Top 10 Softlock Glitches in Paper Mario 64

[@Chocice75]

"This is Goombario. Wait a minute, that's me! I'm softlocking the game so you don't find out anything about me!" That's what I think Goombario would say if the game didn't instantly softlock.

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

If I had to add anti soft lock for this: “This is me. I really don’t have much to say.”

[@alvaro1245-t4e]

​@@cyanideytcuriousseadoggololololol

[@omasumi]

The gombario one... I think he was just having an existential crisis.

[@ExtremeWreck]

Or maybe it was a TIME PARADOX!!!

[@nicholasdaisyawesomeness1291]

I see what your saying. Here's what's really happening, though. Goombario has no available text, locking Mario in a cutscene.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@nicholasdaisyawesomeness1291 Thus how it's a time paradox.

[@Mavitar]

You had Mario eat a doll of Princess Peach. I feel like I need to repeat that. *You had Mario eat a doll of Princess Peach*

[@ParodyAccount_]

LOOL

[@dollarmenuking]

I'll repeat it again, You. had mario. *Eat*. a doll of princess peach.

[@chistinelane]

that can be taken 2 ways...

[@dollarmenuking]

chistine lane get yo mind outta the gutter, son.

[@dollarmenuking]

Privilege it tastes like chicken.

[@MrTimmit42]

I really like the fact that Stryder is clearly passionate about the game as a whole. That is, he could just explain the glitches, but he also explains the story context of what's happening in the game as well when he talks about them, I think that's pretty cool.

[@emceechupitheundying5692]

And all 9001 crashes- *BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*

[@Darisprites]

So Goombario knows everything about everyone, shown by his tattle...the only person he doesn't know...is himself. that is some deep shit

[@acrispytortilla]

oh

[@Fritzafella]

Ha Haha thats actually pretty funny!

[@andrewgonyea]

Oh dang

[@MezephelesArt]

Damn.

[@hanomed]

Mia Jones damn daniel

[@cozmicvideos702]

I'll admit it, #2 is genuinely creepy. They should have used that as the Game Over screen.

[@engibot8187]

#3spoopy5me

[@verydumbkid4568]

CozmicVideos #4spooky8me

[@cheke_hs]

#2 should have been #1 imo

[@lemoniscence]

CozmicVideos Really?

[@melonsetgo]

Uh-huh.

[@SeisoYabai]

Is it weird that game breakers like the Peach Warp lock make me feel fear? It's like my instincts are telling me there's something very, very wrong happening.

[@what-ho1mf]

your brain is thinking: mario is dead. bowser has won. he failed to save peach.

[@resijade4342]

I'm not that versed in paper mario glitches but if that is the one where it shows the browser castle forever, I feel the same way. Maybe it's the menacing way he said "forever"

[@JetFalcon710]

@@resijade4342 Might be that, yeah

[@Sparkle8205]

It’s the natural way glitches are, and your brain knows something is wrong, so therefore your instinctive reaction is perturbment, anxiety, or fear.

[@inakilbss]

#2 should have been #1 IMO because the softlocked save file will remain on both castles in space, constantly reminding you of how you definitely failed to rescue Peach because you were too busy glitching the game.

[@Atollic]

Deep.

[@lolcatgaming5325]

2:47 *finds key item they need *stuffs it in mouth *eats it *thumbs up

[@abrahamdoucette]

he's happy because he ate goombaria's dolly to make her cry

[@naxzed_it]

Imagine if he ate the koopa's shell

[@deadaccount1824]

Number 2 is very creepy. Just the castle floating in space every time you load your save with no music playing, as if Mario has failed to save Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom. It should have been number 1.

[@littenz338]

It's like a PermaDeath Mario game: only 1 life and you are forced to look at Bowser's castle, as if he won the battle: you are dead. He won, you lost. He took over the world.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

This is some bad ending/creepypasta like story. Which I do agree, it should be No.1.

[@theSato]

Would honestly make for a good (believable) creepypasta. Especially since you could just provide people some emulator save data as 'proof', beats any video evidence

[@littenz338]

. JJ1013 Way to ruin the conversation

[@theSato]

Speedpainter Minus It's okay, I'm writing the creepypasta for it now, I'm sure someone will appreciate it

[@glotchalotch]

"Clippy softlock" *I see you're trying to break the game. Want some help with that?*

[@lemonlordmarko335]

*Yes*

[@robloxiastudios9072]

garc302 Plays I see you are refusing my helpfulness. Want some help with that?

