Why Saving the Frozen Toads at Super Mario Galaxy’s Star Festival is Not a Simple Task…

[@DeltaBlazin]

8:01 Toad: My buddy is trapped in that crystal thing! **spins around cheerfully**

[@nikxneon6615]

EEEK! ITS BOWSER!

[@appleboi1116]

**long jumps wha heeeeeee

[@darthplagueis13]

You know... all Toads are high on shrooms, so that's probably normal

[@shalandasawyer]

LOL

[@al3d827]

Ya-WhoOoO

[@albansolstice]

So when I first got the game as a wee child, I knew of the spin attack from watching my friend play at his house. After seeing the frozen toads, I tried spinning, unaware that the ability wasn't unlocked until later. Long story short, I spent probably an hour being confused and extremely frustrated, thinking my game or wii was broken. I went as far as to looking in the instruction manual, which of course told me to shake the woo remote, only leading to more frustration. It wasn't until looking up how to spin that... I realized what was going on. Child me realized that those toads would remain trapped. Unable to escape. And worst of all, there was nothing, absolutely nothing I could do. I had to leave them behind. I love this game, but man was that scene traumatizing...

[@benparker2187]

"Woo remote"

[@forkboy3309]

same

[@charlesstebbins7207]

If it makes you feel any better, those toads all got saved in the 100% completion cutscene, after the final update. So, canonically, they're all safe.

[@Lumberjack_king]

oh god

[@PhilipGamez]

The Toads are all freed after the ending...

[@ProtoVee]

"My favorite view is just death and destruction." - Toad

[@MrLunch-ey4ot]

Proto Vee ok boomer

[@fishyboopkins65]

Mr. Lunch ok boomer

[@kevin_anderson750]

Fishy Boopkins ok boomer

[@MrLunch-ey4ot]

Fishy Boopkins ok boomer

[@STJ1K]

Mr. Lunch ok bomber

[@paulnoell39]

Rosalina’s and Mario’s models look really nice in this game for it being like 10 years old

[@Max_G4]

Stylized artstyles never really get old

[@KaitouKaiju]

The Wii could put out some great graphics. The only problem was that it was 480p. Emulation shows how good it could have been with a resolution bump

[@Tekape]

wasn't rly hard to make good models 10 years ago

[@australiananarchist480]

Max G4 stylised artstyles... nice

[@doohickeythethird]

THIS GAME IS ALREADY TEN YEARS OLD?

[@Chase1.9]

Swankybox: let’s see if we can skip the trigger for the cutscene Nintendo: yeah no

[@michaelvuong9302]

People: “Rosalina’s backstory is the most saddest part of Super Mario Galaxy” SwankyBox:

[@anattempttomakecontent776]

Fr

[@cattooma]

"Most saddest"

[@Yes-by3fq]

DashingIb smarty pants

[@kawaiionee-chan9557]

@@cattooma something wrong with that?

[@cattooma]

@@kawaiionee-chan9557 you can say "most sad" or "saddest", not "most saddest"

[@d3-penguin954]

1:11 Is that a dead toad on the right side of the screen!? I never realized that but that’s kinda dark...

[@MChief123]

Probably knocked out most likely

[@CaptainShenanigans42]

MChief1 *_D E A D_*

[@Mario583a]

He's just taking a nap ~ Miyamoto

[@paintbrushjr.8312]

@@Mario583a A very long nap that he'll never wake up from.

[@asai6201]

Poor toad.

[@epictino4434]

I think my senior quote will be “Every Toad I did this too ceased to exist upon impact of Mario’s deadly spin...”

[@atex3770]

Its beautiful to see someone trying to free those trap toads and succeed sorta

[@davidthecommenter]

your pfp is a pvz wallnut on fire

[@atex3770]

@@davidthecommenter that has nothing to do with it. Also I tried with a potato this is much better

[@davidthecommenter]

@@atex3770 ok then

[@jruler93]

Yes, he succeeded in freeing them from this mortal coil.

