THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR PLAYING BONUS LEVELS!! 

ryu lowering the sound on that first level is how you know he's a real one

I feel like you could have at least gotten us a discount code for the like button.

Level 1 (0:16) - "Escape from the blue demon...!" by Ryo, Japan Level 2 (2:35) - "Haunted house' spin jumps" by kent, Japan Level 3 (4:03) - "If you grow up in the the Little Mario adventure, it's over" by Hipiki, Japan Level 4 (7:31) - "Don't die at the beginning" by Sasayu, Japan Level 5 (9:35) - "A little difficult 70-second speedrun 🎵" by Hiroshi(' V '), Japan Level 6 (13:10) - "Bowser's counterattack" by shuto, Japan

The first level should be called "What the body feels like during a heart attack"

Thank The Bus Driver is a level that Giant Bomb (uploaded by Jeff Gerstmann's Mii there) made on stream as a part of their Giant Bomb Makes Mario series, with the help of RU-vid stream chat. You can find the video of its creation on youtube. I remember that video from when the level was made, it's fun to see Ryu play one of those levels now...

holy moly that jump at 1:28 was CRISP

0:24 that face perfectly encapsulates my initial feelings for that level

Just want to let you know, as someone who is garbage at SMM games. I really appreciate your consistency and enjoy your content

23:25 without trying, Ryu always can crack me up.

Yes! Back to SMM1!

Bro i thought my damn car alarm was going off when you started that first level 😂😂

Haha, 0:09 "tk, tk , tk, tk, tk, tk". Always makes me laugh.

The random hammer had me weak. The Hammer Bro did their job that day.

It's like the police are trying to catch you in that first level 😆

@24:25 ".. bus drivers and.. Santa Clause" lmao

What a level to start the challenge... My ears!

“Thank the bus driver” is a fortnite reference haha

That 1st lvl was crazy

Hey Ryu- long time listener, first time caller. Lol Our family loves your videos- we especially enjoy them when you use more kid-friendly language because my 7 year old loves to watch you too. Thanks for sharing your talents with all of us! Also- my 7y/o is amazed that we can leave you messages on RU-vid 😄 ✌🏻

I like these better than the "No Death" challenges. Much better... love to see you crush! 😀

So, I did a little sleuthing to try to figure out what the "Thank the Bus Driver" level was about and I found an answer. It's a Fortnite thing from 2018. There was an internet meme glorifying "people who thank the bus driver" as ridiculously amazing. The internet being the internet, they tried to campaign Fortnite in 2018 (it started 6 months before that level was uploaded, but memes tend to drag on) to add the ability in Fortnite to "thank the bus driver" of the flying bus in that game. The "THE SANTA CLAUSE" in there is the spelling for the 1994 Tim Allen Christmas movie about him being forced into becoming Santa Claus due to a legal clause. He did work as a bus driver before becoming an actor, but I doubt that's related. Best I can figure is the level creator uploaded it 6 days before Christmas and had the film in mind. A few days earlier Nerdist ran an article on why the movie was a Christmas classic, and of course it's frequently aired on television that time of year.

Not sure but the whole "thank the bus driver" thing is coming from Fortnite I guess. At least I saw a similar reference in that context a week ago.

The level is a metaphor. YOU are the bus driver.....

I loved the sound you made on the first level, that reminds me about your beardless "younger brother" in the previous 5 months.

That stage 6 was a special type of hot garbo

When you died the first time, I was like: "why is he not starting over?" lol

You dont have to learn the entire language but even just being able to read the basic Hiragana helps alot with levels like 3. Its quite funny reading something like "Chibi Mario Adventure blabla" and then seeing the mushroom come down right away.

The "Bus Driver" reference means thank him because he is about to take you to school.

Sounds like a Car Alarm for the 1st 5 Minutes. Ouch Ryu, I know it’s not your Fault but Wow that Sucks

"im going to listen to a ryu video to fall asleep" i said, clicking on this and setting my phone aside, only to get blasted seconds later by the first level. now im wide awake lol

Why does Ryu saying “Bubah” make me laugh so hard 😂

Thanks for saving Peach, Ryu!

13:10 >>>>Thumbnail level>Title level

Maybe he's the bus driver? Cause he just took you for a wild ride...

It’s amazing after all these videos and challenges. You still laugh when levels are ridiculous. A lot of people probably break their controllers. Lol

2:42 the Rhytm of the song tickles my nostalgia, but I dont remember why. Someone help!