[@satyman08]

Reached the top -3945628456237458243672345234576238452987458726495876283456192379472985672 in memes

[@plazmacube6167]

I see we are talking about helping. Want some help with that?

[@ExtremeWreck]

Clippy for Smash

[@want-diversecontent3887]

Softlock #10: Cutscene cancel Softlock #9: Partner forever active Softlock #8: Lakilester caught, no handle Softlock #7: Tattling not handled. Softlock #6: Peach% is glitchy. Softlock #5: Lakilester is glitchy. Softlock #4: Shell is not in intended place Softlock #3: White clubba twice? Now that's a glitchy glitch. Softlock #2: Chapter 8 peach intermission doesn't exist. Softlock #1: OOB softlock.

[@galaxyeeveeplayz8195]

Nah, Softlock 2 is Mario PERMA-dead Bowser won (And I know I am late, shut up)

[@PieCreeper12]

6:38 I can see why they're confused.

[@littenz338]

I love the "Peach Warp x3" glitch, it looks like a permadeath mario game, showing that Bowser won, meaning you are permanetly unable to continue: mario is dead.

[@marioisawesome8218]

#2 is pretty creepy. Just think about it. You saved your file after bowser has wrecked the kingdom, killed Mario, ruined Peach, and that's the screen your left with. Just a flying castle.

[@nicholasdaisyawesomeness1291]

You know what's creepier? There's no music during this softlock. It's silent.

[@thunderswrath8151]

Mario is like: MY PEOPLE NEED ME at the end

[@bloodykahn8382]

I MUST GO

[@NightbaneGames]

#2 seems like a video you'd play in the background of a Mario creepypasta.

[@otto8943]

yep

[@devenante3463]

Ikr

[@metaloverlord99]

To me, it looks like it would work as an Anti-Piracy screen.

[@theofficialchannelofoffici7962]

Lmao true

[@CharmCityGamer]

#2 is utterly terrifying. Then again, the tone of Stryder's voice toward the end of his description helped with that!

[@zacrodgers1283]

#1: this is customizable, in other words, which direction do you want Mario to get fucked up

[@chistinelane]

76

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Lol

[@colezuzu4903]

who are you?let me guess... undertale

[@spoopypumpkin7911]

+BTD5 fan who are you again OH RIGHT a btd5 fan -_-

[@guandelupe12]

+henry j How about both of you shut the fuck up?

[@Shiningsilver013]

I just wanted to say thanks for making these videos. I enjoy seeing new, non-speed run related glitches. It's very interesting.

[@megsbud]

For some reason, I love how you say "Lakilester".

[@ryannn39]

same

[@konkondotzip]

...How else is he supposed to do it?

[@megsbud]

Marlon Lux Not me saying he's pronouncing it wrong, I just like his cadence and annunciation.

[@konkondotzip]

Thanks, you forced me to google what cadence and annunciation mean xD

[@smashmouthegg570]

Maronbeere your brain is 1/4 the size of a peanut

[@magikey7395]

He protec He attac but most importantly He softloc

[@Isaacindelicato123]

#7 is so cool! Would have been amazing if goombario had a hidden dialog when he tattles himself LOL

[@dartgoblin4227]

This is Goombario. He looks just like me! How funny.

[@larngebarnge2927]

This is... Me? NO SECRETS HERE HEHE

[@crystalgeodes3969]

Uhh, Mario? I think you just caused a paradox. *game reset*

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

"It's a Goomba, but not just any Goomba. It's the one and only Goombario! Look at that handsome face, that awesome hat, that sturdy ... head! He's got a huge arsenal of information about everyone, but not much on himself. Yeah, I'm making this up on the fly. Wait, Mario, how did you even cause this to happen?" Other Goombario: "You better reset the game, because you're not saving this."

