This ONE character BREAKS the game!! | Mario Strikers Battle League

[@jcace13]

"We don't need training." "What are the buttons?" Oh it's every Game Grumps episode.

[@Blizz3112]

To be fair, this time it wasn't Arin's fault... he tried... XD

[@carlos_hb]

To be honest the tutorial for this game takes forever

[@pandaeyez]

Blah blah blah, get used to it already.

[@killdyouback]

@@carlos_hb yeah, it would not have made for very good viewing to watch them slowly crawl through the tutorial. That said I wish they'd hit it up in advance of the episode.

[@firstnameiii7270]

what’s the other wii baseball mario one super sluggers ?

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

Seeing Bowser beat the fuck out of everyone feels like watching a cut of Space Jam 1 where the Monstars fucking annihilate

[@headfullofmoss9938]

watching Bowser give out backhands like they're tickets to the back street boys reunion tour

[@Dorian_Scott]

I would pay to see Space Jam if it had Bowser as one of the Monstars

[@senatorsparky]

This just makes me think of Danny as Klaus Wessel reminding us that "power always beats power"

[@kab6754]

That's a great analogy!!

[@MrSpartan993]

That sounds AWESOME!

[@Grumpyartist]

I love how there are stints of Dan being absolutely silent, you know his concentration is at 100% capacity. 😂

[@captainenergon6579]

Or his frustration 🤣

[@rorimoon4285]

Although the space is filled in with sound effects from Arin, which is nice.

[@gargoyles9999]

He’s gathering his Jew powers

[@supermatt87]

@@gargoyles9999 What the fuck dude.

[@mlfc1632]

@@gargoyles9999 so your 12 👍🏻

[@qwertyuiop22ful]

Soccer games, and sports games in general, are the ones where Dan truly becomes Grump, to Arin's Not So Grump.

[@M_Alexander]

Dan is the Sports Boy

[@Sojo214]

@@M_Alexander He's the one who BALLS!

[@bfeldz1023]

@@M_Alexander He is the one who sports.

[@ofmoosenmen]

It's because he's trying to play the game as if it's the actual sport. Where as Arin just sort of falls into his wins. And in a game where apparently nothing is off limits (like backhanding someone off the ball and murdering them in this instance lol) Dan's going to get upset.

[@wayzerz2799]

It’s because Arin never teaches him the controls and is generally much faster at figuring them out.

[@elsiebartlett6808]

I sort of miss the Game Grumps versus intro, but stoked for this either way! These opening lineup teams are kickass

[@zeroarts7623]

or at least cut it mid way and say “oh wait we joined forces midway… play the regular intro!!!”

[@johm3002]

I feel like the editors just forgot. I miss Barry, or Kevin, or Matt and Ryan. Ya know, editors who interacted with the show and had personalities and names.

[@firstnameiii7270]

i don’t know if it’s because they’ve had so many years of just being grumps that the grumpy gone to their heads but i still watch, if they went unfiltered like tmph i’d have to really think on it, little salty about tmph still

[@gracejordan110]

@@firstnameiii7270 salty about it how?

[@JennyJewels]

The game grumps versus intro got mpreg'd he couldn't make it

[@Dmanbradley]

I love how consistently Dan's "Are you ready?" was followed by the AI kicking him in the back of the head. Practically a sitcom-style running gag by the end of the episode.

[@PhantomOfficial07]

He got mpreg'd

[@Dorian_Scott]

*_"Do you want to train, Dan?"_* _"No, let's just play. We don't need to train!"_ *_"Wait, what do the buttons do?"_* Classic Game Grumps move.

[@YeiPi18]

Classic frustrating Grumps

[@johm3002]

Yes and then they figure it out within a few minutes. Like always.

[@YeiPi18]

@@johm3002 Oh, did they? Cuz you'd think figuring it out implies proper use of charge shots, boosts and items, dodges and passes. Heck, even at least ONE win.

[@pulyps20sf]

@@YeiPi18 chill

[@YeiPi18]

@@pulyps20sf I'm chill, friend. Just voicing what at least 50% of the lovelies are thinking right now

[@oshkeet]

I thought it was goofy Wario just carries the ball in his hands, until I realized he holds it in the same way he holds defeated enemies in the original GameBoy games.

[@MoeChicken]

He DOES! Good eye! That's a nice bit of polish, there.

[@hopelesslydull7588]

Also very in character that wario cheats.

[@matthewjones6786]

Having just played the Warioland games, I adore this detail!

