Super Mario Land 2's Long Speedrun History

After the major success of the first portable Mario platformer that was Super Mario Land, it was inevitable that there was more to come. 3 years later in 1992, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins hit the shelves and the rest is history. The sequel would go on to be viewed exponentially greater than its predecessor. And with a greater game, comes an even greater speedrun. Unlike Super Mario Land’s somewhat short history, this game is quite different. Based on the Super Mario Land video, clearly you all want more. Strap in, because today we are going to be diving into Super Mario Land 2’s Long Speedrun History.
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Go For A Punch
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Hot Stuff
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SA3BossSMPS
Showdown (Sharp X68000)
Solar Fusion
Star Pulse Arranged
The Good the Bad and the Circuitry (live)
The New Gods
Unholy Rolla (Feat Time Flucks & Hamz0rz)
Venus from the Sunset
Super Mario Land 2's Long Speedrun History
#SuperMarioLand2 #Speedrun #WorldRecord #Storster

[@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.

[@Controllerhead]

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

[@AdamFerrari64]

BASED COMMENT

[@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!

[@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.

[@NinetyLegos]

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

[@alecrutz956]

super darbio bros

[@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!

[@SPY-ce8qf]

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

[@LunchMeatTrump]

Nice! Glad to find another channel talking about speedrun history. Idk why I find the history of the speedrun more entertaining than the speedrun itself, but I am glad these kind of videos have become a thing!

[@carlrygwelski586]

Because speedrun videos are 80% people whining and cumming their pants , its not pleasant to watch

[@Jasonhoods]

You probably just like the healthy competition coupled with skill. It's almost like a drama. Who will be the next to amaze us? That's just my take

[@lukelaputka7164]

I summon the salt

[@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

[@adamuber41219]

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

[@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????

[@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).

[@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

[@Ardenzard]

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.

[@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

[@MaxsMarioMania]

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

[@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.

[@ultra_exists]

Me and the boys waiting for new Storster video 😳

[@hollowcloplover9539]

Now that beatbox intro already hyped me up

[@shad0wphoenix1]

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

[@drewhavens3821]

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

[@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!

[@KJgameplay14]

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

[@Ccrey_]

I like how it went from brief to long

[@Muzzino]

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

[@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 👀🔥

[@JP54704]

Wake up honey, Storster uploaded a new video.

[@raiccoon13]

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

[@ssjrose9641]

I love the background music!

[@TaylorSwiftSimp]

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

[@bkrich]

Thanks for making this 👍🏼

[@conorleighton7644]

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

[@djtomoy]

I’d forgotten how fresh and original this game is

[@DaVince21]

Really enjoy that intro.

[@YoloYester94]

THE STAAAAAR SOOOOOONG!

[@zion6680]

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

[@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

[@amcbray844]

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

[@GretgorPooper]

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

[@elliothazelton4489]

That FUNKY STAR-SOOOOONNNNGGG!!!!

[@connorgross3410]

19:13 hi dad

[@El_Chompo]

Wow great job on the video m8

[@thebettergamer2988]

Keep it up buddy !! love this stuff

[@Real_Artician]

A long wait for a long vid 😄

[@signastytv5954]

I’m glad the nasty made it into this

[@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.

[@retrogameroom9019]

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

[@get_real]

:o yes

[@3nc0d3r6]

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

[@GTM_]

fuck yess ive been looking forward to this

[@GRNKRBY]

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

[@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 :)

[@dandastardly2792]

Super mario land 2 needs a re release

[@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

[@GhostHostMemories]

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

[@michaelhackman3195]

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

[@Storster]

Thanks!!

[@denisgaming5686]

This is very underrated!

[@cdrsmm1909]

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

[@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!

[@israelgutierrez9304]

Thanks

[@-.1_]

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

[@ricklewis2068]

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

[@Storster]

correct!

[@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

[@SPY-ce8qf]

Anyone know what song starts playing at 53:08?

[@Shadow64]

Dope vid

[@Umbreon_Eevee]

Just played this game today

[@kkeithf]

Good vid

[@joselekiwi5695]

Puts kats Puts kats

[@StepBaum]

Great video :)

[@fryingmachine571]

Brilliant

[@srich040]

Well done!

[@koolaid33]

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

[@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?

[@HEX_17]

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

[@gmdrandom6287]

ILUVMARIO

[@c101vp]

Wait i forgot to turn on notifications

[@msdcrafter8336]

Good video

[@ISellSigals]

Nice one.

[@Larszard]

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

[@leowatley]

i can't explain how disappointed i was when mario land 1 released and i also can't explain how elated i was when mario land 2 came out. what a phenomenal game. mario land isn't exactly a bad game, it's also just not exactly a good game. #HDMarioLand2RemakeNOW!!!

[@nz7166]

its thaa staar sonngg

[@oreocereal2]

this is some good shit

[@cory_haneline]

Lol imagine not being subscribed

[@youssefm.4020]

Hmmm interesting

[@eriknilsson4627]

Not a single glitch or skip? 😵‍💫

[@SraAsdasd]

what's up with the warped voice at the end so fucking eerie love watching other people play games tho i wouldn't understand anything if it weren't for documentarists like you

[@innisjohnston]

Song at 1:40?

[@ArmadisRock]

Trying to find it myself

[@JoJoZaka]

swag

[@Blueeyedmerle]

talking about your subscriber statistic is just going to turn people off. you should be praising the fact your videos are doing so well and drawing in new viewers

[@Storster]

Appreciate the feedback. Was mainly just trying this once to see the response!

[@Blueeyedmerle]

@@Storster your videos are great! Let them speak for themselves

[@Storster]

@@Blueeyedmerle Thanks haha! I may actually cut that part out. I believe youtube let's you trim stuff

[@Storster]

Would like to say that its now cut out of the video, It should be gone for everyone within the next hour or two!

[@jeremycastillo8705]

The game is short sow it was ez

[@bobbydog6762]

40:35

[@TheInsideVideo]

Whoever told runners we want to hear them sing needs to be severely punished. It's always cringe and awkward.

[@briban65]

L O N G

[@kaspi644]

poggers

[@kobjgdewschucrvtubnkm]

KZbin never sends out notifs to me when you upload, very annoying 😣

[@Storster]

KZbin seems to always be broken half the time...

[@MatthewGamingLive]

the vide o is of a poor qualiyty and is n't persented wlel please J

[@DodgerB763]

........ don't say barely so often.

[@danteezy945]

666th like