[@GlitchShark]

It's surprising how much you can mess up this game. It doesn't look like there would be much to do. This wasn't quite as crazy as the crash glitches. But it was still pretty cool. I especially like how you can reset the game to the prologue while keeping all your stuff. Sounds like it will lead to several other crazy glitches.

[@Stryder7x]

GlitchShark Yeah I definitely didn't expect this game to be so broken before looking into it. And we still have tons of glitches that I can't wait to share!

[@VGCeilingFan]

Imagine having #2 pulled off with Bowser’s Castle in space, and then you add Banshee Boardwalk from Mario Kart 64 as bgm.

[@vulpixsmi]

My favourite of those Softlocks has to be the Peach VS Bowser one. It's kinda funny seeing Peach trying to rescue herself...

[@yoshimanrpg]

When she's trying to defeat you and save her castle and she hit's you with that dollar-store Twink:

[@Xtremedude720]

I would love to pull a prank on somebody using #2, very spooky.

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

Well, you need to get to chapter 8 >:)

[@im-wart-0]

5:22 it looks like Mario is being eaten

[@rebeccarios5272]

Yeah it does

[@carpetman750]

bad ending

[@figboot]

3:14 I like how excited Cooper is about Loading Zone Storage ;D

[@suzettegonzalez4047]

Number 2 gave me goosebumps... No kidding XD

[@MaltMilkshake]

Same. Freaky as hell, as if the game is just like "I'LL SAVE OVER YOUR OWN FAILURE! SO YOU CAN WATCH THE CASTLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!"

[@jm5240]

*Approaches power button* What? You actually think you can stop me? You really ARE an idiot. (Disk spits out in your face and the tv screen is still stuck on the bowser cutscene)

[@TheFglsl]

+Justin Young disk? n64 had cartridges

[@jm5240]

Good point

[@lakeylake4928]

cringe

[@nockplus10]

number 2 kinda scared me

[@TenshiAzure]

+Natalie B. (KoromonXYp) I know what you mean... It's just kind of eerie...

[@Xanderoni]

4:03 Sliding around at the speed of sound

[@Xanderoni]

GOT TO FOLLOW MY RAINBOW!!!!

[@Lukas99g]

Step 1. Softlock in the video. Step 2. Open save file. Step 3. Watch bowsers castle forever.

[@Gardivanyth]

Stryder would do it because he never wants the game to end. Reminds me of a glitch in super paper mario

[@BeanCounterProductions]

What glitch in super paper mario? Please tell!

[@Gardivanyth]

Bean Counter Productions In chapter 3-1, there's a part where a Koopa takes a powerup. If you hit the home menu in the middle of the powerup bouncing around, it will just loop around forever. Softlock.

[@BeanCounterProductions]

Now I need to test that, I'm fascinated by glitches but don't have any of the skills required to pull most off

[@Gardivanyth]

Bean Counter Productions Just look up SPM glitches, you'll find a better explanation.

[@Lynker]

I think #9 randomly happened to my brother once. He was so upset. xD

[@ExtremeWreck]

Dang, that's unexpected!

[@deejaysilver9]

Step 1: Get the #2 softlock. Step 2: Copy the file to the other two. Step 3: Rename the files to BOWSER HAS WON.

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

There's a fourth

[@MaxusYT592]

​@@theopoldthegamer4284that fourth file is our last hope...

[@chistinelane]

7:53 I think that's just a cruel joke from the developers

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

I think it's a placeholder cutscene.

[@JNSStudios]

I used to play this game all the time on Wii VC, and learning about some of the inner workings of the game through these videos is really intriguing and satisfying.

[@KratosAurionPlays]

0:45 Alright I saved you I'm out of here! 5:47 lol 8:00 That's rather interesting.

[@Lizuma]

Number 2 is super creepy! It can cause your file to be permanently damaged, and just the castle floating there...it is just so creepy...

[@ThePieNinga101]

Honestly, #2 is #1 for me. To have the power to permenantly softlock a save file is the scariest thing to happen to a save file, which i feel well deserves #1.

[@ExtremeWreck]

7:53 The softlock went from regular one to a super creepy one. AND THIS VIDEO WASN'T UPLOADED ON OCTOBER WTH!?

[@AKheon]

Great compilation. Indeed, softlocks are like an art form in themselves.

