The History of Super Paper Mario Speedrunning [Any% World Record Progression]

Today, we'll take you on a journey through the History of Super Paper Mario Speedrunning, and show you how a band of passionate runners came together to dismantle this game in unimaginable ways. This is the World Record Progression of the Super Paper Mario Any% category, presented by NmFlash8 and JCR.
Interested in joining the Super Paper Mario Speedrunning Community? Feel free to join our discord below! We have a lot of great members who would love to help introduce you to this game's speedrun. We also have tons of great resources and guides in the discord, as well as on our speedrun.com page! Be sure to follow the SPM Community twitch, twitter, and youtube to stay updated with SPM Speedrunning.
Speedrunning Leaderboard Link: www.speedrun.com/spm
Permanent Discord Invite: / discord
SPM Community Twitch: / spmcommunity
SPM Community KZbin: / @spmc
SPM Community Twitter: / spm_community
00:00 Prologue
3:16 Chapter 1
11:14 Chapter 2
20:04 Chapter 3
40:37 Chapter 4
1:04:21 Chapter 5
1:38:03 Chapter 6
1:51:44 Chapter 7
1:57:40 Credits
Special thanks to JCR and NM for putting this special video together! Be sure to follow them here:
JCR Twitch: / jcrriles
JCR Twitter: / jcrriles
JCR KZbin: / jcrriles
NM Twitch: / nmflash8
NM Twitter: / nmflash8
NM KZbin: / @nmflash8
Big thanks to GlitchDoctor, who helped put together many awesome editing sequences during this project. Be sure to subscribe to his youtube channel as he'll be releasing a very long video project of his own very soon!
GlitchDoctor KZbin: / officialglitchdoctor
GlitchDoctor Twitch: / glitchphd
GlitchDoctor Twitter: / glitchphd
If you're interested in watching SPM Speedruns, here are some links to active runners!
/ zachlink99
/ castlesr_
/ yoshi_zilla
/ igrmi_
/ benwaves63
/ stevie_battz
/ teddaysr
/ zile151
/ mantaplant8
/ ptlderg
/ gamersquiddy
List of all music used in this video: docs.google.com/document/d/1g...
Huge thanks to GaMetal and Qumu for their amazing renditions of The Ultimate Show and Buoy Base Galaxy! Be sure to check their channels out below for some more amazing remixes:
GaMetal: / jonnyatma
Qumu: / qumumusic
Special thanks to our many inspirations for this video, such as SHiFT, Summoning Salt, Malleo, and AverageTreyVG.
Finally, thank you to everyone who gave this game a chance. This has been one of the most overlooked Nintendo games of all time, and we hope this video may ignite the game again! This game has one of the more interesting speedruns, and we hope you'll check it out in the future. With that, this has been JCR and NmFlash8. We'll see you all again at another time and place. Take care!

[@mohoc_7017]

Truly the best speedrunning community I have ever been a part of. Thank you everyone for this journey, and may we break this game in other spectacular ways in the future!

[@bbhab3074]

😎

[@joshlegacy1101]

😲 You're the guy!

[@BerdlyGaming]

Love that you’re still rocking that pfp

[@ZachLink99]

Lets goo, thx for inspiring lets continue to push this lower and reach the next big milestones :D

[@superguy9834]

Zach Link? Like the beef jerky brand?

[@reemademashki7656]

Yea!!!!!

[@Puchi22]

Ö

[@ralphismyname4940]

lol you made the video obsolete nice job

[@waterwraith3334]

I'll pop the popcorn!

[@epsilon9669]

Just found out my favorite childhood game, that I thought was un-speedrun-able, has a 2 hour documentary full of exploits I've never ever heard of. I can't wait to watch this later oh my god

[@nitr3k]

Thanks to this comment i now know that the video is 2 hours long

[@guy_th18]

Did you watch it?

[@Psychomaniac14]

if it exists, it can be speedran

[@DrGandW]

Did you really think a Nintendo game wouldn’t get exploited to hell?

