Can You Beat Paper Mario Without Using Money? 

"for some reason even tho the star buff wasnt active, my power bounce hardly did any damage" You know that star rod bowser uses to attack you and your partner? Well it also has a secondary effect to remove any buffs your character currently has on you. essentially being a counter to the overpowered charge boots strat.

Cutting off the chapter intros is peak comedy and that's the hill I will die on

Those fast chapter transitions had me cracking up

Thanks for filling the paper mario content-shaped hole in my heart.

For some reason, i find the small snippets of chapter intros hilarious.

I like how the last chapter transition doesn't even have sound anymore lol

Fun Fact: In Pokemon Yellow its actually possible to enter the Safari Zone for free. You'll only have 1 Safari Ball, but if you just keep trying over and over, eventually the guard will let you in. It was implemented in the game to prevent softlocking since it was possible to run out of money sources throughout the plot.

So from my perspective I think no heart blocks is fine but no bed is a little silly. Because let's be honest, the different between using a bed and spamming focus/refresh on a no risk fight is time. Wasting time isn't really proving anything. Do enjoy this series you got going though!

In final bowser, his attack where he uses the star rod to shoot out an expanding ring of light that hits you and your partner will actually negate and reset all of your charges, regardless of whether or not you block it. It’s annoying to me too since that’s my main strategy against bosses in this game, but it might be why the charge method didn’t work against final bowser for you

The challenge is fun but what convinced me to subscribe was the "chapter transition is faster each time" gag. I love those getting cut off jokes and it made me believe you're worth keeping an eye on

Watt can do 5 damage to Bowser easier than Bombette AND for no FP.

Loved this and your thousand year door run! I especially liked the way you cut off the chapter jingle a little faster each time - it was such a small detail but always made me giggle. I feel like it would be really interesting to see this challenge in a game like sticker star or color splash, where a lot of your combat options are entirely based on buying attacks from the shop - not sure if it would even be possible, though. Thanks for the video!

for the bowser fight, instead of picking bombette with her bomb, use watt so you don't waste any FP since watt does a consistent 5 damage even with bowser's damage resistance

I love this and the last video’s explanation of mandatory story uses of the thing you’re not using and honestly more RU-vidrs should use it, like you said the point of the video is to see how the challenge makes it more difficult and if it’s possible to do without using it that’s a fun bonus

Power Rush and Mega Rush only stack in TTYD, so you wasted 1 BP there.

2 things 1) Power rush and Mega rush don't stack so thats a waste of BP 2) On Kent C Koopa if you jump on his tail he has no defence which makes it way easier Other than that good video, seems like an interesting challenge

As a fresh Paper Mario fan, good challenge run content like this is rare! Makes me wish I documented more of my 10 HP run, good video.

15:20 The light source shining on the right side of Peach (the left side of her face) looks so good. Nice polish on this game.

You deserve way more attention than what you have. The amount of effort and planning that goes into a video like this is just incredible. Can’t wait to see more content from you in the future!

From the very first seconds, the humor for this is on-point! I may have come for the challenge run, but I always stay for the writing!

These challenge runs are awesome! I am subscribing and I totally want to see more!

If you didn't use Power Bounce, a strategy I use to make the Master pitifully easy is get Zap Tap. It blocks him from doing his crazy combo.

Alternative title:Paper Mario 64 But mario Forgot what is Coins

Really fun video, I would love to see this type of challenges on other Mario Rpg games

Wow. I almost always end up using money in Paper Mario. Had little to no idea that money was mostly optional. I mean...This is one incredible game for its time.

Loved the video! Really like how your humor is mostly done through visual gags that don't stop the flow of the video, the chapters introduction gag was so good LMAO But if I had to give you a suggestion, I'd say to show all the moments where you got items that would be useful in the run, like the specific location where you got each of them. Also, I'm surprised you didn't bring up the Repel Gel at all, could swear it would've been useful during the final battle!

Piranha Plants are weak to Sleep, so Lullaby would have bought you more time to focus and refresh.

