The most TOXIC Mechanic in Mario Party ever

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  • @tysoniacrypoid575
    @tysoniacrypoid575 Місяць тому +1170

    “If it starts with a bible verse, the video is automatically goated.” - Sophist probably

  • @jonathanbernstein-bn4tl
    @jonathanbernstein-bn4tl Місяць тому +594

    Fun fact because I tested it myself:
    Imposter Bowser will add Bowser Spaces up until Turn 24, where he adds one more.

    • @zjzr08
      @zjzr08 Місяць тому +34

      Is it only in the byway because I read weeks ago it can also fill outside the byway too.

    • @Naloogi
      @Naloogi Місяць тому +83

      @@zjzr08 No it's only in the byway and the only spaces that never get replaced are all the Blue Spaces where Stars can appear and the Event Spaces.

    • @janetchabot9628
      @janetchabot9628 14 днів тому

      Pull the lever krunk

  • @wkeezz
    @wkeezz Місяць тому +501

    It’s funny how eevee’s hell is stuck in a square with bowser while Nick’s hell is a penguin 😂

    • @manuelaguirreurreta5004
      @manuelaguirreurreta5004 Місяць тому +7

      I mean everyone's he'll is different

    • @javiergironbracamonte5296
      @javiergironbracamonte5296 Місяць тому +18

      And Vernias' hell is losing his stars to Bowser multiple times.

    • @jianmario6500
      @jianmario6500 Місяць тому +5

      And brent's hell would be bowsers big blast with him always losing on his first go

  • @cloverwizard03alt37
    @cloverwizard03alt37 Місяць тому +478

    As someone who watch this game live I’m so glad the Penguin bit didn’t get cut

    • @mariguano81
      @mariguano81 Місяць тому +37

      Does Nick hates being called a penguin still? I mean, mora than before now that Piplup has disappeared from his channel?

    • @youalreadyknowwhoitis3544
      @youalreadyknowwhoitis3544 Місяць тому +59

      @@mariguano81 Yeah. He hates being associated with Piplup at all now.

    • @anivibes2968
      @anivibes2968 Місяць тому +21

      Why? It gave him so much personality and Charm. Like i get it its annoying If it is to much but everyone has His Bits

    • @ArendAlphaEagle
      @ArendAlphaEagle Місяць тому +48

      @@anivibes2968I think he would've appreciated it more if the penguin jokes only popped up every now and then. The frequency ruined the bit for him.

    • @TieYourLaurenDown
      @TieYourLaurenDown Місяць тому +39

      @@anivibes2968 people kept spamming it and it got really annoying. I’m also pretty sure he implied it gave him a lot of imposter syndrome and made him feel really insecure.

  • @CommissarMitch
    @CommissarMitch Місяць тому +94

    19:50
    The little scream when Vern is picked up is why I love him. So good with sound effect and also the funny one in the group.

  • @Blu_Moon_Owl
    @Blu_Moon_Owl Місяць тому +249

    19:52 LMAO even Bowser what having any of it with Vern having 4 stars already

    • @PhantomAarantula
      @PhantomAarantula Місяць тому +55

      That got me good. Bowser's like "to heck with this roulette, you lose a star, NOW!!"

    • @Twilight17Petkoton
      @Twilight17Petkoton Місяць тому +17

      Impostor Bowser: Thinking getting unlucky event too bad it's lose a star no matter what.

    • @adrianramos7690
      @adrianramos7690 Місяць тому

      Vern got karma for wanting imposter bowser to suck his *censored*

    • @smartboy201
      @smartboy201 Місяць тому +17

      And then... less than 3 minutes later, the corpse is still on _fire._
      Bowser: "Wanna see me do it again?"
      Vern: *_whimpers_*

    • @flallana18
      @flallana18 Місяць тому +4

      The Vern Nation Incineration!

  • @katoatoato
    @katoatoato Місяць тому +219

    23:45 Bruh I haven't even played Persona 5 but just Eevee saying "For real?" immediately made me think of Ryuji

  • @its_rushs0nic258
    @its_rushs0nic258 Місяць тому +99

    21:50 this is the moment Sophist realized all the Sisyphus memes he’s made truly came to light

  • @bananerbug165
    @bananerbug165 Місяць тому +156

    18:41 🐧:my death was greatly exaggerated

  • @Maximouse1551
    @Maximouse1551 Місяць тому +75

    1:18 The synchronized "Nooooooooo" is so dang perfect

  • @ruudestdude5654
    @ruudestdude5654 Місяць тому +111

    Sophist: Somebody pull a lever!
    8:52:
    Sophist: WRONG LEVER, GOD DAMMIT!

