Can You Beat Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Without Using Money? 

The chapter intro becoming shorter and shorter until it's just infinitesimal is just the best running gag ever

Honestly, I didn’t think this challenge would be that interesting… but I forgot that Heart Blocks cost money. I think this is the only time I’ve seen an Inn Coupon be useful.

"The second of 2 RPGs in a 6-game RPG series" Oh boy, I know I'm gonna love this already lol

Technically, the unrecoverable coin total in your run was 17, since you got 7 coins back by selling off the items whose purchases were absolutely necessary for progression. Also, according to wiki info, various items sell for different amounts depending on the shops you sell them off at. Dizzy Dials consistently sell for 6 coins each across all shops, but Dried Shrooms sell for 4 coins at the Twilight Shop, instead of 1 like they do everywhere else. So, if you could have held that Dried Shroom until unlocking the Twilight Shop, you could have recovered 3 more coins; this would bring the unrecoverable coin total down to *14.*

I'd argue that Count Bleck's backstory in Super Paper Mario is more dark than Admiral Bobbery's wife dying but still doesn't change how brutal that story is...

I love the humor in the editing - the chapter intros getting cut off _slightly_ earlier each time, jumping to the silliest point of a relevant scene like Flurry KOing Mario, etc

In the final doopliss battle in chapter 4, partner badges are intentionally disabled, because the way they're coded they would also apply to your partners' attacks against you.

You’d have to buy the game first, so if you want to do this challenge legally, it’s not possible to do it without using money.

I remember when I was younger I got really good at Super Guards specifically and there were several enemies in this game I was too lazy to fight correctly (especially if they wanted me to use items or special moves to pierce their defenses) so I would just casually beat the enemies exclusively by super guarding them. I still don't understand why my deal with not using items and special moves was.

somehow the prologue transition being like half a second long made me laugh EVERY time

Something to note about level-ups is that in the Japanese version, level-ups do not heal; this affects speedrun strategies.

This is waaay late, but I thought I'd point something out. If I've put 2 and 2 together properly, the reason Vivian doesn't benefit from badges in the final Doopliss fight is because some partner triggers are placed on either Doopliss or your OG partners. My evidence is that I've done a few cheat playthroughs with 999 hp on Mario and partners. When Vivian isn't there for the Ch 4 finale, initially, Doopliss gets 999 hp as well. Idk that ALL partner boosts get applied to the foe's side, but I'd imagine that's why Charge P wasn't working.

Wait, Doopliss can't hurt you in that fight either? That's so bizarre; the whole shtick is "You can't hurt me because you don't know my name". Very interesting that it seems to work in reverse.

My man killed like 1600 Bullet Bills

Lmao the one frame of the start-of-chapter screens kill me

As broken as Charge P is for Goombella, it's even more broken for Ultra Rank Yoshi... charging 3 times with each partner would be as follows 9+9 (18) for Goombella for 3 FP 7+6+5+4+3+2 (27) for Yoshi for 3 FP 9+8+7+6+5 (35) to one boss for Goombella for 6 FP 7+6+5+4+3+2 (27) to EVERY ENEMY for Yoshi 9 FP

Should note that super guard, in some cases, also reflects against ranged attacks. The most notable example is pokeys when they launch body segments, but i believe there is a few others on the list. Ive always been a fan of the zap-tap badge. If you fail the counter, you still reflect the damage, and the badge also completely negates certain enemies. Every fuzzy class enemy cannot latch on with the electro shield (to the point that i have ground out a full level in a single battle against green ones who can duplicate, with the trivia of a 100 star point cap in every battle being discovered along the way), and they are arguably the hardest enemies to super guard. I believe swoopers are also weak, and i cant recall of bullet bills are, but it would make the keyhaul grinding completely automatic without a macro if so. Then again, all that is assuming you do a pit run before the endgame to earn it, but i know ive done it as early as chapter 2 before. Zap shrooms are rare outside of shops, but it is at least a temporary alternative.

05:10 'a little further east and I reach petalburg' (*as gen 3 petalburg theme plays in the background*) Completely made my brain shortcircuit there.

