Easily the strongest 10 straight minutes of Mario gameplay ever seen

I love that the video is not just a clear celebration, but also a community celebration. It's been a wild 7 years, but I'm glad you can finally put this to rest. We're all so proud of you.

35:01 there was a split second where this man got so hyped he literally reverted to monke. There is a primal energy to this achievement

0:00: Charlie Chaplin - Five Years Later 0:51: Monkey Race 2 - Beginner Track 1:18: Mario Kart 8 - Ice Ice Outpost 1:47: Ocarina of Time - Game Over 2:06: Donkey Kong Country Returns - Gear Gateway 5:06: Super Mario Maker - Title Theme (Smash Remix) 5:45 - Ready...Ok! - Mario Party 5 6:11 - Bowser's Inside Story - Fawful is There 6:35 - Yoshi's Island - Bowzilla (Metal Remix) 6:46 - Super Monkey Ball - Storm 6:52 - Super Monkey Ball - Menu 8:02: Twilight Princess - Hidden Village 12:01: Attack on Titan S4 - Splinter Wolf 15:53: Attack on Tital S4 - Into the Night 17:18: Tatsh - Xepher 20:38: Attack on Titan S4 - Ashes On The Fire 25:10: Attack on Titan S4 - Eren & Zeke's Theme Orchestral Cover 26:01: Attack on Titan S2 - Barricades 41:41: Circus Theme

THE YATTA TO END ALL YATTAS

Born too early to explore the universe, born too late to explore the earth, born just in time to see the kaizo community pushed to its absolute limit

"he will not beat it never" is a double negative, so that guy accidentally said you would eventually beat it, and he was correct! this is insanely epic

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

The absolute chad move of screencapping every comment telling you to give up knowing that one day you could thrust your victory in their face.

It's honestly amazing how this guy kept trying to beat his own hardest Mario level for over 7 years and still didn't give up, even after the feature of uploading levels was discontinued in the original Mario Maker and all the people telling him he couldn't do it. This guy truly is a legend.

You sir are an absolute legend

Holy crap it happened congrats!!

The single most impressive accomplishment in gaming. You have all my respect fot this. Huge congrats

my jaw DROPPED. i knew of this level's existance but didn't know how long it'd take to go through, not to mention how incredibly difficult it is so seeing it be beaten was simply amazing. Congratulations on this incredible journey and playthrough. We love to see it 🎉

so it's safe to say we can crown this man as the true mario maker king, right?

i feel like this is the single hardest achievement in all of gaming history

The pure spite that kept this man going is Insane

You are so humbled to make this more about the community than the achievement itself. Absolute legend.

I know I'm late, but this is one of the most wholesome achievements in video games history EVER. _7 whopping years to beat a single level._ You're a living legend ma man :))

This required ten straight minutes of pure perfection every fraction of a second. That's unreal.

I think the 2 key things to know about this is: 1) this was NOT the same level for 7 years. Constantly updated and made harder over 6.5 years 2) when something is a personal goal. It's never a matter of IF it will happen. He didn't do it for glory or fame or money or for anyone else, it was for himself

I loved it when Braden said “it’s clearin’ time” and then proceeded to beat the hardest Super Mario Maker level ever and do possibly the hardest thing in gaming up to this point. Huge GGs Braden

For those unaware, people have rebuilt this level exactly and are playing it. One man named JC The Champ has claimed the first clear!

I’m 18 now and was in 5th grade when I starting playing this game. You have become a childhood hero to me in this and an absolute inspiration for this next stage of my life. Well done!

I haven’t ever heard of this person in my life but just after this video I’ve instantly gained mad respect for him. I can only imagine the toll it must’ve took on their life to dedicate that much time toward such a grueling task. GG well played!

Not me a 34 year old man sitting in my living room at 430 am crying for how impressive this is and how happy I am for you

Watching someone completing Top 1 in games like MM GD FNaF OSU and Celeste makes me happy that we as humans can do amazing things And watching him (guy beating it) and pushing Limit or that game is one of best moments in whole history imo

This is one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen, the sheer dedication this man has even if it's just a video game is absolutely awr striking.

