Top 10 Softlock Glitches in Paper Mario 64
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2015
- Crashing Paper Mario just wasn't enough; now we glitch the game with a handful of softlocks. Softlocks aren't quite as "severe" as a game crash, but they do require the console to be reset, as the player is unable to progress.
Huge shoutouts to Bonecrusher1022 for this one; he found or at least had some part in discovering nearly every glitch featured in this video. Imglower, Exylophone, r0bd0g, Lumenex, and I also found some of these.
Also, thank you ShadowVolke7 for helping order this list, and for assisting me with the Train Softlock (#9) since I am terrible at mashing C-Down with my right hand. Being a lefty has its glitch disadvantages, I'm telling you.
I also want to apologizing for the delay in uploading this video. I had my wisdom teeth extracted, rendering me practically useless for a week. I had some last minute commentary to touch up on, and had to wait until I was feeling better to finally record it. I'll try my best to have another Top 10 Paper Mario Glitch video up soon!
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So Goombario knows everything about everyone, shown by his tattle...the only person he doesn't know...is himself. that is some deep shit
oh
Ha Haha thats actually pretty funny!
Oh dang
Damn.
Mia Jones damn daniel
You had Mario eat a doll of Princess Peach.
I feel like I need to repeat that. *You had Mario eat a doll of Princess Peach*
LOOL
I'll repeat it again, You. had mario. *Eat*. a doll of princess peach.
that can be taken 2 ways...
chistine lane get yo mind outta the gutter, son.
Privilege it tastes like chicken.
"This is Goombario. Wait a minute, that's me! I'm softlocking the game so you don't find out anything about me!"
That's what I think Goombario would say if the game didn't instantly softlock.
If I had to add anti soft lock for this: “This is me. I really don’t have much to say.”
@@cyanideytandcuriousseadogg4160lolololol
The gombario one...
I think he was just having an existential crisis.
Or maybe it was a TIME PARADOX!!!
I see what your saying. Here's what's really happening, though. Goombario has no available text, locking Mario in a cutscene.
@@nicholasdaisyawesomeness1291 Thus how it's a time paradox.
I'll admit it, #2 is genuinely creepy. They should have used that as the Game Over screen.
#3spoopy5me
CozmicVideos #4spooky8me
#2 should have been #1 imo
CozmicVideos Really?
Uh-huh.
I really like the fact that Stryder is clearly passionate about the game as a whole. That is, he could just explain the glitches, but he also explains the story context of what's happening in the game as well when he talks about them, I think that's pretty cool.
And all 9001 crashes- *BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*
Number 2 is very creepy. Just the castle floating in space every time you load your save with no music playing, as if Mario has failed to save Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom. It should have been number 1.
It's like a PermaDeath Mario game: only 1 life and you are forced to look at Bowser's castle, as if he won the battle: you are dead. He won, you lost. He took over the world.
This is some bad ending/creepypasta like story.
Which I do agree, it should be No.1.
Would honestly make for a good (believable) creepypasta. Especially since you could just provide people some emulator save data as 'proof', beats any video evidence
. JJ1013 Way to ruin the conversation
Speedpainter Minus
It's okay, I'm writing the creepypasta for it now, I'm sure someone will appreciate it
"Clippy softlock"
*I see you're trying to break the game. Want some help with that?*
*Yes*
garc302 Plays
I see you are refusing my helpfulness. Want some help with that?
Reached the top -3945628456237458243672345234576238452987458726495876283456192379472985672 in memes
I see we are talking about helping. Want some help with that?
Clippy for Smash
#2 should have been #1 IMO because the softlocked save file will remain on both castles in space, constantly reminding you of how you definitely failed to rescue Peach because you were too busy glitching the game.
Deep.
Is it weird that game breakers like the Peach Warp lock make me feel fear?
It's like my instincts are telling me there's something very, very wrong happening.
your brain is thinking: mario is dead. bowser has won. he failed to save peach.
I'm not that versed in paper mario glitches but if that is the one where it shows the browser castle forever, I feel the same way. Maybe it's the menacing way he said "forever"
@@resijade4342 Might be that, yeah
It’s the natural way glitches are, and your brain knows something is wrong, so therefore your instinctive reaction is perturbment, anxiety, or fear.