Doopliss: What is my name. Mario: DOOPLISS Doopliss: Who'd name their kid that?!

The intro was honestly a rollercoaster. "Oh he's gonna lose at Zest T .. wait losing count as a lose? Damn you can't complete the prologue! Oh, it doesn't count if it's mandatory. ... Does the Gritzville forced lose count?"

This is... Very similar to how I ended up playing the game as a kid. I've always been the kind to needlessly complicate things by not using inns, not buying items, rarely using items, things like that. So while it wasn't completely coinless (I did use heal blocks a bit and may have bought some badges), just by my normal playstyle I dealt with a lot of these issues.

This run should be called “The Hobo Run” after a similar run in Pokémon games

Heal blocks cost money…. Oh no….. That petalburg Pokémon soundtrack was perfect :D

the man trying to save money so hard he is cutting out the transiton cards more and more each time they are needed

"it's like Mario Sunshine without the hover" hmmmm...... Where do I remember that?

Alternate title: Can You Beat Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door if Mario is a greedy penny picking bastard

Flurrie's Gale Force is an excellent move, but I'm surprised to not see Lip Lock show up at all. An HP-draining move coupled with Flurrie's relatively high HP stat seems like it'd be great for tanking, especially since it pierces defense. I guess Charge + Multibonk (or yoshi's moves) are just that good.

Loved the challenge video! Glad you regained your status as Champ in Glitzville before enduring 100 grueling trials. Would love to see more videos like this in TTYD or SPM

How does this only have 41 views? This was so interesting

Cortez 3rd phase is very weak to Gale Force, it has a very high chance to blow away all 4 weapons leaving Cortez alone only able to bite you

I love the running gag where the chapter transfer screen shortens each chapter

I love the small snippett of the Petalburg music from Pokémon RSE when you enter Petalburg

I love challenge runs for this game. Another great one is BP only (at least up to level 33), or pacifist Mario where he cannot do damage. You can do a "danger Mario" run with several glitches. You can skip ahead and get Bobbery after Yoshi joins, then visit the guy to reduce your max HP to 5, and then revert the story back to ch 2.

i'm surprised you didn't use quake hammer on Koopinator. it trivializes him and you get it for free in boggly woods. it also wrecks clefts. good use of Flurrie, by the way. I think a lot of ppl ignore gale force because they think it works like fright masks or parakarry's air lift and thus steals your star points, but it's a really good move. the this and that interlude joke was very funny to me, i don't know why, but you split my sides with that.

Gale Force is (generally) more effective against flying/floating enemies, and also increases in strength as you get further in the game. (I think it's based on Mario's level, but it might be Chapter.) It's very underrated.

The title card cut is my favorite gag

You can bypass Zess T. with the hazard respawn glitch in the sewers’ fast travel rooms, but you’d have to use the glitch every time you have to go to West Rogueport until you get the Ultra Hammer to remove the concrete block. And by necessity, every attempt of the hazard respawn glitch will cost one HP. Also, you can make phase 3 of Cortez much easier by using Flurry’s Gale Force to completely remove the weapons from battle.

this was a cool challenge, I think the main reason it's fun to see someone complete a game with certain restrictions is that it almost always seems to result in the player trying out different strategies or means that you wouldn't normally use if you were playing the game normally. I've sort of wanted to replay this game since I haven't played it in forever. and when I do I'm kind of curious to see what your coin expenditure would be normally.

I struggled so much with the final boss and you made it look so easy!

Great challenge video! I was thinking level ups would be essential for hp & fp recovery, but your badge strategies were super smart! Look forward to future videos.

Petalburg is the funniest thing in this entire game.

"what if i need the money later" simulator 2023

The short answer is no, without glitches you are required to buy a Dried Shroom and Dizzy Dial. So this can only be a minimalist run.

