The History of Super Mario 64's BLJ

[@LunaticJ]

Hey everyone. I’d like to thank you all for the support lately. It’s blown me away and we’re about to hit 10k subs soon, which is INSANE. Again, thank you! Next vid will cover 3D All Stars speedruns (including Sunshine and Galaxy) so look forward to that! Been busy with midterm exams so I apologize for making y’all wait.

[@aptrock327]

I cannot wait for that!

[@eVaSpArTaN714]

This is the beginning of a huge and successful channel , your content is fresh and delivered extremely well ! I hope that you keep growing !!!!

[@dysonsphere2394]

Keep at it, man! Your content is very thorough and entertaining to watch!

[@duellcollins7989]

Hey man be careful with the new switch version of DKC2 and Mario64. The controllers timing is off and the D-pad is acting screwy. Just thought I would warn you and anyone else thinking about getting the game. It's still good. You will just have to readjust to the timing for everything.

[@Storv]

Congrats on 10k

[@H4ri4n]

Game: *Exists* Mario: laws of science prepare to be ignored.

[@carlosinurretanarvaez5557]

On N64 is to 240p

[@keglodude]

Walls: **Exists** Mario: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that.

[@curtisleblanc5897]

" I understood that reference. "

[@dylanjb4065]

@@carlosinurretanarvaez5557 ok

[@ciandoherty4705]

@@curtisleblanc5897 same

[@rayminishi689]

To Nintendo's credit, they unknowingly patched out a glitch despite there being zero knowledge of it in the Japanese gaming community.

[@YTTV_Mic8]

First reply + makes sense

[@paadse]

100th like

[@varietychan]

The Japanese community calls it the ケツワープ aka Ass Warp, it is knowm

[@HelixAdamOxford]

@@varietychannot in 1997 tho it wasnt

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I suspect Nintendo didn’t know about it either, but they realised while updating it that they accidentally didn’t include a backwards speed cap, and added one, patching out the BLJ. People often talk about it as Nintendo patching the BLJ specifically, to target speedrunners, but really it was just fixing a minor mistake that just so happened to kill the BLJ (and other glitches).

[@foojo9]

The Ass Warp has to be the best Super Mario move in history.

[@EastMiguel]

It is and always will be

[@Kallamadama]

My friends and I called the A Z move the "butt slam" my whole childhood.

[@EastMiguel]

@Terrorized sussy amogus Idk. Friend told me to use it. Thought it looked nice.

[@chickbowdrie4750]

I like that name better

[@diamondheadkennels1628]

If you're parents see this your not going to be able to touch grass reason is bc you sweard

[@Human-lx2hs]

I just realized how small this channel is, and this was in my reccomened. Looks like you are in the verge of popularity.

[@noseqponerhoy]

I saw you on another vid

[@user-qs7rn4qy8j]

@RaniaIsAwesome That makes no sense. You don't like a channel because of a name. Its more about the content.

[@user-qs7rn4qy8j]

@RaniaIsAwesome I see what your going with now. It might become a factor though.

[@Mario-ik3tc]

Everyone: I'm gonna do the BLJ. The A Button:My Time Has Come

[@TuxerTuxar]

AKA: *When you use the Cheat Code to do the BLJ Everywhere.*

[@ej-jz5rc]

pannenkoek2012 would be mad

[@Mario-ik3tc]

@Trevor Kraft Then afterwards a button: 😏

[@Logmao.]

Lol

[@Luigi-cp5pz]

Brother...... this is amazing.

[@morsalsa]

"AND IT TAKES PARALLEL UNIVERSES" Me: Haha funny 1 and a half presses

[@immaguy7905]

*Noooo an A press is an A press you can't say it's half*!!*

[@PurpleDragonSpike]

I half pressed the like button

[@thecatacombhimself]

@@immaguy7905 haha half a press go brr

[@VestedUTuber]

@@immaguy7905 I know it's a joke, but serious talk just in case anyone reading this takes it seriously (because the internet can bring out the worst in people)... A half-A press is a naming convention for minimal A-press runs - it refers to an A-press that's only necessary in an individual star run and can simply be piggy-backed off a previous A-press in a full-game run. Example: Swimming in Dire Dire Docks requires you to press and hold the A-button, but in a full-game run you can hold the A-button from the star select screen to avoid the extra A-press at the start of the level, whereas you can't in an individual star run. Thus, it's called a "half-A-press".

