The Longest Game in Smash History

A Pikachu and Kirby player descend into madness.
Breaking down the insane backstory behind one of the most infamous and legendary games in Smash, the longest game in Super Smash Bros. history, SuPeRbOoMfAn vs Gerson
Massive thanks to Preston Kwan (The 64 Story), Asumsaus, Darkhorse, Herbert Von Karajan, Motobug, Ludvix, DavidVKimball, the Peruvian 64 scene, and of course, SuPeRbOoMfAn and Gerson for helping make this video possible, much love
My twitter: / grsmashyt
Resources:
Full game: • LR5 SuPeRbOoMfAn vs Ge...
Herbert Von Karajan: / @herbertvonkarajan8213
The 64 Story: / @the64story
Darkhorse: / thatsadarkhorse
Team Cafil/Kort: / @teamcafil4987 / kortredlink
Music list: pastebin.com/ayVbxJwZ
Thanks for watching!

[@GR.]

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you enjoy😊

[@andrewallstar2719]

let’s gooo

[@Overcast_daKid]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@ddrchad]

Merry Christmas GR!

[@quasimotoz]

thanks, ghostrage edit: 🎅🎄

[@Gotmilk0112]

I certainly enjoyed the nightmare fuel thumbnail that this video had a few minutes ago

[@RipleySawzen]

"We should ban this stage to save people's time" "To save people's time from what?" "From what I'm going to do if you don't ban this stage"

[@firepunchman]

Man’s a savage 💀

[@jyfunnel]

@@firepunchman Bro held him hostage for nearly an hour straight just to prove a point. 💀

[@jkdking12]

​@@jyfunnelThis ain't about winning. This about sending a message 😂

[@bebe8090]

Incorrect. The longest game in Smash History is when I left my console on overnight to unlock Mewtwo.

[@cloverkip]

True

[@BleekBrown]

It worked like those old rumor you'd hear on the playground during recess. I remember I used Rpy cause I thought he was OP when I unlocked him lol. It blew my mind when I saw the Fight Screen for Mewtwo

[@gr4ndsoulfreak]

honestly big respect to boom. Man saw the problem, warned everyone about it and then proceeded to demonstrate why exactly it was a problem when no one listened to him.

[@pheonixmmkc]

Proving a point by being an absolute dick 👏

[@jacobturner6266]

Ya but he lost to marka…

[@ryotsirrom8354]

@@jacobturner6266so?

[@mr.voidroy6869]

Yugioh has a simmilar thing with deck sizes. Back in thr day their was no deck limit. The limit was if u can shuffle it. So some gigachafs made this homemade tower containing every single 4 copies of every card in the game. Making it like 5 6000 cards or something stupid. He won a couple of games because players refused to play against it. But when someone finally decided to play him they timed out because it took ages to shuffle the deck.

[@goldsage4722]

​@mr.voidroy6869 its 3 copies of a card and i believe it was slightly over 4000 cards for the deck his friends had to help him shuffle every time he needed to

[@crackracing7900]

Bro learning the origin of Gerson Boom's name after all these years and it coming from a smash 64 set of all things feels like discovering the Rosetta Stone,incredible!

[@master_of_krynn]

exactly xD

[@TheMacaroniPanda]

Weezed to meet you

[@crackracing7900]

@@TheMacaroniPanda Weezer in Undertale real...

[@rainbowspongebob]

Fr

[@megafred5046]

raditude > blue

[@jackhamson6161]

Wow the end with Brawl Taunts what a throwback

[@toadfan64]

I make it a yearly ritual to rewatch them all every year.

[@Evolutionforever123]

Only the OGs know bout that one

[@YukichiReikyu]

All these years and I only just realized Kirby's eyes in that clip is a 69

[@chuganoga1908]

Yeah that was nostalgic

[@shanemiller1182]

Just noticed that Ike is voiced by Tomar

[@TehWhiteTiger]

It's really crazy how the stage meta has changed through time. 64 had to choose the best of the worst yet now we have Ultimate and choose to play on about 3 of over 100 potential stages, ruling out perfectly decent stages because of silly things like 'there's a slight slant',

[@Trogdorbad]

To add insult to injury, Lylat Cruise is legal, and was in Smash 4 where it was objectively broken, whereas other potential legal stages were always outright dismissed

[@bobbafett5175]

@@Trogdorbad And to make it even worse, now that Lylat is a perfectly fine stage with all its issues patched out, it's been banned by like 90% of NA tournaments due entirely to negative perception.

