Super Mario Bros. Minus World (There's a -2 and -3?!?)

This is what happens when you perform the infamous Minus World glitch while playing the Japanese Famicom Disk System version of Super Mario Bros. There are lots of surprises in this video and many failed attempts at getting in that pipe but bear with me. If you do you will see many unique glitches!

[@LegendarySuperMario]

Skip to 2:47 to avoid over a minute of amateur levels of failure... lol. Ten years ago yesterday, I uploaded this video... I assure you I'm MUCH better at that Minus World glitch now. Thanks to all of you who've watched, shared and/or liked the video! It's much appreciated!

[@techboy3979]

Wow thats crazy i watch this the day after you revisit it.

[@crossroads2361]

Legendary Super Mario wow this comes in my recommended just as you come back

[@lightplays666]

i did a glitch!?

[@sherbrooke8114]

Thanks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!

[@lightingsuperdragonpajaril8968]

Legendary Super Mario Bros.

[@MrPhantaze]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in positive castle

[@WolfAeterni]

XD

[@paxhumana2015]

+MrPhantaze , according to some Game Genie codes that were discovered in the 2000s or so, these same Japanese Minus World levels are also accessible, though, unfortunately, you can not beat them and access the Star Levels like you can in the Japanese version of the game once they are beaten.

[@naufalashari7044]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another Game!

[@golarstarborn]

MrPhantaze Thank you mario But our Princess is in another comment

[@windowsisntinstalled.pleas9314]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle

[@gdryan7035]

the minus worlds really send you the message: *Welcome to hell.*

[@RagicalPlays]

It's kinda too bad the music doesn't play backwards for adding more emphasis to the hell effect :D

[@portablerefrigerator4902]

Borgman is that tf2 I see? TF2 IS LEGENDARY!

[@RagicalPlays]

Apexman 12, gentlemen...

[@portablerefrigerator4902]

Borgman mentlegen.

[@TheP_DSPTractor]

200 like and 5 comment.

[@alinawolf4493]

The scariest part is the owner did not even create this lvl

[@kazuha1729]

Wait what

Wtf

[@EricTheredhoodyguy]

in nes -1 is 7-2 in famicom -1 is 1-3

[@sphezik9690]

They just decided one day, I want to exist.

[@UltraVioletLite]

watch Kosmic's "Glitched Worlds" series

[@srhinckley6664]

I love how in that minus world the princess is just floating in midair. It's like she's practicing for her float in SMB2.

[@JosefinaSantiano]

Thank you Mario. I have teleported. Thank you. Now enjoy Fantasy world.

[@jusper2000]

Now, this is the kinda stuff that actually scares me for some reason.

[@loleq2137]

Sriracha same here

[@four-en-tee]

Sriracha *OoooOoooOooo~* , faulty programmiiiiiing~

[@mandyplodek639]

Dont worry This is just a random glitch that occurs for no reason

[@andybrinks3784]

Its got a strange creepy dream like vibe. I remember what really blew my mind when I was about 11, was world 9 in the lost levels.

[@fungifago]

andy brinks I remember playing the lost levels and find it creppy, and it was too damn hard!

[@ClassicGamers2011]

In the minus world you rescue the underwater princess from a headless bowser and then have the ultimate showdown with random bloopers to save an invisible toad. Wow!

[@JAZZYMETALSONIC]

Minus world explanation: In another level, probably W4-2 (lol 42), there is a warp zone. With NO pipes around the only pipe in the middle, which brings you to W5. Empty tiles are "36", so the "invisible" pipes were "36". In W1-2, when not loaded completely, it has the date for W4's warp zone (WARNING: Don't go back too far, or it will load). Thus, middle pipe takes you to W5. Other pipes are then "36", so when you go in it, you are actually in "36-1" (World 36-1/W36-1), but 36 shows as blank. Thus, it only shows the -1 part, and then, you are brought to, the god of all glitches, the most famous, MINUS WORLD (36-1). End pipe=beginning. The end part of level does NOT exist here in 36-1/-1. So you are sent to the beginning. Thats what 36-1/-1 is.

[@AtKiba]

+Dr. Chicken (Phantom) You need more likes!

