How to speedrun Super Mario 3D World (Switch) 

As a speedrunner myself, with a time of 1:49:12, this guide is pretty helpful for people who may not be acquainted with the game. But there are a couple things I would like to make note of. Never grab the flag on a timer ending in 1,3 or 6. It’s faster to wait a in-game second than to do so. As by doing so, you only lose 0.75 seconds compared to the 2-3 seconds lost from the fireworks. You actually want to get a backup cat suit in 2-3, not 1-1, as 2-3 has a cat bell right in your path. In 1-2 it’s actually faster to throw the above shell at the Goomba stack. In 2-A, is you use the cursor to stun the Galoombas, they can be knocked out instantly with a claw swipe. In 3-1, make sure to release crouch before jumping, as you may accidentally long jump. After 3-CT, make sure to warp back to the beginning of W3 The furthest way to cross gaps is to cat claw twice in the air float with peach, then cat claw some more. This allows us to jump from the switchboard from Green Star 2, to Green Star 3, and to the end in 3-7 with a running start. A similar technique is used in 3-Train to move between the trains, which progresses the autoscroll faster. In 3-B, you can also use ground-pound jumps In 4-4, you can bounce across the biddybuds to skip the moving platform, it’s also much easier than it looks (assuming you have a cat suit) Now here’s where most people’s route diverges After 5-CT, we go to 1-CT via the hidden warp pipe at the bottom of W5. In 1-CT, we grab stars 3,4, and 5 first, then drop down and get 2 and 1. Afterwards we warp back to W5, do 5-1, and then go to 5-3, where we get all 3 stars. Otherwise everything is the same except we go to W6 immediately after 5-Castle. Now this is a common misconception, but Prince Bully isn’t RNG, he actually operates on very tight cycles. The way we do it is we go to the right of him, and rolling long jump him into the middle left pipe. He’ll usually pop out the bottom left pipe. In 6-MH, on Star 3 (The P switch one), it’s better to do it normally unless you have the touch starts down perfectly. In Motley Bossblob, you don’t want to collect the double cherries, as they do slow down the pipe entry. For 7-1, you can skip the final pipe. It’s usually done with peach and cat momentum (which is still the fastest way of moving combined with vectoring with peach) In 8-1, you do actually want to collect green star 2. Another more minor route diversion. Some people go to 8-2 like in the video for safety, but going to 8-3 saves 20 seconds on average. Keep in mind if you go to 8-3, you only get green stars 1 and 2. In 8-4, we also collect green star 2. In 8-6, collect star 2 if you went to 8-3 instead, otherwise just skip it. In 8-Castle, most people use rumble to time their jumps. Also remember to not collect any green stars, though I have seen people collect Green Star 3 for fun. Now you may have noticed I didn’t mention more advanced skips, such as Fuzzy Skip, Candle Skip, Or any of the Grumblump skips. That’s because these are much more difficult, and you’d be better off using these once you get better. Same thing for crouch boosting. I hope this helps anyone that sees it!

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1:44 Nico: “But for a speedrun, we don't need a slowpoke like him.” Peach: **sits in corner quietly** 5:03 Now I know why stamps are cringe! Thanks, Nico.

Thanks for the guide! Now I will get 24th

1:17 After playing 3D World with all characters. I wished they gave Mario the spin jump similar to Rosalina once you unlock her just to pay homage to Galaxy.

Nicos Speedruns are EPIC. Also Toad is sppppeeeeeeeddddddd

17:47 if you memorize the level layout you can actually skip almost all of the auto scroll as the game allows you to go ahead if the camera. The camera will always catch up to you in the spots where he showed in the video. So For the two vertical sections you can cut the time down drastically and the olny auto scroll you have to follow is the horizontal part.

Its always fun seeing him trying to speedrun

Hey! 360 Chrism is there! Right above Nico! He's the chillest guy ever

Seeing nico speedrunning so smoothly is really satysfying

Dude I am obsessed with this game and your channel!!

"I'm far from a pro" Idk man, I would say being the 25th best person in the world is pretty good

I’ve been trying to speedrun the game too, but I wasn’t using any routes and I’ve only done it twice so far. I got like roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes my second run, so that wasn’t too bad.

Wow! Love you’re content! Keep up bye good work!

This video was great, you should continue the series!

Me:trying to speed run SM3DW with mario Nico bbq:you Under arrest

Dude this is perfect now I can speed run the game ty so much Nico 😃

Thank you Nico. Now I will do my 2nd speedrun in my life. Thanks 😊

Awesome video man keep up the good work

Thank you so much man keep up the good work! ☺️

This was really helpful as I got 3d world for Christmas

Good job on getting 25th on any percent! I can’t even speedrun like you or at all. Thanks for this video it really helped me speedrun this game.

