Mario Speedrunner Tries Champions Road for the First Time 

This was like 4 months ago and I forgot to get it edited lol. Right on time for the DLC huh?

Smallant: Tries Champion's Road for 2 hours Someone: Just beat it Smallant: Okay, I'll just beat it Proceeds to beat it in that same attempt

"The limited time is actually a really cool concept" Said the fucking speedrunner

As someone who beat this game with every single character for those 5 stamps it made me laugh to hear him say "Wait why are there still 5 stamps left?"

After years of people ragging on 3D World simply for not being a “true” 3D Mario I’m glad to see this underrated gem getting attention. Of course the port and Bowser’s Fury helped a lot, but still.

You started champion's road with 410 lives and finished it at 246 lives the suffering must have been insane.

When he said "Piranha Creeper Creek After Dark" I almost fell out of my chair from the flashbacks. I don't really remember what was so bad about it, but I do remember spending a week and 150 lives trying to beat it.

My man went from "SMO speedrunner" to "MARIO speedrunner" you can't stop him

It makes me feel validated seeing a Mario expert also die for over two hours.

100 percenting this entire game, getting all golden flagpoles, collecting all the stamps and greenstars finishing all levels with every character was an amazing experience on switch. One of the best mario platformers to date

The galaxy refrences in this game are just way too good

24:51 Chat: "it's no darker side" *_looks like someone has not played champion's road_*

Now do it without dying single time in the whole game. Your save file shows how many times you died

SmallAnt may not like his singing but his WHISTLING IS GODLY

That was actually quite decent Tanner!

"I'm still not used to the controls!" *makes a series of jumps over a poison lake while dodging Para Dry-Bones, and then snipes two Piranhas with fireballs *

"I'm sure it is, feels like I've half done it already!" 410 lives cuts to 2 hours later with 257

Did you know: If you stand near champions road on the world map and turn the volume up, you can actually hear a heartbeat.

"depth perception please" perfectly sums up my experience with the game

That person in chat had no chill at 0:56 ""Captainskelebones: You are more boring than doing an essay on paint trying"

I love how I see "Hi youtube" in chat almost everywhere

Normal person: Pronounces Luigi like "Loo-i-jee" Smant: Looigee

As someone who has gotten 5 stars (requires every level with every character) at 26:16 I actually burst out laughing

devines editing is also god tier this stream was so much fun , also the mystery 30 star level took way longer than it looks

I've been playing the pirahanna plant level over and over again for hours seeing a speed runner struggle makes me feel better.

The inferiority I feel from having a 6 year old save file but also being 1 star away from the final world is flaring up imma go get that checked out Update: Still tryin

This whole time the game has been out, I still haven’t beaten Champions Road. The port is where my redemption will happen.

me: hey this was fun i should watch the vod editing smallant: 24:02 me: nevermind

"Levels with limited time are hard" Me, a super mario 3d land player: "First time?"

Me and my family had been playing super mario 3d world for like 2 months, getting the highest scores possible, every stamp, every star, every top of the flag, with every single character. I was probably a bit easier with 4 people because then you only have to replay the level twice to get all of the characters, but it was pretty tough. Although we never ran out of lives because my brother just sat there with the shell in level 2, gaining us 3 CROWNS worth of lives. It was a good experience, and definitely a worthy game of buying to anyone who is willing.

I'm watching this at 4 am and should be sleeping. But I'm enjoying myself too much to stop.

"If you go early, they just kill you" not even 2 seconds later: *goes early* *dies*

As soon as he hits 10 hours at 2:08 he makes a poggers face Edit: how the hell is this one of my most liked comments?

