The Most Frustrating Super Mario World Speedrun History

Over the years, people have endured the challenge of trying to beat the game as fast as possible with zero powerups, which means: No Capes, No Flowers, No Mushrooms, No Yoshi. The name of this has had quite a unique and very split history and has had dire consequences for the run as a whole, with the biggest notably being a handful of records being completely deleted. Let's pick this complicated run apart!
Footage featured from: Calco2, dram55, jimsfriend, lemongrass, menboo93, Nanahuse, pogyo, ScottSushi, SethBling, xpaco5
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Music Used:
0:00 - Intro
Super Mario World - Cast List (Looped)
1:29 - The Beginning
Tenchi Muyo RPG - Staff Roll
Chinhai - Congratulations 1
Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Grass Land (Plains Area)
Super Bomberman 2 - The Five Dastardly Bombers
Go Go Ackman - Devils vs. Angels
Hardball 3 - Main Theme of Hardball III
17:14 - First Competitors
Hashire Hebereke - Jenifer's Stage
Doraemon 3 Nobita to Toki no Hougyoku - Main Theme
Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars - The Road is Full of Dangers
23:36 - Dram55
Mazinger Z - Mazinger Z
Super Hanafuda - Hanafuda Game
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior - Guile's Theme
29:32 - Rise of Calco
Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island - Flower Garden
32:08 - The SMW Small Category War
Donkey Kong Country 2 Diddy's Kong Quest - Haunted Chase
SmartBall - Final Boss (Intro)
Action 52 - CheetahMen Theme
SimCity for SNES - Good bye (A Re-Creation)
39:45 - The Aftermath
Gan Gan Ganchan - Title Screen
Do-Re-Mi Fantasy Milon no DokiDoki Daibouken - Dessert Paradise
Doraemon 2 Nobita no Toys Land Daibouken - Lively City
Hakunetsu Pro Yakyuu '94- Ganba League 3 - Japan Champions!!
46:36 - Modern Era
Aerobiz Supersonic - Menu
Cu-On-Pa - Dark Castle
Battle Racers - Staff Roll
Block Kuzushi - Stage Music 2
#storster #speedrun #mario

[@Storster]

A week after uploading this video, I have recovered surviving footage of pogyo's 14:46.1. I found this in old DMs with a SMW runner, and funnily enough I was the one that posted this link - I did not recall this four to five years later and am kicking myself for not rediscovering till now. www.dailymotion.com/video/x5hn7wr

[@joedlvr]

impressive you remembered at all i can’t remember what i did half an hour ago

[@Sugar3Glider]

They didn't call it _'SMALLs'_ !?! Small Mario Always, Least Levels

[@ssj2_snake]

Where were you duing the argument you goddamn genius

[@gwvaio]

lol pretty good

[@GmNdWtchr96]

Smol%

[@Frongo]

smallways

[@liatrisblossomheart4013]

pogyo: "If you don't call it low% I'm deleting everything" mods: change it to have low% in the title again pogyo: deletes everything anyways so he's THAT petty. got it

[@neongrey333]

what a douchebag geez

[@asciicatface]

wtf there's pogyo lore I don't know about? and it's him being a bitch? that's really sad to hear actually

[@ShadowEclipse777]

honestly shouldn't have been allow to post his new record. doesn't matter if it's real, if you're going to act like an infant, you should be put in time out

[@friendofjim]

Oh my god dude you got a screenshot with my rabbit testicle avatar in it :DDDD I've already laughed like 8 times in this video just three minutes in. Looking forward to watching your take on the madness I unleashed on this game by introducing this category (for one main reason, that being I didn't want to have to compete with someone for best time aka new category = "free" world record).

[@Ren99510]

I am simultaneously shocked and not at all surprised that there was such a commotion over the naming of a category.

[@LordMegatherium]

Maybe admins should step in when this kind of BS occurs and just rename it to something like Hitler%, YourMom% or %% until the community in question starts acting like adults again.