  • @DouglasStewart99
    @DouglasStewart99 Місяць тому +34

    Vern: "I get Bowser on both sides..."
    Nick: "No matter what?"
    Vern: No matter what..."
    Nick: "LMAO."
    Vern: "Don't you 'LMAO' me, you *BI-"*

  • @CEO_of_gaming
    @CEO_of_gaming Місяць тому +109

    Gotta love the spaceballs reference at 7:14 that is an absolutely goated movie

    • @GlitchanBlack
      @GlitchanBlack Місяць тому +12

      Unfortunately, Nick is not cultured.

    • @NorthernKnight
      @NorthernKnight Місяць тому +13

      Nick is not his father's brother's cousin's former roommate. Which makes them absolutely nothing

    • @MaximumMalo2319
      @MaximumMalo2319 Місяць тому +1

      @@GlitchanBlack maybe he’ll learn from his mistakes in The Most TOXIC Mechanic in Mario Party Ever 2: The Search for More Views

    • @4GRJ
      @4GRJ Місяць тому

      ​@@GlitchanBlacknot the first time that happened

  • @Jacob_G9
    @Jacob_G9 Місяць тому +14

    19:53 Bro that is genuinely one of the Scariest and cruelest things i've seen Mario Party do.
    Just "NO, NO ROULETTE, NO TROLL, JUST GIVE THE STAR".

  • @mateusramirez1652
    @mateusramirez1652 Місяць тому +31

    19:50 bowser really said, “ screw your timing, you’re losing a star *NOW!”*

  • @Voidmercenary
    @Voidmercenary Місяць тому +36

    19:38 It says Non-Linear Storytelling with an image of Imposter Bowser.

  • @PoipoleADMyt
    @PoipoleADMyt Місяць тому +157

    I know how unforgiving this board is firsthand.
    I landed on Bowser Space turn 2, and he destroyed the wheel and told me to fork over a star. Since I didn’t have one, he took all my coins. (I had 23.)
    Edit: I stand corrected. Vernias got it WAY worse.

    • @alexander1274
      @alexander1274 Місяць тому +16

      I haven’t seen bowser this brutal since Mario party 1

  • @Andre_Blueboy_Remastered_g-w5e
    @Andre_Blueboy_Remastered_g-w5e Місяць тому +44

    5:28 that transition is so perfect! And it feels so realistic too because it reminds me of a nightmare I had where I almost drowned in a river, but this was super funny though! ^^

  • @ryangrace8576
    @ryangrace8576 Місяць тому +49

    18:26 LowTierSophist

  • @N_DAnimationEnthusiast
    @N_DAnimationEnthusiast Місяць тому +42

    18:25 Wow. You know Sophist was peeved when he doesn’t say “in Game” after.

  • @hitbrolku1423
    @hitbrolku1423 Місяць тому +39

    Legit I feel bad for sophist. Like my guy has gone through mario party hell and back dawg

  • @SMBr0s
    @SMBr0s Місяць тому +43

    I find it so abnormally hilarious that this video starts off with a Bible verse, and yet, it's completely accurate!!

  • @marshall3314
    @marshall3314 Місяць тому +128

    18:40 YO! GUYS! THE JOKE IS BACK!!! 🐧

    • @cailieisidro5758
      @cailieisidro5758 Місяць тому +10

      Yay!

    • @timtam4596
      @timtam4596 Місяць тому +15

      I died at this part. Sophist really just said "Fuck this man I'm putting penguins in the video"

    • @mylesphobia7552
      @mylesphobia7552 Місяць тому +3

      OMG GUYS LOOK

    • @sonicgamingkirbyfan2005v-xm2rl
      @sonicgamingkirbyfan2005v-xm2rl Місяць тому +3

      Eevee revived the joke and will keep it alive a long as he can!😂

    • @Da_ComputerMonster
      @Da_ComputerMonster Місяць тому +5

      Man REACHED into the darkest depths to pull out the Old Joke simply to HATE.

