Super Mario Speedrunner In Full Cosplay Comes 2 Frames Shy Of A Perfect Run

Nintendo just recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., and speedrunners are still chipping away at the game trying to achieve a perfect run. Niftski, who holds several world records for the game, got tantalizingly close to hitting the mark over the weekend during one of his livestreams. He did it while dressed as the iconic plumber for Halloween in what he says is going to be “the funniest world record upload of all time.”

While Niftski didn’t get that perfect run, he did manage to set a new speedrunning world record for an “any percent run,” which means completing the game by any means necessary. He managed to improve on his previous world record run by 0.33 seconds, completing the game in a mere 4 minutes, 54 seconds and 299 milliseconds.

This new record is just 33 milliseconds shy of what’s theorized to be a perfect...

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