[@fghdkjlfkghfc]

I tried out the Softlock on the #1 spot, and I successfully landed on the top spring, completing a cutscene that never began. Then, I fell down, and when I tried to get back up with the springs, the game softlocked, and I couldn't even move!

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

That's the goal.

[@afoolinlove]

Also one more thing in addition to my replies, I personally think (Just my opinion) that the #2 should have been #1 and the #1 should have been #2. Just my personal opinion and here's the reason for my opinion its because while #1 is super cool that u can do multiple things with it i think something that could potentially soft lock your entire save file is a bit more awesome then experimentational soft locks that just makes u reset. But my opinion everyone has their own so i'm not saying that you should have adjusted it as such as thats your opinion not mine but awesome video as always.

[@Twenteeeee]

One time my sister was playing paper Mario and on one of the princess peach scenes she soft locked the game I don't know how she did it but it was amazing

[@eeveemaster5794]

Goombaria: “Can I have my doll back? Mario: Proceeds to eat the doll.

[@aryanpatel2924]

#2 is like an actual game over screen. It's so creepy...

[@alexiacreason104]

u are by far the best at glitching paper mario of anyone

[@roboticjo2183]

Goombario tattling about himself: best partner in existence you should always use him, his tattle does 999 damage! also insta ko's bowser with invincibility

[@bottinator22]

his tattle is so powerful it killed the game

[@Nemmy72]

6:41 "Now, we need to talk about Pus."

[@OblivionWalkerVerified]

we are not the only ones who are lefty people :) i am a lefty too

[@Wizzkidwas]

LEFTIES UNITE!

[@PokeMario-pk4ot]

Yeah!

[@ShadowcatP264]

#3 im definitely gonna try. love the music, so i won't mind the softlock

[@kirbykickfrans5199]

I never knew about the out of bounds part of the spring storage, so when I got out of bounds, I got really excited :P

[@rebeccarios5272]

8:02 A hardlock I think it's the only one

[@sr2393]

5:48 kooper #2 really wants his shell back...

[@wwfwrestlemania2000]

can you actually have fun playing this game without glitches? just curious

[@Stryder7x]

Yeah, but after playing the game with optimal strategies for years now, I can't really play casually without feeling as if I'm using bad badges, items, etc.

[@wwfwrestlemania2000]

+John Krigeris can it really be done like that?

[@adeyinkaagbaje489]

Yes, but you need the us version.

[@jackhazardous4008]

I think you have MORE fun without ruining everything until it's unplayable

[@afoolinlove]

well thats pretty cool that you've figured out how to optimize everything. Although i wouldn't wanna do that personally as for your exact reason i don't wanna feel bored of it if i decide to replay it XD in my personal opinion IGNORANCE IS BLISS. Do love your videos though Stryder7x btw this comment was to be in reply to your comment stryder.

[@axatoniym1842]

7:57 But nobody came...

[@TerraKnight27]

inb4 people complain about undertale

[@axatoniym1842]

Asriel Dreemurr Yis

[@smashmouthegg570]

Endster thegamingod GET OUUT

[@sfisher923]

That quote was inspired by Earthbound

[@lemoniscence]

That made me smile. Thanks.

[@n.d.engleson6499]

I actually remember clipping through one of those rock platforms in Mt. Lavalava with Lakilester and couldn't escape. A perfect Paper Mario soft lock if ever there was one!...which there was.

[@sr2393]

4:30 no he just forgot who he is

[@rjante2236]

I just love the part where Mario ate the doll, gets me every time

[@LeoYoshi54321]

I really like the Goombario Softlock, as it's like Goombario killed someone and softlocks the game so that Mario never finds out.

[@Iantendo1]

#2 is the reason why I didn't save when I completed chapter 5. I was worried that the game would softlock.

[@sfisher923]

IanMarioFan #2 is why I want to avoid Paper Mario 64

[@wowinim]

I happened to get myself into a softlock while playing earlier. I was in the jungle after finding the Yoshi kids. I was in the second room after the Raphael Raven statue, where you have to block off the water to advance. I triggered the hidden Volt Shroom in the room, but my inventory was full, so I tossed it. I then pushed a block and the item bounced into Mario, collecting it. No menu popped up, Mario was just stuck pushing the block.