[@ethanrast993]

@@hopelesslydull7588 I thought that too! Wario like the most enjoyable shitty person in the world. He's awful but like the charisma man

[@Lucifersfursona]

Defeated: Ball

[@justin99000]

I was waiting for the accidental hyper shot and man that delivered in spades. The absolute freak out they had was fantastic

[@abby_babber]

The fact they didn't do the tutorial, and then proceeded to get the Hyper Strike orb *so many* times only to not use it at all is infuriating.

[@littenfire3563]

But also hilarious

[@charleswisconsin9196]

all 3 of these things are true.

[@FundipDraws]

Arin: "Woah... Peach" Dan, immediately: "Go to horny jail Arin" I'm crying 🤣

[@JSSMVCJR2.2]

"She's dying!" Simp!

[@alexisarce3472]

22:36 i love how wario literally just grabs the ball and punts the closest player

[@ShadyDoorags]

"We don't need training." Sigh... here we go again.

[@thaisennj9781]

Hey alright i know this guy

[@Skull_E_Duggery]

It irritates me to no end when they skip the tutorial then bitch about not knowing how to play. If only there was a way to learn the controls.

[@Dragon359]

"Skipping the tutorial"

[@Ofwhateverrrrrr]

Classic Arin Move 😉

[@ChanchodTierra]

20 minutes of confusion and frustration kills comedy for me, but still they have 200k+ watchers so is rentable anyways and there is people who seems to enjoy it

[@SwaggerSonic]

I love how the goalies smack people away and they just ragdoll across the field

[@sentientpieceofcheese]

The Striker Games are so unapologetically brutal and I love it.

[@imaghost6]

The strikers games are just chaos and we love them most of them this one is bad compared to the last ones but I still love it

[@L33PL4Y]

They don't ragdoll, they have specific fall animations.

[@Guile_The_Exile]

"Oh look at all these characters, look at Peach!!!" *Arin... You're as predictable as the sun's daily routine*

[@notsure1969]

One day the sun will explode and devour everything in its blast radius.

[@jocomfiresin6982]

​@@notsure1969 Theoretically one day everything shall occur and has already occured and will occur the next day as well. Theoretically you are nothing more then a parasitic infection a bunch of atoms caught and you won't truly die but the atoms will be cured.

[@acoin1116]

@@notsure1969 And Arin will still be unrelentingly thirsty.

[@D3ADM0N5T3RC4T]

You can tell how quiet and flipping serious Dan gets when it comes to soccer games

[@MukuCookie064]

6:32 Peach getting launched into the net is so funny XD

[@abby_babber]

She just walks into Boom Boom twice. Lol. Also when it's just dead silent and all you can hear is Peach's cries of pain is hilarious.

[@Attelocin217]

No matter what it always makes me happy to see Arin slowing down to make sure Dan understands the controls and how to play. That's some real sportsmanlike conduct.

[@beaubbe]

I mean…even Arin does not even know how to play 😂 It’s funny to see people who don’t know how to play a game teach other people how to play said game. Ffs just spend 5 min in the tutorial PLEASE!

[@TheEFRoommates]

"he plays it with confidence." Dan, wario has zero shame. It's part of his character design. He has nothing but confidence

[@jocomfiresin6982]

No wario has zero confidence he's all womfidence.

[@DJ_GL1TCH]

My favourite exchange between Danny and Arin that I've heard in a long time: Danny: "Toad just impregged us" ... Danny: "I gotta stop saying that" Arin: "No you don't!" Danny: "okay"

[@8-bitmike369]

Arin: “do you wanna train?” Dan: “nah, let’s just play!” Arin “Skip the tutorial” Hanson is really rubbing off on Dan

[@Huzaku]

"Ready?" "Yeah let's go" *arin delivers immediate stompage* "Fuck yeah!" "Uuuh alright.."

[@GarrettPDGA]

And Dan had possession, making it an absolutely beautiful beatdown

[@alexisarce3472]

the utter confusion as peach breaks all soccer rules had me dying

[@chirsjavier11]

I really hope they play this again. It was a lot of fun watching it. I felt like I was watching a actual sports match

[@k4y4_xx69]

i agree and i dont even like sports lmao

[@stitchfinger7678]

they both get SUPER into sports games and its really fun Ice Hockey NES is absolute cream of the Grump crop

[@gauvacado1091]

Good luck, mostlikley even if they do they will not even know the controls or try them first but odds are they think the game is stupid because they don't know how to dodge or use the intuitive mechanics... But hey here's hoping.

