Special thanks to: Fuzzle - Music (kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZH12ppWxk6-rlto.html) Kriller37 - Explaining SMB1 running speed mechanics to me PricelessNightmare - Mario 3D World footage

@FuzzleMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feature Kosmic! 🙏🏼

@krippydepperi8636

2 жыл бұрын

you forgot to mention the handheld version of super mario world (super mario advance 2): hitting a multi coin block with luigi will release a burst of coins but immediatrly expire the block also super mario bros deluxe, it has different phisics and in challenge mode some red coins are hidden inside multi coin blocks

@RWL2012

2 жыл бұрын

the "Bros." in Super Mario Bros. is meant to be pronounced "brothers", because the dot at the end of Bros. means that it's an abbreviation.

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

@@RWL2012 do you say Monsters Incorporated? And correct people if they say Inc.?

There is also an infinite coin block in Super Mario 3D Land. However, it's in a Mystery Box within a level (W1-3), and you only have 10 seconds to bonk it as much as you can.

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Yo I had no idea

@ataraxianAscendant

2 жыл бұрын

So basically the same mechanic as the normal multicoin block

@blackcat_064

2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered whether that block had a limit. What if you modded it into a normal stage?

@gugwash1499

2 жыл бұрын

Also one in super Mario 3D world but it's in an auto scroller

@cotcot8965

Жыл бұрын

@@gugwash1499 it’s not infinite actually

He said he would, and he did. We finally are getting a historical doc about a Mario block

@fnln3011

2 жыл бұрын

Block doc! Block doc!

@Linkzcap

2 жыл бұрын

Blockumentary

There's also the multi coin blocks on the gba advance port of super mario world, which change depending if you are playing with Mario or Luigi, Mario's are the same but the Luigi ones spew the coins like the blocks on sm64

7:55 I'm pretty sure the NSMB2 block has 100 coins in it. Basically a free 1 UP.

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I totally knew that too, I'm not sure what 30 thing I got it mixed up with

@Placeholder103

2 жыл бұрын

A much less convenient 1UP

@binarycat1237

2 жыл бұрын

a 1up or an extra hit

I really appreciate hearing you hitting the table when you say "Set the record Straight"

In SMRPG there's an infinite coin block in Bowser's Keep. It's pretty slow but there's nothing stopping you from getting 999 coins other than your own patience.

I really want to see max coins (or equivalent) TASes for other Mario games (or any other game really), these are so entertaining to watch, although I know that they are very difficult to make.

7:45 In fact, there are a few instances where you can get 11 coins instead of 10. In Battlerock Galaxy Mission #2: Entering the Battlerock. Before using the pipe to enter the fortress There are two blocks, the right one is the coin block. Turns out the one with the coins is close enough to the ground that you can jump fast enough to get 11 coins (It's not impossible with Mario but it's really hard.) In Dreadnaught Galaxy Mission #1: Infiltrating the Dreadnaught there is a coin block on a platform to the right after climbing to the top of the destroying platforms but before taking the launch star. Jumping fast enough gives you 11 coins. In Dreadnaught Galaxy Mission #2: Dreadnaught's Colossal Cannon, when you have defeated the two octopuses, the bridge falls, the next platform has 2 blocks, the right one held the coins. guide the bob-omb under the block and jump, you should get 11 coins.

This is the most specific topic of any video game documentary and I’m all for it

Fun fact kosmic doesnt want you to know: Coin blocks gives you coins

@Mythraen

Жыл бұрын

From watching him play romhacks, I thought multicoin blocks gave between two and three coins.

Btw, nathaniel bandy got all the coins in a multi cone block in sm3dw in an auto scroller, and the block ran out after it was off screen. He had to ground pound on the block before it came on screen, then when it ran out, he had to quickly go on screen to avoid dying. You should watch his video (getting every coin in sm3dw)

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! Probably would've experimented with the autoscroll one but I actually didn't have the game in my possession while making this. Thanks for sharing!

@ego-lay_atman-bay

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kosmicd12 I just checked the video and it's here kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaGM0tqgkZXOpcY.htmlm20s (at 5:20 )

i really like documentary type videos. please make more :)

In Super Mario 3D world, hitting multi coin blocks from below is way faster than ground pounding. These blocks have a special property that allows Mario to repeatedly jump as quickly as you mash the button without having to land on the ground.

