no u

[@DarthHastur]

We all have a inner child. The true question is whether you listen to it .

[@yournamegoeshere7584]

miyamoto is one deep man like, deeper than mr rogers

[@nationoflonegunmen]

When James kicked off the run by hitting B to start World 1-1, I knew this was going to be exactly what I hoped for.

[@johneygd]

Well i am so surprised how much james has forgotten about smb3 ,he probably didn't played it for 12 years, i also like how he says " am already 39 so i can't play it anymore" haha.

[@MrSheckstr]

The only “mistake involving MB3 is the lack of a save function

[@larryacup5343]

And he kept hitting the B button. If B don't work, there's not a lot of other options of buttons to hit lol

[@thecunninlynguist]

@@johneygd that's a lame excuse. I'm close to his age and remember most secrets in Mario 3. The only ones I never committed to memory were white houses in every world (only really know world 1, 2's ) or how to get the coin ship.

[@mutt-the-barbarian]

The real reason is that he's played so many games where b and a are swapped that he's conditioned for that.

[@battletoads82]

James : Hey Mike I'm on level 6 where you at? Mike: I just beat the game for the 2nd time...

[@HendarsChannel]

lol

[@TJSpyke]

I don't know why, but I find it weird that James refers to levels as "worlds" (i.e. saying he was on world 3 when he was on World 1-3)

[@kh7955]

@@TJSpyke except he was on world 3-1. You apparently weren't paying attention

[@Lebowski333]

kh7955 nah he says world 3 when he forgets to get the whistle on 1-3 to be fair

[@mobius187]

he's so bad

[@jeffreyjeffrey007]

I sorely miss J&M Mondays.

[@ScruffsX]

I really loved this series too

[@wayofthewicked]

bring back j and m mondays nouw!!!! :D

[@zacharymusgrove6174]

I agree completely

[@Arthur19-v3y]

Not me. I re-watch the gold. It'll live forever here.

[@DS-MartianManhunter]

Same

[@gregsmith9183]

There is James struggling and cursing his way through the game. Whilst Mike takes a leasurly stroll chatting away and beats the game.

[@alexsilva28]

How the turns have tabled

[@GraemeGunn]

Lol leasurly. Everyone has spell check.

[@mervcobault6604]

All these James and Mike Mondays I'm shocked at how BAD James is at video games.... Like, even classics he's talked about hundreds of times and can't even navigate the map?

[@bigbadbootydaddy3210]

James really sucks at video games. He's lost the power and the touch and the passion

[@verisimilitude6862]

Big Bad Booty Daddy I don’t think he was ever good 🤣

[@williammoore1030]

I guess James didnt play as much Mario 3 as a kid, those whistles are ingrained in my memory for all time. When I pick up that game it is as if my mind goes into autopilot.

[@pumajlr]

I played this game a lot as a kid and i have no idea where to find them, because i didn't use them, for the same reason James said. Why do i want to skip levels? I want to play them!

[@JWG.LLC_The_Artist]

I know there noobs

[@tank8285]

@@pumajlr I think James only said that because he didnt know where or how to get the whistles. When I was a kid, we were obsessed with beating the games. That could be done quicker and easier with the whistles.

[@mrtree1368]

Gettin all the coins in certain levels to get other secret flutes I never knew till a few years ago and a couple hidden areas with items

[@megamob5834]

Yep

[@swiftwrath9526]

Lol, he's spent so much time playing bad games, he's forgotten how to play the good ones...

[@willian4428]

James was never good.

[@calebjanus2000]

He was never great at games. He wanted to make movies and just happened to make videos of him playing games so he could make movies.

[@Gogeta2501]

Neither are you guys he is pretty good

[@_PuppetMaster86]

Willian Tavares He beat Ghosts and Goblins on NES. Nuff said.