#1: this is customizable, in other words, which direction do you want Mario to get fucked up
76
Lol
who are you?let me guess... undertale
+BTD5 fan who are you again OH RIGHT a btd5 fan -_-
+henry j How about both of you shut the fuck up?
Softlock #10: Cutscene cancel
Softlock #9: Partner forever active
Softlock #8: Lakilester caught, no handle
Softlock #7: Tattling not handled.
Softlock #6: Peach% is glitchy.
Softlock #5: Lakilester is glitchy.
Softlock #4: Shell is not in intended place
Softlock #3: White clubba twice? Now that's a glitchy glitch.
Softlock #2: Chapter 8 peach intermission doesn't exist.
Softlock #1: OOB softlock.
Nah, Softlock 2 is Mario PERMA-dead Bowser won (And I know I am late, shut up)
6:38 I can see why they're confused.
2:47
*finds key item they need
*stuffs it in mouth
*eats it
*thumbs up
he's happy because he ate goombaria's dolly to make her cry
Imagine if he ate the koopa's shell
#2 seems like a video you'd play in the background of a Mario creepypasta.
yep
Ikr
To me, it looks like it would work as an Anti-Piracy screen.
Lmao true
#2 is pretty creepy. Just think about it.
You saved your file after bowser has wrecked the kingdom, killed Mario, ruined Peach, and that's the screen your left with. Just a flying castle.
You know what's creepier? There's no music during this softlock. It's silent.
Mario is like: MY PEOPLE NEED ME at the end
I MUST GO
I love the "Peach Warp x3" glitch, it looks like a permadeath mario game, showing that Bowser won, meaning you are permanetly unable to continue: mario is dead.
number 2 kinda scared me
+Natalie B. (KoromonXYp) I know what you mean... It's just kind of eerie...
I would love to pull a prank on somebody using #2, very spooky.
Well, you need to get to chapter 8 >:)
For some reason, I love how you say "Lakilester".
same
...How else is he supposed to do it?
Marlon Lux Not me saying he's pronouncing it wrong, I just like his cadence and annunciation.
Thanks, you forced me to google what cadence and annunciation mean xD
Maronbeere your brain is 1/4 the size of a peanut
He protec
He attac
but most importantly
He softloc
It's surprising how much you can mess up this game. It doesn't look like there would be much to do. This wasn't quite as crazy as the crash glitches. But it was still pretty cool. I especially like how you can reset the game to the prologue while keeping all your stuff. Sounds like it will lead to several other crazy glitches.
GlitchShark Yeah I definitely didn't expect this game to be so broken before looking into it. And we still have tons of glitches that I can't wait to share!
5:22 it looks like Mario is being eaten
Yeah it does
bad ending
Imagine having #2 pulled off with Bowser’s Castle in space, and then you add Banshee Boardwalk from Mario Kart 64 as bgm.
#2 is utterly terrifying. Then again, the tone of Stryder's voice toward the end of his description helped with that!
My favourite of those Softlocks has to be the Peach VS Bowser one. It's kinda funny seeing Peach trying to rescue herself...
When she's trying to defeat you and save her castle and she hit's you with that dollar-store Twink:
Step 1. Softlock in the video. Step 2. Open save file. Step 3. Watch bowsers castle forever.
Stryder would do it because he never wants the game to end.
Reminds me of a glitch in super paper mario
What glitch in super paper mario? Please tell!
Bean Counter Productions In chapter 3-1, there's a part where a Koopa takes a powerup. If you hit the home menu in the middle of the powerup bouncing around, it will just loop around forever. Softlock.
Now I need to test that, I'm fascinated by glitches but don't have any of the skills required to pull most off
Bean Counter Productions Just look up SPM glitches, you'll find a better explanation.
#7 is so cool! Would have been amazing if goombario had a hidden dialog when he tattles himself LOL
This is Goombario. He looks just like me! How funny.
This is... Me? NO SECRETS HERE HEHE
Uhh, Mario? I think you just caused a paradox. *game reset*
"It's a Goomba, but not just any Goomba. It's the one and only Goombario! Look at that handsome face, that awesome hat, that sturdy ... head! He's got a huge arsenal of information about everyone, but not much on himself. Yeah, I'm making this up on the fly. Wait, Mario, how did you even cause this to happen?"