[@aegisScale]

@@LordMegatherium that sounds equal parts funny, unproductive and impractical . . . especially if the name is offensive enough to give any historians of the community an aneurysm.

[@prodbyANT]

Is there anything better than watching an hour-long documentary about a niche community of people who play old video games faster than anyone?

[@brycedaugherty9211]

Excessive amounts of money. But documentaries are a close second

[@explodinghammeronthe17thof36]

this feels too quirky and money hungry

[@UselessBot]

I think its the right balance of money hungry and quirky

[@explodinghammeronthe17thof36]

@@UselessBot yes

[@LRXC1]

Nope

[@rewandemontay]

"As a moderator, just let me fix that real quick>' Chad mod and chad use of power.

[@Vidar93]

You know, I could at least understand people getting upset if it was something like the old any% and 0 exit and complaining over who was technically any%. But with this category the fact that small only (which is the best description of what the category is) caused such a stir is astonishing.. Its funny how most people once they get a little bit of power they throw tantrums over the littlest things when they cant excersize that control over people. I mean 0 exit makes more sense to be called lowest% than small only. Because lowest% implies that a lower completion level no matter the time would trump a faster run with an additional exit. You've got to love the Internet..

[@mainly_maeve]

pogyo wasn’t very pog, yo. Top tier vid ❤️

[@PersephonevanderWaard]

From one videogame historian to another, I like it when you get frustrated and give your unfiltered opinion. Please do this more! ❤

[@kefka14]

I second this notion.

[@paullytle359]

About ten or twelve years ago, when I was first discovering speedrunning, I asked an IRL gamer friend of mine if he had ever heard of speedrunning. He replied simply "I know about it yeah." It was several years before I learned he was jimsfriend and about stuff like this category. Good video, thanks for making.

[@Lebon19]

HOLY SHIT. Deleting everything you've ever done in a game OVER A FUCKING CATEGORY NAME? I won't say what I truly think because it's not a pretty word... Holy shit.

[@kelmkisaragi]

If you don't, i will Hope he has or will step on Legos every time he ever think of doing petty sh*t like that again, there, mean words have been said

[@Izzythemaker127]

That unfiltered opinion part was satisfying, much better than a disingenuous "don't harass people kids" even though no one was going to anyways.

[@Soapy-chan]

and those who are doing won't stop just because someone says it

[@DeepInZero]

As a History student at university i feel it every last bit when you rage on ppl deleting records and sources. Stay strong sis!

[@Winsane]

Pogyo cared so much about the name of a category, he made me think we should just not care about any records he may have held until he puts his pants back on.

[@ShadowEclipse777]

exactly, he should have straight up been banned

[@Zackattackplayspokemon]

Honestly I think this video is a very good case for why people should care more about keeping a record of things. Even apart from the whole 'purposefully deleting runs' thing kinda screwing with the ability to make that section of the video (which honestly ended up also overshadowing his rival's records in the video), so much of the jimsfriend era of stuff could have easily been lost but because it wasn't, we got a whole story out of it. I'm not saying "they werent pogyo's runs to delete" because as much as I am a 'preserve the history' advocate everyone has their own reasons and beliefs but I am saying "don't be petty about something that really doesn't matter". I'm not gonna get in your way if you feel you need to delete your runs for some reason, but just please don't be extremely petty and pull a stunt because you didn't get your way, it doesn't make you look good.

[@topthog]

Jesus the swapping of the koopas red shell for the green shell so it walks off the edge is genius, big mario may have brawn but small mario has brains

[@yurrboi]

Wow, great vid! So comprehensive and love the effort you put into highlighting the specific strats used to beat records. Also, to prevent further destruction of the leaderboards.. It should require moderator approval to delete / private a Top 10 run (top 10 @ the time it was posted). Posting a run should be basically tied with signing a "contract" that you approve this run to be seen by the public, and promise to keep it there forever, for archival purposes.

[@mallowtonmouse]

"Someone has to solve the questions not being answered sometimes" queen

[@furiousbr]

Epic video as always Storster! Low%/Marinho%/Small Only category has a special place in my heart...

