My Kaizo Mario Journey
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มี.ค. 2020
- It's been months in the making, but here is the breakdown of my quest to become good at playing Kaizo Mario Rom Hacks. Let's talk about the evolution and mind-blowing technicality involved in the world of kaizo. Enjoy!
Credits:
Ryukahr ( / ryukahr )
Juzcook ( / juzcook )
BarbarousKing ( / barbarousking )
ProtonJon ( / protonjon )
Dram55 ( / dram551 )
Laserbelch ( / laserbelch )
Nobletofu ( / nobletofu )
GrandPooBear ( / grandpoobear )
CarlSagan42 ( / carlsagan42 )
PangaeaPanga ( / pangaeapanga )
Dode ( / dode )
Wahnthac ( / wahnthac )
GlitchCat7 ( / glitchcat7 )
Snoman's Land (my hack): www.smwcentral.net/?p=section...
How to patch the ROM to play them: www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthr...
Great hacks to start with (all available at www.smwcentral.net):
Learn2Kaizo (for those that know nothing)
Kaizo Kindergarten (also helpful to learn, but way more technical)
Baby Kaizo World (good to test your new knowledge)
Quickie World 1 & 2 (the best starter hacks by far, once you know some of the techniques, play these!)
Super DGR World (a really fun hack that explores a ton of different gaming worlds, beginner friendly)
Akogare Mario World (to continue learning and improving once you know the basics)
PATREON ► / snomangaming
MERCH STORE ► www.teespring.com/stores/snoma...
SNOMAN GAMING 2 ► / snomangaming2
DISCORD SERVER ► / discord
TWITTER ► / snomangaming - เกม
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Other great streamers that I didn't mention near the end that you totally should check out: GlitchCat7, shovda, Mitchflowerpower, PangeaPanda, CarlSagan42, Linkdeadx2
If you want to try out my rom hack (Snoman's Land), here you go: www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=22306
How to patch the ROM to play them: www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=88029
Great hacks to start with (all available at www.smwcentral.net):
Learn2Kaizo (for those that know nothing)
Kaizo Kindergarten (also helpful to learn, but way more technical)
Baby Kaizo World (good to test your new knowledge)
Quickie World 1 & 2 (the best starter hacks by far, once you know some of the techniques, play these!)
Super DGR World (a really fun hack that explores a ton of different gaming worlds, beginner friendly)
Akogare Mario World (to continue learning and improving once you know the basics)
"PangeaPanda" He means pangaeapanga
Snoman can i get the songs used at 0:11 and 5:30? This stuff is amazing
Try Mario must die. You’ll get a extreme challenge
You didn’t forget PangaeaPanda! Cool!
thabeast721!
Easy: Super Mario World. Hard: Kaizo Mario World. Nightmare: Learning how to play Kaizo games in the sleep deprived state of looking after a newborn
LOL I can't deny that played a role in the difficulty :P
@@snomangaming My two favorite youtubers, Mark Brown and yourself, getting into playing and watching my favorite non-gamedev hobby? When it was just you talking about Lunar Magic I thought it was a huge coincidence, but now I'm wondering if there's not some archetype/demographic correlation between gamedev/design and Kaizo. pooLove barbGG
@@snomangaming Try playing more hard Super Mario World hacks, like The Second Reality Project Reloaded 1 & 2, the Mario Must Die trilogy, Luigi’s Adventure OSE, The 6th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest sequels, the Mario Gives Up trilogy, Super Mario Infinity 1 & 2, Brutal Mario World, An SMW Central Production, the A Super Mario Adventure series, Unforgiving Tower, the Grand Poo World series, Bowser’s Valley, Banzai Mario World, Crossfire, Invictus (which you already did), Mario’s Mystery Meat, Mushroom Kingdom Meltdown 2, SMW2+3: The Essence Star, Super Mario Omega, Super Mario World: The Secret of the 7 Golden Statues, Something and etc!
The versatility he spoke of is what the modern "floaty" 2D Mario platformers lack. SMW is like Street Fighter 2 in its control.