[@aidenfritz429]

I've never heard of parallel universes.

[@FlameLFH]

As a kid, I practiced the BLJ glitch as hard as I could after first seeing it online. Mastering it is extremely satisfying.

[@crweewrc1388]

I just did it today. Really makes you feel proud 😊

[@SilvercattoOsom]

It's also extremely frustrating since the timing is so precise that if you get it off by a slight margin, you can screw it all up and not build up enough speed.

[@AnotherRobloxian576]

​@@SilvercattoOsomYahoo Yahoo Ya Ya Ya Ya Waha!

[@PixalonGC]

@@SilvercattoOsom yeah you have to spam exactly 15 times a second

[@idunnosomewey9709]

When you talked about the November 2000 issue of Club Nintendo i went to my collection of magazines and i actually own this one, its so cool that Mexican players discover one of the most well known and iconic SM64 tricks ever

[@Afreshio]

I own a copy too!

[@gumshake689]

🇲🇽

[@luxxmos_ley]

Full Takis & Soda!!1

[@beann1]

Extremely high quality for such a small channel! Half the creators with millions of subs probably don’t spend as much time on videos as you looking at the quality of this masterpiece, I loved every bit of this! I’m excited to see what’s next. Also there was a lot of new information that I never knew so that was cool too.

[@Martin-ux8du]

EpicManSuper56 I totally agree.

[@LunaticJ]

Now now. Don’t make me blush...

[@beann1]

Tbh, you kinda do be shooting up in subs extremely quickly, so glad you put this video in smallant’s Discord server so I could find it while you were still a little smaller so I can see your channel grow a little

[@iMac9991]

hes got a great voice and tone, along with great video quality

[@beann1]

Your subs have doubled since I checked earlier today, that was about 10 and a half hours ago, small channels usually grow slowly and large channels can’t grow too quick because they already have a bunch of subscribers so compared to their sub total each sub is nothing but you just seem so get at least a hundred subs every time I check how many you have

[@adams_chong9450]

Mario 64 in a nutshell :-" *I'm 4 PARALLELS UNIVERSE AHEAD OF YOU* "

[@doctorreed_]

i hope the release of mario 3D all stars lets this man blow up, he sure deserves to

[@theschnozzler]

3d all-stars has no BLJ😭

[@luisben101233]

MarioType 2 cause that release has it patched

[@cyanryann64]

@@luisben101233 nice pfp

[@jacobreidharrington2024]

@@theschnozzler You meant the BLJ.

[@jacobreidharrington2024]

@@theschnozzler You meant the BLJ.

[@applicarobo]

Some scans of the December '96 Japanese "Super Mario 64 Complete Clear Guide Book" came out today, and you can see on page 135 a clear documentation of the use of the BLJ to skip the endless staircase! I know the internet wasn't widespread back then but its amazing how long this trick flew under the consciousness of (particularly) westerners given how long it was known about, given its usefulness and eventual infamy.

[@MerkhVision]

Ahh, that must be why it was patched in the shindou version way back then!

[@_Tzer]

This may go viral hopefully edit/addon: Why isnt 50 star a speedrun category or 30 star or even 1 key(this one seems unlikely unless a new strat is found or a tas category or something)? i think it could be viable for runners to have some shorter but funner runs

[@ingenieromanarchive7631]

All ready recommended

[@itsserna]

yep trust me hes gonna get more than 100k pussys i mean views xDdxDdx

[@rick2833]

Oh it already got recommended to me

[@GamergodHayden]

I got a vid that went viral but not this viral

[@romansrevengethethirdstrik8086]

It has

[@ZXMany]

Man, this video is really great, any Mario or speedrunning fan should watch this! I was hoping someone would make a video about the history of BLJs, and this video did not disappoint! The fun fact about the Japanese name for BLJs was also hilarious. Looking forward to more from your channel!

