Super Paper Mario: A Love Story

In this adventure Mario must stop the heat death of the universe, and Luigi is dead
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[@RTGame]

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[@JackVoke]

Bleck

[@iansonofthor]

Now I know what I'm gonna do for the next 2 hours.

[@bibisebi]

Feed

[@minemoder2346]

don't ever change rt, love the content as always!

[@exotic1405]

There is a surprising lack of bleck here people

[@ValueNetwork]

God: “my only daughter has sacrificed herself for your cause. You may take her heart to fight against darkness”. Luigi: *OKE DOKIE*

[@Ribbons0121R121]

luigi puts this act on fo childlike wonder to mask his true power

[@jackdriffill2394]

Mamma mia!

[@user-kx8pu6ys5i]

Mario and Luigi truly don't have any emotions other than happiness

[@rndmzr153]

mamma mia... buh-bye! wah! hoo-hoo! yahoo!

[@richardgibson8403]

G BOBBY NOOO-

[@JackVoke]

Remember, there was an alternate universe where mario just couldn't be asked to save the world and got everyone killed.

[@iansonofthor]

Mario saying no to saving the world is the ultimate disrespect.

[@spencercarlton4006]

There's another where Mario basically commits die by refusing to wear a space helmet

[@ssneakyandfriends1626]

-by count bleck

[@slygamer136]

And decides to backstab the world and have a fucking plant on his head lol

[@Trademarked26]

Tippi begs Mario to wear a helmet and he just stubbornly refuses just to suffocate.

[@slenderminion2229]

I love how this game's conflict was caused because Peach agreeing to marry Bowser is so inherently wrong it creates a paradox that threatens to destroy all dimensions.

[@Lady_of_the_Land]

Imagine if Mario Odyssey ended with the literal all consuming void killing everyone and forever destroying their immortal souls. Would be a bit of tone shift I feel, but maybe that’s just me

[@ThyBigCheddar]

​@@Lady_of_the_Land That's basically what happens in galaxy

[@Signedcentaur]

Technically that almost happens since the blocks in Odyssey are basically interdimensional

[@MariOmor1]

Literally canon events

[@Ruby_Coast]

As funny and insane of an idea of Mario saying "we have to keep moving" it's actually kinda a sad and solemn idea of Mario being a man who is not allowed to grieve and feel sadness, he can only keep moving forward, never to rest.

[@funninoriginal6054]

"I have no mouth and i must scream" ~Mario, provablly

[@dynimotnt3154]

"lets a-go." - Mario, face covered in tears

[@dfquartzidn6151]

I’m surprised that after so many times Peach got kidnapped, Mario doesn’t live in her castle to keep her safe, lmao. Like, is he not paranoid every single day? Even Luigi shares a house with him I mean, they are brothers and he’s the only canonically related member of his family but, I’m pretty sure besides that, since Luigi has gotten kidnapped quite a few times as well, he feels safer knowing that he can see immediately him everyday.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Maybe Mario is exhausted from constant adventuring so him not being at Peach’s beck and call is him not caring because saving Peach is his job.

[@somethingelse1388]

That's not Mario saying that, its Tippi. Mario never speaks throughout the entire game

[@darkmoone6659]

The game about a butterfly and a overly edgy magician who have a complex love life that Mario and friends+bowser are a part of for some reason

[@telephonontv]

It does predates Steven Universe's message in a way. Still a better love story than Twilight, neeehhhh

[@Trademarked26]

"Goodbyes are bittersweet but as long as we live, we cannot escape them And with that I'm hungry"

[@Its_Just_Livvie]

for the last time BOWSER IS PART OF MARIO AND FRIENDS! IT IS MARIO AND FRIENDS + LUIGI BECAUSE LUIGI IS HIS BROTHER AND BEST FRIEND!

[@isakts8576]

yooo another bestest enjoyer

[@chuck_duck]

BESTEST game ever

[@alyx5491]

Super paper mario: the only 3+ game with a story about a forbidden marriage, talk about a mans girth and several onscreen deaths.

[@jam_plays_games]

59:49 and vore, don’t forget vore

[@chiefhydropolis]

@@jam_plays_games damn

[@crispy7499]

It was a simpler time in 2007

[@pluto3194]

Also forced labour to work off a cripplingly high debt!

[@wildfire9280]

@@pluto3194 it seems you allude to debt slavery, but oh well that’s just called interest

[@notcastula6923]

Wow, I never realised how dark this game was as a kid, considering the *onscreen murder-suicide, slavery to pay off an almost impossible debt, Mimi deciding to commit neck snap, mass enslavement and mind control using plants, a forbidden marriage, killing Satan and the literal heat death of the universe.*

[@wildfire9280]

also based child suicide

[@S_i_guess]

also you go to hell at one point

[@camdenewing7501]

Existential dread: rated e for everyone

[@thefrubblewarrior4678]

You could say she pulled a [REDACTED] before she even existed!

[@sugarkane1571]

Also walking through a post-apocalyptic world that YOU were too late to save? A world that you saw was brimming with history and people but gone in an instant? As you watch in the world’s last moments the people of that world lose hope and realize their imminent doom?

[@magnumdonut3713]

52:40 The reason Dimentio deals so little damage even though his attack is 256 times stronger is not because his original damage is so weak, but x256 causes the stats to overflow in computer language and return his attack to x1.

[@asdunlavey]

That would be a cool reference, but the game explains how Dimension D strengthens everyone inside it. Both Dimentio and the heroes become 256 times stronger, cancelling each other out. The dialogue explaining this appears after beating Dimentio for the first time, but the video cuts it out.

[@ethanhinton4549]

@@asdunlavey Plus he was holding back for the sake of his plan.

[@syrusgrove8682]

@@asdunlavey but still no one is actually stronger the stats still overflow so it could still have also been a reference and making still make sense to people who don't know computer language.

[@ChrisPBacon-zf5gm]

@@syrusgrove8682 he’s right, otherwise there would be a difference in damage output as this game does have damage rolls

[@1e1001]

wouldn't it be x0 if it were a u8?

[@OriginalGameteer]

Fun fact: this game has exactly 1 Toad npc, being the one in the intro Also Bonechill is legit Satan. *I'm not kidding.*

[@grassypond4996]

They certainly compensated for it in the next few games. Enough Toads to fill every world in the multiverse.

