Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga: Unused Rooms birby100 2012-11-19 | It seems one of the best RPGs has some unused rooms in it!Props to TCRF for finding these!
Pokemon SoulSilver (January 31st 2008 beta) Part 1: Please dont crash birby100 2024-10-19 | The Gigaleak has returned with a vengeance, and it's taken on a new name: the Teraleak.I don't think I need to explain what happened recently, but with so many options to look through I eventually settled on something easier to emulate. While not the earliest of the HGSS prototypes, it has the earliest basic layout of Johto already set in place. The first two earliest prototypes are only the bare minimum with only an empty Sinnoh.I initially did a quick skim through the beta with the debug tools, and quickly found out some places crash the game just by approaching them. I assume it's because certain chunks of their maps don't exist yet. New Bark Town is one of those places, so the debug tools are needed to warp directly into Elm's Lab. The right side of Cherrygrove City is also prone to crash, so I didn't even bother to attempt to go there or Route 29 for safety.
Mario Kart 64 (February 4th 2003 iQue beta): 150cc Flower Cup birby100 2024-10-15 | Bowser somehow managed to slip out of bounds on Choco Mountain despite the fact that he was on a portion surrounded by walls.Just Mario Kart 64 being Mario Kart 64?
Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble: And the drumroll keeps going... birby100 2024-10-12 | It only took one connection error during the tallying drumroll of Goal Rush to break the sound. It likely would have continued if the online bot never used the Disco Ball item!
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX: National Match (Hokuriku Round 10) birby100 2024-10-09 | It feels so great to get back into this game's online mode again.I actually did a couple more runs before 1.18 went public and was in the middle of another when my progress carried over. I'll do another recorded full run on 1.18 after I finish these last few regions of this particular round.
Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire: Obtaining the unused Negaiboshi Jirachi from the Colosseum Bonus Disc birby100 2024-10-06 | Hidden in the data of the Pokemon Colosseum Bonus Disc are files that contained some unused Jirachi distributions. One was a multiboot for an unused "METEOR" Jirachi but the second was a completely untouched multiboot for the Japanese "Negaiboshi" Jirachi. It seems like it was included for testing until "WISHMKR" Jirachi was finalized, but the fact it's included unused outside of a distribution cartridge is nothing short of a miracle. It's not just some fake multiboot either, because according to someone who actually has the distribution in their private collection it functions in the exact same way.For some reason the Colosseum Bonus Disc couldn't be used to distribute it. However, it was compatible with the Japanese Berry Glitch Fix Zigzagoon disc after a few modifications in the disc's data. As such, a mod was made that replaced the normal multiboot for the shiny Zigzagoon with the unused Negaiboshi Jirachi multiboot. With this, it's finally able to be distributed for the first time to the general public with the right equipment.Ironically, the Berry Glitch Fix Zigzagoon disc's internal name and banner description indicates that it's based on the currently unreleased Negaiboshi Jirachi disc.Through a combination of the mod, Nintendont, a GBA, a GCN-GBA cable, and either a Japanese Ruby or Sapphire, I was able to distribute Negaiboshi Jirachi as if I attended the events from decades ago. You need to reboot your Wii after every distribution though or else the proceeding Jirachis after the first will be clones. Luckily, unlike WISHMKR Jirachi, you can obtain as many Negaiboshi Jirachis as you want which is apparently how the original distribution works. It even has a unique, albeit pretty barebones, receiving screen on the GBA which I unfortunately couldn't record.PKHeX considers all of the Jirachis legit too! :)The mod for the Japanese Berry Glitch Fix Zigzagoon disc to distribute the unused Negaiboshi Jirachi can be found in this topic:digiex.net/threads/pokemon-berry-glitch-shiny-zigzagoon-jpn-gamecube-distribution-download.15320
Pokemon Shining Pearl: SHINY ARCEUS! birby100 2024-10-05 | It's over. It's FINALLY over! I now have all shiny Gen 4 mythicals past the transfer bottleneck!I've been on and off of this hunt because other games caught my attention. When I got back to it these last few months it finally happened!Like Darkrai and Shaymin, I actually shiny hunted Arceus in my OG Pearl a while back. Unfortunately, they can't transfer through Poke Transporter so this was my only chance to have its shiny form in the modern era.I'M SO HAPPY TO FINALLY CALL THIS A SUCCESS!
