What is the Lowest Amount of Coins Needed to Beat Super Mario RPG?

[@SwankyBox]

We have a new lowest coin count courtesy of a new tactic by CS2Magus! 189 coins! Machine Made Yardivich has an ability that blows himself up into four smaller enemies, and these enemies can be defeated via Yoshi Cookies which grants us 0 coins from the fight. This frees up 1 use of the Lucky Jewel, which we can then use on our second encounter with Belome saving us 20 coins.

[@TheStealthyOrange]

Hi SwankyBox I don't know much about Super Mario RPG. But is it possible to beat Super Mario RPG without Allies?

[@tylern6420]

Also, use of the lucky hammer.

[@doomdragon6]

@@tylern6420 So actually to get the Lucky Hammer would cost more coins than we save. With our current run, we end up with 189 coins. However, we spent 100 for the Lucky Jewel and 50 for Belome's Temple. That leaves us with 39 coins "spendable" by the end of the run. We would have to obtain (illegally) 84 coins to afford the hammer. It's also available later in the game than the Jewel is, so if we skipped the Jewel entirely we're still getting more coins from the bosses before the Hammer than the Hammer would save us. In the end, all routes using the Hammer ended up with obtaining more coins in the run than if we didn't.

[@josephflores8220]

LOL my favorite game

[@Tahngarthor]

@@TheStealthyOrange No. there is no way to avoid having characters join your party. They are all used in the plot.

[@swearfreegamer]

5:09 I think you mean “shiny, yet deadly coins”

[@donutboi6187]

YES I was just about to comment that

[@Rebelmanu72]

Ceave gaming refrence*

[@ladictator6920]

@@donutboi6187 same

[@jenniferbarangan1502]

*rewards you with yum yum shrooms and also some shiny, yet deadly coins*

[@Sparkshot99]

Ceave gaming refrence

[@UltimaJC]

"Deadly coins" You're slowly becoming Ceave

[@jaxoncarter2electricboogal921]

It's "Killer Coins" they changed the name in the localization.

[@TayoEXE]

@@jaxoncarter2electricboogal921 I'm pretty sure you mean "nega coins."

[@Lumberjack_king]

Noo fuzzy

[@XaneMyers]

Not yet… He also has to say "hoo-ray"!

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

Or nicobbq

[@rmzing]

"I used the coins to avoid the coins"

[@doomdragon6]

Okay this comment killed me

[@doomdragon6]

watch out boys we've got an edgelord on our hands

[@Oscaragious]

You got to spend money to lose money.

[@DiegoPalestro]

LMAO

[@TheTerribleUsername]

@@mattfahringer148 watch out, with that much edge you might fall

[@Just_Shaun]

Can’t wait for this game on the Nintendo switch snes online

[@PaulieI]

Mister thief yeah

[@jdogwolftombstonesproducti309]

So ture...lol

[@Langas_LVDC]

Hahaha you're so funny

[@teosim6656]

So I'm not alone

[@jdogwolftombstonesproducti309]

@@teosim6656: not only that, but I would love for geno to be the next playable character in smash...lol

[@agenticex]

THE SAFETY RING DOES SO MUCH MORE. The Amulet, the safety ring, and the b-tub ring all also set the equipped character to have elemental resistance. Thats half damage taken from elemental magic. Safety ring is a top tier item the entire game. It also makes the character immune to all status effects.

[@bruhboss3141]

"...turning the floor into shiny, yet deadly coins" "it's actually suprisingly simple" - SwankeaveGamebox

[@pokepress]

If I recall correctly, there’s an item that lets you turn exp into coins (I believe it costs Frog Coins). Unfortunately, the reverse does not exist.

[@Vextrove]

He counts obtained coins

[@JackEhttack]

Yes great, the most anti-useful item for a run like this.

[@mattfahringer148]

@@JackEhttack even on a normal playthrough that item is pretty useless

[@Mewseeker]

The reverse exist in Chrono Trigger if I recall correctly?