[@Gogeta2501]

@@_PuppetMaster86 ikr xD these guys are nerds but thats alos very fitting haha if ya know what i mean hahaha

[@jeremiahsherman2718]

" Hey Lets have a race!!" Imidiately presses the wrong Button.... "Nevermind , Lets NOT race" LOL LOL

[@dengamleidiot]

Sad, really

[@bigbadbootydaddy3210]

@@dengamleidiot It really is considering he's the Nerd.

[@sniderlashley3669]

That is exactly how challenges work when you're 10 years old. That cracked me up. "Come on, you'll never win. I'm the best....wait I messed up, start over. Shoot, start over again. Never mind it's not a challenge anymore."

[@kernow5000]

I always enjoy Mikes face hiding the frustration while he teaches his grandad to play video games 😂

[@calebjanus2000]

Perfect comment for these guys. Love it.

[@doc_sav]

I think it might be more frustration that James is almost completely unable to carry on a coherent conversation while playing! Some people can't though.

[@PrinceFloof]

@@doc_sav *Focusing*

[@PatTheRedMonkey]

The amount of effort expended to edit this thing must have been indescribable. Kudos to whoever edited this thing together.

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

surely Mike

[@eddylancelotti]

When you said "You ever called a friend on a phone and played the same game" you got my like. The old style multiplayer!

[@zoiuduu]

when i was a kid i would be like: whats a phone? whatsa friend?

[@tomassmith2088]

That's too oldschool for me but I could picture it happening

[@Benobot99]

I absolutely did that and I'm only 25, haha. I especially remember that for the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games.

[@TheMisleduser]

I didnt have a phone durning the nes days lol.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

"Hey Mike, do you know how to record video conferencing calls?" "Nah, sorry, James. Don't worry, we'll just call each other on the phone and say it's a 'nostalgia' thing, nobody will give a shit."

[@zero-theaveragegamer1159]

My brother and I took an old TV and dragged it down to the basement next to his for Resident Evil 2. With the old PlayStation one and the PlayStation 2 he started with Leon and I started with Claire and we played together acting as if it was multiplayer and we went and did the same room at the same time. Play both scenarios that way and next to the original Halo, it's one of the greatest times playing video games together as brothers

[@izzymaedavidson1974]

I love it when they talk about how things used to be. James is just the best. I love his movie reviews the best probably.

[@izzymaedavidson1974]

CASE NES me too

[@Kourumeme]

James is best horror movie review, board games, and of course avgn. Mike matei is best video game reviewer retro wise

[@danelykins4409]

Honestly avgn is fun but I really am here for rental reviews and his horror stuff most of all

[@aNightmaresRequiem]

Surprised James remembers so little. I still have all the secrets and tricks burned into my memory from 25+ years ago. This is like watching someone who's never played before.

[@SteveNorwalt]

Pro tip: for the memory card game, the bottom row, far right 3 cards are always mushroom, flower, star. In that order, and every time.

[@fuzzyfennec7493]

All these years later and there's still more tricks to learn

[@SonBrimmer]

Pro tip. I never knew that. I always end up breaking out the Nintendo power.

[@_D_E_N_N_I_S_]

I just google it

[@aaron-n]

Imagine the FBI tapping these guys call and listen in on the whole thing. "They need to bring back Wart." "OHHH Big Bertha! OHHH! That is one hungry fish!"

[@zaodedong9935]

F.B.I: *Starts playing Super Mario Bros. 3*

[@axoleton]

XD

[@mario-mario822]

I expected Mike to do the Inspector Gadget voice when they were talking about Minecraft. 🤣James :"Berthaaaa!Oh Bertha! oh Bertha!" Lmao

[@taylorgrammer6725]

Watching this hour and a half of James and Mike playing Mario is way more entertainment than watching the actual Mario bros movie.

[@johnandpaul4657]

Yes!

[@Kinnakeeter]

Playing Mario's Missing is way more entertaining than watching the Mario movie

[@luiskern8910]

Many things are more entertaining than watching the mario bros. Movie

[@quackman]

They SHOULD be using the Power Glove though

[@eraser400]

Lmao yes, exactly, it was!