[@abraham7240]

I play this game every few years as tribute to my childhood

[@MaturedSinner]

Some clarity about time ending on the spinning D of The End, it was an archaic leftover from how Japanese speedrunning was back then. Whereas SDA and its mostly English speaking community timed up to things like last hit on the final boss or last input or in game time regardless and didn't consider the credits as part of the run, Japanese communities usually included credits in their speedrun times as well. By the time us Americans got interested in single segment runs of SPM, the Japanese community had established the D as a consistent end point for runs, and we went along with it mostly due to the mass of text after the final boss needed to be mashed through throwing ambiguity on the American systems of last hit or last input, and it was just easier to follow what methods the current fastest times were doing. I'm pretty sure it made sense back then since the in game time of a completed save file included credits anyway, which hit all birds with one stone for that era of timing.

[@wildbub]

Thanks

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

Thanks for sharing!

[@02121104]

I don't remember who decided on the timer stop timing in Japan, but at the time, the timer stop timing for other Mario RPG series RTA was the end of the ending, so I think they decided to make it the same as that. In those days, the person who ran first set the timer start timing and stop timing, and everyone followed it unless there was a serious inconvenience. Maybe it was me.🥴

[@stoic_rose]

heyyy youre that person who did the severed speedruns ! thats cool :)

[@Gamerob64]

Amazing work everyone. Was an honour to be a part of it

[@TennitAF]

The man himself

[@josephjoestar953]

The legend himself

[@TennitAF]

@@josephjoestar953 The madlad himself

[@EmpyreanRagnarok]

"The black sheep of the paper mario series" Maybe until Sticker Star and subsequent paper marios came out, then it got firmly embraced as part of the classic paper marios.

[@FatalHog]

To be honest? i dont think most people consider those as the same series, its a huuuuge disconnect from the games before.

[@abcdefg98765]

@@FatalHog Facts. I refuse to even call those games "Paper Mario". They're the "Sticker Mario" games.

[@nicocchi]

Agreed. Though, even if Super Paper Mario failed to be a good Paper Mario game (at the time at least lol) it was one of the best *Super Mario* games thanks to the sheer creativity that you simply don't get in the Mushroom Kingdom + being a Platformer RPG. That combination of genres is seriously cool to me and I feel is a very untapped genre that failed to catch on. Might be because I'm stupid but I haven't seen anything like Super Paper Mario ever before or ever since. Or maybe because "Platformer with stats" leans itself better towards the Metroidvania or sidescroller action RPG (where you go whacking things around) rather than stomping on the head of your enemies

[@calemr]

I consider Super "That weird, but decent spin off" to the two Paper Mario games.

[@WackoMcGoose]

@@nicocchi You know, that's honestly the best way to put it. 64 and TTYD are "Super Mario RPG, but with a paper theme". Super is literally "Super Mario the platformer, but with a paper theme and some rpg bits". Sticker is when Nintendo decided to double, triple, and quadruple down on the word "Paper", with "Mario" as an afterthought. Color was a little better, but not much. And Origami, is when they remembered that MEMORABLE CHARACTERS AND GOOD WRITING is what makes an RPG, and if they're determined to have LOL PAPER™ be the direction of the series, it's the closest we're ever gonna get to the OG trilogy's story quality. Plus, the "everything is paper" is actually what _drives the plot_ of Origami, rather than being ZOMG WACKY SILLINESS like Sticker/Color. Or, to put it another way, the plot summaries of all six games (Paper Jam is a M&L game, not a PM game)... 64: "Bowser wants to use the power of wishing stars to rule the world" TTYD: "An entirely new faction of baddies wants to rule the world with the power of a thousand-year-old demon, and Bowser has his own agenda running alongside" Super: "Romeo and Juliet, except Romeo decides he's gonna destroy the multiverse when he thinks Juliet is gone forever" Sticker: "ZOMG BOWSER TOUCHED A MACGUFFIN AND MADE EVERYTHING BAD" Color: "ZOMG BOWSER DID AN OOPSIE WITH PAINT MIXING AND MADE EVERYTHING BAD" Origami: "An origami creation brought to life misunderstands his creator's gesture and decides he's going to origamize the world, while his sister, one of his own creations, teams up with Mario and friends to stop him"

[@nmflash8]

Thank you all for being apart of this amazing community, you are all the inspiration behind this video. We couldn’t have gotten this far with out you. Thank you.

