Speedrunners Have Already Broken the SMRPG Remake 

Do you think a major skip will be found? Or will the run remain a bunch of small movement based time saves and minor sequence breaks?

It’s already interesting to see what skips and glitches were intact from the SNES and what’s new in the remake.

That lands end sequence break is definitely possible, I found a way to jump on the spring before it sends you back through the pipe, though the exact timing is still unknown to me. I’ll try to upload a video of it soon

Most of the enemy skips seem to come from the original. That's how faithful the remake is. It carries over SKIPS.

I saw the minecart jump "skip" while playing casually and performed it on my own. I highly doubt it needed to be "found" by anyone. The developers clearly put it there for the player to use intentionally.

the minecart jump i found day one casually cause i was hoping they would add it. In the original the track layout is the same and you can jump there but despite the tracks lining up it counts as going off road and slowly drags you back. So im glad they just made it a feature as a shortcut this time lol

Holy moly that final clip of you barely missing the 100 super jumps is absolutely tragic. Great video!!!

The land's end skip was in the original except there used to be a guy there who told you to turn around because you shouldn't be there yet. Devs obviously knew about this.

Funnily enough, I unintentionally avoided the Greaper blocking the puzzle door on my first playthrough of the remake.

Master of Hyrule used some hacks to get on top of the ledge in the Land's End cave, but there's nothing of note to be found there. It doesn't load the enemies in the area and you can't skip ahead in the game, so the only way it would be useful is if you can advance the GameState as well.

the exor instakill *was* a mistake. the line you circled is only intended to null his immunity to damage when the eye is killed- it's most likely they just forgot the geno whirl crit immunity flag for him, and then just left it in for the remake since it was like that in the original game.

The skip i'd like to find is one where i dont have to do 100 super jumps but still get the damned super suit.

"There are many secrets in this game. Many of which drive some peeps insane." "Why you try and cheat at a really good game, just means you suck and it makes you look lame." But seriously, aside from making me think of the line from Rawest Forest, (would this count as "cheating" in the same sense?) I did find it pretty interesting how much Super Mario RPG Remake is JUST Super Mario RPG even down to the glitches. I feel like a good number of these HAVE to be intentionally left in for fans of the original to re-discover.

Once I noticed different physics from jumping on things like the head of that one Toad in the Mushroom Kingdom shop basement that teaches you about hidden boxes, my first thought was the missable Mushroom Kingdom Castle hidden box that you only had two chances to get in the original. The updated physics now let you reach that platform from the regular Toads that patrol that hall. Whether that’ll be faster than getting it on first visit for runs that require all hidden boxes is another story entirely, but at least it’s an option now.

The only idea I can think of to reach the Land's End skip is somehow being able to double-jump. I could see a couple options, such as a frame-perfect jump command after winnging/leaving a battle, leveling up, or using an item (taking from TTYD's jump glitch). Unless there's a jump storage or another frame piece of collision from the wall you can jump on, that looks tough - but would be an incredible time save!

Abysoft is the closest thing to a father I've ever had.

You can also use the save block to reach the pipe in the sewers, no need for the boo fight. Just a small note =).

I actually noticed the "use enemy as platform" bug during my normal playthrough, but most of the other stuff (that wasn't part of the SNES) was unknown. Thanks for the video!

interestingly for the removed mack/calymorton skip in the remake, I noticed Mario will automatically walk&jump forward to the upper platform the exact moment he gets close to either of the holes, which seems to be the exact trigger range of the cutscene. I even pressed the jump button thinking I could jump while in the hole. but no, I found the moment Mario touches or gets in the exact range of the right or left hole(excluding just jumping to the upper platform), he does in fact automatically jump to the upper platform(with no input from the player) and continues the cutscene, skipping the first 2 shymores. but on the bright side this skips the first 2 shymores dialogue.

The Machine Made Bowyers aren't required at all, and you don't even need to do a skip to go past them without fighting them. You just wait at the bottom of the conveyor belt, and go up after the Machine Made Bowyer falls off the bottom of the conveyor belt. It's slower, but you don't have to do a precise jump to do it.

Awesome video. Thanks so much for all the glitch showcase!

I only got and finished the remake yesterday. One thing I remember testing thoroughly on the emulated snes version was that there was definitely a hidden "timed hit" for freebies. I remember going through the entire game with save states just to test it and I was able to complete a full playthrough using tons of items while getting freebies on absolutely all of them. I figured it would translate to the remake so I tried it on the remake and yeah, it works well. For example, of the two rock candies I got on my playthrough, I used 5 towards the end of the game. I think I missed the freebie on about 20% of the items I used. My timing isn't always frame perfect, I'll admit, but still something to test.

youtubers stop calling everything "broken" challenge

10:22 I'm not a speedrunner, but I do have a some thoughts here. Is there any way to jump on the smiley spring in such a way that it doesn't activate like it's suppose to? Or maybe you could find a glitch that triggered the barrel to fall from that side somehow, or find a way to get out of bounds. Maybe going in and out of the menu screen at a certain time could trigger a glitch that could lead to something. If so, even if whatever you discovered didn't help you here specifically, it could lead to a major breakthrough elsewhere. You just have to try literally anything you can think of until you hit on something.