[@Jack96194]

Hi I sub to you

[@yuvansgameworld]

Hi ZXMany

[@TecknoVicking]

Famous last quote : "Let's talk about parallel universes"

[@memespymemespy8748]

Alternate title: How the speed demon was created

[@Hazel_TheOne]

I love how J talks about the BLJ like a super saiyan transformation. A Technique one person used only talked of before in some sort of informational story or scripture, and others followed after them to discover the technique, but few could master the technique and even expand on it. *wait-*

[@twotimesj6478]

It’s amazing how such a powerful game-breaking asset to the speed runner toolkit was added because someone forgot to add a speed cap for the backwards long jump

[@ShuraEssays]

"Let's go back in time." Wait I didn't know we were doing Twilight Princess

[@goodgizmo8132]

Underrated comment

[@amyjones7023]

Back in time glitch

[@swordlesssam8132]

SwordlessLink... the man that lit the passion I have for TAS and speedrun.

[@super_kryston]

They both don't have a sword, wonder if they can even beat calamity ganon

[@PandaKnives.]

TAS is cheating and doesn't count. As a casual speedrunner I say this with confidence.

[@usernametaken4023]

@@PandaKnives. ...yes, TAS obviously doesn't count as it isn't even a human playing. It is useful for discovering tricks and glitches to help beat the game faster.

[@ba11z0]

@@usernametaken4023 k

[@stained36]

and aka

[@Ollie.H-23]

15:59 "Shoot for the moon" Mario: "And I took that literally"

[@IceHedge]

"A sMaLl pErCenTaGe oF mY vIeWeRs aRe SuBsCriBeD WaAaA" Yeah yeah too b- *Chrono Trigger music intensifies subtly in background* Take my money

[@LunaticJ]

Chrono Trigger is the best video game ever made.

[@rattfish]

@@LunaticJ dude, i feel bad only ONE percent of ur viewers are subscribed tbh

[@Rainock-qz5le]

Lunatic J have another sub! I love chrono trigger. I wish they would remake it or give us something along the lines of chrono cross

[@megadumbo1228]

@@LunaticJ you deserve many more subs. This is such high quality, nothing can beat it

[@bbbbbbb51]

@@rattfish the more someone asks to sub the less likely I am to do it. Especially when it's 2x in the same vid.

[@sgillman16]

Makes me curious as to why those 2 brothers were randomly trying to back jump up the stairs in the first place 😂

[@OctoHedgy]

It's not that strange like some other glitches. Like the infinite jump glitch in botw. (my first glitch I made correctly)

[@ima245]

Hahahaha it was the little brother who found it and he said that he liked how mario sounded when he could do it 😂

[@therealpyrotf2]

Maybe they were Mexican Mario and Luigi

[@iyulien707]

theoretically, what if they were somehow spamming front long jumps up the stairs the stairs, and the way that the long jump was cut short that seemed like a weird manner made them think "what if we did this backwards"

[@kaloz429mobile9]

Wario apparation:you cant defeat me Mario:i know but he can Blj:bonjur

In Mexico this was well known, I remember many friends knew about this trick, we just didn’t exploited it to its limits like speedrunners do now.

[@edgar4887]

Entonces, se sabía antes del artículo?

@@edgar4887 No sé exactamente la cronología de los hechos, o si mis amigos sabían del artículo o lo hayan tomado de ahí. Pero si recuerdo que me decían que si saltabas de espaldas y le picabas muchas veces podías subir las escaleras, yo no lo podía probar porque tenía otros juegos de 64, pero recuerdo que mis amigos de la escuela me contaban eso.

[@marcosignacio7548]

@ yo lo intentaba en el remake y pues 💀

[@alejandrobolanos4655]

Subbed bc 1) this is a new take on "history of", as you focused not on the speed running story but on an aspect, the BLJ and 2) your timing and choosing of music

[@Clasped35]

Shoutout to those two Mexican brothers who discovered the BLJ.

[@optillian4182]

Nintendo: *re-releases SM64 without BLJ* Me, a non-speedrunner: Oh no. Anyway...

[@bluekazoo8166]

I dont get how you have so good quality for a pretty small channel. I love this channel its realy interesting.

[@SquidbeakCaptain]

Me: How do they get into the Basement early? Speedrunner Mario: To answer that, we need to talk about *Parallel Universes.*

[@YoBGS]

Well hecking made! This is an awesome explanation of something I didn't know much about, and just sorta assumed was always a thing. Awesome job putting this together!

