TheRunawayGuys - Mario Party DS - DK's Stone Statue Best Moments

[@PSI441]

The part where Chugga mentions you can only buy five stars at a time is the most perfectly executed Chekov's Gun

[@zacharywooden2113]

And that gun happened to shoot Jon directly in the face

[@Driggsdamonstah]

That moment when Emile missing something important in his research leads to his victory over Jon. Poor guy.

[@lucario774pika]

To be fair, I heard some of the wiki pages had misleading or flat-out wrong information about this board. After this was uploaded, people flocked to them and fixed them.

[@agentredhead4612]

You think they ever learned it was actually DK himself, and not just a stone statue of him?

[@SamTheMarioMan]

What's really funny is at the beginning of the board, when it showed them where the Star Splurge Space was, it straight-up said "You can get as many Stars as you want there. If you have enough coins!" but none of the Runaway Guys paid attention to it, even though they were intrigued by the name Star Splurge Space

[@alexabrams6392]

I don’t think Jon knowing about the board completely would have mattered. The board section is mostly luck, which is Emile’s best strength, and Jon’s worst weakness. It could have easily being Windmillvill without the comeback.

[@agentblackbird9435]

I could tell Emile felt bad from that, don’t blame him

[@BenSpace]

Emile forgetting that the DK statue is actually DK himself turned to stone is really funny.

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

That’s nothing compared to the other thing he forgot or didn’t realize 😮

[@peterrealar2.067]

@@genzsavedamerica2234 Like not knowing how to press A BUTTON. Wow Emile.

[@starvoltnexus3139]

WAIT WHAT?!

[@jocobysandoval8389]

@@starvoltnexus3139 During dokapon kingdom he accidently battle jon instead of the boss because he didnt know how to press the darn a button

[@starvoltnexus3139]

Oh my

[@captainseg]

When Emile said the board is like Faire Square with a limit of 5 stars total, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GONNA HAPPEN AND I HAD A HUGE GRIN ON MY FACE!

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

If stars never become 5 coins though then they would never have realized that 5 wasn’t the max cause Emile would have needed 120

[@Trey-dd6md]

The best part about the whole star incident was that if the wheel didn’t land on “Stars for 5 coins” we wouldn’t have witnessed that because Emile wouldn’t have had enough to buy that many and they would’ve believed him. Jon probably wishes that happened though.

[@ChibiSkitty19]

Most likely. I say that because that wouls have saved Jon's sanity.

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

It literally seemed like everything that could’ve screwed over John kept happening the whole play through

[@Trey-dd6md]

@@genzsavedamerica2234 Feels like that. There’s a reason I’ve kept comparing him playing this game to Poofesure playing Wii Party and Wii Party U.

[@ChibiSkitty19]

@@genzsavedamerica2234 Yep. YEP. Like one simple DS game decide to choose violence and went 'This guy, I'm going to ruin this guy from Canada' I know that's a silly thing to think but that is what it felt like was happening.

[@alvaroperez2349]

Jon’s Descent to Madness Volume 3: DK’s Stone Statue. At first this may bring memories of Fair Square from Mario Party 6, but after a few connection issues and Tim getting his second Ztar, *the boys are in for a nasty surprise.*

[@Herrscher-of-Autism]

It's not nasty for Emile

[@alvaroperez2349]

@@Herrscher-of-Autism bruh, even Emile was shocked, you can’t tell me otherwise.

[@Herrscher-of-Autism]

@@alvaroperez2349 I wasn't saying it wasn't a surprise I was saying it worked out quite well for him

[@enzuronyx7691]

_"So how many stars would you like to have, young Toad?"_ _"Yes."_ I love how the game deliberately lets you get so many stars on this board that it puts all the others in the series put together to shame, and it even rewards you for winning with 50 or more.

[@krystalfan]

faire square: *5 stars in one turn* DK's stone statue: "those are rookie numbers" not since the false luigi's mansion rumor has a TRG member's lack of research led to something this glorious

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

The spirit of Donkey Kong was alive and well on this board, giving Emile the most stars in a single board of MP.

[@CrazyQuilman157]

The Spirit of Donkey Kong also did everything in its power throughout the rest of the game to make Jon suffer on every board. Actually, I think nearly all of the boards are kinda Anti-Jon. Piranha Plant was the unwanted partner in 3 and "stole Waluigi's Smash spot". Toadette would obviously have to support a fellow Toad DK helping Emile is probably partially fuelled by Jon making the zaniest Donkey Kong Country Let's Play ever made. Kamek is probably still angry about Yoshi's Island And Bowser is the only one that doesn't give Jon more grief than the rest.