[@julian-vanilla8379]

i remember trying to save these people from getting eaten alive by wild animals in Ratchet&clank going commando on planet oozla but once you kill all the animals and walk up to the person you save they just die anyway

[@jasoya_gaming]

The Toads' giddy noise is their joyful expression of their soul being freed from their crystalline prison. F for each and every one of them that we lost that fateful day. Seriously though if a giddy noise is made that means they're still alive, but since their bodies shattered with the crystal means that their bodies have also crystallized in some way and in some amount with it. Their souls are literally trapped because they can't die and they need Mario to shatter their crystals with his star power so they can pass on. That is dark. Probably one of the worst acts Bowser has done and one of the toughest deeds Mario had to perform. *Edit* Makes me wonder... would Bowser go back to his kingdom scotch free or will he see some form of severe punishment for his crime? This would be literally the first time that Bowser has essentially killed citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom. I could imagine a lot of things potentially happening: Bowser's execution, his family being stripped of their rights to kingship, the seizure of the Koopa Kingdom, etc... Maybe these things are a bit extreme, but in any case, after that warmhearted ending to Super Mario Galaxy dark times are ahead. How do you think things will play out when Mario frees the first toad only find that it's the first of many casualties of the Mushroom Kingdom?

[@nonhotrovatounnomemigliore9221]

This is not the first time bowser kills someone on the mushroom kingdom. In the first mario game the description of that game in the instruction manual is that bowser had transformed all the toads into blocks, clouds, coins etc. So every block that mario breaks, every coin he collect is a poor soul of an innocent toad who died because of bowser

[@ChristopherMoom]

6:26 The best part is that this seems like something Toads actually would do

[@toag3822]

why are you always so early?

[@MashupProductions22]

Found you again

[@whatdidyoud0890]

How do i keep finding you??

[@Twilit_Gamer]

So true

[@FIRSTEBITOS]

OwO

[@dewightrobinson986]

"The hardest part about this job is you always cant save everybody "-spider ham

[@_manitari_]

Yep

[@nathanjohnpalaogaming4872]

Spider ham

[@nathanjohnpalaogaming4872]

What a delicious ham!

[@Coffeefoxi]

spider ham!

[@Whocares158]

Spider 🕷️ Ham 🐖

[@thecommenter578]

Mario breaking the crystal: Toad: Ms. Peach, I don't feel so good. Mario: the toads are gone, reduced to atoms.

[@PetikG]

Honestly, I think Peach should be Mrs. and not Ms.

[@JakeYolk]

Petík Georgiev She’s not married though

[@meleefox3218]

Rosalina: We've reached the endgame, Mario.

[@PetikG]

Mario: I used the power of red stars to destroy the power of red stars. It nearly killed me, but I still have one life left.

[@PetikG]

Waluigi: You took everything from me! Daisy: I don't even know who you are.

[@lewis9s]

“Toad is trapped in ice! Put him in the incubator to free him” Swanky Box: Instructions not clear accidentally killed the toad in question.

[@volteonex1862]

0:11 “there’s something welcoming about it...” Me: that toad there doesn’t look welcoming *it looks like it’s dead inside*

[@LuckySketches]

You would be too if your entire existence was sentry duty and the only threats come from behind you.

[@breadiscool22]

@@LuckySketches um that's kinda deep

[@breadiscool22]

SO TRUE Voltreon EX

[@TheSurrealBoye]

DON'T DEAD OPEN INSIDE

[@strangent404a7]

DONT DEAD, OPEN INSIDE

[@Madness0120]

Funny thing is that I feel like Swanky is taking these somewhat seriously.

