Watch and be amazed.
So, did he cheat?
First I'd like to point out that this was done on an original Nintendo, not the Wii. For those of you that don't know, you can buy old games for $5 and play them on the Wii. I have Mario on my Wii. Anyway, you can see at the beginning this is a Duck Hunt/Mario cartridge.
So, here's ways he could have cheated...
Exhibit A: My initial thought was he cheated because he jumps through the plants. However, I just tested this out on my Wii, and I was able to jump through the plants as well. As long as you just cross the tip of the plant at the peak of your jump and not on the way down, you are good. Who knew?
Exhibit B: Allegedly that warp on 4-2 without the vine can be done. That still seems fishy to me.
Exhibit C: 8-4 has multiple things that are beyond the possibilities of Mario physics. A plant magically disappears as he goes down a pipe. He also clearly hits the fire under water.
Due to the evidence in Exhibit C, I believe there was some sort of cheating involved.
That said, the timing of his jumping is out of this world. Go back and watch his jump to the flagpole on 8-2. Unbelievable.
Thanks to Greg for sending this my way.
Jim....you've got a better memory than I do about Mario on the original Nintendo. Having wasted hours (and possibly full days) of my life playing this game I can tell you that plants routinely disappeared from the screen. I'm pretty sure it was a bug in the software but it was predictable and I often used it to my advantage.
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