S.Mario - 13 - push limit

[HammerMagic]

I'm most likely insanely late to be asking this or something, but any idea what the music in this level is? I see other people asked and got no answer, so clearly I should ask again and maybe be the lucky one to find out? Maybe.

[EMRLDMANRUN]

Does anyone know what the music used in this level is?

[KnaveMurdok]

DON'T TURN AROUND! UH OHHHH~!

[mariodude89]

you really can't play japanese rom hacks without savestates

[BabyConan41]

the game that broke raocow

[armegeddis]

"Man what the hell dude" Is that your super hero name and you're saying it's your favorite name to avoid suspicion?

[Redesignated]

Haha, wow. See, this ROM-hack isn't designed to be fun at all; it's basically just how much the creator can flip everybody the bird by combining the absolute worst possible elements in a way that you still have the slimmest chance of surviving, over and over and over again. Final didn't care about playability; he just made something as difficult as he could for the hell of it.

Raocow, I honestly don't know why you chose to play this. I'm still a loyal fan, but jeez, man, tone back the sadism.

[Roxas258]

@Redesignated *Points to title of game* What are you telling me expected something different?

[Redesignated]

@Roxas258 Yes, I see it, thank you for pointing me to it.

There are plenty of ominously-named ROM-hacks that aren't nearly this cheap or overflowing in so much fake difficulty, especially in ways where it's obvious the creator threw it in just to be a jackass. Don't get me wrong, that can be fun and all, but it's quite obviously negatively impacting Raocow to play this.

[Hyancithe]

i believe in raocow~

[UniversalGiant]

I've never been so stressed out watching someone else play a video game before. Your patience never ceases to amaze me, raocow.

[Filby]

And I used to think Carol was a bad level designer...

[DaikoruArtwin]

You could have attempted to farm some lives at the boss... :D

[flamingspinach]

"that guy is probably off vomiting or something now" should be "so let's follow that guy eh" (やつを追うとするか not やつを嘔吐するか which would mean "so let's vomit that guy" which doesn't make sense)

[Sqawll]

@MrTurtleSquirt And lo, it was written that raocow would become Patron Saint of Things, described by the papacy as "pretty great."

[WhoIsSirChasm]

One little part of me thinks that SMK WORLD is a Super Mario Kart-based level. Of course, the other part is saying that your sanity matters a bit more than a level based on another game.

[payableondeath7]

After a level like that, I think its time for a Kirby intermission

[ThoseDarnAssassins]

That was physically painful to watch...

... Please don't play this game anymore.

[MrTurtlesquirt]

Raocow, if I were a Catholic, I'd nominate you for sainthood. How you mustered the patience to play through that level is beyond me. If you want to take a break, I'm with you. S-Mario? F-Mario!

[Error52QFG]

@MrTurtlesquirt F-Mario is actually a pretty good hack. It would actually be quite good to LP it.

[Charbonsteam]

@MrTurtlesquirt Great idea, I think that would be a perfect break from this level of difficulty :) I saw an LP of it a long time ago, nice short game.

[LuigiISLame]

No idea how you can not get frustrated way more often, crazy man

[CountBleck222]

I dont understand why Raocow insists on playing these horrible hacks where more then half the time they ask for far to much of the player.

[capefeather]

Man, I think if this level just took out the "black magic" and the bullet generators, and fixed the palette, it would have been hands down the best level in the hack so far. It's a crying shame...

[Bdtzau]

Looks like Raocow has to master the art of zen and homing bullet turrets...

[AMassiveHeadache]

proof that Raocow is the best video game ever. I'm sorry Rao, I don't know what to say.

[tarquinnff3]

That music in the blue area was so panic inducing. AAAHHH!!!

[TailzP]

was.. was that a babysitting mama reference

[zrobeast]

That gimmick looks like the least fun thing ever.

[Evergod41]

Oh man! A level that's basically, ALL the gimicks...

[bcarri2014]

@Evergod41 He's gonna hate the next world for that reason ...

[guesirwowghr]

That was an insanely awesome boss. Hard, yes, but awesome. Don't shake the baby.

[bcarri2014]

Raocow's gonna hate the next world ...

[Piesonscreations]

If this hack has something for it, it´s that it has some pretty cool songs.

You can take as many breaks as you want Mr. Raocow. c:

[StarkMaximum]

"I am taking a break for unreasonable games with unreasonable difficulties."

THANK YOU.

[sjcodan]

>That feel when you ARE the guy from IWBTG

[GargusSCP]

Man.

It's great how Raocow puts himself through stuff like this for us

But sometimes I think he's going a touch too far with it.