Other Goombario: "You better reset the game, because you're not saving this."
I just wanted to say thanks for making these videos. I enjoy seeing new, non-speed run related glitches. It's very interesting.
4:03 Sliding around at the speed of sound
GOT TO FOLLOW MY RAINBOW!!!!
Step 1: Get the #2 softlock.
Step 2: Copy the file to the other two.
Step 3: Rename the files to BOWSER HAS WON.
There's a fourth
@@theopoldthegamer4284that fourth file is our last hope...
7:53 I think that's just a cruel joke from the developers
I think it's a placeholder cutscene.
Number 2 gave me goosebumps... No kidding XD
Same. Freaky as hell, as if the game is just like "I'LL SAVE OVER YOUR OWN FAILURE! SO YOU CAN WATCH THE CASTLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!"
*Approaches power button* What? You actually think you can stop me?
You really ARE an idiot.
(Disk spits out in your face and the tv screen is still stuck on the bowser cutscene)
+Justin Young disk? n64 had cartridges
Good point
cringe
I think #9 randomly happened to my brother once. He was so upset. xD
Dang, that's unexpected!
This Is A Really Great Channel, As Well As Showing Glitches You Explain Them Brilliantly, Thanks For Everything!😊
Emily, all the words are capitalized.
3:14 I like how excited Cooper is about Loading Zone Storage ;D
can you actually have fun playing this game without glitches? just curious
Yeah, but after playing the game with optimal strategies for years now, I can't really play casually without feeling as if I'm using bad badges, items, etc.
+John Krigeris can it really be done like that?
Yes, but you need the us version.
I think you have MORE fun without ruining everything until it's unplayable
well thats pretty cool that you've figured out how to optimize everything. Although i wouldn't wanna do that personally as for your exact reason i don't wanna feel bored of it if i decide to replay it XD in my personal opinion IGNORANCE IS BLISS. Do love your videos though Stryder7x btw this comment was to be in reply to your comment stryder.
Number 2 is super creepy! It can cause your file to be permanently damaged, and just the castle floating there...it is just so creepy...
I tried out the Softlock on the #1 spot, and I successfully landed on the top spring, completing a cutscene that never began. Then, I fell down, and when I tried to get back up with the springs, the game softlocked, and I couldn't even move!
That's the goal.
I used to play this game all the time on Wii VC, and learning about some of the inner workings of the game through these videos is really intriguing and satisfying.
#2 is like an actual game over screen. It's so creepy...
8:02 A hardlock I think it's the only one
7:57 But nobody came...
inb4 people complain about undertale
Asriel Dreemurr Yis
Endster thegamingod GET OUUT
That quote was inspired by Earthbound
That made me smile. Thanks.
we are not the only ones who are lefty people :)
i am a lefty too
LEFTIES UNITE!
Yeah!
#2 is actually kinda unnerving.
Are there any hard-savelocks? (Something that corrupts your save file in a way that you can't start the game and don't have a way to reset/erase (anymore))
Not that we know of atm
Goombario tattling about himself: best partner in existence you should always use him, his tattle does 999 damage! also insta ko's bowser with invincibility
his tattle is so powerful it killed the game
Great compilation. Indeed, softlocks are like an art form in themselves.
u are by far the best at glitching paper mario of anyone
I never knew about the out of bounds part of the spring storage, so when I got out of bounds, I got really excited :P
#2 is the reason why I didn't save when I completed chapter 5. I was worried that the game would softlock.
IanMarioFan #2 is why I want to avoid Paper Mario 64
Honestly, #2 is #1 for me. To have the power to permenantly softlock a save file is the scariest thing to happen to a save file, which i feel well deserves #1.
#3 im definitely gonna try. love the music, so i won't mind the softlock
0:45 Alright I saved you I'm out of here!
5:47 lol
8:00 That's rather interesting.
Also one more thing in addition to my replies, I personally think (Just my opinion) that the #2 should have been #1 and the #1 should have been #2. Just my personal opinion and here's the reason for my opinion its because while #1 is super cool that u can do multiple things with it i think something that could potentially soft lock your entire save file is a bit more awesome then experimentational soft locks that just makes u reset. But my opinion everyone has their own so i'm not saying that you should have adjusted it as such as thats your opinion not mine but awesome video as always.