Paper Mario but Mario doesn’t have pockets: -No Items -No Money -No Badges (Except required/important ones.) -Key Items are allowed.

Star Beam removes all buffs from all enemies. It's really useful for wasting an enemy's turns.

Love the video and jokes. Although I think there might be some glitches you can do to skip chapter 2, making this truly countless, though fighting the enemies without save blocks would be really tricky. Anyways, I'm definetly subbing for more!!

In Ch 2, would farming lemons and limes be disallowed? "Why Bow specifically? I'm just a fan of her abilities." lol good one

You know i never did think about why peach wouldn't try getting in the magic box herself lol

7:52 if you spin jump thrice in the spinny roof hut in toad town you get quick change which allows you to switch partners without using a turn

Thank you for the og Paper Mario challenge video, been missing people making these lol

17:35 Mario party 4 "Here's the star" music!

It’s kinda funny how the chapter screens are only on for less than a second 😂

These videos deserve more views. You’ve earned my subscription!

In general, Bow, Watt, and Sushi are the best party members in around that order. Bow can consistently do the most damage in a single turn with Fan Smack (I know Goombario could possibly do more with Multibonk, but that requires consistently good timing, and it's glitched to work only once against Bosses), and she grants Out of Sight which is just a super powerful ability. Watt is one of your best damage dealers against bosses with 2 Def because her regular attack pierces defense to deal a consistent 5 damage with no FP cost. Sushi has some great use in offering Water Block, which boosts Mario's defense by 1, 2 against Fire based attacks. I personally like Parakarry as well, since he has the best damage against enemies with 1 defense along with Sushi. They can deal 6 damage for 3 FP iirc. I like Parakarry more since his action command is easier and there aren't many Fire enemies that would require the extra damage from Squirt.

"Story moments are excluded as this is more of a self-imposed challenge" I swear it's a 50/50 whether "can you beat" challenges are "is it possible to do this" or "can I, the youtuber, beat this challenge" i wanna see a video where a guy discusses glitches to skip the story parts that mandate spending coins

Lovely video! Challenge videos are usually interesting, and I fricking love the Mario RPGs (Sticker Star excluded,) so I'd love to see this challenge in the Mario and Luigi games, since they also use standard RPG money and EXP. Also, you're a true hero for Whacka fans.

...so interesting fact about the toy box. So long as you grab the items off the shy guys but not kill them, you can infinitely scum them for items, and in turn make easy ingredients for taste T

I love how the introductory chapter jingles get shorter each time. It's a subtle but hilarious gag.

What's interesting is, with the amount of glitches in that game, you probably could've just skipped the section where you were required to buy things.

This challenge could be pretty interesting in a hard mode mod like Pro Mode, just for a bit harder version and balancing. However, a really interesting one would be Dark Star Edition. A lot of late game items are insanely good due to cooking, however, in this challenge those would be almost completely locked out to you, forcing you to use the many new badges it has.

Seeing as how it’s not pay to win…yes! (For anyone who says “that’s not what it meant”…good job, take this award with the word dummy written on it!)

I played the game with no items and it's still quite easy thanks to star powers. Refresh, happy heart, and happy flower are more than enough if you're able to guard most attacks. Though in this case you can't buy some good badges from the badge shop, but with 30 bp there's more than enough good badges you can just find or buy with star pieces.

Great video. Love anything paper mario 1 related honestly haha. Very nostalgic.

I like your style! These 2 challenges have been a blast to watch. And I have a recommendation for a future challenge; bug fables but you only level one of the stats (HP, TP or BP). As far as I know there is no cap for the BP. And of course you could also try beating bug fables without using any berries! Just a suggestion, keep doing what you like!

Impressive stuff! Loving the Paper Mario content :) Def subbed

You can find a dried shroom in a bush in Koopa Village, so the only thing you'd have to spend money on is the Dusty Hammer. If you remember to save the dried shroom for ch.2, then the least amount of money you'd have to spend would be 2 coins. Aside from that, this is a nice challenge! The chapter intro cuts are funny af.

not even 5 seconds into the video and we're ragging on Sticker Star. This is gonna be a good video

I love how each chapter title card kept getting shorter and shorter as the video went on, basically disappearing in the end.