[@FreiTheDerg]

"Shall we play the tutorial?" "Nah, let's just play." Literally 3 minutes later "Okay how do we play?" "Kick the ball." I love this show.

[@MrChatfield76]

"How do we play this Arin?" -Dan after telling Arin to skip the tutorial

[@mrmo4569]

I guess it's true what they say, married couples do become more alike

[@gasolinejoy]

To be fair, tutorials can be tedious, especially when you're doing a show, and it's much more efficient if someone knows the controls and takes five seconds to tell you. Dan just wrongly assumed that Arin knew any of the controls...

[@Peanuggie]

@@gasolinejoy I mean I get it that makes sense but in this example of the episode was going to be so long anyways might as well know how to play.

[@spacesquid95force25]

I love that peach gets knocked back twice at around 6:31

[@metalgenocide4310]

...and then Dan said "No, let's just play!" and I knew it was gonna be a good episode

[@rhododendronluteum5750]

I imagine you telling your future kids or grandkids a story about every single episode of Game Grumps like this.

[@ImperfectXIII]

Arin: You wanna train? Dan: Nah let's just play Well can't blame Arin for this one if things go to shit XD

[@vgexpert20001]

I'm so glad they got to experience DK's victory dance.

[@mcrrocksall2]

when Arin picked his team I immediately got that a visual of Peach sitting on a couch with the rest standing behind her.

[@OurJynx]

I'm definitely of two minds of them skipping the tutorial for this. One on hand, I feel like they'd both have more fun knowing what to do. On the other, it's fun watching them discover things.

[@abby_babber]

But also, it's infuriating not having them know anything about the basic game mechanics. There's a difference between discovery and obliviousness. They got the Hyper Strike and just neglected to use it like 5 times against Waluigi.

[@DUNZODaDON]

I love gg but my god arin is such cheating cheat boy lol constantly sprinting after saying "there's no sprint" I love/hate it haha It's nickelodeon KRAG MOUNTAIN with jontron all over again lol

[@lucasmartinez5703]

It's not fun watching them complain about not knowing how to play when they had the opportunity to learn before. Especially since they do this all the time.

[@MadGameBoy]

Remember when arin used to play the game and win without telling his opponent how to play the game? Compared to now, 5:11 look how wholesome this is Arins walking back and forth while explaining the controls to dan, and even congratulates him when he dashes into his player, like a supporting dad playing with his kid "now hit the A button to kick my ass.... Yaaaaay that's it!" Meanwhile dan is mistaking his own player as the ball 😢

[@owenfautley]

I love how at 6:30 Peach gets whacked back into the goal twice.

[@sfoxshi8264]

"Don't Be That Guy" Like Every Sports Replay.

[@Glockenspheal]

Gotta love all the: "Ready?... Oh Fuck!" When they try to pass the ball to each other.

[@Invisbibble]

Ha We both like cute blue Pokémon

[@fabianremie9888]

Arin: "you just need one power guy in your team." Also Arin not even a minute later: *chooses Bowser AND DK.*

[@msthecommentator2863]

33:25 DK just straight yeeted Toad over his shoulder 💀

[@Rumham729]

“Bowser is over powered, I can’t tackle him”. If u watched the tutorial you would know you can charge the tackle to make it strong instead of a weak tap.

[@Zhronos]

In that same match, arin accidentally charged tackle twice and didn't realize

[@ryuk65]

Same with Dan asking how to run then immediately the character he’s controlling sprints.

[@eyrestahl]

I remember playing the first Strikers way back in highschool, and it immediately replaced monopoly and Mario Party as the friendship ender game. So, I'm very stoked to see how this ends for the grumps.

[@pie7591]

This isn't as good as that one

[@orlandogarcia7084]

@@pie7591 it's better

[@pie7591]

@@orlandogarcia7084 nah the original was more fun

[@lucasmartinez5703]

Strikers Charged is way better then both.

[@Geddes1709]

Ah, love Strikers, where you strike the other team more than the ball

[@ExaltedUriel]

I love the animations in this game, Wario's facial expressions and DK's dance are so good.

[@dwlr007]

1:40 Yoshi isn't a man, Yoshi is female and a princess at that which is why in the old Mario Party games (Mario Party 6) the team of Princess Peach and Yoshi was called the Regal Friends and Princess Daisy and Yoshi was called Royal Ride.

