The Hardest Thousand Year Door Challenge I've Done Yet...

Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door's battle system has been praised since it's release for being really balanced, fun, and deep. But, what if we took away a key component of it: experience, also known as star points? This means that Mario is stuck with 10 HP, 5 FP, and 3 badge points. I also decided to make this into a "Level Zero" challenge, which means that Mario isn't allowed to use badge points either... Last time I did the full game, so this time we're taking on the Pit of 100 Trials!
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
2:23 - Floors 1-10
3:41 - Floors 11-20
5:40 - Floors 21-30
7:13 - Floors 31-40
8:52 - Floors 41-50
10:32 - Floors 51-60
13:17 - Floors 61-70
16:13 - Floors 71-80
19:36 - Floors 81-90
24:53 - Floors 91-99
30:21 - Bonetail
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[@SquallLionhart409]

I quite enjoy these "Bringle plays TTYD in a weird and difficult way" even if I know that a large amount of it is going to come down to him just being really ~really~ good at superguarding.

[@tyquil825]

It’s legal so exploit it to the fullest

[@phakepercs9599]

I'm legal 😳🫣​@@tyquil825

[@kalebrhea5822]

You have so much patience. If I would have died at bonetail, I would have ended the video with “No, I cannot beat the pit of 100 trials at level 0”

[@mrtacos705]

He probably uses savestates

[@midnightmacabre5981]

​@@mrtacos705 we found out in the No Actions video that he deadass did the whole thing again

[@Deathborn668]

32:20 Played TTYD for years, I had *no* idea Koopas would hide in their shells after certain turn thresholds. That's such an absurdly niche detail.

[@scrapbotcommander]

ikr, when he briefly showed the super mario files webpage on the crowd it showed that every single audience member type has their own weird quirk like that. Like, the x-nauts are perfectionists, so if you fail to deal damage with an attack or are countered by an enemy on contact, _every_ _x-naut_ _in_ _the_ _audience_ _throws_ _a_ _rock_ _at_ _you_ 😂

[@Doxsein]

Wait what that's such a cool detail ​@@scrapbotcommander

[@SereneLeskovsky]

​@@scrapbotcommanderoh so THATS why theyre such jackasses

[@Jarliks2012]

when it comes to superguard heavy playthroughs and delivering the suspense of the moment, I think possibly records your audio while you're playing and cutting some of it in at crucial moments could help communicate that. I love the detailed play by plays and explanations, but just a quick cut to hearing your relief in the moment after hitting a clutch superguard or the "oh shit" when one fails could help. Keep up the great work, your description of not subscribing to a youtube channel because you literally forget at the beginning of the video was exactly how I was with this channel, so you know I finally clicked 1 (one) time to change that.

[@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo]

i tend to avoid subscribing bc I love the rainbow thing around the subscribe button when the youtuber says to subscribe lol

[@StarryOak76]

disagree, I like the commentary heavy nature of his videos and having audio of his reactions would dampen the experience, especially because I like to fall asleep to these videos and loud reactions would kill that aspect of his videos for me.

[@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo]

@@StarryOak76 I personally prefer real reactions because I like hearing what they're thinking in the moment. As a nice bonus, if my narcolepsy acts up, if there's a sudden "fuck!" I might wake up

[@faithgrins]

Next challenge idea: TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) Every action must cost either SP, FP, or Coins (mostly in the form of items). No free attacks. No Appeals. No Defending. If you run out of all three of SP, FP, and Coins, you need to retreat or reset. I have no clue if this is actually possible. If it isn't, maybe allow Appeals? Edit: Not that it matters at this point, but the Earth Tremor special flips Koopatrols and Dark Koopatrols, so if you're only facing those enemies, you can just Earth Tremor to trivialize the fight.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

I already made that challenge run, it's called Consumption Only. And Earth Tremor doesn't flip, I've tried it.

[@Thatguy5606]

Maybe allow Appeals if you're wearing the Super Appeal badge, since while that doesn't cost SP, FP or Coins, it *does* still require you to dedicate BP to it that you can't use on other things, which seems to be sort of in the spirit of the challenge.

