The technique that revolutionized SM64 Speedrunning

Super Mario 64 Speedrunners are always on the lookout for speedrun tricks & skips to help them collect 16 Stars / 120 Stars as fast as possible. This speedrun trick was actually hidden in plain sight!
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[@SpectreXS]

I always appreciate when you do these mini lore-style video about SM64's techniques that might not be so obvious for the audience. Also a good, fun way to document these things. Keep them coming!

[@Ugweichifu]

This is absolutely right. Simply, you are a man of the people

[@snowob]

where can i find other ones like these he's made?

[@doctorreed_]

2:56 i was not ready for the footage to hit thirty billion frames per second

[@MrCinnamonWhale]

Shoutout to Simpleflips for being semi consistent with forward side-flips

[@BagOfMagicFood]

They seem like such simple flips...

[@jeremyhorvath2052]

Simpleflips ahead of his time with the forward sideflip

[@tyhiggz38]

Shoutouts to simpleflips’ frontflips

[@Farkonso]

I remember simpleflips doing forward sideflips a lot in old videos

[@josk8936]

This is the first time I've seen someone using frame interpolation right! Adding to the Viewer experience with slow motion shots, great job simply and oknem ;)!!

[@metallsnubben]

Shoutouts to oknem the editor

[@marclink0]

Oh that's how the gameplay looked like it was 60 fps. That threw me off

[@snowob]

it looks bad imo

[@theguest103]

Wow..I found speed kicking on my own around the same time the speed running community did, in 2014. There were a lot of good romhacks releasing, and throughout gameplay, I kept getting weirdly long kicks while trying to start a triple jump chain..I realized that by holding a little away from neutral it was possible to conserve a lot of speed. I love how every time I play sm64, there's something new to learn about it's movement. I know so much about sm64 these days that it's hard to imagine anything new, but it's always something I've never considered before that surprises me.

[@youreyesarebleeding1368]

Siglemic is the GOAT of sm64, nobody can change my mind. His times might not be the best anymore, but his talent was undeniable and his streams were an unforgettable experience. It'll never be 2012-2014

[@WillBarker]

these are by far your most valuable kinds of videos. i dont see coverage of SM64 like this anywhere else. MOREMOREMORE

[@jivanta23]

Wonderful video, love this type of history on the move sets.

[@wesdogg_]

thanks for the quick history lesson! I don't know how you got old Siglemic footage to play so fluidly in slo-mo, but that looked amazing!

[@ericwallhagen3146]

More of this stuff. Your SSL reds video is honestly what got me into following SM64, and speed running in general.

[@AbnerTheOwl]

I really like seeing Simply´s documentaries related to stuff, pretty cool.

[@diodebridge]

Hearing simply speak is uncanny. You can tell he knows he doesn't exist yet continues to talk without even cracking a smirk.

[@LorenzJahn]

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[@FilthyCasual268]

How many people do you know in real life that get tens of thousands of views on every video they upload to KZbin? How many people do you know in real life that get fewer than tens of thousands of views on every video they upload to KZbin? How many people do you know in real life that have never uploaded a single video to KZbin? How many of them actually exist, and for those that don't exist, what are any of them supposed to do to be able to actually exist?

[@LorenzJahn]

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[@lemonke8132]

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[@Will31999]

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[@ricerocketrider4243]

Appreciate the video. I miss the videos you did years ago that covered speedrun tech, route development and history of SM64 speed running.

[@georg4294]

Love those video essays. Great content!

[@nyanezt9636]

i like how you explained the technique very early into the video and i liked the concise nature and the editing, very nice

[@DMMDestroyer]

Thanks for explaining this, Simply. It shows how complex it is and how much further is still to go. Imagine watching a runner essentially doing a TAS for WR with frontflips.

[@Alivviegirl]

That was entertaining and informative. Nice video!

[@sanyo_neezy]

awesome, i never knew too much about this, but its truly fascinating! thanks, Simpmaster

[@twig7219]

Cool vid. It would be cool to see a video for C-Up slide as well - it's really funny to me how a camera input can somehow be used for movement lol.

[@RemiGemini]

really cool video, we need more videos that discuss the mechanics of this game, like ive been playing for around a year and not once has anyone told me you can speedkick with ess instead of neutral

[@michaelkanning7044]

Love these "history of techniques" videos!!

[@LManChannel]

this is so interesting, amazing to watch

[@lumensmith9787]

I love how one bit of knowledge turned speedkicks from a risky way to save tiny bits of time to a spacing technique that made a lot of strategies safer. It's like it turned from trick to tool.

