If you just want to see the record-breaking moment and ensuing wholesome overload, skip to the 5:43.00 mark.
You can check out the full Super Mario 64 stream here. He most recently resumed streaming in December 2019, and now, close to six months later, he’s finally on top (hopefully just in time for a glorious Switch version of Super Mario 64).
After first pursuing the record nearly eight years ago, Simply has had to temporarily leave streaming for years at a time due to college and, later, carpal tunnel and tendinitis. While the record-breaking run through Super Mario 64 by itself took fewer than 100 minutes, it marks the payoff for a much longer journey for Simply. Upon realizing that her son just won the Super Mario 64 world record he had spent so many years trying to break, she immediately calls her husband into the room, and then both parents hugged their overjoyed son.Īfter almost 8 years, i finally did it.
As soon as he punted Bowser away for the last time, Ryan broke down in laughter and tears as his mother entered the room to see what was going on. Upon wrapping up the record, Ryan, his fans, and his parents all enjoyed an emotional celebration. The Minnesota-based streamer rounded up all 120 stars in an absurdly fast time of 1:38.28, shaving 15 seconds off the two-months-old record of Liam Kings. He is the current world record holder for the 120-star category, having reclaimed the record on February 28, 2022.Speedrunner Ryan “Simply” Reeves finally achieved the goal that has famously dodged him for so long: the 120-star category world record in Super Mario 64 speedrunning.In addition to Super Mario 64, Alvarez also speedruns The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Mario Odyssey, and Celeste.Alvarez held the speedrunning world record for the 120-star category of Super Mario 64 from January 28 to April 9, 2021.In February 28th, 2022, he regained the world record with the time of 1:37:50. As of January 28th, 2021, he got the world record of Super Mario 64 with the time of 1:38:25, beating Simply's time by three seconds (As of April 9th, 2021, he lost the world Record with the time of 1:38:21). After this, he dropped the game of Ocarina of Time and completely focused on Super Mario 64. In mid 2017, he got his first World Record in the 120-star category in Super Mario 64. He immediately fell in love with the gaming technique, and began practicing. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Super Mario 64. He starting speedrunning two popular games. When he was 18, he stumbled upon the category of speedrunning. If you've watched any speedrun before, it was probably from Super Mario 64. Somehow, speedrunners are still finding ways to get the Super Mario 64 time down even more. Aside from let's plays, Cheese sometimes does podcasts and reaction videos as well.Īlvarez started streaming on Twitch in 2013. New Super Mario 64 Speedrun World Record Is 6 Minutes, 27 Seconds. On October 2018, Alvarez changed his channel name from cheese05 to cheese.Ĭheese mostly does let's plays of Super Mario 64 as he is known for his speedruns of the game. The name of the podcast was changed multiple times. The podcast is about speedrunning, and it's mostly about Alvarez competing speedruns with Ryan. In 2017, he was recognized by Red Bull for his gameplay.Īfter, on February 2018, Alvarez creates a podcast with a fellow speedrunner called Ryan Reeves. In 2016, he started uploading to his main channel. HistoryĪlvarez began streaming Call of Duty on Twitch in 2013, until he created his YouTube channel in 2014 and started making speedrunning content. Alvarez made the move in February 2016, just before his 21st birthday, and he currently lives with his grandmother and cousin.Īlvarez is also a singer. He felt more inclined to live a city life and decided to move closer to his father's side of the family in Madrid, Spain. However, as of today, his parents now completely approve of Cheese's career choice.Īlvarez identifies as a gay man, and grew aware of the anti-gay culture in Trinidad and Tobago and felt he could not live his true life in the country. With this, he had trouble doing speedrunning full time, as neither his mom or step-father was supportive. When his parents got divorced, it put him into a difficult situation in his life.
When he was two years old, he moved to north-western Trinidad, near the capital, Port of Spain. Cheese was born in the South American nation of Venezuela.