[@TheMCzorro]

Toad's head from this angle confused me for a second. I was writing something down before the match started, then looked up and actually thought he was the soccer ball 6:25 Okay, thank God I'm not the only one EDIT: Also, considering the fact that beating the shit out of other players is very common in this game, technically, Toad's head is a soccer ball

[@Ashley80005]

My favourite part was when Dan said, “I thought Toad was the ball!”😂

[@jajajasputin8927]

I wanna see them play this again so bad. There's something that makes me lose it laughing when they react to the super strikes and just how this is definitely not soccer

[@Icypenguigo]

Normally Dan is so cavalier about any game they play, but you can tell when it comes to sports games, he gets fucking serious. And it is funny to watch him seethe when he is not beating Arin's ass, since Arin doesn't give a shit about sports! XD

[@Hyggyldy]

That flip Peach does is something else, man.

[@pedrostormrage]

9:06 "You're gonna pick all Bowsers?" "You better believe it" Oops, all Big Zams 🤖🤖🤖🤖

[@raymondc9513]

I love how every time Dan asked Arin, "are you ready?" He instantly gets bodied for waiting for a response.

[@notaboxofjuice]

"Let's skip the tutorial" and "what are the buttons?" go together like "Game" and "Grumps"

[@dooplets._.5776]

Bowser just straight up punching the shit out of everyone is so fucking funny, I'm not much of a soccer player but I don't think that's allowed

[@lucasmartinez5703]

Well that's kind of the point of Mario Strikers.

[@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks]

i will never not laugh at toad flying across the field and face planting

[@mrmaccy90]

Whilst I did enjoy seeing them discover how to play the game and the little secrets I defintley got too invested when they played against the CPU and would greatly appreciate if they did the tutorial before the next episode so I can see them make a great comeback and murder the other team

[@zeldadonkey1]

"There is no run button" Run button: "guess I'll die"

[@weirdcat8373]

I love how hard the music is. You would expect some happy Nintendo music, but no. They went hard with it.

[@BombasticLion]

I love when Bowser beats down Toad and he just goes fucking limp

[@shsltrash820]

Hopefully Arnold wins, so I can kiss his dad in celebration.

[@Spearmph2]

And if he loses I'll kiss his dad in support

[@MattEldritchHorror]

"You kiss your dad on the mouth?"

[@wesleypatterson2989]

I'm so happy that kiss your dad instantly caught on, I was kinda worried it would be like "take the shot", where I was one of like 5 people who think it's funny

[@toxicbuffalo2269]

At least Bowser plays with integrity, Wario just picks up the ball and runs with it

[@177Kingjohn]

The glowing ball gives you the special shot that you charge up to get 2 points :)

[@LittleParade_]

"I think I'll go with Big Za- I mean Bowser"

[@locochoify]

Oh, I really hope they play this game again! I love it! They should also have guests over.

[@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai]

I cannot fucking believe Arin succeeded in his intense button-mashing endeavor to stop Toad’s kamehameha super attack just to have Toad casually boop the ball into the goal *IMMEDIATELY AFTER.* It is too much for me to handle right now 🤣

[@reptilerach]

This whole episode I thought they were versus each other (when they were playing as Magicians and Cyclones) and it wasn’t until the end that I realized they were on the same team LMAO

[@Jay-gv8uc]

More of this, felt like I was watching on a sunny afternoon in 2017. I love watching them just f around and have a good time

[@jonathanblaqk]

This was fantastic! I'd love another episode or two!

[@tomodaphne]

33:18 Gotta love Waluigi's animations here. First he's lying down like he's ready for you to paint him like one of your French girls, and then he does that thing where he rolls back onto his hands and pushes himself up.

[@KallichoreMoth]

Yay!! I've secretly had this on my Grumps wishlist for a long time!

[@KallichoreMoth]

@scrambling blambles basically lmao

[@creambee404]

11:14 I'm sorry! *Pocky & Rocky Reshrined* anyone???

[@mikostavros8679]

20 minutes into Gameplay: "Oh hey! We can press X to use items!"

[@GameBoy_6135]

Arin: Ahhh...we can all go home and get steak and milk. LOL By the end I was clapping/cheering every time they scored a goal as if it were a real soccer game.

[@clarinetbubbleface8655]

I gotta say that Wario’s possibly my favorite Nintendo character.

