A Super Mario fan beat all the 3D Super Mario games with 100% completion in one sitting. Nintendo’s most popular franchise is one of the world's most recognizable. It’s also no surprise why Super Mario games are enjoyed by many people no matter their play style, especially those part of the speedrunning community.The Super Mario franchise, known for some of the best platformer games, is notable for speedrunning. The mainline games featuring Nintendo’s mascot Mario consist of completing worlds with numerous levels filled with enemies to stomp and puzzles to solve. The levels are also scattered with secret areas waiting to be discovered and many valuable items to collect such as stars, shinies, stamps, or moons. Last month, a Super Mario fan announced on his YouTube channel that he would be up to the challenge of beating all the 3D Super Mario games with 100% completion.Twitch streamer and speedrunner Kingj0444, real name Joey, completed the world’s first 3D Mario 2405 speedrun in less than two days in one sitting. Joey tweeted how proud he was of himself along with an image detailing how long it took him to play each game. The amount of stars, shinies, and moons he collected in each game tallies up to 2,405, where the name of the speedrun originates. He played all nine mainline 3D Super Mario games, including two with one of the coolest gravity mechanics in games: Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Joey previously completed other speedruns and is well known in the speedrunning community for his 3D Mario 1862 speedrun. Joey stated in a comment in his tweet that he had been preparing for the 3D Mario 2405 speedrun ever since his previous speedrun nearly four years ago.
While people in the community congratulated him on his achievement, some stated how they were concerned for his health. There are ways gaming can be beneficial to a person's health, but some people could not see how the speedrunner losing nearly two days of sleep could possibly be healthy. “There’s a reason why sleep breaks are allowed in extremely long speedruns,” said one user. Joey stated after successfully completing his goal that he will prioritize sleeping.
There are rumors that four new Super Mario games are on the way. The possible addition of new Super Mario games may motivate Kingj0444 to commit to another speedrun. Joey’s 3D Mario 2405 speedrun is available to watch on his Twitch channel.