The Petalburg joke with RSE music made me chuckle out loud, you got the like

This is a real cool video, glad I came across it in my reccommendations. Some thoughts after watching to the end: - Cortez's weapons in the final phase normally come back any time they are defeated, but Flurrie's Gale Force can take them off the board permanently. Your strategy is one I don't see often but it seems to work just as well. - The Goldbomb "all your coins" request can actually turn this into a far more intense playthough if you incorporate it into your plans. If you've got a deathwish, you can take that into consideration by minimizing all coin gains before that point (I.e. no unnecessary battles, meaning no extra levels, until AFTER that moment). That'd be an interesting but devastating twist... - As everyone's said the chapter into gag is great, thank you for that

Actually in Pokemon if you do not have enough money and try to enter the safari zone multiple times, the guy will let you in with just 1 safari ball (in Pokemon yellow, fire red and leaf green, it won't work in red and blue)

"The second of 2 RPGs in a 6-game RPG series" I know I didn't just hear that...

Ice Power also increases attack and defense against fire by 1, so I always equip it.

Sweet Treat/Feast cures status effects immediately, so you didn't have to wait for your shrink and dizzy statuses to fade during the Bonetail fight.

I'm loving your editing in this. Something feels a little low quality about your mic, in a way I can't describe, (sorry,) but I think the challenge run itself, your dedication to it to not use advantages you would have gained from coins, and just your style with editing to a lot to make this a real good video. (The "only the first few notes of the chapter title" thing keeps GETTING me, and I find it very charming.)

Thank you so much for the intro 0:58, I never knew how to get this shine

Petalburg joke got me😂

This is my all-time favorite game so I was happy to see that it was on your channel after I watched your super mario sunshine one. Your comments and editing are so damn funny but also insightful. It would have been hilarious if you used your coins instead of your inn coupon at the end but that was very satisfying watching you use it.

the video is a year old by now but I'd like to point out the unique nature of Doopliss' final fight in the steeple. The way Vivian enters that battle is unique and is only ever done in this one battle, she occupies a 2nd partner slot which means if you had used glitches or cheats to have your normal partners there, they would be in the battle(and the badges would actually work) and vivian would still join you and appear over the active partner. Since she occupies the invisible 2nd slot badges don't work since all of the badges are coded only to work on partner slot 1 which remains empty since mario's party is coded to be empty at this stage of the game. It makes sense to do it this way though

20:15 sorry to hear you got a poison mushroom bingo on this fight man.

i watched this entire video thinking that you were, like, a way bigger channel. The way the entire video is just radiates big channel energy, so keep up the amazing work!

13:45 hes the champ. Champions are usually ranked separately from the 1-10 fighters

One of the best games even made, I played the one before this and the one after too, never got to play the others though

10:06 "(With charge), you're able to destroy bosses" That's how I beat macho grubba hitless

this made me remember how much personality this game had

14:44 he has a second phase, but charge power bounce can deal so much damage with enough time that you can just completely skip it. I only remembered he had a second phase when watching another person play it.

Great analysis & run video! I liked the strategies you used, & the lack of stuff like Danger Cheese. Thanks for uploading!

Video: “Getting your coins stolen counts as losing them.” Me: Oh so just that thing that happens literally 1 minute into the game lol

I remember I sold every item I had for timing tutor, I genuinely think it is the most broken set of training wheels ever.

Here's a challenge, go through the game without using any of the good badges, only the shitty ones, and you min-max your BP, don't level up any other stat until after your BP is topped off. Also, no item shops (badge shops and casinos are okay though), no deliberate grinding, and some kind of limitation on how much you can use special moves.

This is the first video I've seen on your channel, but the petalburg gag really got me

When I did playthru's of Paper Mario TTYD I always followed several rules. 1 always fill out the tattle log. 2 Power Bounce, Mega Rush and any other OHKO or overpowered strategies are banned. 3 I use my first 2 upgrades on BP and get the Quick Change badge from Dazzle before entering Hooktail Castle. And partners fainting is a game over like if it was Mario... 4 optional don't spam superguards to win battles. Honestly it's really fun to play Paper Mario TTYD that way!

13:52 Rawk Hawk is the title holder while just beneath is Koopanater at Rank 1. Pokkén Tournament does something similar as the League Masters are also above rank 1 in their respective leagues. Except for last league, debatably.

As for the Glitz Pits ranking, being #1 means you are the #1 contender the championship. Its simply a feature of the boxing world circuits.

