The Weakest Characters In Gaming Ever # 22 Koopa Troopas

[@whoisthisgit]

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[@shady8045]

You should do a video on portal turrets, there's probably a shorter list of things you can do them that DON'T kill them than do, its kinda pathetic lol.

[@pastarhythm2762]

Ironically, Hammer Bros are part of the Koopa species, yet are some of the most difficult non-boss enemies in 2D Mario. Heck, they're harder than bosses sometimes.

[@iaminsideyourwalls2021]

It's their unpredictable hammer throws that make me too scared to get close to them

[@qu1253]

That hammer bro guarding Bowser in the original Super Mario Bros is the true final boss.

[@boomerboy9214]

imagine if they made hammer bros that constantly throw hammers and in the most unpredictable ways...

[@JanusHoW]

Some stuff regarding Super Mario World that you didn't mention: -A little trick regarding spitting up shells to reset the swallow timer - if you completely stop, crouch, and _then_ spit a non-red Koopa shell out, it will _not_ be shot violently forward (creating the threat of it bouncing back and hitting you) but instead plop down gently onto the ground just in front of you. This also works with Mario/Luigi carrying a shell (or any object, really) - crouch before releasing the run button to place the object down rather than kick it forward. -You need to be wary of Koopa Troopas that pop out of blue shells - they will have a different sprite, and look much bulkier. These guys will kick any Koopa shell in the direction they're facing instead of jumping back in if they come into contact with one. -if you knock a Koopa Troopa out of a yellow shell and it jumps back in, it turns into the hyper Koopa Troopa instead! Thankfully, jumping on one is not damaging and makes you just bounce off, while a spin jump (or Yoshi stomp) will instantly dispatch it.

[@dimamatat5548]

When you think about it, a large chunk of Bowser's army (at least in 2D platformers) is extremely pathetic. Goombas are obvious, Koopas are explained here, Spinies are negated by fire flowers, Thwomp slams can be avoided by simply waiting or running, Boos will stay in one place if you look at them, etc. Why can't Bowser just recruit only Spike Tops (immune both to jump and fire flower, while also able to walk on wals) and be done with it?

[@FloridusMan]

Bowser should let King Boo kidnap Mario and then he kidnaps Luigi

[@MarioMastar]

I think their strength is in raw numbers. Usually they don't kill you by offense but rather by intimidation. Their presence makes you potentially fail a jump costing a life or your really rare power up that you need to get Star coins. I'm also reminded of Super Mario 35 where your game usually ended when you had a wall of Lakitus heading your way, but a well placed Koopa usually was enough to make a player mess up a jump. Thanks muscle memory. On top of that, Bowser's not really trying to destory Mario, just prevent him from reaching the Princess and ruining his attempt at marrying her, so thus most enemies are defensive in nature. Mario's the one storming the castle. Only Magikoopa and to an extent Bullet Bill proactively tries to attack Mario. Even the "Bros" mostly stand post and attack wildly to just keep Mario at bay, they don't chase him though if he avoids them.and it's implied Boos and Shyguys aren't part of Bowser's army as much as just being pranksters who happen to ally against Mario.

[@knellycornnan5132]

Maybe spike tops are very rare or expensive to hire.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

@@knellycornnan5132spike tops have a really strong union.

[@yeeoof1995]

@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770muda kingdom relations paid off

[@PolyGrid625]

A few things in defense of Koopas, because someone has to: They're just as viable as everyone else in the spinoffs they're in, and that has to count for something. Paratroopas can survive another hit. Green Koopa's erratic bouncing makes them a pain to jump on, and Red Koopas fly in midair- meaning that if one is placed over a pit, Mario can miss his jump and die because of it. While Dry Bones and Hammer Bros. are _technically_ part of the Koopa family, I'm not sure if they should be included... Various Koopas have earned roles as bosses- The Koopa Bros. from PM64, Kent C. Koopa, though he's optional, and Corporal Paraplonk of The Elite Trio from the Mario and Luigi games all managed to be considered bosses. While Koopa the Quick is nowhere near as fast as Mario, the Roving Racers who host the Koopa Freerunning minigame, most notably the gold one, are just as agile as Mario himself.

[@DoctorSpacebar]

Koops has an amazing support option in Shell Shield, which is enough to potentially take Mario through the Pit of 100 Trials and beat Bonetail *before beating Hooktail.* That's gotta count for something.