As concieved in 1632 by Canadian Mario Maker player ChainChompBraden, Trials of Death was a gentlemen's level in which Phil and Redggie would square off and regale each other with stories monotonous for days on end as they watched Mario die over and over. Over the next few years, Braden gained a loyal following of a few hundred concurrent viewers. It was ChainChompBraden's son, ChainChompChainChompBraden, who developed what he called the "not sneezing" strategy in 1637 after witnesing his father lose a legendary run to a massive sneeze causing him to fall out of his chair. When ChainChompChainChompBraden challenged the fully buffed Trials of Death to an attempt, the doubters were in full force. You can imagine their surprise when while he was playing the final section of the level, he proceeded to complete the level without sneezing causing Trials of Death to be "clear checked" in the parlance of a pre-server shutdown time. While it was universally agreed that the level couldn't be uploaded to the servers, ccccb had a dev-exit version that was previously uploaded allowing anyone to play the level after his victorious attempt. This accomplishment caused an uproar in the Mario Maker community large enough to spill into local gaming articles, and stirred the interest of many Mario Maker streamers to see what the fuss was about. Streamers were enthralled to engage in this borderline barbaric display of human endurance and skill, and the rest is history-after a few spoilsport schoolmoms single-minded about safety srarted watching the windwaker feet streams, of course. Today's Trials of Death enthusiasts fantasise about the newcomer that would clear an even further buffed version of the level than the one ChainChompChainChompBraden did. Classification of the modern hyper-buffed level has essentially left it unclearable; but it's easy to get caught up in the fantasy. Young scholars with big dreams often do attempts of the level with their crazy new handicap, usually some variant of blindfolds or oven mitts. Although they've achived the occasional key door, none of the absurd gimmicks have been playable enough to make it to the end. The real wonder, though, is that the level ChainChompChainChompBraden originally cleared is still being played. Trials of Death attempt livestreams can be found from streamers all over twitch; you can visit one most any day of the week and see an erudite gentleman exchanging plesantries with twitch chat. Most people only come to watch a few hours of attempts, and then leave. But every once in a while you'll find amongst your elders a stout fellow, a die-hard fan, who perhaps witnessed that historic clear from ChainChompChainChompBraden, who for the love of the level must stay to witness the last glorious seconds of motivation slip away, only to give up and not try again another day.

Im kinda honored being the first of the video reactions, thanks braden. Massive GGs again, youre a true inspiration ❤

You've shown you have one of the most valuable traits in life: Determination. The ability to see a long and difficult project through to the end. Seriously you could put this on a resume. I doubt you will ever find a challenge in any job more difficult and time consuming than this.

« He did it because he did not know it was impossible ». We fail when we doubt or when we think something is not possible. This story is a perfect example. This story, your story is one of the best of the video game history. Each time I feel emotional! Your strength, your will, your patience is out of this world !

Man, imagine being a doubter and then suddenly he does it.

I love that Braden kept all the screenshots of his doubters. I imagine him posting them all on a bulletin board in his room lol. The clear was inevitable! Congratulations!

Not even a big fan of Mario but this has to be one of the greatest achievements in gaming history hands down. Props

I've been dealing with severe health issues for more than 2 years now and have been practicing Traditional chinese medecine for 3hrs a day, for 18 months straight. Although I'd been having crazy improvements, the time span was starting to wear me down, doing the same routine 7 days a week for so long. But then I saw your accomplishment and it lit up the fire inside me again, 18 months is nothing compared to 84. Thank you for reminding me that all things are possible as long as you believe

Somebody get Karl Jobst's attention on this. Outlandishly outstanding job, Braden.

This is truly THE Super Mario Maker moment. Surreal to think this went on for 7 years, and you never gave up, you kept going and going just for a personal goal, and that's simply admirable, you deserve a break, you've earned ir.

I am not overstating it when I say, this is probably the biggest achievement in gaming history. ChainChompBraden just conquered the hardest level in ANY video game (imo). This monumental occasion will no doubt go down in gaming history.

To be honest I forgot this guy existed and I’m sad to say that! I knew about the level but I never knew it was as hard as it is! So CONGRATS! 🍾🎈🎊🎉 YOU DESERVE IT ALL FOR ONE OF MANKINDS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS! GOING IN THE HISTORY BOOKS!

I'm not a part of the Mario community, but this is absolutely insane

Thank you so much for even including me as the last reaction xD I'm honored to have that.... but yeah, the True Ending is a very worthy one ;) The honor of being in the video still isn't as big as the honor of being part of this Seven Year Schlobberknocker ™.

You inspired me, I will embark on the quest to create the little brother of The Trials of Death -The Trials of Suicide. You have enormous motivation, well done. ( I'm French)

This is just underrated. Literally it is one of a lifetimes accomplishments that anyone could do. Spending 7 years would feel like I would never be able to complete it. But seeing that you never gave up actually is why this was beaten.