[GamePlays4YourLife]

RAOCOW YOUR AWESOME FOR COMPLETING WORLD 2!!! and it's ok if you take a break from this ridiculous difficulty :)

[shawnphase]

wow, that was a great boss fight! i wouldnt beat yourself up over giving yourself a break whereever you need it ever, you're only human and you give us great videos. thanks for this.

[suppage99]

I think this level would actually be good if you could just move backwards.

[TheBobLarryBob]

Raocow man. I'm happy when you're happy, I laugh when you laugh, and I feel for you on these insane levels. Play whatever you want to and I'll still be watching because you are one of the greatest commentators ever.

[wilysmachine]

You know what this needs? Wind.

[AnUntitledStory]

@wilysmachine Wow, I didn't even think about it, but yes. Very yes.

[HiatusLucari]

@wilysmachine Wind + Slippery actually sounds like a good combo.

[senelbeat]

@wilysmachine Naw... auto scrolling.

[ZapBlaze]

@senelbeat naw... time limit........ waaaaiiit....

[sjcodan]

@wilysmachine that blows right

[anonymousbl00dlust]

@wilysmachine patience

[castortwinky]

y u no happy after finishing it D:. that looked fucking impossible to me

[CarneySpawn]

this was so exciting! 

[TheUnusualStranger]

Gonna be honest here. I enjoy it when from time to time people fail in video games. But sometimes, especially with hacks like this, it just seems incredibly unfair and you HAVE to fail, which I think is a very poor design idea. Move onward, and go do more fun things with reasonable difficulty.

[trazac]

I feel like this level wasn't bad, just crazy difficult. Every level so far has felt well made, much to the contrast of Super Mario Central's community project.

[pitapatpaxton2]

... would you rather be playing one of your own hacks?

[PikminRule]

If Luigi's magic wasn't destroyed I would have expected a level that doesn't let you look back AND has phantos.

[SomeGuy712x]

Death count:

Previous total: 955

Black Watchtower: 99 (plus 30 to 50 as noted by the disclaimer at the end)

New total: 1054 (plus 30 to 50)

Should I keep counting that "plus 30 to 50" in the future?

[whammaster]

@SomeGuy712x split it down the middle and add 40 for a "about" counter.

[SomeGuy712x]

@whammaster:

Okay, then I'll just go with "about 1094" for the death total at this point.

[Fawriel]

Okay so maybe not on the first try but whatever!

[Fawriel]

Hooooly CRAP

Watching this made ME nervous! I was eating through half a bag of candy!

Okay, I have to say, for managing this level on your first "try", that is, 99 lives, you are SEVERELY good. But don't take that to mean that you have to prove yourself, man. Don't be a hero. Or even more of a hero, or whatever!

[jandastroy]

Awesome work getting through all of that! But you're right, the difficulty on that level was far too absurd with the generator in the mix of gimmick no turning and slippery floors.

[Shikonneko]

Somehow, need to find a way to give a great big hug with words.

[Fawriel]

1:00: "...and it's slippery"

*pauses*

*posts comment*

Raocow. Please. You don't have to do this.

[KevinCasey7]

this hack is a killer. Raocow if you need to go back to the garden of eden lvl that had the relaxing Donkey Kong Country 2 music and just chill for awhile

[maxfische]

Most of these levels are very poorly designed. I'm no design expert, but when you learn the gimmick and do things right and it still doesn't work half the time something is wrong.

[MrSavage0henry]

You are a god for getting through that

[AZ240992]

I prefer it when you play difficult but not unreasonable levels. One's that make you have to learn the level but not burst into a ball of flames.

[AnUntitledStory]

@AZ240992 I dunno. I don't mind when he bursts into a ball of flames.

[Halibut86]

Yeah but you defeated luigi's "no left" gimmick! It's gone!

At least until the bonus town bonus level "don't press right" =]

[chainfire9001]

Didn't like this hack at all up to this point. Too much crap about constraining player controls, and the hack overall is unpolished as far as appearance and level design. People take for granted that your hack needs good, well-thought and well-tested levels when they slap a descriptor like "Kaizo" on it. Original Kaizo may not have been polished either, but at least it was funny. This is annoying.

[choupetto85]

I heard Haddaway somewhere.

[choupetto85]

Hopefully, the note boxes cant kill you.

[Darklink99]

@choupetto85 (the noteblocks can kill you :D )

[LetsPlayWithNick]

I think this is the problem with ROM hacks in that people can't find the line between difficult and unreasonable

And it's a shame because a lot of hacks out there could be really good if it wasn't for the fact that the difficulty is just unreasonably demanding and stressful

[DJWebb32]

yay for a break from angercow and the return of happycow!

