How Many Turns Does it Take to Beat Thousand Year Door? 

I love how most gaming communities with challenge runs always devolve into “I love this game! How do I play it the least?”

Respect when It comes to the rules, no need to make It "as pure as possible" if It only means wasting time and nothing else

Shadow Queen phase 1 can be cut down a turn using Bomb Squad. You only need to hit the Shadow Queen on three separate turns, and internally the bombs go off between two regular attacks. Thank speedrunners for that one.

Good stuff. Note: For the cannons, you can squeeze past them in paper mode going through the middle of them taking down a few turns of the run.

not gonna lie the fact that mario can just deal 30+ damage in one bop and all of the bosses just being like "I'm really powerful watch out!!" when mario can tap them to death is really funny to me idk why

I'm almost certain that the spiky crown you're thinking of is Queen Bean's in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. That's the only similar thing I can recall.

Since you asked about glitches, the main glitch you could do to save turns is the early ultra hammer glitch, which if you add onto a ground pound glitch, you can literally skip all of Chapter 3 and skip straight to Grubba. From there you're without Yoshi, so you need to do 2 extra turns doing a Koops first strike glitch to get over the gap to Twilight Town's pipe without Yoshi. From there, beating Chapter 4 gives you a Yoshi partner that you've never had lol.

Good vid! There's definitely some optimizations you can make here; the current record is 63 turns glitchless (64 if you don't skip Shadow Sirens + Doopliss, which they did, but it's 1 turn and I'm not really knowledgeable on what the speedrunning community considers a glitch/not a glitch so I won't really go into it LOL). I won't spoil the solutions, but the video is on RU-vid by a creator called "Artur U"!

I'm so happy we're in an age where challenge runs like these are booming. Watching people torture themselves with overcomplicated rulesets just hits different. Keep up the good work boss.

for the shadow queen fight if you use bobberys move that shoots out bombs that explode a turn later you can cut down the turns you have to wait. I dont remember how it works exactly, i just saw it in a speed run

Yeah this is nice but i think i speak for All that we like to see a hammer run

Nice video! One place a turn could be saved: I remember hearing in another video about a weird interaction between bobbery's bomb squad and the shadow queen's invincible phase. I forget the exact details, but a turn one bomb squad before the first power bounce should speed up the invincible phase and could save a turn or two, depending how you count.

Rally Wink wasn't mentioned as a possible solution to Chapter 5 Crump, but you can't get Ultra Rank until after that battle so that's a no-go. Only mentioning here in hopes that others like me who were wondering about it don't waste time researching it!

I could be totally lying, but I remember hearing if you're perfectly in the middle of the Bullet Bill blasters that you can walk right through

Merlee could also save an extra turn in chapter 8, and likely fairly easily too. Considering you were only one level from red bones giving 0 star points, you'd just need to get the extra star points spell a couple times to get an extra level to first attack the red bones, saving a turn. Really cool video! Chapter 2 seems like torture lol Edit: oh yeah someone else mentioned the bill blasters are all skippable with paper mode, so maybe that'd get in the way of this? I'm unsure. Also I think the second Crump turn would be skippable by using double dip in the cortez fight with 5 fp, dropping your fp to 1, and then using a point swap on goombella. Goombella can then use a regular headbonk with the right amount of power to kill cortez in the normal amount of turns, and would then be set up to kill crump in one turn. Hooktail seems like it would actually need a merlee manip to be done in two turns though.

When that Yoshi grows up they're gonna shorten their name to Min T., and lie to everyone about it being a pun on "Minty" to spare themselves some of the embarassment.

The shade thrown on Dream at the very end was a great reference.

During Fatman703's damageless run, he shows that each bomb squad little bombs counts as a separate attacks for the shadow queen invincibility phase, making it possible to do that phase in one turn, I wonder if you could save 1 maybe even 2 turns with that

Your definition of a turn, is what most RPGs consider a 'Round' of combat, but yeah, makes sense on your ruling.