[@robotron6420]

Viable sometimes? Yes, but they do help mario more than harming him. Yet some Paratroopas are flying over the abyss, just one hit will make them fall to their death. Dry Bones are technically from their Family, but they do act different as not leaving a shield and reviving upon death. These bosses koopas are koopas with special habilities and kinda harder, but normal koopas are still the same. Cannot say anything about Quick Koopa and the Roving Racers though

[@MarioMastar]

I think what sums up your video perfectly is the fact that you mentioned the TTYD Koopas have 2 attack power instead of 1... in all my years since TTYD came out I NEVER knew that.... Given you can effortlessly stunlock them like you can PM64. Plus I recall one of the Mario and Luigi games made the regular goombas a more mid-late game enemy and even in Mario Party 3, Goomba doing 2 damage over Koopa's 1 is far more useful than having less HP since it's so rare the front partner is ever attacked, making Luigi a better choice than Mario. A powered up double goomba can one shot your opponent as well and is the cheapest partner with 2 attack.

[@MarioMastar]

Oh and let's not forget mario RPG where the FIRST enemies you come across are the easily one shot Terrapins, Koopas in soldier armor. The GOOMBAS can survive the basic attack, requiring the timed hit to defeat in one shot, but the terrapins die in one punch without action commands. At least the naked Koopa Troopas do take a jump to defeat quickly. HOW is Bowser's ARMORED warriors weaker than ... a naked Goomba? and heck the Gu-Goombas are also more powerful than the upgraded Terrapins in the revisit and those are stronger than BOTH Koopa Troopa variants you fight through the game. Only weaker than the Tub-o-Troopa who's pretty much on par, but requires 2 turns to attack.

[@bubblegumxo]

As to why Yoshi eventually swallows shells, I'd like to imagine the inside of a Yoshi's mouth is as horrifying as the mouth of a leatherback turtle combined with the acidic venom of a xenomorph. That would explain how he can effortlessly shred, dissolve, and swallow human sized animals without much effort. That, or they have a colon like a water buffalo's neck 😂.

[@ripscort1896]

That, or they are just building up saliva until they have to eventually swallow the object or spit

[@trickywickbow5536]

Koopas in mainline Mario: we walk off cliffs and are pathetic Koopa in a Koopas revenge: *i single handedly defeated Mario and his dumb friends and saved the goombas and bowser*

[@niceladyoav7891]

16:02 amazing prediction lol

[@spacem80]

Well, 16:02 has certainly aged well.

[@Cici_Ay]

I agree with some of your points and less with others. It really depends on one's definition of 'weakest'. SMB Koopas are certainly more potentially useful than Goombas for the reasons you gave, but even the humble Green Koopa is less vulnerable to Mario's stomp than any Goomba. While they can be weaponized against other foes, that would make them rather strong, yes? Even if that strength is misdirected... They are a double-edged sword, and careening Koopa shells have been responsible for many incidental plumber deaths over the years. SMB3 is more of the same, really, if somewhat amplified. Your ability to carry and kick shells means you can weaponize them in many different ways, as you pointed out - though of course this also extends to potentially kicking them into spaces which make them difficult to avoid. SMW both weakened and strengthened Koopas. Most can be stomped right out of their shells and are easily dealt with afterwards, as you said, and they also don't threaten to pop back out of their shells while you're holding them if removed this way so you can more safely utilize them. However, Blue Koopas and Yellow Koopas deserve some special mention: - Blues are arguably more dangerous when not inside their shells, as they will kick any shell they come across, effectively turning your own dastardly tricks against you. They also walk around faster than other Koopas while in their shells - a minor detail, but a note in their favour nonetheless. - Yellows will return to their shell, which will then proceed to track you at a speed which makes it tricky to defeat or avoid them. They also track Mario when moving around normally, and can turn to pursue him on their own while every other Koopa apparently needs a better reason to turn around and do their job. Yoshi serves as an effective counter to them, but Yoshi trivializes the game in general. Him and the Super Cape together erase most of the game's difficulty. Past the 16-bit era it gets harder to defend them. In fact I'll go a step further and say that in SM64, even Micro Goombas are more dangerous than Koopas since even though they can't damage you directly, they are hard to hit and often appear in areas where the recoil they cause from bumping into you can easily knock you into bottomless pits. Sorry about the text wall, I don't normally do this kind of thing anymore but Mario brings out the ranting nerd in me. Interesting topic, good video.

[@eltiolavara9]

great thumbnail also you can hold down when you spit shells out as yoshi in SMW, so you don't even have to be careful

[@MarioMastar]

I was thinking the same thing but couldn't remember if that was just the remake. Shame Red and Omni shells make that impossible, but then Mario world's balance is ALL over the place. Its' the most overpowered Mario has ever been and they still give you a power up that makes Debug mode in Sonic genesis games look like they're a power up too...even Super Sonic doesn't "fly" in stages and you have to earn that power up.

