Please don't shill BetterHelp. They're awful and their reputation is actually worse recently.

Please dont promote BetterHelp in any way. I understand you need to make money, and sponsors are a great way to do that, but surely you can take sponsors from more ethical companies

I love how NONE of the comments are about the video

The secret ending was taking the sponsor and making all comments just about the sponsor and nothing else about the video itself

I hope you took that sponsorship without knowing how bad better help is

I scrolled down to the comments and my hair got blown back like i stuck my head out the car window.

Don't know who here will see this, but want to say I ALLEGIDLY had a conversation with Kosmic and he ALLEGIDLY told me his thoughts on the BetterHelp sponsorship. He took the sponsorship a couple months back and the research he did on the company said they only hire licensed therapists now and paid people millions of dollars in refunds to people who were unsatisfied with their services in the past, so he thought they changed for the better. He also had someone in his personal life say they used BetterHelp and that it helped them a lot. With this information, he felt comfortable accepting the sponsor. He also was happy to not just promote mental health, but to also get paid promoting something he cares a lot about. He also tried his best to promote it in the video as just an option; not a substitute for in-person therapy. After the video's release, he saw the negative attention the sponsor got. He tried to explain where he was coming from in the comments, but admits he didn't do a good job, regrets the way he talked about things in the comments, and those comments have since been deleted. He wishes he could talk openly about all this, but unfortunately he and his family can't afford to lose out on the sponsor money, so he has to stay quiet to avoid any complications. Sometime in the future, you may see a proper response to this situation from him. This debacle very much took a toll on him, because he does truly care about his audience, and is upset that they are hurt by his sponsorship in this video. I can confirm you will never see another BetterHelp sponsor on this channel. If you have any questions, feel free to reply to this comment. Have a good one.

100% of the comments are betterhelp... Makes sense It's a giant scam

Atleast this sponsorship had the unintended effect of letting the less informed of us know to avoid better help at all cost

Fun fact. Rather than nothing, Nintendo considers that blank number before the dash a "Space". That's why their convention that they ran in Japan for a long time was called... wait for it... SpaceWorld. It was a reference to the glitch.

when you are reminded that the guy who made Doki Doki literature club, Dan Salvato, is also knee deep in the speedrun scene.

not betterhelp man :(

In all my years of being aware of the FDS, I’d never seen it physically plugged in before

The FTC has a pretty well encompassing article on how Better Help broke their privacy promises and expectations. It also includes a link to the original complaint form (it's a whole bunch of legal jargon so I'd just read the article)

Mario: "You think you're-a safe? I clipped into-a your walls."

sorry we dont support betterhelp here!

The fact a nearly 40+ year game still is not beaten in the fastest way possible is amazing

I recreated all of SMB2's "minus world" in Mario Maker 2, down to the soft lock in W -3. XD Quite pleased with how it turned out. Threw in some extra rooms and a couple of twists, too. Sorry to hear about the sponsorship screw up. Tired of all the black-and-white thinking in the comments, seems like an honest mistake to me. Hopefully everyone can move on after this..

i almost thought this was an april fools video because of the sponsorship

i demand a genetic analysis of niftski, he seems like from another world

15:15 honestly, I think people who explain the glitch levels this way are missing the point. I believe most people think that when a level is stored in a game, there's something like a big picture, like the level maps you see in strategy guides. People think the game takes this map picture and loads it into memory. For these old NES that's simply not the case - there's not enough memory to actually store level data like that! So what did they do? *They made a level generation program* Level data is simply instructions to the level generator to tell it what it needs to create next (ie create a bunch of blocks with goombas when this point is reached by the player.) Glitched levels are simply bad instructions to the level generator program.

When I was quite young, in 1987 or so, there was a rumor about a secret level in Super Mario Bros., accesible from the first water level, just above the pipe at the end. In there, supposedly, you could throw knives and fight using chairs. Some of my friends claimed to have seen it. Ridiculous, but I remember it to this day.

super mario really has a secret ending... the better help ending D:

Really good video, but like a lot of people, I'm very disappointed in the BetterHelp sponsorship, especially as someone who cares a lot about mental health. However, knowing Kosmic personally, I'd like to believe it wasn't promoted maliciously, and more came from a place of either being misinformed or not knowing their history. The criticism is obviously valid, but the ridicule seems a bit intense. I hope the takeaway from this is to just not promote this company again in the future.