[@Pikatwig16]

This board has a lesson for everybody to take away, always fact check, and make sure you're paying attention to instructions.

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

Also, don't automatically assume things based on description alone (e.g. don't assume that, when it says the board plays like Faire Square, it's also EXACTLY like Faire Square)

[@MarioBrosFan]

Chuggstone's game research has been uncharacteristically lax throughout this project, and it became the most evident in DK's Stone Statue, as he misreads the information on the Star Splurge Space and utterly shatters the record for most stars in one TRG game, and Proton Don is rightfully livid over this development, as he was once again in the lead for most of the board. Like SlimKirby once said, in Mario Party, it's not how you start, it's how you finish! And to think, the guys would have been blissfully unaware of the way this board works if Timethry hadn't landed on Stars for 5 Coins at the Final 5 Frenzy. How very like Fethry to inadvertently cause chaos and confusion for everybody (and for himself, as he finds *another* Hidden Block Ztar)! I get the feeling the validity of this board's results will be a big point of contention for the fans going forward, but that's in the past now. Next time, the McDuck cousins take on Daisy at Kamek's Library! (Just in case you thought my analogy for this series was a stretch.)

[@zeospark9715]

Mario Party DS as a whole REALLY has it out against Jon but Chugga was the foil of this board even accidently lol

[@DoctorTex]

It hits you. The storm begins to rise in intensity, before hitting in full force.

[@rj_the_salty_trainer]

"I'm betting dollars to donuts, the only board you lose is the one that Daisy's in." Oh, Jon...if only you knew...

[@AlphaPWNY]

That day they learned that DK's Stone Statue was neither Fair nor Square. Little Toad would receive Donkey Kong-roy's blessing in full.

[@mr.roboto5401]

Wonder if they actually know that statue is DK now that the lp wrapped up

[@TKG785]

I'm sure they read the comments by now. Probably bring it up in the next Mario Party LP.

[@chaosamber7719]

Emile buying 22 Stars at once without even realizing that was even possible, and proceeding to win the board by a landslide will go down as one of the best TRG moments of all time; if anything, it's definitely gonna be in the Top Ten

[@killdozer7792]

The only thing that would have made it funnier is if Emile clicked through the "how many stars do you want to buy" screen (because that's very much the Emile thing to do) and not realised exactly how many stars he'd purchased until after the fact.

[@AnaxErik4ever]

Good grief, the curse of Dry Bones being disturbed before the alarm goes off, and then the curse of Waluigi having GOOD LUCK, strike for two game errors in a row! The DK board for this game can't be called boring at the very least. I just wish the boys were better at Boogie Beam to make this all worthwhile... and also that my allergies hadn't chosen this point to flare up so I could laugh harder at their antics.

[@kirbymaster7268]

Poor Jon never saw this coming... And got royally crushed by Emile getting 22 stars in the final five turns. Guess that truly made the two of them **starstruck**

[@matthewhole6891]

The Runaway Guys return to the jungle and see that Chuggaa's main is petrified due to black magic. Also, Chuggaa broke the star bank in this game due to purchasing basically an entire constellation, while also somehow breaking all THREE of their minds due to misinformation.

[@champ2stay920]

that 22 star turn had better be in the top 10 video

[@timothyschade713]

"Daisy hasn't been in a mainline game since Super Mario Land." Oh, young Emile...

[@TKG785]

Still wish Wario was in NSMB2.

[@Redtheknight1]

My favorite moments in this: 5:58, Jon screws the team and then the game said "F-You! I'm crashing the game! -28:26, The star space can let you buy more than 5 Stars?! -33:40, Soap Surfers, Once again. Sorry if I did not get the one in Toadette's Music Room

[@devoncosta5315]

"if you awaken the sleeping beast, he will either..." "Give you a communication error" And also the main this about this board: the UNCAPPED STAR CHAOS! And the issuing yelling about it being misread afterward

[@supermariogamer5294]

As someone who played this game to death years ago, as soon as I heard Emile mentioning a limit to the Star Splurge space I was CERTAIN something like this would happen with the final 5 turns. And the facts that: A) There's an achievement for abusing the Star Splurge space B) The Wiki was updated AFTER this episode just make this game all the more enjoyable (much to Jon's dismay).

