Speedrunning is a common occurrence in the gaming community. With so many new games on the market, along with a seemingly endless number of classic titles, there’s always a new record to beat. Among the games known for impressive speedruns is Super Mario Odyssey.
While many Nintendo fans might already be looking forward to a possible announcement for Super Mario Odyssey 2, some speedrunners continue to find new and more efficient ways to play the original Super Mario Odyssey. Since the game was released in 2017, players have managed to complete the title in record time. While some of the first speedruns took hours to finish, as players have learned more about the 3D platformer, the times have dropped to under an hour.
Recently, a speedrunner known as Tyron18 completed Super Mario Odyssey in a world record time of 57 minutes and 21 seconds. It’s worth noting that this world record was achieved during a fastest completion speedrun, meaning that the player only needed to finish the main story. As a result, all secondary objectives were optional, and glitches were permissible to skip various areas in Super Mario Odyssey to achieve the fastest possible completion time. With this new record time, Tyron18 dethroned Rushia1, the previous holder of the speedrunning crown. For the record, Rushia1’s past time was 57:35, while the third-fastest time now belongs to Lucidityy, clocking in at 57:56.
Unsurprisingly, Tyron18 had a near-flawless run through the game to break this world record. “Early game was absolutely cracked this run,” he said. As one might expect, the speedrunner made controlling Mario and Cappy look effortless during the playthrough. Another intriguing aspect of the speedrun was that Tyron18 played the game with Japanese text. The reason for this decision was that it displayed on-screen at a faster rate, saving precious seconds. Furthermore, the gamer utilized various glitches present in Super Mario Odyssey to help cut down the roughly 12-hour game to under an hour.
While this time impressed many fans that watched on Twitch and YouTube, the speedrunner believed that he could still do better. He explained that while his playthrough started flawlessly, he ran into one small bump in the road. “Unfortunately we lost 30s in mssl which was sad,” he said. After beating the world record time, he claimed that a 56-minute speedrun of Super Mario Odyssey was possible.
It’s exciting to see members of the gaming community continue to uncover new methods for finishing games fast. It will be interesting to see if Tyron18 manages to shave off a few more seconds and reach the 56-minute mark that he believes is achievable in the future.
Super Mario Odyssey is available now on Nintendo Switch.