How interesting can a video about coinblocks be? Answer: Extremely interesting

Fun fact banks have them IRL if you bring a hammer and just start finding out what brick has the most they can’t/won’t get mad at you for finding them

Yes! More of this! Do Goomba hitboxes or star timers for the games. Keep it silly man. Love ya.

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm. Never thought about the stars being different lengths 🤔

@subparlario4916

2 жыл бұрын

Or what about how long a "second" lasts in each game? I wonder what game has the shortest one...

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

@@subparlario4916 pretty sure it's VS. Super Mario Bros.

Never before would I have thought to watch an almost 10 minute long video talking about coinblocks

So recently, I was playing mario clock for some nostalgia. And I discovered that the multicoin blocks always give 10 coins, and that absolutely blew my mind. So, I just thought I would let you know.

In SMW you can get a block down to 1 coin left (let the timer run out), and then double-hit the block (hit it with both Mario's head and a shell at the same time). This will cause the timer to underflow back to 255 and you can get more coins as if the block was new. Also all multicoin blocks in the same room use the same timer, so you can hit one to start the timer and then the next one will only have one coin by the time you get to it. You can do this in Donut Plains 2 and I think a couple other levels as well.

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nathan 🙂 I was definitely underqualified to talk about 3/world/land. Should've reached out to you for world!

You and Mitch have really upped your KZread content. This was a cool video.

Multi-coin blocks in Super Mario Advance 4 no longer limit the max to 11 coins like in the original SMB3; I recall getting up to 17 or 18 from ones right above large Mario's head but don't know what the theoretical max is. This made getting 44 coins in stage 1-4 a lot less strict, and getting the bonus 3up for hitting 110 coins in one of the e-Reader levels might have required getting more than 11 at least once.

that bullet bill something something. RAID GANG!

ahhh needed that reminder at the start .... skipped this thinking it was the OTHER vid about the "10-Coin" block

That fish completely destroyed ya, lmao

Don't forget about the *OFFICIAL* 25th anniversary block!! The best of all the coin blocks

nsmbds 1-3 has that awesome bit with the bouncy mushroom two blocks below a lineup of four multicoin blocks... not sure exactly how many coins you can end up getting from each block but i am sure that it is Very Fun (also great vid kosmic lol, loving these)

you got owned by that enemy that I can’t spell

Mario Maker: "Am I nothing to you?"

5:57 This level rekt me for so long back in the day. I could never beat it (and thus, all of secret star road) when I was a kid. I only beat when I was like a late teenager.

Your content is so entertaining I binge watch it for 2-3 weeks, forget everything and come back 6 months later with foggy memory to watch it again.

So glad you expanded again upon this idea. Plus the first statement you had was was kinda explained last video too seeing as it had to get broken up into an extra video. Lol this is fun stuff tho. I always wondered and I think strategy guides even put a limit on the blocks that were wrong. I think in world it said like 16 or something

“How interesting can a video about blocks be?” Man Minecraft KZread has been popping off for a decade so probably pretty interesting lol

The coin cap and framerules being weird in the NES games is probably the same reason that youtube view counts used to freeze at 301, someone intended to write something like "Stop when coinsGained >= 10," but forgot the = part

A more detailed look at the wearable coin block in 3D World would be cool. You get tons of coins by doing rolling longjumps and ground pounds and other such maneuvers.

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Think it caps at 100 coins

7:54 "...as long as you don't take damage." I WILL HAVE COINS FOREVER! *YEET* XD

7xG said, "i really like documentary type videos. please make more :)" I agree and recommend power consumption differences of the history of the multi-coin blocks.

@Kosmicd12

Жыл бұрын

what does power consumption differences mean

you can probably hit the infinite 3d world block a ton more if you rapidfire hit it from below instad of groundpounding it. wonder how many coins could be punched out of that block within that level's time limit

I love these types of videos, keep up the great work

Next up: Multi-coin blocks from other Mario games. Paper Mario series, Mario & Luigi series, among others.

Now I'm curious about the coin blocks in the original Paper Mario trilogy!

The thumbs up in the ad was worth a like in itself. Great video, man!

I don't know if it works like this in all the games, but in SMW all the multi-coin blocks share a single timer. Meaning if you can hit more than one, only one of them will time out. The timer then restarts for the other one as if it hadn't been hit yet. You can test this pretty easily by having two multi-coin blocks and kicking a shell that bounces between them. Mario RPG also has multi-coin blocks, including one infinite one in Bowser's castle.