Absolutely stunning. Trials of Death has been an amazing community to be a part of and it made it possible for me to meet some of the best people I've ever talked to, as well as inspiring my own two year grind. I cannot believe you did it. Braden Moor, you've done something truly incredible; you have conquered Death.

that ending really warms my heart

An absolutely incredible achievement in perseverance! I had been following this journey off and on and telling my speedrunning buddies about it and to see it actually completed is mind-blowing, but in my opinion what's impressive even more so than the insane clear itself is the dedication to stick with it to the end which made this finale such an inspiring moment. GG!

This is one of the most incredible grinding feats I’ve ever seen. I haven’t been following your progress actively on twitch, but I’ve been curious about your progress by checking your KZfaq channel every several months or so for maybe 5ish years, hoping you wouldn’t give up or move on. Easily one of the greatest accomplishments in gaming as a whole, and truly a story that needs to be widely noticed

Legendary achievement - dare I say, a source of inspiration greater than Streets 112. Also oh my GOD, the power fantasy to clown on unhinged KZfaq comments is one of the most satisfying things I've ever witnessed

Congrats on the clear Braden, you deserve it!

Holy shit! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This video is epic. Your determination has always been inspiring. And it wasn't until Vegetafan's video that I realized the whole reason I ever made a twitch account was to watch your live attempts. I saw you reference your level on GoSeigen's MagnumOpus clear, and that opened the rabbit hole. Sad I missed it, but super happy for you dude! I can't imagine how good it feels to have finally cleared it, But you made a good point about it really being about the journey. Thanks for being an inspiration!!!!!!! Thanks for the hours of determination. Thanks for showing us how to deal with haters. And thanks for giving us this sweet video to close the whole thing out. I will keep posted.

I can’t believe I finally get to see it completed. This is unimaginable, the stuff of fiction. Watch Val’s Shellspace, or Seigein’s Magnum Opus, or Panga’s U-Break or the top hardest NSMBU levels of SMM2. As impossibly difficult as they all are, as a kaizo player I can still look at them and imagine they can be beaten. This is a different beast. Not only have you achieved the creation & completion of the hardest Mario level ever created, but you proved it was possible. This is the greatest achievement I have ever seen in a video game, and one of the greatest statements to the human will I have witnessed in my life. Actually, maybe that’s wrong- this isn’t human will. No one else could do this. Nobody but you, Braden. Enjoy the fanfare my man. Anyone like me has been rooting for you from day one. This is single-handedly the biggest win of the Mario Maker community ever. Your talent is amazing. Mario Maker 1 has officially been completed, yes, but even more than that, you’ve brought the beautiful conclusion to a formerly unfinished fantasy story from my childhood. I remember watching your development as I grew up and when this game was all I cared about I always wished I could be like you. This is amazing!!!! Surreal isn’t a good word here. It’s just not enough to describe this otherworldly feeling. It doesn’t feel like this level has been beaten, because in my mind, this is the impossible challenge from my youth. But this beautiful chapter comes to a close now. This momentous achievement from so many peoples’ childhoods has received the ultimate gift & honor of being realized for all to see. Let every person with a child at heart look at this climbed mountain, & cheer to the occasion of your impeccable spirit!!! I can’t say anymore. Why write any longer? Words won’t do this conquered trial any justice. I find that they fail me as they leave my fingers. Love you man, forever & always. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

The amount of Mario's that had to die for this to be completed is disastrous, but genuinely always looked forward to Trials of Death being slayed someday and now that it's finally happened I couldn't be happier and thanks so much for streaming the level over the years. I have always admired your dedication. I still remember the first day I decided to finally create an account and follow you instead of watching signed out. I have always believed for the last 3 years that I have been watching this journey that you would clear it. Congratulations this is massive

For about 3 years, I kept telling myself “surely this is the year he beats it”. Honestly, in 2022, I decided to skip that tradition. I thought it was more realistic to hope for 2023. But then nai 9 happened and I thought “imagine it happens this year”. Well, let’s just say we never saw a nai 10. GG Braden, you have accomplished so much more than just beating a Mario Maker level, you are a legend. Huge congrats, and I’m excited to see what’s next for you

I just got around the time to watching this video. This is a huge inspiration to me and forever will be for the rest of my gaming. If someone asked me what the most unimaginable and difficult thing a human can do, it would not be this because you are not human. You're skill and persistency is surreal. It must have been exciting to see the axe the first time in a run and satisfying as hell see it the last time. And again, GG!

this video deserves way more attention and views than it has right now. this deserves millions and this man needs an award. congrats dude this was truly amazing and one of if not the best and most complicated gaming achievement ive ever seen.