[@damianwilding]

:D

[@nmflash8]

@Kohltergeist thank you so much!!

[@everythingabc3511]

This is an amazing and well-put-together video, through and through. As someone who made a document-type video before, this isn't easy to do. It takes a lot of time and energy to research, script write, record, edit, and refine. And this video is TWO HOURS LONG! Amazing job to JCR and Flash and huge shoutouts to the entire SPM community. You guys deserve this video and deserve for this video to blow up.

[@cats9994]

look at it now! it's not so small anymore huh?

[@TheGaming100]

@@cats9994 it's at 400K now. Might even reach the millions in 2022 lol

[@TommyDee3]

Damn best 2 hours on KZbin ever

[@TommyDee3]

Or twitch or whatever

[@NexusKirin]

Me: so what do you wanna watch Gf: something interesting Me: Great movie, finished on my own time🗿

[@ZorotheGallade]

😃Discovering a new timesave during a WR pace run 💀Discovering a new softlock during a WR pace run

[@Sonic457_]

(As of April 5th, 2023) LET'S GO! WE GOT A MILLION VIEWS!!! SUPER PROUD OF EVERYONE THAT HELPED OUT WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THIS! CONGRATS ON THE MASSIVE MILESTONE! YOU GUYS DESERVE IT!

[@OfficialGlitchDoctor]

Same day the Mario movie came out too 😭😄

[@zukodude487987]

We just need that 3 hour peach skip.

[@ghosttsr]

Even tho im not an SPM speedrunner, I've seen it all and I am so proud of how far the spm community has come. From the first man MrGuy (one of my proud indian brothers) who pioneered this game to the current awesome top runners such as Zach, Castle, Igrmi, and many other up and coming runners I admire, words cannot describe how happy I am of the community. It was shown through this that there was so much effort, love, and commitment throughout this video and the grind that im so happy it will get the attention it deserves. Love you JCR and NM and hope the SPM community can keep doing great things!!!!!!!!!! -

[@multifandomfangirl9664]

Thanks I'm glad I joined the pm & SPM community a year ago you guys feel like a found family :)

[@EmilySailor]

Beautiful documentary. I haven't ran this game in a hot minute and I've just been watching from the sidelines for the past year, so pretty much everything Dottie Skip and later just blows my mind. I'm super proud of this community for how far they have pushed this game and also for being one of the greatest speedrunning communities I've ever had the pleasure of being a part of 💜

[@OfficialGlitchDoctor]

It was great being able to watch the documentary in its entirety. Thank you for allowing me to help be a part of this. Looking forward to seeing where this run goes.

[@jaredsgiantz]

One of the best docs I've seen. Congratulations on all your community's achievements! Can't wait to see the runners push this game even further.

[@Superduperscribble]

35:09 "People came to show their love and support for SPM game" Andrick: SPM sucks

[@HDSpeedruns]

This is truly one of the best WR docs out there. Great job Flash, Nick, and Riley. Glad I could be a part of it!

[@xarin42]

I don't quite know how I ended up here, but this is an amazing documentary.

[@nmflash8]

We’re glad you liked it :)!!

[@masonwells990]

For years ive been asking where the 100% tas was from malleo, turns out mario kart TASs are entertaining

[@novelezra]

I am not a speed runner. I do not watch speed runs, I do not intend on watching speed runs. I don't even watch SGDQ. But I watch speed running history videos all the time, because I honestly do not believe there is any other trend, more beautiful on KZbin than this. A person, or group of people who get together to make a video chronicling their own history and presenting it to the world. Think about it, how often do you get documentaries predominantly made by the people who are doing the thing they are talking about? They know no one else will talk about it, gaming blogs or news etc. So they do it themselves. And everytime a video does well, I feel warm inside. And I can only hope the effort you put into this video is also rewarded. Thank you.

[@nmflash8]

Thank you so much!!! We wanted to make this video reflect the amazing history. Thanks for watching and enjoying :)

[@JonahZgo]

Y'all made a whole-ass movie about a game I thought would've been a terrible speed game. Looks like I was dead wrong lol This is one of the best world record progression videos I've ever seen. Massive props to you guys for making this, and to the SPM community in general for it's many achievements. Hoping this video blows tf up, you guys deserve it

[@nmflash8]

thanks Jonah :) means a lot!