[@avi8aviate]

When Mario decides to kill himself by going into the cold, shadowy void.

[@mteverett689]

#2 is actually kinda unnerving.

[@jr637-1]

One of the LPers I'm watching play Paper Mario managed to softlock the game in the Chapter 6 interlude by removing the sneaky parasol disguise of the clubba while in the light of a koopatrol.

[@Stryder7x]

+CrusadingChristian I've seen that softlock before. That one seems kinda obvious so I'm not sure how the developers missed it lol

[@user-rp1ko7ky9h]

4:32 No, that's the universe end.

[@manski27]

If you do sushie glitch at snow city that allows you to swim at ground, then going to the cut scene that gives you the star while still swimming, you can't no more get out of the room.

[@skywardthedragon]

I just experienced a version on the #9 softlock today. Somehow, I had Bombette on the ground below the train platform when I started the cutscene to board the train, and when I got on she just kept on walking into the ledge, unable to get into the train.

[@theeduummpp]

5:21 that piranha plant is literally sucking on Mario’s head

[@UPDetector]

I've actually found a soft lock glitch by accident as a kid it's the last part of the glitch I can't remember off the top of my head, it's only on the N64 not sure if it works on the Wii or Wii U virtual console but you will have to complete Chapter 6 to activate this gltich as the parasol is required. Walk out of the revolving wall walk down the staris and go to the door where te Guard Troopa where you would try exiting out of in Peaches Room, make sure no guards except for the one gurading the door to peaches room notices you the exclamation point will appear then immediately as it end hit B with the parasol and if done right you'll transform into the guard, but since the games memory isn't meant to have a guard notice peach transforming into a guard the game will softlock causing you to restart the Peach sequence to progress, if it doesn't work keep trying it should eventually work if not guess it was just once in a lifetime soft lock I found.

[@cesar72093]

I feel like #2 should be at #1 since you can do anything besides bowsers castle laughing at you

[@ub-06austin40]

One thing I learned the hard way is that if you use the spring in Mt. Lavalava then go on both springs, the game softlocks.

[@Gardivanyth]

-ending cutscene -starting cutscene -ending cutscene -ERROR404CUTSCENENOTFOUND

[@ub-06austin40]

I only lost control of Mario because it was on the Wii U Virtual Console version.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Incidentally, I don’t count #10 as a softlock, since the game is still in an interactive state after it, you just can’t trigger a critical cutscene. At least from what I’ve heard, and given all the other entries on this list, a softlock is when the game is still processing instructions and hasn’t come to a complete stop, but it is stuck in a state where it will never accept the player’s input.

[@user-i3pqb2lw54]

Are there any hard-savelocks? (Something that corrupts your save file in a way that you can't start the game and don't have a way to reset/erase (anymore))

[@Stryder7x]

Not that we know of atm

[@wad3rp976]

I like softlocks because the game is still going on, you just can't do anything, emphasis on anything, other than crashes which kill the game

[@fghdkjlfkghfc]

Okay, I tried the Spring Storage softlock, and I discovered something: If you go into a load zone, and then let loose all the springs you stored, you'll end up going into the next zone, and it actually doesn't softlock Mario!

[@jistinnisum6714]

A permanent softlock is called a hardlock so the 2nd one is both a hard and softlock which I personally find pretty neat.

[@jistinnisum6714]

The 2nd to last

[@Nemmy72]

7:50 We need this Screensaver.

[@TacoTyrant42069]

The Sushie-softlock needs less than that. My game once softlocked by just getting on the train from the south-side, the part of the platform that is too high to just walk over. My thinking is that Sushie just too short, and can't jump high enough to reach the platform, or just too stupid enough to walk around. She ends up just hopping infinitely, and waiting for a train that will never leave.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