[@eltiolavara9]

@@MarioMastar yeah its insane how good the cape is

[@photophone5574]

I really like the idea of a game mechanic that makes things difficult for you normally but can be used to your advantage if you are smart.

[@oliverhurt3418]

So I really enjoyed your creepy bad endings on that Sonic Gamebook. Any chance you could do the sequels to them?

[@davilisboalopesjardim5956]

He will... eventually

[@JacquimoGaming]

@@davilisboalopesjardim5956he is, see his community tab

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Youre in luck, Git recently made a community post where he says he's in the mood of covering another Sonic gamebook CBE

[@Trimint123]

There's also this Metroid Gamebook that someone actually makes a simulated website that you can play right now.

[@someguy764]

The one time I can think koopas are actually more dangerous than goombas is in Dream Team and Paper Jam, where they appear much later than usual. And have more complicated attacks to dodge than goombas... which is not saying much, but hey.

[@pierocaramelli1493]

there is a difference between strenght and competence, koopa troopas are stronger than goombas but more incompetent (And for begginners, koopa shells they themselves kicked are a threat due to them ricochetting on walls as well as their speed), And red koopas not necessarily are more dangerous than the greens (greens can drop on mario from above on occasion)

[@opalyasu7159]

The first enemy in super Mario bros was originally gonna be a Koopa and I think I can see why they changed it to a goomba. Koopas are easy but they don't die in one hit, so goombas are easier for beginners to handle, but they're nowhere near as exploitable as the Koopas

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

I'd say Super Mario Bros Koopas are more like double edged swords that can make experienced platers plough through enemies but will mess you up if you... well mess up. Ironically enough they were the weakest enemy way back in the original Mario Bros, back when they were called "shellcreepers"

[@lennychurch]

I don’t know, Shellcreepers were just as dangerous to jump on as Spinies are in later games.

[@LordEnemil]

There's only one redeeming quality of the Koopa Troopas. They evolve when they die and/or have their skin melted and become Dry bones, their zombie equivalent, gaining an advantageous recovery upon being stomped and their shells being unable to be picked by anyone anymore.

[@rcblazer]

Koopa Troopas and their shells are even more useful than the video pointed out! In Super Mario World, if you crouch and hit Y while Yoshi has a shell in his mouth, he will spit it out onto the floor in front of him! It won't move, negating the risk of hurting yourself with it, and you can eat it again to reset the time before Yoshi swallows it! Makes the Blue Yoshi even better for flying through entire levels! Also in Super Mario 64, Koopa Troopas not only can't hurt Mario and give him their shell to surf around on, but they drop a Blue Coin when defeated, which is worth 5 coins (great for getting the 100-Coin star in each level) and heal Mario for over half his Power Meter! At this point the Koopa Troopas are practically betraying Bowser and helping Mario!

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

You mean Super Mario World, right? Cause in 64 Yoshi is merely a cameo.^^

[@rcblazer]

@@aureliodeprimus8018 Oh whoops! Let me fix that.

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

@@rcblazer hey, shit happens.^^ Both are great games^^

[@DoctorSpacebar]

Just be careful in Thousand-Year Door. You'll get in the habit of flipping every Koopa you see, but there's one Koopa you *really* don't want to flip... I've been watching Koop's 10x Attack/HP run of Infinite Pit, a mod of TTYD, and Koopas are routinely not an issue even with stats that inflated.

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

Ah, the purple Koopas. I don`t remember their name anymore, but they were basically one of the main reasons the Earthquake attack was so OP in PM64. And in TTYD they were a neat way of flipping their concept around.^^

[@KingRaatz]

@@aureliodeprimus8018 I believe they were simply named 'Dark Koopas'.

[@medusathedecepticon]

I never knew the Koopas were so useful! If I ever play Mario 3 or Mario World you can bet I'mma use their abilities

[@spyroaster5457]

I like the twist that the Shady Koopas have in the Thousand Year Door. They normally have an attack of 3, but if you knock them onto their backs, they actually do an upside down Shell Toss against you AND your partner, dealing 6 damage to you both. Given that this can occur in Chapter 3, when Mario's health may still be fairly low, it could result in a Game Over.

[@Renegative]

15:55 Funny, that, given this very dialogue was changed in the remake.

[@RainingMetal]

After today's Nintendo direct, do you think that prediction from that Goomba cutscene will come to pass?

