The History of New Super Mario Bros Wii World Records 

Incredible video as always!

Boop

Best content on RU-vid by far

Hey salt, you may already know them but based on the music in your videos you might enjoy "Boards of Canada". Their album "music has the right to children" is a good starting point if you haven't heard of them. Also thanks for the video, it's always a treat.

At 34:13, talking about saving frames with the goomba, did you accidentally say you lost or saves time backwards? Or did I just misunderstand what was being said? Not criticizing either, it's a legitimate question. Thanks also for these awesome videos!

"And then we'd see a new runner emerge. Someone so talented they'd put all other world record holders to shame. Someone who'd develop many insane skips in the years to come. Their name: ScoobyDoofus420"

"And ShiveringEroticKingBanana" is still my favorite. From Ninja Gaiden if I remember right

SS has a gift. He takes a (let’s be honest, an unimportant, inconsequential) speedrun and makes it seem like the most epic thing ever. By the end most of us are like, “Screw the moon landing! These guys beating this other guy’s record in 1987’s Punch Out is obviously the greatest achievement of mankind!”

...maybe we just call him Salt for short instead lol

@@misteryA555 Oh yeah, SS is...um...that other thing. Maybe "Salt" is best lol

God, that bit killed me.

We're gonna need Matt Turk on this game, just so he can lower the record to sub-22 within a week or so.

We need the legend Andrew G. as well

Insert Chuck Norris joke here.

He's like the dude that has been fucking with computers since the early 80s, there's a level of understanding you get in something from doing it at the ground floor that cannot be replicated

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@@shhyeehaha Nah i was just addicted to greentexts on Kym at that time.

​@@spimuru5040greentexts are fun quite often

Fucking legend

Pidgey is easily the most skilled runner to date

Yet again, Pidgey loses the World Record. As of August 12th, 2022, the World Record is 22:07.100 by Cadens225

@@mudkipsr5663 he’ll most likely take it back again. He’s done it before 🤷🏽‍♂️

@@qcbj16 nope. Unfortunately he died today

It's DAT HOTNESS

I like it too ... wish it was a little higher res though ngl, especially when zoomed in. Buncha blurry dots

It'd be nice if there was data points for record times and dates, as well.

Agreed. Besides the story telling.

It reminds me a lot of some of the effects that JonBois uses in his visual storytelling if you know any of his stuff

I could hear those tires screeching just by reading the comment.

That doesn't seem realistic at this point.

No it's a Uber pool bus it's got more passengers...he should sell shirts with the framerule bus schedule. I'd buy that for a dollar

I swear ss only does Mario videos for us to talk bout the damn bus in the comments...now with commercials to buy shit

based on mario's sub pixel position

Who was the first to get sub 22?

That's the thing that sucks about making these videos. It's like, when is the right time to do it? Because once it's uploaded it's too late to edit in later WRs. Now one person gets all the RU-vid glory but there have since been 2 people with faster times.

​@@garrettcarmichael1119 Cads, in June 2023. Then Sharpruns beat it almost a month later.

@@Corn0nTheCobb Thanks bro

u never played ?? ive been playing since i was 8 and completely finished it with i was 14 😭😭 took me so long

@@ninaddemaio I've been a Mario fan well over 30 years and I haven't played it either, because I never had a Wii. I have put countless hours into the Wii U game though, and just about every other game in the main series.

@@ninja_tony ive never had a wii u, i bought the wii when it came out so i never was interested in the wii u, it didnt sell good either. so im glad i purchased the wii HAHAHA the best games are on there. but you can still play this super mario bros wii on wii u if you havent played it yet

I mean by that logic, nobody would care to learn anything at all about things they haven't already experienced unless a creator of some sort frames it a certain way to keep a large audience engaged, which is a pretty sad thought. The story of this game's world record has always been interesting, I think Summoning Salt is simply helping us see what was always there! I do agree that the storytelling is amazing lol. I feel like the first sentence of your comment just feels uncomfortably similar to something like "I'm never going to space but I just spent an hour learning about Mars lol" which is depressing because lots of people act like everything they learn has to have some kind of immediate practical use, otherwise it's a waste of time. That's such an awful and destructive way to view information and knowledge lol :( I'm sorry, I'm just thinking out loud, I'm not accusing you anti-intellectualism or anything, but you got me thinking! This is a sentiment I see expressed far too often, the "Lol why did I just spend an hour watching a video about (insert legitimately interesting topic here)" like I dunno dude, because it's interesting? xD

SummoningSalt makes excellent history videos

My thought exactly.