Quoth the meme: "Maybe the bus driver was the friends we made along the way".

lol ryu is so old he never even thanked the bus driver

That 1st run was hectic.

I laughed so Hard at the first Level, that was amazing.

Remember the thank the bus driver meme? Pep Ridge Farm remembers

Hail to the bus driver, bus driver, bus driver. Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man

Got an idea for a challenge run: Perfect Only. Clear the final level with 100 lives. If at any point you lose more lives than you can possibly gain with the remaining levels, the run is over. Being 4 lives down going into the finale? Run over. The difficulty naturally ramps up with each cleared level as you have fewer and fewer chances to regain missing lives, and levels without 1-up opportunities are potentially run-ending if you've died before that point.

Thanks Ryu!

love the thumbnail :D

Can't wait now for the all-Japan perfect run.

Happy Tuesday everyone! Have a good day. LET’SA GOOOOOO

*Thank the bus driver* fortnite reference I have no pride knowing as an adult.

6:30 Chibi!

Hey Ryu, are you gonna run any monster hunter on the other channels?

"nuckin' futs"!

Cheesy wheezy on number 2

I wonder what the other pipes were in the last level...

😂 that last one was fUn😵‍💫

Yo, did my man just quote Dickie Roberts?!

Here I was thinking "Is it a 'you only live once' jump if you have 100 lives?" Then I realized it's YOLOH - "You only live one hundrence"

Thanking the bus driver is a fortnite reference

Ryu: the perfect run Also Ryu: *dies multiple times over the last 2 levels* 😂😂😂

Love the sponsor 👍

you should totally make a small jingle for "it's a japanese level" :D

😂 👉🏼 my favorite part new record biach

I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE ELSE USE NUCKIN FUTS BEFORE! I knew I liked Ryu for a reason.

"Nucking Futs"

Your my favorite RU-vidr!

Can't believe I didn't see this in the comments, but thanking your bus driver is also a Fortnite reference.

Loving the energy and viewer interaction last 2-3 streams….. Like your polarizing personality back (almost like your 3-5 year old video self 😂🤣😂🤣), HUGE THUMBS UP!!!

5:48: CHIBI (It's written in Katakan-ice)

"easy peezy" he says.

The best series in Mario Maker continues!

Santa clause was the most Random ever

I heard ryus beard smells like diamonds and steak!!!

Maybe that bus driver level was made by someone who made it on a bus or something.

I felt bad for Ryu's ears.

Thank you Bus Driver Ryu! Also I had a dream last night where Ryu was controlling a real life Mario in a real life level, it was at like a theme park or something, except the level was a sky tree with rising rainbow lava and for some reason there was 3 or 4 goal posts at the end....Ryu was getting really tense it was so ridiculasly difficult but in the end Ryu failed and Mario died by missing a jump, he was only 2 or 3 jumps away from winning. What did him in, was a weird diagonal jump and a horizontal blowy joey! Love my dreams, theynever fail to entertain.

spinning yolo jump

YOU MISSED THE BOYOYOYONG

Two minutes in... MYYY EEEAAARRZZZ! 🤯 But... yah. Creative to some extent, yes. Huge props to Ryu for doing that conveyor jump. Holy stalking spike turtle, Batman.

*I feel dizzy after the 1st level.* 🥴😵😅

Nice of the like button to sponsor the video when it isn't Sunday!

I think thay first level os suppose to simulate being chased in a horror movie. Kinda sounds like the Psycho music

Good video.

69 lives sounds like a perfect run to me ;)

21:24 Tanooki? D:

Yeaaaaaaaaaah 100 man

Sweetness!

My biggest peeve with you is that you call the Raccoon Leaf power up the Tanooki suit. Stop it.

i watch these to go sleep, that first one kept me up lol

I love you ryukahr

Man did the Japanese just dump all their hard levels right before the final day before they closed uploads?

This video was Nucking Futs!!

I really much prefer SMM1 to SMM2! Please keep posting Mario Maker 1 content! And thank you for all the great content!

A perfect run on a Japan run just wouldn't feel right anyway

I think thanks the bus driver is from Fortnite.

I like it

That first level made my ears bleed! Good run!

New record beeeotch! 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

Thank the Bus driver is a Fornite reference!!

Today's episode has shown that if it's an All-Japan Run, probably not going to be a Perfect Run.

What is a perfect run?

If they ever do an SMB3 then super expert mode should do something to prevent pause cheese