Mario Kart 64 (February 4th 2003 iQue beta): 150cc Mushroom Cup birby100 2024-10-03 | This may not seem like much compared to the nearly unchanged localization build from a month earlier, but this is the only compiled prototype with a unique title screen. Looks like the Chinese version was titled "Mario Kart iQue" originally before they settled on Mario Kart 64 like the other versions.Translation seems to have just been started as well, so there might not be a lot of changed graphics yet.
Glover 2 (N64 Prototype): Early Mower Race Track iterations birby100 2024-09-30 | While it would take until the last two prototypes for the level to be implemented, the first three included in the Glover Steam release also contain some early fragments of what would be the Mower Race Track. While the models don't exist and crash the game when attempted to access directly, although sometimes an error screen appears in the February 15th prototype saying the level couldn't be loaded, the timer functions seem to already be implemented in various states. In the earliest prototype, it even stops you from moving and kicks you back into the Garden once the time is up.00:00 Jan 29, 199900:55 Feb 8, 199902:14 Feb 15, 1999
Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs: Edward Battle (Breakthrough March soundbank) birby100 2024-09-27 | Fossil Fighter Champions' soundfont seems to fit well over more of these tracks.Like always, only a few instruments needed to be reassigned. Everything else was how it sounded when I put the soundbank over it.
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX: Mirror Donkey Kong Cup birby100 2024-09-24 | DK Jungle still has god tier music.With that, I've completed everything Grand Prix has to offer on 1.18. Guess I have to get back to National Battle and rank up even more!
Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon: Ultra Necrozmas full fainted animation birby100 2024-09-21 | While not necessarily unused, the animation when Ultra Necrozma faints actually goes on for a bit longer than what you can normally see in game. It sort of reminds me of the old Pokemon Stadium fainted animations like for Magnemite and Porygon before they were changed.While this was discovered a while back an external model viewer was used to view it which came with some errors. However, there's no such errors if they're played in the debug roms!
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX: Mirror Pac-Man Cup birby100 2024-09-18 | I cleared out the rest of the prizes of the other cups before I tackled the new ones.I still absolutely adore the visuals for the Pac-Man Cup tracks.
Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs: Legendary Pokemon Battle (When Dark Sparks Fly soundbank) birby100 2024-09-15 | When you mess around with soundbanks from other games and one just so happens to come out nice.A few channels needed their own instruments, but other than that everything else was automatically assigned. The Fossil Fighters Champions soundfont seems to fit into a few select songs here and there.
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX: 150cc Donkey Kong Cup birby100 2024-09-12 | So apparently the lower CCs had more stuff to unlock even though it stated I completed them. Because of that I had to go back and get them, which meant that I had to go through the Donkey Kong Cup on 100cc. It unfortunately meant I didn't go into 150cc blind, but they're amazing courses anyway so I didn't care.DK Jungle's music is absolutely amazing!
Fossil Fighters Frontier: The Frontier Cup...but were all Nibbles forms birby100 2024-09-09 | My Survival Challenge run reminded me of how addicting the game's battle system is.This was actually something I've wanted to do for a while since you only have a specific time frame with each of the individual forms until it ends at Crimson Ravager. Because of the restrictions I wanted the first three forms to have their time in the limelight, where I found out that the later tournaments that open up are clearly NOT made with those forms in mind. Near perfect stats across the board and difficult strategies to get around make those opponents very tough without two Paleo Pals with LP Recovery Support Shots. Despite the odds though, they are beatable with the first three Nibbles forms all at once.I actually would have chose the actual slot for my Nibbles form, but since I almost never used him in my playthrough he was still at a low rank. Yes, the game keeps track of what rank you had for each individual Nibbles form at the time and if you hack in their particular slot they'll be at the same rank from before it "evolved" into the stronger ones. Because of that I picked Crimson Ravager and modified it as the base Nibbles form which also comes with the caveat of having access to the unused Somersaurus Kick attack which is completely useless. It also applies to Violet who has Nibbles' second form and an unused fourth attack which does nothing. Those moves would really only come into play though if they get confused thankfully.The cursor was there for moral support. :)
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX: 150cc Pac-Man Cup birby100 2024-09-06 | You have no idea how long I've waited for this to happen.The embargo of playing 1.18 for Patreon users only has been lifted, and now I can finally get back to this game again! With so much new stuff added, this is going to take a while to get through. This is actually my very first time booting back into my profile so I went into this completely blind at first.Let me just say that the Pac-Man tracks are now instant favorites of mine.