[@DarkheroNateX]

Me: *thinking this is going to be some nice commentary on glitches from a beloved classic* video at the end: PARALLEL UNIVERSES! Me:"...what?"

[@Pilachio]

You gotta watch Pannenkoek2012's commentary on how to do the "Watch for falling rocks" star in 0.5 A-presses.

[@SoarPro]

Amazing story! I've learned the BLJ as of today with the fan PC port, and the glitch worked. You sir earn a sub as I love this video.

[@josephgutierrez211]

When you said the BLJ is the “Asswarp” in Japanese, I started laughing, I don’t know why, but it just sounds funny

[@Vareckes]

13:18 Excuse me *W H A T*

[@lecapitaineisonyoutoob]

I'll probably never get tired of the BLJ. There's something consistently hilarious about the idea of traveling to parallel universes, at hypersonic speeds, arse first. Really good vid, also.

[@williamstensen5586]

"let's go back a few decades ... to 2000" n-no, please, don't remind me of how old i am

[@TheNightHawk85]

I can't believe I'm only discovering you now. It's criminal how you aren't more popular. Your videos are unbelievable.

[@jacketofdiamonds]

When you realize that former US president Lyndon B. Johnson had the initials LBJ: "We were on the verge of greatness. We were this close."

[@Fin756]

Loved this mechanic, it was the heart and soul of breaking and optimizing Mario 64, it’s a shame they patched it out of 3D collection by using the shindou version. Edit:misspoke about what happened to bljs

[@muddycalendar3292]

They didn’t patch it out for the 3D collection, they just used the newest version for it, which just so happens to have it patched out

[@capdan9708]

Muddy Calendar thank you for understanding it so many people don’t

[@GanonAutumn777]

It was removed over 2 decades ago in the shindou release of mario 64 in Japan

[@Fin756]

Sal Ari that’s what I meant

[@Quitbit]

They patched it in 1997, they probably didn't even know about it, might have just realized they forgot to put a negative speed cap.

[@farmingsim9813]

Just found your channel 40 minutes ago and your subscriber count has climbed by several hundred already, you definitely deserve it, keep up the great work!

[@popeofsimps2924]

The year is 2025, the M64 speed runners have broken reality by Ass Warping Mario out of TV Screens, the internet is now at civil war to stop the M64 speedrunner’s insane tactics

[@BellyBro]

this is the first time the "only a small %" thing actually convinced me to sub, you're an amazing content creator.

[@raandomplayer8589]

just searched "super mario 64 new blj" and found this vie 11 hours after its uploaded lol

[@sadr-yt]

BLJ: *exists* Nintendo: "Let's patch this!" Hyper Speed Wallkicking, Punching, Walking and C-up Sliding: *Allow us to introduce ourselves.*

[@TheDoomSufferer]

this guy deserves way more recognition.

[@WindowsGG]

2000?! IT ORIGINATED IN THE YEAR 2000?! *THE* "EARLY" 2000S?! THE BLJ IS MUCH BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT! W BLJ! also 2003 save the best glitch in the history of gaming (w gera2000 btw) wait i realized i've remember this video...i've watched this video a lot in 2021

[@hallowizer440]

"Unless you've been living under a rock" Enter Bathaniel Nandy

[@gregarious1]

So happy KZbin led me to this channel! As a Mario fan who is JUST starting out with watching speedruns, this channel has SOO much potential.

[@blank_e1]

To expand on the endless staircase, the actual reason why his speed built up past the teleport was because the game recognises mario’s movements in quatersteps (if there is a wall or something like a teleporting trigger between quarterstep number 2 and 3, the game will bring you to quarterstep 1, then 2, then put you at the wall). This made it so mario’s first quarterstep reached all the way past the teleporting trigger and since quarterstep #1 was past the teleporting trigger, the game had no other choice but to bring mario to the first quarterstep

[@pbs231]

Your editing is improbable but your voice is absolutely perfect for this type of video

[@woomykid2655]

“The BLJ is the first things that pops into your mind when you hear of Mario 64” Nah, it’s the G Bowser throw

[@justarandomdude.8907]

So long, Gay bowser!