I concur.

yeah exactly, we get a bit more of their current info even if they stopped speedrunnin, its really cool

This comment needs more likes. I almost clicked away to a different video at the end but really appreciated the out-tro

Honestly, when he was about to mention Pidgey for the first time I was like "omg here comes the Matt Turk..." but it never came... Until the credits, at least. Bursted laughing in my bedroom at 4am XD

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I literally checked the length of the video when he said that!!! lololol

my exact reaction

Noooo I cant believe it wasn't unbeatable

If there is anything trackmania vids have taught me, it just takes a new method to change the game

Thanks for this. I’m still just as confused but I would be much more confused without you

Can't believe I've never heard of this, it's actually astounding

There was also Harvey Haddix who threw 12 perfect innings and was one at bat away from a completed perfect game

The Secret Base references are growing!

@@Mixtress_ theyve both mentioned each other in multiple vids. the Jon Bois Summing Salt collab is inevitable

Nah. It was good. It brought him to new levels

"This run topped the previous run by 0.0002 seconds. It would clearly stand for a long time. But the very next day, a new runner that no one's ever heard of did the impossible... They beat the record, by fifteen seconds."

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True, but the thing that Salt does that always makes me laugh is when he mentions Matt Turk. And yes, towards the end he does it.

Tomatoa speedruns when???

Me too!

Ayyy Schaff

Watching this at 3:30 am and almost woke my family up cause I screamed "NO!!!!"

me too

Reminds me of the Quest to Beat Matt Turk. None of his times were filmed, but all were believed, to a point where the community knew he had tricks they didn't, & set out to find the tricks themselves purely based on his times, & they were generally successful. Matt is such a legend.

@@jojoversus1100 Well, his times and his notes. Turk was easy to believe because he had extensive notes on the mechanics of the fights.

It’s amazing how bad proof standards used to be sometimes, I was looking back at old Perfect Dark leaderboards and some players are recognised as the first to get formerly prestigious records despite not posting any proof and describing outdated strategies.

@@justanotheryoutubechannel to be fair that's not really the same thing as an established skilled runner not recording a run once

Pidgey is getting close

sub 21 means a 20 minute run.

that's not sub 21 its sub 22...

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It's what makes these videos legitimately good endeavors. Going from the start and seeing the gradual progress within the game's community really puts it in perspective.

I also like how he includes some near-misses - the record itself is an amazing achievement, but there's something to be said for second place, which so often gets overlooked

Repent to Jesus Christ “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4:16‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Yes sir

I legit came to the comments section to leave this exact comment.

REAL

^^ this!!

here's hopium that it happens

true

Also "And then, he did this...".

"...and that runners name... is Matt Turk"

meat rider

FUCKING YES also Matt Turk had me laughing

@@kolkoki Agreed

Yes

Yes. Definitely. Absolutely. The final look at the runners' current whereabouts is a great addition which i truly hope we get to see in other videos, not just here or just speedrunning but histories of sports like these in general.

I was going to be saying the exact same thing, but I'll simply voice my FULL support of that here, instead. All of my yes!

same, it finished off the vid beautifully

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if matt turk submits a run now, even if it isn't record, the category has peaked

That was a good inside joke of this series

Mm.. that's just a super common streamer trick to engage viewers and not appear full of themselves. I'd frankly prefer if they said "I did it".

@@phaolo6 if that's a "common trick" that really seems sociopathic. either that or you're overly cynical.