[@JAZZYMETALSONIC]

AtKiba Canal Thanks! ^-^

[@lior_haddad]

now you have 36 likes, lol

[@truediego3804]

Blueberry! I think this was from a video I just watched... it says the same that you say...

[@jjbrooklynn3560]

I got none of that

[@Zharen82]

Thank you KZbin algorithm, but your logic is in another castle.

Perfect comment doesnt exi-

[@oneeyeyt6044]

-st. (Took 3 years to finish)

[@hazz4rd201]

Video: is made 11 years ago KZbin algorithm:

[@cassi75474]

Fun fact: 36-4 actually has a element that insta-crashes the game, hence why you were brought back to the start screen.

[@ZyphLegend]

Actually, it's just that it's timer is less than 0, so it ends instantly, and it also skips the cutscenes " -4" causing you to lose instantly.

[@MattTheCommenter]

Zyph_Legend maybe that is it

[@mateuszszulecki5206]

Atleast SOMEONE knows the minus world is world 36-1

[@RezoA]

Honestly I think that after every castle starting on 1-4 game checks if mario is about to go to the next world. However normally after 8-4 it will send you to the title screen so being at 36-3 and touch that axe, the game sees that mario is in fact, after 8-4 so it brings mario to the title screen. This is what I think so dont get angry at me that I am wrong.

[@yeety1208]

@Three Sixteen yep

[@Doomshroom8]

did anyone notice him making mario dance to the underwater music during -1?

[@CNETech]

Quiggity Quagsire yep

[@ivanrivera3293]

Yep

[@cr_3891]

Yup

[@SamLight234]

I SEEN IT 2:58

[@lolguyplayzhi5066]

The Original Dugong qi

[@natanmaxwell8752]

When i was 6 years old, i had a nes copy called "polystation" and i have the smb cartridge. And i was playing with my friends when the game restarts and when i restarted the game, the game just started on these minus stages. Me and my friends thought that was a secret level

[@PieBathBob]

that's really cool

[@Densester]

that polystation literaly broke the original :P

[@peep3879]

Polystation is very popular rip off in South America lmao

[@IERServer]

Plz don't enjoy game yup that's right. Well, it's not our fault (most people and gamers) the big companies don't even have branches here and the prices of their products (the originals) almost doubles that of in America's.

[@kritomasP]

And it was a glitch level after all

[@muffinlovin]

Interesting! This was my favorite game as a child and this is my first time seeing this....I am 32 years old now.

[@TheNatth1]

x2

[@brandonsilva9311]

KB same here at 37

[@switcherbs]

I am not tho lol

[@TheAwesomeJ0se]

Camron Toney r/youngpeopleyoutube

[@coreyray5785]

I had a friend tell me about this is 1989 or 1990 but is the first time I've ever seen it.

[@djvrim8557]

Thearpist: Minus worlds in SMB aren't real, they can't hurt you. Minus world in SMB:

[@Perilous3D]

That's funny. When I was younger, some kid at school tried to convince me there was a world 0 in SMB. Perhaps this is what he was referring to? Despite trying really hard, I could never find it and I just figured he was trolling me. Turns out the kid was telling the truth after all! I'll be damned...

[@no00ob]

Perilous3D lol

[@MarioFan587YT]

Perilous3D Hacking the game to change one of the pipe's values to 0 shows that yes, there is a World 0.

[@tr4shb0at_]

Perilous3D XD

[@koolkid80154]

Perilous3D I

[@since1876]

Life without internet sucked, huh? :p

[@yaskravazirka]

Fun fact: Noone has ever made this by a first try

[@yaskravazirka]

Dude what he hearted me on a 12 y/o video excuse me wut

[@kquote03]

I love how Mario's actions are synchronised with the music.

[@SplinterAce]

It would've been so creepy if this level was completely silent

[@swankelly]

It's so weird to see this stuff on the internet. Thinking about how I played these games a million times and never knew this stuff was there.

[@SOTP.]

it doesnt exist. all its doing is reading garbage data for this "minus world" which is world 36

[@lazii5289]

2:58 ITS ALL IN SYNC

[@PrivatePeterson]

? Justin Timberlake isn’t in this game.