This video was amazing and i'm actually baffled that I, a charge inthusiest, didn't know it could stack!

man this made me wanna play TTYD again. loved the video, hope the algorithm keeps you going

this was a really fun video! i just recently beat ttyd for the first time, and was looking for some videos to watch about it, so this was perfect to find. i went through your channel to see if there were any more, but to my disappointment there weren't. i'd love to see you do more paper mario related videos, and thanks so much for making a video about your challenge it was very interesting!

I know I am super late in saying this but In the fight with Cortez in the second phase I believe you can flurry the weapons away permanently to make the fight even easier for yourself if you needed to do that.

Great video! Really fun video to watch!

Good vid and challenge! Thanks for showing the Pit as well. Hope to see more TTYD content from you.

Pokémon Emerald Petalburg music plays, I love that 😂

Thanks for the long video. Subbed. Cozy bedtime content. Interesting challenge

Your video popped up in my recommended this is a amazing challenge

I never remember encountered blooper so to hear that it was required before petalburg baffles me

Loved the video! You make some pretty quality content and I really hope you start getting some more views!

Power Bounce/Charge is a cool combo but I think next time you need to ban this it's too OP

Thank God, I never killed a Whacka for real. Just got a few bumps in playthroughs.

koopinator isnt ranked 1 in the normal sense, hes ranked 1 among challengers for the belt, as in he has highest priority for challenging Hawk for the belt, hence why if u lose to hawk, u have to fight koopinator to regain ur right to fight hawk.

TTYD, but Mario is Mr Krabs

The Doopliss name entry screen is case sensitive, so you cannot cheese it by typing "DOOPLISS" in all caps.

Great video quality and humor, I loved it

Now TTYD is the second and third of 3 RPGs in a 7 game RPG series

Would be interesting to see a speedrun category with the objective set to get 999 coins as soon as possible

Well done challenge and video! I did a similar challenge (PM TTYD no healing / no buying from shops except for badges). Obviously couldn’t buy badges in this challenge but the main strategy used for healing throughout the game was the badge “sleepy Stomp” which you can get in the pit of 100 trials. For a mere 2 FP you could put an enemy to sleep for 5 turns and then heal up with sweet treat. The next major strat that helped was Ms Mowz and her “hidden ability”. In the game even if the enemy isn’t “holding” an item and you use kiss thief you can still grab things. It’s a set chance per enemy on what they hold. Enemies in the rouge port sewers hold power rush badges (Koopa troopa family / shady koopas) and after a few of them you unlock danger Mario with +10 attack and there’s no need to really set up charges anymore. Personally also put on flower saver so sleepy stomp was only 1 fp Edit: enemies toward the end of the pit of 100 trials can also secretly hold life shrooms which is very useful if you are low on them

It’s happening… the algorithm has chosen you!! I love Paper Mario content and really enjoy this video! Have a sub! I look forward to your future videos!

Interesting challenge. Might try this myself once the remake arrives.

really liked your sneaky Pokemon Petalburg theme edit in chapter 1

im a real stickler for items anyway. so this is pretty much how i play the game as is. the lack of heal blocks would make it a bit harder but obviously i would just swap to using small fry battles to heal up. i hate using items and i always get to the point where im storing my money as gold bars anyway.

I wondered more about how entering the mafia without money but i guess its just not possible

2:36 I wish you could superguard in that cutscene.

If you're looking for suggestions, maybe do this challenge with Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling.

this video is kinda old but i feel really stupid playing this game when i was around 10, then as a teen, then again at age 20, i’m now 23 and i never remembered being taught how to super guard so when i saw you mention it, my jaw dropped and i feel pretty silly bc i either never paid attention to the tutorial or it’s something you just do on your own and then they tell you about to. either way. thanks. 😂

13:45 Rank 1 means they have the #1 spot to challenge the champion for the belt

It’s a very interesting concept, but I can’t finish the video… this is a game that I never actually completed as a kid and somehow I’ve avoided all spoilers since it’s release… I’ve gotten up to the fight on the moon against the dude in the robot suit but every time I get time to sit and play this game I’ve forgotten most of the timings for everything and haven’t gotten past him yet lol.

People really do overhype the pit huh? Charge and power bounce is just insane