Actually such a criminally underated channel. Been watching a good bit of these Paper Mario TTYD Challenges and they're very entertaining and very well constructed. Didn't realize i wasn't subscribed (and that's when i realized how offensively low that count is). Also as much as I love the Paper Mario content, id love to see you expand your roster with various game challenges as well (I know you've done a few others lol). So yeah, Keep up the good work dude! I'll definitely be waiting for the next video!

The final fight advances by checking for the queen being attacked on 3 seperate turns. By using Bobbery's Bomb Squad you can essentially deal damage in 2 of your turns and before the start of your 3rd turn. It skips straight to the dialogue/cutscene before your turn starts so I think that would count under your rule set as eliminating a turn.

I wanna see you do a challenge where you can only use terrible options for things like partners and badges. Flurrie will finally have her time to shine!

I love finding that this game I grew up on still has such a thriving community

26:10 paper mode reduces Mario hitbox, which means if you’re on the midpoint of the bridge you should be able to *slide* right past those blasters.

This generation remembered their childhood nostalgia and spun it into gold with these types of videos. I love how HD your game is it’s so satisfying to watch. This was another great video EDIT: Did you try turning into paper mode and then walking between the bullet cannons? Not sure if it’s TAS only but i think you can bypass them like that

Oh, I was just binging your TTYD videos (again), I'm excited to add another one to the list! I love your content so much

easily one of my favorite games, excited to find your channel!

I'm loving seeing these challenge runs man! It's amazing to see just how many different ways TTYD can be played. Keep up the awesome work.

Super cool video!! Keep up the good work, these challenge runs are awesome!

So I don't think it qualifies as a glitch, but you can in fact avoid the bill blasters in the Palace of Shadows! You can barely fit using Marios Paper Mode hitbox, this might be true for Keelhaul as well

Great challenge run. Can’t wait for more of your content 😊

Your work is like that of a channel with millions of subs, you're super underrated. Your editing and the way you pace and script out your videos is incredible. Love the work, keep it up!

I was actually really curious to see Dupliss beaten before he transforms into Mario.

GOSH! You used my favorite calamity mod track for chapter 2 start and im so happy you did, Outcast of the sulphurous seas is seriously amazing

First video I've seen from ya. I love how ya don't dawdle on unnecessary things and are up front with the rules and whatnot. You deserve the subscribe. Strange idea and more entertaining than anticipated. Keep up the good work.

Love your videos bro, keep up the great work.

I've been binge watching your TTYD challenge videos; hands down one of my favorite games and the interesting twists make it even more enjoyable! Side note: For the end-game bullet bills (and maybe the grotto ones as well I'm not sure) I remember in an any% TAS they were able to use paper mode to barely squeeze between their hitboxes. Not sure if this would count as a glitch or not but especially with save states it might save a couple of turns! Keep up the great work!

Great video dude 👍

I subscribed at 3:00 because of how freaking honest you are about it. Good job! :D

Good shit, i love your content, super well executed and presented

So low HP in Danger/Peril range with Power Rush + Mega Rush equipped is such an insane strategy. Wiping out any of the tough event boss fights in a flash. Excellent work with the minimal amount of turns required, Bringle. 😎👍

Great video, definitely subbing 👏

Love the Ttyd content! Please keep it up 🤩

Bro I just found your channel I really enjoy it I’m stoked for the remake.

AWESOME concept for a video, I hope other people try similar challenges!

I’ve been watching all your videos as you release them and still can’t believe you only started 4ish months ago. Love the quality of every video and know it’s only a matter of time until your sub count reflects that quality.

37:05 Actually if I remember correctly, the bombshell blasters are so separated that if you use paper mode you can squeeze inbetween them and skip the fights. Also, if you use Bomb Squad when the Shadow Queen is in her invincible state, each of the bombs will count as an individual hit, so you can essentially skip the invincible phase in a single turn. Neat Speedrunning trick.