[@invertebrado]

I hope you too blow up as well, your content is great!

[@ValoriYT]

Agreed there’s so much work put into this video and into the speedruns

[@hamnerheads6770]

you could say that OoB clip was worth its wait in gold this is a great video! fantastic pacing, lots of excitement, an excellent host, amazing guests, and slamming music! i really love spm and im really glad the speedrunning community has been documented in this incredibly engaging video!

[@nmflash8]

LOL. nice one :D also thank you so much!! we're glad you enjoyed it so much :)

[@vitvitcher2782]

that skip was a pure gold

[@Rot8erConeX]

I know that it probably would've happened regardless, but the events described at 1:39:49 and onwards feel like an Heisenberg Principle of speedrunning documentaries. Flash announced that he was gonna make this video, and everyone jumped into VC to discuss that. Which meant that when Igrmi posted his find, you were all primed and ready to act. The mere fact that this video was in production affected how quickly the true potential of Gold Bar Clipping was found. The documentary affected the documented.

[@connorsalamon835]

This video was great, you made it sound even better when you used the summoning salt theme song (home were finally landing) at 1:34:52

[@theschnozzler]

Didn't expect Summoning Salt stuff in in this video but he is a really good channel

[@ArcheoLumiere]

58:36 Fun Fact, that's not Murphy's Law, that's Murphy's Law being observed in regards to Finagle's Law. Murphy's Law is "If it can be misused, someone will misuse it."

[@nmflash8]

Interesting!! I didn’t realize the context for this quote

[@DragonKingZero]

More specifically, it's "if there's a right to do something and a wrong way to do something, and doing it the wrong way results in catastrophic failure, someone WILL do it the wrong way".

[@Dolphyn.]

Can't think of a better background song to be used at 1:47:00. Emotional song from the game to fit an emotional moment in the community that's kept the spirit alive for so many years. The narrative of this community in general is so entertaining.

[@TiStardust]

That Gold Bar Clipping montage is so well-done, I've rewatched it like 12 times at this point.

[@nmflash8]

Shout outs to GlitchPHD he helped out with a lot of those amazing edits!

[@OfficialGlitchDoctor]

Hey thanks! I really appreciate that. I had learned what made faster paced awesome moments great in other WR Progression videos, so I sat down and tried to figure out what would work best. Glad you enjoyed it! 😄

[@pococho360]

this is one of my favourite KZbin videos of all time!

[@nmflash8]

Thank you!!

[@NyancyCat]

I've never watched an SPM run in my life - i barely know anything about the main game itself - bur I love a good WR story, and Castle's at the end, while unconventional, is outstanding. I can uncderstand the thought process - Castle had already resolved to break the 4 hour barrier before any new discoveries, and come hell or high water that was gonna happen. No "easy way", not for all the gold medals in the world - proving the mastery of the most terrifying SPM route ever known, that was the point. And by god, Castle did it.

[@WackoMcGoose]

Everyone: _talking about how well-researched and informative the video is_ Me: "ok but can we talk about how they _flawlessly recreated_ the exact style of the chapter cards and storybook intro"

[@nmflash8]

this was actually ripped straight out of the game by GlitchPHD then we added our own text! major shoutouts to him!

[@WackoMcGoose]

@@nmflash8 ...I mean, I probably would've done it that way, too. Still a great thematic addition to the video, reminds me of how Noclip's documentary on Outer Wilds did the 22-minute gag with the actual video footage 🤔

[@OfficialGlitchDoctor]

Yep! Actually all I did for the storybook intro was nuke the entire fontset in the game so it had no text, then just added in the text and noise in a video editor. The chapter cards I honestly got lucky with, multiple project files and somehow a simple removal of the black background color made the effect you saw in the video. Figured it was gonna be more work but nah. Lucky moments in editing. 😅 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@doctormario3609]

I love how a game I adored in my childhood became such a big deal in speedrunning. 😂

[@franklinbrooksstoppedcomme3267]

Fingers crossed same happens fpr Spyro 1. May have only first played it recently, but I know just from the feel its a perfect speedrunning candidate. Hoping I can 1 day record a 100% SR of my own.