I can't help but point out some inaccuracies: 0:14 It's not a Flower Tab (consumable, increases max FP by 1 and completely refills) in the chest, just a regular Flower (increases max FP by 1 instantly). However, a Flower Tab is hidden on the left side underneath. 2:20 I'm not 100% certain if it's been changed for the remake, but that particular Machine Made Bowyer can be bypassed on SNES by waiting for the first one to come down the conveyor, then quickly jumping up before the next one appears; given how 'faithful' the remake is, I imagine it's the same here. (the jump skip is faster, though) 5:30 The remake doesn't have FULL freedom of movement; in the cardinal directions, you can slightly adjust your angle, but the diagonals have a large zone where movement is locked to the exact 45-degree diagonals. 5:48 Either eye can be knocked out to remove Exor's invincibility (although the Left Eye is weaker and thus faster). 7:50 You get the third star after Punchinello, not the second. 8:48 Calling the minecart skip a "40 second" skip is... generous, 15-20 seconds would be a more accurate ballpark. 9:29 Not an inaccuracy per se, but you show a clip of getting the chest early using the Boo trick, when it holds a Flower, as opposed to the Cricket Jam it becomes after coming through Land's End. Just thought it was something worth noting. Furthermore, the title itself is misleading, because the game isn't "broken", and none of the tricks shown are "glitches" or "sequence breaks". The Stumpet was easier to skip on SNES, jumping on the corners of the Booster Tower save block and Belome Temple Shaman only save a few seconds each, and the minecart skip was intentionally added, while everything else mentioned was carried over from the SNES original.

Haha! The first time I ever played this game on SNES, I accidentally triggered the Geno Whirl trick at Exor and breezed right through. I could never do it again cause I couldn't remember what I'd done! That's so awesome to know I wasn't imagining anything lol!

idk what it is but when i did the exor instankill on the remake, it just felt amazing, there just something strangely satisfying about it and the fact they still left it like that. Though lets be honest here, less someone actually looks at stuff like this, players new to the super mario rpg wouldn't have a clue. I think its fair, there been other famous RPG games out there where you didn't realize you could just do one move or use a specific item and suddenly you win instantly but the moment like that is rare.

The Land's End skip does not work. Someone made an artificial jump by hacking, and getting into Land's End from Kero Sewers just results in a bugged Land's End. If you get anyove ground, you can't exit Land's End without the game crashing, and can't return to Kero Sewers either.

I would be surprised if Land's End skip was possible even if you found a way to use the Bezo to get on the ledge. It probably just won't load the next area until you reach Land's End properly even if you get to the usual doorway.

Interesting run & analysis video! Thanks for uploading! I do wonder how runs for this game will develop....

1:10 I actually did this by complete accident, twice. Decided to beat the Greaper anyway. LOL

i recall seeing somebody test a moon jump code in the Land's End area to see what happens if you you do go backwards through and a lot of stuff doesnt behave properly and you cant go back through the underground tunnel. they didnt check much further, and they didnt show using fast travel in the video so idk if they were permanently stuck until loading a save or what. i also dont know if the rest of the game functions correctly for completion from there as i dont know enough.

Awesome recap, cant wait to start working on the game 😁

Really enjoyed this video ❤

This was great, keep covering Mario RPG!

Amazingl stuff to know about, thanks!

I think the Geno Whirl instant kill glitch is more of a slap in the face for Smithy since he shattered the Star Road.

Actually you used to be able wall walk to lands end if you bought the super pad with the auto jump button. I used to use the sewer trick back in the day and the beezo panics when you do and yells you're not supposed to be here!

Punchinello gives the 3rd star, not the 2nd one

I clocked about 4:30 to the final hit on Smithy, but that was with plenty of distractions like minigames and other extra stuff

You deserve way more subs bro and this is a compliment btw

What's that program you used to look at the left eye's stats at 6:00?

I thought the boos were removed from the sewers when you first entered them. Boos didnt spawn for me during my first entry and only started spawning after I came from lands end

I always tried to do that minecart skip in the snes, but it never worked. Cool to see it work now.

Don't bother with the Land End Skip. I did a moon jump, and there's no ANTS to progress. Most enemies are gone to!

Just got SMRPG Remake for the holidays. Welp, time to practice!

It’s amazing how much time people spend playing a game in order to spend as little time possible playing the game.

what about using the same "clip" landing on the spring after the shyguy gets closer. Then hop on it, hop to the box, hop to the ledge?

Could jumping off the edge of the spring in the land's end area somehow work?

Okay, so I saw you mention the edge jumping as I'll refer it as, with save points and NPCs, the Spring in the Lands End skip is just barely taller than the ledge, and I even admit I landed on the edge of a spring ONCE, albeit that was an optional one so it had little bearing for me, but it is possible to land on it and potentially skip ALL of the mid game.