7 frames from PERFECTION is crazy

was sent this video specifically for the Famicom Disk System explanation and yeah it's a solid simple explanation that it's an add-on for a console and not a console of its own (albeit I'd put an asterisk on the FDS working on NES cause pin adapters and expansion audio) and the tone of your voice explaining the differences is pretty telling just how many times you've had to give this talk in the past

Always use sponsorblock extension and KZfaq revanced.

So what I'm gathering is that a Famicom and a Famicom Disk System ar ethe same thing

Don’t you just hate it when your lives go to 👑9 or 👑A or 👑📐 because you tortured a koopa on a staircase on world 3-1

I know he won't snatch prominent records again, but man I still miss Darbian.

It's becoming very alarming that people are just taking BetterHelp sponsorships out of nowhere like that public spat with Philip DeFranco never happened.

Amazing explanation of the original minus world clip

Well, the good news is that nobody's talking about Niftski's hardware.

Minor correction: The 36th character in the tileset would actually represent 35, as the first character is 0 and there is no "0th world".

21:17 Princess Peach just hanging out like it’s whatever lol.

Better help sponsor rly?

the frustration with the famicom disk system confusion hits hard

Are people really not watching the video because of the BetterHelp sponsor? That doesn't make any sense to me.

Since so little of the comments are talking about the video, I will just say that the Minus World is one of the weirdest anomalies in all of Mario, just a collection of near-endless random stages.

Please don't support better help

BETTER WHO?

I wonder why it doesn’t give a memory index out of bounds exception and crash the game. Perhaps the developers never implemented code to prevent this. Often times a glitch isn’t anything wrong with the code at all but simply an outcome not desired by the developer, hence it is prevented from happening.

wasn't better help ousted a few years ago for bieng extremely corrupt and not having real therapists

I'd love a breakdown on why the keyboard is considered legal. Not because I think it shouldn't be; I'm just curious.

17:05 The original version also includes this gap in hard mode. The arcade version is basically just smb with harder levels, anyways.

Speedrunning really is an artform.

9:08 oh my god, the crowns in super mario 3d world when you get to max lifes is a reference to super mario bros!!!

As soon as you showed the NES my computer bluescreened...love when it does that.

Comments: 99% BetterHelp situation 1% Something related to the video

dan salvoto???? did i hear that right?? 3:55 the DDLC guy????????????????????????????

Yes, awesome! I was hoping you'd introduce the Disk Drive version of the Minus World, & was not disappointed. Very nice short explanation of how that works (& good recommendations for more indepth ones). And the run optimization is so crisp now, very awesome. Thanks for this awesome vid. 🙂

You already lost me (as I'm sure it's the case for many here) with betterhelp already, BUT I'm genuinely curious why you took the sponsorship deal,,, did you try it personally? Have you NOT seen its bad history? Has anything changed? Let us know if you can, thanks.

Great video. Thank you, thank you, thank you also for the simple act of pronouncing Super Mario Bros. correctly.

It is insane how many checks and balances they put into this simple, early game to make sure it felt just right

Cheers for this video, mate! I didn't know about the "blank character" tile or the FDS. It was cool learning something new about Super Mario Bros that I didn't already know.

The content of the video is really engaging, I always enjoy learning more random knowledge about the games I grew up with.

5:47 I actually didn't know you could stand up after sliding under those blocks as big Mario. Interesting

I like the explanation of the how the minus world works, I kind of figured as much, but it was good to get a confirmation. I really enjoy all the technical stuff, like flag despawns and how small fire Maria is possible because of upgrade and size variables updating at different times. And the speedrunning tricks are even more insane than usual.

This was one of my favorite videos of yours. Awesome job, man. Niftski is unreal.