[@prestige_rusher_3500]

one fish two fish red fish blue fish. the fish dupe let players dupe fish. to a dish a fish into two requires a wish from you. through the wifi you cant deny a supply of fish will multiply. but soon sigh,cry,and say goodbye after minikloon said whoop went boop to the dupe.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

you may be crazy but it was funny so 👍

[@OfficialNoCoast]

How baked were you when you wrote this

[@prestige_rusher_3500]

@@OfficialNoCoast idk im always insane

[@maccaswam]

​@@prestige_rusher_3500same but I often forget when I go insane like this

[@uninable]

minikloon hypixel skyblock

[@FloydMaxwell]

Great job. Huge amount of effort. Without videos like this we'd never be able to appreciate all these amazing speedrunners.

[@crescendo5594]

I’m going to delete all my future world records by not even running the category unless they change it to Poopy Pants Percent. The alliteration, man. The _alliteration_ . Also, what _didn’t_ Scott Kessler run? Seriously, which game’s history does not include that guy’s name? Get out of my head, Scott Kessler!

[@yeshevishman]

You know, they should make a category of speed running every game Scott has ever gotten a record in. It would be, like the holy grail of speed running. We will call it the Kessler run, and the goal would be to to beat it in 12 parsecs or less. (I'm NOT apologizing)

[@piratebear3126]

Fire doc as always, and excellent work reassembling the timeline and making it easy to follow. Learning more about SMW history is always a good Saturday night. It also makes me feel old when the terrible sound version of Snes9x was considered the good emulator over ZSNES in my day.

[@napalmzombie848]

Storster upload YIPPIE

[@Patashu]

The only thing worse than naming wars is people who take them seriously lmao. This category is sick though, I love how hard it is

[@menphris]

I sincerely think that if someone wants to delete their footages and names from the leaderboard, their record should also be scrapped, since there is not video footage anymore. Even more so for such petiness.

[@grandmastermario3695]

Ive been playing the game since about 2002, its 1 of my favorite mario games ever.

[@vvlaze]

I always do enjoy your content. Very informative and relaxing, the way you deliver things are wonderful. Keep it up, very happy with the progress you’ve made in a lot of regards!

[@pigeonapology9816]

"and with practice it should become easy."

[@friendofjim]

easy walljump 4Head

[@yeshevishman]

This sums up speedrunner's mentality in a nutshell.

[@vidvad]

Should have called it "Smol plumber%" Honestly, great job once again with this history. I'm sure you're gonna start backuping all future WRs just in case 😅

[@queens.dee.223]

What a cool bit of history! I love this sort of stuff and you're great at it 🎉

[@michaelkreitzer1369]

Another banger video. Thanks! Re the drama, all I gotta say is act like a child, get treated like a child.

[@fengengao]

Speedrun histories are always so fun to watch, and you have such a nice voice to listen to too!

[@ThePlatformer]

thank you for not bothering to explain the entire lineage of mario games before getting into the actual subject. big ups.

[@flowerfield8742]

Storster…. YOUR VOICE TRAINING IS SO GOOD KEEP GOING GIRLY

[@Periwinkleaccount]

@@frkieran If you’re honest, people like you are one of the reasons why people don’t like the modern internet. If not, still bad.

[@WillACarpenter]

​@@Periwinkleaccountif supportive people are a problem to you... That's your problem.

[@Periwinkleaccount]

@@WillACarpenter I was replying to a now-deleted reply, not the main comment. The deleted reply said something like “the glazing here is crazy” which my first comment was in response to. You can tell because there’s only an “@[username]” if you’re not replying to the main comment.