And abysoft has already made a video on it! Insane production time

I can't believe the cart skip is a thing now, that was only a dream when i was a kid and played that section

Speedrunners Have Already Broken the SMRPG Remake

I wonder if you can stand on the edge of the spring in lands end, start the fight with the beezo, then quickly and carefully jump on the edge of the spring onto the beezo then onto the ledge.

I died to bosses quite a bit, but it felt more frustrating because I had to sit through the long cutscenes again. During my playthrough, I thought to myself, “This must be a nightmare to speedrun.”

Always did the greaper skip on the SNES, I was thrilled that they left it in

I had been wanting to play this game for years and was so excited to finally get the remake. It was kinda fun, but I think I built it up too much in my mind. I’m glad it exists, but I think paper Mario is a much better game

has it been tested that maybe rng is tied to the switch's clock as it could be the rng function could use that instead

There is _not_ full 360 movement in the remake, so not sure what you're talking about here. All they do is map analog stick inputs to the 8 possible movement directions.

I love that they kept the Exor instant kill

So to be clear the title is a major bait, no major skips have been found, and the most useful exploits have been patched out? Glad to see your maintaining your integrity.

I think I'm gonna try finding a way up in Lands End

Sweet video!

Falling on 99 super jumps at the end... ouch

as soon as oob is found this game will be cracked wide open

It's crazy how quickly people are able to break these new games.

1:04 i did this unintentionally on my playthrough

2:40 wow, that gave me quite a bit of whiplash. While the original Paper Mario game still looks pleasing to the eye with its muted colors (in my opinion), I do not think the original game has had graphics which aged well. I am glad the remake exists.

It blows my mind that after all these years, people have stripped the original down to the RNG, found skip after skip, old and new, yet still don't get that it's pronounced "Below me," as in "Watch out below me!" It's a clear intentional pun from localization.

That 98 jumps at the end was rough to watch. Poor guy.

Awesome video. Speedrunners will in time find new skips. The mentality is still locked in the old version

6:00 That line of code refers to Exor's protection being gone if you take out one of the eyes, what happens here is that the devs probably forgot to either make it inmune to geno whirl or the invincibility from the eye overlaps with the attack.

Thanks dad

I skipped bowyer by jumping up the belts from the small ledge on the right

hey abyssoft remember me? do u know when u gonna ur next stream on this game?

I'm not a speedrunner, just a viewer, so this may already be known (and intended), but when you have to follow the ants through the sand portals in Land's End, I was able to skip fighting those ants. I just let them jump out, and then jumped into the sand vortex thing immediately after they disappeared.

5:09 ya hear that Nintendo, it’s pretty hard to keep frame perfect inputs for extended periods of time (frick that 100 jump challenge)

Love how the game was extremely faithful and added frog coins Enemies to make encounters harder. Been skipping fights left and right and it makes the game more challenging than I expected but Still very fun

Can you maybe trigger the barrel from below?

Kinda figured they patched the Mack skip

That 99 jump fail though.....

Regardless if the Exor kill was a bug or not, it was too iconic to not bring back. From a bug to a feature. Not to mention Final Fantasy games usually have a few bosses that you can kill with dumb methods, like insta-killing the Phantom Express with a Phoenix Down. It makes sense that they would have at least ONE boss like that in this game.

You mean S-N-E-S?

The remake has full range of movement? Uh, doesn't feel like it. But Mario has smoother movements, making it harder to get those snapped positions for a manip. Still, nice to see some of the movement tricks stay. But also, Casual players find skips all the time, look at Metal Gear Solid's Boba skip. Or whatever she named it. She on her first ever time playing the game, clipped into a locked door, skipping a small chunk of the game. Non speed runners fine things all the time. It is just Speed runners and TASers tend to look for them.

9:00 I mean that's not odd that's normal, it's a common skip not hidden at all, just saying

I passed the greapers on my causal play though lol

That possible skip at the end is just waiting to happen. Guarantee we'll see it within the next few months.

Hot take: every time theres a new wario ware game i only look at the 9-volt microgames and the boss microgames

what is a "snes"?

FFS just take in the game, a beautiful wish come true and you want people to ignore the beauty.

0:32 you can also do this on SNES First "glitch" i found myself Edit: 0:53 for the most part you can also do this on snes

Spell glitches woulld never work because all exp is applied to all your party members

Gee, the devs forsaw a lot of things in this game, they definitely watched speedruns lmao.

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"The remake is very faithful to the original game" Except for the part where it bleaches away all the soul, originality, and character that the original is so beloved for. It's sad that there are people who will have only played this crap remake.

You can't outrun that Machine Made Bowyer on the conveyor steps? I thought you could in the original.

I love nerds. This is great to see. I'm not surprised at all. I bet even more skips will be found. Thanks for the video!

That sequence break is no good. At that point in the game, the only thing in Land's End is the area telling you to go back. So there's no enemies, no whirlpools in the sand, not even a way to exit the area without the map. Master0fHyrule did a video about it, using a moon jump code to experiment.

Jokes on you! I already did 100 super jumps!

Is that you, father?