[@tyquil825]

Make it also cost hp

[@wilson_owen]

Man either my high rn is making me hyperobversent or smthn but watching the figts and noticing the small details of the enemies snd color asthetics made me fall in love with this game again

[@iceyspicey4802]

? Your high? Nobody cares

[@wilson_owen]

@@iceyspicey4802 dude theres no need to be negative it takes no time out of your day to be kind to others and not be rude

[@justyce1767]

20:21 going into the bottom left or right corners makes it impossible for any pit enemy to get to you and they will lose aggro, then regain aggro, then lose it again, etc. You can also first strike the dark bristles with the super/ultra hammer despite not being able to actually use it on them in battle!

[@magnussapiens4114]

Boost. This man deserves a lot more views for good editing, storytelling, and entertainment! I’m excited to see what comes next. :3

[@gamr9655]

also the art exclusive to thumbnails.

[@ryroller9394]

Challenge idea: Badges Galore You must equip every badge you get, and must always Level BP. You cannot unequip badges under any curcumstances. Great video as always!

[@MarioMamTess]

I mean, that WOULD be a fun idea if it wasn't for the fact that like, there's barely any badges in TTYD that make the experience HARDER. Those that are, are basically all optional and therefore likely not going to be touched in this sort of challenge. So like, basically you're suggesting "TTYD, but you get stronger constantly"

[@ryroller9394]

The interesting part is not being able to unequip them, so you can't change the set-up fight to fight, and by having to Equip everything asap, there is strategy to avoid badges that will only be useful for a short bit. A lot of the strategy would be in the form of routing to avoid bad badges and obtain good badges in a good order.

[@MarioMamTess]

@@ryroller9394 I mean, that is true, but even still I can't think of many fights that would be harder with basically every badge you have equipped. Most badges are benefits to have on, or give you more moves to use with Mario. I can't really see having all your badges on being a bad thing in a majority of cases.

[@tdawg6365]

As a fan, I know you know all the HPs in game and don’t feel bad about peekaboo at all!

[@WarmMattyJ1]

I always sucked at super guards so watching somebody kick butt and do them at clutch times consistently is so fun to watch

[@Warclam]

Big, throbbing hubris is a very evocative phrase. I love it, and yet it makes me uncomfortable.

[@LoquenderoInazuma]

Lavos themes made the last boss even more intense than it already was

[@TheEmeraldDaisy]

You have rapidly become one of my favorite channels! I love the ttyd challenge videos and i look forward to seeing what you’ll do next!

[@BeefBosssu]

You gotta be one of my favorite KZbinrs now, you're so damn entertaining especially with the paper mario ttyd videos

[@tilda12341]

Bringle back again with a banger! Videos are of such quality and I’m happy to say I’ve been here since 2k subs. Keep going you’re awesome

[@joshbruess8849]

Solid content with solid explanations and narration. And what's even better, a solid release schedule. Good job dude! Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels

[@heartbeat4atinman]

35:43 "and to flex on what would momentarily be his corpse" Isn't he already kind of a corpse, though?

[@thethanie1]

Peekaboo always allowed

[@clessalvein876]

I noticed yesterday I was missing a TTYD KZbinr in my subscriptions list. Didn’t notice and fix this issue (and likely wouldn’t have) until your reminder, so thanks.

[@Falsekaz]

Superb video as always! Thanks for the regular uploads, it's a treat ❤

[@fawfulthegreat64]

Bonetail having white eyes bothers me every time I see it

[@trashlambo]

Maybe from magic? It is an ancient undead dragon, afterall. You think it'd be stronger than it is, but for gameplay reasons, it's probably toned down in strength compared to what is would probably be lore-wise (from whatever lore it has DX)

[@fawfulthegreat64]

@@trashlambo nah it's just the HD texture pack forgot to put transparency on his eyes. He's meant to have black eyesockets.

[@MarioSMG64]

Insanely impressive. Love your channel- binged all your TTYD content recently.