  • @Pearl_Blossom
    @Pearl_Blossom Місяць тому +28

    This board is entirely just "I'M BACK IN THE FCKING BUILDING AGAIN!!!"

    • @ArendAlphaEagle
      @ArendAlphaEagle Місяць тому +6

      "OHHHH MY GODDDD I'M SO SSSSICK"

    • @GlitchanBlack
      @GlitchanBlack Місяць тому

      OH NO, THEY KNOW, NOT AGAIN!

    • @FloridianFool
      @FloridianFool Місяць тому

      Someone else commented this in Alpharad's video already

  • @boliyostudio
    @boliyostudio Місяць тому +8

    The perfectly cut scream every time Vernias loses a star is peak comedy. I hope it becomes a recurrent joke, every time anyone asks the editor to kill Vernias or something bad happens to him.

  • @JezElectroAlt
    @JezElectroAlt Місяць тому +33

    "Penguin" returned! For literally only once

  • @valerieyggdrasil7984
    @valerieyggdrasil7984 Місяць тому +31

    Nick will never leave the piplup allegations
    I repeat he WILL NEVER ESCAPE THE PENGUIN CURSE🔥☕🐧🔥

  • @sebastianrose8145
    @sebastianrose8145 Місяць тому +18

    "Can bowser create life?"
    Sophist im sorry to inform you that bowser Jr exist for a reason

  • @GamermanGreene29
    @GamermanGreene29 Місяць тому +20

    11:01 Bowser has canonically created life and called it Bowser Jr

  • @zeganzoma7608
    @zeganzoma7608 Місяць тому +27

    Spoiler Alert ⚠️
    It really is funny how Sophist went from an almost complete non-issue for 11 turns to immediate threat as SOON as he made it out of the hell square.

  • @Nildog_gaming
    @Nildog_gaming Місяць тому +13

    19:53 bowser really said "flip the rules"
    22:23 bowser really said "OH you just got a star *YOINK*"
    34:27 bowser was like just give that star
    39:19 bowser I ran out of one liners just star NOW!

    • @ModernPlushCinema
      @ModernPlushCinema Місяць тому

      Bro, I bet EVERYthing would've changed if Vernias didn't listen to Sophist 21:44 because I think he could've won that.

    • @ED-gw9rg
      @ED-gw9rg 10 днів тому

      @@Nildog_gaming Also add 40:02 ! For Vernias totally not losing a star.

  • @nathanrivera1463
    @nathanrivera1463 Місяць тому +38

    0:55 Bowser is sus? 1:00 Impostor? Bro, OMG sus dude. OMG he's venting! Hey look he's literally on a vent.

  • @dylanvo6394
    @dylanvo6394 Місяць тому +106

    You PICK BOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

  • @Rath2049
    @Rath2049 Місяць тому +68

    22:28 ok Vern I’m sorry, that has to be rare, I play this board a lot and I have NEVER seen someone get the forced star removal twice in a row. That has to be rare as hell
    Update: I GUESS ITS COMMON

    • @WDinATX
      @WDinATX Місяць тому +16

      If that update is from you continuing to watch the video I think this is a good lesson when it comes to the Party Crashers: Vernias and Sophist are the least lucky people on the planet.

    • @Goobis365
      @Goobis365 Місяць тому +4

      @@WDinATX tbf vernias only suffers unluckiness when he interacts with the luckiest Party Crasher: Nick.

    • @theunknowman12
      @theunknowman12 Місяць тому

      Bowser love to just take a star in this board especially if you're currently winning

    • @rubberduck8096
      @rubberduck8096 Місяць тому +7

      You just have to press A instantly. If you wait too long, Bowser always takes a star.

    • @Rath2049
      @Rath2049 Місяць тому +5

      ​​@@rubberduck8096 ah, ok
      WHEN DID BOWSER SPACES BECOME A MASHING MINIGAME!?