[@PTp1ranha]

These speedrun documentaries always feel like I'm watching some kind of recap episode of an anime or serialized cartoon or something. And there's all these "characters" and "plot twists" I get so attached by the time it's all over. I had a lot of fun recognizing the different tricks and moments during the credits. That probably makes the credits my favorite part of the video, lol. I watched it with the same feeling I had when I saw the game's credits for the first time half my life ago.

[@nmflash8]

Haha I loved watching the credits!! Glitch did such an amazing job! You should join the discord and see a lot of the runners push for better times!!

[@rjohn1277]

I literally did not know this game was this broken. This was a nostalgic game for me as a child. I think I’m gonna replay through the game after my finals on Wednesday and then try speedrunning the game :)

[@nmflash8]

Good luck!! if you have any questions let us know!

[@NT-sx2bd]

Diamond dog.

[@_Roik]

FINALLY A SUPER PAPER MARIO TRENDING VIDEO THAT IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO WATCH FOR MOST OF MY LIFE! IVE BEEN WATING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS FOREVERRRR.

[@nagol2602]

Super Paper Mario will always be my favorite Paper Mario game.

[@Pesthuf]

It's weird how everyone always mentions that Paper Mario fans hate this game, but all I ever see in comment sections is support and love for SPM.

[@syrelian]

Like many cult classics, the dislike for it has fallen off pretty heavily and appeal for it has grown from better exposure

[@multifandomfangirl9664]

Mostly the reviews are mixed But I do see more positive than negative responses

[@Nerdgirl9853]

I love it, prefer 64 and TYOD, but still love SPM. It is the ones after SPM I despise. But did hear Origami King did have some improvements. Might try it.

[@LilacMonarch]

Its flaws were greatly exaggerated. Now more people are seeing how good it really is

[@kouta2317]

Let’s start from the beginning, *Immediately goes through half the book in an instant*

[@Akay4444444444444444]

The book as an anthology, the beginning of this story is partway through the book. Everything before is the history of other Super games

[@AquatexZ]

The compilation of pure insanity let on by Gold Bar Clipping is very motivating to get into this game. If I can get ahold of the VC, I'll.. give it a try.

[@thenarrator6846]

No one is rlly talking about this but the music placement in the video is really good. Nice editing.

[@nmflash8]

Glad you liked it we listed them all in a document in the description!

[@Bloxtorm]

Dude, this seems a Netflix documentary film. This is my favourite Mario game and my third favourite game and I thought I knew everything about it, of course I forgot to know about its community, which obviously didn't disappoint me. It was incredible to watch this 2 hours video and to know all that you have achieved in this amazing game. Congrats to the speedrunners, to the glitch hunters, to all the people who made this video and to every SPM fan, the most underrated Paper Mario game, overshadowed by TTYD. I would like to express my thankfulness more but it doesn't matter how much I write, there's no words to tell how I feel right now.

[@nmflash8]

Thanks bloxtorm :D we worked really hard on the video hoping to catch even a glimpse of how awesome this community is. Glad to see you enjoyed it so much!

[@Bloxtorm]

@@nmflash8 Thanks to you all, because you really have done what you wanted to do by far. Whenever you think you could have done something better, you will be totally wrong.

[@colossaldonut5190]

Moral of the story: If you're a top TTYD speedrunner, somehow that translates into being a great SPM speedrunner

[@nmflash8]

i'm looking at you Sway

[@mistypuffs]

When my son was 3, he instinctively did that one cycle frack tail skip thing. I couldn’t believe it, and was certain he’d be some amazing speed runner when he got older. He’s 15 now and he’s most certainly not. Nothing of the sort 😂

[@Hello86257]

SPM is one of, if not my favorite games in the paper mario series, but after it falling into hate and obscurity, i kinda just forgot about it, until this video popped up in my recommended! It’s honestly heartwarming remembering how good the game was and seeing the community (or at least a subsection of it) grow!

[@SadToffee]

This is literally my favourite game I cannot wait to see it get snapped over a guardrail.

