Super Mario Bros. 3 Speedrun World Record Explained

Notes (timestamps are this way so chapters aren't broken):
At 8;05, I imply that Worlds 5 and 6 take you to World 8, which is false. They take you to the second row, which means you can go to World 6 and warp backwards to World 5. In the Japanese version, a fourth warp whistle is available to collect in 5-1, which means you can theoretically play the game forever.

At 24;18, I mention that Mario's subpixel position cannot be set to any specific value other than at the very start of the run. This is not entirely accurate. It is possible to set up a subpixel value, but the latest point it could be set at is the previous Boom Boom fight, which wouldn't help for the wall jump. However, it is used in other categories to set up a wall clip in the first room of Bowser's Castle for the 5-second slower route.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:31 - 1-1
02:43 - Hammer bro movement
04:27 - 1-2
05:07 - 1-3
06:15 - 1-F
07:58 - To World 8, 8-Tank
11:06 - 8-Navy
13:15 - Hands
14:25 - 8-1
16:33 - 8-2
17:52 - 8-F, to Bowser's Castle
21:48 - Bowser's Castle
26:42 - Bowser Fight
28:05 - Conclusion

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[Kosmicd]

great editing, effects, and explanations as always!

I liked the :thinking: piranha plant

[nkbp]

The presentation is so clean it's amazing.. That wall jump section breakdown was insane.

[zackhample]

I watched the entire Super Mario 1 video yesterday, and now all of this one today. SO. DAMN. COOL. And brilliantly packaged. Thanks for the expertise, education, and entertainment.

[skrubbed]

"I am now playing on CRT... Blame it for all my mistakes"
*gets wr*

[benhaney]

Of course he's not a pick up line guy. He doesn't need them. He just informs the ladies he has the Mario 3, 100%, no wrong warp, world record and its in the bag from there...

[casedistorted]

The editing in this video is fantastic, always loved the way do speedrun explanations to make it easy for us plebs

[Hazaak.]

you should look at the new oot 100% route, that shit is probably the most insane speedrun route i've seen and feel like it'd make for a great explained video

[rigdigwus]

it's just insane how perfect the execution is on those super mario runs. the runners are just incredible

[DarkPlaysThings]

Man, I thought that today was already going pretty good, and then I saw a new Bismuth upload. I didn't know my day could get _this_ good.

[TompaA]

Glad to have been a part of this, lovely video, Bismuth!

[mandret]

This trick is TAS only

Runners after 2 years: its a common thing now

[ZergrushEddie]

I think Hammer Brother movement is going to become a HUGE deal in the future. As runners get better and better and that next break point is jjuuuussttt around the corner, I can see a world where if you don't get double one title Hammer Brother the run is just reset. Kind of like how only like 20% of Kosmic's runs get past 1-1

[Nicholas-xxmp]

The amount of work that goes into these speed runs are so underrated, these mates are crazy.

[AkumaAPN]

"While I was making this video, he also set the world record for Warpless."

[thedude]

Speaking of pickup lines, the funniest one I ever heard was when my friend told a girl way out of his league that if she was a booger he would pick her. I'll never forget the look of disgust on her face as she turned her back on him. I died.

[lazysod]

Extremely well-edited and explained. Sub for you, sir.

[artisticVulpes]

Oh hey my family plays this all the time, we have the old Nintendo Power guides and know where all the items are, my Mom loves to 100% the game, but the rest of our family grabs the first possible warp whistles and skip to World 8.

[hasanrudd]

I don't know what's more impressive, the actual speedrun or the level of detail and graphics you use to explain it.

[ssssin]

This is the reason that i turned my notifications on, its cuz of good vids like these

[taemien]

Whats frustrating, and fascinating at the same time is seeing all these little tricks and moves my friends and I used to do in SMB3 almost thirty years ago in these speedruns. However we didn't have the insight nor the drive to try to string them together for speedruns. Speedrunning a game just wasn't on our minds back then. But sometimes when clearing a level we'd pull off one of these feats just to show off.

Nowadays I'm lucky to be able to even beat a NES game. Just don't have the quickness or preciseness I used to.