[Nintendork1138]

I liked the montage of sorts after 17:05 where you were owning this intense level with your awesome skills.

[TheGangstagnome]

Am I the only one who's happy to hear that raocow's not going to be playing ungodly hard things for a while? Because, you know, that means no S. Mario, and that can only be good news.

raocow, I admire your fortitude for playing as much as you did, but I'm really happy you've decided to stop this game. Honestly, it got to the point where the videos weren't even fun to watch because the level design was so based around dick moves that there was no room for any legit difficulty.

[JoeJoeTater]

I was pouring milk into my coffee while trying to pay attention to the video at 4:58. You yelled for me to stop right as I was about to overfill the cup. Thanks for the heads-up, buddycow.

Also, I think I'm kind of getting the urge to start doing ROM hacks... Like, I see the way different hacks affect Cowrao and how they affect me when I play them. It seems like it would be pretty cool to be able to make someone go, "haWOAGHTHEREBUDDY!"

[Spoonie2008]

I think you really outdid yourself there, raocow. That was pure awesomeness!

[Abgen18]

"Don't shake the baby."

I laughed so hard. I felt bad, but it was perfect timing and Rao's downtrodden delivery. >D

[astarothathros]

I got a Bayonetta vibe from that boss. In my experiences with Bayonetta, as soon as a cutscene ended, something was going to hit you. You either had to have godly reflexes or foreknowledge of the attack to dodge it.

Of course, in Bayonetta, one hit usually didn't mean you had to play through half of the level again.

[nuhoh]

I loved the 'living' montages instead of just the 'death' montages. It makes the montages more bearable, because If the edited video starts way early, it's not neccesarily you screwed up. :)

[nuhoh]

Protips from Raocow: "Don't shake the baby."

[JDLOCKON]

@nuhoh I thought he said "don't shave the baby".

[TheDorkSide777]

Wow, I just realized with the gimmick of the level, you can't adjust your speed on the ice. That's just brutal!

[FairAdvantage]

I hope all of you peeps in cowraoville have a newfound respect for the plight of people like Derek Zoolander and magicked Mario now. The inability to turn left is a severe socioeconomic crisis in our time and must be beaten back with all the might, patience, and pointy sticks we can muster.

As for you, rao, we all understand except for the dumbfaces who don't. Take your break and enjoy it - you've earned it after giving us so much deliciously random content to put in our cereal. :3

[TheSonicGod]

I don't see the entertainment in difficulties this high. It's a load of frustration and torment.

[my8bits]

What's the music for the second part of the level? Its the best part of it!

[Vinifera7]

This level is pure, distilled, unadulterated evil.

[Jcontardo]

Am I the only one that got really, really happy when he finally made it through the difficult parts?

[SAGETHISSHIT]

so in hindsight, do you think you would have prefered Hyper 6?

[Laian41]

why don't you just play with save states? this game seems appropriate

[Sines314]

@Laian41 He generally seems to be against using them, even when the challenge is unreasonable. I'm a least a little surprised he was even willing to use save states as effective extra lives, I haven't seen him save state or rewind for non-science purposes for years.

[ryanclemons1]

raocow are you ok! i mean all your joy is it still there! life without joy now that is a life i do not want to live in:)

[butterslacks109]

did I just detect a rage quit

[SquareWaveHeaven]

Not to sound smug or anything, but I had a feeling this hack would end like this...

[lesprengson]

WAAAAH! taber... WHAAAT?!?!

[MudScarf]

This was pretty amazing. Good jorb raocow!

[skawo90]

Stop it, and never come back to this.

[McCargot]

I kinda began to like your new editing style today. :3

[TailsDM]

Woohoo, icy conditions led to a 2-hour late start today! Time for early Raocow!

[Sephiko]

Let me guess, the level wasn't hard, it was just you. Don't beat yourself too much cow man.

[raocow]

@Sephiko No.... no, the level was pretty unreasonable in parts, haha~

[gamercal101]

@Sephiko: This is going to be the thing now isn't it? With so many of the recent videos being "why am I playing so bad?", people are now going to expect that it's only ever raocow playing bad rather than the level actually being grossly unfair, like it actually was today. I dunno man, that seems like it's going to be an issue...

