Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago

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Welcome back to the Most Iconic WRs series - where we take a deep dive on different World Records in Mario Kart Wii's history and discuss what makes them iconic. This one is a special edition to the series.

I announced a video bounty last year for anyone who could beat Zeke's 2:20.672 on Bowser's Castle. Surprisingly enough, Zeke made his grand return to the game and picked the track up once more and defeated his own time. There's so much history and backstory to Zeke's original 2:20.672 along with this track's controversial past in the World Record scene.

Special thank you to Zeke for taking the time to answer many of the curious questions I had. Zeke is a native Japanese speaker, but knows EXCELLENT English. It has been very enjoyable to talk about the game, competition and history for the game. Thank you Zeke!

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✅ Recommended videos/playlists:
○ Mario Kart Wii World Record Review: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrashY4a9IM9FMDOz4Uxdqd4tmL3S8Ud7
○ Analyzing and Reacting to All Mario Kart Wii World Records Entering 2022: youtu.be/sDdE4I097VE
○ Most Iconic WRs - Cole's First Sub 2:30 on Rainbow Road: youtu.be/pcM9rhQneC8
○ The History of Glitching GCN Waluigi Stadium in Real Time: youtu.be/EZQcCL6-dvM

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💡 Mario Kart Wii Resources!

• CTGP Website: chadsoft.co.uk
• CTGP Leaderboards: chadsoft.co.uk/time-trials
• CTGP Tutorial by TWD98: youtu.be/-G0x9R1C3Uw
• MKWRs: mkwrs.com
• MKLeaderboards: mkleaderboards.com/mkw
• WhatIsLoaf's Website for Time Trial Recording Resources: tt-rec.com
• CTGP Records: youtube.com/channel/UCxCPLtXIg43HRP6QZN8gyYQ
• Best Known Splits Spreadsheet: tinyurl.com/bestknownsplits
• NMeade's Music Pack Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1zcZqcv2i-qDdhATcb0ZdezIrWf5UsxYm/view?usp=sharing

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Videos/resources used/mentioned throughout this video:
○ Wata-S' old 2:21.320 WR on Bowser's Castle: youtu.be/L6ZwVqch4Rg
○ Suiryu's 2:20.475 on Bowser's Castle: youtu.be/vqCGGeQffoA
○ Player's Page (and the thread where many top tier time trialers were exposed for cheating their time trials back in 2012): mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1341762836/75
○ Zeke's YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC2xwLrlnP8AhelqN9qc7Y2g
○ Custom Top 10 Tool by WhatIsLoaf: tt-rec.com
○ WhatIsLoaf's YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCkbRo8h8Fy7lbgBBpKdurCw
○ MKWRs for various statistics and player's pages referenced: mkwrs.com/mkwii

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Credits:
• Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - Bowser's Castle
• Mario Kart Wii - Bowser's Castle
• Mario Party 4 - Bowser's Gnarly Party
• Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - X-Naut Fortress
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