[@Trademarked26]

Sticker Star Flashbacks* 😱

[@miscellaneoof]

That feel when we go from 1 toad to hundreds

[@Ribbons0121R121]

were safe guys

[@BankerPaul]

@@Ribbons0121R121 | The replies above seem to disagree.

[@weepingwalnut]

I can’t get over the fact that LUIGI, fricking LUIGI, is canonically the Anti-Christ.

[@thehuyto]

"How could I lose with the power of Luigi..." being a real mario game quote is probably the greatest outcome of that fact

[@E3kHatena]

Does that make Mario Jesus?

[@sukabashi9330]

Is this why at the end of super mario galaxy it says you can now play as luigi

[@mephfy7237]

@@E3kHatena yes.

[@toadjudgesyou1021]

“Hey Luigi remember that time you were the anti-Christ and all most destroyed all universes” “I don’t wanna talk about it”

[@criptastical]

Two parents grieve for the loss of their only child, who they raised and loved despite knowing that she would likely have to leave them early. Luigi: OKIE DOKI

[@DSJoLyne]

Mario listens as his only brother is massacred in the other room *Tippi, we must move on*

[@Gaming_Amateur]

RT: **Refuses to save the multiverse, killing trillions in a slothful display of indifference** RT: What an inconvenience! I have to rewatch these cutscenes!

[@loganw7101]

isnt the multiverse infinite?

[@MrBii03]

@@loganw7101 and it is infinitely destroyed

[@fluffyeevee383]

@@loganw7101 When even the dimension between dimensions, the universe between universes, is destroyed, I doubt much else survived. Besides, as the tournament chapter shows us, universes can be destroyed separately, so who's to say it's not a continuous thing as they die off individually?

[@mindofanidiot9871]

@@loganw7101 if the world were to explode and I said that it would kill over a dozen people I wouldn’t be wrong, just very irritating

[@Oriko-Magica]

I remember being a little kid and playing this game and thinking Peach was a badass because she took no shit, fought through two layers of brainwashing, and blew up the laptop of a creepy dude who was flirting with her. We don’t see badass peach anymore.

[@MrOofio64]

Badass peach only exists in smash and Mario + rabbids now. Sadge

[@Nevernamed]

Peach is canonically really fuckin powerful.

[@user-jm6cl6fj1l]

@@Nevernamed explain, I haven’t played Mario since I beat origami king

[@zjzr08]

Super Princess Peach also have her sprint into action after seeing the Toads kidnapped too.

[@randomguyonyt6060]

In the mario & luigi series, peach commands freakin magic.

[@KreaterK]

The Light Prognosticus was fanfiction so powerful it became canon.

[@burntoutidiot4669]

Did you mean: Lancelot

[@pup64hcp]

@Kay good lord you're right

[@maglev957]

@@burntoutidiot4669 I wish I got this joke

[@awesomewensink]

@@maglev957 lancelot of King Arthur fame was originally an original character a French author inserted into the stories and got popular enough that he was just accepted as part of the events

[@jjsix6943]

Omfg yes

[@NotserpHrrib]

Man, games like this really make me wish Nintendo hadn’t decided to start limiting original characters for these games. Francis is hilarious, and Blumiere and Timpani’s story is so compelling, a storyline like this is so much more enthralling than “go stop the origami man and his *evil* stapler”

[@gerragotheallidile]

While I don't hate Miyamoto, (He deserves some respect) I simply can't forgive him for what he did to the Paper Mario games.

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

I NEED more sassy Peach. I want to see her punch someone in the face.

[@sinteleon]

At least we have the rabbids to save the Mario storyverse!

[@dfquartzidn6151]

@@sinteleon Never thought such a sentence would be true, lmao.

[@Ethan70779]

@@dfquartzidn6151 I raise you, I never thought such a sentence even existed until now

[@hobobohemian]

I do like the idea of Luigi being some incredibly powerful demigod in the body of a college-aged man

[@MrSpartan993]

He’s not even using 5 percent of his power!

[@jordanspencer2157]

Luigi is now officially an isekai protagonist

[@wolfcl0ck]

1 year after posting this comment and your profile picture confirms your belief.

[@portantesbeneficia6166]

Doctor: "I am sorry. We tried our best but we couldn't save her." Luigi: "O K I E D O K I E"

[@aerial11]

Give the man a break, he got winter soldiered and is also the antichrist, being Luigi is suffering

[@darwinwatterson4568]

@@aerial11 LMAO winter solider is so true!!!

[@keeb7963]

You play as Mario because he's the most useful You play as Bowser and Luigi because they're broken in battles You play as Peach because she's the only mentally sane one in cutscenes

[@thanatoast]

Peach is canonically a bad bitch

[@KazLordOfLightWarriors]

You play as Luigi out of Pity

[@ravnge2945]

@@KazLordOfLightWarriors wdym luigi is great for killing the dragon in the pit of trials and the ice monster dude as well

[@123phi123]

Peach is also broken because she is invincible when crouching

[@iantaakalla8180]

You play as Luigi in vertical levels (basically in Worlds 7-2 and 7-3) and because someone called you a shag.

[@android19willpwn]

to this day, Dimentio has one of my favorite teleportation effects in all media. There's just something very satisfying about it, especially for something going between realities rather than just across space. Also I love how the whole game you're seeing the villains meeting on little boxes suspended in the middle of this weird black void and when you get there you find out that the floor was like two inches out of frame the whole time.

[@PogromcaDeszczu]

Haha, yea villains be ~dramatic~

[@xanderkatt1391]

Kinda like origination 13 in kingdom hearts tall chairs with the lower members being about 4 feet from the ground

[@quack-tastictictac1630]

It’s the sound of him teleporting that really gets me. Such a great noise.

[@emilyoswin3830]

Whenever I play D&D and use Vortex Warp it is the exact effect and sound I imagine

[@jordendavidson4452]

You

[@eternalmood1846]

Dimentio: “And so I arrive, like a sudden windstorm at a kindergarten picnic.” Bleck: “…” Nastasia: “dimentio what the fuck does that mean please speak normal, k?”

