TAS HD: NES Super Mario Bros. 2 'warpless' in

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[@Tyrnn]

Oh my goodness. I just realized "Subcon" was actually short for "subconscious" this whole time since my childhood. Wow.

[@herewegosupermario7738]

Woah, me too just now

[@reedr7142]

And the Subcon doesn't appear as an enemy in the game, to my knowledge. Maybe they are those little things you rescue at the end. But if so, why include them in the enemies list in the credits?

[@gabrielravier8114]

10:45 That part where he kills the hardest boss in the game in 5 seconds...

[@valoch3187]

He takes damage tho!

[@hypnotique32]

King Wart is the pain in the ass to beat, but with a good timing strategy it’s no problem to beat him

[@eifbkcn]

Does anyone else hate Tryclyde?

[@hotdogwater7037]

@@eifbkcn he's so easy! he's even easier than mouser. just stack 3 of the mushroom blocks in the middle of the screen and hide behind them. then just start chucking. the 2nd fights even easier than the first

[@eifbkcn]

@@hotdogwater7037 If you miss though, you can't really get the blocks back and they block future shots. The second fight is the easier though, you are right about that

[@PixxelTrixx]

51 seconds in and Im already impressed

[@pheaksopheak9614]

PixxelTrixx I

[@deadboyspoem2]

one of the best video games of all time

[@dominiclitchfield5356]

I have this game for gameboy and I adore the quirky secret areas and overall gameplay, it's so much easier knowing how to get 99 lives by 3-3 xD

[@MarioFan587YT]

Dominic Litchfield No, Mario 2 was on the NES only.

[@1989Ezal]

MarioFan587, TheMasterGamer this isnt right

[@Ashton000]

MarioFan587, TheMarioKnowItAll It also got ported to the SNES.

[@mqgTWO96]

Now this is the REAL way you fight from a bad dream!

[@deceasedchannel7856]

Yeah!

[@hakukahn]

@ 20:10 This game had Tweeter before it was mainstream.

[@JFJD]

hakukahn Much like a buried land mine, that joke still has potential to hurt, even years later. Congratulations.

[@Jadeykins83]

Why is Toad always on the sidelines in other Mario games? Answer: He doesn't want to humiliate Mario and Luigi :P

[@MavicAVF]

Thats a short dream

[@thorintatge5516]

This is so beautiful to watch. Almost a work of art, and yet it's sort of the opposite of art, since whenever there's a choice, they must choose the faster option! Some of these glitch exploits, like the ones to rise quickly through the sky in 3-1 or get through the floor quickly in 3-2 and 5-1, are breathtaking.

[@pgj1997]

Can someone please explain why the graphics are so glitchy?

[@kgratia4748]

I saw the white turn black on Toad.

[@kgratia4748]

First like: K Gratua!

[@solarflare9078]

Maybe rendering errors? Improper encoding? Idk.

[@404UsernameNotFoundX]

the encoding is glitchy. maybe a slightly corrupted video

[@underthepale]

Probably the best SMB2 run ever published: So much walking through walls, you'd think you were watching a Megaman speedrun.

[@72kbobert]

It was an interesting watch for sure. Probably took these guys a long time.

[@feosTAS]

reloading after mistakes is the main concept of noob playing with savestates. TAS is not about mistakes but about SAVING ALL POSSIBLE FRAMES of time. if some tests show more can be saved, a savestate gets loaded to implement it. and some are saved to do all right.

[@reloadpsi]

I love Mario 2 TAS videos. They vindicate the position I've held all my life that people who think Toad is not the worst character, and those who think so don't know how to play this game :P

[@joeds_]

THE REAL REASON:The SMB2 (Lost Levels) is hard for American audiences, so they take Doki Doki Panic and stick Mario characters in it. They even converted Doki Doki Panic's FDS Disk Format to a NES ROM format, and made some changes to the original Doki Doki Panic, and one day a ROM of "Mario II" prototype was leaked in the internet, and they spot Doki Doki Panic elements in the proto, the proto is a halfway development of Doki Doki Panic to SMB 2.

[@kgratia4748]

Oh. and:::: First comment and like! Y9!

[@feosTAS]

also the effect of the LOADS never happens in the resulting video. they're totally seamless

[@charlesprichard5235]

No one will ever convince me that tiny toad isn't the cutest thing ever

[@hawaiidkw1]

This was one of my favorite NES games ever, but it definitely demanded patience and resourcefulness. So to see a video like this, one employing astonishing resourcefulness and no patience whatsoever, is a true delight. There's a Princess-only run if you're interested.

[@CoolLifeFilms]

It was all just a dream? this changes my childhood.