I just experienced a version on the #9 softlock today. Somehow, I had Bombette on the ground below the train platform when I started the cutscene to board the train, and when I got on she just kept on walking into the ledge, unable to get into the train.
I just love the part where Mario ate the doll, gets me every time
I happened to get myself into a softlock while playing earlier.
I was in the jungle after finding the Yoshi kids. I was in the second room after the Raphael Raven statue, where you have to block off the water to advance. I triggered the hidden Volt Shroom in the room, but my inventory was full, so I tossed it. I then pushed a block and the item bounced into Mario, collecting it. No menu popped up, Mario was just stuck pushing the block.
I actually remember clipping through one of those rock platforms in Mt. Lavalava with Lakilester and couldn't escape. A perfect Paper Mario soft lock if ever there was one!...which there was.
I once had a softlock occur once with goompa at the gate. It was during one of my many resets and I'm completely unsure how it happened. Anyone have any ideas?
One of the LPers I'm watching play Paper Mario managed to softlock the game in the Chapter 6 interlude by removing the sneaky parasol disguise of the clubba while in the light of a koopatrol.
+CrusadingChristian I've seen that softlock before. That one seems kinda obvious so I'm not sure how the developers missed it lol
I have a question. What would happen if you stored the Partner swap window when getting onto the train in number 9, then switched partners from Sushie to someone else?
So, I got the train softlock with Bombette. I'm not sure how, Bombette just never got up onto the train platform. She just stood there in the bottom corner of the screen.
I like softlocks because the game is still going on, you just can't do anything, emphasis on anything, other than crashes which kill the game
If you do sushie glitch at snow city that allows you to swim at ground, then going to the cut scene that gives you the star while still swimming, you can't no more get out of the room.
Isn't there a way if you get leveled up to much, you get stuck on the level up screen because the stats are maxed? I remember hearing that in a playthrough once.
There almost certainly is. Any linit can be broken, but it may be inhumanly possible or just not discovered yet.
Can I ask, what would happen in #1 if you grabbed the pulley while being rocketed around?
I really like the Goombario Softlock, as it's like Goombario killed someone and softlocks the game so that Mario never finds out.
Incidentally, I don’t count #10 as a softlock, since the game is still in an interactive state after it, you just can’t trigger a critical cutscene. At least from what I’ve heard, and given all the other entries on this list, a softlock is when the game is still processing instructions and hasn’t come to a complete stop, but it is stuck in a state where it will never accept the player’s input.
quick question, but what happens if you try to bypass the 32 key item limit via letters? i don't know if there are that many in the game, but it seems feasible. if not, then perhaps there's enough to help bypass the limit with other key items?
I've actually found a soft lock glitch by accident as a kid it's the last part of the glitch I can't remember off the top of my head, it's only on the N64 not sure if it works on the Wii or Wii U virtual console but you will have to complete Chapter 6 to activate this gltich as the parasol is required. Walk out of the revolving wall walk down the staris and go to the door where te Guard Troopa where you would try exiting out of in Peaches Room, make sure no guards except for the one gurading the door to peaches room notices you the exclamation point will appear then immediately as it end hit B with the parasol and if done right you'll transform into the guard, but since the games memory isn't meant to have a guard notice peach transforming into a guard the game will softlock causing you to restart the Peach sequence to progress, if it doesn't work keep trying it should eventually work if not guess it was just once in a lifetime soft lock I found.
How did they even program Goombario as a standard NPC without giving him a placeholder tattle? I mean, in SMRPG the bosses that you can only fight before meeting Mallow still have psychopath thoughts, so you'd think that this would be the same kind of situation. And are there any other characters with no tattle programmed who will softlock the game if you use Goombario on them, like Peach or Bowser or some of the bosses?
I like the spring storage one.
5:48 kooper #2 really wants his shell back...
Could someone explain how you can use Early Train to get to an earlier point in the game? I can do Early Whale without much of a problem now, I can't retrigger prologue because I already got the Peach Doll, and I want to try something new. He says you can use Early Train to get to an earlier point, but I can't collect the Toy Train because I've already gotten it. Any way to collect it again?