[yuprulesing]

Don't take too long of a break from these crazy games, you are an awesome gamer. There are tons of "casual play through channels", I subscribed because of the CRAZY HARD levels you play. :)

[redwings66]

You're not missing out on anything raocow, the rest of this game is not fun at all. The only reason I finished it is because I'm stubborn as fuck; it was probably the most frustrating romhack I have ever played. Especially the next one and the one two levels after it, UGH.

[kirbyy]

racow actually doesn't complete a project!? the beast has been felled!! not that i blame you

[matikee]

@kirbyy He probably is just going to take a little break from this game like he did with Nitori.

[Emmeth]

Don't... shake... the baby!

[krisu0100]

I support your decision of taking break from harder games. I guess there will be guys who really hates this, but haters gonna hate.

[djosh2001]

I'm glad you are going back to easier games. I don't like seeing you going crazy. You deserve a break from these insane games lol.

[agrilledfish]

The S of S. Mario really starts to set in. You have incredible patience.

[Gameboygenius]

Look at 16:31... There some green dirt above the message box. I wonder if this is a hidden something there.

[SomeGuy712x]

@Gameboygenius:

I think that was a piranha plant that got stuck above the screen for whatever reason.

[InsertHereBrain]

Did i just get Rao Rolled?

[contactinasandbox]

You can make a fun game without insane difficulty. Crazy things like creativity or changing the gameplay a little bit. What's with the ''magic" bullet bills that appear and disapear? Ridiculous

[Faybe13]

Puh, I was half expecting to see the level start autoscrolling. I'm so glad it didn't.

[Error52QFG]

The main problem with this hack is that so many levels are luck based

[masic88]

(w)(w)(w)(w)(w)

if you keep that up cow•rao, you're going to need another new controller soon.

[xZaCloudx]

One more thing...

...I keep finding myself afraid to move my mouse cursor to the left... @_@

[anonymousbl00dlust]

I almost woke up the neighbors rooting for you at the end there :3

[xZaCloudx]

Man, the first part was very well crafted. I'm amazed you did so well with the mixed gimmicks and handicaps (ice physics on top of the turn-around thing, etc). But yeah, second part was way unfair with the generator, even for a "cruelty" game! >_<

Very intense boss fight, and quite creative. Though yeah, you were probably drained all to heck from it. @_@

Great job conquering this! And totally, do play an easier game when you need a break from this. Looking forward to that too.

[MrMentat2]

Wow. It's like the level designer heard all of Raocow's hatreds and bundled them all together in one package. Except the bridge building. At least there was no bridge building in the Return of the Land of Not Walking Backwards Part II: The Revenge.

[anonymousbl00dlust]

@MrMentat2 just wait for castle 3

[kilon666]

@MrMentat2 all it needed was more wind...

[ltsMeSB]

Y'know, for a hack that gives you 99 lives each time you boot, you'd think they'd give you some kind of Secret Zone dedicated to lives.

[ltsMeSB]

This level is what happens when a rom hacker has no joy in their heart - only a real, searing hatred for the player.

[xZaCloudx]

@ltsMeSB And hence the title!

[BobSpeedsUpShit]

This game sure is....

what's the word....uhmmm.....

SADISTIC.

[j2n]

i am so proud of you, raocow

[Rhihadd]

This might've been the best Maario video by Mr. Cow yet. Really a great level and interesting to see LPed.

[kevsmith238]

15:43  I'd have done the same shit.

[RobinLSL]

Would it be possible to farm lives during the boss?

[RobinLSL]

This was wayyyyy better than any exciting action movie. The sheer tension of the runs where you make a bit of progress is just amazing.

But yeah, going back to something a bit easier might be a good idea, this plus Nitori is indeed a bit too much!

[xhushbladex]

2 lives to spare.

[Krisoyo]

*Grand applause*

...

man that was even tense to watch.

[Findeco]

Did you ever think about using the homing bills to farm for lives instead of making a save point?

[Trowa42]

hatred

[matikee]

This level and video was awesome. I actually noticed my own heartbeat rising. That boss fight was super intense.

[Dragooner7]

I think you had some soundproblems with today's videos(at least at the beginning)..

But wow this Level just takes your controls and throws them down a bridge.

[Ikethelord3]

S.Mario - 13 - Odysseus' Personal Hell?

[Findeco]

Clearly Mario has lost some weight if he can fall through floors like that, you should really feed him Raocow.

[nightwolfMKT]

That first death death might be the most hilariously pathetic one I've seen in any of raocow's videos.

[TheRealDysune]

I can finally fall asleep. Thank you Raocow!

[P4fan]

whoa two vids? raocow thank you :D

[R9107]

Yay another raocow video to watch so early in the morning.

[Waynebird22]

Nice video :)