[@Azure30]

No, the frog guy sells 5 things: An accessory that doubles coins earned after battle, an accessory that doubles exp on the equipped character, an accessory that cuts FP usage in half on the equipped character, an item that restarts the fight (infinite use) and an item that guarantees you can run from the fight (infinite use, doesn't work on bosses). The 'Hammer' in Seaside Town after you beat Yaridovich can initiate the lucky egg game without the lucky jewel, and never runs out of uses. Unfortunately with the rule for this challenge that you can't sell items for money, it is not as efficient to get this hammer as it is to just be selective with the lucky jewel. But with the Lucky Jewel and the 'Lucky' Hammer, you can prevent all exp gains after Bowyer (since Punchinello doesn't give exp) and beat the game with Mario as low as level 3.

[@katt-the-pig]

16:19 You do not need to pay coins to get into the secret cave. Just keep trying to jump into it from below, and eventually a puff of smoke will pop out and you'll be sent in. I do it all the time.

[@doomdragon6]

You have to pay to be able to freely jump on the blocks. Otherwise you're locked and can't jump off of them into the cave. If there's another way to do it that's new for me!

[@Arcygenical]

@@doomdragon6 Yep, jump from the ground part of the map.

[@GaIeforce]

@@doomdragon6 I've never had to jump off the blocks to access the cave.

[@Hamhamsnoozer]

This has to be the first time that text for getting 0 coins in Midas has ever been needed.

[@TheDougWay]

But it was needed by the people testing the game to make sure it worked correctly.

[@pandoravex4791]

I love this game. It’s my favorite game of all time. I always replay it once a year. I wish it could be re-mastered. I always felt this game needed more attention.

[@pt2086]

This was my all time favorite SNES game as a kid, even though I never managed to get all the way through it. Then I downloaded and ran it on an emulator when I was about 20, going back and beating it felt so glorious as a young adult. That was 10 years ago. Your comment makes me think it might be about time to give it another whirl...

[@TheRealRidley12]

@@pt2086 10 years is a long time, man. And I don't think I've beat it either, though after watching this video, I kinda want to go back and beat it (along with opening all the chests, including hidden ones, and other secrets the game has.)

[@Squiggums799]

This comment aged well! Your wish came true :)

[@Huanchee]

The fish do still spawn in midas river the first time you run it. If you didn’t run into any, then the only explanation i can think of is they stop spawning if you don’t have any coins to lose.

[@ddnava96]

He said the fish doesn't spawn the FIRST time, which is mandatory

[@Huanchee]

I literally said in my post they still spawn the first time, it’s right there on the first line.

[@Huanchee]

*and so once again, the fish do still spawn on the mandatory first run.

[@StenExStended]

Hey perhaps you could do the same with the Paper Mario series?

[@lindseybrown5648]

PLEASE!! I crave more paper Mario content and coin less runs of paper mario/ttyd would be AMAZING.

[@davidmcgill1000]

Least number of stickers required to suffer through Sticker Star.

[@Aaaa-g6u8e]

@@davidmcgill1000 as if Sticker Star wasn't insufferable enough as it is. Same for Color Splash.

[@bear.gaming]

D pad gamer did dat

[@QuayeEPICGAMER]

And Mario and Luigi

[@Savariable]

I would love to see minimum jumps in a Mario game. Like mario galaxy :)

[@projectharris8288]

MotivatedSpeck or spins

[@projectharris8288]

I did that

[@relievedkocour2539]

Project Harris how many times did you spin? I know you had to spin atleast a few times

[@projectharris8288]

Ondra Nedvěd 20

[@projectharris8288]

Ondra Nedvěd but I don’t count the launch stars and crystals those are meta spins

[@BelieveIt1051]

16:20 Slight correction. I don't think you need to pay coins to access that cave. Paying the coins just gives you the hint that it exists. You can access it without paying, but you have to time it right with the puff of smoke. But I don't think there's anything useful in there. It just leads back to the sewers.

[@tenchimuyo69]

"Hoo Ray" -ceave

[@SPFLDAngler]

Wow so original and clever... you're sooo funny..

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

I thought I was the only person who felt that way about land's end. Love that zone. Also F Boomer, ruining a perfectly round 200.

[@prizm9515]

This is my favorite game ever and I never seem to stop learning new things about it. I had no idea the lucky hammer existed until now.

[@haronka]

Sm RPG challange vid? FINALLY!!! THANK YOU!