[@hayzeeshark88]

28:45 "i am kicking ass on this card game... look, i just kicked this card game's ass" James Rolfe - 2020

[@eraser400]

Lmao that made me laugh

[@junghunt8645]

“I wonder what happened to Lucas from The Wizard?” Uhh, you don’t wanna google that. Hint, ends in “edophilia.” Also, I think James should play Blasphemous. A fairly difficult 2D/side scroller/platformer in the vein of a gorier Zelda 2/DS vibe.

[@225films5]

i googled it the second he said it too

[@ThatsOnYoutube]

Lucas loves Edo-period Japan?

[@1989Ezal]

Blasphemous is like a time machine back in the 90s. But with good controlls lol.

[@guardian08527]

30 years later: learns the reentering smashed castles trick.

[@mo8guy]

guardian08527 ya, I’ve beaten that game probably 20 times and I never knew that trick...

[@ithinkihaveebola5238]

I didn't even know anything about that trick haha

[@Jarppakarppa]

Is that the same book that has info about how Mario can hold two things at the same time in SMW?

[@bubblegumxo]

Been playing that game for like 20 years since I was 6 and I had no idea about it either o_O

[@chrisduckett3323]

rockman fan hold L and R if you want to re enter a castle you have already beat on Super Mario World.

[@elproson1]

As soon as they started to talk about warps I just knew James would forget doing it!

[@Srrrgp]

Teddy Håkansson that’s like when they said they cannot talk too much when driving cause then james passes their destination lol

[@ctrxz528]

Happy 14th anniversary of your channel! Thank you for giving us your great content. I remember it being 2006-7 and watching videos on this same channel... Oh how time has flew by

[@SzopTuptus]

gametrailers :(

[@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx]

screwattack :(

[@UltimateGamerCC]

technically 16th anniversary, but of course the first two vids are usually considered season 1, just years before the first season, wow how far we come.

[@starwarsunfiltered7848]

Yup. I started at the same time. Saw my first few AVGN videos in fall '06, and then rediscovered the channel and binged everything I had missed in early '07. I've never missed a video since.

[@danelykins4409]

"I dont think anyone would want to get with Bowser" You underestimate the oddness of internet fandoms, my friend

[@quackman]

Bowser and co. probably helped usher in Rule 34 in some ways.

[@altafari]

Watching James struggle with the statues at the start of Bowser's castle is hard to watch. JUST RUN!!

[@RichV20]

And he keeps passing by the 1-up by the Atomic Waffles

[@admirantx545]

Could he have kept going through that door back to the beginning and keep getting one ups?

[@rickardedman8836]

When he didn't stand in the door at bowser and instead jumps everywhere, he plays like me when I was 10.

[@altafari]

@@admirantx545 Im not sure if that one grows back. I always stocked up on lives in the coin castle in world 7. Getting that 1up in Bowsers castle was never reliable for me.

[@altafari]

@@rickardedman8836 that was pretty hard to watch as well.

[@dept-7443]

James is definitely the type of kid who would ask for all the tips and tricks but he’d never know any tips or tricks to any games if you asked him.

[@bradhedgehog12]

Dept - mmhmm thou I won the game

[@lichewitz8905]

Well, he knows about A B B A

[@Beunibster]

@@lichewitz8905 And he's very familiar with B S

[@commonsensei8719]

Actually he had the power and was the kid showing everybody the secrets on mortal kombat on the schoolbus

[@duskonanyavarld1786]

@@suspectedstar James is very good at telling stories which is the reason why i watch him.

[@darkvare]

the nintendo switch old nes and snes games actually have online multiplayer you guys could use that in the future

[@DexDexter0]

@@KronetHjort I get the old=good new=bad mindset, but modern tech can enhance the retro experience so much

[@michaelhaire7319]

Or the netplay on the emuparadise emulator. Although a bit laggy.

[@martinrc80]

Especially since they just played switch online last week!!!!

[@djpegao]

James is a very retro guy, so he likes playing on his NES over online.