Most gamers: "Dark Souls is so hard!"
Snoman Gaming: "I played Dark Souls to cool down"
Epic.
Munchers are practically the symbol of kaizo!
You've been absolutely knocking it outta the park with these kaizo videos man, keep up the great work!
For some reason
I like playing games at the highest difficulty or just inherently hard even at the first time of playing
Nothing truly beats watching those pro kaizo players struggle and triumph over new hacks. Its fun to watch speedruns, but those first playthroughs are outstanding to witness.
I’m pretty much where you were when you made this video. The Mario community is truly something special. The people who spend thousands of hours creating these hacks and put them up for free are truly under appreciated.
Someone should make Kaizo Dark Souls.
Dark Souls Randomizer is kind of like that LOL
bruh when is my dark souls calamity mod so I can play on revengeance and death mode
As much as I love Dark Souls, it's just not designed to be pixel-precise in the way old Mario games were. Also, there's a lot of variety in terms of ways you can approach DS, and that's one of its strengths. Kaizo (as was stated in this video) thrives on there being ONE solution to any given situation, so these design philosophies are at odds. You can't make a section that ONLY works if you do a ridiculously precise freehand fireball toss unless everyone is playing pyromancer with the same stats, same spells, and same gear levels.
Lucky for you CHALLENGE RUNS exist, so - if you're up for sinking your teeth into some ultra hard souls - try a fat rolling run or a SL1 run or a bow-only (Lobos is the godfather of this stuff, and he's done it all!)
@@exquisitecorpse4917 May I add if you want to do challenge runs for ds1, play the original, not the remaster. The AI for some enemies in the remaster were reworked and now most of the lategame is absolutely not fun in the slightest
@@Nihlm Weird.....I've never touched the remaster since it's against my religion to pay for the same game twice (or to pay $60 for anything that will only be worth $20 when I take the wrapper off)
10:24 WTF was that?!?!?!
also: 11:20 that was celeste LoL
yeah, a dude is making a kaizo hack that uses celeste mechanics
yeah im working on a full celeste in mario world hack lol
@@MarkAlarmTV hey mini
@@suezuccati304 hi
zelda 2?
ZELDA 2?!
ZELDA 2!!!!?!?!??!?!!
Idk if this counts as a Kaizo game but JUMP (Janked Up Mario Party) is a really interesting Mario Rom hack that gets really difficult. They do some really crazy stuff in that, that I didnt know Mario World could even do.
If you want some hard games that feel amazing to pull off, I recomend I wanna be the guy fangames. There are so much of them that you'll definetely find something you like. They also vary in difficulty so you can learn everything nice and easy
Evgeny Boshygo I’ve played a ton of them, in fact I feel like they were a precursor for me being interested in kaizo. I Wanna Maker is sooo perfect
I never got to fully play, let alone even try to complete, a Kaizo Mario level, but on Super Mario Maker (way before I found out about Lunar Magic, and Mario's moveset versatility in SMW), I found some Kaizo Tutorial courses, and beating every challenge after felt very satisfying, including the Shell Jump, which I usually can never get right. Nowadays I don't have much free time, but one day I should dive into that rabbit hole again.
Nice video! It was great to see your journey into the world of Kaizo hacks, and how you improved at them over time while making Snoman's Land. The latter seems like a really well designed Kaizo hack too, albeit one I didn't quite manage to finish due to my own inexperience at the genre.
On another note, for anyone who's interested, Snoman here is also one of the people testing my own Super Mario World hack, since I thought it'd help the game's level design a lot to have people who are knowledgeable about game design help with some of the testing.
really enjoyable to see your journey, at some point i too tried Quickie World, without any prior knowledge, and i gave up 2 hours into the first level. crazy you had the commitment to finish even some of those hacks, congrats !
This was really cool to watch, thanks for sharing your journey!This is DEFINITELY the kind of thing I would have gotten into as a teenager but I just don't have the time or energy to bash my head against things like I used to. Total respect for anyone who conquers this stuff!