[@ethanhawkins3391]

Glad you included that clip of the failed first attempt at the end. Shows us that even Lord Bringle himself can be beat

[@Ramperdos]

Found your channel this week! Very entertaining, clean editing and good explanations for everything you do. Just the kind of content I was looking for! You might want to add a warning for those flashy lights.

[@Sultan-pk6sx]

If you’re capable, it’d be sick if you could stream these runs, I think they’d be so fun to watch live

[@SuperStamps]

i always enjoy these challenges. i love ttyd, and seeing these unique approaches to it is very entertaining. keep up with the content!

[@healthyminds9279]

Best TTYD video on youtube I've seen so far!!

[@tdawg6365]

I personally love the structure of the video and wouldn’t change a thing! Awesome content as always! thanks for making Fridays a little more exciting!

[@SweaterSwagg]

Another excellent video, hope your channel keeps growing! 🙏

[@huejanuel2292]

I love your thousand year door challenges

[@linkoninja]

This man is a legend. Good job on the challenge run! Can't wait for the next one.

[@davidharbert2026]

Always love seeing your vids man! From when I first started watching your vids, you were around 2000 subs. I love the fact that your subs have gotten so big! I hope your channel blows up even further

[@Hanjo8787]

120 views and 14 comments: Bringle your ratios for analytics have been crazy recently

[@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo]

The kicker at the very end! :"D

[@idontwantahandlethough]

1. Great video, you absolute madman 2. I do wonder if [some] AR codes might somehow be _less_ legitimate due to causing unintended side effects? It's not all that common, but it definitely does happen

[@tyrmagistable]

I love you, i love this series. please learn the difference between less and fewer.

[@tdawg6365]

Currently trying this with the original paper mario!!!

[@Maravillante]

Love your videos man, and I love your music selection, specially the ones from Triangle Strategy and Octopath

[@meltingtime3571]

Great video man. I always look forward to your content.

[@romeospells2487]

Just in case it's annoying to see it every video, I'll give it a break after this, but please--if you ever considered a Patreon or KZbin Membership, I'd really like to donate to this channel. Your style of presenting information and the content itself really hits home for me. Not saying that I HAVE to throw money at everything I really enjoy, but I would like to in this case.

[@BringlesCan]

I’ve gotten this type of comment from quite a few people and it’s very humbling and means a lot! Due to the feedback I’ll probably be looking into setting up one of those options very soon since it would definitely help me keep making videos while I attend college and have bills to pay. I appreciate the sentiment so much, you have no idea

[@romeospells2487]

@@BringlesCan Very glad to hear that and wishing you all the best with school! I'll keep an eye out for the announcement, so expect me to be hawking your vids from start to finish at least until you can take my credit card information lol

[@LokeSandwall]

Amazing video! Very impressive 🤩

[@collinmoran6533]

Heck of a run man, insane battle strategies

[@kookeekwisp]

Paper Mario TTYD, but it's color splash: You can ONLY use moves, attacks, and badges that are your most prominent, identifying color. This includes partners and their color. For instance, Mario can use anything in the strategy menu, since both Mario & the icon are red, but you cannot jump or hammer enemies without red attack badges like soft stomp & fire drive. Badges are judged based on the actual badge part, not the emblem on the front, so while badges like Close call, Super appeal & HP up are NOT considered red, All or nothing, HP drain & P-up D-down are. Items such as Mushroom, Jelly shroom & Fire flower can be used by Mario, and can be used on partners. A partner's color is a bit arbitrary, but i'll go with this list: Goombella: Pink Koops: Green (maybe blue/yellow?) Flurrie: Purple Yoshi: Green, red, blue, orange, pink, black, or white Vivian: Purple Bobbery: White (maybe blue/brown?) Ms. Mowz: Red Partner badges lock you to partners of that color, ie if Damage Dodge P is equipped, you can ONLY switch Vivian & Flurrie into battle. Badges you have to manually use can be equipped, but not used by anyone not of that color. (except Peekaboo) And finally, L & W badges DO change Mario's color for the purposes of this challenge

[@kookeekwisp]

Bonus challenge: You can only use action commands with buttons of your color, so only super guards for Mario, and A commands for L & Green Yoshi, etc.