Man really love seeing you grow and continue to put out high quality content!! You should try to branch out by doing other Paper Mario games (64 maybe super).

Great video! I cannot imagine you savestating to get that insane luck to get down the pit of 100 trials without any fights

Nice I always love to watch challenge runs for older games and see what strategy people use to finish them

Just here to support this beautiful man. Also, I’m not sure how popular these would be and I wouldn’t want you to hinder your RU-vid performance, but seeing Paper Mario 64 or even Bug Fables challenge runs could be fun.

Your content is always amazing i cant believe how much commitment you have towards the game. I cant wait to see what comes next. Btw have you thought about doing a challenge run in the first Paper Mario? I recently played it and had a lot of fun so i was wondering what kind of challenges you could come up with.

You can actually skip the bullet blasters I'm pretty sure with a precis movement with papermode and walking between them.

14:45 thank you for using brobot’s theme here! made me smile!

Loving this pokemon music! Great vid!

Liked and subscribed. i cannot wait to play this when it comes out on the switch. i missed out because i never got a game cube but the original paper mario was my favorite game on the n64.

This video was professionally made for someone who can easily understand what the tips and tricks are, and I am proud this came up on my recommendations.

The goombas in chapter 6 were supposed to be some other enemy that wasn't fully coded in.

Seeing an attack in TTYD do 40 damage is horrifying, no man should have this power

I thought I was subbed to you, thanks for the reminder cause I love your content

Haven’t watched this yet but it’s an interesting challenge. If I recall correctly, the minimum number of battles you need to enter by the end of Chapter 1 is 10; 1, Crump; 2, Goomba Trio; 3, Blooper; 4, Shwonk Gatehouse #1; 5, Shwonk Gatehouse #2; 6, Sun Key Fuzzy; 7, Moon Key Fuzzy; 8, Gold Fuzzy; 9, Red Bones; 10, Hooktail. Then in Chapter Two, obviously you have the bosses with the Shadow Sirens and Magnus, but at this point I know there are forced X-Naut encounters and Piders that need to be beaten so that the Punie hoard can pass through the room without running off, but I can’t remember exactly how many of those there are.

Having watched the "partners only" run and now stumbling on this (thanks YT algorithm) I figured I may as well subscribe since I like the TTYD content. However its a shock that you have less than 10K subscribers with the quality of your content

Idk if it's been said already, but there are RNG manipulations that can skip a few shadow queen turns If a boo from the audience tries to give her a boo sheet, it takes 1 turn. I'm not sure, but maybe a stage hazard can as well Awesome video! This is my favorite game of all time and I love seeing new content on it!

Iirc for the invincible phase of the Shadow Queen, the game considers it complete if the Shadow Queen is attacked three times. Partners don't count, but the audience does. If you get an audience member to attack her, you can technically complete that phase in just 2 turns. I think the TAS does something similar.

Well done! thorough! entertaining! love from canada~!

I've waatched all your pmttyd videos twice

Taking a page from the TAS, shadow queen can save a turn if a boo triggers in the audience and hits her, that counts as one of the required hits needed to end the invincible phase

Honestly, this is a really solid showing of how diverse this game was

It’s always a good day when bringle posts a new video

"a surprise Mouseketool that will help us later" Hoo boy, it's been years since I've heard _that_ reference...

Sooo good and thorough! It's almost unthinkable to beat an entire RPG in 77 turns. I wonder what an average number of turns would be for a casual playthrough without meta strats.