[@cacneafool72722]

Hmmmmmm 🤨

[@Madness0120]

@@cacneafool72722 Sus

[@Speariture]

@@cacneafool72722 sus

[@joshernsteen2066]

One of the toads even mentioned that there be something related to coins of the color purple being made available to get acquired later in the game as well. One of the toads also mentioned that as long people play the game according the standards of the storyline progression will still be able to see it in the same way again. I believe what Princess Peach was wanting to tell us bit could not might have been something related to the technology that would eventually be coming out in the future to enhance the quality of gaming quality in the future. Also Princess Peach also mentioned that hopefully you could do it again later on after the game was out for a longer period of time as well as her saying something related to it already potentially being released in the future on a portable console with her not fully certain what the name of the console even was at the time.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Nintendo definitely talked about these ideas exactly how to do what was mentioned inside of the video early on in the game development regarding what exactly would be uploaded in the future as well. What I meant to say that was written on the pieces of paper that were staring at when writing up the information contained likely exactly what to do. They probably already knew that this exact video idea would get made in the future as well. They were already aware of the video regarding the four missing characters in Mario Golf would get made in the future, even way back then when they were originally talking about it as well.

[@bettercetacean]

That joke at 6:29 was hilarious And, that sponsor is one of three sponsors I'v actually listened to because they were useful

[@FinalFinale]

14:05 SwankyBox: "And with this star ability, I proved the concept that the toads do die..." Also SwankyBox: *Proceeds to break all the toad crystals in the area*

[@emmbeesea]

All in all you're just another Toad in the Crystal.

[@pessimisticpianist582]

Wow, that's deep.

[@scoutsdust3936]

Stefan Brockelbank Do you still believe that you cannot be saved?

[@TheMarioManiac]

Emm Bee Sea you are everywhere!

[@thewanderingchelmet]

*f*

[@arcurs5786]

It’s crazy because in the original Mario toads we’re actually bricks in the wall...

[@marianox3643]

When I was child I literraly tried EVERYTHING to let free that poor toads ;-;

[@adamyusuf1805]

Once I freed them, they stayed floating in the same postition. I tried re doing the gateway, and completed it, but once I entered the Observatory, the game layered the beginning one over the the 3 grand star Laboratory, and then the game crashed. Surprised it didn’t do that earlier

[@circuit10]

@@adamyusuf1805 Uh, how?

[@adamyusuf1805]

Heath Mitchell honestly. I don’t know. I just remember breaking one of the things. That’s literally it.

[@tonimauge3907]

These Toads trapped in the crystals are just cheerfully smiling despite going through a near-death experience. The toads that were freed are gonna need some therapy.

[@ethanol929]

Toni Mauge they don’t have to, they’re already dead. There are new toads that instantly pop up to replace their existence. The toads that were trapped in crystals have ceased to exist the moment Mario has touched them.

[@robertanderson9447]

@@ethanol929 "I am nothing more than a shadow of the Toad you have killed. You, Mario, are the angel of death. The time of purification is at hand."

[@etherproto]

No, they just know that they will die one way or another. If the crystal breaks, they die. If they stay in the crystal, they die, but slower. They smile because they have come to terms with how they will die. They are no longer afraid.

[@chemicalfuzzy]

Why is this comment section so dark

[@Minecraft_Gamer-ih3gf]

Actually they're happy cuz they were having a party and they got trapped without even realizing what was happening, so they just got frozen and didn't have the time to see anything

[@Peaman42]

Toad: What a beautiful view! Me: Must be beautiful if you aren't over there! Toad: *Pauses, then gets zapped and crystalizes*

[@briangeer1024]

Finally, someone sponsored by something practical.

[@magiclapras]

Now I know I need to skip a small part of the video.

[@briangeer1024]

I played myself

[@adamyusuf1805]

Magiclapras the description would have told you before @Brian Geer did.

[@DeathfireCaps]

I honestly couldn't tell a difference between the two versions that was meaningful

[@chickenboi6919]

@@DeathfireCaps less visible squares.

[@AnonymousFrogNG]

Geez, that's a load of "resting" Toads in those crystals. They ceased to be, they've met their maker, they're EX TOADS!!!

[@Pajamas-lv9uu]

*When you realize that you never even tried to free the toads* Edit: Yes I know It sounds sad dont hate me ;-;

[@isabellegrimes8775]

Oh my God.

[@Echoesoftimelover]

I love roads too :(

[@Echoesoftimelover]

They provide a perfect means for travel on a motor vehicle.

