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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:19PM (Unverified) said

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SMB for DS? I want.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:24PM (Unverified) said

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Somehow not as impressive ... A guy I went to grade school with beat mario 3 in just over 3 hours ... Did I mention he was completely blind?
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:22PM (Unverified) said

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Man, I love the Japanese. They always seem happy and upbeat on their TV shows.

I want to move to Japan.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:24PM (Unverified) said

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His eyes aren't closed! Just cause he has slanted eyes doesn't make his eyes closed. Jeez, you'd think Joystiq would be more racially sensitive.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:24PM (Unverified) said

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lol @ the guy with the cowboy hat
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:26PM (Unverified) said

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I think it's a NES Classics GBA cart.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:27PM kingofwale said

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woah, that's one disturbing looking lady.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:38PM Gir said

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I can play the piano with my eyes closed.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:45PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah well I can read with my eyes shut!

These videos were the best things I've ever seen. I must try this. I wonder if I can do the water level, oooh......
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:54PM (Unverified) said

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second one is more impressive because it is an actual nes and not new hardware
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Posted: May 1st 2007 10:56PM Gir said

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I can drive with my eyes closed.






Don't try that while driving. Seriously I'm not joking.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 11:16PM laserboyjc said

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almost as impressive as me having my eyes closed while currently beating Twighlight Princess with one hand, typing this comment with another, and rocking Guitar Hero with my feet...good try though
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Posted: May 1st 2007 11:36PM (Unverified) said

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Eh, that's not that impressive. Honestly, how many times have all of you played those levels? I'd venture into the thousands. Maybe if they did some random level like 3-3 or 5-2. Those are levels that nobody plays because they skip them everytime. Those two levels only have a few points where you actually have any run-ins with bad guys anyway.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 11:20PM (Unverified) said

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man, Ame Talk was one of my favorite variety shows when I lived in Japan, they're always doing weird funny stuff like this, it's even better when they have Egashira 2:50 on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LKS3Jk757Y this is pretty typical of him.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 11:29PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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Crazylink, you are right (Well, if you want to be technical, it's the Famicom Mini version, since they're in Japan. :P).
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Posted: May 1st 2007 11:46PM (Unverified) said

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*11
Been there. done that.
I stayed up for 3 days playing DS/partying and i had to drive home.
ITS SO FUN SEEING THINGS WHEN YOURE GOING 50 ON A 30!

and. one more thing:

..The japanese girls (00:40). I'm going to japan damnit. nothing can stop me now.
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Posted: May 1st 2007 11:52PM (Unverified) said

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n00bs
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Posted: May 1st 2007 11:52PM (Unverified) said

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Posted: May 5th 2007 2:48AM (Unverified) said

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So uh, no one thinks that the 2nd video is a fake? Obviously he has a mirror on the pad, why else would he be holding it like that, in that angle as well, plus he's staring at it all the time...?
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 12:05AM (Unverified) said

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mexican game shows on telemundo are pretty damn crazy, seriously watch them sometimes
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 12:11AM ummhello said

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yeah, his eyes weren't closed...c'mon...lame. probably just good peripheral vision. would've been more impressive if he'd been able to count on time with the timer to get him some fireworks at the flagpole.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 12:16AM CubeGuy said

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I can do that. It's all a matter walking as far as you can, jumping, and running again.

...

But don't tell my friends. It's a neat party trick. =P
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 12:58AM (Unverified) said

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2nd vid is fake^2. #19 is right, its really obviously hes looking at "something." 1st video was disappointing to. I have a feeling he was looking out of the corner of his eyes, why wouldnt he be blindfolded or anything? Damn Japs are so gullible. All we had to do was say "no seriously that's just a scout plane" and damn, goodbye Nagasaki.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 1:20AM (Unverified) said

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how can you tell his eyes are closed...those eyes always look closed, yes?
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 1:21AM Megaqwerty said

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Impressive.

Although I could easily record some footage, set it to play on a TV, grab a controller, turn around, switch on the camera and do the same thing as in the second video.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 2:44AM Anticrawl said

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Hmm, I have some serious doubts. I can see someone memorizing the times and enemy placements. That's for sure, but this video is extremely shady. Noone holds their controller like that, and you notice when he gets into a more hairy situation or any spot that seems less believable he cocks the controller even more towards his face. When he knows he's beaten it he's put his hands down.

I also believe anyone who has played enough smb to play without looking would still exhibit some great skill over someone who never played it before even when he or she can't see.

The idea behind this video seems plenty belivable, there are less things to remember in a mario game than there are to cheat in a casino effectively and you can remember the placements to the beat of the level theme.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 4:13AM NavParker said

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Maybe (s)he has really good peripheral vision.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 4:35AM (Unverified) said

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He makes a wrong jump too early at the end of the second level to go in the secret passage for jump worlds and so he have to finish the level without jump worlds!!!
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 5:34AM (Unverified) said

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Dear TheMayor,

Thankyou for displaying the HD Key, the MPAA will now sue the ass off you because we're a load of twats. Please forward us which city you are mayor of, then we'll come and get you.

Lots of Love,
MPAA

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Posted: May 2nd 2007 8:23AM (Unverified) said

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(Disclaimer: I've probably played SMB1 more than every other game put together.)

After watching this video, I beat the first level with my eyes closed on my first try! So I've got that first video beat. But 1-2 sucks hard with no vision. I can even get the mushroom on 1-1 and then fireballs on 1-2 with my eyes closed, but I can't get on the roof yet. I'm so close. Expect me to upload a YouTube video soon and link to it here. I'm obsessed, and that makes me unstoppable.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 9:06AM (Unverified) said

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Hey! You posted my video on there. Kotaku didn't, so I'm impressed!
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 9:37AM (Unverified) said

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Rubang B, you'll probably get the second level within a week, but doing them both in a row took me months of practice. Look forward to seeing you steal my thunder :P then we can have some kind of competition with new levels.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 10:04AM (Unverified) said

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HOLY SHIT THAT WAS I GUY!!!!!

NOWAI!!!

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Posted: May 2nd 2007 10:06AM (Unverified) said

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The reason I held the controller up that high was so that you people could see it better. The first friend I showed it to even said the same thing about there being a mirror. Imagine if it wasn't even on the screen, I would have even more people complaining about a "second person" playing it.

I wish I could play it on my pc with a 360 controller instead of a stupid nes that never works, but I have to eliminate as many of these ideas people have about ways it could be fake as I can.
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Posted: May 3rd 2007 2:19PM (Unverified) said

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I used to be able to beat the first level of spider-man/x-men arcades revenge on snes with my eyes closed.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 1:04PM (Unverified) said

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In my grade school, 1-5, we had a 'special' class with a few 'special' kids in it. Autism, and whatnot, you know?

One of them beat SMB1 with his back turned over and over again. Not just the first two levels. He used the warps, but he still beat it flawlessly without looking every single time.
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 6:00PM (Unverified) said

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i'm not impressed. get a rubix cube and solve that behind your back.

s00pcan: "months," really?
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Posted: May 2nd 2007 11:13PM Anticrawl said

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Are you retarded exit stencil? The thing that makes the rubix cube so difficult is the fact that you get stuck focusing on the colors.
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Posted: May 5th 2007 3:57AM (Unverified) said

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@38: Any way I chose to do it would cause people to complain still. I chose to have it easily visible.
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