[@Shubba_Dubba]

He’s my main in every mario game with him in it lol. The mario parties, mario kart, etc 😂

[@orlandogarcia7084]

The only character with an actual personality

[@darealnukem7775]

21:22 is hands down the best part of the video 🤣 Toad smashed the ball in with his head just to have Boom Boom block it, then Toad waltzes over and gingerly kicks it in 🤣🤣🤣

[@ned6464]

I would love to watch this as a series where they try to win all the cups

[@KingOfHearts709]

having played strikers for hours and hours on the gamecube, here's what i have learned - pass a lot, but not TOO much (and doing pass kicks is like. top tier) - literally try to super strike as often as possible (esp. if nobody's around you) - spamming items will destroy your enemies in seconds - headbutting enemies into the fence is even better (and headbutting enemies before they can catch a pass is THE BEST) im loving this game just from watching y'all, i might get it for myself and upgrade my skills 💕

[@CasualRacerRed]

Skipping the tutorial is a GameGrumps tradition

[@DemonDrummer]

@17:15 “The power of flight. That uh, that DOING ANYTHING FOR YA.” SO close to a Tenacious D reference. 😩

[@AnthonySalazar]

Watching grumps get murdered by AI's is my favorite thing to watch

[@jajajasputin8927]

34:31 missed chance to say he's going bananas

[@ShaOryDow]

Arin offering to do the tutorial??? Dan refusing to do the tutorial??? What the fuck is happening?!?!

[@fun2building]

"he's going nuts, man!" Arin......he's going bananas or he's going ape were both RIGHT THERE

[@Jack_Woods]

I love that Rosalina just ominously floats like a JoJo villain

[@thebananas6483]

Yet ironically, had the least impact in all the matches.

[@kaitlinsebbage2120]

I love that this just felt like sitting on the couch with you friends all really invested and enjoying the game no matter who's holding the controllers and who's on whose team. Wholesome and heartwarming gaming time. :)

[@soothsayingProfit]

I love how they're asking how to do things like the super shot which are all questions that would be answered by the tutorial that they deliberately avoided.

[@DUNZODaDON]

Ngl this episode was mad frustrating

[@johndinner4418]

Let's not kid ourselves, even if they did the tutorial they would still be asking these questions and struggling with the controls, especially Dan. If anything it would've given Arin more of an advantage, the game is not as simple to play as Mario Kart initially. And the tutorial is quite boring, too.

[@bilbo1778]

LOL - reminds me of old school Ice Hockey on the NES where a common strat was to fill your team with "fatty" skaters to beat the shit out of the other team.

[@manfredvkv]

I'm feeling gooood on a Friday

[@Hitchcock00Starlet]

Bowser looks so charming in his little pink shirt

[@hopecookies1935]

I just bought the game and my dumb*ss bought a full speed build for Waluigi and now the game is virtually unplayable because he's way too fast!

[@esharp48]

NYFC!? Dan has ripped my heart out. Timbers forever.

[@exzacklygaming]

Hey, hope everyone has a great day and enjoys their daily Grumps!

[@logansrevenge1214]

Why did it take so long for them to realize Wario carries and throws the ball😂

[@Eutrofication]

I think game grumps is most fun when they're having fun, and they're really having fun when they know how to play the game and they're not complaining about things they should've learned about

[@DerpyTheShreddingProto]

in the rare case that the grumps see this, or just for anyone else who hasn’t played yet: 19:00 that thing that happened right there, that’s called a hyperstrike. if you grab one of those glowing orbs and hold A on your opponent’s side of the field, that’s how you do those. and if it goes in, that’s 2 points.

[@GameSethMatch98]

The “IM ELECTRIC” to “how do you do the special shot” pipeline

[@AnimeFan_2013]

19:32 - *(Laughs in original Super Mario Strikers for Gamecube)* 21:43 - *(Fucking dying)* 28:00 - Yyyyyoooo, that was awesome 34:16 - Yes, awesome 35:38 - Wow

[@sweetpeatie7033]

Okay but Dan saying "Go to Horny Jail Arin" made me laugh because I was drooling over Peach too during that cart wheel bit😂😂

[@harrydavey9884]

Weirdo

[@ChibiRandom13]

The absolute silence from Dan after Bowser just smacked the other player and took the ball lmao i was like ah finally a sport i understand and then that happened

[@chrishei3111]

I'd like to see them play this for NOT THE FIRST TIME, like hopefully they have more fun off camera and return as better players, but I doubt it

[@TheSpektrum1989]

Welcome to Whose Line is it Any Grumps! Where everything is made up and the tutorials don't matter!

[@stevered9659]

Arin confidently giving bad information is a certified classic

[@Broomer52]

It wouldn’t be a GG episode without it

[@HxzerSinful]

19:58 Signature Conor McGregor walk Waluigi.