Mario being knocked out of his level up star is somehow even better than the usual animation.

I love how Mario's like "Uh, Excuse me? I'm trying to level up here."

Have you ever had heartburn so bad that you explode into stars before even realizing that you have heartburn

Kill Bowletta; earn 5000 EXP and 2004 coins Kill Cackletta's Soul: earn 0 EXP and 8 coins Seems legit.

Mario dropping from the star actually looks so real

Bowletta not amused by Mario's level up.

Knocked right out of the damn level-up star. That's something I'd like to see done on purpose in a game.

Plot twist: Bowletta breaks the fourth wall by killing you in the level up screen

Everybody here is commenting about Cackletta and the level-up star, but I'm thinking about how the button presses at 0:17 are perfectly synchronized with the music.

I find it amusing that Bowletta is set to give 5000 EXP and 2000 coins for no reason. I wonder if at some point earlier in design, the game would've continued after the final battle...

2:43 Level Up denied

2:36 I'd like to see that done on purpose in a new M&L RPG Game.

Having the level up screen on while bowletta "dies" would have been an even greater fake-out edit: Now that they're working on a remake, I hope that they do something like this

Loved how mario actually would turn and still be capable of actions in the level up screen. Some games just freeze the character in whatever they are doing. Good to know Nintendo tried hard to prevent soft locks

4:53 Cackletta flips us off for cheating.

Everyone talking about Mario getting blown up out of his level up star and I'm just sitting here wondering how Luigi survived the blast.

0:17 - 0:21 That was totally in tune with Popples theme XD

Mario and Luigi get sucked into the void, huh?! MARIO GETS KNOCKED OUT OF HIS LEVEL UP STAR, HUH?! *ROOKIE HAS HEARTBURN, AND POPPLE NOTICED AFTER A SUDDEN DELAY, HUH?!?!*

2:43 - 2:46 Take notes Nintendo for the next Mario & Luigi

It goes to show how bullet proof the code for this game is if only one boss causes a soft lock and the rest are at least recoverable from. I'm mostly impressed with the facts that Mario in the lv up screen shares the same animation calls as his normal battle/OW ones as he actually just looked at the bomb and then proceeded to just get blown out of the star as well as the fact that the final boss actually is that stable and doesn't cause crash or lock. Well done Nintendo and Alpha Dream you have made a DAMN SOLID game which only goes to add to super star saga's legendary status.

It’s harder to kill a Christmas tree crab that it is to kill the soul of basically a demon

5:36 Mario and Luigi were so merciless to Cackletta that they not only defeated her, but ERASED HER FROM EXISTENCE!!!

People aren't talking about it, but the softlock at 3:33 is pretty terrifying. Hearing the theme of the main antagonist play over the pitch black background, as Mario and Luigi are gone, and due to the meddling of the player who should do this, the world is drenched in eternal darkness- something that the Bros. and your Game Boy Advance are now also familiar with.

0:59 Crab: I’m unbreakable!!!! Mario: *deals 9,715,746,103,985,867.92 damage* are you feeling it now, Mr.Krabs? Crab: mm...Nope. Luigi: *deals 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 damage* How about now? Crab: Ya wanna know what I feel? Mario & Luigi: YEAH! Crab: YA REALLY WANT TO KNOW??? Mario & Luigi: OH YAH! Crab: *I FEEL LIKE A TOTAL BARNACLE HEAD!!!!*

That heartburn got him good

2:43 that looks very interesting

Beat bowletta : 5000 xp Beat soul : 0 *SEEMS LEGIT*

The Exclamation mark at 3:28 looks like a pair of Eyes in the dark O_O

I would have genuinely loved it if MARIO being knocked out of his level up star actually happened, it would be like a unique plot twist

*when the crab was erased but the arms respawn it* SO YE THOUGHT YE COULD GET AWAY FROM OLD CRABS, DID YEEEEE?

Huh, curious as to how Mario dies "properly" during the Bowletta cutscene when levelling up, even though 401 HP should be enough to take the hit (as evidenced by Luigi).

0:18 WAS THAT INTENTIONALLY TIMED LIKE THAT

3:28 i thinked it was rookie's eye

"GAH!! Cursed Mario Bros.! ...Wait, what? Stop leveling up and listen to me!!"

At 3:37 Mario and Luigi just got eaten by the void

0:34 bowser has a cerebral death

2:42 I think they broke the fourth wall... xD

This happens because internally, bosses actually have 5000 more health than you need to deal in damage to kill them. Normally, you'll never see the effects of this because bosses are set to die with the boss death animation as soon as they drop below 5000. For non-boss enemies, they die "normally" (without the boss death animation) when their health hits zero. What we're doing here is dealing enough damage for a boss to die normally, which the game may or may not be prepared for.

Dang, Luigi took that explosion like a boss!

I love how Cackletta's ghost gives you 8 coins.

In case you didn't want to watch the whole video, either the game continues like normal or the game soft locks in every situation

The "level up" screen seems like something that should happen in a M&L game in the future ...