[@perrywakeman4087]

Dimetio: UNDERSTOOD I shall speak normally, like Jeff from accounting finally getting the opportunity for a big promotion, and not wanting to mess up and say something weird!

[@aceofjacks7071]

Nastasia should have been able to say "what the fuck" tbh

[@anhilo9716]

"ANd sO I ComE eArLy, LiKe An UnSaTiSfiYiNG pArTnEr In BeD"

[@leociresi4292]

Nastaisia:(To Count Bleck):” Can we really trust this jester? He’s from the Back Rooms you know?”

[@bruhmomenthdr7575]

@@anhilo9716 🤨

[@iansonofthor]

I just love the fact that Mario can just say no to saving the world.

[@financialzero5684]

Nah mate bowser earned this one

[@yumiendercat3685]

‘Maybe tomorrow, I wanna go to sleep...’

[@heliodotust]

nice pfp nd username

[@Trademarked26]

And later, in space, Mario can refuse to wear a helmet and subsequently, die by suffocation.

[@gferrol118]

And then Australian Man and Florida Man take over for him, and defeat Count Bleck with the power of masochism

[@rinbin4234]

“And here i thought Mimi’s ideal world was a gem-filled pool with hunky lifeguards” THIS GAME IS GODLIKE

[@aceofjacks7071]

I actually misread that dialogue the first time and thought they were talking about Bowser's ideal world

[@Ribbons0121R121]

it really is who was the time travelling writer

[@thehuyto]

@Jacob Lee "How could I lose with the power of Luigi..." -Greatest Mario Villain

[@harribo6527]

So Mario was right when he said so long gay bowser

[@captainblue5096]

@@thehuyto It’s because he used it wrong. He could have just won by doing absolutely nothing.

[@ScootsLounge]

I don't care what anyone says, getting a Game Over for denying your great destiny to save the world will never not be funny. Instant comedy gold.

[@lobstercat]

If I had a nickel for every time Luigi tampered with the ancient evils and brought upon the end of the universe, I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

When was the second time

[@nedlooker9954]

@@geschnitztekiste4111Mario tennis aces

[@Frog_Wizard801]

Good reference

[@kubamcmillan3078]

And the other time was tennis

[@IDKisReal2401]

And the other time was tennis of all things, with Mario making GBA notices while keeping his moth static

[@gabrielappleton4342]

Canonically, between Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser, only Peach goes to Heaven when she dies.

[@ballisticboo7808]

Well Mario has killed thousands of minions, Bowser continually wages war for selfish reasons, and Luigi is the literal antichrist

[@valerfox2155]

@@ballisticboo7808 But like what has saten actually achieved so far to warrant being in hell forever?

[@enesaue2192]

I like to think that Luigi was also worthy of going to Heaven, but his actions as Mr. L ruined it

[@31-2-5]

@@enesaue2192 they shouldn't have considering he was brain washed

[@yoshi658]

Luigi just beat the lucifer analogue in that chapter he is too powerful for the afterlife

[@TealZero]

Luigi admits to being an anarchist in the first like 3 minutes. God I love this game.

[@corb805]

He is the antichrist, what did you expect?

[@rainyjane780]

@@corb805 You kidding me? Luigi is a modern Jesus.

[@corb805]

@@rainyjane780 you clearly did not watch the whole way through. Shame

[@rainyjane780]

@@corb805 Im halfway, currently watching...

[@TEC_Sage]

@@rainyjane780 luigi is the antichrist

[@jordandwiggins1026]

Nobody gave Luigi the memo that this was supposed to be the more serious emotional entry in the Mario series

[@GloriaLovesDrawings]

The way Count bleck repeats his name gives me “they used to call me drift king in collage” vibes

[@riroufudo]

Bleck just feels like à trademark now

[@fygygufyufyyfhchcxgxy4290]

​@riroufudo why is à and not a?

[@Phoebe457]

I love how most other characters use something like “Game over” but then Peach just goes “ *You’ll die.* “

[@toastwell6488]

Peach is the only one who can actually die.

[@ryderrank339]

time stamp?

[@wildfire9280]

@@toastwell6488 what

[@toastwell6488]

@@ryderrank339 1:54:17

[@toastwell6488]

@@wildfire9280 Peach is the only member of the hero gang who knows what death is.

[@Tustin2121]

Can we talk about how Count Bleck always refers to himself in the third person because he’s not really Count Bleck? Blumire puts on this facade of Count Bleck and always refers to the facade in the third person. That’s some quality subtle storytelling there.

[@jeromealday614]

Yeah, I always think that an evil spirit possessed him

[@boxorak]

The theory I've is that he's actually reading his own dialogue in the Dark Prognosticus.

[@cheesewizard3965]

The way I see it, due to reading the Dark Prognosticus, Bleck sees himself as a character in the story, and as a result narrates himself as if he is a character in a story

[@Tustin2121]

@@Kurokun01 - It's your own fault for reading the comments before finishing the video. :)

[@sparki9085]

@@Kurokun01 you did still read it though

[@thetreacherousleech8990]

The idea of bowser peach wedding bringing the apocalypse really does add a new sense of urgency to Mario odyssey

[@realsanmer]

I guarantee that if this stream had been made a bit later in 2021, Count Bleck would have had Von Karma's voice

[@lordofthechickens3627]

Von Bleck, no!

[@sandsproductions1353]

But what was toad doing at the boat house

[@lukasruston8618]

@@sandsproductions1353 That wasn't toad! that was Dimentio Tigre!

[@fluffyeevee383]

@@lordofthechickens3627 Yes, Mr. Mario. It was *I* who nearly caused the death of the multiverse!

[@Ethan70779]

Omg I can’t with this comment and the replies, y’all are killing me lmao 🤣

[@TJ-Henry-Yoshi]

I really like the idea of Mario and Luigi just sitting at home after going through all of this like "Soo... You're were the perfect Anti-Christ vessel that Dimentio sought after..." "I don't want to talk about it."

[@fcomolineiro7596]

Mario: also the lord of overthere and the queen of underthere send you a card, you aren't entering to their kingdoms, good luck Whit that brother

[@hobobohemian]

I think in paper jam he’s just sleeping. Because he deserves it after all he went through

[@heyitsyaboi8419]

I like to think everyone just ended up getting ultra-brainwashed after all of it, considering how barebones all of the characters are in Sticker Star.

