Bowser Ruins Super Mario 64 Speedrunner's Perfect Game
A Super Mario 64 speedrunner came incredibly close to breaking his own record, only to face disaster in the final confrontation with Bowser. 1996’s classic Super Mario 64 is a popular choice for speedrunners, who attempt to clear a given video game as quickly as possible by skipping cutscenes, avoiding all non-essential side quests, and charting out the most direct route to vital story objectives. They may even employ various mods and cheats to shave precious hours off of even the largest of games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey.
Mario’s first foray into the realm of 3D gaming has been the subject of many noteworthy speedruns, including a 70-person blindfolded run of Super Mario 64 during last summer’s virtual Summer Games Done Quick 2021 event to benefit Doctors Without Borders. The current world speedrunning record for Super Mario 64 is currently held by Liam Kings, a Twitch streamer who set the fastest time at 1:37:53.4 on November 21, 2021. Of course, there is always room for improvement, and Liam recently attempted to beat his own record — coming within a hair of doing so before tragedy struck.
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As reported by DualShockers, Liam Kings was nearing the end of his latest speedrun of Super Mario 64, making great time as he reached the final boss fight against Bowser in the sky above Super Mario's Mushroom Kingdom. The battle goes smoothly at first, with Liam successfully tossing the massive turtle into exploding spikeballs to chip away at his health. However, during the third and final throw, Liam misses the explosive, causing Bowser to land harmlessly on the edge of the floating platform this fight takes place on.
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