How a Traffic Light Fan Broke Super Mario Galaxy Speedrunning 

Dendonondon let me know about the video you made. How cool. 😃 also. I madesure to like this video 👍and subscribed 👍 😮

Mario and traffic lights actually have a lot in common. For one, they both have main characters that are red and green.

This is only the galaxy side of him, soon he’s gonna be making new developments in the traffic light community

"Mario and Traffic Light Fan" sounds like the name of someone living their best life. They know what they like and they're proud of it. I approve.

I love him discovering absurd speedrunning opportunities and being like "heehee fall into black holes"

funny thing is, sometimes if i get stuck behind a red light, a small part of the back of my mind says "dang, missed the Cycle, THATS a time loss..."

The idea of this random traffic light fan finding weird glitches for fun and speedrunners going: ''wtf this could be a super useful skip, how is he finding these'' is hilarious.

5:27 finally, backwards longer jump

I was fully expecting this video to showcase how a traffic light messed up something in the wiimote's detection or something like that, but I got a pleasant and real cool gravity shenanigans showcase instead, very cool stuff Mr. MATLF

this game was never intended for luigi

This guy probably has access to the google api so he can do the captchas where you click on traffic lights anytime he wants

Great video. The thing I love about these skips is that the really give a new perspective on glitch-hunting; MATLF had no intent to “save time” in a Speedrun and just wanted to screw around with the game’s physics, leading him to think outside the box in ways we never did. What a legend *this video also reminded me that we really need to come up with a unanimously agreed on Gusty 2 skip name ☠️

Fun fact about Pablo Díaz: He won a game show in Spain called "Pasapalabra" which only a handful of people have won (I would say less than 30) despite being aired since 2000.

Speedrunning is so great because where else is Luigi burning his bottom as he's flung through the void of space at an incresing velocity both celebrated and the optimal thing to do

Marioandtrafficlightfan is a person who knows exactly what he likes. I wish I could have his clarity.

The speedrunner in 3:15 is a well known prodigy here in Spain🇪🇸! He is known by everyone here because he once went to a TV Program and won 4 Million dollars. He plays the violin, he speedruns and he studies so hard! We all love him.😂❤

TerminalMontage in the background writing a sick plot with Luigi falling to the speed demon and doing this.

he's not a speedrunner but he's a glitch hunter

I'd like to mention that for the FF2 skip in doing the gravity shenanigans, MarioFan and Dendonodon played huge roles. MarioFan showed that with the correct lava boost, it was possible to go to the FF2 planet from the race area, and Dendonodon proved that it was possible to go to the ending area of FF2, which saved several seconds already. I only came up with the fast version of the skip, in which you bounce of the ice panels, which saved around 15 more seconds. Also, for the Dreadnought skip at 3:07, it was PurpleSun who came up with the Goombeetle-less setup, which saved a few more seconds.

These are looking like some Sonic Adventure 2 type skips with all this flying out of bounds.

[Luigi died on the way back to his home planet]

i was so confused like "huh they aren't crediting clips from that one runner who keeps showing up" and then realised it's you. that runner is you. i am bign't brain

I honestly find it very interesting/inspiring. One single video about something very weird that can happen in a beloved video game. It's very well presented, follows the "documentary meta". And it works fantastic; the title is crafted in such a way that the viewer knows vaguely, but also doesn't know exactly what the video is about before watching, and they're like "wait what, what is he talking about". And yet all you do is to present something that you're passionate about, without thinking "it has to be good, else my viewers won't be interested anymore". I absolutely admire the way this video has popped off, hats off to you, and I can wish only the best for the future of this channel. 🎉❤

Now the question is when MATLF is making his first speedrun

i love traffic lights….

bro said melty monster instead of melty molten 😭😭😭😭

To be honest this is straight up this power of this tism at work here.

I love Mario and traffic lights so I love this guy's work! Never knew they impacted the speedrunning community!

A... Traffic light fan...