[@jvts8916]

A character I think has been screwed over by her game's mechanics is Papillion from La Pucelle Ragnarok. In layman's terms, she's an Est that falls off. The long explanation is that, despite her high movement, she really isn't an asset to the team because stats and learning spells are greatly affected by what equipment you have and that leaves her stats becoming unimpressive because other units will have better unequipped stats that will become better when given the best equipment. It's even worse in postgame as you eventually obtain an armor that gives the user the ability to teleport and can easily be passed around in one turn. Also Prier can straight up recruit Baal repeatedly until he fills the entire deployment limit once she gets strong enough. In the original release you mostly just did this to flaunt your superiority as he was *the* superboss, but the overseas releases added stronger ones referencing Disgaea and suddenly recruiting a bunch of monsters with amazing stats, coverage and growths is a lot more desirable, as is Papillion's own partner Homard thanks to his unique attack that deals 10x effective damage against them. If you expected her to at least do better in the Ragnarok exclusive Overlord Mode, think again. Regardless of what ending you're locked into, all of the non-monster party members other than Prier will drop out during the final chapter.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Does anyone know what the "phowar she's one tough trainer" line is a reference to? Because I'm sure it's a reference to some censorship controversy but when searching it up I couldn't find anything. Can someone please explain it? Thanks.

[@Joe_334]

In Super Mario World, I used to think the Koopas that jumped into the colorful homing shells were on drugs. That game had some silly baddies, such as Sumo Bro.

[@insertcooldragonnameherepls]

16:54 i dunno bout that one chief, the thumbnail for this video's really foreshadowing they're gonna break out of here...

[@BluBerry3]

There is ONE time in the series where koopas are the strongest enemy. In super paper Mario world 3, theres a room that when you walk into, a koopa will see you, get scared, then get a mega star which makes it invincible and kill anything in one hit. But in that same room you can also get a mega star which kills it in one hit so it doesn’t last very long.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

After watching this video, I wanna see a Weakest characters video where Git covers other enemies like Koopas that are more beneficial to the player than harmful I think that'd make for a fun vid

[@somewackoonyoutube2449]

You can also use Koopas to damage enemies in Sticker Star too via using the Shell sticker and the Flashy Shell sticker (though the latter involves Buzz Beetles they’re a variant of Koopas). There’s also the fact Koopas occasionally drop the former too…

[@vansglitches1192]

Noo in super mario world mario strips the koopas off their dignity😥😢

[@Mariofan-lz5gf]

What about bomb-ombs? They blow up enemies and can be used for enemy clearing too. I must defend my favorite character in all of media, Koopa Troopa!

[@Mariofan-lz5gf]

It's a little obsessive.

[@RainingMetal]

* In the GBA version of Super Mario World, what form Mario is in will determine what color Yoshi becomes when spawned from a ? block (when each Yoshi color is unlocked that is). With Cape Mario, Yoshi will always become blue. * In Super Mario Galaxy, the Koopas don't even attack you, patrolling certain pathways and always serving as the means to grab a koopa shell to toss at an enemy.

[@ComunCoutinho]

Of course the video about helpful enemies would mention Wario Land, but this was not what I imagined it would mention Wario Land for.

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

Shake It and the enemies you can squeeze money out of?^^

[@ComunCoutinho]

@@aureliodeprimus8018 No, I meant more the enemies that transform Wario in ways that are required to complete levels.

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

@@ComunCoutinho Well, this is not really the enemies fault. How should they know that Wario is immortal?^^

[@teaoftraffic]

16:06 did he know.

[@teaoftraffic]

5:41 *YOU COULD DO THAT ALL THIS TIME?!*

[@kking1173]

Koopas probably claim more lives as a tool or power up than an enemy.

[@pikajade]

weird video idea: trying to find a single thing that fits into as many video series as possible, e.g. a really powerful or really pitiful (strongest/weakest characters in gaming) boss (boss analysis), preferably one that sucks complete eggs (bosses i hate subseries), with horrible visuals and audio (leave my eyes/ears alone), which was the subject of a silly mistake in your past (gargantuan gaming gaffes) and which has infiltrated your mind and entered your dreams (leave my mind alone). i kinda doubt there's one thing that falls under all of them but it might be fun to see how many series can all cover one single event/character

[@Flashlight237]

I wonder what your rating for the Koopa Bros will be for the enemy-to-boss upgrade scale.

[@ShadowWolfTJC]

Surely, by the same logic applied to Koopa Troopas, Buzzy Beetles are also deserving of more flak than ordinary Goombas, since besides their immunity to fire, they're functionally just as pathetic as their flammable Koopa Troopa counterparts, right? Also, what about Galoombas from Super Mario World? Sure, they can't be knocked around as much as Koopa Troopas, but still, the fact that they could be used as weapons against their fellow comrades-at-arms under Bowser's command still makes them seem more pathetic than ordinary Goombas, right?