Just when you thought Bringles couldn’t, he showed us all that Bringle can

I believe that in the JP version, you don't get full healed when you finish a chapter. Thus, I imagine you could skip that Lord Crump turn by having Goombella or Yoshi eat a trial stew during the Cortez fight. It didn't look like you leveled up after Cortez, and since regular jumps are sufficient for him, you don't have to worry about FP until you have a chance to restore it outside of battle anyway. Come to think of it, in the NA version, do all the partners get healed, or just the active one? If it's the latter, you could have one of them eat the stew, and then switch them out before the end of the fight. Meanwhile, if I'm not mistaken, I think you can save a turn or two during the Shadow Queen invincibility phase with Bobbery's Bomb Squad move. With proper positioning, I think each explosion will count as a separate attack for the purposes of advancing. Very fun video, subscribed. Edit: So I just watched this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H_JpQoNQxWI.html which some others had mentioned. It seems the end of chapter ceremony doesn't even happen after the Cortez fight, so getting a partner in peril is even simpler (they also used point swap shenanigans instead of trial stew). But on the other hand, it unfortunately seems Bomb Squad's explosions technically happen at the beginning of the following turn, so alas. It also has some alternate strats and a bunch of other tricks to save some sneaky additional turns, also worth checking out.

okay youtube you recommended this to me 4 days in a row and i dont know why i actually havent watched it yet. but nows the time so letsa go :)

Mom Bringle just uploaded another video

Great work!

Good stuff. Commenting for the analytics boost.

wrt the chapter 5 crump fight, and partner peril in general- the glitzville souvenir shop sells "point swaps" for 5 coins, swaps mario/a partner's HP with your FP- so if you have mario in peril, you can use a point swap to swap his HP to FP, setting FP to 1, and then use another on the partner to swap their HP with that one FP, setting the partner in peril, meaning for 10 coins, as long as you can set mario in peril, you can set any partner in peril

Absolutely love your videos

You weren't alone in thinking the Shadow Peach's crown was spikey. I also incorrectly remembered that.

You can save turns on the Shadow Queen boss fight’s invincible phase, actually. Using Bomb Squad on the hands speeds it up, as each individual bomb counts towards the attacks needed to go to phase 2.

10:56 this joke took a second to understand but when i did it gave me memories of the show when my little sister used to watch it often.

Great video. One thing I want to add is that you can avoid the golden canons with paper mode. Don’t know if that can also be done with the two normal canons on the island but if would cut down the amount of turns by at least 3.

I'd love to see the same challenge, but without badges (or at the very least without ones like Peril that trivialize a majority of the game lol). Great stuff though man.

cleft chad graphic goes hard. you, sir, have earned a sub

Ok I was just enjoying the video up until the 10:59 mark and after the joke I was like "yeah this is an instant classic, gonna Subscribe"

For any game really, checking out a glitchless speedrun can always be a good source of information. iirc, there's a way to get by the bill launchers using paper mode in ch5 (looking at the speedrun you can get past the ones in ch8 too with a highjump to some odd collision and jump over them). Very nice vid tho

You've become my new night time routine 😊❤

Hi Bringle! I hope this challenge becomes as intricate as Super Mario 64's ABC.

Nice! bro actually made the video I suggested, its like tailored content woo

I do want to point out that as soon as you get Yoshi you can actually get spike sheild since with extremely tight control and luck you can use yoshi to run past the spikes to get the badge.

Genuinely cant wait for the remaster of this game, its the only paper mario ive never played, ironically is the best one lmao

Never thought id see a paper mario ltc but happy to see it

If anyone is interested, the mishap in chapter 3 with the extra fight causes a difference of 3 star points gained over defeating Bowser. (I went to check because I was curious)

RU-vid! This guy is doing a good job! Show his videos to more people!

With all the work that must have went into this video, it's honestly surprising that you didnt think to set up partner peril with a point swap at any point in the run. Still a good video though! You should definitely check out Artur U's least possible turns run of this game if you haven't already

Well to reduce your partners HP you can always opt for point swap. just get your FP low and point swap your partner point swap should be available from chapter 3 onward, with that crump should be easily become a 1 turn fight.

when i saw the title, i assumed it was talking about mario flipping over when he switches directions. minimum flips could also be a cool challenge run idea though!

2:55 “Make sure and subscribe” .. dont worry, I didn’t forget to like even without the reminder.

I’ve never played TTYD but damn I love these videos 🫶