[@MikeConleyFan]

And so they talked about never again Literally, the next game had no story

[@darwinwatterson4568]

@@MikeConleyFan oh god i've never thought about it this way XD

[@Platitudinous9000]

Fun fact! If you're playing as Princess Peach when you meet Thudley, she gets the highest girth score of the party by a factor of a thousand

[@shinysparce3708]

That’s the greatest thing I’ve ever heard. With every new fun fact about this game it gets even more charming and humorous

[@cardboardhawks6783]

She must wear one helluva corset.

[@SimonWolfie]

@@cardboardhawks6783 or there's a reason she wears such a long dress.

[@CabeliotCometier]

@@SimonWolfie how would they see her "girth" in that case? Is that a hidden power of Thudley, to see through clothing and view "girth" directly? Or did something happen to make it... apparent to them?

[@thepastaprogenitor851]

@@cardboardhawks6783 Nah. Futa peach hours

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

Taking this game into account, had Bowser succeeded in marrying Peach in Oddysey, it would have brought about the end of reality. Mario probably doesn't even have a thing for Princess Peach, he just can't keep bringing home the bacon from his plumbing trade if all the pipes are destroyed in a massive cataclysm.

[@riroufudo]

I mean paper mario and regular mario are different universes

[@gerragotheallidile]

@@riroufudo Nah, they're the same universe. At least the first three games are. It's just not obvious. Sticker Star onward doesn't count.

[@sinteleon]

@@gerragotheallidile You're just being nitpicky. What makes the first three any more relevant than the others? (and more notably, Paper Jam specifically?)

[@zjzr08]

@@sinteleon The first three games emphasize that the aesthetics is an art style rather than the reality of the world, where if you translate them to 3D storytelling, it still works - not so much for the later ones, as they are more like crafted world (ala Lego Movie) that doesn't seem to fit the Mario worldbuilding as well.

[@zjzr08]

I'd just assume the curse is gone after the Chaos Heart got destroyed so I think Bowser is fine to marry Peach now hehe.

[@AuroraKnux]

Fun fact: the scene where Dimentio calls Luigi a pushover is different here in the US. In our version he calls Luigi's mustache a "shag".

[@magicalgh0st]

Yep, “shag” has a very different meaning over here in the UK😇🤣

[@1dkreally]

LMAO WHAT i juat cant imagine shag being in a game for wee kids im-

[@magicalgh0st]

@@1dkreally Fracktail also says the word “slag” at one point🤣

[@1dkreally]

@@magicalgh0st im,,,, what can i even say

[@1un4cy]

Vinesauce part 11 1 hour 54 minutes

[@ninjamaster9094]

I love how this game basically says "if Peach and Bowser marry, the world literally ends." Even the universe keeps the status quo.

[@thehuyto]

Also luigi is either not existent or the catalyst of incredible amounts of evil power

[@axetaxonomist5844]

@@thehuyto Yes

[@topsyturvy1097]

They're still married canonically which i love

[@blastbomb2798]

@@topsyturvy1097 I hope they bring this up one day

[@se.224]

Myamoto won't make money if they actually marry He's like the God of this universe

[@this-is-a-load-of-barnicals]

POV: you were born in the early 2000’s and this is one of your favorite games

[@lukea9854]

Based

[@tlkfanrwbyfan8716]

I forgot this game existed. My favourite games were Castle Crashers and Super Smash Bros Brawl and I ignored like every other game.

[@Uthri]

True! This game is my childhood

[@telephonontv]

Me and my sister own both Mario galaxy(which we didn't finish unfortunately) and Paper Mario. It's fair to say that memories from 2008 me has made a comeback.

[@caseyboppin]

i loved this game when i was like 10

[@sorio99]

This game really has everything. Existential horror, the book of revelations, a nerd who commits vore,

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

that comma is so ominous what's next

[@specialtyk9212]

​@@woooooooooooooooooooooooo the nerd ate them before they could finish :(

[@newtonheyton4892]

Fun fact: in the postgame Tippi actually never comes back. Instead, you can revisit Francis’ castle and buy a digi-butterfly replica of Tippi that performs her same job, in case you want to attempt the pit of 100 trials or something.

[@GreatFernicus]

“Fun” fact :,(

[@TinaThePinkPhantom]

The worst part is that she’s programmed to think she’s the real Tippi, so if she ever thinks of her origin as a robot, she has a breakdown and freaks out.

[@holdenarledge9672]

@@TinaThePinkPhantomthat outright is not true. When you point at creatures, Tiptron will often say “at least, that’s probably how she would say it” or something along those lines

[@TinaThePinkPhantom]

@@holdenarledge9672 But when you examine Francis using her, she freaks out and gets confused.

[@comicbillcomicbill1656]

A love story between a triangle butterfly and an edgy guy with a top hat, where the main antagonists are a buff scottish dude, a girl that is anywhere between 8 and 27, madam secretary, and the Joker. This is my favorite Mario game ever

[@Sigismund697]

I just pictured Dimentio saying "society" and lost my shit Damn you

[@saifuusuri]

@@Sigismund697 I did the exact same thing XD

[@XenobladeNerd]

@@Sigismund697 to dimentio, this is Normal paper mario

[@wildfire9280]

Only he’s a jester, not a clown. Video game jesters are ALWAYS baddies.

[@beansat3am]

I love how Mimi's description is simply "A girl anywhere between 8 and 27"

[@StickMaster500]

Super Paper Mario was definitely ahead of it’s time as it basically reflected on today Internet culture and Francis is a prime example of that reflection. Such an underrated classic.

[@AubreyDaGal]

Francis is just a Redditor before redditors existed

[@TGCPhilip]

Hey, it's you. I miss reoccurring commenters

[@bobbycrofts9241]

@@TGCPhilip now we just need Justin y.

[@OvPdTurtle]

The spirit was revived in undertale. There's so many similarities.

[@apexkonchu2234]

Internet culture was like that at the time too, it's just that other media didn't reference it as much. That's where Super Paper Mario stands out.