Champion's Road lives rent free in my brain. My friends and I played through this game together when it first came out. It was chaos. There was a LOT of shouting, laughing, swearing, and betrayal as the four of us clawed our way through the game. I think I was Peach. Then we beat the main game and they teased post-game. The moment they unlocked my girl Rosalina, I locked her in immediately. But Champ's Road was a gauntlet. Each of us struggled on something, but excelled in something else. One of us was really good at rhythm blocks, and I was pretty good at the first couple bits. I think our Luigi player was really good at the vertical section and water section. So - for once in the entire game - we communicated. We'd all bubble except one or two of us, and let them take care of a section, then swap out. It still took forever as we worked out a strategy, but it was really fun. I have fond memories of this game. Definitely one of my favorites, if only for the multiplayer experience. Playing it alone wouldn't even compare.

This games' Champion's Road was the one that took me the longest out of all Mario games. Normally, I get to the level, and I either beat it that same day or the next one. This one kept me occupied for almost 2 weeks, with at least an hour each day dedicated to it alone. After I beat it, I did it again for each character - and was done 2 days later... once this level is conquered, it's not as imposing anymore and you get much more confident in your approaches, instead of trying to preserve resources for whatever may be next. Great work getting it done right there, SmallAnt!

"If you go early, they just kill you" Continues to go early and dies

Alternate title: furry Loogie flies past the stars

Me: is about to go to sleep Ant: HOW 'BOUT A 1 AM UPLOAD EH?

The crazy thing is, I never owned this game, but when I played it with 3 other players whom I've never met before, we tried out Champion's Road, and I was the only one to make it to the end after 3 tries. It was crazy!! I almost ran out of time, though, and I didn't get the top of the flagpole, which was a bummer.

"if you go early they just kill you" * goes early ** 10 second ad * **Dies**

i can see it allready: mario speedrunner plays bowsers fury for the first time

24:24 that was music to my ears

This man did in 15 hours what I haven’t done in years. Good job man! Now do true 100% where you have to beat all levels with each character :)

this makes me feel so much better. I played this level for forever and then I watched Thab one-shot it blind, first try and I cried

it’s like once u beat champions road for the first time, you can do it over and over again, like it becomes a part of you

Life lesson: SmallAnt doesn’t have the greatest depth perception

08:08 Me : stays 11 hours to defeat the level Smallant: this one sucks

Champion's road isn't all that bad if you ignore the fact that you die approximately 50% of the time in the first segment because depth perception makes you not hit the chargin' chucks or just fall straight through the gaps

i like that the frustrated ant on the thumbnail isn’t even reacting to champions road, it’s pcc after dark. editors know the real hardest level

Y’know, as tough as Darker Side of the Moon was, and how tough Champion’s Road was, I don’t think EITHER have anything on the Perfect Run. I’m thoroughly convinced if you can beat the Perfect Run, there is not a single Mario level you can’t beat outside Kaizos.

those times he was playing odyssey do be paying off

"Mario Speedrunner..." "HASN'T tried champions road" Me: What..... SMH my head

Petition for small ant to stream bowsers fury when it comes out

The plus side about playing this on the Wii U: The Switch does not actually have a microphone. So you get to scream at everything!

Champion's Road is one of the hardest levels in Maro games. The hardest is The Perfect Run, from SMG2. You get 1 hp, it's even longer, and there are also no checkpoints.

Never seen someone so good and yet so bad at this game xD

Ahhh, good times. The Wii U version was a great experience for me, and beating this world felt awesome.

I was just like, I'm gonna go watch smallant. Well here I am.

can we just say rosalina is the best character in this game? her spin is such a good tribute to mario galaxy.

That being said about champions road, SMG2 (200%) is still the hardest Mario game ever. Depending on who you ask, The Perfect Run is even harder than Champion’s Road

20:03 pogging with fear

Next: Mario Speedrunner plays Bowser’s Fury for the first time

23:40 for Champion's Road

just imagine being mario doing this level so you have no extra feats, just the normal mario movement you get and playing this level only as him. this level took 200+ lives from me

SmallAnt: I've finally completed THIS!! SM3DW+Bowser's Fury: *no.*

Oh my goshness! I remember when I first completed Champion's Road. I was extremely happy because I had played through it so much to where it was the first time in any game I had the timing and movement down and memorized to perfection; where one small change or mistake messed me up completely for the rest of the level. I was also younger and refused to wait around for too long, so there's that to consider. However, it was still a feeling of achievement I hadn't really felt before as I've never been too serious about speedrunning or becoming perfect in such a way at anything before then. Even though I still don't really care much about getting something down to perfection like that, I still make my attempts to do so mostly for the fun of it and the exhilarating feeling when I do manage to perfect a timing or movement down again.