I know that betterhelp isn’t a good sponsor and that defending & supporting it is dangerous, which is why i think kosmic should be criticized for promoting it. But a lot of the ppl in this comment section are acting like kosmic is a terrible person in general for this. Yes, he is in the wrong. But you need to understand that content creators cant be perfect role models all the time; they can be wrong, just like everyone else. I’ve watched kosmic for a few years and he just seems like a good person overall, never getting into any controversies or anything. I don’t think he is doing this out of pure malice against his fans, nor is he just blindsided by money. He is simply in the wrong about betterhelp. Again, i think he should be criticized for defending it, but he shouldn’t just be bashed on like this. And, if you don’t wanna support betterhelp, that’s fine, just don’t support this video. But he doesn’t deserve to be completely unsupported overall.

"Shoutout to Dan Salvato for this flowchart" Does Dan just do everything? Once you start hearing his name you don't stop

awesome video!! im always hyped to see faster categories, this one is a really cool one too! it's awesome this category gets so much care, and is so optimized!! congrats to niftski on an awesome record 💪🔥 and to all the people who pioneered the strats necessary to get there!

It's interesting to think this category is short enough that a truly perfect run, tying the TAS, doesn't feel out of reach. (By the way, there are even faster game completions possible if you allow the more dubious technique of swapping to another cartridge and then back. Works with Tennis, Legend of Zelda, and a japanese-only Go game that lets you directly choose what world you want to start in by selecting specific game rule options.)

more like wetter help, bc you’re stuck in an endless water level

3:55 Dan Salvato? DAN SALVATO?!?! THE Dan Salvato of Doki Doki Literature club fame made your collision flowchart and is your patreon supporter?!?! Nice.

I'm glad that Kosmic clarified that Famicom and Famicom Disk System are the same thing

Better Help has been caught selling your medical data, and doesn't verify credentials. Please don't platform predatory 'services.'

5:09 i think the reason the game disables collision at the top of the screen is to stop Mario from banging his head on the ground tiles at the bottom of the screen (as their collision likely wraps around to the top of the screen). Just a theory though.

How do NES speedrunners practise? Is there such thing as a physical save state adapter cart?

"The developers DID make them." (Blaster Master music starts). Epic.

Even if BetterHelp has supposedly changed, (which I am very skeptical of considering the only thing I can tell that BetterHelp has proven is that they're more than willing to engage in immoral practices and lie if it means they can make an extra profit) i'd still argue against letting them sponsor your video. All that's showing other companies with ill intentions is that you can keep your company afloat and get KZfaq sponsors if you apologize and seem sincere enough, which could lead to unfortunate consequences in which companies called out for similar situations get some PR to write an essay about how sorry they are, and then just go back to harvesting data like nothing ever happened, maybe a little more secretive this time.

During my childhood I can SWEAR I saw my dad doing some interesting animation of Mario entering the pipes. Like, Mario was entering the pipe while waving his hand. I saw him doing it several times for sure. But I can't find eny info about different entering pipe animations at all. Can you explain it, please, or my childhood memories are some crazy stuff out of nowhere? Thanks!

thanks for explaining these minus worlds. it's crazy how people still can make new content about SMB

I know there was a trick you could do where you could stomp a koopa at the bottom of the screen from the top, maybe the collision checks are disabled while you're in the HUD space to stop you from colliding with the blocks at the bottom of the stage?

Appreciation for preempting the keyboard controversy with 29:23 as always.

22:42 "Ohhh right on the lips" My goodness Kosmic 😂😂

Good video! Really informative! While better help is a bad company, I'm pretty sure you didn't know that. And I don't care about ignorance about a service you probably don't use, that is only natural. I only care about your knowlidge on super mario, which as this video demonstrates, is more than enough to be teaching people about

fun fact super mario bros. can be completed under 65 million hours

This is such a well put together video Kosmic! Great job!

Fun fact: in smb1 usa version Theres actually over 256 worlds

The worst part about BH is the explicit targeting of people who need some of the MOST help and usung them to get profit.

For confused fans wondering why this video is getting hate: It's the sponsor, BetterHelp. Do not use their service. They have been known to record what you say to therapists and sell it to advertisers, along with a whole lot of shady garbage. I frankly have no idea why Kosmic would accept a sponsorship from these people, but I hope it gets clarified soon. It may be a lack of due diligence. Don't assume too quickly

Rip your comments section, hopefully the huge amount of them at least helps your video get more views! Ignoring the sponsorship which most of us skip anyways, I loved how informative this video is. I don't even wanna think about how much work it takes to put something like this together. Detailed explanations on all the tricks, directing people to smaller channels, covering niftski record histories, and more.

