Something about Mario's wonderful selection of games seems to make players want to cause themselves hours and hours of misery. In the last few months, we've seen a player try to beat New Super Mario Bros. U without collecting a single coin, and that very same player went on to attempt a Super Mario Odyssey completion without walking. What!?
Well, this trend is continuing in style, as another player has decided to take on Super Mario 64's 'Bowser in the Dark World' level without using the joystick. Shared by YouTube user, UncommentatedPannen, the video below shows the entire level being taken on without a single touch of the joystick (although some sections have been sped up to save viewing time).
The entire process looks like an incredibly frustrating ordeal to us, but we imagine the sense of accomplishment at the end must be worth it. The player uses a mixture of jumps and ledge grabs to manoeuvre around the earlier platforming sections, and then has to be burnt to a crisp by Bowser to find themselves in the correct position for a tail swing attack.
Have you ever tried to pull off any weird and wonderful ways of completing your favourite video game levels? Let us know in the comments.
[source youtube.com, via gonintendo.com]
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Unemployed neckbeard confirmed. Seriously, who has the time to do all of this?
Are you saying that's not the right way to beat the game? I thought the stick was only for Mario Party.
Looks almost as enjoyable as playing Super Mario 64 DS.
The booklet of Final Fantasy 7 challenges us to beat the game without a memory card. I tried, I got tired, I gave up. But I did learn that all I want to do is enjoy games.
And the point is?
Hopefully it works around the awful controls. Also, I once beat a Mario Odyssey secret area one-handed. I used the Pro Controller.
“but we imagine the sense of accomplishment at the end must be worth it”
Well that’s my biggest disagreement of the day right there. I could attempt to do my work today using only my elbows; I’d hardly feel like I’ve accomplished something at the end apart from a lot of pain, frustration, shoddy work and looking like a prat.
@Yasume
Dude has his own Wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannenkoek2012
And I checked the FAQ on his channel, he does have a job.
I love my games, but this is just a waste of life.
@RupeeClock But this is an internet comments section so take your fact-checking and accurate information elsewhere sir! Unfounded speculation only please.
This must be that Pannenkoek guy again. He could've cured cancer but dedicated his life to Mario 64
Does playing the whole game on keyboard counts as not using the joystick?
I just realised the irony of reporting about a pannenkoek video on pancake day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannenkoek
I bloody love Pannen.
Excuse me WHAT!? Now I need to see the whole game!
I swear Pannenkoek knows more about SM64 than the people who made that game. Also, half an A press and all that good stuff.
But without the joystick, how can you reach QPU defacto speed?
I mean it's impressive to see someone do that but in reality I wouldn't want to play a game to that degree.
@HumanDog If only they incorporated N64 controllers into the medical industry, all diseases would be destroyed.
Maaaaan I wish I had the kind of free time to do this. Then I'd use that free time to do other things.
Lol i 100 percented mario 64 ds on wii u just a couple days ago for the first time and that was enough for me.
Pretty impressive. Entertaining.
Who honestly has this much time?
This ain't nothing. I beat Bowser in my mind visualising i'm grabbing his tail with mario hands and throw im off the stage. Now that's impressive . Now you're playing with power.... MIND power. lol
fast-forwarded through this, definitely funny to watch. nothing I'd ever do though.
@LavaTwilight Final Fantasy VII was preparing you for a speedrunner life. Then you'd be able to beat the game in only eight hours.
I will never do anything as cool as this in my life. Period, full stop.
I'm sorry, what?
I've never gone to these scientific extremes, but two of my fondest memories from back in my one-new-N64-game-per-year days are (1) finishing ocarina of time with 3 hearts, and (2) cleaning out each level of Banjo Kazooie in a single session (I think only Freezeezy Peak actually forced you to leave the level and come back for something)
Oh, and climbing to the top of the tower in Shadow of the Collossus, but that was really just a war of attrition.
"a person enjoys a hobby in a way I don't and builds a brand for themselves on YouTube what a loser they cannot possibly survive in society" - the comment section for some reason?
@Jingo_Unchained Most people seem to think it's at least impressive, if not cool. Yeah, you have some of the usual ne'er-do-wells whining about it like anyone cares what they have to say, but I don't see many of them.
@Yasume I'm sure the ad revenue alone affords him the opportunity.
@Skalgrim the point is that its doable and you nvr have to waste your own time to prove it
Can't ever have a video like this without some talentless chumps making baseless assumptions about the runner's life. I wonder what it feels like to be so bitter.
@LavaTwilight All you got to do is leave the console on forever until you beat it heheheh
But yeah, enjoying games is better.
@KingMike Or just turn off the TV and leave the console on. Then continue
@IceEarthGuard I think the FF series is usually one of those games were Game Over = reset to title screen.
I don't think FF7 allowed quicksaves. (I know the SNES ports and Origins allowed you to Memo save, which writes the save file to the working RAM, to allow you to utilize the save function without needing to actually write to the memory card unless you want to turn the console off.)
FF6 is the only game I know that let you retry from the last saved point while keeping EXP though basically wiping everything else (though at least on SNES, I know it also wipes level-up stat points gained from Espers since the last save. Hopefully that was a bug and not a deliberate subtle penalty for losing.)
And Mystic Quest.
@KingMike ??? I meant like pause your game and just leave the console on and then continue when you feel like it to do the challenge by not using a memory card.
You wouldn't be able to lose an unscripted battle ever, or it would make you start the whole game over from the beginning, is the message. (as you would be forced back to the New Game menu)
If you don't mind that, it's possible, yes.
its amazing how bitter people can be towards people challenging themselves to beat a game they have passion for, what a one dimensional way of thinking
@Der @Franklin @FX102A @Yasume A community of video game fanatics shaming someone for wasting time with a video game... oooookay. So the time you spend gaming is so much more worthwhile, then?
Also, no one has brought up yet the fact that this is a TAS. Pannen says so in the description. He didn't actually sit down and complete the run himself, he had a computer do it for him to prove it could be done. The run is either too precise, too time consuming, or relies too much on RNG to be bothered to complete by an actual human. I noticed he used getting hit by a goomba once, which depends on very specific random data.
@Nicolai I can't quite remember saying it was a waste of time.
@Nicolai As opposed to the above poster, I am saying that it’s a waste of time and yes I do manage my time better.
@Nicolai Now try retyping your post with only your tongue and tell us if that was more of a waste of time than typing it the proper way the first time.
Absurd way to play the game.
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