Piranha Creeper Creek After Dark is the worst level ever made in a Mario game

“Why are these so good at moving” -SmallAnt 2021

26:23 “Well that’s all I got for you today” Me naturally looks down at the timer

"Depth perception please" 😅 i am onto the last two stages of this game now (all stamps and stars so far). This is a great game despite the issues with depth, so i am glad it's not just me. Found myself wishing i could grab onto ledges far more than i expected to.

It's so strange seeing him without his red hair

I have had this game for like 3 years and still couldn’t beat champions road after beating the whole game

2:09 petition for twitch to replace pogchamp with this

24:24 damn Smallant’s whistling is beautiful, I knew he had a good ear. No one is allowed to say he’s a bad singer now!

16:19 I got an ad at the exact same time as Smallant leaving the pipe

19:09 eventually, we all do.

I have never played this game, but I am interested in getting the Switch port when it drops.

I spent HOURS on the plant level it sucks so much

SmallAnt: Mario Speedrunner Tries Champions Road for the First Time PointCrow: Zelda Pro Plays Breath of the Wild DLC for the FIRST TIME I sense a pattern..

11:28 (Notices lives and coins) Funny number go brr

"mario speedrunner" Tanner: only plays Minecraft

“This is the hardest level ever made aparently, seems easy” Smash cut to 2 hours and 163 lives later That’s like the epitome of pain

Why does ant look like a mix of wario and waluigi in the cover on the vid

The fire level got me so bad, especially that second star. Love to see the grind this game is really amazing.

I beat Champions Road after a few hours of constantly dying (some of which were from pure fatigue). It's a great experience, one of the few in modern gaming history that make you feel like you've actually accomplished something.

Lol the link didn’t work and i got the “Taht page is in another castle” thibg. Very funny because his channel has a lot of mario content

I tried to 100% This game after Smallant, and did it before him

His depth perception is the real enemy here.

I used to struggle SO MUCH with this level. Before the switch port came, I finally beat it. So basically years later I beat it

24:10 - 24:17 is me currently... only 10 times that number. This is the ONLY Mario game I haven’t cleared 100% completion (both for the Wii U and now the Switch). The frustration I am having with this level is bringing me right back to Super Mario 3 NES.and the “no save” (aka the “sure, turn the game off...but you’ll be sorry...”). Anyone who did not have to endure getting to World 8 hitting pause, going to school, only to come home & discover one of your parents turned it off and you’re screwed and right back at World 1/01. Newer gamers: you just don’t know... you just don’t know. Stay safe and healthy out there everyone (you and your families) 🙏🏻

Imagine not getting all the stamps couldn't be me.

00:56 "you are more boring than doing an essay about paint drying" 1.18 million people: *disagree*

Who else here has already pre ordered super Mario 3D world +bowsers fury

Piranha plants: Live to bite/eat and live to move SmallAnt: "Why are they so good at moving?!?"

After watching Smallant SMO videos for a long time, its wierd seeing SmallAnt not doing a cap throw to get on top of platforms and no animations for grabbing a green star

Me who doesn’t own a wii u Impressive

Me who beat them easily on wii u *Maybe I am a speed-runner*

Ah, the duality of man: "Good job Brain, you thunk. You thunk for once." *_Literally 2 seconds later_* "You stopped thinking."

Btw, to get 5 stars u need to: Beat every level Touch the top of the flag on every level (except the final world) Beat every level with every character (except the final world) Get every green star Get every stamp Beat every world

“If you go through the pipe early they kill you” Ants final last words