[@MJGaming57_REAL]

@@PrivatePeterson what the heck?

[@ishdx9374]

@@MJGaming57_REAL He says Justin Timberlake isn't in this game, don't forget about the creator intel my brother

[@literatist]

Sorry Mario, but our princess in quarantined in another castle!

[@RealTamoshi]

What are you doing here? lol

[@tayway210]

The coronavirus

[@eldudemp6195]

Let me guess, recomended page?

[@teanmace]

Lame.

[@literatist]

@@teanmace YOU ARE LAME!

[@victikirby15]

Man, I remember seeing this video around 5 years ago and being amazed. Now it reappears in my recommended, filling me with nostalgia

[@stephmod7434]

What about now?

[@Robbay363]

For anyone who says this is fake, it is real and it only works on the Japanese version

[@WoWSondo]

Your right it is real, but it dose work on US copy, looks way deferent then the US copy, the layout of the -1 lvs been to -3 as a kid, the trick to get past it was to go over some stuff and under some stuff or it would just keep doing the same lv layout. All 3 lvs was water lvs, never did get past -3

[@smokeemifugottem2516]

@@WoWSondo yep they were tough levels especially when they repeat

[@andresmsuarez5718]

wondering if there any famicom rom of this mario

[@BWBDCan]

UUmmmm if only on the Japanese version then I have an issue with my north American copy....oh and the version on my nes classic.

[@fungifago]

Mario, to get the princess you should stay.... *removes glasses* ...positive. *YEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!*

[@mattsteele2383]

this was really cool to watch i remember sitting down for hours figuring this out in 85 or 86 or something when i was a kid n being so happy when i finally got to -1 thnx for this video it made me feel like a kid again

[@alexandersteiner213]

I had always heard rumors of there being multiple negative levels but I never saw them until just now. That is amazing

[@-Archant]

Game -3 end: Thank you mario! But our princess is in another castle! Me: Thank you Mario! But im just a damn gitchy ghost!

[@Arawanach]

what happened after beating level -3? Did you end up at the startup screen or something?

[@LegendarySuperMario]

That's exactly what happened.

[@valsistem]

***** You are pro

[@miffedakko9312]

+FcGod no hes not...hes legendary

[@valsistem]

Ajargermstoyreviews Dangit.

[@sacred3725]

+Arawanach no believe or not he beat the game (no joke he did)

[@swino4ka]

1:31 Go by easyer way and do 1 attempt? - NO Go by harder, speedruner way, and do 100 attempts? -YES, YES, YES!!!

[@Ozzie314]

Very cool. Didn't realize that there was a different -1 on the FDS version. When ever I see a SMB in a shop or con I always get to -1 and then pause and walk away. It is fun to see the confusion on people's faces when they randomly walk up to the machine to play.

[@fernandogurgel]

Hehe nice

[@AdminHouse]

Minus world are just accessing outside memory for levels, and if the memory is different, the levels change

[@SOTP.]

i wish there was machines with tennis and smb combined, this way you could glitch into any world.

[@ScepticGinger89]

That first minus wold is like when you have a really weird dream.

[@brianwest8119]

From what I understand about this game, there's roughly about 256 stages in the original mario game alone. The first set is the ones we know, the other set is from after rescuing peach when she says "We present you a new quest" Those levels were recreated when SNES came out as "The lost levels" However, even beyond the negative world, there's hidden stages that you can't access without using emulators, because those kinds of levels aren't meant to be used, but, are still there.

[@TheLocus343]

Mistake, the lost levels is smb2, game that wasn't exported out of japan cause of its high difficulty

[@estiiim]

"a new quest" is just the same maps but enemies are sped up and goombas are replaced with the beetle fellas

[@ahmethacikasimoglu5819]

​@@estiiimI thouth power ups are not exist in quest 2 to

[@sprockkets]

Retro gaming mechanics actual explains what's going on. Look it up.

[@JohnnyMatherson]

Thank you Mario!! But our princess is in another castle! AND SO AM I! O_o

[@iched7727]

Welcome to the -1,-2 and -3... Where everything is wrong!

[@legionmammal9785]

Even the order of levels!

[@dededethesuperstarwarrior]

Do you mean 36-1, 36-2 and 36-3?