Let it be known that those 10 minutes might just be the greatest 10 minutes in the entire history of gaming. Proud of you, man. I hope you carry this with you as a trophy for the rest of your life, because you deserve it.

Despite all the criticism, the denial from other players, you pushed through, and after 7 years, you did it! I never doubted you for a millisecond! Your dedication is honestly inspiring!

Congratulations! I'm so happy happy for you. I saw trailer of Trials of Death years ago and it blew my mind back then. Truly impressive!

Thats crazy, I remember watching the first trailer years ago and cheking your progress from time to time and now one of this times I chek you actually made it, congrats man.

This is gaming history right here. I remember showing this to my friends in middle school five years ago, and seeing it actually done is so surreal, it doesn't even feel real. Absolutely monumental completion, nothing is ever going to top this.

This journey was so much more than a level. You've changed the lives of many, brightened the days of many, and achieved something of an incomprehensible magnitude. Thank you so much for doing this.

The buildup and musics of the completion run are so good. I love this in your video, is how it is rhymed to try and convey your incredible journey. I've seen it so many time now, that I just play the sounds. I can visualise exactly what stage of the trials Mario is doing by ear. Good job, you legend!

太强了 Amazing！ Really amazing to see this kind of level being challenged through. It proves that anything is possible as long as you believe in it and keep working on it.

Fire. Language. Agriculture. Electricity. Space travel. The internet. ChainChompBraden beats Trials of Death. Truly one of mankind’s greatest achievements.

This is one of the craziest achievements in gaming history. Nearly a decade of work and thousands of hours went into this single level. Very few people have the drive and perseverance necessary to complete such a difficult challenge, yet you kept pushing to achieve your goals. Congratulations on completing this level Braden!!!

That was the most amazing mind-blowing level clear and I've ever seen. And possibly the single greatest achievement in the history of gaming. NGL, I actually shed a tear afterward at the thought of how satisfying Braden must have felt accomplishing this truly god-like feat in gaming history, when so many people told him to just give up and told him he would never be able to do it. Bragging rights for life as far as I'm concerned...

This will forever be the best achievement in gaming history. When I first saw this, I thought it would've never been beaten for the rest of time. I'm glad that I was proven wrong. I could never spend seven years doing a single thing, let alone something of this difficulty. Massive congrats, Braden. You're impossibly strong.

WOW! This clear video was everything I expected and more! Once again I’m going to say a huge congratulations to you, Braden. I’m so thankful to have been a part of this journey and it has been amazing being a part of your lovely community that you managed to build! I’m excited for what’s to come ❤️Also AoT music FTW

I berieved for all those years and don't regret it either. GG

Absolutely insane! I've been following you for about 3 years now and it is unbelievable to see you finally pull trough! Insane

I mean... seeing that leaves me rather speechless. Holy crap. Congratulations on such an amazing accomplishment. The dedication it took to make this happen is beyond my comprehension. I'll be sharing the clear video with my brother, as it's definitely something worthy of being seeing by any Mario player.

You are a big inspiration to all of the smm community, it’s very cool to see you pull it off after all these years. GGG

One of the greatest achievements in gaming. The mental resilience of this guy is just honorable

I can't express better than anyone else already has what an incredible achievement this is, but I also want to say, what an awesome level. It's laid out perfectly for what it is; each moment is like part of the narrative of beating it. It's paced like a good movie, with so many memorable sections and an arc from start to finish that really sells the emotional moment when you start approaching that axe. I like how it starts out fast and flashy, then throughout the middle it gradually gets more slow and tense, and towards the end you get all these especially distinctive high-concept parts that fill you with that "this is it" feeling before launching you through one last gauntlet of nonstop action punctuated by that one last jump every level like this has to have, that gives the end of the level the celebration it deserves. The way it's all put together definitely contributed to how excited I was by the end; it's great to see a level that's designed to embody the context surrounding it and everything it stands for. Congrats on beating this monster of a level after so long!

I literally learnt about this level yesterday, I can’t believe how this has been done. You are a LEGEND.

This man ain’t built different, He’s on a different plane of existence

So proud of you Braden and all the work you have put into it, love you and keep up the good work!