[@ErtN-fj8tg]

​Cuz it's an ugly, uncomfortable TRI plat stage that encourages spammy burst options & projectiles. You want that buddy?​@@bobbafett5175

[@SSGeneration121]

competitive ult is kind of a joke and the community is 1000% the reason why, its sad

[@ErtN-fj8tg]

@@SSGeneration121 yes comp melee is a joke glad you agree

[@unclecheese1157]

bro hijacked an entire tournament just to prove his point

[@SSB_Seal]

Glad you mentioned the Undertale fact about Gerson Boom. Another fun part of it is that in Deltarune it's revealed that his son's name is Alvin (after another Peruvian Smash 64 legend who was mentioned in this video). Always good to see you upload again.

[@segadoeswhatnintendont]

Isn't Alvin his brother?

[@anonymouscamel64]

@@segadoeswhatnintendont no it's alvin from alvin and the chipmunks

[@mill2712]

​@@segadoeswhatnintendont Son.

[@grapesvine]

Not all heroes wear capes, and not all presents have wrappings.

[@gamercaiden]

321 likes no comment let me fix that

[@RandomHans]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ringothefly6514]

It's a Christmas miracle, GRsmash uploaded!

[@LimeSoda64]

I’m a 64 player and you did an excellent job covering this saga, also the editing is really next level

[@cheeseball341]

I'm one of the ex-leaders of the Smashboards 64 backroom, and I wrote the first tournament ruleset removing Hyrule Castle from neutral picks (I'm in the video as asianaussie) boom's opinions on Hyrule date back for a long, long time and were widely regarded as extreme by Smashboards posters - I distinctly remember him saying Link goes from bottom 3 tierwise to top 3 on Hyrule because of how overwhelmingly powerful his circle camping is - for perspective, this is like saying there's a legal stage that puts Melee Kirby or Bowser into top tier His arguments about Hyrule were a big part of the english-speaking community moving to DL-only - they certainly convinced me

[@B3Band]

Turns out, he was right. When the most skilled players of a game are telling you something is wrong, LISTEN.

[@YOSSARIAN313]

​@@B3Band i disagree because many are self serving idiots(leffen) or eccentrics with bad takes(esam). Many games suffer if they listen only to the elite players.

[@GlitchanBlack]

Glad to meet someone who was a part of the Smash 64 backroom and was a part of this iconic moment in FGC history on YT! I’m subbed to SaBoom’s YT channel myself, and he doesn’t upload videos to it often now (mainly because he continuously streams practice speed-runs on Twitch). He still does upload some Smash 64 stuff though.

[@ellachino4799]

@@B3Band the problem was that other skilled players like Isai were in disagreement.

[@XXXFotyleggaXXX]

You are so real for the Brawl Taunts ending. Thanks for another epic video

[@ashanark5782]

As someone who loved your channel back in the early days when you had "the humor of an edgy teenager," I gotta say this is an amazing video. Well-researched, crisply paced script, and incredibly well-edited. Excellent work!

[@ZedEdge]

Man, excellent polish on the editing. The way graphics don't just pop in but smoothly materialize and how each scene isn't a cut but instead a pan and tilt with accompanying swoosh sound - it all adds so much life. That zoom across key moments of the match at 11:58 was particularly slick and offered such a good impression of the length without needing to showing the whole thing. It's all so natural that it's easy to miss how much work would've gone into this. Really great work 👏

[@Ludvix]

Lesss goooo more top tier grsmash videooooos!

[@co7769]

Where papa?

[@HerMajestyVelvet]

First a video about the best rivalry I’ve ever heard of (Im team Dennys btw) and now a we’re blessed with another incredible smash doc We missed you GrSmash, you’re an absolute legend

[@GentleJellicent]

Dad's finally back with the milk.