[@legionmammal9785]

SuperHammerBros100 Probably

[@MightyJohnSaltyJohn21]

SuperHammerBros100 nice refrence from dykg

[@dededethesuperstarwarrior]

John Paul Sisican I didn't reference anything

[@mawinstallation6626]

Thank you Mario! But it's been 54 years since you rescued the real princess. Now she's living quietly at her castle. You've been lost ever since, Luigi's now 84 years old. It seems we found you. You were in coma, and when you woke up, you were teleported to this parallel dimension. Welcome to hell.

[@GambitGaming08]

Super Mario Bros: The deleted levels

[@drqgond5549]

Thank you mario! But our princess is in another world !

[@cubictoast4459]

Red wow such quality

[@チートマン-l1i]

た

[@Dannyxxx]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another game!

[@googleexe6155]

FFFFFFFFFF... UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU >:(

[@oofxd9619]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in 8-4!

[@trashboy6404]

that eyeless peach is creepy af

[@mnichow2146]

Her Sprite Always Looked Like This. In The Castle She Looks Normal Because The Background Is Black.

[@zerothefool2399]

It's actually 36-1, but it doesn't display the 36 part.

[@fireball54110]

36 is blank in SMB font

[@brunocacciola7781]

I was 5 years old when i had NES clone that then failed and they had to throw it away, and i played this Super Mario, the first videogame i played in my life. At the time i would naturally never have know about these glitches and above all knowing what they meant. When i then rediscovered this Super Mario going to see the story of the Super Mario series of videogames, the NES Mini had already been released for two years, i bought it and you can imagine the shivers of nostalgia i felt... This glitch the i tried, like you did, it was a job to be able to do it, but the levels were only one, that is the -1, which however is practically equal 2-2. This is because i’m European, so the version of my NES Mini is rightly European. And anyway in the glitch level -1, the glitch doesn’t forgive because you are practically stuck inside the level because once you pass the latter you always find yourself again

[@SOTP.]

this video is famicom’s minus world, while the minus world you got is the nes’s one which is a copy of 7-2 with a broken pipe (basically every glitched world have broken pipes). The only real interesting thing you can do with nes’s minus world is corruping the enemies that spawn, as they wont be the same corrupted ones as on 7-2. You can even get a mushroom to spawn if you use the midpoint of the minus world. im literally answering to a 3 year old comment but who cares

[@stephenmadness2174]

Did i just see mario scrubbing his but on the wall for a minute?

[@user-tk1vz6lh8y]

Why is there flying headless Bowser in -1 world and why do i watch this after 10 years

[@hp640.]

XDDDDD Not you are the only one who questions this XDDD

[@user-tk1vz6lh8y]

@@hp640. I know xD I think the others play only fake Mario where flying headless Bowser is very normal

[@hp640.]

@@user-tk1vz6lh8y XDDDDD Subbed

[@zarark111]

Minus stage must b an inspiration to Nolan to make Inception... lol here Mario was in dream state to make inception in princess mind

[@pswynn618]

the interesting part starts at 2:48

[@jedcauffield1858]

Vaughn of Zena And miss the 248 failed jumps before?! Nahh!! Seems to work when Mario’s legs are between the 2nd line of the pipe though

[@xmikejohnson914x]

that's when the video begins

[@PlayingWithMahWii]

I thought what was essentially World 4-4 with the Underground tilemap and color palette, BGM, enemies from The Lost Levels, and no Bowser at the end was incredibly fascinating. The 'Ghost Peach', however, was horrifying.

[@abioticspy9449]

It’s official, Mario is just some guy (possibly some guy studying fish due to the immense amount of fish) on a huge drug trip.

[@ToxPhy]

I'm making a video about the importance of Super Mario Bros. and needed some footage of the minus worlds. I hope you don't mind if I use this.

[@LegendarySuperMario]

I don't mind at all... Even Screwattack's used my footage before.

[@FloridaManRacer]

does this work on american versions and/or most emulation of the game?

[@mikemesec]

John Douglas Racing Video I've beat -1 on the American version and it just kept starting over. there was no way out.