Loved both this and the TTYD challenges! Also, just wanted to mention that it is possible to get the Ultra Boots before fighting Huff 'n' Puff, which could do a little more damage or save some FP depending on strategy. Apologies if this was already mentioned and I missed it, just something I thought was worth noting though.

In the first 5 seconds you absolutely killed me

Kent C. Koopa is extremely weak to sleep Edit: I also want to add that I believe Huff N. Puff also uses the same moves in the same order

Great video man :) I'd love to see you attempt this challenge in SMRPG next! I've got an extra caveat for you though: Don't spend ANY currency - this would include Frog Coins!

Everyone ignored his respect and mercy towards Whacka. I can instantly respect those who respect Whacka and his head.

I usually do the Amazy Dayzee grind with Dizzy Attack Badge, It guarantees a stun on the Amazy Dayzee giving an easy reliable 2 turn kill. Walking in the thorns 49 times to drop from 50 to 1 hp each lvl up sounds like hell, lol.

2:41 It is always weird to me to hear somebody talk about Superguards. My mind tells me they should be called "Counters" as they are referred to as "Konter" in my localization and if I retranslate that in my mind... 15:29 I never understood this part either. This question could've been easily avoided by making the chest too small for Peach to possibly fit into it. Or at least let her have the idea but let Twink stop her for some arbitrary reason like: "It doesn't work with living beings." 18:52 "I gave it a try and lost and decided it wasn't worth the effort." That made me smile way broader than it should've. 26:56 Sounds like something that would actually happen whenever Bowser is about to defeat Mario for once. Of course he would do something stupid and waste his chance. This video was more interesting than the TTYD Version. But that's probably because I haven't played the N64 PM nearly as much. (I've only beaten it once.)

idea: *ignore all coin usages where you dont get anything from it*

I love these challenge runs. You should do one of Mario rpg remake when it comes out.

you can in this game, but you can't in TTYD because you need to buy the contact lens to access the east side.

I love the first two paper mario games! It's fun watching these challenges. Going to go watch the thousand year door one now, that is my favorite mario game!

the chapter intros getting shorter and shorter is so oddly funny to me

Video idea: The opposite of this challenge where you can only use things that cost money. No using anything you didn't buy from a store.

pro tip for the final bowser watt's basic attack does the same damage as bombette and doesn't cost FP

One badge you didn’t mention that you should have is HP drain, unlike in TTYD each time you contact an enemy with it equipped you get 1hp back, so if you power bounce you can get like 5hp back a turn, makes topping your HP up stupidly easy

I don’t know why I laughed so hard at the chapter transitions

500th sub! i really like your content and i'm excited to see you make more ❤

Very solid video, will you be doing more Paper Mario series challenges like this in the future?

Morality!? HELL NAH! I would have bonked that boy as I SAW IT.

Wow you only have 140 subs???? I thought you had a ton more! This is quality content. I watched both paper Mario vids so far (I was the 140th lmao)

Fun watch and a good run. But I feel compelled to mention that healing items are actually pretty plentiful, thanks to the...regional?...Items found throughout the world. Stuff like Goomnuts, Koopa Leaves, Eggs and plenty more are found in Infinite supply all over. And since cooking isn't "gated" behind a coin use, it's 100% fair game here, which let's these scavenged items shine even more. So really, you accomplished both a no-spending AND no cooking run.

Here is my take on why peach doesn't get in the magical chest. She has no clue how long it will take for mario to discover her, and she'd be dealing with a limited oxygen supply after closing the lid, so if she got in, she'd probably be dead by the time mario got her out

What was going on with the jump charges against final Bowser is that his star rod shockwave attack undoes any charges you have. At least, that’s what I remember.

This was a great video man. I was wondering if its possible if you can do a "coinless" run with Bug Fables, since its practically the Paper Mario 3 people have wanted.

