Read the original Grim’s Fairy Tale version… it does not just “fall off”. *shiver* (I am taking your comment too seriously, but it is still worth looking up the original version of that story.)
"Toad's Castle Calamity" is called that way because it's a reference to mario's castle calamity, a 2008-era youtube poop style series of videos with increasingly stupid ways where the castle destroyed animation from smw goes wrong for mario
Yes!!! Someone else realized this, castle calamity was literally one of the earliest sources of exposure I had to Mario, I’m so glad other people get the reference as well 🥲
Welcome to Cooldown Town and part 1 of Modern Era! Cooldown town originated as us having too many short level ideas. For the longest time, "The hardest decision of my life" didn't work as a joke level because people weren't getting the joke that the decisions weren't going to be trolls. We had the idea of framing the level as a quiz, and this improved reception significantly. Next video, we have part 2 of Modern Era. This celebrates the style of troll level design that has become the norm since 2020. Thanks for everyone's continued support!
man i remember there was a point in time when everyone in the Wagon World server was just brainstorming ideas for the "hardest decision of my life" level The final product is absolutely beautiful. I am absolutely loving these cooldown levels so far, such fun ideas that you don't normally see in troll levels
30:30 *LET IT BE KNOWN, LET THE RECORDS SHOW,* that on this day in 2023, CarlSagan42 put his cosmic brain into action and CORRECTLY PREDICTED A COMPLEX TROLL IN FULL. So he missed the skull platform the first time, so what? He still guessed the overall troll fully correctly.
@@GolfinhoVoador lol that's great. My original version had the skull platform all the way back against the wall, but someone must have decided to change it when they were putting the level together
I think I can say without exaggeration that Wagon World is peak Mario Maker. I.e. it's the best set of levels in the game's entire history... and with MM's questionable future, and the sheer amount of effort put into these levels, there might not ever be anything better.
49:28 What a cool design trick, using the powerup pause to give the player extra time to start flying! What benevolence! Me 2 seconds later: oh, it was to make sure the player hit their setup just right, nvm.
I remember watching DGR play this and when I saw the title, "The Pinnacle of Troll Design," I was just thinking, "It would be so funny if it was just a copy of Thwomp Suc," was only mildly disappointed that it wasn't, THEN THERE WAS A THWOMP SUC REFERENCE ANYWAYS! Thwomp Suc is the true pinnacle of troll design.
I was able to download the levels during one of the reuploads, and I have to say that the two decision levels are the absolute funniest Mario Maker levels I have ever seen.
30:00 Carl was right on the money. The defining factor of the "modern troll" is when you have paired wrong answers and a crazy off the wall true answer.
i just rewatched the video of poobear beating your crazy level 6 years ago… time flies but it doesn’t stop you from making mario maker levels. hats off to you carl!
The Thwomp Suc "anti" in the upside-down level made me laugh so hard. It's funny that there are certain Mario Maker levels that have become iconic enough to be recognized by their opening screens.
Symptoms of Stupidity, Carl’s first MM1 level (actually probably most of his MM2 levels too), Mario turns himself into a pickle, Larl Does Everything Twice Twice, maybe Trollwitz… hmm, what others?
3:53 this might not be the funniest one, but this is probably my favorite moment out of the entire series. Seeing Carl just humbled down to weakness after seeing such a silly, old age joke just makes me smile.
Banned Wagon: "Let's give 1-1 a makeover with glitches everywhere." Carl: "Thank you! This is a treasure!" Nintendumb when they find out about it: "It is an abomination! Destroy it! Destroy it now!"
we needed the cut of Dennis from Always Sunny saying "I can go lower" right after Car says "this is the lowest brain troll" then instantly dies to another troll
I'm not sure if someone told you in chat, but Toad's Castle Calamity is a reference to an old Flash animation called Mario's Castle Calamity, in which Mario tried to destroy the castle, but always failed.