[@ChristopherMoom]

Kamek with his infinite coin box at the end of the game: *_Am I a joke to you?_*

[@Starcat5]

@Kamek Yes. Yes you are. ;p

[@SPFLDAngler]

I can't believe there are still little kids using these old gay memes

[@cylvanus8765]

@@SPFLDAngler I can't believe people still are using gay as a negative insult.

[@georgie984]

Ursine Maximus I can’t believe you’ve gone into every comment you don’t think is funny and have said something with the intent of impacting them negatively, you insufferable prick.

[@suiton20]

This is probably why bowser seems to have unlimited money

[@That_Guy3604]

I need to play through this game again, it's just so much fun

[@TheCreepypro]

this was a really interesting watch had no idea you could finish the game with so little coins

[@lestatcomedante3907]

RPG HERESY!!!!!!!! (That flower only strat is pretty stellar as coins are a dime a dozen. I'll definitely keep that in mind)

[@eerokuusisto388]

Nintendo:here you go some coins. They help you Swanky box:no, i dont want

[@Lugmillord]

Had I known that Johnny doesn't challenge Mario when you let one guard survive back when I played it on the Wii VC, I may have actually played it beyond that point.

[@lateformyownbirth]

Man, Ceave sounds different than usual. A cold, maybe?

[@JelloSickle98]

Ooh I bet this took so long! Love the dedication! Good job Swanky!

[@booogagaming5223]

This game gives me so much nostalgia, was one of the first rpgs I played.

[@Savant20]

DoomDragon6: *buys Super Mario RPG cartridge at Gamestop and receives change* Wait, I have an idea!

[@vincentjenei]

I really feel that bowser cares for his minions, and just trys to act touch in front of the camera, similar to Micheal from the office (the boss).

[@apollolux]

“Boomer’s another character we have to forego using Lucky Jewel on, because *we have bigger fish to fry* .” “Bowser, what did you mean when you said you had ‘bigger fish to fry?’”

[@mindscapejem]

You...uh, don't need to pay coins to access that cave in land's end, you can just jump down there, jump into it from the ground and then exit through Kero Sewers. The enemies in the cave are kind of a nightmare though at low levels. You also don't have to fight the Shoguns in the Sand Pool area, if you press away from them as they rise from the sand pool, they'll duck back down and you can avoid the fight. That's a tip from Nintendo Power.

[@drizzyrauvryar6992]

Damn... I've played through this game twice and I didn't even know what Yoshi cookies even did. 🙈🙉

[@nicholasiverson9784]

I really respect the time, thought, and references in this play through. 10/10 awesome.

[@Daoutsida05]

I see Bryan found a way to get past that one avoidable coin. Good on him.

[@ramiel555]

interesting video, but there's a few inaccuracies/missing helpful information at 16:19 you can get into the cave without having to pay to play the bridge crossing game, though I don't think there's really any reason to go in there anyway 17:00 There in the temple you can also do left, middle, right, and get to a room with no coins or enemies finally, for the 6 doors in bowser's keep, there's a pretty straightforward technique that can be used to manipulate which doors are which, eliminating the luck factor

[@doomdragon6]

I'm curious to hear what the 6 doors technique is.

[@Odrizzy22]

When you were going to watch this on break, but it's 26 minutes 😅😬 I guess the real question is how much of this video can I watch before I get in trouble?

[@ballista7367]

X2 speed

[@DJ_LilPaycheck]

To anyone who may ignore the comic please don't its 100% worth the read

[@emaldon7]

Great work! I love this game and never thought of a challenge like this, was very fun to watch!

[@booogagaming5223]

-Swanky box- The only channel who treats the best mario game as a mainstream one.

[@xflaviusx2240]

I enjoy watching your coin challenges

[@chumon1992]

Your use of adjectives truly makes these videos.

[@jayson3900]

Awesome video. I actually learned something new and I've been playing Super Mario RPG since it was released. I bought it not long after it came out and it's still to this day one of my favorite SNES & 16bit JRPGa. If you have any other videos on this game I would watch them and if not you should consider making more.

[@mannylee1983]

This game seriously has Solstice vibes. Thanks for making this video.