[@banjofries]

Gosh dang y'all put together a whole movie on this. Only halfway through I realized the video was 2 hours long it was so gripping. As each progressing step happened I kept thinking there was no way it could get any better only to see the [Obsolete] Tag on the record AGAIN. Then finally to be left with the notion that this game can STILL be improved. The determination you guys have not just for the game but as human beings is amazing. I always felt a real deepness from this game and to see even tearing it apart had so much value was a great ride. wowie

[@paulnewton2284]

56:34 Maybe "Lift Shift" would be a good name?

[@kama2106]

Btw thanks for motivating me to play SPM for the first time. It s a really underappreciated game. Real time fighting system works way better than most people give it credit

[@sylvettefluff3840]

How have I never heard of this channel, this game was and still is one of my favorite games of all time. Thank you KZbin recommendations.

[@cats9994]

same here lmao

[@pandajjams2777]

Wow this video is absolutely brilliant. A comprehensive, well documented, excellently executed 2 hour video that is able to be interesting throughout is amazing. All of the music, commentary, and media used in this is just done so well. This is no mere video essay, it is a video textbook

[@nmflash8]

thanks Panda! its been a huge project, we're glad you liked it :))

[@pandajjams2777]

@@nmflash8 the man himself! I watched it 3 times since this comment, SPM is one of my top 10 games of all time and I'm just so happy to have seen so much passion put into it

[@nmflash8]

@@pandajjams2777 Yay!! i'm glad you liked it! Yeah I made the video and I've watched it a ton :D hahaha I think I like the video more than the audiance haha

[@pandajjams2777]

@@nmflash8 hahaha that tends to be the case, being your own biggest fan. Sorry I haven't responded cohesively! I just wanna say that you are very inspiring and wish you the best in the future :D

[@Wizzkidwas]

That montage starting at 1:41:40 is my favourite thing from this video, I don't know why but it makes me laugh so much

[@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7]

Man, knowing how crazy these kind of videos often get, I was expecting the Peach intermission sequence break mentioned at 22:53 to be revealed to be real by the end of it. I'll be looking forward to one of the biggest games of my childhood to be broken more and more as time goes by.

[@nmflash8]

It's still only a dream one day we will figure it out

[@singingReaper]

I can’t believe I never considered looking into what the SPM speedrunning scene may be like, the game means so much to me that just hearing your excellent use of its soundtrack made me feel relaxed and invested. Such a great video

[@JoeDan54]

An hour in so far, this is already a masterpiece! Probably my favorite speedrun progression video of all time EDIT: Forget the word "probably" I'm absolutely floored I hope this video blows up in popularity, it deserves to

[@nmflash8]

Thanks Joe!! That means a lot! :)

[@lakitu6422]

I would have never guessed that super paper mario would have speed lore. Gives me yet another reason to appreciate this game.

[@nmflash8]

right?? such a beautiful game!

[@voidnoodle8911]

So what I learned is, don't sell gold bars, they'll get me past scanners. I shall consume this knowledge, great video!

[@BrodySchoonMusic]

Mario Kart Lick at 39:58 Also, great video! I love SPM because I kind of grew up with it, it's one of my favorite games of all time.

[@skylight1198]

I'm only half way through and I have to say this is probably one of *the best* speed doc videos I've ever seen. It's clean, smooth and well put together. You bring up points for for the time and bring them up later when needed and you don't go off track. That's easy to do. Thanks for such an entertaining video and one that's well informed too. ^^

[@skylight1198]

I've put this off a few months too, so yeah this blew my expectations lol.

[@nmflash8]

Thanks skylight!! we apreciate this so much, we worked on this project for a long time!

[@Ganobrator]

One of the best speedrunning documentaries I've ever seen. Huge props to everyone involved.

[@gunstar420]

Seriously, this is summoningsalt tier entertainment.