[@MrHatoi]

I think the US and Japanese version have slightly different data. On the US version it loops infinitely because the spot in memory it points to tells it to load the layout of 7-2, but it doesn't reset the warp pipe location to be used since the level isn't loaded properly, so the warp pipe sending location at the end of the level is exactly the same as it was before you entered the minus world, i.e. it points to the beginning of the same level. On the Japanese version it loads a level that doesn't end in a warp pipe, so you can proceed through multiple levels as normal.

[@Hovergoat_Guy]

Mario was making sure that pipe in 1-2 NEVER wants to see him again!

[@peanutbutterandcheese9711]

This video is older than many kids. Let that sink in.

[@Crockett913]

6:03 Mario is talking to himself.

[@drakerose3014]

Aleph-Null s

[@pifonto-fr]

Or maybe to a ghost

[@kincretefloor5689]

3:55 loops suicide

[@TheJE32]

This one is even better then the one I saw different! The Famicom version is way better then the alternate! #Nintendo

[@joelluis4988]

And now you know

[@TheJE32]

Definitely

[@joelluis4988]

Yup

[@ilcuriosonedelweb3831]

Super Mario Maker in a nutshell xD

[@pifonto-fr]

U can create gud and bad leveles end if u want u can du fake video looooooool Mario maker in a nutshell :p

[@filo1208]

Smash 2 english in a nutshell

[@pifonto-fr]

sLeekz im not English ._.

[@wuajajaajja9632]

@@pifonto-fr za warudo Toki wo tomare

[@charlyb5235]

Lol

[@user-gi4xh3di2y]

*5:56** Get rekt.*

[@PegaRutoGr]

Some people say they reached the minus world -9 😵😎 This video is quite interesting. Thanks, friend !

[@beavis847]

Where you first entered the negative world, I somewhat knew about this, but if you break the brick next to the pipe, backwards like you were doing and anger the bricks higher, you get sucked through the brick wall, and go all the way over to the warp pipe- (there is only one now) go in it, and it’s a negative world that’s all under water, and as far as I know, there is no end and you eventually die because the clock runs out.

[@SOTP.]

on famicom this is what you get

[@thestarrypoet]

Original thoughts seeing title: Wait what? Whoa did they really do that? Let’s see this! My thoughts now: Oh d*mn it’s just a bunch of f**ked up sprites. Still interesting to me though as I do enjoy trying to understand game mechanics.

[@TogiDX]

nobody: youtube: " Eh. It's been 11 years. Give it to 'em. "

[@flowerdog7818]

ikr

[@switcherbs]

lol

[@CounteredSnow]

Super Mario true ending

[@tiefarmer2596]

Wow... 12 years yet i don't know the world -1,-2 and -3 And now i know...

[@ChronoPierce]

Why is this in my recommendation after 11 years? It's timeless anyway so I won't complain

[@danielslade9485]

Seems like Mario has stumbled into the warp of confusion.

[@zootedslavin6604]

the negative worlds looks so fucking trippy i love it

[@bungchew3552]

@2:47 *is the successful jump!* *You're welcome!*

[@lupan37]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another galaxy

[@jadencoucopoulos2567]

THANK YOU MARIO! BUT THE PRINCESS AND I ARE IN ANOTHER DIMENSION!

[@ItsMistaDawg]

Can’t believe this is in my recommended 11 years later

[@weebssuck7149]

Why is this just now in my recommended after 11 years

[@tatraplayzpe6398]

Me too

[@BrowniePembroke]

Whos watching 10 yrs ltr frim recomended page

[@HomelessPank]

r/imhavingastroke

[@reljma]

fucking dumbass kids "whos watching 10 years after release" bruh im a time traveller i am watching in 2041

[@chaunceyhulbert7264]

Wow, just now learning about the nuts and bolts of how these games worked with pixel load and all that cool stuff. Good job.

[@mawinstallation6626]

This aren't negatives, that is world 36 Which is represented with a Blank space. There are pretty weird worlds, 256 in total, a glitch made when interchanging SMB and Tennis' cartridges with the console turned on. When introducing SMB back, the game will damage or glitch and will reorganize in-game sprites (Which can be: Repeated normal levels, normal levels on another ambiances, endless pipe and heaven zones which can also be on another ambiances, weird random levels, and unplayable levels).