"Bowser's Victory" The day was ever so strikingly beautiful. The sun was shining, and the flowers were blooming. As Mario escapes the boiling hot Mt. Lava Lava before it's complete eruption and melting down our hero, he continues his journey forward. However, something seems ever so peculiar... Something that even our greatest plumber in the Mushroom Kingdom, is not able to control... Perhaps... It's all.... just.... a dream?! Did Mario ever truly escaped the raising molten lava?! Or in reality, he wasn't saving the princess in the first place... As the sky turns dark and the entire area gets covered in darkness, Mario wakes up, within the only memory he saw last... It was the Bowser's floating in space castle! Unreachable! Impossible to get to! Now our greatest italian protagonist is trapped in his nightmare, for all eternity, till the end of dawn. Stuck with the same thought, of Bowser's Victory and his existence of his castle, not to mention, Princess Peach being permanently kidnapped, cause there is no one else that can save her. ...the nightmare shall continue... ...till the end of time... ...until our hero... ...finally wakes up... THE END (PS. I know that sucked XD)

[@timothywilliams8530]

I get the feeling this is what would happen if humans were immortal.

[@dafurious6457]

I like the spring storage one.

[@mariahall9357]

I'm really surprised palace skip wasn't number 1........

[@dapperboo2963]

So, I got the train softlock with Bombette. I'm not sure how, Bombette just never got up onto the train platform. She just stood there in the bottom corner of the screen.

[@BowserJrPlush]

2:52 Mario eats a doll

[@ZombifiedBuizel]

i have a soft-lock glitch. if you play windwaker with an action replay your game can soft lock in the wind temple. if any codes that involve the spoils bag are active when you enter the wind temple you've activated the glitch. rescue makar from his cage and go to the room where you planted the trees with makar. makar will tell you to use the hookshot on his trees like normal only he will endlessly repeat it soft-locking the game. it does that if you pass any of makar's trees after rescuing him. the reason for this is that some of the codes for the spoils bag items are incorrect and will change the incorrect values meaning if you used the infinite blue chu jelly code it makes another item infinite instead but glitches the amount of blue chu jelly and other items you have. i do know that it is those specific codes because the game didn't soft-lock when i disabled them.

[@MegAmi24]

This is Paper Mario...

[@oofiederp]

Dude, this is Paper Mario, not Paper LINK!! LOL Good title me.

[@ZombifiedBuizel]

What do you want me to say? Neither paper mario games have ever soft locked on me. No wait it softlocked during the Smorg fight on the train. but that happened after I posted that comment. besides it's still a softlock.

[@zoew.468]

I have feeling peach warp x3 was number two is because it was so creepy.

[@flophawk]

#2 is like an actual Game Over. The games done. Bowsa dun dun wun sun.

[@jojo0753]

My favourite one is ending the credits, you have to reset the game lol

[@HeroChao132]

I have a question. What would happen if you stored the Partner swap window when getting onto the train in number 9, then switched partners from Sushie to someone else?

[@yoshimitsui2]

#10, you don't actually have to use LZS, just time Bombette's bomb right, and then jump to the loading zone.

[@JpegErza]

One time while playing as peach I turned into a clubba and then turned back whilst talking to an enemy and the game soft locked. I found that on accident.

[@bicrowave32]

Imagine if someone wasn't trying to speedrun, glitch or softlock and accidentally found #2.

[@raffskid857]

That’d be really hard to find by itself

[@sailorvenusfan6527]

Isn't there a way if you get leveled up to much, you get stuck on the level up screen because the stats are maxed? I remember hearing that in a playthrough once.

[@Fritzafella]

There almost certainly is. Any linit can be broken, but it may be inhumanly possible or just not discovered yet.

[@Bendyrulz]

Goombario knows the secret to NOT breaking Paper Mario

[@markrose3034]

6:42 anyone knows what the text said?

[@KnakuanaRka]

Also, one thing I’ve never understood about the Retrigger Prologue glitch: if you’re already past that part in the game, why is the doll still in the tree? If you’re past the part of the game where you would have used the doll, why is it still there? Edit: Never mind, didn’t realize the doll wasn’t a plot-critical item.

[@garnet1918]

6:32 K O O P E R S

[@WindowshadeCure]

How did they even program Goombario as a standard NPC without giving him a placeholder tattle? I mean, in SMRPG the bosses that you can only fight before meeting Mallow still have psychopath thoughts, so you'd think that this would be the same kind of situation. And are there any other characters with no tattle programmed who will softlock the game if you use Goombario on them, like Peach or Bowser or some of the bosses?