[@nevetan]

This video makes me appreciate more the current state of Melee and Ultimate. While it may be annoying to see Sonic, Jigglypuff or Steve camp so much, we don’t know how much worse it could get. Tahmks for coming back! Merry Christmas!

[@josh7827]

If you cant solve the problem, become the problem.

[@piccolo54trunks2]

Huge props for mentioning the inbox system. I really miss the early convos I had with followers. I can't fathom how KZbin hasn't made a new pm system

[@subjecttochange9320]

Man good to see you upload. One of not that many channels that I've wished would continue making content on more than just one occasion. Hope that is indicative of you doing well in life rn Happy holidays man, cheers

[@bandeyawx9709]

How does the old name of this channel being "ghost rager" affect the "GRSmash is Green Ranger" legacy?

[@enzone8896]

probably kills it

[@Ridlay_]

The fact that a TURTLE merchant references this is amazing. Genius.

[@etab8897]

love to see some 64 content, a GRsmash smash 64 video on christmas its a miracle

[@Space_Australian]

It's so nice to see you uploading again, I also really dig this style of content just as much as highlight videos. Also I love the new profile pic

[@TheAmazingShadow]

I had no idea about this aspect of the Smash 64 scene, and your video was incredible. The depth of information combined with the amazing improvement in your editing skills truly made this standout. I'm genuinely impressed and can't wait to see more videos from you in this style. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@tiaraguy7705]

Aside from the amazing video, I think the content you produced was extremely impactful for the time. It wouldn't really hold up in the youtube of today but genuinely so many smash players I talked to have recommended your videos to beginners and that's what sparked their interest in how someone is doing the cool shit they are seeing on screen. I think they also helped a lot with the overall cluing people into certain narratives of the time. I think going towards this kind of content is what's best overall in this landscape but I will always go back to old videos because they are so rewatchable.

[@JoshBrody0]

Great video! Glad to see 64 highlighted, even in this context. Also funny to see how deep you dug on Smashboards, most of those names are still playing and attending events frequently to this day. Side note, feel real bad for that BarkSanchez guy after that tragic SD, hope he's doing ok.

[@tyhiggz38]

I’m glad he quit the game forever

[@qwedsan3942]

Bro became the villain to prevent the blooming of any further villains. o7

[@JaysonUbo]

GRsmash upload at the very end of 2023 AND it features Runescape music? GOATed

[@tappajaav]

Runescape music is everywhere

[@trueblueryu5713]

Shoutout to Elise Avery who also did a solid vid on this game. Smash 64 has a lot of overlooked content compared to Melee, 4, and Ult, so seeing more media on wild 64 sets would be a blessing.

[@Eichro]

fairly recent video too, are people just now finding out about this match?

[@trueblueryu5713]

Not too many people play 64 competitively compared to the other games in the series. It couldn’t even reach 200 entrants at smash con this past year, while Ultimate had more than 2,600

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

​@@trueblueryu5713How many did Smash 4 get? Just curious, as I've been finding Smash 4 to feel better to play than Ultimate.

[@yawg691]

344 @@LloydTheZephyrian

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

@@yawg691 Huh. I thought there'd have been less honestly, considering the near total lack of Smash 4 content on KZbin these days.

[@gutsfiend6678]

glad to see you back, been watching you for years

[@Athesies]

I've been watching your vids since 2015, they were a huge part in getting me into melee and the community. I really love seeing this video

[@MrTheMasterX]

Fantastic Christmas present, great to see you back GR. Also funny how the Deltarune character, Alvin, is also named after a 64 player who got mentioned here.

[@lorenzosaraiva2784]

Nice to see people talking about Smash 64! Very well made video, you have my 64 historian seal of approval, congratulations!

[@jackwilson2062]

Beautifully put! I’ve been a long time smash fan and even this tale flew above my head! Thank you for such a wonderful video!!!

[@MasterAbeer101]

A truly amazing Christmas gift! Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you GRSmash and everyone

[@pikachewie1124]

Love to see more of your content man! Looking forwards to more in the future, Merry Christmas!