[@CutterHistorical]

Just when u thought after watching the first 2 boards that Jons mind couldnt get more broken, THIS BOARD HAPPENS

[@milesshaw9059]

The first 3 boards were the calm, the next 2 are the Storm.

[@danmeldrum312]

28:35 Someone should animate this as an SFM with Emile as Toad Kong (DK with a Toad hat), Tim as Yoshi, and Jon as Waluigi.

[@danmeldrum312]

"EMILE, YOU LIAR! YOU FUCKING LIAR!" 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

And of course include the parts where they think there’s a cap

[@nikoladedic6623]

7:38 Wait, did Chugga call Wonder reveal? 9:47 LOL. You will come to regret those words. 12:21 Man, they just keep provoking the fate at this rate. 23:07 Ah, must be the provocation from Jon that led to the finale. 28:23 And they haven't seen all of it yet. 31:47 Poor Jon.

[@MarnicSteve92]

To be frank, Emile DID look up about getting 5 stars and never said anything about getting up to 22 in his case. But Jon is slowly heading towards the "The New Arc" in 2 more boards.

[@gavinbunting7354]

You actually think he’ll replace Waluigi with Rosalina?

[@Warrior_of_Fire]

@@gavinbunting7354 I bet that if he does change things up when Rosalina becomes playable, it'll be like in their Superstars side series and he alternates between Waluigi and Rosa.

[@StarDev94]

28:35 Perhaps one of the biggest moments in the whole LP.

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

Yeah along with when Jon capture card disconnected in the next board and also when he goes on a massive rant in the final board that caused him to lose his voice

[@lucasknox4871]

Of the history of the entire channel!

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

I still remember when the last episode of this board came out and everyone was so excited to see their reaction when the star space showed 20 stars for Emile 😂😂

[@2NDxDementionX322]

Everytime there is a communication error, it was the game warning Jon not to proceed forward. Jon: "This sign can't stop me. Because I can't read."

[@sunkistwaves]

35:05 My indicator that Jon’s madness was fully set in. He made a PUN

[@killdozer7792]

The best part of this was viewing the comment section of Episode 4, when the Final Five Frenzy had activated. Never had I seen so many people united in delight over someone's mistaken assumptions. X3

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

And also how perfect everything set up with the stars for 5 coins, Emile having over 100 coins and ending the episode right before the star space 😊

[@killdozer7792]

@@genzsavedamerica2234 And also something that often goes unnoticed, the fact that Luigi was one coin short of being able to buy six stars. If he had, the guys would have realised that there was no five star cap before Emile's turn.

[@CaptnStarFry]

And so the record of stars became… chaotic and unbeatable, Emile’s luck sure sky rocketed this intire LP

[@yoshimallow]

23:30 Let's be real... We all knew what was about to happen.

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

That event though is only extremely beneficial for someone who has a lot of coins

[@WriterRubes]

Such a fun board to watch. Kamek’s Library is a fun one too, but I think this one took the cake for me, despite Jon’s almost rage quit during that board. Jon needs therapy since this LP.

[@MasterMarx]

20 turns on this primate + 2 more boards left = 22 STARS OF INSANITY!!!

[@SamTheMarioMan]

As someone who knew how this board works, I got more and more nervous as nobody seemed to know you can buy as many stars as you want, knowing that there was going to be an explosion of noise once someone figured it out. Of course it would be Emile who figured it out XD

[@JakeSnake161]

You are the 69th person to put a comment/reply here! How do you feel about that?

[@SamTheMarioMan]

@@JakeSnake161 I feel very nice

[@corbinselanne7990]

Emile misreads something during his research which allows him to set a new record for Stars. 'Chunky Salsa' returns, again at the beginning of the attempt. Tim does his best, as usual. The AI is just there to fill up the numbers, as usual. And Jon's struggles keep going. Next time, Jon's rage really explodes, Emile finally manages to get the better of Daisy, and Tim's just there doing his best.

[@DarkenMidnacrystal]

it wasnt a misread as it was just straight up wrong info. After this episode, the wiki was fixed to amend this issue.

[@JAProductions494]

“THAT GRAPH IS DISGUSTING!!!” - 36:47

[@daltonobrian2596]

22 Stars in one turn is easily the highlight of this map.

[@blue_boo3171]

Good thing Jon has good self-control. Otherwise that 22-star fiasco could have made him go *ape-shit.*

[@daltonobrian2596]

Knew you would make a pun out of this board

[@HRR-]

I gotta say I love the outro music to these videos. It’s the music that plays during the How to Play board of MPDS and it takes place on a board with a large Toad fountain. It sounds so serene and peaceful which is much different than the feeling of someone getting over 4 times as many stars as you thought they could get!