[@lethauntic]

Are you going to give us your Soundcloud by any chance?

[@levzurcher8902]

Now you are obligated to give us food

[@obamacube4268]

7:54 the party when everyone is drunk

[@meleefox3218]

Not that different from when Bowser turned the entire population into brick blocks and Mario can break them all for extra points.

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

There's about a 56-bit difference! (No one likes to talk about it, but systems actually stopped at 64bits. Even the Switch is still 64bit, computing has simply improved in other ways.)

[@seabassthegamer6644]

Why does everyone ignore the fact that it's only the bricks that give you things (not ? Blocks, bricks that give coins and 1-ups and whatnot) are the Toads that were transformed and that the coins/1-ups/whatever are gifts for freeing them

[@WaluigiisthekingASmith]

@@Wendy_O._Koopa you don't really know what 8 bit or 64 bit means. Saying it's only a 56 bit difference is like saying 1 and 1,000,000 is only a difference of 6 zeros. 8 bit means there are 256 different values it can store 64 bit means it can store 2^64 values.

[@doozy5184]

@@seabassthegamer6644 Ya I guess some people have selective reading (Or ignore stuff so they can hate on everyone's favorite plumber) :I

[@matthewairhart8992]

FOR THE LAST TIME THE TOADS TURNED INTO INTO THE ? BLOCKS. WHEN HIT, THEY GO INTO INVINCIBLE STEEL BLOCKS.

[@abysswalkermeta2632]

That upscale hd thing looked nice af.

[@vyor8837]

It's just fxaa...

[@luisgonzalez5482]

@@vyor8837 it's just Fully Xtreme Ass Analysis?

[@Number_27]

@@luisgonzalez5482 lol

[@PimpCatTV]

You can do that shit for free with an emulator, it’s just anti-aliasing

[@LuckySketches]

He never did say how much it costs.

[@snekbitesboop9643]

Game: Has a reference to spawn an instance of an object the moment this object is interacted with in a certain way, and was given no reference for the beginning crystals as the player has no way of interacting with them this way. Swanky: the TOADS, ARE DEAD, WEEP CHILD

[@lostskull7467]

Well, at least you satisfied my childhood curiosity 😅 My other childhood wish was to enter the castle... But I already know that's impossible :(

[@jjspinkie]

Rest in Peace, Little Toads. :'(

[@kiddbusiness]

There ain't nothing sadder than a crystalized toad.

[@thebowz998]

Gotta love how the Toads are blissfully unaware that they’re trapped inside of crystals and can’t be let out. Just look at their faces!

[@CassiCalamity]

Skip the ad 2:30 - 4:06 But i gotta say, the ad product is REALLY cool!

[@CrisperPoet]

The toads aren't launched anywhere, they're launched *EVERYWHERE*

[@thezard7013]

11:41 rip. Ya killed em

[@taxesstuff]

Toads: It's Bowser Also Toads: **dances happily**

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

I guess you could say they are frozen in time.

[@spacesponge8732]

Eventually, they stop thinking.

[@Void_Echoes]

There's a starman waiting in the sky I guess you could say that joke was awful Because it was

[@earnestlawrence9943]

LOL

[@giornogiovanna7603]

Za Warudo.

[@backgroundcharacter112]

Giorno Giovanna are you trying to copy your father

[@blockyshapes7001]

Grab the normal toads in crystals, and code them so that they have the same properties as the crystals that spawn the toads. Then break them open, and they should spawn a toad.

[@frauleinzuckerguss1906]

At first I thought "Just throw your cap at the crystal or do you not have that ability yet at that part?" Then I remembered that Cappy wasn't even invented when this game came out.

[@TheAbsol7448]

Christ, how young are you?

[@mikeasllani6972]

@@TheAbsol7448 3 years probably

[@frauleinzuckerguss1906]

@@TheAbsol7448 I'm an adult, I was just super into Odyssey at that time and that influenced how I looked at other 3d Marios. Thinking "throw your cap at it" is kind of like a reflex by now, haha. Well and I never played any Galaxy game when I was younger, only years later.