[@nverdice9333]

I randomly got this video in my recommended and this was a spectacular video

[@talkalexis]

same

[@sebastiaankoning8198]

Never been a part of this community but spm has a special place in my heart as my first ever video game i played as a child. Seeing this game broken to pieces and bringing it to a sub 4 hours was the best 2 hours of my life being on youtube. This was amazing

[@LifeWKai]

THAT GOLD BAR CLIP INTRODUCTION WAS WILD BRB GONNA GO BOOT UP SPM ON MY WII U

[@lizzzylavender]

I haven’t watched the video yet but I feel compelled to say that Super Paper Mario is a fucking masterpiece

[@slothrops]

This was a great documentary

[@awesomejosephaj5830]

I just felt like I watched an entire movie! What a journey that was happening in the background of my life! I will always love this game because it was the first Paper Mario game that I played and the only one I liked and the only one where I beat the main story. To many gamers and other KZbinrs, the general consensus is that this game, like most of my favorite Nintendo games and other Wii/Wii U games, have been called "the black sheep," "mediocre," "bad," "terrible," "average," or just "okay." After watching this video, I am glad that I found others who think the same and have a passion for this old game, and to those gamers and KZbinrs who claimed Super Paper Mario to be just an average or an okay game at best, I hope this video finds them. Fantastic job and I have just subscribed and looking forward to new content!

[@GameDomain]

Super Paper Mario was the only game I ever tried to speedrun since it’s my favorite game of all time. I wasn’t very good at it but this video was still super interesting to watch. Great job!

[@mallowfan22]

seeing a channel about the most underated mario game makes me so happy

[@nmflash8]

you should see the community we just found a HUGE break through in pit% where you beat the flipside pit as fast as you can!

[@mallowfan22]

⁠​⁠@@nmflash8where is it at i checked the community tab, twitch and nothing is there

[@Andres-zz8er]

This might be the best KZbin video I’ve ever seen

[@iey9691]

It's amazing to see a game that meant so much to me as a child and kickstarted my love for the platforming genre be resident to what's such an amazing dedicated community. Speedrun WR history videos are starting to become a larger trend and I hope this brings more runners to the game in the hopes of pushing the game yet further in the months and years to come. The whole piece was excellent informative and fascinating and although I may never decide to run the game as speedrunning has never been one of my major active interests I wish you all the best.

[@maverickREAL]

Imagine rushing through this absolute masterpiece

[@krokorok_]

furryr

[@worrywirt9312]

Are you dissing the speed runners or talking about this video

[@zilence1513]

@@worrywirt9312 think it was a play on how we are speedrunners so we do things fast, except making a video, then we make it very long lol

[@Diynn]

@@worrywirt9312 I'm late but I'm fairly certain it meant the game being as fantastic as it is

[@TheGaming100]

funny enough that's exactly what Im doing with this video atm

[@garnet1918]

Incredible! Kept me engaged for 2 hours with great commentary and amazing editing. The gold bar skip sequence was my favorite.

[@nmflash8]

Shout outs to GlitchPHD For the amazing Edits!

[@OfficialGlitchDoctor]

Appreciate that very much! Glad you enjoyed everything. 🙂

[@aramhodoyan8364]

As a child I never understood how to play paper Mario

[@lewisarmitage9020]

I loved this game growing up, didn't know the game could be broken so badly. Very entertaining video, has obvious passion put into it.

[@sykilik101]

I'm not much of a speedrunner myself (I've dabbled with DKC2, and tried a few different glitches in games for fun), but I love watching these long videos that break down a game's speedrunning history. I just wanted to tell you that your section about Gold Bar Clipping is one of the hypest "check out this trick" segments I've seen in ANY speedrun-history-related video. I'm not even in the SPM community and yet you did SUCH a phenomenal job of conveying how excited everyone must've been in seeing how this one new discovery broke the game. Definitely a favorite speedrun video of mine for sure thanks to that segment. :D

[@nmflash8]

I still remember being in that call definetly a day I'll never forget

[@sykilik101]

I'm happy for you, homie, that must've been SO exciting. I can only imagine the energy of being in a group call *as* a crazy piece of tech is revealed and suddenly everyone is going ham testing it out. :D

[@theknuckleswhochuckles8017]

1:31:02 I know you said that trick was complicated, but good God I was not ready for that

[@Thatonerandommmboi]

I'm one hour in, and I just realized this whole video is two hours long. Gotta say this is a nice video to have playing while I lab fighting game combos. Good work! I'm not even done with the video and I've already enjoyed it thoroughly.