[@mikewviolin]

hah i guess you didn't beat the game when you were a kid then? :D

[@ReaperSound]

And part 3 was just a stage play.

[@ajretro6784]

And Mario 64 was a... TV show? Documentary?

[@hawaiidkw1]

Seriously, *why* are SMB players *so* incredibly hung up on framing devices? There have been _countless_ games, and books, and movies, and plays, and, heck, any storytelling medium that's ever existed, where it turns out that the events "weren't real" or "weren't what they seemed". *So what??* If I got to experience a colorful world, accomplish my tasks, and complete the ultimate objective, and have a lot of fun in the process, I consider that time well spent. Accepting that none of this is real to begin with is how I can enjoy video games in the first place. Or are you concerned that your actions didn't make a difference within the world _of_ the game? This is _Super Mario Bros.,_ fer chrissake; the only reason it _exists_ is that history could repeat itself at any time. Hey, remember what the premise of the Wii SMB was? There's a TAS of that too if you've forgotten.

[@Kyavata]

I understand about 60% of what I'm seeing. I feel like I'm back in 8th grade algebra, trying desperately to follow along, but continually having to ask "how did you just do that?"

[@thatelephant]

10 years, and still satisfying 😎

[@lostiemposgloriosos9225]

Carajoooo!!! Que pinche super video... tenia rato que no me sorprendia

[@user-ov8rc4cd9b]

【日本の方々へ】 『自分の知っているスーパーマリオ2と違う』とお思いの方もいらっしゃるでしょうが、アメリカ版は『夢工場ドキドキパニック』をベースとしたものをスーパーマリオ2として発売しました。 なお、後に『スーパーマリオUSA』として日本でも発売されました。 なお、これに近いパターンとして『ファイナルファンタジー』のナンバリングが変更されていたりします。 逆に、日本に入る際に『ウィザードリィ』のエピソード順が変更されていたりします。

[@ruegenthedragon]

finishing a dream in 21 minutes.

[@wizardpenguintb2968]

Lmao

[@GarroXZ]

Ostro is the old name it was given on SMBUSA for SNES (I think on Doki doki panic its called Ostro too), then on the All-Star it was changed to Birdo.

[@Teknanam]

Fun fact. This game WAS originally made to be Super Mario Bros 2 (it was going to have co-op play too). But at some point in the development, Miyamoto and Tanabe decided the concept wasn't working, so they made what we know as SMB2 (the lazy sequel that just made everything harder) and turned the origianl SMB2 concept into Doki Doki Panic!. Which later got repurposed into the Super Mario Bros. 2 USA. Considering how much Mario games change anyway, no reason not to count this game as Mario.

[@JG-pw5cr]

This TAS guy is amazing at mario

[@Bretaigne]

Didn't realize this game was so glitchy, especially the NES version. GBA version probably patched everything when they ported it.

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

GBA is basically a modded port of the SNES reskin of this game. Makes me curious how many the SNES one fixed, then how much the GBA fixed after that.

[@angryladgd]

@@DrewPicklesTheDark I have played SNES SMB2 and the ladder jump works, the sonic speed carpet glitch works, so most likely every other works. GBA might not, don’t own it Also, at 3:46 there’s a clip that’s abused throughout this whole section which might work. Getting hit with an enemy after throwing it will cause the enemy to clip through the ground, and of course there’s the ladder clip at 1-1.

[@supermarioharvey2174]

America: hey can we get Super Mario 2 Japan and Nintendo: no you get Doki Doki Panic

[@kev3d]

You got that right. Even "Tool Assisted" doesn't generally mean objects appear out of nowhere.

[@arseniy]

Наконец-то дошло - Warpless. Клёвый TAS с глюками и всё такое.

[@trident042]

@GarroXZ It was actually something NOA changed and put into the SMB2 manual originally - it's been so long since I've beaten SMB2 that I forgot that it was 'wrong' in the credits. They thought switching the two names made far more sense, since the other one was an Ostro...ich.

[@gamer_x_x_originsx4957]

Wow great job demonstrating that, super intense. Some glitches and techs I have never seen before too

[@ClassicGamers2011]

At the ending it looked like Luigi was flipping the bird (giving the finger)

[@CalculatedRiskAK]

I'm glad I read the comment section, because I was just about to point that out.

[@pikmin4ever208]

1:11 new toad dark toad

[@WillToWinvlog]

The character design for small Luigi is nutty

[@kdreamland]

Miyamoto made it. He authorised it to be officially known as Super Mario Bros 2. Nintendo also released it in Japan as Super Mario USA. So it may not have started out as a Mario game, but it is a real official one now.

[@kgratia4748]

My favorite one!

