Over the past few decades, Mario games have gone from notoriously tricky (Super Mario Bros. 3) to relatively tame (Super Mario 3D Land). Sure, there may be a few tough stages here and there, but for the most part, Mario games are designed so that everyone can beat them - not just fans who've been playing the games for twenty years.

Of course, clever gamers will always find a way to up the challenge if it isn't quite hard enough: while this usually means playing the game in a very specific way, some go even further. For instance, why not play through Dark Souls with a Rock Band guitar peripheral, or perhaps a Donkey Konga bongo set?

But not everyone wants to play through an RPG - so, if you ever thought that Super Mario Galaxy wasn't tough enough, you can take a Nintendo Wii, hook it up to a Dance Dance Revolution arcade cabinet, rewire the buttons, and play through Super Mario Galaxy using nothing but your feet.

That might sound crazy, but one Twitch streamer actually managed to do it:

It may not look all that difficult from a Dance Dance Revolution standpoint, but Super Mario Galaxy was designed with the Wii Remote in mind - which means that it was built with motion controls in mind. If you look closely, Peekingboo is wearing the remote in an arm band...but, if he moves too much or too quickly, it can accidentally trigger Mario's spin jump, which could then lead to an untimely death. Oh, and that's on top of playing a Nintendo platformer with your feet.

Basically, Peekingboo is playing a verion of Mario Galaxy in which moving is both required and a possible hazard...all because the original version wasn't quite challenging enough.

And don't think that Super Mario Galaxy is the only game that Peekingboo has danced his way through: his YouTube channel features more than a few different games, including Undertale, Shovel Knight and Splatoon, along with his full Super Mario Galaxy run.

For more from Peekingboo, check out his YouTube and Twitch channels.

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