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): Underkeeper battle birby100 2024-09-03 | I completely missed this battle until after I defeated the other superbosses in the Glitz Pit, and it's a good thing I did because I had no idea how to damage him outside of the Star Egg.While not as crazily hard as the Axem Rangers, he's up there.
Fossil Fighters Frontier: Survival Challenges final battle birby100 2024-08-28 | There's an actual ending to this.This started off as nothing more than a simple run to see how long it went for, and to my surprise it didn't go on endlessly. You can actually get a trophy for this!Because I did this on an emulator with save states I guess you can call this a sort of cheated run. I lost a lot of battles due to luck so this would have actually ended a while back. My personal best on console is eighty before I rolled Dinolady/Dinolord/Dinomite and one unfortunate critical ended everything.. The team in the video is the same one I used for that streak.Good luck to those who want to get this tournament's friend trophy!
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): Glitz Pit After Dark (Final battle) birby100 2024-08-21 | Yeah. This one took A LONG WHILE to fully get past.The hack buffed the group up considerably to the point where you need to have a good strategy for the best chance to win. I actually had a good run going despite the sheer lengths I went through to get there...then 1:08:46 happened.Yeah, the creator didn't fully bugtest the Trident weapon and I wanted to scream.After MANY extra attempts with the Trident unequipped I got on a run I thought was going badly. At that point I thought I would use the rest of the battle as practice for future attempts, but then I took down Axem Pink and my thoughts changed. From there I fired up recording to see where the rest of the attempt would go...and it didn't disappoint.It almost felt like I was playing Super Mario RPG Armageddon at times.For those that don't want to end up experiencing what I've went through, if you intend to use the Green Ninjakoopa for these fights, DON'T equip the Trident.
Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack): Mirror Extra Difficulty 150cc Horizon Cup birby100 2024-08-15 | Here it is. The final true test of luck and sanity.I made save states for the last two tracks because I didn't want to have to go through the second course again. It's basically "How lucky are you to get any Feathers". I spliced out all of the losses there so it wouldn't bloat the video's length to astronomical amounts.
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): Trident save deletion glitch (FIXED AS OF 1.1) birby100 2024-08-12 | You'd think they would have learned from the Quake Hammer in Legend of the Axem Rangers.NOPE!This was from my first attempt at the Count Down superboss. I ran into the EXACT SAME ISSUE where sprites failed to despawn after using a weapon, and after several of them filled the screen the game ran out of memory, froze, then DELETED MY SAVE FILES. Thankfully I had backup save states to recover from it, but I was pissed to run into the same save deletion issue that also plagued another SMRPG hack.So, yeah. Avoid using the Trident item you get from defeating Ganon.I can't believe there's STILL SMRPG hack creators out there that haven't learned from the example set by the Quake Hammer from Legend of the Axem Rangers.
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): Glitz Pit After Dark (first four battles) birby100 2024-08-11 | This is the final challenge this hack has to offer.Five superbosses await that are far stronger than anything encountered beforehand, although I consider some past bosses on par with them in certain circumstances. Defeat them and you've truly beaten this hack.I'm glad these are not Super Mario RPG Armageddon levels of difficult because then I'd probably never complete this.The final fight of the five is a whole other beast so I'll have to tackle that in a separate video.00:00:00 Start00:01:35 Smilax00:17:43 Ice Snake and Fire Snake00:32:42 Birdo00:41:38 Count Down
Pokemon Shining Pearl: Bugged digging spots birby100 2024-08-08 | It detected someone there...but also not there at the same time.
Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack): Mirror Extra Difficulty 150cc Moon Cup birby100 2024-08-05 | Most of the difficulty here is in the form of the offroad sections. The first two tracks are heavily reliant on getting speed items to get through the shallow water, and even if you manage to get through until the end, the final track is, you guessed it, another Frigid Mines track. Fall off once and you'll never catch up without insane Lightning luck.Like the Acorn Cup, everything up to the last life on the final track was done without making a save state so I wouldn't have to grind my way back for another shot.Wish I knew that future versions fixed CPUs not slowing down in offroad sections before doing this.