4:32 No, that's the universe end.
When Mario decides to kill himself by going into the cold, shadowy void.
I feel like #2 should be at #1 since you can do anything besides bowsers castle laughing at you
So wait is it possible to get rid of a key item between retrigger and kappa village or should you just skip koopas village?
the #2 one is kinda creepy to me.
I subscribed!
@stryder7x is there a way to unsoftlock the level cap softlock when you have a boss fight that levels u to 28 but u farmed amazee dayzees to 27.99 already im stuck :(
best. channel. ever.
Thanks for the bonus softlock I guess
7:53 The softlock went from regular one to a super creepy one. AND THIS VIDEO WASN'T UPLOADED ON OCTOBER WTH!?
There's a question I've had for a while. How exactly does Peach Warp work? I know it triggers a Peach intermission by causing Mt LavaLava to erupt again after Chapter 5, but how? Throughout this video and a few others, you mention triggers and certain events tracking Mario's story progress. Wouldn't Peach Warp, in theory, be a detriment? I mean, why doesn't causing Mt LavaLava to erupt reverse your story progress, but something like re-entering the whale's belly does?
Also, how exactly does the game know how to play the intermission of the chapter you are in after completing Peach Warp? Shouldn't it, again in theory, play the Chapter 5 intermission and reverse story progress?
+Christopher Bouchard good point... however i would suggest it is because gettii g the star spirit is that retriger point and since he skipped a loading zone that i assume is the tracki g point.
Sorry I'm only just now getting to this comment, but the way Peach Warp works is the game looks at your current storyline trigger, and plays the *next* Peach scene, not necessarily the Chapter 5 one.
Stryder7x Ah. That makes sense. Thank you, Stryder. :)
Hey Stryder, I discovered a new softlock! It has been recorded with an iPad but you can clearly see it. It involves a guard, peach, and getting caught transforming. Idk if it got discovered, but can you check it out and see if you can pull it off?
I've seen a couple softlocks with the Sneaky Parasol before. Can't say I know exactly what happened there since the footage is after the setup, but it's probably similar
I know it's old but, why don't you use the para-carry jungle skip?
Marathoning your videos again since they're fascinating + informative :)
How did you get that two column layout in the items tab? :)
6:41 "Now, we need to talk about Pus."
One thing I learned the hard way is that if you use the spring in Mt. Lavalava then go on both springs, the game softlocks.
-ending cutscene
-starting cutscene
-ending cutscene
-ERROR404CUTSCENENOTFOUND
I only lost control of Mario because it was on the Wii U Virtual Console version.
5:21 that piranha plant is literally sucking on Mario’s head
I was once in mount lavalava and I hit the 2nd spring without hitting the 1st then I accidently hit the save block I chose not to save and then after that I couldn't move or do anything
A permanent softlock is called a hardlock so the 2nd one is both a hard and softlock which I personally find pretty neat.
The 2nd to last
But can you softlock the game with 0x or 0.5x A presses?
Well, without an A button, you can't fight, so in the intro, yeah.
PANNENKOEK reference! Nice!
My favourite one is ending the credits, you have to reset the game lol
One time while playing as peach I turned into a clubba and then turned back whilst talking to an enemy and the game soft locked. I found that on accident.
Here is a glitch, you know the sushi glitch, you can make a softlock with that so encounter an enemy and defeat it, if done correctly, you should be walking but cant open up any of the menus, so next hammer an enemy and kill it, you will find the results (Not sure if works on Wii U ver.)
I've done the sushi glitch, won a battle, afterwards I was walking in the ground, but I hit a loading zone and I was back on sushi. that was on the American n64 version.
I was attempting to do some glitches and i did the merlon skip and got behind merlons house. I came out from the left and hit the tree for a star peice, then i proceeded to go back where i came out. Mario became glitchy and then a black screen with an option menu (looked like a debug screen) came up and crashed the game. Know anything about this?
Noah Green Sounds like a "Floating Point Exception" crash. On the N64 version, the game sometimes crashes when falling out of bounds. Maybe that's what it was?
Possibly, I really don't know much yet so thanks for the help.
Yeah, thats what it was, thanks again.
Noah Green No problem!