[@Star-ie8br]

@@frauleinzuckerguss1906 understandable haha! Mario Oddesey is pretty good, as many other Mario games 👍

[@joshernsteen2066]

The cutscene involving the star festival in the very beginning of the game could not even be coded the way to work as you mentioned considering that Nintendo also mentioned the barrier that triggers the cutscene when Bowser comes in is actually wrapped around a little bit around the outside of the area surrounding the outside area as well. Nintendo did mention that they were very intrigued at the idea of the Mario throwing his cap at enemies and the surrounding environment, but they were not fully certain if the technology ACTUALLY WAS RELEASED on the market already. They did admit that they may have found it temporarily available to maybe get used, but even if it was a permanent application they still did not want to use it until they felt it was actually documented with valid links verifying that the technology was already made already. They very clearly said something related to NOT having the same exact experience as Ocerina of Time on the N64.

[@Deretythe]

This is like the crystal forest in Hyper Light Drifter. "Oh, I'll use my sword to save this person!" * crack * * crack * "Uhh..." * crunch * "Whoops."

[@MasterLuma]

I'm happy to have given Mario these essential abilities that he needed to complete the game. Either way, awesome video! Edit: Yeah, being an SMG1 & 2 hacker/modder, ASM is really difficult!

[@blaze-zee-wolf]

It's Going Master Luma Luma!

[@MasterLuma]

@@Lonerly_ Indeed, said the man himself, Lubba

[@pineapplesauce.__.8715]

The view from here is just the BEST! La la la la la! Toad says while everyone dies

[@nayf6847]

"There's just something so welcoming about it" As swanky says this we're shown a toad with a spear and shield

[@Beelze_Bubbles]

I always felt so bad being unable to free those Toads!

[@mr.snuggles4349]

SwankyBox-remember playing games as a kid. Me- yes

[@lasercraft32]

Pretty sure in lore those toads get saved at the end of the game when the galaxy resets or something, but I could be wrong... :/

[@patmillman7255]

The stars always made me happy, when looking up to the infinite nights sky, it reminded me of how small I am, how insignificant my problems are. It's.... comforting I'm sorry if I'm not making any sense, I got a little emotional from a comment.

[@JoSephGD]

This reminds me of the SMB1 theory of Mario killing a Toad every single time he breaks a brick.

[@cosplaymemories1487]

SwankyBox: Explains the toads die when the crystals are broken. Me: *just relaxing and hears this* "Oh, Nooooooo!!!! O Nu!!!! ;_;

[@thejonbrownshow8470]

With the classic Mario RPGs (miss those treasures) in mind, I guess now I just assumed a toad with a hammer just broke out his trapped friends after the Marios and peach went off unwillingly on a space adventure lol

[@iceypumpkinhead]

"I love this view!" *death and destruction happening in the background*

[@floatingf8783]

9:39 Rosalina: Oh? You're approaching me?

[@DagoDuck]

After watching all of these ‘theory and challenge‘ videos, I kinda want to make a game which will have all kinds of Easter eggs, but only for the people who are dedicated enough, to do stuff like trying to free toad from crystals without being able to spin. Now I just need to know how to create a game…

[@jkid1134]

The moment the lightning strikes, there is no longer Toad. They becomes crystal. Whether this is death or not is a matter of semantics, but truly, all you can grant them is annihilation.

[@TG_Sponge]

Reminds me of the time mario broke bricks and killed the toads inside the bricks of Super Mario Bros.

[@NargacugaMyBeloved]

Spongemattb the ? Blocks are the toads not the bricks

[@TG_Sponge]

I wish down votes actually did something on KZbin

[@plural765]

@@NargacugaMyBeloved Stoopid, it's the Bricks, not the ? Blocks

[@NargacugaMyBeloved]

MC_Jacks #1 no

[@plural765]

@@NargacugaMyBeloved but it is

[@drucy.]