[@Psychomaniac14]

watched all of this despite not even owning any paper mario games, very good video, very well made

This video was absolutely incredible! Super Paper Mario is one of my favorite games ever & I just got off doing an LP of it a few months ago. I know so much about the game itself, but knew NOTHING about how speedruns were preformed. The Count Bleck softlock made my chest hurt. There was so many twists & turns and this was incredibly informative! Thank You for putting this together, and Thank You all the runners for pushing this game to its limits!

[@rruhland]

I literally laughed out loud when We’re Finally Landing started playing.

[@davidkristensen1188]

1:34:44 this is the moment you know you’re watching a speed running video.

[@nothingtoreport1918]

The fact that you guys used HOME just like Summoning Salt was hilarious. Also, I love this game and I’m so proud of the SPM speedrunning community!

[@oweri1419]

*Super Paper Mario style chapter open plays* Me, struck in the childhood:

[@CaptainWeissbrot]

ive never watched any SPM speedrun before i found this video. This is one of the best YT videos out there, thank you for this!

[@krisdeluxe4417]

I genuinely can’t find the words to describe how amazingly well put together this video is.

[@frenchfryapocalypse1155]

This is easily the best speed doc I've ever seen. It must have been so amazing to watch it grow from it's humble beginnings to the insanity it is now! I find it especially funny how the key to most essential skip to achieve sub 4 was hiding in plain sight, and how someone so new to the community was able to have such an important impact on the game. Stories and documentaries like this are why I will always love speedrunning.

[@IPat]

what the hell...randomly searched for this and it just got uploaded?

[@nmflash8]

It was fate 😂 hope you enjoyed!

[@eXCee]

Super paper mario is way too underated, this game was my childhood and I would argue its one of the best mario games

[@spicysalad12]

When you said there was still an important story to be told at the end, I was fully expecting, “This is the story of the Light Prognosticus”

[@jacefavorito]

This game was a big part of my childhood, I'm so happy people like you guys keep it alive through speedrunning. Thank you 🙂

[@yosher]

41:40 I was NOT expecting this crossover! Luigis mansion is where my speedrunning began, and to see all these familiar names pop up in one of my favorite games is insane! Much love, incredible video!!

[@BMN_Prime]

This is still my favorite paper Mario game

[@kazuhiroyasei]

I'm in love with this documentary first because Super Paper Mario was my introduction to the series back when I had a Wii, and second because of the sheer quality of the production. Congratulations to all the runners, and thank you all for your hard work on the video! Now we have a Summoning Salt-level documentary on the Super Paper Mario speedruning history!

[@boomfanfic-a-latta8996]

I just spent the past hour (been watching on double speed) learning a far more insane history than I ever expected

[@claytonsteed6767]

I don't normally comment on videos, but I just wanted to say this was very well done. Props to the whole SPM community and everyone involved in making an engaging and compelling documentary about something I frankly didn't know I had any interest in. Great work all around.

[@nmflash8]

Thanks Clayton! we're so glad you enjoyed it :D

[@OhNoBohNo]

Not me about to dust off my Wii/WiiU and run around the Peach Intermission section for hours just to find a frame-perfect jump trick...

[@byleobb]

Wow. Super Paper Mario is one of my fav games of all time, and watching this marvelous speedrun history video made me smile from ear to ear. The passion you guys have for the game and the achievements you got through these years... It's a joy to watch this video. Congratz on the amazingly done video and all the development on every possible strat to reduce the WR - you guys are awesome.

[@jake_quinn]

I can’t tell you how stoked I was to see this video come up in my recommended

[@PhishyBusiness]

I love that SPM still has a community, absolutely beautiful storyline, music, and characters

[@plactusdelcactus433]

This is honestly one of the highest quality videos I’ve ever watched. Holy shit, well done. So inspiring, what a story!

[@avestrustheone6349]

An excellent video that just oozes wholesome. Wonderful production value to boot, this was incredibly well made. Kudos to the production team and the runners who contributed to this fascinating contribution to video game documentary.

[@nmflash8]

thank you so much!!

[@avestrustheone6349]

@@nmflash8 keep up the great work guys :D