New Super Mario Bros. Any% Speedrun in 23:32 (Former World Record)

Very, very good run. RNG was about as good as I could ask for, and the only big execution mistakes were ~4-5 seconds in 5-Ghost House and ~2-3 seconds in 8-7, with a few smaller mistakes scattered around.

Throughout the run, you'll see me jumping around a lot and bouncing off enemies while in the shell. Normal running speed is 3.0 pixels/frame and sliding in the shell is 2.75 px/fr (~8% slower), so I try to stay out of the shell as much as possible to go fast. Bouncing on enemies is one way to stay out of the shell, but there is also a glitch(?) I use to stay at full speed: if you jump within the first few frames of landing on the ground, Mario does a double/triple jump and stays at full speed. Good example of both of these at 15:45 to 15:55.

Comments on the run:

1-2: could have been faster, but 354 is still good
5-1: no mistakes
5-2: no mistakes
5-3: no mistakes
5-GH: big mistake. You can't grab onto a vine while moving upward, and I whiffed it pretty hard
8-1: no mistakes
8-2: got the awesome trick in the second room where you can hit the switch without stopping. Unfortunately the water strider guy trolled me in the next room, had to slow down a bit
8-T1: got a bad pixel stop, just barely made the cycle. Rest of the level was good
8-3: bad pipe entrance at the end, doesn't lose much time though
8-4: no mistakes
8-C: no mistakes
8-5: no mistakes
8-6: no mistakes. Sorry the video was laggy- watch 8-6 in my old pb if you want to see how it's done
8-7: missed the second koopa bounce, lost 2-3 seconds. Rest was fine
8-8: no mistakes
8-T2: no mistakes. Did the autoscroller skip which only saves ~8 seconds
8-BC: very happy I only lost 0.3 seconds; the BC in my old pb was pretty much perfect

[bbax]

this man just speedran my entire childhood

[AMos]

Peach: Come over
Mario: Can't, too many bad guys
Peach: My parents aren't home
Mario:

[natsuka]

Me: Mom can I play my DS?
Mom: Sure dear, but only for 30 minutes
Me: *completes new smb*

[DevilTulip]

my dad explaining how he went to school when he was a child

[carnefresca]

7:41 the way he pauses to avoid the fireworks cutscene 👏🏼

[chao]

20:14 mf did the whole ass club penguin dance right there💀💀

[itsyourboyreckster]

The real question is HOW DID HE KEEP THE SHELL FOR SO LONG

[ihateweetabix]

Im tempted to start speedrunning nsmb, beating a childhood game in 30 mins lol

[ignaciogimenezc]

this game was ahead of its time what a masterpiece

[Mabra]

Wait, you didn't defeated Bowser in world 1, thus he didn't turned into Dry Bowser, but here he is in World 8!

[evanreiser]

W 8-5 is perhaps my favorite level in any Mario game. I have fond memories of learning how to run through it without slowing down a single time when I was 10. I love the music as well.

[tenminutegames]

its so werid not seeing the first level being completely destroyed by the mega mushroom

[Peru]

16:03 That jump on the pipe was so satisfying

[bacry]

23:23 takes a long time to boil, and the suspension is killing me.

Dies instantly

[TruebaccaYT]

Amazing run. congratulations, you deserve it :)

[ASmarterThanAverageSeel]

I like this game because it actually shows how Mario gets tiny at the beginning.

[funds]

The idea of someone beating this game in 30 minutes would have sounded impossible to me back when i used to play this game

[Chrischrischis]

Wow I’ve never been nostalgic and impressed at the same time before

[KrazeeKrab]

this was sooo good, there are only a few major misplays, the rest was done beautifully, especially so many of the harder jump sequences in the later levels, you make it look like TAS at some points :s
It´s a shame this doesn´t have more views!

[Vykori]

6:50 if you call this a "big mistake" and it's only a couple seconds, then darbCow this must really be a fantastic run!