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): Otherworldly Prison bosses birby100 2024-07-31 | As a pretty interesting addition, there's a place in the hack which houses characters from other game franchises the battle. If you manage to defeat them you obtain special items related to the character which will help against some of the REALLY hard fights in the future. While all of these items are direct upgrades to your arsenal, you may want to hold off on using the Trident willy nilly if you value your save data. I almost learned it the hard way.00:00:00 Start00:01:07 Magus00:15:53 Mother Brain00:37:09 Ganon00:45:27 King Dedede00:53:41 Chocobo1:03:47 Mani Mani Statue
Mario Kart 64 (January 3rd 2003 US localization build): 150cc Special Cup birby100 2024-07-28 | Well...this was a huge waste of time.
Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack): Mirror Extra Difficulty 150cc Acorn Cup birby100 2024-07-25 | You will learn to hate Frigid Mine 2 in the end.Everything up to the final attempt on the last track was done without making a save state. By then I simply lost all of my patience from constant failures and just wanted to get it over with. Call it cheating or whatever, but I had enough after I kept getting bad luck with the CPUs.
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): Final Boss birby100 2024-07-24 | Yeah, this one took a couple of attempts.It's basically like the vanilla phase two Smithy battle where different forms do different tactics. I've sort of figured out which form matched which Smithy head so I knew how to approach them. Even so, there's way harder fights if you choose to take them on...I also gotta love Kooper's reaction after everything's finished.0:00 Starting cutscene4:40 Shadow Queen battle28:31 Ending
Mario Kart 64 (January 3rd 2003 US localization build): 150cc Star Cup birby100 2024-07-22 | That epic Bowser's Castle clutch. o_O
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): All bosses and others (Part 3) birby100 2024-07-19 | I'm going to leave the final boss for later because I want to level up a few times for safety.00:00:00 Jester and Trickster00:07:51 Baba Yaga00:13:31 Hex00:17:48 Krakkasib00:20:30 Krakkasib 2 (accidentally fought out of order)00:23:31 Krakkasib 300:31:56 Koopa Bros and Kooper clones00:44:54 Hex 200:49:17 Alli and Clemander1:03:43 Shadoo
Mario Kart 64 (January 3rd 2003 US localization build): 150cc Flower Cup birby100 2024-07-16 | I only learned after I went through everything that this build actually properly saves unlike the October iQue beta, so I went through the entire game in one sitting for nothing. -_-
Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack): Mirror Extra Difficulty 150cc Turnip Cup birby100 2024-07-13 | Curiosity almost killed me.Upon clearing a CC you unlock the Mirror and Extra Difficulty options. The latter basically makes it so the CPUs requires TAS level perfection to beat. I grinded SO MUCH on this and failed so many times until I got this particular run. I was barely hanging on until 13:48 happened, where I seriously thought it would end as another failed attempt...Mario is my fucking savior.Don't ask me to also enable the "PermaMini" option either because it literally makes winning impossible with Extra Difficulty on.To add insult to injury, this is actually the second time I've completed this. I actually earned the gold in an earlier attempt but my screen recorder only recorded the wrong parts. :/
Mario Kart 64 (January 3rd 2003 US localization build): 150cc Mushroom Cup birby100 2024-07-11 | I'm learning new things about the Gigaleak every day.Apparently there's more Mario Kart 64 builds than the ones initially discovered. They can be reconstructed through certain commits, and out of all of them this one is the earliest. Hidden Palace has this detailed as some sort of US localization build, but the game has been already out for years if its date is to be believed.Maybe it was a reference for the iQue version to be based on?
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): All bosses and others (Part 2) birby100 2024-07-09 | You're not supposed to defeat Ball Dude the moment you encounter him, but I saw a way through once I figured out how the fight works.00:00:00 Ball Dude00:19:16 Captain General Guy00:26:50 Mob-omb00:32:49 Kooper intermission00:40:00 The Underchomp00:49:57 Johnny00:56:28 Clemander1:02:24 Mastablasta1:07:09 Exdoor1:16:08 Factory Chief and Gunyolk 2.0
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Red Shell Wizardry birby100 2024-07-06 | Nintendo's online infrastructure sucks.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Clutch Finish 15 birby100 2024-07-01 | It's nice to not be on the receiving end of a Blue Shell + Red Shell combo for once.