[@jdiejejerje661]

@Fvcked I'd agree if SMB3 in particular didn't age so perfectly. I can't think of anyway they could improve it in a remaster. Not even graphically, I wouldn't want them to touch the sprite work. I didn't even like the all stars version that fucked up the graphics.

[@Gantiz]

Watching James play this is painful. This game was my obsession as a kid. I still remember where most of the secrets and tricks are.

[@lvl77haunter93]

Gantiz totally. I was about to scream at the monitor during the bowser stage.

[@rkivzr1092]

Gantiz I was looking forward to this video but after watching James play, holy shit does he suck. It was really hard to watch this

[@Shoqtheropy334]

That's how I feel all the time when he's playing a game. That's why I wait watching these videos

[@Sm1thWessonAndMe]

They should have done some homework. Watching a 3 minute KZbin of someone else beating Bowser's castle as a refresher could have alleviated a lot of this.

[@ReizokoRyu]

Fuck! He's so fucking bad at a lot of these games! I love him to death but it really is painful to watch him struggle so much!

[@mikewilliams736]

Its amazing to think that the creators came up with a way to have Mario move behind the background features and thereby avoid enemies and slip into an alternate exit for the stage and chose not do much else with it. It kinda speaks to how creative they are, that they just come up with ideas so good that they could serve as the main mechanic for a separate video game and to them its just a quick one-time action you take just to find a hidden item and emphasize that the game is meant to be set on a stage where there are props that Mario can go behind. It was nothing to them it seems.

[@mdolinski4926]

In the world 8 boat stage you can actually swim under the whole level!

[@EricAndre615]

I actually sort of did this at Christmas break in 94? with a friend I hadn't seen in years with Final Fantasy VI (3 to us back then). I had an old portable house phone. We played through the entire game mostly on the phone. And we would share when one of us found a hidden character or item. It really made the experience really cool and unique.

[@chrischandler889]

Awesome. One of my favorite games. That must have been pretty cool

[@chrischandler889]

They should make more multi player RPGs like Dragon Quest 9

[@HALberdier17]

I used to call it "Coin Heaven" as well.

[@DexDexter0]

Isn't that it's official name?

[@thealarm7057]

It's called Coin Heaven.. www.mariowiki.com/Coin_Heaven

[@theallamericanpirate4785]

@@randomguyontheinternet7940 I looked it up. They called it Coin Heaven in Nintendo Power. One mention is in Nintendo Power Volume 13 Page 12.

[@HALberdier17]

@@theallamericanpirate4785 I never had Nintendo Power back than. I didn't read the manual either because when I first played Mario 3 I couldn't read. It was what my brother called it so I didn't know it was the official name until now. The fact that I couldn't read at the time is why I don't know what most of the games we had on NES were called. All I remember is the design on the cartridge or some of the gameplay.

[@calamaty9963]

Coin Heaven sounds more legit than what I called it...Penny Heaven.

[@muhanc.a.9299]

This video is a Mike's dream of him playing SMB3 with James. This video is Jame's dream of him dreaming about Mike having a dream of playing SMB3 with him. BTW Did you know that bowser can be easily beaten? enter the fight, choose a spot, duck and wait for bowser to stomp you 3 times (you are invincible when doing this)

[@Nyah420]

I was hoping they didn't use that trick. While it's cool to have, it takes all the excitement out from the fight.

[@SonBrimmer]

It’s a good trick, but you can still get trapped down there.

[@foggianism]

"I'm getting hands every time... oh, not that time." "I'm on number two! Aaaargh, number... nnngghh... two!" "I didn't die... I lost my... flower..." This video is pure gold.

[@TVsMrNeil]

9:10 James resets the game when he didn't have to. Just squat on the block again.

[@ReiseTime]

He lost a lot of points in my book for that dumb move as well.

[@starwarsunfiltered7848]

This whole video was embarassing on James' end. Like total n00b status.

[@jobob9299]

11:36 "Instead of playing a game you are just watching something." He, wait, isn't that how you guys make a living?