[@Band2013Mecanique]

I think that actually getting star points and choosing bp is an even harder challenge because then the stage changes when you become A-list star and up, meaning even more random stage hazards come into play.

[@BringlesCan]

Stage Hazards definitely don’t outweigh the lack of star power and especially the lack of getting free heals. By the 70s and 80s you heal every 3 or 4 battles from leveling up which is a much bigger benefit than hazards that can be guarded anyways.

[@GamingwithCelli]

Time to get every recipe in your cookbook with no glitches or mods

[@nathancandage824]

You are indeed doing a good job bringle. 👏

[@dratrav]

Truth is, first time I played this, I never figured out partners could be leveled up. Makes so much more sense knowing they can now

[@emersonfridge]

another bringle banger has hit the youtube recommended

[@LunarLemonade]

Fantastic to see the audience play such a key role- here it's practically a whole character by itself!

[@kingboo7784]

I think one of my most painful, yet enjoyable memories of TTYD is through two separate playthroughs attempting to beat it without dying once, including Bonetail. I did it, but stupidly read the ghosts diary (I was curious) so it didn't count for me. Second attempt, made it all the way to Bonetail and it was down to the wire. He hit me with ice breath and froze me at 1 HP, he had enough HP to get hit by a power smash and be done. I didn't know that you take damage when you thaw so I died, literally one attack away from beating the entire game without dying

[@Jessic1444]

What a crazy run~ I think though you could have cheese'd more on the lower floors before by keeping one enemy alive and just appealing. You could have also started the battle appealed and ran. Its a bit more grindy in that sense. Either way, I was very impressed and it was cool to watch ^^

[@psychopiper8224]

I feel like people that don't want super guards would enjoy watching Paper Mario 64 challenge runs more tbh

[@Star_1984]

Hell yeah love this type of content

[@Kappy0]

Nice job! That Bonetail fight was tense. I do want to address your little ramble, though -- maybe your specific "No Star Points Code" variant requires superguarding for the Pit, but every challenge you've done so far in vanilla TTYD is 100% possible without superguarding. Nonetheless, I enjoy watching good superguarding as someone who strives to make everyone better at it LOL Also, the 80s get massacred by Clock Out, and it's a great way to keep Star Power high. Next time you're in the Pit, try using Clock Out! Or, if you're feeling spicy, try Power Lift to kinda achieve the same effect. I used it in my recent Level 0 Pre-Chapter 4 Pit run and it worked surprisingly well LOL

[@BringlesCan]

Wait how the hell can you beat any of the Chapter 8 bosses at level zero without superguarding lmaooo???

[@Kappy0]

​@@BringlesCan Boo's Sheets & Trial Stews, mainly. LOL

[@felixargyle5424]

​@@Kappy0how would trial stew help when you can't use badges?

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

@@felixargyle5424 It fully heals SP.

[@Kappy0]

@@felixargyle5424 Trial Stew restores all Star Power, so you can get away with some really wild Special Move-centric strategies utilizing them, especially with Boo's Sheets LOL

[@noisepollution4473]

I enjoyed this a lot, but I hope you put out some runs that ban superguards in the future. Not everything! Just here and there some runs that ban it. I personally find the unique badge build aspect of TTYD more interesting than the skill aspect of it. I love your runs and I have no problem with more highly skill based superguard heavy runs going forward! I just would also like to see some runs that are more focused on crazy badge setups here and there! Anyways, love the content, keep up the good work!

[@NiceBoyAdam]

finally more bringle doors

[@Acecrafter99]

Can I just say that your music selection is excellent? Only person I've heard use Triangle Strategy songs

[@toressykes]

I been binging your channel. I’m loving the content man. Have you done a challenge at level0-1 where your hammer and jump and partners aren’t upgraded? That would be realllllllly wild

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

Jump and Hammer have to be upgraded for story purposes, unfortunately.