I want to give you all the respect I have for the work you have done. It's inhuman and I don't understand how anyone could succeed. You are really amazing and the whole video game community owes you a lot of respect. Good luck and once again impressive and respect for you!

i’ve been watching your runs for years… glad to see it finally happened❤️

I feel ashamed of myself cuz I haven't spent more than 100 hours on my levels and get bored easily, but the dedication you had over the 7 years is mind-blowing.

As a fellow geometry dash player , we are able to to comprehend seeing such an insane amount of attempts & playtime dedicated to beating a single level. And yet this is incomprehensible.. The amount of patience , skill & determination required to be able to do such a feat is still ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING.. This is truly one of the if not the hardest achivement in gaming history Massive respect for you and good luck in future 👍

Amazing! I don't even have an inkling of a whisper of the dedication and skill of this momentous feat. This achievement can only slightly be grasped by those that have an idea, i.e. the point one percent who can truly see the greatness of your accomplishment. You have my sword!

Such an amazing celebration of one of the greatest achievements in gaming history. Once again, congratulations

Possibly the greatest achievement in all of gaming. Even tho i just found out about it from a gc on discord i cannot comprehend the amount of time and effort you put into this level like i don't even know what's going on everything looks like a frame perfect timing. This completion better get some huge popularity because you sure as hell deserve it, GG!

I have no idea who you are, I found this video because Carl posted it in a pinned comment on one of his videos. You have also made it pretty clear with how you dealt with doubters that you don't really care what others think about you or your personal project. So it doesn't feel like I deserve to say this, or that youd even care. But you set yourself a purposefully "impossible" task and you didnt stop trying until you did it. And that is just so stupidly, beautifully human. I'm proud of you. Congradulations.

actually incredible clear, i only discovered this on the edge of another streamer's discussion, and checked it out. Mad props go out to you, and your community for lasting this long and getting the win. Easy subscriber.

this is like the most insane achievment ever in videogames if it wasn't for you, i would never imagine there is anyone in this world even close to the consistency and persistence that you got right here you had a dream, a goal, and didnt matter anything around, you went with all for it unlucky how i missed it, but this is very inspirating people should stop criticating that hard lol at the point where someone has been trying it for over 6 years, you have to spect he is not going to stop for anything in the world massive GGs man, most deserved clear ever :D now waiting for ToD 2- cough

All hail the king of Mario maker Chain chomp Bradon. But really. I remember seeing this level all those years ago when I was just turning 8 and now am just about to turn 15. You and Ryu inspired me to beat some of the hardest levels in the game and even though I may not be the best player and there's way harder levels for me to still beat this level showed me my all time favorite game. And even though I didn't tune into a lot of streams what you have done is truly insane ♥️

This is phenomenal. I have watched this clip back2back four times now, truly incredible. It shouldn’t be possible.

This is insane, you made gaming history.

This level being cleared re-defines what I think is humanly possible in video games. I've made a lot of TASes, but this level looks more impressive/impossible to perform than most of them are! It just goes to show - with enough patience and effort, anything is doable. Major congratulations to Braden on completing gaming's most impressive achievement!!!

You've done what so many doubted and proved to the world that if there's a will, there's a way, congratulations Braden you are incredible.

Oh wow, late to the party but you actually did it? Congrats man, been following your conquest on and off but pretty stunning you actually managed to beat it. Milestone in competitive gaming for sure.

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you Braden! Definitely one of the greatest moments in mario history, you are truly an inspiration for many of us! GG :)

Time spent having fun is never wasted. What a king, keep on going hard, here's to more and more things to be done

I still can’t believe that it’s been done. Congrats on pulling through with this insane achievement! I wish you the best for whatever you do next. YATTA!

You and your level are just sheer insanity, and that's why we love you

I started watching the stream when an attempt was roughly in the section at 19:42 and got a completely wrong impression of how insanely complex and precise and dense the sections in this level are. Pretty much started watching at the only point in this level that resembles anything I know about kaizo from other games, and I remember calling it something like "reasonable" from just those first 30 seconds I watched. Boy was I wrong. Absolute insanity that an 8 minute long level with that sort of density is possible. Somebro told me that half a minute in SMM is the equivalent of like 8 minutes in SM64 if the individual jumps are around the same difficulty. So this is probably longer and harder than the red coin star in dj0nk's Junk. Mad respect dude

I literally remember watching your runs of this on Twitch after watching 2GG ZeRo Saga back in 2016! Huge W