@@simonmagus2199 Content creation has its own community which shares optimizations just like speedrunning. While you're looking for tips on how to improve audio quality you'll come across all sorts of, let's call them "audience optimizations". Take the video we just watched: there are a lot of comments praising Salt for making an entertaining video which kept them interested for 31 minutes while talking about a game which the commenter has never played. He has really optimized his content creation process in order to consistently deliver a high quality product. But where do you draw the line between optimizations like re-doing your voiceovers to remove mistakes, false starts, stuttering, weird slurping noises, etc, etc ,etc and so called "sociopathic" optimizations? That is a question every content creator has to face on their own. On one hand, saying "we did it" helps the friends you've made in chat during your journey feel involved, and recognizes their contribution....on the other hand, doing stuff like that helps viewer retention and increases revenue for your stream. So is it humble or sociopathic? I personally like to think that it depends on the streamer themself, and comes on a spectrum. Some streamers may feel 80% humble and 20% entrepreneurial, others may have those numbers flipped. You can't really know from the outside how another person feels, or what their true intentions are, so I have often found it best not to even try to find out, and to only focus on how a person makes you feel on the inside.

@LateNightTableCo ok jr

@@phaolo6 What is said is true, but I dont necessarily think the motive is to trick.. the runner is performing for the audience. Without being observed and admired, theres almost no point in a record. And they are there for the 1000s of runs that DONT succeed too. So I'm sure the runner starts to feel like the effort is a "we" thing.

It also alleviated a lot of stress personally cause I always get super anxious when people stop being mentioned in these videos haha

I was glad they were there. Throughoit the video I thought the runners were trying to beat Matt Turk but turns out he hasn't speedran the game... yet

In MASSIVE agreement. Old movies that did this were the best. The only thing salt has to add now is a hidden preview at the end of the credits...

The Matt Turk slide got me good

*Spoilers.*

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When he mentioned Matt Turk, I immediately laughed! A good inside joke for this series.

@@EvErLoyaLEagLE I found that funny too

Agreed, great adddition.

@@EvErLoyaLEagLE Who's Matt Turk, if I may ask? This is my first full Summoning Salt video I've watched, so I may not be familiar with many inside jokes.

Same. It was insane

Yessss that moment was so cool and I loved it too haha

I think I gasped too the first time😂

The music playing there as well… Chilling

if it was cause of doritos and ketchup I wouldn't be as upset

It always annoyed me how things that are fully uncontrollable aren't cut from the time. Like the cutscenes in Wii sports

Or 420 blazeit lmao

Watch the end of the video...

@@OneOneTwo112 Literally just finished.

He's like a boogey man that pops up when you least expect him 😂

Oh god I haven't go to the end yet and this comment is so fucking menacing Edit: I almost did a spit take

Glad I am not the only one who did that. lol

the summoningsalt classic

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@sxc 🔞👇 Begone, Bot.

He was truly a legend, and a key player in the beginnings of this channel

Welcome to the Future, Old Man.

True

13:21 very subtle Salt, very subtle

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At least there's a brief appearance from Matt Turk.

Candian?

It was def smant

a 10 sec improvement seems insane ! were new strats discovered?

Sharpruns just did a new WR yesterday at 21 : 56 400ms!

someone beat him already

Ohh, as a newbie to this culture, could you please explain the "Matt Turk" reference to me? Thank you!

@@THEchakkid Watch another one of Salt's videos called "The quest to beat Matt Turk". I personally think it's his best video yet.

@@THEchakkid He was a legendary Punch Out runner from years back, who had basically impossible times with the understanding of the game when he played (all since beaten, of course) and, if I remember correctly, made a sudden appearance in a second video as well unrelated to Punch Out

@@Bubbly_Dragon Contra. He's primarily a NES/SNES runner afaik

@@elijahpadilla5083 i believe Turk is actually now a fairly prominent MK8DX runner. Not 100% on that

The matt turk addition was class lol

Yeah, I really really liked this addition. Hope it's here to stay.