I lost it at 6:29 xD > Death and destruction all around, Toads getting encased in crystals > "The view from here is just the best ! La la la la la !"

[@Nintendude.]

*F* I should really play Super Mario Galaxy 1&2 someday.

[@dominicwilson309]

I would totally recommend it

[@alanlg486]

Get an emulator its easy to figure

[@TestPlayer5]

I played 1

[@Treetops27]

It's a landmark game for Nintendo

[@amberhawksong]

Same, I really want the chance to be able to play two of my childhood games again. Speaking of which... I used to play them when I went over to a childhood friend's house. She didn't own the games herself, but the nearby library had SMG1 and eventually SMG2 disks you could loan for a week or two. I really miss those carefree playdates we would spend together playing SMG1 & SMG2.

[@TeamMarie1]

I see that in the end it wouldn't result to anything but, is there anything preventing you from loading a Koopa shell into the first level? Wouldn't a Koopa shell be able to break the crystals?

[@KodyCrimson]

This is reminding me of the first Mario game and how the Toads were turned into Brick Blocks by Bowser. Think about that, the Brick Blocks.

[@calemmontiel338]

I remember there being a line that clarified they became the ? blocks, not the brick ones

[@revolvingworld2676]

No, its not the brick blocks

[@poissonmulti-taches2742]

@@calemmontiel338 And then they help Mario with power up , but what about giant Mario ?

[@xostides8324]

2:49 when he started talking about this i put my video quality on hd

[@mobiletaskforceunitepsilon3733]

Well it is a sponsorship but at least it's not raid shadow Legends.

[@lilya2906]

It is pretty relevant to Swanky’s channel, being video game-oriented

[@kattitude130]

i love your galaxy videos. galaxy 1 and 2 were my literal favorite games on the wii growing up. i didn’t know anyone else really cared about them enough to make these kinds of videos. thank you!!! they are so interesting!!!

[@seriouslyleah3987]

6:26 don't mind me, just saving this joke

[@connorbetancourt5605]

You should look in the room in ocarina of time where link turns from a child to an adult, the player only gets to se it in a cutscene

[@finnfino303]

I remember my first playtrough of this game and me being like NOOOOOO IMA SAVE DA TOADS

[@KaosAlex]

My friend helped with this video. Captain Byte really loves these games if you could tell and I'm glad to see him research something like this.

[@smrpggenogaming]

Kaos

[@briangeer1024]

Sorry choctopus, gotta head over to swanky new video.

[@bubboi2413]

Brian Geer yo same was watching his new vid and this came out and I was like be back later

[@vasheal]

Who?

[@thecodemperoroffishkind9685]

If you look at the shattered crystal bits you can even see part of toads texture in it

[@thunder3372]

Swanky: Not only that, i made some other mistakes as well, i reached out to captain byte

[@THISfookindude]

Who else was confused by the rolling boulders from super mario galaxy? They look gind of yummy because of the jelly-looking inside, but digusting because the outside that looked like crap

[@Xnaut314]

Mario inadvertently killing imprisoned Toads as collateral damage to save the Mushroom Kingdom... why does that sound familiar? reads og Super Mario Bros. manual... Oh yeah...

[@circuit10]

No, you free them when you break them

[@sansundertale4245]

Swanky: goes into game files Toad: THE SEE ME ROLLIN

[@justsomejoyousj]

As a 2000s kids, I always wanted to jump through the screen and live in that place.

[@jaydenrossgarcia6435]

😜🤪😜🤪

[@Lizuma]

I remember wanting to rescue them when I was little! I never thought they would just disappear...

[@coocoocrazy6451]

Me seeing the ending scene : *haha toads go brr*

[@corbinmccabe5644]

Like you said, you can come back to this level after 100% the game. When you do that, all the toads that where is the crystal's are gone. So they got saved somehow and lived, or they just blew up into atom's 😂

[@xxmurderer7xx287]

I've always wanted to fight bowser and other bosses with the rainbow star

[@thepersonlife4835]

I've always tried to free the toads whenever I play the game but I always fail. This video, although it wasn't the answer I was looking for, finally answered my question. Thanks alot!