It's always amazing to see years after a game is released how it is absolutely ripped apart by the community, inside and out. Original Doom, Super Mario World and Ocarina of Time is a good example. Now Super Mario Maker 2.
My head can’t wrap around the P balloon upside down troll at 32:00. Previously in the “same” room we see Carl get hit and fall downward normally. Something must have gotten cut in the edit that showed when he entered a pipe.
It's such a travesty that Nintendo deletes levels and bans some of its best creative minds. If they don't want this jank invading super expert, then allow creators to tag levels specifically to avoid that. But it's a crime against humanity to delete these works of art.
That Nintendo removed "Toad's Castle Calamity", along with the others is truly tragic. Why would you delete levels that are the pinnacle of your product?
It's always a lot of fun to watch these videos where carl hits every single troll in the level on the first try, and then watch poo play the same level and miss around half of them because he doesn't turn off his reflexes when playing troll levels.
A friend told me to look up Deep Rock Galactic, and I did. But then I saw this video in my recommended and dropped everything. Time for some rolls and trolls!
I used to upload a little bit to Mario maker 2, but i ended up being busy with life stuff, and kinda just haven't uploaded in forever. Made a halfway decent troll level, and a bunch of Kaizo stuff. But i will say, a Mario Kart Maker would totally get me so busy. I'd pre order that and play it for hours on end, for sure
So instead of hamsterwheels in carls brain, you can get tubes with goombas that keep going around. I loved the simplicity of the glass tubes and the goombas moving through them endlessly 💖
Sorry we didn't show it at least once, but you can't see anything it's all offscreen. It teleports you apparently and plays a sound effect to cover it.
BTW Carl i don't know if you knew that or if anyone in chat told you but Toad Castle Calamity is a reference to a series of sprites animations called Castle Calamity (there's a Mario, Sonic and Sonic.exe version) and the characters tried to break the castle but weird stuffs happens
basically the door/pipe are offscreen when you respawn so you dont see you entering the pipe, I think the only way for you to explain what happened offscreen so that you entered the pipe and not the door is to open it in the level viewer carl was showing a while back.
In the quiz level, would you say that the answer to the choiche between spike and spike....
Was to make the pointless choiche?
We're all acutely aware of your keen wit -- except when it comes to trolls.
Carl: If Cinderella's slipper was such a "perfect fit," -- how did it fit her foot right and still fall off?
Carl: Why do "slim" chance and "fat" chance mean the same thing?
Read the original Grim’s Fairy Tale version… it does not just “fall off”. *shiver*
(I am taking your comment too seriously, but it is still worth looking up the original version of that story.)
Spike
"Toad's Castle Calamity" is called that way because it's a reference to mario's castle calamity, a 2008-era youtube poop style series of videos with increasingly stupid ways where the castle destroyed animation from smw goes wrong for mario
Yes!!! Someone else realized this, castle calamity was literally one of the earliest sources of exposure I had to Mario, I’m so glad other people get the reference as well 🥲
I laughed so hard at those animations as a kid lmao
i come back to those videos often, they are hilarious
Classic Newgrounds
I grew up on this.
Welcome to Cooldown Town and part 1 of Modern Era!
Cooldown town originated as us having too many short level ideas. For the longest time, "The hardest decision of my life" didn't work as a joke level because people weren't getting the joke that the decisions weren't going to be trolls. We had the idea of framing the level as a quiz, and this improved reception significantly.
Next video, we have part 2 of Modern Era. This celebrates the style of troll level design that has become the norm since 2020.
Thanks for everyone's continued support!
You guys are just absolutely epic! Thank you all so much for the fun and creativity you've shared!
🚩⬅➡🏁
I love that you guys created a UA-cam account for the team as a whole 😁👍
Is the a competition video for this masterwork of a super world?
Mad lads. ^^
man i remember there was a point in time when everyone in the Wagon World server was just brainstorming ideas for the "hardest decision of my life" level
The final product is absolutely beautiful. I am absolutely loving these cooldown levels so far, such fun ideas that you don't normally see in troll levels
Making things every so slightly more ridiculous every time is comedy gold.