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I hope this becomes a recurring thing

I'm just waiting for the video where some crazy run gets discovered, and the line just goes straight downwards

only mumkey jones can do it better

I second this notion. The graph is a beautiful new addition. Amazing work as always

I'm sure you can pull another great time, good luck mate!

Thank you for your contributions to the NSMBW speedrun community!!!

SAMEEE

this game isn't *that* hard

@@vinesthemonkey can be for a child

@@djroscurro9859 well as a child I obliterated this game

@@vinesthemonkey if youre going for all star coins it can be

This game is hard im 15

Unreal God level youtuber

some youtuber like summoning salt also made a speedrun history of super mario bros wii. and he said it exactly like summoning salt

@@B.anan.a no I meant here is also a RU-vidr that talks like summoning salt and also made a video about the history of super Mario bros wii speedrunning

i was 19 minutes into the video thinking it was almost over, when it was only just beginning

Also probably would have been fine if it didn't have that anti-aliasing blur.

I actually like it - it adds to the retro aesthetic of the videos 😊

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Agreed, I would love to see the "where are they now" bits reappear in more videos.

@@MoweepOwO Lmao I had the exact same thought. As a kid I was playing and struggling to complete Super Mario 1 for NES.

It truly was one of the memories of when i was a kid.

as a kid i was in arcades trying to get Asteroids high scores

Agreed but I don't think it beats as a kid having played the classics that laid the foundations for everything we see today

Yeah I used to play this with my dad when I was younger great game

fr i audibly gasped at that

You either let it break you, or become unbreakable. So dam cool

Summoning salt Jon bois fan confirmed

Dread him. Run from him. Matt Turk still arrives all the same.

@@IanMustafa he is, inevitable

Hey the man had to get into something after his time in the NFL lol en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Turk

@@JWex-jy7sk That is actually hilarious. I hope so much that that is the actual Matt Turk. Would be hilarious

The dude who convinces salt to do Jesus Christ RPG will be one too

It's the NSBW version of missing the final star jump in Super Mario 64. You know exactly what jump I'm referring to.

SAMEE

@WebBrowser yes. These last second things screwing people over!

i actually felt my heart skip a beat /srs

I threw my phone in heartbreak. I felt that pain

So True

fax

Amen to that :3

it is a holiday. celebrated by me anyway

That intro music warms my heart.

vouch

Haha I did the same thing

I have a fairly good mentality, but I can’t imagine not retiring on the spot in that situation. Insane level of grit to be able to pull out a record so shortly after that.

Really strong mindset, impressive

I was like: "What just happened?"

Who is Matt Turk?

@@boldoberan One of the greatest speedrunners of all time, mainly known for his domination of the NES Mike Tyson’s Punch Out leaderboard for years. Check the video about this game on summoningsalt channel to understand

Matt Turk has become an inside joke and I love it so much

I was fully expecting his name to drop at 10:48.

I was partially expecting andrewg way earlier on in the video

and the latest muse of a mr. jon bois

The use of a chart to plot out the world records and pan over them immediately reminded me of a Jon Bois video, and having him name drop Steib clearly shows that he watches his videos. Crazy to think that SummoningSalt might somehow manage to increase his production level to match Jon Bois. Hard to imagine this series of World Record Progression videos getting any more legendary, but it’s safe to say that we’re about to see some once in a generation videos soon.

@@Tyler-dw4zy he and jon bois have tweeted at each other a few times if you follow them both

@@Tyler-dw4zy He's referenced The Bob Emergency in a video previously as well.

@@GoodGarret777 when did he do that?

yeah that's what I immediately wondered too...I'm sure there's more to the story

I’m not really sure either but it may have something to do with not wanting other people to be able to see his run and any copy what he did so he could keep the record for longer. But then again idrk, so take that however you will.

It was (according to him and his friends) because he had IRL problems and was battling depression. I'm diagnosed with chronic depression, so I totally get it.