This game looks so ancient coming back from the videos of the 3DS version

Mario + chopper bros + 5000 damage glitch = murder cyclone.

2:46 Bowletta break the fourth wall when Mario has level up

I knew this could happen! One time I managed to get such a big combo with Knockback Bros Advance against Cackaletta's heart that I triggered the last glitch there but never managed to repeat it. Nice to see confirmation that it does actually happen and that it can screw with other bosses too.

I find it interesting how the slow version of bowletta's theme Actually has more to it, than just the little cutscenes bit where he eats them.

That bomb interrupting the level up looked like it was a legit cutscene, because Mario actually turned to look at the bomb.

i love this game

Mario: Hell-a yeah! Level upBowletta: Eat sh8Mario: Hm?BLOOP Nooooo....Mario: Uh...truce?

really nintendo? you're going to copyright that?

2:43 *Mario:* "Um, do you mind? I'm in the middle of levelling up right now..." I love how Luigi somehow doesn't get knocked out by the bob-omb either.

4:53 Cackletta's soul flips off the Mario bros in a game made for children

LEVEL UP! Here's your bonus! (Mario gets knocked out)

I really enjoy these M&L:SS videos :D

5:29 You know its brutal when cackletta literally gets decapitated And the head gets destroyed later

0:18 Attack Sounds Fits Perfectly To Music

2:48 Mario fell off the star?

That unintentionally made it more awesome through the fourth wall break

2:42 Breaking the fourth wall harder than Undertale ever could.

5:34 Oh, right, I’m suppose to die here

2:56 The inclusion of that noise kinda ruins the mood. Then again, it's Mario and Luigi. What do you expect?

3:47 And so, Bowletta took over the kingdom, enslaving everyone. The End

mario and luigi wins by abusing glitch

oh man, that animation of mario dying on the level up screen is going into my gif folder XD

Dang, The closest thing we ever had to Mario being killed in the Level Up Screen on purpose was in 3D World when Bowser came in after the end of the level screen at the end of World Castle to kidnap all the Sprixies at once. I would love it if Mario and Luigi 6 did something like this where the Boss gets back up and does harm to Mario and Luigi in the Level Up Screen.

Mario getting KO'd during his level up is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

Rookie: I got heartburn! ... ... Popple: *Ah!*

0:42 the was luigi killed popple with just one stomp makes me die of laughter

2:41 I love how Mario is in the level up screen, then look to the side like “What’s this?”

0:42 *ded*

"Dealing over 5000 damage crashes Superstar Saga"

ive always wondered what would happen if you do this, thank you for showing me :D

How about during the intro battle when it's Mario v. Bowser? And would a similar glitch occur during the Mario and Luigi v. Popple and Birdo battle?

glitch1 (10:01 glitch2 (12:00 glitch3 (10:00

Still one of the most fascinating oversights in the game, funny how it kinda lived on in the next game in the form of the copy flowers (even if it doesn't softlock anymore.)

Bowletta is so angry she literally kills Mario when he is leveling up.

2:48 LUIGI you savage

Disembodied crab claws! XD

Ya know, once when I beat the yeti girl (actually the very first time I ever fought her), the ice girl didn't reappear and instead I got to go on with Mario's turn, but as you can guess there were no attack targets and thus the game softlocked.

I can live longer then Mario, y’know.. because... you saw Mario out of his star.

seeing this after the remake is so nice considering i've watched this video so many times when i was younger

Mario: "Wha-HOO! I-a leveled u- wait, what is th-?" *KA-KOOM!!!*

*EXPLODES* *Respawns* OHH I have heartburn *Freezes* Popple: *ROOKIE NO*

3:49 Can you hear the entire theme slowly this way? Or was that possible already?

lol in 2:42 it looks like bowser broke the 4th Wall!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Bowser (or rookie) is just amazed at how mario did a bunch of damage

I like how the SFX at the very beginning is in time with the music.

so you're the Stryder7x of super star saga?

Did anyone else think the music was gone because of some kind of glitch?

Are the 5000 xp and 2004 coins Bowletta's base values for each, or are one of them doubled from the bonus ring or greed wallet being used on the bro without the great force equipped?

Mario siendo interrumpido por la bomba mientras sube de nivel es muy genial de ver, vaya forma de romper la 4ta pared

2:43 That would actually be a really cool forth wall break if Nintendo does it in the future

Do these work in the Bowsers minions/3ds version? Also how does this work exactly, its a logic error right? I assume they continue a battle while an enemies health is less than 5000 if it exceeds it they turn a switch/condition on to run an event (like a character talking/ending a battle)

02:28 mario and luigi superstar saga new anti-piracy screen

I had no idea there were single frame sprites for advanced knockback bros. They are hilarious.

1:43 softlock error occured. error info:HERMIE_SPRITE_NULL_NO code:9000_damage_glitch

I DID THIS ON ACCIDENT ON VIRTUAL CONSOLE AND I WAS SO CONFUSED, Thought the game ended there and I was like w h a t?!?

mario suddenly changing pose at 2:43 made me spit my tea

2:42 Mario: aye yo I’m in the middle of leveling up here...