[@djpegao]

Hahahaha, you can tell that James has become a full Dad by the way he's playing and forgetting stuff that he used to master years ago.

[@deathshead357]

Also by the way his hair is falling out.

[@NicoEvaluates]

You discussed celebrities playing video games during James & Mike Mondays: Life Force, and yes, 5 years ago. You're welcome.

[@elecboi3067]

Hello Nico

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

Hey Nico.

[@Archvile1]

Good memory!

[@dolst]

NICO, MY COUSIN!

[@asarishepard8171]

1:11 James, you can run really fast entering the castle and the laser beams will miss you. Even when you're big. I found that out on try two when I was a kid and it's worked EVERY time since.

[@gamingjay141]

bad time stamp?

[@stepitup25]

I remember all the secrets in this game. I’m surprised James doesn’t. He probably didn’t play this as much as my brother and I did. Also I’ve played this as an adult on the SNES All Stars game. So fun!

[@jennyflannel9751]

Yep! I just played SMB3 for the first time in probably a decade the other day and I remembered most of the secrets too! I played so much of it as a kid. I still love it.

[@theenlightenedsavage2896]

Same here, but then, I only had like 4 games for the NES. I had my rentals, but this was my daily driver, so to speak. And James... Well... You've seen his creeper basement.

[@S4ns]

You have to remember the sheer number of games James has and has played. A man can only store so much memory.

[@SeboHyatt]

All Stars is the greatest.

[@Morgil27]

Its funny they're talking so much about The Wizard when that movie was just released on bluray like a week ago.

[@ForEternia]

Really? Thanks for the info. I have the DVD. I would like to see how the HD transfer looks. The wizard just had it's 30th anniversary a few months ago

[@Morgil27]

@@ForEternia yeah, and it has a whole bunch of special features that the DVD lacked.

[@TheFourChanner]

great job editing the sound in the conversations.. cant imagine alle the work that was necessary :o

[@Nintendofan-yk4cd]

The best game ever made, then and now.

[@supergeoff]

True Mark

[@Mega-mt6ut]

And forever!

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

Absolute classic, but I've always preferred Super Mario World. Not just the graphics, but it just seems even more polished, and the level map, switch palaces, multiple exits, etc. all make it even more epic.

[@ChauNyan]

Scrambles the Death Dealer Mario World and 3 are close for me. Both are great and have nostalgia points for me

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@@ChauNyan Oh, also, World has battery backup! 👍

[@LonkinPork]

I love that James forgot how to get the 1-3 whistle even though part of the HELL joke in the old AVGN episode involved begging at the unholy white block

[@Jake_Lake]

His memory isn't super good. I noticed that in some of his newer videos.

[@Usario321]

Jacob Lake you try to remember things from 2006 or so, it’s not that easy...

[@thegamingmisfit1291]

@@Usario321 it was 2008 but fair enough

[@Otakupatriot117]

He's old. Can you blame him?

[@omikronweapon]

dude made about 200 videos. he only made them once. We've seen em 20 times and know every detail. John Cleese had a story about forgetting the lines to one of Monty Python's famous sketches, and half the audience prompted them. Fans often know a creator's content more than the creator.

[@xdiegolionheartx]

James: "Im at bowser again but im tiny so probably im gonna die" Mike: "Don't say that, positive thoughts" Mike Matei Sensei

[@Sm1thWessonAndMe]

In Bowser's castle: The extra life is at the top of the waffles cmon! And you can just run past the lasers! This is is killing me too!

[@fuzzyfennec7493]

At first I was stressed out watching him play, but then I couldn't stop laughing because it was like he was doing everything possible to ruin his chances 🤣

[@RichV20]

@@JonnyBoi12 It didnt look like James was having fun

[@johneygd]

Amezingly enough his last live did saved him from it's grace as soon he discovered that hidden 1 up mushroom, what a 0 live can bring to you, just wow.