[@ecocodex4431]

@@Periwinkleaccount Always fun to respond to a comment just to find out that the comment you were replying to was deleted and now people think YOU'RE the a-hole 😭😭😭

[@alicewonder259]

This made me so happy 🥹 go Storster! Go Storster! Some day, honestly faster than you realize, it will become a huge point of security for you At least it was that way for me! Waiting sucks but you got this!!! 🩷🩷🩷

[@Bubzia]

Awesome video!!! 1 hour full of SMW, what a treat! 🎉

[@TanteiRotana]

this catagory seems very cool & neato, thank you for the upload!

[@solardragonmarnyr6845]

It's very funny that you mention how someone born on October 1st, 2005 would almost be an adult by now, as I was actually born on July 25th 2006, a day that seems very important to this category and the community. Very in-depth and easy to understand video, it is good to know about this category's history!

[@AnarchyIsLove]

It's really not important, but I dont see this as a true low%. Imo (seriously opinion and no authority on the subject) if this was an actual low% run, anyone who would use less items and enemies (of course without powerups and lowest amount of exits) to beat the game should have the record, even if it's slower, since they interacted with less tools/treasures provided by the game and in spirit would have a lower %. So if I spent the next 48 hours doing a run, but use 1 less item somehow, I would have the new record with 48 hours by typical low% rules. It's close to how games with actual % completion do it, if you pick up less items in your inv it counts as a lower % even if the game save file doesnt count the item toward %. Like in the Zelda runs! Picking up rupees count toward the category completion rules, less is better, but they dont affect your save file % at all. so yea coins should count toward items too in my made up bs. I only bring this up because low% is kinda specific, but I dont see them keeping track of that sort of thing in this run; they use and ignore items depending on strats and finish time is the only thing that determines the record, so low% just doesnt describe what's going on. I would call it smol% hehe (super mario, only little)

[@imperiallarch7610]

Good points! In fact I would say that, since exits cleared is the most important stat tracked by the game, 0 Exit is way more like a Low% run than this one is.

[@Punnett_Derg]

my glorious queen never misses

[@Punnett_Derg]

@@kiblebuka8257 she is a girl

[@Punnett_Derg]

​@@kiblebuka8257she's a girl :3

[@RedStoneMatt]

52:02 I was born on January 8th 2005, so while it is still 9 months earlier than this post, I don't know how to feel about your sentence lol

[@friendofjim]

imagine being the person who wrote the post being used as a reference for how old it is 💀

[@RedStoneMatt]

@@friendofjim thanks for the support bro 💀

[@bebe8090]

Small Only makes more sense to me. Low% sounds like it would fit for a low score challenge. But I would not really care if it was named something else. Thank you friend.

[@neongrey333]

hoooo boy one of these knife fights. i wasnt a party to to this particular one but boy howdy do i know how it goes and i have been on the wroooong side of too many of these arguments over split hairs lmao

[@actinopterygiis]

one of my fave storster uploads

[@gigaganon]

Surprising to hear some Mazinger in the background music, lol

[@phishphan49]

i used to be the de facto top mod of r/finalfantasy... the exasperation is relatable.

[@davidramos4707]

Been waiting for something like this.

[@justlookaroundpeople]

Nice!

[@Chair-Son]

i remember watching pogyos low% runs back in the day, didnt know about the whole temper tantrum

[@monadobusters4363]

New video hype! Congrats girl 🎉

[@pepeepupoo]

The great War of 2017. Many casualties, and like all other wars that came before and after, the cost was too much

[@zenhenko]

I remember watching Dram play low% around 2014. I always though the cloud was a dumb addition to low%, it's a powerup! I even posted a no cloud strategy for that level kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp7EdoKqjc9rfpY . Good times!

[@Oboromaru]

Oh man, i dont even run this game or follow it much, but hearing about pogyo nuking all his own records over the category rename pissed me off so much 💀

[@imperiallarch7610]

The koopa shell trade trick is so cool and creative!

[@sithlordmikeyp]

12:23 looks like it predates KZbin's public release too

[@nat_cat2923]

new speedrun hisrory video lets fucking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@SawBSketch]

This video is awesome, you go queen. Let the haters hate ❤️‍🔥

[@ac31048]

35:00 This exact thing happened in the Donkey Kong 94 speedrunning community, but with timing rules.