Can't wait to see what you talk about next time!

Only cause I'm not seeing anyone else mention it: there's an infinite coin block in SMRPG for the SNES. It is extremely not-hidden and a nearby NPC even states that it's magic and will not run out of coins. This is maybe slightly relevant I guess. : P

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Can't possibly talk about non mainline games, way too many. That's cool though, I did my first playthrough of that game a year ago or so and I think I missed it! What area is it in? Someone else mentioned it too

@alexnobody1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kosmicd12 Late in the penultimate dungeon, a brainwashed magikoopa serves as a boss fight; when you beat him and bring him back to his senses, he rewards you by conjuring a magic coin block with endless coins.

'The infinite coin block. You may not like it. but this is what peak performance looks like.'

The previous coin block video was very good and this one is great. I read most of the comments within 2 days of this upload and am also impressed with info from others. Congrats on your sponsored segment, the product is totally sensible and neutral since most humanoids can't completely transcend food consumption. If I had actual funds I would purchase that service for someone else to show gratitude for your vids. That sm land scene with the funny empty moving block seems remotely familiar to me from playing ages ago when it was a new game. Wish I could have played the real smb2, nearest I got was the all stars adaptation. Always learning new mario details from your channel, much respect and appreciation 🔳 💯

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the really nice comment! I was admittedly very pressed for time with this one, and I'm afraid it may show in some spots. KZread also isn't taking nearly as much of a liking to this one, I thought the topic would be more widely received than the last but apparently not. I'll keep making some cool new videos though!

I needed this for my test. Thx.

There were also Multi Coin Blocks in Yoshi’s Story where if you hit one 10 times, a Melon is your reward.

Probably ought to link to a maximum coin TAS video. Also, I think it's pretty cool when you do these video essays!

3:15 The timing is perfect

In Super Mario Maker 2, all multicoin blocks are hard capped to 10 coins, regardless of game style. This is necessary because there is a "clear condition" where you can optionally make someone collect all the coins in a level before finishing it, and that counter considers a multicoin block to be worth ten coins. (Launchers with coins inside are also worth ten coins.) I do not have the original SMM with me to check what its coin blocks do, but I would not be too surprised if they were also hard capped.

"How interesting could a video about blocks be?" Well I mean Lego has actual cartoons

Couple of Addendums: 1. In New Super Mario Bros 2, the wearable gold brick block runs out after 100 coins, not 30 2. In Super Mario 3D Land, there is an infinite Coin block in an in-level mystery box in 1-3. There is no maximum, but my personal best is around 63 coins button mashing. 3. In Super Mario 3D Land, there is also a notable coin block in 1-4's Mystery Box. I don't remember it being anywhere else in the Mario series, I could be wrong. But there's a 30-coin 3 wide ? Block in that mystery box A. Also while not a coin block, in 3D Land, there is A possible Golden Mystery Box with 15 Tanooki Suits and a P-Wing, that was the potential to wield 150 coins in 10 seconds, assuming you were wearing a Tanooki Suit when entering

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Is #3 not the same as the one I mention 3d world has in this video?

@GoldenTGB

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kosmicd12 huh, I guess you're right. I know 3D Land better than 3D World, and I guess my mind just blanked out there

I'd be curious to know if Super Mario RPG has a limit based on frame rules since it's from the snes era. I'm sure others here mentioned that it also has a infinite coin block.

you got owned by that photobooth

@Kosmicd12

Жыл бұрын

lol close enough

@lancelotthefallen763

Жыл бұрын

wow kosmic replied 🙀 my life complete now

This was a surprisingly compelling subject for a video haha

Ah yes Super Mario Bros 3, a "brand new game". This confirms speedrunners are stuck in the past.

Are there not any multi-coin blocks in SML2? Come to think of it, I don't remember ever doing a spin jump on one, and those actually hit blocks in SML2, just like ground pounding in later games.

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't find any! Just groups of many individual coin blocks

@SomeGuy712x

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, no multi-coin blocks in Super Mario Land 2, oddly enough.

My Dude. It is almost 1am for me in the Timezone i'm in and you're posting a new Video now huh... LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🌹

fun fact: these shooting coin blocks in 3dw don't have a cap on coins, it's also on a timer

Thank you Kosmic, very cool

I didn’t notice it was a video from Kosmic until the very end :x

Coin blocks have a time limit? How have I never heard about this?