[@television9233]

15:43 Never thought that I would see an "ssbb taunts" reference and clip in 2023. What an amazing series back in the glory days of youtube/newgrounds

[@wolfnebulae]

New GRSmash video and it's for 64? POG

[@JcFerggy]

Let's be honest. We're not playing 19xx, but Smash Remix. Love all the stages they have added, along with the all new characters.

[@Brob2nd]

Same bro, Smash Remix is probably my favorite Smash Mod of all time, that above Project M to be honest

[@Shapelybox]

Really enjoying this new form of content from GRSmash

[@Meh_phisto]

That subtle shade thrown at sm4sh gave me a giggle.

[@Maj0ra]

Such an interesting video. I love videos like this where you can learn about odd things in Smash history. More of these!

[@bashura_0019]

Man, I missed these kinds of videos GRsmash made even with the edge sense of humor lol. It's been a very long time my man. Hope you continue to make more vids in the future!

[@taco_bender]

Honestly, your videos are pretty entertaining. Gonna miss the compilation bits but fr fr these videos are very well written

[@jblover_3014]

2:20 Perfect music to anticipate a duel :)

[@ishmari14]

RS music, right?

[@gabrielstardust]

Best christmas present! Hope you had a really good one GRSmash

[@steamysoles]

Great and informative video, I liked the part where you explained the reasons why each stage is banned and would love to see that for melee too!!

[@ht5_]

Excellent video GR! I was around during the early days of your channel, my name back then was TheNilocV. I think I'm listed in the credits of one of your early vids. I always looked forward to watching your comps in high school and shared them with all my friends that I could get to watch them lol. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@nicolasvignolo7601]

11:03 Gerson's son in deltarune is named Alvin

[@dinoshi64]

Ayo deltarune fan

[@mill2712]

Also the references of "Super Smashing Fighters" and Berdly complaining about how Kris "cheats" at the game. (Wavedashing) And let's not forget about Sans' Mii Gunner costume either.

[@eazy2klean]

Just seen ur channel and saw you haven’t upload too much recently.. but after watching this I need more man😭 keep doin yo thing bro

[@poopheadtwenty-seven540]

I love how not a single tournament organizer seemed to consider using a timer outside of the game.

[@dummyqt2947]

This would be difficult as you would need a 3rd party to start the timer otherwise one player has to start the timer so they're notably at a disadvantage if they're distracted at all.

[@murgatroidsp]

It was considered, it’s just not in this 16 minute video

[@Yeliad]

Yo this video is top notch quality, love it. Missed the compilation uploads but this content is fire, welcome back GrSmash!

[@Jelliott_ssb]

New GRsmash vid just dropped, POGGIES

[@stardust2441]

NEW GRSMASH ITS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE

[@FlukeDogg08]

GRSmash is back!

[@rinqitheone1185]

Oh shit, a new Grsmash Video😍

[@SoulFighter27]

Quality video GR, i havent watched a video of yours for years, so the quality was a nice surprise

[@brunomcdarrah1740]

That transition screen with the time frames is a little eye melting. Really dope to have the game time displayed like that but the rush to the right was painful. 👍

[@davidvkimball]

Your editing is on another level, man. I was immersed the whole time!!

[@SK438]

Thanks for the Christmas upload GRSmash! I've been watching you since the beginning. Always nice to see new videos from you.

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

What a good christmas present. I don't play 64, melee is my thing but I absolutely love 64 as a spectator. The thing I look forward to most every year is Super Smash Con and the 64 combo contest. Its just so amazing.

[@Flopsaurus]

This video is excellent. Your research and presentation of the story is top notch

[@PuppetMasterIX]

14:58 It just occurred to me that Gerson Boom is probably a tortoise because tortoises are known for being agonizingly slow.

[@nolife6013]

I want to see this record broken and a Smash Bros match that goes on for an entire day.