[@DrMechano]

"talk to the king" That's the Chancellor. Princess Peach is the sole monarch of the Mushroom Kingdom. The Chancellor is a government official who works for her - even if he seems to exercise some authority later in the game.

[@ch4rlesiv115]

"Destructo-disc him to the next dimension" Ironically the most Krillin ever did with that move was cutting off Freeza's tail but Geno manages to kill a whole ass living sword

[@Nebula_42]

Bruh, i'm doing a play through on this and I just knew I had to watch it.

[@KyleHauff]

I never knew I needed this video in my life. Thank you.

[@JoLiKMC]

01:13 - What? _Yooooo!_ Small world to see this _RPG World_ friendo on a SwankyBox vid! (I really need to continue reading that comic…)

[@thebestworst8002]

This game is so underated. Now that alpha dream is dead, this game should get remade

[@rosedarkling]

So much work went into avoiding these coins; props to that. :)

[@dragonmanover9000]

I've never played Super Mario RPG, but I hope that its kickass theme will play in the video!

[@TayoEXE]

Toad: "You ditched because you DIDN'T want coins??? Are you even Mario???"

[@ddnava96]

Given how the protagonist of this game can basically transform into any shape to mimic any other characters, I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't Mario but a someone else pretending to be Mario

[@Bliffenstimmers]

It cost zero coins to watch this video, but that didn’t stop me!

[@emailname8624]

Hana J ii

[@williemakit2477]

Man! I LOVE THIS GAME!!!! Best game ever!

[@ImVeryBrad]

So good man

[@SuperNickid]

I really thought what I did yesterday night was complicated in Super Mario world, That abritrary code execution was tedious just to make the 100th seconds of the timer mess-up so it count as infinity time, and to keep staying at every level. Learn it from Watching SethBling stream on twitch about installing the jail break on Super Mario world Nintendo switch, by using only glitches, but all I wanted was the infinity time to see how it would calculated the score when you finish the level.

[@Mr_Flake76]

Welcome to swankybox where we make games unnecessarily painful.

[@Т1000-м1и]

1 year ago, New year today! IM EATING AP+ES! ALLLES APPLES

[@Т1000-м1и]

A 32 minutes agoi mean 31 aabd i was watxh

[@kylecampbell565]

Are you still going to do Mario 64 flooded

[@SwankyBox]

Yup! It is still in the works!

[@kylecampbell565]

@@SwankyBox great keep up the good work

[@dmas7749]

@@SwankyBox looking forward to it!

[@Sandata64RD]

Wait wait wait, RPG World Fan Revival.....WHAT? When! Since when?!?!

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

This is really cool. Also, I just realized that this game connects Mario to Zelda. There are clearly evil Hyrule Knights in the Factory. Compare how they look from this game to A Link To The Past. Making it canon that the giant sword in this game came from Ganon.

[@doomdragon6]

You can meet Link sleeping in a bed in the game as well

[@Rikmach]

"It's pretty funny to see the scene play out with everyone in the room." *cuts before scene plays out.*

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

Love the video. This is the one game I would love either a remake or a new entry on the switch

[@bukachell]

We get coins... And Mario dies

[@FatalHog]

I miss this game so much, was so fun

[@sethbettwieser]

This video has some Ceave Gaming vibes.

[@artcrime2999]

Yoshi cookie -> Yoshi candy on an enemy yoshi cant eat -> trade in moleville at the fire/ice bomb mole lady

[@Kuudere-Kun]

9:23 Wait, how are you watching 4 Yoshi's race each other? I've never seen that before. I've always had success using Silence on Czar Dragon and Zombones.

[@CS2magus]

Hey SwankyBox, I just did your lowest coin challenge and just finished it today. I did some testing and it is possible to beat Super Mario RPG at 189 coins

[@doomdragon6]

Oh? Shaving 30 coins off is impressive! Do tell!

[@CS2magus]

@@doomdragon6 You can use the Lucky Jewel on become 2. The way I found out is that you can save the Lucky Jewel is in the Factory. The Yardivich clone machine made fight where he can use the move "Multiplier" When he does that? You can use Yoshi Cookies on the small enemies to by pass the fight without gaining any EXP and Coins.