[@sawk1875]

"You like the new Paper Mario? Well you're wrong. I've never played it, but it's not the Thousand Year Door." You literally hit the nail on the head LMAO

[@blankethero2873]

amen

[@slateoffate9812]

Behold, the new Mario game; Paper Maria, the 1K Annual Gate! It's just like Thousand Year Door, word for word!

[@OctoNap]

@@slateoffate9812 it's the 36500 Day Opening passage!

[@SWAGMONEY_DX]

Mark, the Couple of Minutes Shag Curtain

[@nerin010]

update from 2024: there's an actual ttyd remake releasing in a few weeks and people are still finding ways to complain about it not being the original

[@NintendoNerd64]

i honestly love Dimentio, he saves peach from being brainwashed because he needed all 4 heroes to enact the dark prognosticus, sends all 3 of the guys to the underwhere to fix the pure heart, makes luigi upset so they have a one on one to get him ready for the final fight, comes in after count bleck has his fight and they used the pure hearts on the weaker villain, hell, he even had a plan B incase his initial plan were to somehow fail, god Dimentio is amazing character design

[@dimentio9833]

I wish they revealed the identity of Mr L

[@mreverything7056]

I still think it’s secretly Peach brainwashed or something. I dunno.

[@eldritchskye2608]

I have a wild theory that Mr. L is actually Luigi. Call me crazy, but that’s my headcanon.

[@Roanan.]

A green guy who has an L in his name? C'mon guys it's link!

[@mreverything7056]

@@Roanan. Dude, how could I, HOW COULD WE, have been so blind?!

[@mreverything7056]

@@eldritchskye2608 Nah, Luigi was busy in The Underwhere up until World 7 when we rescue him. No way Luigi was out and about.

[@TheGlooSniffer]

Fun Fact: When Thudley is rating your girth, Peach will get the highest rating of any the playable characters.

[@iseegreen5297]

Dude what the f

[@thanatoast]

Big thiccums

[@pumpkin_pants3828]

so THAT'S why she wears such a long dress

[@ChargeQM]

Thudley must have a handy monster can for reference.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@ChargeQM CAPTAIN CYLINDER!

[@tioubiai6257]

34:24 i just realized: They had to put bars there because they expected someone to grind the one million without picking up the pixl... Amazing

[@choobles2927]

Luigi OWNS that house bro. You know how much dough this man makes ghost busting?

[@nerosoul2506]

Im pretty sure luigi has more money then any royalty in the mario series, Hell he probably runs the property market or something

[@sharpack]

@@nerosoul2506 Not more money than Wario, though. Wario has a LOT of cash from his adventuring days and his game developing company. (canon)

[@sinteleon]

@@sharpack On the flipside, Wario is also TERRIBLE at managing his cash. He's also gone bankrupt (and is also the impetus for him to stop being lazy and get more money). Him having no money to even buy pizza is why he started a game development company to begin with (and we do know his games isn't the most popular, since the most popular is the one starring Pyoro.)

[@egcart4957]

“If Luigi had a nickel for every time he unleashed an ancient evil, he’d have two nickels Which doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice”

[@arklypurple99]

he didnt unleash the ancient evil he *was* the ancient evil

[@liplaygames5591]

What was the second? I can't remember.

[@egcart4957]

@@liplaygames5591 remember Mario Tennis Aces?

[@georgy2596]

Oh right the infinity racket

[@PixelatedPerfection]

technically three times if you count him accidentally letting antasma out of the dream world

[@supercamborg4218]

I love how this game wasn’t afraid to get dark, it also implied that our world was one of the worlds that would get destroyed and that is really intense for a Mario game. Also the amount of lore you can find in the post game is astonishing. Also the game just gets WEIRD

[@tobikat8865]

Expecially with the bartenders, they help you understand the lore better and tell you things you couldn't know otherwise.

[@supercamborg4218]

@@tobikat8865 yep, they’re great

[@purpleisdebeste]

You know what other Mario series implied our world would also be destroyed? The MARIO BROS THREE SHOW!

[@andresprieto888]

Mario & Luigi partners in time was a pretty dark game too. i don't remember any other game thats also this kind of dark except for this and the one i mentioned.

[@supercamborg4218]

@@andresprieto888 I haven’t been able to play that one yet, is it good?

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

I love the games that portray Bowser as a massive dork Well, Luigi's last name _is_ Mario

[@gothiiispiderz]

does that make mario's full name Mario Mario

[@l0sts0ul72]

@@gothiiispiderz Yes. Yes it does.

[@gothiiispiderz]

@@l0sts0ul72 perfect

[@bimbo122]

As much hate as this game gets for not being “Paper Mario” on its own it’s a really good game. The story is great the characters are great and the power ups are great. I grew up with this paper Mario, so I may be bias but this game doesn’t have to be an rpg. This is just Mario in the form of paper not Mario in the form of paper in an rpg

[@bagelgod946]

This game doesn’t get nearly as much hate as you think it does. In fact most older fans love this game! It may have been controversial at launch but so was Luigis mansion and wind waker and those games are classics!

[@Adriethyl]

The one that gets the most hate has to be Sticker Star (also for reason of not being an rpg) and not Super Paper Mario

[@Endyre]

The only hate I see it gets outside of the people who hate it because it’s not TTYD or the original paper Mario is that it’s too easy. If we ever get a remake of this either nerfing bowser or making the bosses like 4x harder would probably silence 90% of the people who dislike this game

[@mecalico4647]

@@Adriethyl and color splash as they are nearly the same game

[@nerosoul2506]

@@mecalico4647 Colour splash is a lot better then sticker star though, plus certain elements involving the paint make for a nice change of pace from just *Get sticker, use in battle*, ya actually have an overworld use for it

[@apertureemployee215]

2:29 Peach has become so desensitized to being kidnapped that, even while being held hostage by an extra-dimensional invader, she still looks like she's struggling to care

[@jazznayaa]

poor peach needs a vacation

[@lucatdcat8720]

@@jazznayaa Well, in order for that to happen she has to get kidnapped by an ink version of Mario, get the REAL Mario in a bunch of legal trouble, and have to break news to Bowser Jr. that she isn't his mother.