[@SidStrife]

40:32 Mike playing the Japanese Mario 2. His reaction is priceless.

[@KMarosz]

I always considered Wario to be the "bizzaro" version of Mario.

[@MrMultiPat]

This was great quarantine entertainment, thanks for the upload guys. I was rooting for James to finish it so badly by the end!

[@MiamiSunrise]

Thank you Mike, I never knew that trick for getting into the beaten castles in Super Mario World! This is a fun video

[@vegetafan9922]

This episode has made me realize that James is the Nester to Mike's Howard!

[@scottydu81]

Holy shit lol

[@Canadas_Very_Own]

Best reference ever.

[@KTF0]

Dunno that reference

[@StarscreamvsMegatron]

Statutory Grape it’s a Nintendo Power reference. Howard and Nestor was a cartoon that ran in the magazine.

[@populousmass]

Props on the editing! I can pretty much guarantee this took a long damn time to finish.

[@TemakiTom]

"I just kicked this card game's ass" haha love it. Keep it up, boys! This is the fun content we need now.

[@lordvaldomero7694]

Me and my girl are playing this in the quarentine. On a nintendo mini. And some times i find my self about to tears remember plying this when i was a little kid. Almost remember the smell of the afternon, the colors, and voices of my grands, my mom, i can split a tear, was awesome to be a kid in the 90s.

[@gamingjay141]

I agree. Another game that takes me back to a specific day is Little Samson, which they have recently played also.

[@SonBrimmer]

That’s one positive thing to come out of this whole mess; revisiting and sharing some of these old games. I’ve been playing super Mario galaxy on a Wii I found at a goodwill some years back. I shit you not, one of the planets looks exactly like the coronavirus!

[@TheRocknRollfreak]

Good job editing this together. Wasn’t a jarring shift in quality.

[@travelreview5962]

I love James but I will never stop being surprised at how difficult he makes games look! Lol, sorry man. You're a beast at Dr. Mario tho. 👍😅🤷‍♂️

[@ninjaguyYT]

Sometimes I wonder if the games where he's complaining about bad controls and stuff is just him being trash.

[@travelreview5962]

@@ninjaguyYT sorry man I just can't get behind calling James "trash" under any context. The dude is a badass content creator, father, friend, etc. It's just ironic that he's so heavily invested in gaming yet he has more trouble with them than your average joe.

[@RoundShades]

*when you find the free 1up in Bowser's castle* "Bowser, I've come to bargain..."

[@matohibiki]

I understood that reference.

[@MrsKwan-fz6mf]

11:43 "Boot or boob?" I can't believe that was a serious question.

[@Srrrgp]

Luigi Cat just like pussies and pusses

[@livestrong456]

“I’m also going to die infinitely and prolong the torture.” 😂😂😂

[@potawatadingdong]

"Is there a Mrs Bowser?" I wish I shared their innocence.

[@EmmettXIV]

Are you talking about Bowsette?

[@shenloken2]

Princess Peach: (sweats heavily) Eh heh.....

[@Shawncousin8gmail]

What about Mario time machine

[@DisrespectfulRob]

24:00 Switch for adults? Are you kidding me? My Switch is basically a $300 means of playing Dark Souls anywhere I please.

[@nugamer5558]

Nostalgia trip: here we go!

[@DJCatShit13]

Anybody else grow up calling that bonus coin area “Coin Heaven?” That was all I ever knew it as. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody else call it that. Curious where that started.

[@mahalokid2384]

No but, i thought it.

[@theallamericanpirate4785]

They called it that in Nintendo Power and a few other guides. Here is a quote from Nintendo Power that mentions it "Kick the Koopa left so he clears away some of the blocks, then jump into this space to make a Magic Note Block appear. Jump on it and press Up to get to Coin Heaven. Once there, run back and forth to get the speed you need to fly. In the sky, at the middle of the stage, is a 1-Up!"