[@LordVucious]

The fact that Mario got even ONE, count them: ONE use alone make the "Toad Variety Hour (feat. Luigi)" all the more humorous. Overall, pretty cool TAS.

[@andrewg1990]

@llproductions2006 We actually did this so that birdo was in the most optimal position when shooting the egg (furthest rightward). :)

[@jdaster64]

@DGMRuadeil I know that; Birdo shoots eggs every 256 frames regardless of when he opens the door, so he probably just had a lot of time to waste where being faster wouldn't have made any difference.

[@NachoTheGamingDog]

Really awesome story on the secret background of Super Mario Bros 2:

[@BigBlueandWhite]

Mario's dreams are quite awesome.

[@Jexel999]

The person playing this is amazing! Wow

[@GenerationLex]

to help explain to you, TAS = tool assisted speedrun. Take a look at the link he gave in the description, it should answer all your questions :) Welcome to the world of TAS!

[@Geoff42183]

So Toad is just unstoppable, Mario can double jump, Luigi can FLY, and Peach is...there. Understood

[@VSTheGame]

Straight up amazing work! How much practice did you do to get this skilled or are you just a natural or did you have help? If you had help, it still is interesting to watch. -Meowgid

[@KhagarBalugrak]

Alot of this is sheer craziness - taking advantage of glitches I never knew existed.

[@Ultracity6060]

The point of a TAS isn't to show off what a player can do, but what's technically possible within the limits of the game. And they do take a deceptive amount of skill, it's just more planning skill than twitch skill.

[@GJones-mu7lp]

This whole run is insane but 3-3 made my jaw drop

[@jared_s2]

a little more than T.A.S going on here

[@MrHappycamper100]

i know the player didn't but it looked like he defeated wart with 5 vegetables when you need 6 to take out this frog who is allergic to vegetables.

[@jhh-jiynks6568]

Genius bsstard, awrsome tas. Thank you for takingbthe time to make this video. Bravo !!

[@TompaA]

The emulators is a US emulator, if you could even describe it like that, called FCEUX. Rom used is US as well. And for the makers of the TAS, Andrew is from US and Aglar is Swedish.

[@Teknanam]

I know about SMB2 USA being a modified Doki Doki Panic. I'm talking about how Doki Doki Panic started out as the original SMB2. A SMB2 with co-op and vertically scrolling levels. But they scrapped the concept and turned the game into Doki Doki Panic. SMB2 Proto from what I understand now is an alleged beta (or something along those lines) of SMB2 USA back when it was still being modified from Doki Doki Panic. That isn't what I was talking about.

[@reedr7142]

I particularly liked what you did in 3-2 and 3-3. Why did you climb the same ladder three times with Luigi?

[@feosTAS]

For all questions, please see Submission Text & Forum Discussion, linked above. You even may ask the authors about anything.

[@Teknanam]

My posts had nothing to do with SMB2 not being released in the USA initially and the instead, we got SMB2 USA. The only reason I mentioned SMB2 USA is because it is ironic that Doki Doki Panic (a game that was originally planned to be SMB2, but got dropped in favor of just making Lost Levels) gets turned into SMB2 anyway (for one region, but still).

[@Teknanam]

SMB2 proto became Doki Doki Panic. SMB2 (Lost Levels) was made to fill the void left from SMB2 proto not being completed (as a Mario game).

[@SaRaH-wy1rb]

How can you be that good at a game!?!? That 's impressive

[@Playzon]

Why were Birdo and Ostro mixed up? 20:42

[@TheSonicPlushie598]

It was a codename glitch in which it was later fixed in Sma: Smb2.

[@abandonedaccount5]

Ha found that too

[@mamonsin]

amazing at the end when mario is sleeping, really good graphics for the NES

[@Teknanam]

Yes it did. IDK what SMB2 proto on the Internet you are talking about (a quick glance is giving me some questionable roms), but Doki Doki Panic DID begin its life as a Mario game and the sequel to SMB1. The release dates don't really matter since games can be delayed or pushed up. What I'm talking about concerns the development of the games.

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

Mario: So badass he conquers his literal nightmares

[@hawaiidkw1]

Funny. I was 16 when I played this, and I was as irrational as it was possible for a teenager to be. To this day, this is one of my favorite NES games ever. The framing device of being within a dream never bothered me in the slightest. It's a game. All of it is real and none of it is. Of course, I *could* point out that this isn't even the *real* Super Mario Bros. 2...nah. I can't do all the work around here. ;-)

[@joeds_]

SMB2 is a modified version of Doki Doki Panic. SMB2 Proto has Doki Doki Panic elements, and the SMB2 Proto came AFTER Doki Doki Panic, you can search the ROM on Google an play it on an emulator.