[@livispuzzled]

@@lucatdcat8720 LMAO

[@wildfire9280]

@@lucatdcat8720 oh boy

[@bibisebi]

I swear this game was a fever dream

[@dr.suckfudge340]

It wasn't 'a' fever dream, it was 'The best' fever dream!

[@michaelrobert6386]

A very good dream.

[@iansonofthor]

Definitely one of the most lore heavy Paper Mario games.

[@iamiam8619]

Specially the parts with francis

[@pilotwings65]

At the start it felt like another paper Mario game. Then it became a writing plumber game

[@miscellaneoof]

1:57:10 Fun fact: in the US release, dimentio comments on Luigi’s moustache, calling it a ‘shag upon his lip’ instead of calling him a pushover. Due to the very different implications of that term in the UK, the line was replaced with the one you see here

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

This game somehow feels like complete fan-fiction, but it isn't, and I love it. The story of Count Blumiere and Lady Timpani was really sweet, and Count Bleck's evil gang being friends was also really sweet. Peach and Bowser get some great character moments. And everything else is just pure memes. This game is the whole package. Thank you RT for showing me this lovely game

[@KyndaKold]

"What is it with Luigi invoking ancient evils? It happened in tennis as well." is an amazing quote

[@sanlikebeamer8146]

this comment is underrated

[@kremstoin]

My absolute favourite quote

[@Henriku37]

If I had a nickel for everytime Luigi envokes an ancient evil, I'd have two nickels. It isn't a lot, but it's still weird that it happened twice.

[@leociresi4292]

He accidentally released the Infamous Boo Gang in Luigi’s Mansion

[@SuperDZ555]

next thing you know they're gonna release a New Super Mario Bros game and the plot is Luigi summons literally satan

[@colinrowe8155]

If I had a nickel for every time Luigi became the embodiment of pure evil, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but It's weird that it happened twice, right?

[@Johndoe-jd]

There is this game. What is the other?

[@colinrowe8155]

@@Johndoe-jd Have you Not seen Mario Tennis Aces?

[@Johndoe-jd]

@@colinrowe8155 I forgot about that game

[@colinrowe8155]

@@Johndoe-jd Honestly, me too.

[@brileyporter4887]

I LITERALLY JUST COMMENTED THIS

[@Luckplayer]

If Dimentio just did nothing while possessing Luigi, he would’ve won.

[@kimpberly]

this game is unironically a masterclass in storytelling

[@gahhck_9170]

The fact that in order to get Boomer to help you, you just have to have the same opinion as him on all of his questions is, unfortunately, decently accurate.

[@pup64hcp]

he agrees with you no matter what you say lmao

[@maxdunn4756]

There’s literally no wrong answers though.

[@ta33370]

I mean, that conclusion goes both ways these days. Heck, both ways all of the days. It's how people are, people just only point it out when it's the "other" group while ignoring their own group doing it. Lost Generation, Baby Boomers, Boomers, Millennial, Z will. And many of those before and to be. So excuse me while I sit here hypocritically laughing about your statement.

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

@@ta33370 the generation between baby boomers and millennials is Gen X

[@mimemmo1988]

For an E rated game, Dimentio sure does indeed do a murder-suicide on screen.

[@rattyeely]

Yeah, a lot of the onscreen deaths were pretty dark

[@nintendoge1575]

Mimi still haunts me to this day

[@xanderkatt1391]

Let’s also talk how Luigi is basically a omega weapon, but also how Mario is related to the anti-Christ

[@midastouch4456]

@@xanderkatt1391 so Mario is either Jesus or the holy spirit. Wait, overthere is heaven so Grambi is God, Jaydee is the Devil, and Luvbi is Jesus And Mario is the Holy Spirit

[@xanderkatt1391]

@@midastouch4456 oh my god the secrets have been uncovered

[@gferrol118]

2:03:34 If I had a nickel for every time Luigi invoked an ancient evil, I would have two nickels! Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice

[@chillbizz74]

Luigi is canonically, the most dangerous and powerful character in the Marioverse.

[@Samlazolo]

Didn't Luigi actually invoked an ancient evil 3 times? Since in Mario & Luigi dream team, he is the reason why Antasma was able to escape the dream world.

[@zeal9442]

@@Samlazolo That one was more of an accidental thing. Besides, Bowser was the main antagonist of Dream Team anyways.

[@marisolramirez9591]

He doesn't even need Mario he can just defeat Sephiroth himself

[@SolstaceWinters]

We need to cut back to Luigi saying "Okie Dokey" whenever RT is playing a serious game and the plot starts to get heavy. Luigi keeps us grounded. Someone PLEASE remake that scene somewhere on the RT's minecraft server. It needs to be immortalized.

[@theheckler399]

Francis has a discomforted face whenever he tongues and vores everyone but peach; for peach he just blushes.

[@seamusgreen5386]

Thank you for making me sufficiently uncomfortable for today

[@tsrenis]

no.

[@dimentio9833]

the super in super paper mario stands for super cursed

[@tsrenis]

@T teg Egg what?

[@topsyturvy1097]

@@tsrenis ur not allowed to exist im so sorry

[@dylndaviln3091]

God this game is such a masterpiece, but so many people ignore it because it isn’t like it’s older brother. I’m glad it still gets some love :D

[@BigHailFan]

Hell of a lot better than the later games.

[@CookiKirby]

@@BigHailFan Sticker Star is such a low bar, but Super Paper Mario reaches the clouds

[@spdxgames1007]

Even sticker star wasn’t bad

[@davidtowers1863]

It isn't bad no. The only bad part is the tipi pointer because you never think to use it and the 3d time limit. Oh and pacing and backtracking But this game kinda is symptomatic of what came next. Generally great writing, awful awful gameplay Stickerstar colour splash and that new one are the biggest fall from grace ive seen in a game series and super paper Mario was a harsh slide

[@shinysparce3708]

@@davidtowers1863 bruh, the gameplay in this game is super fun. It has really creative puzzles, fun platforming segments, and a high skill ceiling for pulling off cool stuff with different items. Just because it’s not an rpg like the first paper Mario or ttyd, doesn’t make the gameplay bad. This is personally my favorite paper Mario game.