7:21 I did some testing with/without cheats a while back in NSMB regarding multi-coin blocks I think i was able to get 16 coins out without cheats, and 21 or so coins by using a moon jump cheat My memory is bad tho so that may not be accurate

Will you cover the Mario & Luigi Games too in the next video? :)

at 6:15 Kosmic says Super Mario Land is the first game to have question marks on the coin blocks but just 30 seconds earlier was showing getting 32 coins out of the block with rotating question marks on it in smw 🥺

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

SML was released before SMW

Ur a legend m8

The coin BOX from mario kart tour comes to mind but they can be pretty random but a cpu coinbox frenzy with 2 boomerangs might even out coin the infini-blocks

Now I'm wondering what would happen if you were to find the highest amount of coins possible to get from any infinite coin block, including the time it takes for a TAS to reach the block and the timer to run out

@Agent5061

2 жыл бұрын

You be the guy to create this video

@dznutskong

2 жыл бұрын

@@Agent5061 Genuinely sounds fun but I have way too many personal projects as is and would probably end up creating something horribly suboptimal

@Agent5061

2 жыл бұрын

@@dznutskong fair fair I respect that

it is theorically possible to get at least 18 coins in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

You might not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

What if you dupliate SMW multi-coin block with a shell? That would mean you could get near infinite.

Obscure multi coin block fact: If you put two or more blocks side by side that have at least one coin in each, the grouping of those objects can be called multi(ple) coin blocks This isn't obscure as much as it is a stupid pun. I hope you enjoyed this fact.

NGL thought this was Bismuth for a moment but should've known it was you

Infinite multi coin block :O

Incredible video... but how many coins can you get out of the SM3DW coin block with TAS movement towards it and again to the flag (or death by time limit)?

I feel like this is your opus (outside of speed runs)

I wanted to see how the blocks work in Super Mario Maker 2 and even 1

There's the coin block in 3D-World in World 3-2 that has so many coins that it is near impossible to get them all because of auto-scrolling

Glad to know I’m not the only one that has issues with Tubullar

USA has free shipping all over the country and fun stuff like hello fresh.. here in Chinada we have 90$ shipping fees, duty fees, brokerage fees and taxes.

people can make content out of a singular object in a game series nowadays

Next video: Maximum coins you can get from the Super Mario 3D world infinite multi coin block

Sweet intro, is this your new thing outside of running? Play on!

8:55 - Nathaniel Bandy claims that the block in Chain-Link Charge has a finite but absurdly large amount of coins? (I'm not too sure about that claim, though...) Also I wonder where the other ones are besides 3-2 and 3-4?

@atti_odyssey

Жыл бұрын

Probably joking

There it is boii

“Primordial multi-coin block”

I gotta say, I have so many people that I admire in the speedrunning community, but Kosmic is in my top alongside SummoningSalt and Karl Jobst. I get excited whenever you guys upload, and this type of videos are my favorites, in depth analysis and history, so much research and love put into this. Thanks so much for everything, my man!

once i went into 2-1 as small mario, picked up all 4 powerups, and got hit 4 times. i picked up the first powerup, then got hit later after i 8000 kicked, so i picked up the second powerup, then i got hit by the piranha plant as i was trying to get the third powerup, so i picked it up, then i got hit by the koopa right before the 4th powerup, so i got that last powerup then got hit by the last piranha plant because by keyboard didn't sense my inputs

The reason we collect coins is to get 1-Ups, but extra lives are so common in every Mario game since Mario 3 (possibly with a few exceptions, like the Mario Maker games for example) that collecting coins is practically pointless :(

@Kosmicd12

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Mario Odyssey made pretty good use of them. Or RPG games

@FusionCyborg

Жыл бұрын

Nintendo should have-brought/bring back the SMB2J mechanic to get flagpole 1-UPs

thanks

Rip smbj2 wr to a podo :(

No Superstar Saga?!?

Thank you

New SMB2 reminds me of SMB3

Now I know how to impress the ladies at the next party with my superior knowledge!

There's also an infinite multi-coin block (in addition to regular multi-coin blocks) in Super Mario RPG

I’m pretty sure 3D World’s Coin Box only lasts 100 coins OR if you take damage before that

fuck saving 0.3 seconds, time to do 22 frame perfect button presses/releases to be cool and have the most coins