[@MarioFan587YT]

Alex Kettle No, actually, he's right.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Wow, so many game glitches taken advantage of. I'll bet even the game's designers would watch this and say, "WTF? I had no IDEA they could do that!"

[@themettking]

Oh my god...someone actually willingly used Toad.

[@xnewnoisex33]

actually the official name is birdo. according to the instruction booklet. it seems like a translation error

[@ObadiahtheSlim]

By pausing the game, the player was able to advance Mouser's movement algorithm without Mouser actually moving. That way the player was able to kill him faster than normally possible.

[@kickthejamz]

all these tas videos im watching just make me feel like i must have really sucked at video games when i was younger lol

[@bonniebianco5918]

loved the slippery ice .

[@tetsujin_144]

He's fastest at picking up things, that's probably why he was used for so many of these levels.

[@ExorSMRPG]

i like how you messed around waiting for the bird head thing to open

[@byro-bot]

What are the advantages of Mario and Toad? Example : The advantages of Luigi and Peach : Luigi jumps up high, Peach floats in the air while jumping.

[@MarioFan587YT]

Igor Castro Toad runs fast, faster still while carrying something, and Mario, really has nothing.

[@rediculous87]

I haven't seen some of these levels in many years, I always use the warps. lol

[@artman40]

I like the glitching done here!

[@KelsonArwhi]

Watch the end credits and all I can think of is Charles Martinet's voice. "Ehhhh, spaghetti... ahhh, ravioli.... ahhhh, mama mia..."

[@cliffsta87337]

Mario was a warlock in 3-3

[@Teknanam]

On first glance yeah. It even trumps Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game in perplexing nature. But its not too bad. Game gets transformed into another game, then transformed back into what it was originally going to be (minus co-op)

[@deceasedchannel7856]

You're so awesome at this!!

[@MarioFan587YT]

LegoBuilder23 It's tool assisted.

[@puyopuyo2867]

LegoBuilder23 the amount of people on this video assuming this isnt tas is alarming, it says in the video and title

[@joshuasharrock466]

rat... totally agree

[@shredknives]

Toad lifts objects faster. Mario does everything normally. There's situations where they would be better suited to lift faster, or regularly.

[@jdaster64]

@DGMRuadeil My guess is that Birdo would have shot the egg at the same time anyway if he'd gone in earlier, so he wasted as much time as possible for the lulz.

[@ThePepsiBoy138]

and he did this all with Toad...amazing

[@JuddMan03]

He also gets a small run speed boost just from carrying items.

[@mediavideos2176]

What's with the graphical glitches? Also what happened at 7:33 was that video editing?

[@artman40]

@Kazooker I don't know. Ask Ash, Chrono crew or Mega Man.

[@TheJFerg24]

Geesh, how many pixel-perfect glitches did you guys exploit?! Incredible.

[@CAyou]

@skrizhali Do you think this is possible with the snes version from the all stars cartridge?

[@DemonicDragon93]

if that's the case then why did the music continue playing as normal. I would have heard the cut.

[@edpistemic]

Toad was always my favourite :) This is fun.

[@The_Wandering_Nerd]

Are the strange glitchy colors the result of a game glitch, or is it a problem with the video capture?

[@ezgames6925]

this is a problem with youtube screwing up the playback.

[@papawushutv]

Can someone explain why they go into the Sub-con with that potion at all?

[@lukeperry6903]

This requires extreme memory skills!!!

[@angryladgd]

Why the graphics so glitchy I get HD recording sometimes do that but man

[@shingraywords]

@molitva2007 Seems like goofing around while waiting for Birdo's timer to fire the egg, but I could be wrong.

[@josselpenada2434]

Is Andrewg the record holder of SMB1?

[@joeds_]

Your fact is WRONG, Doki Doki Panic was released FIRST than SMB 2, the ORIGINAL SMB 2 is the Lost Levels. Nintendo decided NOT to release the Lost Levels (SMB2) to the NES because it's difficulty is hard. Miyamoto made Doki Doki Panic also.

[@kgratia4748]

Now I know. First comment and like! Y9!

[@kgratia4748]

Who disagrees dislikes! I agree.

[@kenoking7484]

I do like when toad turns into akuma suit

[@PadChords]

I wasn't counting or anything, but I'm pretty sure this speedrun was in the top ten of my what-the-fucks-per-second ranking.

[@kgratia4748]

K Gratia's Estimate: #1 First estimate! Now type "???'s Estimate: #???"

[@NorthBus]

Wait a minute... the credits say that bird-guy is named "Ostro"? What is the source of the "Birdo" name that you and I and every other SMB2 fan has been using for the past 23 years?