[@abra_escaped]

28:03 ah yes, my favorite Mario moment: *boomer gives you a vibe check*

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

Mario is the hero in the Light Prognosticus, but Luigi is the one who determines if the Light Prognosticus is true or if the Dark Prognosticus it true. Therefore, Luigi is the one who actually prevents entropy in the game. In this essay I will

[@Johndoe-jd]

Where's the essay? I want to read it.

[@notloopers1110]

Luigi must have decided to not let him finish the essay

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

@@notloopers1110 gun to my head forcing me to write my essay but I got too many bees in my head

[@thequeenofcringe1585]

@@notloopers1110 luigi is holding a gun to my head, forcing me to write the essay by I have too much ADHD and can’t focus on anything

[@lilylohmann614]

I hope you defeat the bees and get to finish the essay one day

[@HeroOfROBLOX138]

Tippi: Mario, your allies and your only brother are all dead...! Mario: We must not grieve. Their lives meant nothing to me.

[@ChargeQM]

MatPat: "AND HERE'S WHY MARIO IS A PSYCHO, SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE WILD SPECULATION!" (I like Game Theory overall, but sometimes Matthew Patthew goes overboard)

[@mreverything7056]

@@ChargeQM That’s why I watch him. And I think even he’s aware that his theories are a bit on the insane side

[@mreverything7056]

Mario: They all had a spare 1-up they’ll be fiiiiiiiine

[@waterfallx4674]

@@mreverything7056 Yeah Luigi got a continue from the underwhere that's 3 or 5 lives

[@abra_escaped]

@@ChargeQM oh please not that, I genuinely believed it when I was in 5th grade

[@dragonslayermasterornstein83]

This game was really ahead of its time the fact that it parodies dating simulator games.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

i am convinced someone was a time traveller in the story department

[@on37vn94]

Dating sims were inspired by super paper Mario

[@snowshoes343]

@@Ribbons0121R121 ikr, there’s literally a character named “boomer” who “checks your vibe”

[@platy4700]

Maybe that’s why modern Fire Emblem games are criticized for “being dating sims” It was nerr2babe all along

[@Defahn]

A love story? 14 years ago I got this game and met a new friend on KZbin. 14 years later, we're married!

[@bowenwangs]

This game is truly ahead of its time. Its humour and dialogue hold up incredibly even after almost 2 decades.

[@dragonetafireball]

Luvbi: I must die in childhood as a sacrifice to protect the world knowing my life was built on lies and I never got to enjoy some of the true joys of youth. Luigi: Okey-dokey

[@mikedacoolnerd788]

This game gives me emotional whiplash.

[@bruhmomenthdr7575]

She returns to the Overthere after you complete the game

[@temporalCaster]

Also Luigi: *has a Majiin Vegeta moment multiple times*

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

Mimi was the originator of the tried and true method of snapping your neck and turning yourself into a spider

[@chrisweyers4764]

i saw that and just thought, Nosk

[@chrisweyers4764]

@Honglin Xue hehe nec crac spider spawn

[@yaboirevived]

@@chrisweyers4764 where's the fanta tho?

[@bobbycrofts9241]

@Honglin Xue well, other way around, but yes

[@trickynick9139]

@@chrisweyers4764 it would make sense, since some aspects of Hollow Knight borrow heavily from the Paper Mario series, says Team Cherry

[@poppy-hb5od]

when mimi turned into a spider, I was absolutely terrified as a kid. i also have a huge fear of spiders still so you could say this game also did that

[@pyrusinc]

I love that like. Luigi is consistently the vassal of chaos. Like he's the only one that can channel the Chaos Heart to it's full potential and Daniel mentioned his appearances in Mariocart, but do y'all remember his Final Smash in Brawl? He fucking weaponized all his negative experiences like holy shit

[@cadenedwards403]

Luigi is basically the Winter Soldier... a brain-washed super soldier fighting for the enemy

[@deathpie24]

And the last piece to complete the apocalypse

[@jazznayaa]

luigi buchanan barnes

[@anthonyromanelli1392]

The Falcon and the Winter Luigi

[@rapogirl1391]

I remember having a talk with someone online once about which Nintendo characters would be which Avengers and Mario was Captain America and Luigi was the Winter Soldier because of this game.

[@ballisticboo7808]

Mario: "Luigi?" Mr. L: "Who the hell is Luigi?"

[@bogbert7019]

I can't believe Luigi died like 4 times and became the antichrist

[@DorkyDogBoy]

whats a luigi

[@prysrek8858]

@@DorkyDogBoy luigma balls

[@wildfire9280]

@@prysrek8858 lugia balls? edit: wait no forget I said that

[@mitch9224]

What do you mean you can't believe it

[@willow1wisp]

Resurrected more times than Jesus.

[@zomedome1663]

Peach actually has more girth points than bowser from thudley, proving that thudley is biased

[@bruhmomenthdr7575]

Misread that as "based", feeling both relieved and disappointed in myself rn.

[@zocritter]

Or peach just actually does, who knows

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

*Extremely emotional scene of a character death, causing great grief upon parents and loved ones* Luigi: *k*

[@jamesdeerwood146]

"Welcome to Limbo Mario! You cannot enter heaven or hell" Yeah, about that...

[@ender_expert1391]

what are you referencing?

[@madelinejester633]

@@ender_expert1391 the later portion of the video, in which mario enters both

[@articfoxfan9899]

@@madelinejester633 to be exact The UnderWhere and The OverThere

[@Idunno1707]

@@madelinejester633 And yet neither accepted him.

[@leociresi4292]

To rescue Luigi, and return Luvbi to her parents, Jaydes and Grambi

[@redtalon8947]

Mario enters purgatory and is sent into hell time and time again to prevent a wedding between a princess and a roided turtle which would cause the heat death of the universe

[@jamescanjuggle]

Yeah that's about right

[@Ribbons0121R121]

also chaotic neutral dimensio who i may or may not relate to on a suspicous level

[@jackhazardous4008]

Man imagine how much it feels like bullshit for Bowser, because the one person he genuinely likes in some cruel twist of the universe's whims will end the world if he ever gets her.

[@apexkonchu2234]

@@Ribbons0121R121 Dimentio isn't "chaotic neutral". He's still evil, he just isn't on the same side as the other bad guys.