Thank you this will help a lot

Yes I like these types of speed run guides!

Cool video Nico!

Nico don't stop making videos these are epic

Thank you for the guide!! I think I might actually buy the game and speedrun it now!

Now I'm motivated to learn this

I like ur vids because ur chill, awsome, and dont clickbait like most people

ngl this was an AMAZING guide🤩😎 thanks

Thanks for making this super helpful enjoyable video.

1:46 “we don’t need a slowpoke like him” Also him: *made a mario is a hero video 9 months ago*

thanks, i always see videos about speedruns but never ones that explain what the speedrunner is actually doing to go fast

good job nico! 25th place isnt too bad!

Now this is epic!

Nice video a lot people will try to speed run this game!

Really liked this video!

Thank you this will come in handy

Toad: Gotta go FAST!!! Sonic: woah man! Wait for me! 🍄 🍄 🍄

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

Good luck speed running Bowser's fury without any power-ups

Thank you so much nico soon I was about to do a speed run in a couple of days thank you so much you are cool

Great guide!

I just remembered who he is and i still remember his video from 5 years ago that i used to watch

I’ve never tried a speedrun before so I might need to give this game a try it looks fun to speedrun

You should have the world record because i just saw you complete the game in 23 minutes

At 13:50 it also works with peach if you ground pound jump:)

I did not expect for you to avoid ALL of those stamps.

Nico thanks the victom glitch is cool it can work for Mario to

more of this, yes!

This will help me speedrun

I find it funny how many of these I discovered on my own from beating every level with every character.

i cant be the only person that is trying to learn the route and has come back to this video like 30 times

I remember watching a live stream of you trying to be your personal best for speed running

Epic nico / coolest nico :D

Hey thanks dude you are the best

Your the best speedrunner off Mario

So Cool!!!

"Level 1-2 is surprisingly simple" *tragic flashbacks : "It's actually surprisingly simple"*

"I've been playing Super Mario 3D World quite a lost" nicobbq 2021

As a Luigi main in 3D World, I approve of this speedrun.

I've been watching these attempts live

this r button cursor was also what replaced pointing the wii remote at the screen and pressing a in the 3d all stars version of galaxy

In sm3dw + bf, Mario is known as good for everything, he has some average speed, average jump hight, he's pretty good.

Coinless speedruns would be epic.

It would be worth timing all the green stars for how much time you lose off the optimal path to clear a level, and compared to alternate path levels length, and when and how many stars you need for each time the game gates you off by green stars to continue. It might be tedious as there so many of them, but if it hasn't been done completely, it should to optimize routes through the game.

9:25 Nico you can trow a shell into the goomba tower and aim for the warp pipe that will save you some time

Epic speed run strategy 😎 😎

world 3-5: *plays as luigi* also world 3-5: *shows peach's icon at the bottom*

Nice video, i have trouble playing this on my ps4 though

Oh awesome

nico im your bigget fan i love your videos

I've played this game so many times on Wii U so I wanna try this

18:15 omg that was so brutal 😭😭

At 14:25 you can select world 4 without selecting world 3

Thanks

Thank you! Is It faster if you get in the turtle shell and spinning around?

and this is EPIC

I remember the days back on the Wii U where cat momentum was the fastest.... Now its vectoring!

I’m dieing the only cure is to give nico million subscribers

this ismy favourite game!

so cool

Nice Speedrun of Super 3D World! Too bad is dead, was hoping you would play as him.

3-terrain nice Nico

Make sure you do your vectoring with both direction and magnitude. OH YEAH!

Have fun vectoring on Wii u version Quick question, do you hold y during a vector?

20:12 you're right because in the next level you only have 4 lives

now I am using this route to speedrun

I got 1:55:06 a few weeks ago, and now I’m right behind you on the leaderboard.

At the beginning of the bowser fight, you can save time by long jumping on the stairs. Yay!

I Love You Nico

I didnt know you were canadian thats awsome

I like this

Nico: we never use Mario. Me: why is it called Mario 3D world

18:03 This is the secret baseball mini-game

I made a video on Vectoring before this video released and I had no idea it was called that lol

1:31 "And Toad runs as fast as Sonic the Hedgehog!" I don't think Toad can run at the speed of sound.

I don't know if this is faster but in the Prince Bully fight you can just crouchwalk under the clear pipes and when he charges at you he automatically goes in the clear pipe (maybe not faster but definitly easier)

I was actually thinking about this a few weeks ago...

I beat this game, now time to attempt a speed run!