[@friendofjim]

Was it an in-game timer vs real time debate, or what other timing concerns are there with that game? I watched some dk94 runs last year and was very impressed by the level of tricks and techniques used in it.

[@ac31048]

@@friendofjim It was timimg calculation that had to do with the American Super GameBoy which had a CPU that ran faster than the GameBoy, GameBoy Color and Super GameBoy 2.

[@kefka14]

Aa a Doraemon speedrunner, love the random Doraemon theme song in there around 19 minutes in. Also, great vid!

[@Those_Weirdos]

47:56 What a manchild.

[@iwersonsch5131]

It should be called Super Mario all only

[@iwersonsch5131]

Glad to hear that every run going forward just swims forward. What about the runs going into the pipe? Did they just stop?

[@VertUnderscore]

​@@iwersonsch5131It is just barely faster with the cape powerup, because you also grab a shell and Mario swims faster while holding an item. No cape categories it is slower to go in the pipe.

[@tsvtsvtsv]

​@@iwersonsch5131we should split the category for people who feel like going through the pipe even though it's slower

[@prizm9515]

I know key want to run small only now. Great video and super interesting category.

[@jellybox9649]

Holy shot amazing video!!!

[@Holek2]

Snes9X movies bring me back. Man, those were the days

[@ValexNihilist]

So I read a comment about voice training (first time viewer). I listened closesly and assumed you were a girl voice training to sound masculine. Went and watched and old video and WOW. Great work 👏

[@Purble]

4:24 Cant believe I never noticed you could put a spring on those blocks to get to the pipe

[@BrianD0313]

Is there a '96' Exit Small Only category (or however maximum possible exits can be completed while in small + Yoshi mode) ?

[@YungNuisance]

NEW STORSTER LET’S GOOOOOOOOOO

[@StormBurnX]

this is brilliant

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

funny enough, though I don't run the game, I use some of these strats in randomizers.

[@Thundawich]

Low% is a dumb name for a category. The point of naming a category is to give a brief overview of the goal/restrictions, thats literally all its supposed to do.

[@the8thark]

Is using baby Yoshi in star world 2 a powerup? The run is small only. By that definition, small Mario sitting on Yoshi is still small Mario. Why is sitting on Yoshi not allowed but holding a baby Yoshi allowed when both are being done by small Mario. If you consider using Yoshi of any kind to "power" up Mario to be able to do things he can not do on his own, then why allow baby Yoshi as that allows Mario to move faster in the water. So this run is tough to name. Calling it small only, means both Yoshis (normal and baby) are allowed as the only qualifier is small Mario. However if you call this a no powerup run, then it's up to the community to define what a powerup is. Of cause items that directly changer Mario's state (Shroom, Flower, Feather and Star) are all banned. But what about Yoshi and baby Yoshi? Neither directly change Mario's state but both allow Mario to do things he otherwise could not do without them. The community calling both or neither powerups makes sense, as the community makes the rules for each challenge run. The issue however, is when one of the two (Yoshi or baby Yoshi) is considered a powerup by the community but the other is not. If you consider baby Yoshi to be like a shell that's fine but then you have the ability to eat enemies. Not at all useful in the run but it is a thing you technically could do. What does every one think about this? Also as an aside, in a no powerup run, stars are banned but in a small only run stars are allowed. For the obvious reason, stars do not change Mario's size but they are a temporary powerup. So Sorster's definition (I assume this is the community's definition) of a no powerup run is a little off. It should be a "no permanent powerup" run. Assuming permanent is defined as until hit by an enemy, dying or collecting the opposing stage 2 powerup (flower vs feather). A complicated run to define in the run name, so the community just got lazy and called in "small Mario" and defined what that means in the run rules. As it's not obviously clear what all the run restrictions are in the run name itself.

