Super Mario Bros. Beaten With A Dance Mat

If you've been listening to the podcast, you might have heard us talking about a fellow named Nick Hagman, who recently beat Castlevania using a dance mat instead of a regular controller.

Well, he's completed his next task. He's beaten Super Mario Bros. with a dance mat. Total madness, I know.

If you'd like to watch his run, it's embedded below. He's sped-up some of the slower parts to make the video size a bit more manageable, which is nice.
  

This is just awesome! It makes me want to try it out.

This dude is an animal.  I tried to play Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with a dance pad before and I did really bad.

It's scary, the level of commitment needed to do something like this is mind blowing.

Cool bro. I wish I could do something this nerdy/cool.  :P

I beat someone in Soul Calibur II using a dance mat at a gaming hot-spot in Texas once. It was a life achievement. Sadly, my real-life "gamer score" sucks for other life achievements.

Dude's toes are freaky looking

Supa smooth!

Holy crap in a hat!

If this keeps up at its current pace, in a couple years someone is actually going to beat Dance Dance Revolution with a dance mat.  And for the first time it will seem like a cool idea. :-p

Daaaance the night away...

Dang. Nice!

W   O   W

But why

That was awesome!

Damn.. That's wack.

If this mother hubbard beats either of those 2 other games with a dance pad I'll be pissed.  Impressed, but pissed.  I spent so many hours as a youth losing my life to those two games amongst others.

Fun fact: Starcraft pros actually hotkey all their units on a dance pad.

" Fun fact: Starcraft pros actually hotkey all their units on a dance pad. "

Interesting yet fascinating 

DO THE MARIO!!! That was amazing.

Absolutely incredible. 
 
Now do Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

The end of that was bloody intense. Well done to that man! A very commendable way to waste one's time, fer sure.

Good stuff bro, good to see people are still out there trying new things.

" But why "

I'm more impressed that he beat Castlevania with it. That game is ridiculously hard.

Okay, that's impressive.

Breaking news: Modern Warfare 2 beaten with a dance pad!

It wouldn't be all that impressive if he wasn't using his feet.

hope he does MM2 next.

You can't beat mega man 2 with a dance pad. I heard your face lights on fire if you even try.

The real question here is, why would anyone ever do this?

ummmm wow!

Does the dude have a Giant Bomb profile?

That was awesome. I want to see him scream at megaman. That stupid horrible awesome game.

my hero

" Does the dude have a Giant Bomb profile? "

Sensational. 
 
I don't think I've EVER beaten SMB1, start-to-finish.

If you think about it it's really just a long-ass, slow dance; still very impressive.

I never knew you could sprint in SMB

Mmm... Delicious feet!

" I never knew you could sprint in SMB "

Oh crap, is this a new quest?

Rad.

@Nario: Congratulations dude! That looks incredibly hard to do and you can really hear the nervousness and anticipation in your voice towards the end. Good work.

Duder, very impressive. Bet your calf muscles were burning.