Quite interesting to hear your perspective on this :)
Curiously, I Wanna Be The Guy fangames are very similar in this kind of aspect. Once you get a certain degree of mastery, it's fascinating to just see how far you can push the limit. Or maybe at some point you find a sweet spot for yourself in terms of what you enjoy in difficulty or similar things.
One of the more famous examples is probably I Wanna Be The Boshy. Completing it for the first time was a journey, an adventure with so many, many hardships and obstacles. Enough obstacles for most people to never even try to get further - and that's fine, like Kaizo Mario hacks/levels, it's not for everyone. But if you happen to be someone to enjoy this kind of challenge, and for some reason decide to play an IWBTG-fangame again you've already completed, you will be amazed, on how weirdly much easier it all suddenly seems to be. It's still not easy, but sometimes the progression of learning a skill, and overcoming more and more difficult challenges can be discouraging, because it doesn't feel like you're making much progress. Then all of a sudden, replaying older levels, you may realize, that you've come a long way already - and that's very enjoyable
"...afterward I cooled down by playing some Dark Souls." xD
Good choice! I do the same thing, when I come home from uni^^
I learned a lot today! Not for me, but I love seeing so many people working together for the love of the game. GameS since what impressed me most is the shoutouts to other games.
this was an excellent video to watch and its awesome to see your progress from these few months, especially seeing you in twitch chat sometimes. can't wait to see if/when you take this further!
also i saw one of my hacks in there, poo was playing it at 11:20 :D
Ive seen some of these levels in the past but never really understood the hype on it, thanks for explain clearly what the idea behind it is - I have a lot respect for these players when i see how much input and skill is needed to tackle such obstacles.
I'm so glad that your into Kaizo SMW and Souls game!! :-D
It completely change me as a gamer. I'll play your hack this week!! Take care!!
Awesome video! And, I learned a handful of new things! Thank you!
You’re an incredible writer. Your gaming content is some of the best on the net. I really love your channel! And I also love Kaizo Mario. It brings me joy to see you report about it! Thank you!
This video is great, always awesome to people taking the plunge into Kaizo
I make a lot of kaizo levels in Super Mario Maker 2, and run two SMM2 kaizo teams, Team P-Switch and Team P-Speed. Kaizo levels are my favorite levels to make. I focus on fluid movement, making sure every action flows into the next in a natural way, so even if you die a thousand times (and on some levels, you just might) it'll still feel good to replay. Kaizo levels in SMM2 tend to be more focused on item abuse than in SMW, stuff like shell jumps, p-switch jumps, pow drops, tossing items, and never touching the ground, which adds to the feeling of fluid motion.
Yeah I know some of these creators you mentioned. They play a lot of Mario Maker 2 and I find them really awesome.
Can we admire some of the graphics in these hacks? I love how they tinker with existing sprites and color pallets while also adding new things.
Just came back to this video while working on Test #2 in learn to Kaizo and I feel good knowing it’s not just me
6:17
Yes its literally like that.
This mechanic was taken from Mario brothers 3.
I'm so happy you made this video
Love that Pokémon HeartGold music in the end card!
That second castle in Learn Kaizo was one I just never could get past. I spent so many days trying to do that but just couldn't wrap my head around it.
my favorite part is the super mario world soundfont songs in the background that literally anyone who plays smw hacks has to have heard
Thanks for the recommendations. My skills are improving.
In high school my principal would always end the afternoon announcements with “Stay focused, stay positive, and as always, Stay Frosty” and your outro just yeeted that memory to the front of my brain.
You could also add Super Ryu World (1) to that list of beginner friendly hacks. Was my first Kaizo Hack (didn't do learn2kaizo or kaizo kindergarten) and took me about 15 hours to complete, and that was on an emulator with an old controller. Didn't use save states, though - except on the skytree stage.
Also, there's tons of chocolate (aka new tech) currently being looked into. I've seen Juzcook test out things like grappling hooks, layer1-2 mechanics, SM64 esque exploration type levels and more.