Me too, I'm really happy with how it turned out
The 1-1 glitchfest was one of the most amazing levels I've ever seen!
There were almost no glitches at all!
Reminded me so much of unfair mario
an old web game, it's so much fun
"Glitch Free"? More like "Glitch Free for All"
30:30 *LET IT BE KNOWN, LET THE RECORDS SHOW,* that on this day in 2023, CarlSagan42 put his cosmic brain into action and CORRECTLY PREDICTED A COMPLEX TROLL IN FULL. So he missed the skull platform the first time, so what? He still guessed the overall troll fully correctly.
A momentous occasion
@@TheOobo: Verily, it is so 🤓
I made that troll, can’t believe he figured it out
@@pointlessserpent5819 I figured it out by accidentally pushing the yoshi off the platform lmao
@@GolfinhoVoador lol that's great. My original version had the skull platform all the way back against the wall, but someone must have decided to change it when they were putting the level together
That Mrs Puff anti anti softlock was absolutely hilarious. We don't get enough 3D World troll levels.
You mean a porcupuffer?
I am truly terrified of whatever meta land will be
A one hour carl video? Oh, this one's a treat.
Finally a quiz befitting Carl's Mario Maker knowledge.
I think I can say without exaggeration that Wagon World is peak Mario Maker. I.e. it's the best set of levels in the game's entire history... and with MM's questionable future, and the sheer amount of effort put into these levels, there might not ever be anything better.
49:28 What a cool design trick, using the powerup pause to give the player extra time to start flying! What benevolence!
Me 2 seconds later: oh, it was to make sure the player hit their setup just right, nvm.
I remember watching DGR play this and when I saw the title, "The Pinnacle of Troll Design," I was just thinking, "It would be so funny if it was just a copy of Thwomp Suc," was only mildly disappointed that it wasn't, THEN THERE WAS A THWOMP SUC REFERENCE ANYWAYS! Thwomp Suc is the true pinnacle of troll design.
19:40 Oh, I get that reference! Those were some pretty good animations. I wonder what shenanigans are soon to occur…
Okay but this has to be my favorite line up of levels each one was hilarious the glitches and super simple false choiche levels had me rolling 🤣
That Castle Calamity level unlocked memories I hadn't thought of in years
So glad to see someone else acknowledge feta as the superior pizza topping x also holy shit, those quiz levels were AMAZING.
I was able to download the levels during one of the reuploads, and I have to say that the two decision levels are the absolute funniest Mario Maker levels I have ever seen.
some of the most creative and all around impressive levels i've ever seen
I really like the Mario's Castle Calamity reference
9:26 omg that artwork is amazing
Carl: I always wonder what the troll makes are like in real life.
Carl == Troll maker in real life.
30:00 Carl was right on the money.
The defining factor of the "modern troll" is when you have paired wrong answers and a crazy off the wall true answer.
19:39 aaaaaah. Wow what a reference to the "calamity" videos🤣
I love it❤❤❤
i just rewatched the video of poobear beating your crazy level 6 years ago… time flies but it doesn’t stop you from making mario maker levels. hats off to you carl!
1-1 glitch free was one of my favorites oh my god they executed that perfectly
“This is the lowest brain troll” *immediately trolls himself*
19:36 This goddamn level is such a shot of nostalgia.
22:32 Proof that, it doesn't matter the spot, Carl will always stand in the Carlbox.
Thanks for all the laughs Carl
This is some of the funniest UA-cam content I’ve ever watched
"Cut to Geek falling for that troll."
~immediately falls for that troll~
...Well, Carl IS a geek... XD
The Thwomp Suc "anti" in the upside-down level made me laugh so hard. It's funny that there are certain Mario Maker levels that have become iconic enough to be recognized by their opening screens.
