Super Mario Bros. Wonder speedrunner beats the game in under 2 hours thanks to a glitch that lets you skip an entire castle
It's been less than a month since Super Mario Bros. Wonder was released, and noteworthy speedrunners have already been making waves with their records for clearing the game. However, the Wonder speedrunning community has been even more active lately after discovering a major exploit that changes the speedrunning game entirely.
Just recently, the current world record has been beaten by speedrunner Jhay, with the new top time sitting at one hour and 34 minutes. And it's all due to an exploit that allows players to bypass an entire castle without ever setting foot in the level.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder worldwide speedrun record topped at 1 hour and 34 minutes with the generous help of glitcheshttps://t.co/vQAJ3G8DIp pic.twitter.com/kNnp6mYOjSNovember 2, 2023
This riveting back and forth within the Reddit community and on social media began in October when speedrunner Burgerandfreys discovered an exploit within the world map. By utilizing the two-player mode, some manipulation of the character select menu, and even more button mashing, one character can skip over a castle by taking advantage of the positioning of the game's camera on the world map. Doing this glitch will trick the game into thinking the castle is cleared due to the rapid jumps between menus and the camera, allowing one of the characters to walk past it without ever entering the level.
So far, the skip only works for the first three worlds of the game, but the community has been experimenting to see how much further they can take it. Still, that hasn't stopped players from using it to clear the game as quickly as possible. The previous record sat at a little over two hours 20 minutes, but after the exploit was discovered for the previous worlds, the record