[@DoctorTex]

The reason Jon didnt throw a cherry, my guess, is that he wasnt doing a full circle around his character. I noticed the cherry was primarily going to two positions, so he was basically swinging it back and forth and not spinning it around.

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

No the game just hates him 😂😂😂

[@PrincessSunnyoftheSandWings]

Round 3: The 22+ star win for Emile board!!! Jon’s rage reaching its climax!!

[@lucasknox4871]

The top moment of this LP is here, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[@DDP_2007]

7:26 And now she's in WONDERRRRRR

[@angel-of-light-kelly1355]

Chapter 3 of jon's villain arc: Chugga's misunderstanding screwing over Jon

[@pastelstarchild4833]

Emile: “You go to the top to buy stars you can but 5 at a time” Put a pin in this class, it’ll be important later on :)

[@screamingjello9710]

Remember when Fair Square was the highest scoring board? Yeah, me neither

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

38:00 He’s got a point, I don’t remember the names but Toad got 29 of his 52 starts from DK Stone Statue because of the gimmick and the Stars being worth 5 coins! Even if they had the best luck in the world, won every mini game including duel ones against Toad, they wouldn’t win. Heck, at this one, you could combine the CPU , Waluigi, and Yoshi all together, and they STILL don’t win!

[@joeytaylor1021]

I understand why it's split that Emile bought 22 Stars when he considered taking only 5. There was no real clean way to do what was best or what most fans would want

[@Ryu_Naru]

And that everyone is when the rest of the boards went south hill for Jon

[@danieldesario6120]

Thank you Andrew for giving them this game to LP

[@adleranderson6797]

My whole strategy on the board is to stack up as many Coins as possible, buy a Star Pipe, and then at the Final 5 turns or near the end of the game use the pipe and buy a large number of Stars. If the cost becomes 5 Coins, fine, if not wait till the last possible moment.

[@PhoxphorusKitKat]

I feel like the thumbnail just says it all. Just like Faire Square they said.

[@Superstar-vk3wl]

The gang now arrive at DK's Stone Statue, where they climb ropes, get crushed by barrels and realise the Stars for 5 coins event completely breaks the board due to the star cap removal. Faire Square eat your heart out! They now continue on to an eerie looking library. It's said that sanities are bound to be lost here...

[@thebudderblock2149]

Let's be honest. We all know the number 1 moment is. If not close to it.

[@akirahisui-lucario5636]

Jon: Exist Mario Party DS: you’re going to have a bad time, Jon

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

This game is far more vicious than sans ever was

[@akirahisui-lucario5636]

@@genzsavedamerica2234also just as worst as a Shin Megami Tensei BS moment

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

@@akirahisui-lucario5636 I’m sure Jon will be happy to see they brought back those evil hexes in jamboree!😈

[@masterswordvalley]

The dead may rise to bring forth…Communication Errors

[@GunarmDyne]

A rocky road of a board from start to finish for them but a barrel of laughs for us. Jon, though, has my sediments.

[@NGO9000]

i would've loved to be the fourth player. i literally breathe this game

[@ThatVideoWatchingIndividual]

TRG In The Land Of Dark Stains Episode 3 Highlights: We open with Dry Bones-induced communication errors along with child-Emile having been a toxic Wallace and Gromit fan and Hard AI being dang-near unbeatable at cherry-spinning, Jon's luck deteriorating at an increasing rate, and Emile getting a guaranteed victory through a combination of Final 5 shenanigans and misinterpreted research.

[@Glasshouse828]

3:01 I’m pretty sure sure Emile was 15 when the Wallace & Grommit movie came out not 12

[@wanderingstorytellerj7758]

Star light, star bright First star I buy tonight I wish I may, through mistake and shame Buy enough to win this game. - Emile the night before this LP (probably).

[@colinledoux7836]

Who's ready for round 3 of Jon's journey into madness on Kamek's library?

[@Zacman1123]

We finally made to the stage that made Emile the automatic winner of this game.

[@dreamj22]

If I could time travel I would tell 2020 me playing this board a lot. To go look at Mario Party wiki on this board so I can changed the info about how stars worked so Jon won't have suffered.