  • @Mariorox1956
    @Mariorox1956 Місяць тому +18

    I had a similar experience to Vern on this map first time playing. Had an ally, got two stars on the Impostor Bowser ring, and some friend of mine put a star steal space ON A BOWSER SPACE, WHICH I LANDED ON AND PROCEEDED TO LOSE THREE STARS IN ONE TURN.
    I freaking love Jamboree still though

  • @danieltsiu7383
    @danieltsiu7383 Місяць тому +7

    For the marble duel, it’s funny how they’ll complain about how if you’re behind you almost can’t beat the person ahead, but then it happens and they complain about it happening too lol.

  • @Magic_Ice
    @Magic_Ice Місяць тому +15

    This is why you *need* the switch item and movement on this board. The last thing you want is to be stuck in the middle full of dangerous bowser spaces.

  • @Eeep-f7y
    @Eeep-f7y Місяць тому +18

    Man Mario Party Jamboree has become the most toxic game for Sophist and the gang, this video is making me giggle like crazy.

  • @paulthemailman9915
    @paulthemailman9915 Місяць тому +8

    That subtle foreshadowing joke was so well timed I’m actually floored

  • @Hanandro-C
    @Hanandro-C Місяць тому +56

    My favorite part about This video is sophist streaming penguin at Nick like it's a slur

  • @lorien6205
    @lorien6205 Місяць тому +4

    Jamboree is actually so much funnier than the previous Mario Party games, I was laughing so hard. Also it's nice to see someone other than Brent win

  • @Crazycolors1248
    @Crazycolors1248 Місяць тому +6

    I like how Ninji makes a squeaky sound when Imposter Bowser grabs him and then just flat out annihilates him.

  • @joshuasawesomesquad2152
    @joshuasawesomesquad2152 Місяць тому +10

    3:46 But for no extra pay, of course.

  • @lanteanboy
    @lanteanboy Місяць тому +24

    "Our first time on this board"
    Oh boy Sophisticated Society video-only viewers.... you are in for the most depressing/fun/heart-wrenching 41 minutes of your life....

    • @SLKibara
      @SLKibara Місяць тому +4

      Very fun 41 minutes

  • @porkfacethegreat426
    @porkfacethegreat426 Місяць тому +50

    The most toxic mechanic... putting nick in the thumbnail

  • @unownk2245
    @unownk2245 Місяць тому +12

    19:38 “non-linear storytelling”

  • @TheLuigi400
    @TheLuigi400 Місяць тому +4

    All the Vernias Screaming Clips, was the most hilarious moment to say, the hurt, the suffer, and all of this

  • @zakie2x
    @zakie2x Місяць тому +26

    0:18, who was that? the leader of the tcnation??

  • @Biggi19
    @Biggi19 Місяць тому +8

    6:59 “That’s a little version of me, Sophist, I want you to have it”
    “I don’t really want this”
    32:00 not the Audio Jungle censor ☠️

  • @devotedtodreams
    @devotedtodreams Місяць тому +1

    Bro, the two times Vernias got fried by Bowser had me rolling! 🤣🤣🤣 Especially the first time - and now that we've got this awesome video, it's all the more easy to rewind that part over and over and over and over... 🤪

  • @craigkenny6827
    @craigkenny6827 Місяць тому +4

    The entire first half of that game was basically the monkey trying to escape its enclosure meme, I'm honestly surprised no one referenced it 😂😂😂

  • @crawlinggoose
    @crawlinggoose Місяць тому +3

    7:15 Well, let's pray that the Sophisticated Society does not live in an airtight bubble filled with fresh oxygen that someone could steal.

  • @angelmontoya9692
    @angelmontoya9692 Місяць тому +2

    Imposter Bowser punching the options was cool AF
    They did really made this game really cool and Fun
    Poor Eevee being stuck a lot in that zone

  • @kimwilliamsii2122
    @kimwilliamsii2122 Місяць тому +2

    I COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING WHEN EVERYONE AND SOPHIST ON ACCIDENT SWITCHED DIRECTIONS SO HE STAYED STUCK 😂😂😂

  • @NanaKyoto
    @NanaKyoto Місяць тому +41

    I am flabbergasted with how this super toxic board was approved by Nintendo.

    • @stevelabarre
      @stevelabarre Місяць тому +10

      no you would be flabbergasted if it wasant accepted by nintendo

    • @ZandMorendo
      @ZandMorendo Місяць тому +8

      Waluigi's Island

    • @NanaKyoto
      @NanaKyoto Місяць тому +5

      @@ZandMorendo This might actually beat out Waluigi's Island.