"Paper Mario series of puzzle games"

This and the TTYD video were both really interesting to watch! Do you have plans to take on the unconventional games like Super Paper Mario?

1:35 I was really glad to hear you disallowed Inns & Heart Blocks. Part of the thrill is the challenge. Any plans to do this for Super Paper Mario, despite it largely being a platformer? 2:12 If you didn't heal, dare I ask, how is your HP at 8? 4:13 Yay! 5:00 Nice! 18:15 Is Dizzy Spin an option in this Challenge? With Dizzy Spin, the Amayzee Dayzee doesn't get a first turn, so Ultra Hammer + Ultra Rank Watt Electro Dash is a guaranteed 2-turn KO as long as you don't mess up on the Action Commands. (Not that I expect you to mess up. No offense meant.) 20:48 If you wanna save time short term at the cost of HP -Or just have a laugh- Duplighosts that turn into Bombette can be OHKO'd by Electro Dash. 21:51 Fun fact: When he's flipped, you can use Spin Smash on him to make him spin around & drop coins! 27:45 Couldn't you just do a regular hammer for similar results? Anyway, nice & analysis run video! Thanks for uploading!

this video is just like the thousand-year door one

This is just how any casual beats the game since most people hoard money and items in rpgs

This was how i beat Huff N Puff and Crystal King originally, except with Goombario

Finally a nice bit of paper Mario content. Great video! Although, would it be alright if I could use the idea except for colour splash?

Paper Mario was so amazing. I just finished it I love it.

9/10 would have been 10/10 If you said a friendly hello to wakka more

Im still waiting to see coinless paper Mario to happen from any channel

Really hope this channel grows, some awesome content man!

Looks like I found my favorite paper Mariotuber

Great video! I'm a challenge runner for this game and it's always really cool to see new people trying out challenges (For both this game and TTYD, as I just finished watching that video and that's how I came here), if you ever get interested in more different challenges please let me know because I can give you a link to the Discord server of the challenge running community :>

This is a very interesting video/challenge, I'll have to try this

I have a challenge I'd like to see you attempt. How confident do you feel about beating Paper Mario 64 without ever healing? Basically, you can only restore HP or FP with level ups, ends of chapters, and forced heals like in the final boss. I'm trying this in TTYD and I'm up to just after Chapter 2. Would be fun to see another perspective on a different game. Also, Power Rush and Mega Rush can't both be active at the same time. Interesting tactic though to deal with Amazy Dayzees.

I'm surprised you didn't use the desert limes to recover.

Paper Mario is just too easy for this sort of challenge. As you pointed out, any time you have access to an enemy that can't damage you, you essentially have infinite healing either through Refresh or just picking up dropped hearts and flowers after battle. And even if you decided to ban both the use of Star Power and after battle pickups, for a mere 8 star pieces you can buy Happy Heart which provides an endless, albeit slow, regeneration ability. It actually seems pretty difficult to construct a challenge for this game that is both difficult to cheese and still possible to complete. You'd have to get into really esoteric stuff like only allowing each badge to be used for one battle while also banning non-item healing and shops. Or only allowing Mario to use Star Power and having to rely on partners for damage or something.

Hammer upgrades increase damage by 2!

fun fact: In Pokémon Yellow, if you keep trying to enter the Safari Zone without any money the guard gives up and you get a single Safari ball to get all your Pokémon and Key Items with.

6:09 Did you not know the egg was there? In a bush near the station there’s an egg you can use for health.

I think you're my new favorite challenge runner? Dig the laid-back presentation and general low-key gestalt. Same thing I like from Gamechamp3k or The Backlogs - it's a good style and you pull it off well ÷]

Also I use Ice Power and Power Bounce to defeat Lava Piranha phase 2

Couldn't, instead of going and picking on koopas, you just have gone to the Dry Dry oasis and munched down on Lemons & Limes?

You had full star power going in to the final fight, should have used some so the amount you passively generate wasn't wasted