[@dinorpg]

Coin Heaven sounds smarter than what I called it. I use to call it corn land. Why? In the snes version the clouds had a texture like corn on the cob, so 6 year old me thought mario was running on corn.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

It didn’t start anywhere; that’s just what kids logically called it.

[@MrJmilliken]

I think it's called "coin heaven" in the manual.

[@me0262]

40:36 OMG, I know I shouldn't be, but I'm laughing my ass off with this on repeat. :D

[@fetishb]

🤣🤣🤣🤣💯

[@jasonflores5423]

Glad to see Mike back! Get him back into the movie review stuff, he’s the ultimate avgn.

[@paintyoursoul]

I’ve been watching you guys for several years now, and I just wanted to commend you guys for taking social distancing seriously! Keep making hilarious videos!

[@SuperCaleb360]

Oh my gosh finally!!!! Also how ironic that I was just playing this today. Could you do Super Mario 64 some day?

[@mellowgeekstudio]

@@rustyshackleford6633 Thank you!

[@Slipknlov]

Well technically coincidences aren't expected to happen, so it could be considered ironic.

[@mellowgeekstudio]

@@SlipknlovThat's not how irony works!

[@jherrenor]

40:31 that random Mystical Ninja training music came from nowhere before that rage out.

[@Chaosxinc]

I always used a cloud on the middle castle in world 8 since you can immediately go to the pipe on the left and when you die, you start there as going through the pipe zones counts as beating a level.

[@jc.6307]

This has been the best James and Mike Monday in a while. I really enjoy these uploads but the long rut time and sort of friendly competition of completing the game was great to watch! I'd love to see you guys do something similar for Super Mario World on the SNES in the future!

[@tomatochipzchang]

Watching you guys play this brings back a lot of memories. It just struck me that this was one of the earlier games that is so.... rewarding. The moment princess peach comes running to you instead of just mario running to her. Then listening to that heartfelt ending music while you're being taken back to all the worlds you've struggled finishing even the ones we skipped (we all did that) the game is just so memorable that i consider finishing it as one of the biggest accomplishments I've done when i was a kid.

[@Porkchopulous]

Today I learned James didn't play dark souls. That should be an avgn episode

[@vksasdgaming9472]

It wouldn't work as Dark Souls are not shitty games. They are hard with lots of bullshit-design, but not bad.

[@treerich1858]

Is there a time stamp where they talk about dark souls?

[@TheTaskurapu]

@@treerich1858 @25:13

[@a-twice3776]

“I think I just lost the hammer” lol 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@JonathanMartin884]

109:30 James and Mike both have super Jersey accents at times. I love it when James says "woof" in stead of "wolf" and when he says "mowdin" instead of "mountain."

[@cruz25617]

Broooooo. I have this game absolutely mastered, that it disturbs me to play. There's nothing that I don't already know about it. I've never beat Zelda, but I can breeze by this game with ease. I can't blame James for having difficulty. It's been awhile. There were so many ways they could had gone through the game without having problems. He persevered in the end. So props to him.

[@Gamesta100]

They later changed the story so that they aren't actually Bowser's children. Bowser Jr is now offically Bowser's only child.

[@benn454]

I always saved my P Wings for that first lava room in Bowser's castle and flew up to the top door which was the easiest way to get to Bowser.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i saved my Power Wings for Dark World every single time.

[@PhillMobile]

6 Golden Coins is a great GameBoy game. Really good power ups that are used in interesting ways to progress through levels. Really hope you guys do it on a Monday to bring back the memories!

[@recordsbywoof]

I was legit clenched the entirety of James' run of Bowser's Castle.

[@teecakes]

Mario - Bowser main villain, Peach, Luigi, Toad are allies Luigi - Ghosts and WaLuigi main villains, Daisy, Yoshi, Prof Gadd are allies Wario - Mario and Captain Maple Syrup are main enemies, Cpn Maple and Mario and WaLuigi are also (sometimes) his allies Wario is best plumber

[@BigSnipp]

James isn't very good at this game. That's surprising considering he's beat Ghosts and Goblins, which is insanely harder.