[@luckiertwin2]

Great video. Really like this kind of content.

[@TheLoxely]

These are my fav vids from you big simp - These dives into the lore of the tricks that are used today are brilliant

[@DavidsD00MedReport]

Very insightful as always 🥰

[@JohnCuppi]

Insightful and entertaining!

[@roxttv]

Oknem really used every song in the MK8DX ost in this vid huh

[@ariapath]

LMAO

[@roxttv]

@@ariapath no shroom ridge or sky garden, bad video tbh

[@Isosceles8818]

I appreciate this Simply. I got into 16 star 1.5 years ago and I haven't even attempted to mess around with speedkicks. It's nice to see it broken down like this. Holding neutral at the perfect time felt too punishing but knowing you can use ESS. I may need to play around with it a bit.

[@bryanjordan8876]

can you explain to me what "neutral" is?

[@Isosceles8818]

@@bryanjordan8876 Neutral is the dead center. Neutral means the stick isn't moving at all in any direction.

[@AssJagger]

It finally happened Simply made his own content

[@Snooplax]

Another great video!

[@FaensOldemor]

Great video my guy

[@Vorago_]

Great vid, speedkicking is very satisfying also 😊

[@fullshark09]

Nice video. The forward side flip bit at the end is very interesting. Have we overlooked a doable and important strat?

[@Butterkix]

The frame interpolation is nice damn nice job

[@PressAAlex]

Did you add increase the framerate in order to get the slow-mo to be smooth? If so nice touch oknem, makes it look so much better

[@madamedickburns2800]

Great video simply

[@Cano..]

These are my favourite videos of yours

[@mookymookymooo]

I love your vids like this

[@maxrichards5925]

One of, if not my favorite move in SM64. It's always satisfying to get one :)

[@bread_dawg]

The community was in remiss. There had never been a kick as speedy as this

[@themightyripples6582]

I feel like this is something that may have happened to a lot of people before it's discovery but they might not have even noticed that something weird happened and just carried on like nothing happened.

[@CyanideSprinkles]

this was a cool watch

[@space_audits]

Nice speedrunning book report, nerd. I'm just joshing you, I enjoyed your video. But more importantly, I hit the thumbs up and shared it with my friends.

[@coooolibri]

i started doing 16 star for fun during lockdowns, and i can already do cool dw runs with the early speed kick. happy im a patient guy, who likes to learn new mechanics.

[@OblivionWalkerVerified]

We need more speedrunning lore

[@Monado6]

I use to do them for fun as a kid. Didn't realize it was a technique

[@jkwalzo]

Nice touch with the F-Zero music.

[@aJanzu]

I thought the thumbnail said kendrick and thought we found a kendrick Lamar new speed tech. very cool

[@ren.batista]

Dude, you mentioned SIglemic, I remember starting to like speedruns because of his runs at AGDQ/SGDQ 2013

[@qhodave]

Great video

[@simpson6700]

In hindsight the ESS speedkick makes so much sense

[@fliperotchy]

Make sure you HOLD neutral KEKW

[@MikaKC]

simply my new favourite content creator

[@Mater9000]

Can you do camera work/ lag reduction next? Great vid as always

[@fatalfoams]

sunshine airport music is fire

[@UltimaN3rd]

During the first few seconds I thought, "Wait, Dyrus speedruns Mario 64 now?"

[@slvcontentfwd]

Was surprised to hear the direction changing on sideflips isn't popular, although to be fair I play casually on keyboard (with emulator obv) so it's probably WAY easier for me. I assume with an actual analog stick it's tough to get consistently.

[@candamir]

Is this the technique that revolutionized SM64 speedrunning?

[@EnderrBoi]

No they found a way to teleport to the final Bowser fight from the castle doors

[@bryceeefox]

Yes

[@Sunflower_SM64]

No according to simply it’s not

[@Mojojojo9001]

No, this is Patrick.

[@rubengoldman5830]

No, this is Patrick

[@greasydave1318]

'just groping on the chair' lol'd irl

[@boxob093]

Masterclass level thumbnail

[@yaqootmirza7389]

yoooooooo new simply video lets gooooooooo

[@Kingdecali]

I suck at videogames so I watch your videos too see what elite looks like 😂💯

[@AndrewJW]

0:43 it's called a "body slide attack"

[@raydaal3265]

so if backwards long-jumping was mentioned in a strategy guide all yhe way back in 1996, wouldnt it be considered a mechanic instead?