[@Gheorughuirg]

Great music choices. Bangers all throughout

[@richardzhuang5958]

I know in the video he says that 64 is all about punish game, but i would argue around that wording I think. I would say that since the punish game in 64 is so much stronger, that makes 64 all about the neutral game and not getting hit first.

[@LARAUJO_0]

I'm surprised this was from as late as 2014. Whenever I heard about this game, I always envisioned it happening in the 2000s

[@GCLU]

Very good video. The only thing I'd note is that the uploader of the video who went to Peru also Herbert Von Karajan or Karajan for short (also known as Dajjal/Isai is Dead) was a pretty prolific 64 uploader. He's also known for making the first keyboard to PC adapter as there was a lot of 64 players who played on keyboard due to emulator play (such as me who switched over to Hori ages ago.)

[@ganglyman22]

Playing or watching Dreamland on repeat is a deflating experience. Stage counterpicking brings variety and spice. I hope the professional scene brings back more legal stages.

[@SUDAGANGTV]

Dude I had to double check and make sure I was watching a GRsmash video. The production quality is amazing! Good sh*t brother! 💪😎

[@PikaEmblemofGensokyo]

Peak video. I need a link to that last clip with Kirby and Ike because that was hilarious

[@RocketPropelledMexican]

Calm voice GRSmash is my sleep paralysis demon

[@EdwardoFE]

Ah yes, the “Hyrule Castle gets banned” set.

[@D-W-N-Xsist]

I'm digging the new format brother, Keep up the edits

[@EyeZee]

Smash history videos like these are so interesting. I’m looking for more vids similar to this and coney’s DK vs DDD brawl vid. I could watch them all day

[@GoldenDeerGuy]

This video started with School Days playing. I already know it's gonna be a good video.

[@Department_21_official]

man I hope you get to post more! I know how long videos take, I hope you read this and have a happy new year!

[@ianm1462]

4:44 - ‘Pokefloats only. Pokeballs on very high’ - see, this guy gets it!

[@MeesterTweester]

This game is a classic

[@pravall985]

i love how he spends an hour stalling just to die 2-0

[@B3Band]

NY Giants lost to Jacksonville Jaguars on a dumb play right at the end, and the commentator said, "You played 59 minutes and 53 seconds to lose like this?" A Giants player on defense successfully took the ball from Jacksonville, and instead of just falling down to end the game, he decided to try to run and score more points. HIS OWN TEAMMATE tried to stop him, and ended up tackling him, knocking the ball out of his hands. A Jacksonville player picked it up and immediately scored, winning the game.

[@Tubbs42069]

@@B3Band thats pretty sad lol

[@jaiiclipped805]

GR Smash is back!

[@SneeZSmash]

A GRsmash video on Christmas? Yes please

[@JosephShemelewski]

Hyrule castle is a fun stage casually though but this was a really cool video love random video game history things like this

[@newplayer4ph]

Gret video. Love the new direction for your channel.

[@ivymuncher]

wow, great timing! Elise Avery also released a video about this lately, so it's cool to know more about this match!!!!!

[@matt9618]

Nice video, I can tell a lot of effort went into it!

[@PJiggles]

Return of the king

[@TheStickCollector]

"Hi how are you?" -Sponge

[@Slimeypattyburgur]

as a smash 64 player ive been waiting for this video for so long

[@NoiseFan2023]

I can't believe the longest smash game was in the country I live in

[@epiCmylo]

Man that brawl taunts ending really takes me back

[@Destroyah5000]

Somehow I never knew about this game, nor did I know it was so famous that Toby Fox referenced it.

[@Zeuskabob1]

I have been watching you for a long while now, and I don't think your early videos were bad. You can judge yourself for being immature, but you have always made enjoyable videos and that is what we kept/keep coming back for.

[@murofr]

i love ur editing style. props to u or ur editor.

[@boomstickYT]

Conversely I don’t mind watching camping as long as it isn’t too prevalent like in brawl, very entertaining video, It’s interesting what lengths people will go to if they’re trying to be optimal

[@Archimedesbones]

Your editing skills have improved immensely dude, they definitely didn't go unnoticed. Great video!

[@stayontrack]

daaaamn the osrs bangers in the background taking me back