    • @SenorTakaGOD
      @SenorTakaGOD Місяць тому +2

      Nick must've pulled some strings over there

    • @ArendAlphaEagle
      @ArendAlphaEagle Місяць тому +2

      Bowser Land from Mario Party 2?

  • @hsirebbig
    @hsirebbig Місяць тому +4

    the collective yo! at 1:17 was great

  • @taylorowen9833
    @taylorowen9833 Місяць тому +2

    Somehow, I feel like Sophist's first word was actually "BEHOLD!"

  • @SSBFWU
    @SSBFWU Місяць тому +6

    4:34
    That reminded me of that Magic the Noah's board game where Nick became Zapdos item (I know, I know: he was a Pokémon, not an item)

  • @uss-dh7909
    @uss-dh7909 Місяць тому +2

    Bowser getting just absolutely YooooooooooooooooooooINKED by bigger bowser is always funny.

  • @smartboy201
    @smartboy201 Місяць тому +2

    This should be the start of an arc where the 4 of them keep playing the map until they've cracked the code on the safe.
    ... And they should probably give the footage to _Vern_ since he already has the backstory of having tried multiple times and failing so far... good LORD I hope he'd actually be the one to unlock it.

  • @zezorc120
    @zezorc120 Місяць тому +3

    i guess that's why its called "Bowser's keep". *Green screen car crash*

  • @superluigi6423
    @superluigi6423 Місяць тому +11

    Did you know if you don't want your star to be stolen by *impostor* Bowser in this Map you just need to spam it (Bowser punches it because you take "too much time" for him) you can still land on something bad because you can't time it but at least it's less likely you loose your star !

  • @LTDextel
    @LTDextel Місяць тому +1

    I love that all of the sprites for Sophist's OC are memes. I like to think about the beauty of Sophie Wheeler a lot in my free time.

  • @himynameissteve3846
    @himynameissteve3846 Місяць тому +3

    Bro the subtle twilight princess reference at 12:11

  • @redpyramid6843
    @redpyramid6843 Місяць тому +9

    Mario party is hell so it makes sense for Bible verses.

  • @YoloYester94
    @YoloYester94 Місяць тому +1

    This board is OD evil on pro mode. If you land on a bowser space, a star will be taken from you as usual. HOWEVER, if you don’t have a star, you lose ALL YOUR COINS. This board is RELENTLESS.

  • @wonderlandzer0
    @wonderlandzer0 Місяць тому +2

    40:07 I would love to see more Overcooked or even Plate Up tbh!

  • @FanimationStudios-2007
    @FanimationStudios-2007 Місяць тому +1

    8:51 Funnily enough, I made a similar joke to this the first time I played this board. The Emperor's New Groove is just that iconic of a film.

  • @dimorytalus1777
    @dimorytalus1777 Місяць тому +1

    39:18
    Revolution? Nah Bowser is still hungry for stars lol

  • @purpleheadedhedgehog3821
    @purpleheadedhedgehog3821 Місяць тому +3

    I know this video is gonna be a banger before I watch because he used one of my favourite bible verses at the start , this why sophist the goat

  • @zatron123
    @zatron123 Місяць тому +1

    Vernias winning for the first half of the video ad then proceeds to be dunked on for the later half is peek Sophist video content

  • @GeneralDoombringer
    @GeneralDoombringer Місяць тому +2

    Best board possible, maximum suffering with minimal chance of survival

  • @Spearmint4
    @Spearmint4 Місяць тому +30

    But there’s a king goomba in Mario 64 DS, Mario kart DS or the original paper Mario on the N64. That’s more of a sophist character if not the perfect sophist character compared to bowser. He has a regal crown and a wide mustache.
    Feel free to call me a nerd all you want, I’m correct nonetheless and that’s the important part.

    • @JezElectroAlt
      @JezElectroAlt Місяць тому +7

      Yo, Goomboss mentioned!

    • @Spearmint4
      @Spearmint4 Місяць тому +8

      @@JezElectroAlt wait that’s his name??? I thought it was just “king goomba.” Wow. The more you know I guess.

