Four48 crew tackling Paper Mario for weekend Child's Play marathon

by Griffin McElroy { Jan 26th 2008 at 3:30PM }

Remember those wacky kids who tried to beat the four 3D Zelda games in a single two day sitting, and failed miserably due to technical difficulties and general overzealousness? Well, they're back, comically tiny TV and all, to take on the N64 cult classic Paper Mario, in an attempt to raise more donations for Child's Play (their first outing netted a total of $1200 for the charity).

These weekend warriors (called the Four48 crew in honor of their first ambitious marathon) are planning on sitting down with a new game every Saturday morning, and not getting up until the ending credits roll. You can watch their exploits on their video webstream (and donate to a worthy cause) on their site. We highly suggest it -- if watching these guys trudge through classic games doesn't trigger your nostalgia gland, at least it's interesting to watch bedsores develop in real time.

Tags: 448, child's-play, child'splay, Four48, marathon, nintendo, paper mario, PaperMario

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

T3H WICKERMAN (TMNT DF) (BWF) @ Jan 26th 2008 3:40PM

Rumble Paks are proven to remove bedsores.Fact.

mr mobius @ Jan 26th 2008 3:55PM

If their N64 played up that much before with Majora's Mask, will they go with the N64 version or just use the VC version to play this through? I'd have thought they'd be trying to do all 3 Paper Marios through from start to end like with Zelda.

Slaziman @ Jan 26th 2008 4:09PM

I think that's impossible. But at least 2 of them would've been nice.

Dopple Boppler @ Jan 26th 2008 4:17PM

I think they were actually using the Zelda Collector's GameCube disc in their Wii to play Majora's Mask.

Trickob @ Jan 26th 2008 5:14PM

yeah, they were using the collector's version on their wii and i can attest to the fact that majora's mask can be just as glitchy in that format as it was playing on the cartridge on the n64. its still an awesome game, though.

better luck this time guys!!

mr mobius @ Jan 26th 2008 4:15PM

Their site never feeds the live video well. Its always very laggy and after a minute cuts out completely. Maybe its because of the coverage these guys are getting from sites like this, or maybe they need a better feed just.

Trickob @ Jan 26th 2008 5:18PM

this is a better feed:

http://www.justin.tv/cbanga

you have to sign up to the site but it only takes a minute and then you can even chat with other viewers

RDX @ Jan 26th 2008 4:28PM

I'd just like to take the time to say that Paper Mario is a kickass game. Love it. That is all.

Also, these guys are doing some cool stuff. Whatever raises money for a great cause, no?

Ignatius @ Jan 26th 2008 4:29PM

This shouldn't take 48 hours... O.o

But alrighty. :P

GoldenS1104 @ Jan 26th 2008 4:29PM

Hmmm... I wonder if I did something like this if it would count towards my required community service hours for school...

I think what these guys are doing is great. Charity can be fun!

Derek Rudolph @ Jan 26th 2008 7:45PM

Seriously that would take about a day. If I recall, that game was short. Like 20 hours.

...Jan... @ Jan 27th 2008 12:56PM

- I have 3 out of 7(?) stars on that game...and it took me 20 hours. But, I'm more of the 100% perfectionist that takes all the sidequests and talks to everyone in the game. Everyone!
- Do they have a download of their videos? I'd watch some of it if I had time.

Trickob @ Jan 27th 2008 2:49PM

i know what you mean jan. i obsess over everything in most rpgs. you can usually take the average time it takes a normal person to beat a game and double or triple it for me because i investigate EVERYTHING.

Dustin @ Jan 26th 2008 5:03PM

Ya, these guys definately caught on to something great. I really hope they space out the marathons a little more, though, if only so they can plan things out and let media attention build up just slightly more. For example, I know how taxing it was on them to do the 48-hour Zelda marathon, but if they did more 48-hour marathons once a month, it woulnd't be so bad. Then maybe Joystiq could write up a short post telling everyone about the even a few days before it started, and then post a reminder article on it after it starts.