[@Rhynx]

I remember spinning to free the toads, don’t ask how, all I know is that I remember.

[@mcnugget677]

Your thumbnails are my favourite because you never have arrows pointing at obvious things.

[@KleinerTrottel]

2:13 same music as LA. Beast, nice

[@johnmichael4806]

LA? What is that?

[@mady6929]

Swankybox: I’m going to attempt to free the toads in the crystals at the beginning Me: :D Swankybox: whelp, when I break the crystals the toads splinter into a million little pieces, being completely obliterated from existence. Me: D:

[@IdealIdeas100]

Have you tried spraying them down with some Nitric Acid?

[@CometMedalChavez]

I can't believe Swanky killed all the frozen Toads for a video... wow. Also, massive shoutouts to Captain Byte, who is not only a Master of Galaxies, but also my biggest inspiration for getting so into SMG1/SMG2, the sole reason why I too, want to research this game and discover every little thing about it.

[@RealRobbo]

12:02 I cRiEd! 😭

[@idkdkak]

I feel bad for the sensitive now.

[@RealRobbo]

Vaughn Hawks it was a joke

[@reisenbunny1235]

6:30 *many Toads are suffering* Toad: The view from here is just the BEST! La la la la la!

[@ChristopherMoom]

The task of saving the frozen Toads actually isn't _surprisingly simple..._

[@toag3822]

why are you everywhere?

[@kwisowofer9872]

Yes it is. Mario just forgot his spike shellmet

[@levzurcher8902]

Science has proved it's deadly at best

[@zaijinmatthewguittap9258]

UGH I SAID GO AWAY I DID 1 QUINTILLION PACIFIST ROUTES ALREADY

[@joshernsteen2066]

Even though we did somehow successfully free the toads from the crystallized form without the spin ability, they never stayed that way before long being hit eventually and turned into crystallization form again. Also Princess Peach clearly showed that she had the power to unthaw and thaw the toads at will as well. It also more specifically made me sort of look at the specific cutscene in a completely different way for a little bit of time afterwards, with another completely different toad saying something along the lines of now you have done angering Princess Peach, let her rage calm down first before you preferably encounter her first. I believe that she also placed up a barrier around the castle anyways, so we could not even get any closer even if we wanted to as well.

[@BenJaded]

When I emulated this game on PC having not played the original for years I spent ages thinking my game was bugged as I couldn't break them out, forgetting that you don't unlock spin until you meet rosalina

[@fleshrotten5881]

Save the bups

[@genericprofile2381]

I love that, in universe, mario became god and hacked the entire galaxy to save some mushroom people

[@HarvoSpoon]

11:45 *the toad shattered too*

[@BrazilianNutYT]

PH. ...Sorry, I ran out of Fs. I've already ordered more, though; they should be arriving in the mail soon.

[@mikeasllani6972]

I just got 8 more today!

[@lancewren6870]

Thank you for advertising products that are actually useful and cool and not trashy mobile games.

[@bluepuppystudios3617]

rip toads, we never really knew you..........

[@mariomythes2807]

8:04 Toad 1: IT’S *BOWSER* 8:05 Toad 2: EEEEEEEK! *Both making short hops in place, happily waving their arms* Also F for all the Toads who died

[@seanallen2731]

13:30 skips all the fluff and actually answers the question

[@Celio19891]

The “fluff” is 90% of what makes the video worth watching.

[@alexwithsauce2556]

That view of all the Toads and Peach T-posing is something else man

[@Moss_Dude]

What if those toads you thaught were crystallized actually were? Since the toad brigade has an NPC loaded when you shatter a crystal, just load the toads from before the attack! It's not that the toads in the crystals die, they just don't have an NPC to come out of it.

[@SimpleAmadeus]

Arguably, the living toads that are there before the cutscene would be the toads that would come out of the crystals when broken. So in a way, they can still be "saved" and interacted with by moving them over like you did.