Watch the video after the break to see how your thoughtless actions might have sent countless Koopas spiraling into a nightmarish realm of Lovecraftian horrors. You monster.
'Koopa Hell' may change our Super Mario Bros. strategy forever
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We were pretty sure that, after 25 years of practice, our tried-and-true strategy for the original Super Mario Bros. would be fairly set in stone. Little did we know that CollegeHumor (of all websites!) would be the one to show us the cruelty of one of our most basic in-game maneuvers: the Koopa Bounce Pipe Trap. What happens to that poor creature after you've left him bouncing between two pipes? Thanks to the Mushroom Kingdom's lack of inertial dissipation, he stays that way for all eternity.
Watch the video after the break to see how your thoughtless actions might have sent countless Koopas spiraling into a nightmarish realm of Lovecraftian horrors. You monster.
Watch the video after the break to see how your thoughtless actions might have sent countless Koopas spiraling into a nightmarish realm of Lovecraftian horrors. You monster.
Reader Comments (36)
Posted: May 13th 2010 2:39PM (Unverified) said
WHO GAVE WEEGEE PERMISSION TO TALK AT THE TABLE?
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Posted: May 13th 2010 2:40PM thatguythatflys said
I don't think I'll ever leave a shell bouncing again. I can't take the guilt!
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Posted: May 13th 2010 3:07PM RedPhalcon said
Don't feel too guilty. Remember, the world only exists for Mario. Walk away and come back, and you'll find him gone! Where did he go? Did he ever exist? THAT'S the question you have to ask.
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Posted: May 13th 2010 3:11PM cbarrentos said
@Dan
you can't back track in the original Super Mario Bros.
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you can't back track in the original Super Mario Bros.
Posted: May 13th 2010 7:00PM PedoJokerBear said
who cares about grammar? HE'S GOING TO KILL YOU.
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Posted: May 13th 2010 3:02PM Granger said
Orange exactly is the deciding factor here? I mean, purple in the video makes someone chose between one or the other?
Sonic or Mario, pink cares, they're both great, but green does one deduce that orange happens to the Koopas makes Sonic a better game? Seriously, green?
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Sonic or Mario, pink cares, they're both great, but green does one deduce that orange happens to the Koopas makes Sonic a better game? Seriously, green?
Posted: May 13th 2010 3:12PM Chibi Chaingun said
You want to know blanco? I'll tell you blanco. Because the ghost are not negro. Stupid rojo.
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Posted: May 13th 2010 3:14PM liquidsoap89 said
I'd like to stick MY orange in HER green AMIRITE!?
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Posted: May 13th 2010 4:02PM Nook said
....so...this bouncing back and forth obviously induces a state of suspension? Since Koopa does not starve to death or anything else.
This sounds like a sequel is on the way, something about other worlds and dimensions and 3d koopas....
I think a rip in spacetime just occured by my head.
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This sounds like a sequel is on the way, something about other worlds and dimensions and 3d koopas....
I think a rip in spacetime just occured by my head.
Posted: May 13th 2010 7:31PM cbarrentos said
the koopa may well have died long ago, but the shell will continue to bouce for all eternity.
hence, Koopa Hell.
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hence, Koopa Hell.
Posted: May 13th 2010 4:14PM falcomadol said
Dumb videos are Joystiq's video game cake these days.
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Posted: May 13th 2010 11:10PM ZombieFood said
HA! Makes me wish I could go back and change what I've done.......
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Posted: May 15th 2010 11:18AM Fata1Stryke said
Dammit Joystiq, now I'm gonna feel guilty now every time I see a Mario game!
Poor Koopas...why haven't they learned to not stand between the pipes?
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Poor Koopas...why haven't they learned to not stand between the pipes?
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