Thanks for such a comprehensive video about the topic.

This might be your best breakdown video yet! Thanks for it also your awesome!

Really disappointing you decided to take a betterhelp sponsorship:/. A shame, as I was looking forward to the rest of the video. I really hope you just weren't aware of how bad they are.

why was there bomberman hero music behind that betterhelp ad?

Great video! Haven't yet been able to get the no-brick-break minus world clip. But your dive into wall clips turned on a light bulb and I'm gonna go for it with new perspective.

Whats the music at 25:45 ? It doesn't seem to appear at the video music list Edit: Nvm it's i found it. It's Santalune Forest from Pokémon X/Y

My guy, betterhell!?

16:32 30 Years later..... Several fun Mario Maker glitches like upside down Galoomba, noclip Bowser, and Flying Chain Chomp being removed:

Cool informative video! Good job also explaining how the data on the game is just used as though it were level data or a number sprite or whatever!

i wonder if kosmic has played ddlc

Putting aside the sponsorship, this is a pretty fun, informative video. I do enjoy it when Kosmic shows more personality and gets his style of humor in, too. More videos like this is always welcome

Brain: "It's time to go to bed" Me: "One moment, I just want to see this secret ending" ... *a FeW MoMeNtS LaTeR* ... "before we touch on some important details of the speed run, let's touch on some important details of life. I believe in always trying to progress as a person..."

What causes the glitchy sprite at 24:37? I got it myself once while grabbing a power-up in mid-air during small fire, but what causes it here?

Also, each different port of Super Mario Bros. has a different Minus World: NES: World -1: Welcome to the minus world!: World 7-2: 01/81 FDS: World -1: Minus World: 09/89: Underwater 5-3, World -2: Deja vu?: World 7-3: 27/A7, World -3: Blooper Castle: 44/C4: Underground 4-4 Genesis: World -1: Pipe Land strikes back: World 6-2: 23/A3, World -2: ???: 34/B4: Coin Heavens B that T's you up the moment you enter the level, you will get T'd up until you game over. SNES: Minus World varies based on the frame the Super Mario Bros. minigame spawns due to a TAS in the Super Mario World game. The most commonly used SNES port's Minus World is underwater 4-2 or 1A/9A, but your SNES port's Minus World had a -1 world which is world 5-3 or 26/A6, and a -2 world that is similar to the -3 world on the FDS version, with the underground 4-4 and the Bloopers. Also, doing the power cycle on your emulator in the SNES port of Super Mario Bros. will pick random tuning areas for the world (16-bit integers), and assign them to the 8-bit areas that normally crash, such as area 49/C9, 4C/CC, 4E/CE, 51/D1, 52/D2, 56/D6, 57/D7, 5A/DA, 5D/DD, 5E/DE, 7D/FD, and 7F/FF. C64: World -1: Minus World: 07/87: Underwater 3-1, World -2: Deja vu?: World 1-1: 25/A5, World -3: Underground Coin Room: 42/C2 VRC6: World -1: Minus World: 08/88: Underwater 1-1, World -2: Deja vu?: World 5-3: 26/A6, World -3: Blooper castle: 43/C3: Underground 1-4 Sunsoft: World -1: Minus World: 10/90: Underwater 6-3, World -2: Deja vu?: World 1-1: 25/A5, World -3: ???: 4F/CF ???: World -1: Minus World: 0A/8A: Underwater 7-3, World -2: Deja vu?: World 2-1: 28/A8, World -3: Blooper and firebar castle: 45/C5: Underground 2-4

Disappointed in people that take betterhelp sponsors in 2024

in middle school i had to write a fictional story about one of my classmates achieving something impressive. the kid i was partnered with and i both liked games, so i wrote a story about him being the first person to beat the minus world. as a child, i had no concept of what "beating" a glitched world would even entail, but i had a feeling it might be possible. i think i mentioned the wii virtual console version in the story, so i was probably still wrong in the end😭

“Shoutout to Dan Salvato for this chart” Dan Salvato? The Dan Salvato of DDLC fame? Omg it is wow