Super Koopa RPG (SMRPG hack): All bosses and others (Part 1) birby100 2024-06-28 | I haven't seen a hack to this degree for Super Mario RPG since Legend of the Axem Rangers, so I just had to see this for myself. Suffice to say, I wasn't disappointed even though some parts left me pulling my hair out from difficulty. With all of remakes coming out on Switch, this really scratches the itch for a potential Super Mario RPG sequel if it ever happens.Because there's so many new fights and additions this will take multiple parts to get through.00:00:00 Fice T and Garry Sun00:02:51 Alli00:08:43 Booster00:13:11 Super Blooper00:15:51 Super Blooper 200:19:45 Glitz Pit1:05:24 Ant-Agonizer and the Big Bang Bombers1:08:58 Gonzales Jr. (with a failed attempt)1:19:01 Kooper intermission
Mario Kart Super Circuit (Unreleased iQue version): 150cc Extra iQue (Special) Cup + credits birby100 2024-06-25 | Considering you have the best chance to get a three star rank using Bowser, DK, or Wario...Yeeeeeeeaaaaaah, good luck getting it here.
Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack): 150cc Horizons Cup birby100 2024-06-22 | These are a very brutal set of tracks. While not necessarily the hardest imaginable, it's the CPUs that make them incredibly difficult. Because dirt and shallow water slow you down but NOT the AI they more often than not catch up to you very quickly.Beating all cups in one difficulty also unlocks the Mirror Mode and Extra Difficulty AI options. Yeeeeeeeaaaaaah, that won't go over well...
Mario Kart Super Circuit (Unreleased iQue version): 150cc Extra Star Cup birby100 2024-06-19 | I wish they would have caught how insanely difficult it was to get a three star rank on these Extra cups. At least it was toned down in Mario Kart DS though!
Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack): 150cc Moon Cup birby100 2024-06-17 | Surprisingly, this one wasn't as bad as the Acorn Cup.Even though the soundtrack is fantastic, I think Rice Terrace has to be my favorite.
Mario Kart Super Circuit (Unreleased iQue version): 150cc Extra Lightning Cup birby100 2024-06-13 | Even in this unreleased version, the devs haven't fixed the major oversights with Koopa Beach 1's and 2's shallow water and Choco Island 2's giant puddle where they're considered offroad. Because of them it's a nightmare to get a three star rank on this cup.
Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack): 150cc Acorn Cup birby100 2024-06-10 | This one took a few tries due to the slippery surfaces and jumps that mess with drifting angles. The Frigid Mine tracks are especially guilty of these.Yeah, I'm switching to Koopa Troopa and Toad for the latter two cups.
Mario Kart Super Circuit (Unreleased iQue version): 150cc Extra Flower Cup birby100 2024-06-07 | Part of me wishes they went with Japanese Wario's "Oh my god!" in some fashion.
Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack): 150cc Turnip Cup birby100 2024-06-04 | So this new Super Mario Kart hack just recently released which overhauled next to everything. From twenty new redesigned tracks, Mirror Mode, Extra Difficult AI Mode, and "PermaMini" mode, there's a lot of new content in here and I'm only scratching the surface.It goes to show how far we have gone from simple track hacks. And then there's the Super Mario Kart Deluxe hack around the corner...
Mario Kart Super Circuit (Unreleased iQue version): 150cc Extra Mushroom Cup birby100 2024-06-01 | I completely forgot that you needed to do each of the cups a second time for the Extra ones. To save myself the trouble, I imported a one hundred percent complete save file from the international version and surprisingly it actually worked!
Mario Kart 64 (October 22nd 2003 iQue beta): 150cc Special Cup birby100 2024-05-26 | This would see a name change as the iQue Cup in the final version.I actually reset the game expecting to see the save wipe, but surprisingly it actually kept my progress and opened up the Extra option! Because the game still wouldn't save though it would require another full run through to see the credits again, so I'm going to end it here.
Mario Kart Super Circuit (Unreleased iQue version): 150cc iQue (Special) Cup + credits birby100 2024-05-20 | I guess the name change makes sense since it's the same as in the iQue version of Mario Kart 64.The credits were slightly changed accordingly to list off the ones who localized this unreleased version.Also, I'm kind of sad I never got to pull off the large Mushroom skip in Lakeside Park. :(
Kirby and the Forgotten Land: World Record Congratulations message birby100 2024-05-17 | I was doing some Rare Stone grinding with the "Bugged Meta Knight Cup" glitch for 100% completion, and I decided to talk to the Wise Waddle Dee before I took a break.I never thought he would actually say anything different.Even so, I've seen even faster completions than what I did so my record is far from perfect.