[@pros_0143]

Bye bi

[@Luci_Diavol]

And they removed it in the port ]:(

[@Billbobs678]

@@Luci_Diavol :((

[@Billbobs678]

@@FamousSeamus lol

[@chuzzyboylol3559]

This is one of the most informative and amazing video I have seen in a long ass while

[@Casno994]

I had no idea about the "Ass Warp" thing lmao great video! I subbed

[@MrJimmysteel25]

Endless stairs BLJ part is outdated now. Now we know it was found right after the game came out basically. Still the discovery in 2000 by him was very important for the game

[@Super-my9ob]

I live under a rock The first thing that pops up in my mind is: *SO LONG GAY BOWSER*

[@yugoslavia2862]

It's so long ay bowser

[@GrapeJustinTrudeauAnnaLee]

I never comment on videos but felt the need to here, your content is high quality. I'm super picky about people I watch on youtube, I literally thought you were a huge channel but its so small (right now) please keep up the great work! im looking forward to the next video and im also looking forward to seeing you grow into a huge channel! seriously can't stress enough how good your content is.

[@lego174]

"Unless you've been living under a rock, this is the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of Mario 64." Patrick: haha yes

[@NameNick-ro6oz]

you have reached a level of coolness that allows you to show up in peoples reccomended. congrats

[@The_Kiosk]

I discovered this in 1997 with a turbo joystick and beat the game with 50 stars. I told some friends but nobody thought much of it. When I learned about speedruns, then what BLJ was, I was quite amused. Who knows how many people accidentally discovered this and kept the secret? What amazes me is the real time ability to aim it the way some of these people do.

[@Wizardly27]

Thats sick!

[@Hehydn54]

Bruv this is so high quality I didnt even know you had 967 subs here is 1 sub for u

[@SeaOfPixels]

Welp your channel is gonna be blessed by YT

[@zfump2132]

I’m so glad to see how well this channel has been doing recently! I can’t wait to see this channel explode if content this good keeps coming out

[@AwesomeCoolAyden]

3:53 I wanna see the full video of the first documented video proof of the BLJ! Where can I find it?

[@OrangeSodaKing]

Parallel universes blew my mind, as a brand new SM64 player. I’m a big Halo guy, and the edges of the maps in the Halo games are “existence barriers,” which is the edge of where anything at all can exist. Pass it somehow, and you despawn and then respawn like you died. So how/why do these parallel universes exist in SM64? It’s so cool investigating differences between game engines and physics!

[@NicerBeisser]

*Imagine doing the BLJ in the 3D Allstar version, oh wait a sec....* *Nevermind*

[@godoftestoe7956]

Its so awesome how people even discover those glitches. The rabbit glitch is awesome too. I mean, what are people thinking? "Lets try to glitch through that door by placing the rabbit in the corner"? Haha. So awesome. But the most ridilous one is the blj to the first browser lvl. I mean... WTF?!

[@dxgaming4200]

The BLJ sounds like a mix of the BTL sandwich and the PB&J sandwich.

[@SirSpaceCow]

I really hope your channel blows up, this was a really good video!

[@charlescalvin9421]

Everyone else: BLJ Me: Back yeet

[@KleinpeterHank]

3 years later, this is one of the best speed running/glitch history videos and in only a little over 16 minutes.

[@AwzeeGiy64Official]

The only way to get past the "pesky" LBLJ and the SBLJ, you need have a TAS bot. I'm not a bot okay?

[@tmuller_2020]

Plot twist: Nintendo purposely put the blj in the game to gain popularity in the speed running community

[@callummac8024]

If summoning salt it wasn’t as popular, you get this guy! So perfect!

[@harisnoneone5414]

Just saw this video and then I watched more of you, your videos are such a high quality I thought you have at least 100k subscribers. My friend you have a new subscriber! Keep up the good work and I hope one day you will have 1 Million subscribers 👍🏽

[@doomclasher9287]

1:06 oh God. I've never seen such a large percentage of viewers not subscribed (I have an excuse for not subscribing: this is the first video I'm watching of this youtuber)

[@LunaticJ]

Watch my sunshine vid it is good :)))))))

[@Coolz_Pickle]

Lmao you pronounced the names of the Mexican Brothers horribly Literally everything else was good tho, subscribed

[@DeskoDev]

Another thing he got incorrect was Shindou's pronunciation. You pronounce it as if the u was silent, so "shin-d*oh*", not "shin-d*oo*". It's a pretty common mistake that affects other Japanese stuff too, e.g. people pronouncing Madou Monogatari like "Madoo Monogatari". It's basically like ignoring or barely pronouncing the Us in character names like Josuke Higashigata, Sasuke Uchiha, Zamasu (non-dub), etc.