Glitchhunters are always dope to see, no matter what game. They definitely make or break speedrunning to how they are, and can sometimes tear the game in two in so cool ways - Great vid tibs

This is the sort of thing I love about speedrunning. You get these random tricks that snap old strategies and change the routes forever...and the people who discover it have names like "Bibblebiscuit74" and like collecting stamps. Not knocking MATLF, of course, he's obviously quite skilled at breaking SMG, and it's just one of the funniest thing I love about this community.

A few months ago, I stumbled onto one of the black hole videos he uploaded with a couple dozen views. It was such a strange thing to see since it’s super unique movement done so casually. I spent an hour seeing all the wild stuff on the channel... I recommend checking it out from how different it is compared to what you might expect to see! I’ve been following it since then, and I’m glad someone else noticed it too. It is unbelievable how many previously thought TAS-esc tricks there are, and it’s not even in the interest of speedrunning- mostly it’s trying to find unique black hole deaths. I remember in one of his comments he mentions not being interested in speedrunning at all. It’s a great channel and I find the unintentional overlap with speedrunning tricks extremely funny, bahaha.

For this to be your first video is absurd lmao, I genuinely assumed this was a well established ~100k sub type channel watching through this. Amazing work, easiest sub in recent memory.

It does not surprise me that what it took to make such massive discoveries was the precise kind of hyper-fixation that only someone who proudly hails from a super specific community of people on the spectrum. And I mean that as a compliment. It takes focus and careful study to understand a game enough to break it THIS hard.

I smell a summoning salt video in the far future when this becomes more mainstream and faster

gravity in this game is truly a wonder. i love being able to actually see some of the improvements happen in real time-ish. even if im still bad at keeping up with... anything. anyways. cool video!!

Wait, you only have 56 subscribers? This looks like something from a youtube with 50k-100k! I'm definitely subscribing

adalf casually makiing huge skips and performin TAS-only tricks by hand is the funniest shit ngl

I haven't been giving the P2 Luma enough credit

Let's go Tibs with the Galaxy videos! I knew of the find from Good Egg Galaxy, but didn't know about all these other finds. Amazing!

I'm surprised no one in the comments has heard of him, lol. I've always wondered how long it would take for his discoveries to be recognised by speedrunners.

Damn, i thought this was about how a traffic light's internal fan (like a cooling unit) was used to jerry rig a wii console to make somehow make a glitch more reliable or something

I've been subscribed to them for a while now and had no idea they were this influential lol, fantastic vid

As a casual player, somehow none of these skips ever occurred to me as something to try, let alone be possible

This game's runs are gonna turn into Sonic Adventure 2 speedruns

The other day I was checking the wiki and didn’t see a glitch I had found using goombas. If you spin ground pound the right spot on them their collision is just gone and you can walk right through them. I’d have to re-find or re-make a video of when I discovered this in 2020

To think I've never found a glitch while playing and Mario Galaxy is this breakable...makes you wonder what other games are hiding

Mario and Traffic Light Fan feels like the Pannenkoek of Mario Galaxy

You cannot put my favorite Mario game in front of me and say a Traffic Light fan broke it and not have me curious

Yo pablo won "pasapalabra" he is a genius

Hey this was pretty interesting shout out to the RU-vid algorithm for bringing me here This is very well made considering it seems to be your first video good job

marioandtrafficlightfan3282 has been my favorite small channel to watch, no clue why i find all his stuff so entertaining

These have got to be some of the most busted speedrunning glitches I've ever seen in a game AND I'M LOVING IT

Shoutouts to Pablo Díaz who is one of the few speedrunners out there with a Wikipedia page.

It will always blow my mind how people discover these skips, and yet MarioandTrafficLightFan discovered like 20 all by himself! That's really impressive.

This video has been in my Watch Later for a month. All that time, I thought that some types of traffic light used fans for cooling, and that one of these somehow impacted Super Mario Galaxy speedrunning. ._.

This is an incredibly interesting, well edited, and funny video, keep it up and the channel should blow up

This is one of the best videos I have seen in a while. I absolutely love this.