[@randomnpc445]

​@@phictionofgrandeur2387You can do the Pit without upgrading your hammer or jump. Prologue Pit is a challenge people have done before. However, I don't think doing a Prologue Level 0 Pit of 100 Trials run would be possible at all, even if you had 100% superguard consistency at all times. I think Bonetail's un-superguardable bite would end up doing you in. It might be possible if you use cheats to have access to all of your party members, but at that point it would still boil down to superguard abuse since Mario would be too weak to pierce the defense of anything higher than 1 with his normal attacks.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

@@randomnpc445 I'm aware. I was talking about doing the pit in the postgame, since Bringle already did the main story.

[@Posexe1]

It's funny how partners that are commonly considered to be the weakest end up being used a lot in challenges like this.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

I made a challenge run for Paper Mario Consumption Only -You can only use moves that require FP, SP, or Items, unless these resources are unavailable. -Appeal is allowed only when you're out of FP, SP, and items to use. -Doing Nothing is allowed, but Defending is only allowed if all potential attacks in the following turn pierce defense.

[@shiftshiftswapswapswapspinspin]

when you said “some people forget to subscribe” i checked if I was and I wasn’t so thanks for the reminder

[@beastbass1]

Just in case anyone does wanna try this on actual hardware for the story; u do need to avoid battles when possible. Eventually u will increase ur stage rank (10,20,30) which WILL impact ur gameplay as ull have bigger audiences so faster meter generation as well as new hazards being introduced

[@A_Person_64]

Everybody gansta till the enemy is immune to jump and hammer

[@CharmCityGamer]

How in all that's holy did you pull this off...

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

Superguarding is just that good.

[@CharmCityGamer]

@@phictionofgrandeur2387 I can see that. I'm nowhere close to as good as him for superguards.

[@josephmay852]

It would be cool if there was a crowd control MOD for ttyd. Then the in game audience could just be the real audience, using bits for star power...or just throwing rocks. Probably throwing rocks

[@Kiesling69]

I did the funny subscribe thing. It’s always good to mention it

[@justkita3890]

I think Superguards are a bit more interesting in live playthroughs or VODs where you actually can see the failed attempts and go through the stress of "will they finish this run" along with the player. In edited videos like this where we already know the outcome, superguards seem "cheap" because the viewer isn't seeing all of the failed attempts. Maybe some "fake out" segments showing failed attempts or areas but instead played straight as if they'd cleared to give a false sense of security for the viewer might help their reputation and show how stressful they are.

[@marimartb]

just found your channel 2 weeks ago and i love this content sm. keep making more of it and keep up the good work!

[@squorsh]

Another difficulty change in your level 0 run compared to one without the action replay code is that your audience is much smaller than it could be. This means less star power from them but also means no random ice or fog messing with you. Edit: well I suppose I should have waited longer to comment this because you did mention it in the video. So have a comment for the algorithm I guess

[@seanrendall5495]

I agree that the execution difficulty of super guards adds suspense. Also... how else are you supposed to do this?

[@GhostBoyJames]

Lvl 0 Pre Hooktail Pit of 100 Trials

[@Funtasy]

MOM BRINGLE JUST UPLOADED

[@ChuggleDBuglGames]

Always love a dose of old rpg music paired with silly paper Mario

[@metal_pipe9764]

Why

[@Themacattack1209]

Some of it isn’t really old, some of the songs are from great games like Octopath Traveler I & II.

[@rorbee]

He's really done it. He's gone fully bringsane

[@karmowapenas3100]

I love your videos so much

[@LiroRaeriyo]

you might not know this, but bristles and dark bristles can actually be super/ultra hammer first struck, theirs an error in the coding that doesnt prevent them from launching their spikes out with that specific attack as a first strike, dont try it outside of a first strike though cause they will react then.