Symptoms of Stupidity, Carl’s first MM1 level (actually probably most of his MM2 levels too), Mario turns himself into a pickle, Larl Does Everything Twice Twice, maybe Trollwitz… hmm, what others?
@@IZEASGT Brian playing through the please do better level was a good example
Bob-omb blows up Carl's castle
Carl: That's not how bombs work!
Me: That's exactly how bombs work, Carl.
32:26
The perfect moment for 66 coins and 99 lives
The 1-1 level is a romhack in MM. It's incredible
3:53 this might not be the funniest one, but this is probably my favorite moment out of the entire series. Seeing Carl just humbled down to weakness after seeing such a silly, old age joke just makes me smile.
That 1-1 (gltich free) level had such great Cat Mario vibes I love it.
The 5 at the end of the title really sells it.
I loved those cooldown levels
Banned Wagon: "Let's give 1-1 a makeover with glitches everywhere."
Carl: "Thank you! This is a treasure!"
Nintendumb when they find out about it: "It is an abomination! Destroy it! Destroy it now!"
we needed the cut of Dennis from Always Sunny saying "I can go lower" right after Car says "this is the lowest brain troll" then instantly dies to another troll
Ahhhh ! Perfect timing to mess up my sleep schedule ! But what can I do in front of such great video ? Let s watch it immediatly !
I'm not sure if someone told you in chat, but Toad's Castle Calamity is a reference to an old Flash animation called Mario's Castle Calamity, in which Mario tried to destroy the castle, but always failed.
I've even seen it, I just was thinking about the normal SMW animations
4 minutes in, and that quiz level is the best level in this for sure.
It's always amazing to see years after a game is released how it is absolutely ripped apart by the community, inside and out. Original Doom, Super Mario World and Ocarina of Time is a good example. Now Super Mario Maker 2.
30:09 This was such an insane prediction. I give you credit for this one!
never seen a troll level with fanart before, wow :D
40:37 At least they made Carl use protection
Upset that I got off work so late that I'm JUST SEEING THIS. That said; OMG CARL JOY BINGING
"lowest brain troll". Falls for it twice. Classic Carl.
My head can’t wrap around the P balloon upside down troll at 32:00. Previously in the “same” room we see Carl get hit and fall downward normally. Something must have gotten cut in the edit that showed when he entered a pipe.
Checked the comments for this cause I was confused as well. Unfortunate cut, fantastic troll XD
It's a teleport using broken track so it looks like you're going into the same door, but actually it's a pipe off screen
The boomerang launcher has to be my favourite currently lmao
It's such a travesty that Nintendo deletes levels and bans some of its best creative minds. If they don't want this jank invading super expert, then allow creators to tag levels specifically to avoid that. But it's a crime against humanity to delete these works of art.
12:03 that was beautiful. You didn’t expect them
To expect u to want to go back after committing
Omg that 1-1 lvl is amazing it is a troll masterpiece hope Carl saves this level it is beyond godlike
That Nintendo removed "Toad's Castle Calamity", along with the others is truly tragic. Why would you delete levels that are the pinnacle of your product?
I get so excited when I see an hour long Carl video :)
It's always a lot of fun to watch these videos where carl hits every single troll in the level on the first try, and then watch poo play the same level and miss around half of them because he doesn't turn off his reflexes when playing troll levels.
It's awesome how I thought the game peaked a while ago, but the new tech and meta are so fresh to watch.
Man I love your videos, (insert inspirational speach here) You and Geek keep me sane! Nuf" said.
Thank you!
That 1-1 glitch free with teh appearing enemies reminded me of mario 35 and sending enemies to other players
Oh, a deliciously fresh Carl video!
this was the funniest set of levels I've ever seen
When you're upside-down leaving that checkpoint, your lives are 99 and your coin count is 66. Galaxy level detail
So much laughter
😂😂😂
Love these
Finally somebody actually realized the castle explosion thing was an homage to SMW.
smh my head carl didn't even notice the fish hidden amongst the 1ups in the first level.