[@JustJoshIsUnavailable]

Probably cause Yoshi is a free damage boost and baby Yoshi isn’t

[@MizunoKetsuban]

Moving faster in water isn't exclusive to Baby Yoshi, though? That's like saying picking up shells and keys should be banned

[@the8thark]

@@MizunoKetsuban You can also eat enemies with baby Yoshi. Not sure if the 5th one counts if you never hop on the fully grown Yoshi. The facts are baby Yoshi is a grey area unlike shells which are not and allowed. The community has decided to allow baby Yoshi.

[@saito853]

I was half expecting the video to end with Nanafuse also deleting their videos for comedic purposes lol

[@SilentOnion]

Thats so stupid deleting world record runs because of a side category name being changed to something that made more sense

[@armythecat]

Honestly themoment I realized that the song that was playingon the B was the Tenchi Muyo credits theme I as just shcked, I thought nobody knew that game even existed

[@aranmurphy1]

You would think it was called (pick a slur)% by that discord drama 😂

[@r0ygeebiv]

Great news honey new storster dropped

[@Memelord9001]

I once dreamed to do a no power up 100% exit speedrun

[@nicholasharvey1232]

Storster is going the way of Thomas Game Docs?

[@carlosisturiz6045]

There is already so much hate in the world... I understand getting frustrated over other people's actions or opinions... But i still consider that spreading vitriolic comments (no matter how well deserved they be) is not helping anyone... Loved the video btw

[@slowdownex]

Only bout 36.5k subs (at time of commenting), eh? You got talent Storster, it's an interesting topic and you put down about an hour, that's impressive.

[@Ensign_games]

0:39 🤓Erm actually some coins are consitored powerups in the game's code

[@mrluthfians01]

are there any speedrun category where you play it like it's mario run

[@troyheymanwhatsup2996]

Bababooie

[@sylvercritter]

i refuse to believe pogyo was that petty. that's like. bigotry in the core of the community levels of destruction. why was a category name that wasn't even accurate a hardline.

[@trashbeast]

Homicide Geoffrey: Go to Bed!!

[@iwersonsch5131]

Wait does Yoshi count as a powerup but the Lakitu cloud doesn't?

[@blokos_]

the lakitu cloud does not affect getting damage, unlike yoshi

[@WarMechGaming]

They should have called the category to "Low % 15 Exit Small Only except for Lakitu but not Yoshi" satisfy everyone

[@MizunoKetsuban]

Lakitu clouds are more just funny platforms you can control

[@queens.dee.223]

Amazing video and I love your voice ❤️

[@LatinxGoyslop1488]

I dont quite understand why pogyo(and others) cared so much about the label. I mean, surely there was a reason. Right?

[@Coffeemancer]

why is pogo allowed back

[@Zackattackplayspokemon]

I mean he didn't cheat, he was just petty. Not banworthy

[@yeshevishman]

He was pretty, but stopped being as petty going forward. It's called forgiving people for being human when they fix their mistakes. It's a great strategy to actually achieve stuff in this world - unlike the "cancel culture" method where people are never allowed to improve themselves.🙄

[@yeshevishman]

Getting to the end of the video, I'm trying to think of small only moves she hasn't really talked about that migjt make the run more optimized AND THEN SHE MENTIONS WALL JUMPS AND I FORGOT THEY WERE A THING IN THIS GAME! I be dumb sometimes. 😂

[@TaylorSwiftSimp]

woah

[@linusgustafsson2629]

Sounds like a category that would fit smallant.

[@WindowsDrawer]

That's gotta be the stupidest argument ever. Over some category name? Nobody cares about that

[@tim_is_random]

17:40 “The early 2010s saw a new wave of Japanese runners who were completely destroying every world record set by Americans.” Just the world records set by Americans then? The Japanese runners weren’t dethroning the records set by runners from other countries?

[@TheY2AProblem]

8:17 Did somebody say yoga?

[@mintyfreshdeath7128]

No yumps in the switch palace footage? Throw the whole video out.

[@wolfguy423]

awesome video

[@ICountFrom0]

Is cloud not counted as a powerup? It can be stored... kinda?