[@ClaireSoelberg-op8id]

I wonder if TTYD’s challenge and speedrunning community is going to immediately start tearing the remake apart this year XDDD

[@dickermannfilme_cora1717]

Me: Commenting. Algorythm: STONKS!

[@maurzu7299]

love ur videos

[@Kaitri]

hey bringle, im not sure how you feel about paper mario mods, but why not do a letsplay/challenge video on mastermode and dark star? dark star not only adds a pit of 100 in the first paper mario, status effects in most areas and unique buffs for partners, it also adds a new modded in partner.

[@polwigle]

Attention KZbin algorithm! This guy's doing a good job!!

[@archmagusofevil]

If the challenge doesn't involve no superguards, then there's no reason to be shy about superguading. Just time your button press when the haters comment to take no damage and chip away at them.

[@Repeater_cool]

I love you bringle.... wait Also you are amazing at Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door

[@metal_pipe9764]

Ok I'm waiting :/

[@Repeater_cool]

@@metal_pipe9764 ummm

[@remmorris6407]

Bringle is the type to be bored one day and do Level Zero challenge with Randomizer

[@powerprotoman]

we can make this harder, sell your hp to chet rippo so you only have 5 max with that hp "level" going into the unused badge points the level -1 challenge

[@drengnikrafe]

I have a bit of a nuanced take on Peekaboo. I think its inclusion is okay specifically because of what you're using the footage for. If you were, say, submitting your time to a leaderboard, it's technically breaking the rules and probably shouldn't be accepted. But you're not. This is content for us. And we appreciate the insight into enemy health.

[@FailureGamin]

Man ttyd is awesome

[@qwule]

I would of really enjoyed the failed attempt to be edited into the storytelling rather than just a footnote at the end, it really helps with the suspense

[@Axerzen]

I think you should make the background animated (like my videos do) idk I just think it'd be cool, whaddaya think? I go into fake online photoshop and multiply the tiny little symbols on a 4k image and then on premiere pro I zoom in to the bottom right corner of the photo and then keyframe so that it moves to the opposite corner. I think you should try it, it looks nice and you can manipulate the speed at whatever rate you like

[@adstheflareon8770]

I have a crazy idea, prologue pit but you're locked at level 0

[@carmineking846]

Holy moly how do graphics and hud look so clean?

[@Scorp316]

Thank you for not being the type of KZbinr who makes a click baity challenge video title that sounds interesting only to cheat the system and just use danger mario

[@TheGeladoo]

He can't use danger mario, that would cost BP which he cannot use

[@MrJsup23]

Pringles with a B, back at it again dropping hot challenge videos 😂

[@worthplayingfor2197]

Is this easier or harder than pre hooktail pit, where you can level up but don't have access to all partner or star power beyond sweet treat?

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

The title said it's the hardest challenge he's ever done, and he's done prologue pit, which is harder than pre hooktail pit.

[@worthplayingfor2197]

oh i meant to ask if it was easier than prologue pit@@phictionofgrandeur2387

[@McBehrer]

Yeah I agree Peekaboo is fine

[@user-wu4ww3rp9i]

Ngl I actually did forget to subscribe before you said something

[@LionAzul]

Mr. Bongle will you be uploading a full playthrough of TTYD Remake?

[@BoltTheEmolga]

iirc you have a poor opinion of Flurrie, but she’d have been a massive help during many of the later floors, having anywhere from 60% to 80% against the Elite Wizzerds and most other floating enemies. Forget the exact percent, but it’s enough for some of the channels/people that basically exclusively do challenge runs to have based their entire strategy on some floors around, so at least worth looking into. EDIT: See replies, what I posted is inaccurate.

[@Kappy0]

This is normally true, but because Bringle used an AR code to never level up, Gale Force would've been *much* less effective since Mario's level is factored into the success of the move and the later floors have are pretty high level. LOL

[@BoltTheEmolga]

@@Kappy0 Oh, level makes a difference? Never mind, ignore me lmao.

[@Princess0fTwilight83]

So is this challenge in the actual game itself or it some kind of mod pack? I've never played this game before so idk