The Goombas in the pipes at CP looks similar to an old bubbler jukebox... or at least the same effect.
16:56 "It's Shanno!"
**proceeds to kill Shanno with zero hesitation**
A friend told me to look up Deep Rock Galactic, and I did. But then I saw this video in my recommended and dropped everything. Time for some rolls and trolls!
ROCK AND STONE!!!
This super world is easily the greatest thing ever made in this game and Nintendo still took it down
I used to upload a little bit to Mario maker 2, but i ended up being busy with life stuff, and kinda just haven't uploaded in forever. Made a halfway decent troll level, and a bunch of Kaizo stuff.
But i will say, a Mario Kart Maker would totally get me so busy. I'd pre order that and play it for hours on end, for sure
Great stuff by the creators, the editor, and, of course, the player! 👍
So instead of hamsterwheels in carls brain, you can get tubes with goombas that keep going around. I loved the simplicity of the glass tubes and the goombas moving through them endlessly 💖
I am still curious how the P -> Q balloon trick worked, the actual part where it switched over was cut out of the UA-cam video.
It happens off screen, probably on/off switch and scroll shenanigans.
Sorry we didn't show it at least once, but you can't see anything it's all offscreen. It teleports you apparently and plays a sound effect to cover it.
20:10 they made the mario world castle animation, thats amazing!
17:09 [points] heheh thats me being subbed
BTW Carl i don't know if you knew that or if anyone in chat told you but Toad Castle Calamity is a reference to a series of sprites animations called Castle Calamity (there's a Mario, Sonic and Sonic.exe version) and the characters tried to break the castle but weird stuffs happens
Thank you Carl for giving me something to do in the middle of my comp sci class
You should ask ur professor if Mario maker is Turing complete
You know the video is going to be interesting when you see that face in the thumbnail
33:56 the 'you were close' quote. from what game is that i remember that so vividly but cant remember.
The 1-1 level made me think of psycrow.
Carl: "I mean, this is the modern era. F me up, fam!"
**Jumps down the pit**
Me: nothing has changed 😔😅😂
17:28 "Yoshi is friend, not boss!" The kaizo block is the boss.
The edit at 32:35 is hilarious!
Carl being surprised by how the game (doesn't) work is the real MM2 meta
4:30 I’ve just noticed that the “mushroom” platform also includes a fish
Choosing that platform leads to a cheep(cheep) death
The troll Stevo added was telling Carl he added a troll.
Fun fact: when running really fast from walking on a dash panel in 3D World, you will automatically crawl (crouch walk) under 1 block tall spaces.
40:00 when a guy gets a dominant gf
the LUL was my addition and I'm so happy with it oh my god
32:20 Okay, how the HELL did that make it such that he was right-side-up the first time and then in an upside-down area the second time?
The level 1-1 (glitch free) reminds me of the game Syobon Action cat mario.
I still have PTSD of that game.
Carl : This is the lowest brain troll in the entire f*cking world
Also Carl : *falls for it twice*
Never change, Carl
Can somebody explain the upside down troll at 32:00 or so? How does Carl grab the second CP or enter a pipe?
basically the door/pipe are offscreen when you respawn so you dont see you entering the pipe, I think the only way for you to explain what happened offscreen so that you entered the pipe and not the door is to open it in the level viewer carl was showing a while back.
Mecha Bowzilla: gets stolen and reused for the official mm2 trailer
Mole ATV: remove this filth from my sight
I got a feeling you uploaded. Sure enough, I was 1 minute late.
6:35 Hold it!
…What? That doesn’t…
…Why am I questioning this? Of course it does that.
Fantastic title btw. Maybe someday I’ll be as good at you at making titles
Also I got a tatto appointment scheduled soon. And goop and Gorp are totally making it on the sleeve.
6:55 I just noticed the platform below the big green pipe spells out 'HI' I wonder if that's intentional.
man, that 1-1 level is some Cat Mario level of trickery