    • @zjzr08
      @zjzr08 Місяць тому +7

      ​@@Spearmint4It's technically Goomba King in Paper Mario but was named Goomboss in SM64DS and MkDS.

    • @Spearmint4
      @Spearmint4 Місяць тому +2

      @@zjzr08 huh.

  • @timothybass2609
    @timothybass2609 14 днів тому +1

    So I paused on this frame 1:22 and it looks like Imposter Bowser has a cavity

  • @eleviathan4621
    @eleviathan4621 Місяць тому +3

    You know the session was bad when bro starts quoting the Bible

  • @mrprince2016
    @mrprince2016 Місяць тому +1

    The simultaneous “Why wouldn’t there be” caught me off guard😂 They all really do share a brain cell

  • @sebastianrose8145
    @sebastianrose8145 Місяць тому +4

    Seeing vern get annihilated by bowser is so funny

  • @DarkestDion
    @DarkestDion Місяць тому +1

    Sophist being stuck for 10 turns in this square is like Vernias being stuck at Woody Woods, except he was actually trying to get out.

  • @izzy2508
    @izzy2508 Місяць тому +1

    37:53 FINALLY!!!!!!!! After 3 weeks I’ve finally found the song that was used here. The song is Bury the Light by Casey Edwards.

  • @terrnoisrp8894
    @terrnoisrp8894 Місяць тому +8

    No more cursing on our new Christian channel - probably Sophist

  • @AmericanBrit9834
    @AmericanBrit9834 Місяць тому +4

    7:15 Ahhh, Spaceballs reference

  • @peash0ter610
    @peash0ter610 Місяць тому +1

    The day Sopist's bad luck runs out is the day Vern, Brent, and Nick will learn true fear.

  • @zigslotheon
    @zigslotheon Місяць тому +7

    18:40 Like I said, Nick, you can’t just reject your whole nation and not expect to suffer the consequences!

  • @coccodile
    @coccodile Місяць тому +1

    26:44 i finally found it, now who’s gonna stop me???

  • @rayzuke1232
    @rayzuke1232 Місяць тому +1

    "To life is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering"
    ~Sophist probably while recording this

  • @Spikero2
    @Spikero2 Місяць тому +1

    19:54
    STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!

  • @NymphieJP
    @NymphieJP Місяць тому +5

    Vernias got absolutely robbed lol

  • @griefingg0lem685
    @griefingg0lem685 Місяць тому +5

    23:36 Was that the "a" I think that was? Editor is based.

  • @kairowkuroshi1371
    @kairowkuroshi1371 Місяць тому +1

    Brent winning waluigi pinball just proves he enjoyed 3D pinball space cadet on the old computers as a kid.

  • @LoyaLPikmin
    @LoyaLPikmin Місяць тому +2

    32:00 AUDIO JUNGLE

  • @YangTheAce
    @YangTheAce Місяць тому

    Someone needs to make a "Now, hear me out" compilation. It's TOO iconic.

  • @mattb6522
    @mattb6522 Місяць тому +4

    10:47 and 27:37 The synchronicity feels almost scripted. 😅

  • @ShockRox
    @ShockRox Місяць тому +3

    That day was not Vern's day. Holy shit.

  • @onebear6504
    @onebear6504 Місяць тому +1

    Bowser's keep has GOTTA be a semi-regular thing for the party crashers xD

  • @ohmaplaymaker
    @ohmaplaymaker Місяць тому +2

    13:30 Editor being the hostage

    • @soulutiona9157
      @soulutiona9157 Місяць тому

      I'm perfectly safe no need for help :)
      *blinks twice*

  • @uneditedshenanigans
    @uneditedshenanigans Місяць тому

    Imposter Bowser: Man, forget this wheel spin! RUN ME THAT STAR!

  • @SwagTheMaster
    @SwagTheMaster 3 дні тому

    10:45 perfect trio moment

  • @Yoi-yoyo
    @Yoi-yoyo Місяць тому +3

    Tbh both Bowser and Wario fit Sophist

  • @onebear6504
    @onebear6504 Місяць тому

    10:48 I think they're living things that entered Bowser's lab/factory to get armored up or something xD

  • @hyper_pyro
    @hyper_pyro Місяць тому

    37:55 BURY THE LIGHT DEEP WITHIIIIIIIIIN