[@PaulA-zp7hn]

for those that hate repetition: 02:48

[@elwood62]

It’s been too many years but I seem to recall that there was another way to access the - levels. Also another trick in which Mario would walk to the left out of the castle after lowering the flag, instead of to the right. And there was a flag pole that we were convinced it was possible to jump over if you timed it just right.

[@EricDuarte-fv9kc]

Is this a vacation on drugs or something? Like,we've got Mario on vacation,Mario on galaxies and adventuring with Cappy. what's next? Mario going on a dream world while eating ten thousand mushrooms?!

[@cheryldelguercio4177]

I mean, That’s what consuming only magic mushrooms for 30 years does to a man.

[@kililuminatichainsaw]

Wow i knew of all the secret level skips but this one. You blew my mind. This is why i love youtube. Im about to blow mad peoples minds i show this too. This is great.

[@HruMan360]

Bowser without head is really scary thing

[@gassug2]

Believe it or not, there are 256 worlds in this game (248 if you exclude worlds 1 through 8). Most of these levels are pulled from the graphics data, so you'll get levels that look like others, but have different attributes. Or worlds that look entirely different (one example is world T-1). Most of these levels have randomly placed objects, and most of the time don't make sense.

[@davidjackson6065]

Thank you very much KZbin recommendation gods

[@roncriswell2685]

I've been doing this glitch since the late 80's and the only negative/minus World I've ever seen is the under water loop(same level over and over again)..update I guess I should have read the description fist LOL,also fire power while you're small is pretty cool.

[@LeoDopeland]

I was born in these lands and now you share the secret of my home? BLAST

[@MDTravisYT]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is not in the minus world

[@justarandomuser7937]

I personally think that 'WORLD -1' and -2 and -3 were testing for SMB2(LL) which would come out the next year. Honestly, though, it's cool you found this, especially 13 years ago, when glitches like this were not easy to preform and info on them was sparce.

[@saptadeepnath5664]

7 year old me found this myself, and I was like why is Princess clipped to the screen

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

That is a Great Minus World. I like the Fandicom Minus World I think it looks great.

[@ariesonyt1844]

It's funny cause I thought these levels were normal hidden levels in the game when I was a kid. I was kinda able to get a preview of all the "glitch" levels by pressing the A and B buttons before it the game starts... I kinda realize it wasn't normal when I couldn't do it on my friend's house.

[@andrewmcdonald1614]

Mario speedrunners should take note: THIS is the fastest way to get to the princess.

[@THUND3RHAND]

Thank you legendary super Mario But your failure is in another castle...

[@Melody-Man]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in -1!

[@greenbloxgamer9786]

-1 Rainbow Hills (Mario Flys around the rainbow hills and 2 new enemy’s “Sliver Koopa” and “Sliver Hammer Bro” -3 Bloopers underground castle (New enemy called “underblooper” this level has a lot of detail and new Liquid Which is Water (that kills you for some reason) and instead of a toad Mario talks to himself -2 Copied Bridges Just another level of the game pasted here

[@samuelmauldin9131]

if i'm seeing this correctly it's an underwater version of world 1-3, world 2-1 (normally but with some weird cheep cheep action) and an underground version of world 4-4 with Bloopers

[@mortalkombatgal2]

The first two minutes made me think this was a joke video. Neat stuff!

[@jimkline746]

All I remember is swimming endlessly

[@ThaSupaHeroReD]

In downtown they sell some plug and play console with a bunch of repeated nes games. You can access the secret worlds in smb through the title screen with it.

[@devmiles]

Thank you mario but our princess is in another matrix

[@宰坦]

Now in order to go to minus world, you must break 2 blocks

[@Peeter8]

What gave me the chills is and was HOW CAN HE HOLD HIS BREATH UNDER WATER SO LONG?!😬

[@ricky-sanchez]

He's swimming in air.

[@foxeygamer87sonic]

The Princess is drowning Mario, save her.

[@davidemmons899]

All I can do is wonder how the first person figured this out considering this person knew what they were doing and it still took them 15+ attempts.

[@Cristian121212100]

I’ve never seen a green castle or blue bloopers in Super Mario bros that’s cool.