[@Daniel_Coffman]

I wonder if blue shells in SMW are filled, ironically, with Red Bull? Because blue shells give you wiiiings!

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

Fun fact: the arcade version of Super Mario Bros, AKA VS. Super Mario Bros, replaces the Koopas on 3-1's ending staircase with Goombas so you can't do the infinite 1-Up stomp. AND it has a particularly dickish jump in 6-3 that REQUIRES the red Paratroopa there to clear. Keep in mind SMB1 does NOT let you do extra-high jumps off stomps. I ♡ Nintendo. As for SMW Koopas not having pants (ew) while most others do, Bowser probably needed extra-tough material for the Chargin' Chucks' uniforms and those wispy shirts weren't gonna cut it. Had to have been awkward. Paper Mario? Escapees who never bothered making replacements figuring they were safe in their own little hamlet.

[@ahmetfarukseker2005]

There are Koopas that attack when you are stunned in TTYD. I wish you would mentoin them

[@chadgumban3922]

What version of Mario brothers is in your video? It is like a 16 bit remake of the NES game

[@autobotstarscream765]

Super Mario All-Stars

[@davidthecommenter]

SNES's Super Mario All-Stars, a 16 bit from the ground up remake of SMB1, SMB2 USA, SMB2 JPN, and SMB3. Rereleased on the Wii and Switch, the latter being through the online service.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

@@davidthecommenter Super Mario All Stars was on the SNES first. It later got an improved re-release late in the SNES' life bundling in Super Mario World as well. The Wii version is just the SNES ROM of the OG release (not the one that included Mario World) put onto an overpriced $50 DVD as a lazy excuse for Mario's 25th anniversary. The switch version is just a ROM dump of the SNES version included for free as part of Switch Online. That version also didn't include Super Mario World, but that was largely unnecessary when Super Mario World was already on Switch Online from day 1 and switching games in the Switch Online interface is faster than switching games in-engine.

[@davidthecommenter]

@@KrimsonKattYT i've always found it really funny how they just put the rom on a disc and nothing else, so there's literally so much empty space on the disc

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Also Goombas got an upgrade in Super Mario World so they now take 2 stomps to defeat. They're clearly eager to shed their moniker of 'weakest minion'. Also as much as I like Kooper and especially Koops, Goombario and Goombella are categorically more useful.

[@DoctorNovakaine]

Galoombas actually can't be defeated with regular jumps - you can flip them over, and then kick them around and carry them, but if you try to regular jump on them it'll just boot them a bit. They can still be wiped out by a Spin Jump, though. (Galoombas also take on the 'used against their own kind' penalty that Koopas have, though they can only take out one other enemy, as opposed to masses like a Koopa shell.)

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

Today i found out that Color yoshies have abilities

[@KeishaRobinson-ry1ym]

For the most part, the Koopa Troopas in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door are pretty pathetic. However, there is one variation of Koopa Troopa in the game that IS able to still attack after being flipped onto its back. I forget what it's called, but I do know that it's very dark in color: either dark gray or jet black. If I remember correctly, I believe that you first encounter them in the Glitz Pit.

[@markerikson7423]

"Goombas" are the most basic enemies. "Koopas" are enemies do less damage to you than to other enemies.

[@dmas7749]

i disagree up until Mario 64 onwards, i rank enemies by overall threat level, and the shell recoil makes them more dangerous than regular goombas. the infinite 1up trick doesn't feel right to count imo. that said, Mario 64, and the Paper Mario games they are PATHETIC.

[@toblerone1729]

Loving the visuals of Paper Mario TTYD in this video, how did you do it? I'd love to play this game again with those graphics

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Probably an emulator. But according to the direct leaks from a VERY reputable source an HD Remaster of TTYD is probably on its way this year.

[@toblerone1729]

Oh yeah, about that...

[@LinkThePaleSystem64]

Hey, i got an idea for a weakest character in gaming video. Pac-Man from pacman 2, the new adventures

[@trueblueryu5713]

I’ll give them one small pass, they aren’t the worst partner in the Mario Party 3 duel mode… still waiting on that to drop for switch online.

[@FaustY2K]

Koopa Troopa slander

[@darklightneonnightlord8540]

yeah, goombas are stronger. especially when i watched some speedrun fails and one of them got a triple kill!

[@yeeoof1995]

and frankly i think goombas are better in general

[@vixsonas781]

Yo