So glad to have more kaizo content we have a huge kaizo community an not alot of content to watch
What’s that chocolate hack that kept coming up? It looks awesome! Super happy to see this video, and to see some of my favorite streamers getting some love
One thing surprises me:
The Calm of Snoman when he plays Kaizo Mario Rom Hacks!
I see this in his live!
1:57 "Let's go!"
Is that Tower of Heaven music I hear in the background? :eyes:
YESH!
Kaizo is awesome, great video!
6:52 for REAL! Kaizo makes DS look like Barney & Friends.
I like to think T. Takemoto knows exactly what he's done and looks at kaizo now like a proud father. I'm on a similar path although I did use save states at first. I thought it couldnt be that hard to beat at least one level of one of the GPW series. Boy was I wrong lol.
I liked the propeller knight song in the beginning nice touch
“Afterward I’d cool down by playing some Dark Souls”
God what kind of PTSD did you give yourself to UNWIND with Dark Souls?
it's an easy game
If you think about it, Dark Souls HEAVILY favors the player in a lot of situations. The reason why it's so difficult is that whenever you DO screw up, the game's not gonna reach out and grab your hand. It's gonna let you fall down and scrape your knee so that you'll KNOW to not do that ever again.
Does Snoman's Land have a speedrun page? Asking for a friend...
BRUH, we should start one!
@@snomangaming You need at least one verified run to get one started so I could try to put down a time tonight.
I can start running so wahnthac has someone to race against.
I can put my hacks on hold for that.
Wahnthac that would be incredible! I’ll do a run too so you have someone to completely destroy hahah!
I've been playing and loving Celeste recently and I think Kaizo Mario is going to be my next venture into precision platforming xx
definitely a gateway drug to kaizo :P
Great video. Other kaizo masters worth following are Aurator, Thabeast, Linkdead, Juzzcook
Mario + Celeste - checkpoints = Kaizo
Thank you snowman gaming you helped me figure out how to do a shell jump finally thanks for telling me what to do have a nice day
Probably the most interesting thing you said was how Kaizo is basically this idea that there is only one way through the level. It's so difficult and options are so restricted that there is effectively only one path to go down. That's such an interesting way to look at it.
Hey, if you're looking at insanely difficult, "Kaizo-level" tough games...you should try I Wanna Be The Guy. It's another infamously hard game like Kaizo Mario. I wonder what you'd think of it.
I never played a kaizo-like game and probably never will. But was nice to learn more about it
Loved the Tower of Heaven OST at the beginning, single-handedly one of SMW-Centrals most iconic and greatest creations.
I really enjoyed the hardest levels in Celeste but Kaizo is just too time-cosuming for me at this point. Back in school I played some Kaizo, one of my old hacks had a Kaizo level at the end, but those times are at least a decade old.
Wonderful video
Mario has been through a lot... so... to thank him for all the challenges he faced...
Let’s put him through more challenges!
Show us the snowbaby!
i love all the souls games and they are my forever cool down game, just started a darksouls 2 hex build for a cool down playthrough
Hey Snoman! Your videos and a few more also made me interested in kaizo.. i wanted to ask you about your setup on which you play the roms, are you using snes9x? The super nt? And which controller do you use? I stumbled upon the issue that the switch pro controller and the ps4 controller don't work for 8 directional dpad movements, the result of that is that i can't swim for example and snes like controllers are so expensive!
Is there a certain setup you can recommend to enjoy kaizo at the highest quality when it comes to the hard and software?
Oh also: man second castle in how 2 kaizo really took a while yesterday, what a sadistic level
I use the Hori Pokken controller for kaizo and it's like 20 bucks. then i play on retroarch with the snes9x core and 2 frames of runahead to remove input lag. maybe i'll get a SuperNT or similar in the future but emulators are a fine way to start out
Can we take a minute to appreciate those muncher plushies in the savestateless Kaizo Mario?