Between the gamebreaking mario galaxy discoveries and the traffic light obsession, MATLF got some potent hyperfixations. Man's got that 'tism

Imagine a speedrun doing all these successfully. it would be astronomically low chance to hit all of these PERFECTLY but imagine

Alternate title: a traffic light fan (and the speedruning comunity) get Luigi to float off of planets into other planets

I didn’t even realise that the game was being played as Luigi until 6:55. Luigi being the main character just felt right lmao

Bro that's some insane quality for a first vid! Really enjoyed it, thanks for your work. I wish you all the best in your youtube career, you deserve it !

Eventually, someone will be motivated enough to get all the skips in a run. It's only a matter of time really

Man, one day, I wanna see terminal montage create a “something about super Mario Galaxy speedrun Luigi%

Virgin speedrunner VS Chad traffic light fan.

Luigi breaks a game by doing not quite absolutely nothing, but close enough. ¡¡¡DIOS MIO!!!

Tibs when marioandtrafficlightfan is a fan of Mario and traffic lights.

this is awesome project youre starting here tibs, good luck!

I wanted to check other videos that you've made but it was actually your first? Damn I felt like you were there for years with a video like that, I hope you continue to make videos (especially smg it's my favorite childhood game)

I'm absolutely hooked and can't wait for more speedrunning videos from you! It's obvious you put a lot of time, thought and effort into this and I hope to see more from you in the future with these. Keep up the good work :)

Thank you for sharing this video, I actually am here because I like traffic lights and this was recommended lol

When I read the title, I thought about traffic light radiator fans would induce an electric noise signal tripping the Gamecube.

Ah yes, Mario and Trafic Light Fan, the Christopher Columbus of Super Mario Galaxy

5:28 luigi: my planet needs me BYE BYE

i have no intentions to run galaxy ever but this was really interesting, good job!

Great video - I'm eagerly expecting more content of yours, of such quality in the future!!

Good luck with future videos, I’m looking forward to them!

this video brought me back to some amount of my childhood- before and after school the kid that my mom babysat and I would play different game hunting glitches and OOB's- so many gamecube and PS2 games we explored, I could probably make a several hour long documentary about all the glitches if I had them all memorized and organized...

Didn't know that Pablo, a guy who won "Pasapalabra" here in Spain did Mario stuff, amazing!

This is an incredible video! I feel like the true exploration of MATLF is amazing. Definitely will be subscribing to both of you!

I was expecting some game I've never heard of named "Traffic Light," but no, he really is a fan of literal Traffic Lights 🙏

I was genuinely shocked by how few likes and views are on this video. Incredibly made, well done! I thought it came from a far larger channel, and I'm sure you have a bright future ahead if you keep at it!

I’ve actually seen a decent amount of the black hole videos so it feels cool seeing a video talking about them 😭

i feel like Kid Me spent about 3700 hours trying to glitch out of the ice ring gravity in freezeflame without success and now I finally see that this dude is timing lava bounces off the decoration planets with pause buffering

HUGE W FOR THR TIBS COMMUNITY

Great vid, MATLFs discoveries will always amaze me.

sick to see the best game of all time get more discoveries, freeze flame 1 skip is something i wouldve never thought possible

never seen galaxy content before, this guy is so sick lol

his titles are so innocent I love them

“So what do you like to do for fun?” “Oh nothing much, I like playing Mario Galaxy and staring a stoplights” “What…?”

i love sliding off a crystal and instantly beating a level due to said crystal

I never realized how broken the gravity in Mario Galaxy was lmao

BLJ: Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary.

Wow! What an interesting video. I love seeing showcases of important members of speedrunning communities

Great video! I love when games and their speedruns get to embrace their particular shenanigans like this.

It's crazy to see things discovered all these years later

And to think it all started with Super Mario Galaxy: Every Single Black Hole. If not for that video, I feel like his channel wouldn't have kicked off as well as it did...and perhaps was an inspiration for those videos initially? Edit: bro is also making black hole history. He discovered that the crystal float in Good Egg can be used to enter the impossible black hole, as well as entered one in Battlerock.

That’s so cool! The Mario Galaxy videos too

Love how I knew the exact channel you were talking about before I clicked on the video