
In recent years, the focus in the original Super Mario game, from a speedrunning perspective, has been to cut fractions of time wherever possible, getting closer and closer to a perfect game. Many speedrunners also list their heart rate, showing the rush of energy and pressure in real time. Speedruns follow a fairly common arc, in which the creator, often a livestreamer, is chatting with his viewer base, but then once they realize they’re getting close to something special, they stop talking about nachos and start focusing on the game. I didn’t get taught this skill over my many years of playing video games, Mario games in particular.īut I often find myself watching speedrunning videos, in awe of the fancy footwork and efforts to save individual frames that are common on Super Mario Bros. I am many things, but I am not a speedrunner.



This number was already good, but it came out afterwards that Niftski actually did even better than this.