I'd definitely recommend Super Robfather World to anyone else learning to Kaizo. The first level isn't much harder than some of the challenges Nintendo puts in its actual games (but - the harder challenges, mind you), and unlike harder hacks like Grand Poo World, there's plenty of time to rest and plan before each jump in the earlier stages. I actually beat the whole hack (aside from the special cat world) before even beating Kaizo Kindergarten's second exam, because regrabs are REALLY HARD.
It does help to be playing on an emulator so I can rebind the keys to not kill my thumbs.
and here i am, failing at double shelljumps and cape levels, also spring jumps.. How did you do that, i lost my mind at the learn to kaizo castle with the double shell jump and ended up savestating because i wanted to learn the other tech too.. ;_;
The first one to beat kaizo mario without savestate is r. kaiba friend of t.takemoto,you can check that video(or series) out by searching sibladeko a** h*** mario (2007)(the original video was post on nico and goes by the title:Making my friend play through my own Mario{Super Mario World}hack)
If people want to really get a feel for kaizo I suggest watching some of the compilations of runners trying invictus for the first time(not speedrunning it). Its one of the coolest chocolate mods.
Whats the 8 bit swing remix of bloody tears at round 1:20 from? I loved that.
th-cam.com/video/Ei-LtXrqtSA/w-d-xo.html
And now it's time for snowman to make a bunch of kaizo levels on mario maker 2. With a small amount loving them, while 99% of people will say that you suck because of the levels
This is Dope
Hey, great video!
Hey, thanks!
Ah I’ve came across Juzcook so many times in SMM2 Multiplayer Versus
Hey thanks for showing off Fortress of the Giant Monsters from JUMP! That's my stage I made alongside worldpeace who made various tweaks and the boss of the level.
It was so stinkin' cool looking! I Ioved it!
just starting the video, is that lunar ascension with the smw soundfont?
This is kind of cute to me on how you talk about it
I guess that's part of the experience, but, do I need a snes controller for pc? I use a a ps3 controller to play there, you think that's a problem?
Warning, Mario kaizo is an concoction of madness. You might have beaten dark souls without dying and still die hundreds of times in this series.
Duuuuude!!! I Didn't know you have to keep pressing Jump to do a Shell Jump! I always press It twice
I have been playing the first JUMP lately.
Welcome to my life, br0ther.
I just have one question. Why don't current 2d marios have the option to assign the run button to the shoulder buttons. That way your thumb doesn't have to do so much.
is that gen ii music in the outro?
Great vid, man. I've been trying to learn kaizo for months and some days I make progress and some days I play for 10 minutes get frustrated and shut it down. I have a question for you on regrabs. My biggest problem with regrabs is when im running. I think my thumb is too short to regrab properly while holding run, so I have to do a different awkward grip in order to regrab properly. Any tips on regrabs would be awesome. Thanks :-)
Yeah for the most part I am always holding run, Y for regular jumps and X for spin jumps. It definitely gets a little tricky with regrabs, but holding run is the way I do it
You should also check Mario 64 rom hacks especially things made by kaze emanuar like Super Mario 64 land
One step above Kaizo Mario Hacks in difficulty are "Pit Hacks". Those are even harder and require a ton of knowledge of the game. "ColonThree" or ":3" is one I remember from videos. The story is that Bowser finally decided to actually lock the doors and remove the feasible exit altogether.
yo the rivals music!!
you almost got me interested with 11:20 except that i just don't want to rage at kaizo
Oh Super Mario remix of Tower of Heaven. Is there a link for it?
Is there a list of the hacks used in the footage and their time stamps?
Mainly looking for the one at 0:45
Cool Zone!
Did you make your hack with lunar magic
Cause of course there's a Celeste Kaizo hack. And I neeeeed to play it lol
Whats the song at the beginning (not the intro)
You should check out dark souls randomizer sometime if you haven't :)
you say "lets talk about it" but you are the only one who talks
Rivals music= rivals video coming soon?? 👀
Watched this while eating lasagna. Would recommend.
How to i play them after i download the maps i cant find anything on that part?
I’m designing a kaizo mario world (called Little Timmy World) in Super Mario maker 2..
(Just wanted to share :3)
Holy shit tower of heaven music!