[@doomdragon6]

@@CS2magus YO DUDE. THAT'S BRILLIANT. I wouldn't have even thought about that!!

[@SwankyBox]

@@CS2magus Just pinned a post describing this at the top. Thanks for your clever contribution!

[@CS2magus]

@@SwankyBox Super Mario RPG was my childhood game. It's definitely a fun game. I'm not great at thinking of ideas of challenges but I am great at figuring out solutions. I wish I knew this challenge before hand..

[@faloughasch9239]

This is essentially the nuzlockes of Mario RPGS

[@tylern6420]

5:07 *sirens wailing* OH, LOOK WHO IT IS! It's the lawsuit police! Don't take this seriously seriously.

[@jmanrocks152]

Incredibly cool, glad to have seen ya join the no coins series!

[@RemLasher77]

RPG World. That’s a web comic series by Ian Jones-Quartey, the creator of *OK KO Let’s be Heroes* . Interesting to hear of the fan revival for it.

[@TheGameCreator13]

Mario in the thumbnail like 📀 👀

[@cruelnini]

IRC the guy that helped Swanky was the one that made the super mario rpg song

[@youtubeuser5524]

7:45 Insert zoidberg running away cry lol

[@manguy01]

Lazy Shell doesn't protect against instant death

[@johnsans534]

I never knew that you wouldn't do the 1v1 fight if you leave one of the Bandana Blues alive. Only had the game for 22 years and beaten it 22+ times.

[@ZipplyZane]

I on the other hand didn't know about the one-on-one fight until I saw it on KZbin. I always kept at least one Bandana Blue alive, likely because of learning my lesson with Mack and his Shysters.

[@stoneapollyon8313]

geno's in smash guys congrats

[@janLilin]

The 3 Musty Fears are celebrating because this video was uploaded in Spooktober

[@frostfiredemon]

Hey swankybox theres a weird texture thing in ghostly galaxy its on the outside of the mansio and close to the launch star you use after collecting the 5 star chips

[@mysticmaya9426]

I know it's luck based, but if you get the lucky Yoshi minigame after a battle - You can purposely chose the wrong one to earn no coins at all (if that was the thing you had a chance of dubble

[@kurtgardner7152]

5:08 this just reminds of of Ceave

[@notadrij8799]

Why am I still impressed with what the snes could handle?

[@RaphielShiraha64]

boi you should see rudra no hihou the game have so much good graphics you would think is not even a snes rpg

[@bobisnotaperson]

SUPER MARIO-OH RPG

[@omniunown]

You don't have to pay to enter the secret cave in lands end. It is pointless though (for this run) because the cricket pie you find just gets you 10 frog coins

[@spongyoshi]

Next, Mario Party!

[@thanosattorneyatlaw4062]

Just wait until Nicobbq hears about this, he hates coins!

[@snapfire9414]

Anybody else check out the web comic? I love it!

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

RPG World? Was that the one made by the OK KO creator?

[@InugamiRed]

Wow 2 uploads in 6 mins

[@miketate3445]

Whoa. Your accent/ cadence is exactly like Saberspark. I always thought that voice was unique to him. Is this a rare regional accent, or maybe a new school of voice acting?

[@marcusmoores7834]

What book? And I would read it if I knew the name of it

[@milohdd]

poor Mario, just trying to avoid fatal coin poisoning

[@LexiLunarpaw]

15:45 Looks to me like someone may have overlooked somthing

[@emaldon7]

I'd say you should be able to buy equipment and items but only with coins directly obtained from battle.

[@gandalfgaming4575]

if this is going to nintendo switch online, im gonna play it for an eternity

[@DaAmazinStaplr]

Could have went for the Super Suit Suit and farmed more coinless enemies for level cap. Sure it would have taken awhile, but it would have made some of the fights a lot easier

[@satanasluciferi7278]

He literally said he did a low level run to make it more challenging XD

[@Interesting_Failure]

oh shit I remember RPG world from the crossover it did with ADVENTURERS! and I remember being disappointed it was dead. finding out it's being continued is super cool also the video was good i guess

[@sha-384thegreatest]

I saw "Hand Gun" as an option. ...Okay game, do what you want...