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Reminds me of the end of movies when they show where all the characters ended up

Came here to say this. Great addition!

"Matt Turk - He has not run this game"

@@twally87 … yet

And why don't you give a shit about the still missing labels?

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@@twally87 ok pool

Yes I myself found his Mario kart and super Mario 64 because I was searching TAS Mario 64 runs and happened upon Salt's video. His story had me actually crying at points.. so immersive the storytelling is.

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I always look when he says anything like that. He never says it at the end, I guess in case some new strat is discovered in the future.

Mad respect to pidgey. I know myself well enough to know. If that was me, I would have quit the speedrunning scene of that game altogether after that

46:58 be like

Idk man I think 51:13 might have it beat

with the droning in the background, masterpiece

I would give you a Like, but since you have 666 of them, I won't be moving the counter

He uses high quality salt for his summoning circles.

Well he is called SUMMONING Salt, after all

he summons everyone every time thanks to that wonderful beginning music of course

The trick is the salt

Yes

I think the top three idea is great, with #3 just fading out when a new point is added

Ok

if theres ever a complete RNG strat discovered in this game, you should totally run it again, its the most free wr known to man for you

Gratz on 100k toad love your ironman series!

BIG SLUGGIN, HULKING WANKIN BOPPIN BAWWWLZZZZ

Too bad salt didn't say your name

I just realized how long the video is, truly greatly crafted!

I was looking for @jon_bois in the comments

Glad someone commented on it. I loved it.

Love the reference.

I lost it when he said he pulled a Dave Steib. I love Jon Bois.

I actually had to rewind it like 3 times to make sure I'd heard it right

Yeah

Not to mention the Dave Stieb reference at 46:11

Agree - and @bismuth - your channel also rocks man! Such great content for the speed running community!!! (From not a runner, but a bad nostalgic gamer) Much love!

Bismuth, I was listening to your voice the other day and I realised you must be the Saturn V rocket. If not then congratulations, you have the same voice as a famous space explorer.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IQEGzucsN40.html Finally it's here ,

i think it's a great addition in its simplicity. the video is a history of world records for a category, not a history of speedrunning in that category. but the chart is such a good implementation that i think it's got to be a staple from here on out

I would had liked to see the second and third place as dotted lines

Tbh another good idea would be Jesus Christ RPG, such a nice speedgame

IIRC in the last video, something like this happened and the runner never recovered from it. So all the more impressive Pidgey bounced back in so short a time.

Motion control moment All I have to say is... never celebrate early. Shit happens so unexpectedly like that.

My heart sank the moment I saw Mario fly into the air just before hitting the button

You're an absolute legend dude!

legend

champion

Wow, a legend here.

hey, its u !, im your new fan lol

quality vs quantity

Hurrah for Summoning Salt, Long May he Ever Upload.

Fax I literally logout of twitch and said bye to the streamer at the moment that I saw that summoningsalt dropped a video.

@@robert.adamek would be nice if youtube valued quality more often than quantity

hey man. some of us are just old blue jays fans

I instantly recognized this as well, the timing was just too perfect!

SS and Jon Bois have payed homage to each other multiple times lol

@@murakii Game recognize Game. Literally.

In his Rainbow Road WRs video, he said that there may not be many athletes named Bob, but there’s one that holds the Rainbow Road WR in reference to another Secret Base video about athletes named Bob

he didn't even press any buttons too

Choke? Choking is not performing. He celebrated too early and lost it. Like a football player thinking he has a walk in touchdown only to be caught from behind. And 100% agreed. Remarkable recovery!

@@gregkrueger4212 it wasn’t an early celebration, he wanted to split and those motion controls are sensitive

@@sephie8681 I know, and summoning explained that. Regardless, choke is not the right adjective. He performed admirably and then set the control down early and made a simple honest mistake. Choking would have been having the world record "all but in hand" and then not performing to get it. To me that wasn't the case here.

@@gregkrueger4212 agreed!! A choke would be more like having a terrible overall final escape run rather than just the final propeller mistake