[@strawberrylemonadelioness]

I have a feeling new techniques will keep being discovered. Sure Mario 64 and it's code have been thoroughly documented, but there's always a chance to find new tricks,

[@pinecone4610]

Came across this trying to get a better roundhouse kick

[@CoolJosh3k]

I was distracted by the cute doge portrait the whole time.

[@coachmcguirk6297]

Hank Hill: "I'm gonna speedkick your ass"

[@MikeTheGamerGuy]

Another actually good video that convinces me SImply is smarter than he lets on for some reason.

[@Casi_Here]

This some good ass content... Keep going!!

[@The_Real_Goodboy_Link]

I like that you have Euler’s “e” framed ❤

[@Xigbar0331]

Sm64sr evolves 🤘 makes me wonder if sm64 will ever get a frame perfect record like the classic 2d games have

[@twig7219]

it will not. Even for the 2d games, SMB1 is a special case among them where a combination of framerules + very simple movement rules makes it possible to be frame perfect. SMB3 for instance has so many tiny optimizations that frame perfection will never happen. SM64 is so much harder than even that because perfect movement also requires stick angle + magnitude perfection in so many ways. The vast majority of single stars records don't even match TAS yet, let alone entire runs.

[@_hoolio]

Fwiw, I remember watching a stream a while back of Weegee doing frontflips relatively on demand practicing ultra fast owless movement or something. It’s comin’ 🤠

[@Taco_muncher]

I love how speed running communities always find a game to just go faster and or break the game it's very fascinating

[@dylanmieth9646]

Strokin' his chair he's got lotion on his chair.

[@moostrem2296]

The wirtual of sm64

[@metabarnak]

shoutout to the chair

[@Sickolas7]

the frame interpolation is evil

[@rogersasanka3408]

I am probably one of those unsuspecting players whose movements look like a TAS and I manage to do certain movements like chaining multiple frame perfect slide kicks to go faster than 53 units/sec.

[@eddychillz]

The p sound pops when simply says possible @4:25

[@randomly-genrated]

Growing up me and my friends would do this all the time. I don't even understand how this wasn't used in speed running for so long. We didn't even do it for the purpose of speed running, just because doing the kick was fun to do.

[@dualgladius5916]

So that's how you do that. I'll try that after I get my first bombclip

[@toxicroak_gaming6754]

Interesting stuff

[@naveenmagapu4670]

I knew nothing about any of this before this video. Also first time seeing a front flip.

[@PepsiSpeedruns]

I, as a keyboard emulator SM64 speedrunner, can say that front flips are so much easier on keyboard. Speedkicks are harder because keyboard usually can't use ESS pos.

[@Clockguy11.]

simply is a god

[@Cabinet_Pie]

5:12 - 5:20 that was a clean edit

[@caulldron]

more of these but longer :D

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Well it would make sense that the backward long jump glitch was known in 1996 for the rumble edition to have removed it.

[@Vloggen]

The thunbnail didnt load for me i just guessed itll be about speedkicks

[@blueicewolf9131]

Sry for such a weird comment, but i think i found a route change in super mario 64 120 star, that's faster. I don't find the video of the Person, who had the idea. If you do LBLJ to Bowser 1, SBLJ to Bowser 2 and than BLJ through that one door to the upper Floor, you can do RR with Carpetless, TTC, CLOUD first, than Exit Course to get back to Basement and do the Run like usually. Someone calculated that if you do it that way, you save 1 min and 30 seconds, if i remember correctly. You already do the start of that in 0 and 1 Star Runs. I write here, cause you know more than me Simply and you are better at finding these videos. That was calculated with carpetless TAS only, before the viable carpetless strat was found.

[@patrickwienhoft7987]

Is frontflipping used in single star runs rn?

[@blocko2024]

this is a nike kick

[@knofle]

I don't play sm64 at all, but I'm going to practice only front flips so I'm ahead of the curve when that is meta

[@hectorg5809]

simply my man, love the video. hope u can react harder on the next one since this video didn't give a lot of chances for it

[@zwanz0r]

How much time is saved per speed kick?

[@themrdoggo]

not really how that works

[@zwanz0r]

@@themrdoggo there must be good statistics out there. How much does it save contrary to running?

[@FyreofShadow]

It's more finding spots that they *work* that saves time, speedkicks in general wouldn't really save time over jumpdives on a flat plane