[@FireBocchi]

james is probably the type of person who cant really talk and play well, he's probably alot better when playing on his own

[@BigSnipp]

@@FireBocchi That's prob true

[@johnepants]

He seems to need to concentrate a lot, and that’s normal. I was playing a shrine in botw while my 4 year old was playing a game and kept talking to me about it. It’s not easy to play when you are giving your attention elsewhere

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@BigSnipp also you gotta think he hasnt really picked up the game since he was a kid, easy to get rusty at a game you havent played in years.

[@BigSnipp]

@@UltimateGamerCC True, but he does play video games for a living. And he's normally really good.

[@sammylane21]

This game is still such a chill game with earworm songs that burrow in your memory for life. Love it!

[@Vulnresati]

It makes me happy how much fun James is having with smb3

[@kefka989]

I really appreciate you guys still working on videos during this time. Going through all this effort to keep putting out videos while still being in isolation takes a lot of work and we all appreciate it.

[@alexkuhn5078]

On his second run Mike should have rounded up the first two whistles and legit tried to catch up with James. That woulda been hilarious

[@TH-fp5qj]

I feel like I'm watching the Nintendo contest from the movie The Wizard. 👍

[@stefanoconsiglio3177]

"There's some couch punching going on over here" 🤣🤣

[@vintageman91]

Super Mario bros 3 brings back memories from when i was a kid. Probably my absolute favorite Mario game.

[@VRShow]

Mike just goes on autopilot crush mode...as an even older gamer (48) from the golden era of arcade games we would call this "the zone" and damn is Mike in it. James you can tell had to relearn and wasn't bad just Mike is in a whole different world.

[@dustinerickson1253]

James (having a profound knowledge of every shitty game in existence) playing first level of possibly most recognizable game created for his favorite childhood platform: "What button do i push?" I'll chug a rolling rock for ya bud.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Love me some social distancing James and Mike Monday’s.

[@MrIanJHoy]

I played this so much as a kid, I could probably draw a game guide for almost every level. At least the popular route with the warps.

[@SloofmanPlays]

Thank you for revisiting my favourite game of all time! I used to play it on a dusty NES on a TV with wood panelling the size of a chest of drawers, before moving on to the mind blowing bells and whistles of the version on Mario All Stars. Love to you guys for using the modern wonders of technology to keep bringing us great videos, stay safe, Sloofman

[@leesuschrist]

HELL YES to Six Golden Coins. I sunk a lot of time into that game as a kid. So much, in fact, that the label wore off the cartridge.

[@spacepopeXIV]

Awwwwww, when I clicked on this I expected Mike and James in the same room, but this cursed pandemic has also taken that away from us! Curse you coronavirus!

[@kieranstark7213]

It should be illegal to say that Coronavirus is even the least bit superior to the late 20th Century Mario games like Mario 3 (NES/SNES). 😊

[@OmarSanchez-ge5qg]

25:20 I would love to see James playthrough Dark Souls and lose his mind on some of the boss fights. Kek

[@Dargonhuman]

Right? My first thought when Mike said that was "Bruh, James can't even SMB3 and you're telling him to Dark Souls 2?! Brutal!"

[@theallamericanpirate4785]

I don't think you actually do want to see that. You would lose your mind at how bad he was! He is like a grandpa when it comes to any game after 1995. Did you see him try to play the Resident Evil 2 Remake?

[@mamefan]

James does the Bill Lumbergh "Yeeeeaaaahhhh" often.

[@bwagz8966]

MAME-FAN it always makes him seem like he’s not interested in what the other person is saying

[@EvilApple567]

How tf did James notice Peach's eyes sitting a couch length distance from his TV. Must be using like a Framemeister to upscale it to an HDTV, otherwise noticing a single pixel difference like that on a composite CRT connection is kind of insane.

[@RedStripeMedia]

EvilApple567 he has a framemeister they talked about it a while ago

[@scyhte82]

grandpa and his grandson play video games together, real wholesome. :)