[@cheese_2084]

I’m Mexican bro

[@cheese_2084]

Qué onda wey cómo estás soy mexicano

[@________hace12anos12]

Santiago Ascarrega jJajajajajajjaja 🌊 xd

[@nexialistmen2159]

jOUze anjol y ruifs viyrol xd

[@nintony2994]

Nintendo released a Shindou edition of the game in 1997 that patches most of the things such as BLJ, But BLJ wasn't discovered after 2000? Why even Nintendo

[@iProgramInCpp]

I think it was first shown in 1997 in a Mexican Nintendo magazine (?)

[@Cheeseburger_mage]

God damn this is the first video of yours I think I've seen and it was very good but that subbed to unsubbed ratio made me sub cause GOD DAMN

[@LunaticJ]

I was bold putting that there. I had less than 100 subs when I uploaded this lol

[@Cheeseburger_mage]

@@LunaticJ well it worked I'm subbed now lol

[@HeavyShores]

Why did Nintendo give us the shindou version? RIP BLJ

[@BadModder]

yea im dissapointed in nintendo

[@w0omylord764]

welp time to download an emulator

[@user-uu2xk4ow9u]

the speedrunners who play as mario arent the speedrunners, *M A R I O I S*

[@Kaiwala]

Finally you're starting to gain the subscribers you deserve mad man

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

You gained a sub from me, I’m all in for supporting a small high quality upstart speedrun retrospective channel

[@varietypassion1380]

11:10 🤣🤣 WHAT???!?!?!

[@footballanimation792]

The 🅰️💲💲 Warp

[@Epic7jb]

I mean… it’s fits..?

[@isoceptic]

r/technicallythetruth

[@matthewsilva9975]

I truly hope you keep making videos man, you're a master at what you do

[@Benjamslikestrains]

15:03 that setup was found by both S&G and xandruuuu, but it's not faster than setupless and neither of them found it first.

[@xandrey64]

thank you. this trick was found back in like 2011 iirc and i started working on a setup around 1-2 years ago. i came up with some lineups, and recently salt improved what i had by adding something new to it. lsblj was not discovered by any of us, and i can't say the setup is completely mine or his, it's just something we both separately worked on for a while. (also im saying this for other people seeing this comment, i know you already know all of this lol)

[@LunaticJ]

Thank you for the correction

[@SuperStamps]

Get this man a subscriber

[@NinetyLegos]

The NSO N64 emulator thing allows the BLJ on Mario64

[@LunaticJ]

This video was made a year before the announcement of N64 games on Nintendo Switch Online, but yes you are correct

[@XTRgames2024]

Today we bring you: The History of Super Mario 64's BLJ _but first we need to talk about _*_parallel universes_*

[@jamesdoesthings1096]

If this dude can level up his pronunciation/speech he might speedrun being a KZbin speedrun historian!

[@FeelTheSpaceJam]

Dude I LOVE this style of video and you do it really well. Looking forward to seeing your channel blow up!

[@memorableman3709]

When I heard about “parallel universes” in terminal montages videos I thought it was just a joke, NOT AN ACTUAL THING. We really pushed the limits huh?

[@catarenatucker2781]

I swear, I had this EXACT SAME THOUGHT

[@hydrog.]

It is a meme, but its also real!

[@jameswest4489]

Great video! For a smaller yt I was super impressed by quality

[@raandomplayer8589]

that percent is much smaller than the number of youtubers that mention it +1 sub

[@Benjy52]

Me on 2 hours of sleep, saw BLJ as BJ...

[@Zock-]

Good work Johnny boy

[@ThatNerdNerdical]

At 0:04 Bathaniel Nandy was offended.

[@dsctunes]

The disrespect is unjust

[@b3ngu1n]

Seriously love this guy's video style

[@esaiarispe6309]

2:00 always reminds me of the scene in stardust crusaders where dio keeps moving polnareff back like 2 stairs

[@lefthand4605]

...

[@Definitelynotknownatall]

*I feel a Jojo's reference*