Super Mario, along with The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon, is known as the Troika of Nintendo. Like many veteran players, the first Super Mario game the Doctor came into contact with was Super Mario Bros., a side-scrolling action game introduced by Nintendo on FC (NES) consoles in 1985. I believe many people still remember: when we were young, we called this game "Super Marie", which was actually a mistranslation by the pirates at that time.
Even though the doctor was clever and clever when he was a child, the game talent was very high, but in "Super Mario Bros.", it was always impossible to pass the level smoothly, which became a small regret. People are more angry than people, angry people! Super Mario Bros. player circles have a group of SpeedRun masters, who not only have to pass the game with one life, but also in order to increase the difficulty of operation, they change the tricks to challenge, including playing with only one hand!
You read that right! As incredible as the Blindfold Challenge is playing Super Mario Bros. with a one-handed gamepad. The PhD went to the professional SpeedRun website to take a look, and there is indeed a "OneHand" category in the Super Mario Bros. challenge, and the fastest record is currently 4 minutes and 57 seconds! This record should be faster than the vast majority of players in the world who play through the level with their hands.
The player who set a new world record is an acquaintance in the circle - Super Mario Bros. super master "JeremyMKW", who is particularly good at various speed-up challenges and has a ranking in various challenge categories. According to the video he shared, the one-handed operation is obviously quite awkward, you need to put the handle vertically, and then use your thumb to control the forward arrow keys (to the right), the index finger to control the accelerator key, the middle finger to control the jump button, all the way through each level, less than five minutes to complete the game.
Attentive friends may notice that there is a "strange" place in the above narrative, "JeremyMKW" controls the forward arrow keys with his thumb, doesn't he need to retreat? The doctor told everyone: Really not! When these speed masters play Super Mario Bros., they only need to keep moving forward, and most of the time during the whole process is in an "accelerated" state, so as to shorten the time to complete the level.
It is worth mentioning that the one-handed challenge of Super Mario Bros. is divided into two types, one is any% of the level, the other is the warpless, and the challenger must pass all the levels in its entirety. The former is relatively fiercely competitive, with new results emerging in four years, with "JeremyMKW" brushing the new record to 4 minutes and 57 seconds earlier, about 1 second ahead of the second place; while the latter's first place is still "JeremyMKW", whose performance (19 minutes and 40 seconds) has been maintained for two years.
Finally, considering that some people are interested in the "blindfold challenge" mentioned above by the Doctor, I will briefly introduce it to you. In July 2021, a player named "Crescendo" was blindfolded and broke Super Mario Bros., which took only 11 minutes and 55 seconds! The trick of the Blindfold Challenge is to use the limited sound effects in the game to determine the character's position. An old game from 37 years ago can still play so many tricks today, don't you expect it?
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