[@krvgames9258]

To Emile’s credit, the Mario Wiki didn’t elaborate on the Star Splurge space and just said that the Star Splurge space could allow you to buy five Stars at a time like Faire Square in Mario Party 6. So Emile’s victory in DK’s Stone Statue is on the Mario Wiki for not explaining the Star Splurge space better. Edit: Daisy is going to be in Super Mario Bros Wonder, which will be her second mainline Mario game appearance.

[@Crab_Pasta]

The funny thing is that they had like three chances to realize that Emile was wrong from the start because the intro to board literally says “you can buy as many stars as you want.” I feel like the communication errors was the game trying to tell the guys to pay attention lol.

[@Chuggaacrayz]

When this board was going up, I remember seeing people in the comments talking about their memories of buying so many stars thanks to the stars for 5 coins event. Who would've guessed that that would show up and cause a wave of people going to Wikis in order to change info on this board.

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

1:49 When they realize it’s DK turned to stone

[@gamerwatchproductions8684]

Chugga gets 22 stars at once! At least Fair Square from Mario Party 6 had a cap on how many stars you can get at once.

[@Pikmin442]

The guys continue there small journey as they visit Emile's past life in stone, unfortunately dry bones keeps kicking them out. While things were calm for Jon, little did they know they were in for a rude awaking in the final 5 frenzy. Emile getting 22 stars set off Jon's anger but not completely lose his voice. However things were gonna get worst when they have to go to the library.

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

And don’t even mention the PINBALL 😳😳😧😧

[@SonicNicholas1995]

If Jon getting upset about the amount of Stars bought was bad, just wait until the board after…

[@KadenKistune]

the moment jons sanity broke

[@theskeptic777]

I legitimately think they should redo this board due to having misleading information. It would have been a lot fairer if they had gotten that information…

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

The game pretty much set Emile up to win with all the coin blocks he had

[@mitchellpatterson3044]

This was HEARTBREAKING to me. I wanted the stars for 5 because i LOVE that on dks stone statue. Hellbits my favorite board. But chugga...god i love you man...but THAT was the worst misinformation i saw. When he said the 5 star cap i was SCREAMING at my computer. I feel so bad for jon. I wish they would give DS a second shot after all the BS Emile inadvertently caused.

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

What’s funny though is it wouldn’t of even matter if stars weren’t 5 coins

[@killdozer7792]

You do realise that if they played it again, it'd likely not be Stars for 5 coins, right?

[@Grane1234]

And here we have the board of Emile just assuming things are always the same

[@ecbgames238]

I bet the next Mario party DS moments is the one where John rages and he becomes the Balled salt John like Kamek’s library

[@SMEARGLEX75]

When Jon lost that Cheep Cheep Game with the Whirlpools, I knew that Jon was in for a Ride for the rest of this Collab LP.

[@SamTheMarioMan]

34:10 I'm timestamping this cause I love watching Luigi decide, of his own volition, to just forfeit the mini-game

[@keywii-U]

And this marks the beginning of Jon's downward spiral

[@0isthe1]

I guess with the 22 stars collected at once, everyone was left stoned all at once

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

Except the viewers

[@agentredhead4612]

Would anyone else be down for a rematch on this board, due to the last five turn event kinda screwing with everything?

[@genzsavedamerica2234]

I don’t think it really mattered Jon would’ve had to match Emile in coins at the end and since most of those were from coin blocks I don’t think Jon really had a chance

[@agentdon1760]

7:27 aged like fine wine

[@crazytankxd5758]

Today we learned an important lesson: Always verify information for yourself.

[@LivTheKirby]

"You may buy up to five [Stars] at a time"

[@codyfinney2171]

Chapter three of Salt-on Jon, we learned that Jon really hates repeating Soap Surfers.....oh and Emile's information gathering skills aren't always set in stone.

[@Dawg-Bone]

9:45: Little did Jon know that it became the highest scoring game

[@TheRealHedgehogSonic]

NCS, that's the name you should know! NCS, he's the Ztar of the show!

[@zeroplayer120]

7:27 Things that have aged poorly. Thanks, Super Mario Bros. Wonder

[@willpower64]

Poor Jon, guy can’t catch a break in this game, this is his new Mario Party 3/Super Luigi U

[@snapclub8751]

28:37 You’re welcome XD

[@MALEMization]

I think we know that all of Jon's Rages will be Number 1 in this Top 10 FOR CERTAIN!

[@aleqxsz]

The beginning of Jon's madness

[@ShursGarden]

"This is gonna be a LOW scoring game, isn't it?" *Does he know?*

[@Falconman09876]

The thumbnail says it all. xD

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

37:49 Is that the total for this game?