[@elleelle257]

you have an error, it is actually the heat death of the multiverse and all of its spacial dimensions

[@tylerchang571]

Mario ignores his brother’s death after witnessing him laughing at a child murder

[@bacca4813]

2:03:35 "If I had a nickel for every time Luigi evoked an ancient evil I would have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice."

[@Sodamoth]

The fact that you can say "Boomer vibe checked me" in this game and have it be the correct way to say it is amazing.

[@matthewcant6444]

This adventure was actually just Mario inhaling too much weed and his mind went into the next plane of existence

[@Trademarked26]

Somehow still had the best story in the franchise.

[@Yakshimara]

When you already live in a fantastical world of wonder, so your high moments are low quality squiggle people and that's what passes for hype. "Ohh, whoa, I can almost tell what you're supposed to look like. That'sa AWESOME."

[@Dinoman972]

Why weed when 80% of his diet is already mushrooms?

[@limerumpus3589]

@@Dinoman972 to be fair lsd is going to be a lot more effective at sending you to another plane of existence than weed will

[@lemonberry_soda]

Bruh it makes me insanely happy to see my favorite game being recognized in any way. I literally dressed up as Count Bleck for Halloween last year he's my favorite comfort character

[@gothiiispiderz]

unironically, this is genuinely my favorite mario game, and im happy to see it recognized too (dimentio is my comfort character tbh, i may or may not have a mild obsession with backstabbing jesters)

[@mechanicalhoundz]

@@gothiiispiderz this is months old but 🤝 Dimentio as a comfort character. I hate that man but also god he makes me so happy

[@gothiiispiderz]

@@mechanicalhoundz i agree

[@SimBits]

The internet humour in this game is amazing, I'm so happy it holds up to this day

[@leociresi4292]

I liked how Francis was just like Tubba Blubba, when he was defeated, he ran away sobbing 🤣

[@TheHutchy01]

I mean it doesn't so much hold up as somehow work better here 15 years later.

[@podled942]

​@TheHutchy01 the world finally was prepared for this game a decade and 2 years later

[@Pugzie2000]

How to die in under a minute: Take a shot every time it says "bleck"

[@flinch2440]

The shot would wear off after an entire chapter

[@Ethan70779]

@@flinch2440 I am pretty sure you’d bleed out after at least chapter one though but that’s just my personal opinion. I don’t think I could take more than like 3 shots to the chest ngl

[@Tha_Protege_BA8]

HeAvY WeIgHt.....(5 minutes later) BLECH 🤮 🥴😵

[@tomc.5704]

Well, 11 shots in his introduction...and then another when you meet the old man....and then another 5 in prologue part three Seventeen shots before you get control of Mario.

[@Ethan70779]

@@tomc.5704 Call an ambulance! CALL AN AMBULANCE! But not for me...

[@DerpyTheShreddingProto]

1:12:25 This is probably the first time I’ve ever heard a character in a Mario game shout the word *”fuck”* at the top of their lungs and Mario is very shocked by this

[@comicallybadpun]

y e p

[@leociresi4292]

Mama Mia!!!

[@bruhmomenthdr7575]

I made Cudge say some freaky stuff 😳🥴

[@Yort_The_Dragon]

I really like how this game touches on the player being a mighty being watching over their world, I realy wish more games did the same

[@joshdavidson9964]

1:58:12 Mario is right tho, to grieve now would be to put all other worlds in danger and thus face their doom. Mario can grieve later, for now he has to remain level-headed and save existence as we know it.

[@geenkaas6380]

Its still his brother who he thinks is dead

[@rexcorvorum4262]

“You’re going places with girth like that, and I wanna come along for the ride” - Super Paper Mario

[@thedotintheletteri]

That’s a really good Senior Quote

[@UndoneCorruption]

One of the most underrated mario games

[@conallmolloy4238]

Absolutely, deadass one of the best

[@caddyshack4977]

Can't wait till we get to the light novel dating simulator

[@emanuelepolloni4002]

This game combines a lot of elements from different Mario games and makes them work wonderfully. It really needs a rerelease someday.

[@telephonontv]

@@emanuelepolloni4002 remaster it or port it to Switch or PC one day.

[@Trademarked26]

Hell, it's probably the best mario game Thousand Year door is the only competition

[@BetaXeeta]

I remember as a kid getting this game on accident. I wanted to get Mario Galaxy but when I pointed at game I wanted the worker at Walmart thought I wanted Paper Mario instead and it felt rude to ask for Galaxy instead so I just dealt with it

[@ninjabearQ]

Bowser: "Why do i keep losing?" Mario: "If you weren't such a big ass simp maybe you would have stood a chance"

[@jackhazardous4008]

I don't think the line "I don't give my name to scoundrels, now watch as Luigi disembowels you" gets enough credit 26:15

[@serene-Grace]

If you go back to Weird Lizard Guy's house than he will offer you the opportunity to buy a robot version of Tippi who knows she's not the original but also is programmed to think she's Tippi leading to the only character with both the rainbow text-box outline of a Pixi while having the text-box shape of the robot characters.

[@theawsomealexgames]

I think I remember that on very certain things when scanned, she even has unique dialogue about getting confused on who they are

[@benquinnobi6461]

​@@theawsomealexgames When you're buying Tippitron, (the name of the robot Tippi) she'll act confused about being called by that name and insist her name is just Tippi. But you can also scan yourself, a mechanic normally used to give you hints. Do this with Tippitron, and you get the only scan dialogue that the normal Tippi can't give you. Tippitron talks about how great of a hero you are for saving everything before saying "At least, I think that's what she would have said. . ." These two contradicting moments seems to imply that Tippitron has something of an identity crisis.

[@oncreativemode5486]

this sounds trippi

[@instantnoob]

The reason Bleck always talks in 3rd person and narrates his actions reiterating his own name is because he's a character in a book who red his own story. It changed his name and he's dissociated from his own actions because he's no longer a free will agent. Everything he says or does he's saying or doing because that's what the book says he does. "All worlds will be undone, by Count Bleck" "'I can not be stopped' exclaims Count Bleck" He's narrating his role in the prophecy and is completely disillusioned to actually play the character, because there is no character, because he has no free will, so he's reading the stage directions from the script.