Jellopuff | [MKW TAS] New Ultra Shortcut on Bowser's Castle @Jellopuff_TAS | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 1 hour ago
What, were you expecting an April Fools joke or something?
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, Info Display (created by SwareJonge), and TASToolkit Lua Scripts (created by LuigiM). Input Display overlay created by WhatIsLoaf. Debug Panel created by Gaberboo.
Disclaimer: This run takes advantage of the analog inputs of the Wii Wheel. In order for this run to be performed in real-time in a playback, pause buffering would potentially need to be used.
TAS Flap BKT Cut: N/A (-16.523 from No Ultra)
No Ultra Flap BKT: youtube.com/watch?v=3anjf7Go2hE (by Monster and Marth)
Over the past few years, it has become somewhat of a tradition for MKW TASers to create fake ultra shortcut reveal videos for April Fool's Day. However, in all that time, there has never actually been a real ultra revealed on April 1st. Today, I'm finally changing that. This is Mario Kart Wii's 24th ultra shortcut.
Before I get started, I want to apologize for not revealing this earlier. I discovered the ultra back in late January (youtube.com/watch?v=pX9UX0v7s4g) but chose not to reveal it until now since there's a very real (but not certain) possibility that this is the final ultra shortcut we're ever going to find in this game, and having the opportunity to reveal an actual ultra on April Fool's Day was too good to pass up. If you don't believe me that this is real, check mkwtas.com. Unless you're watching this within the first few minutes of its upload, this run is going to be on there (and it's not going to go away).
Now that we're through with that, what's going on here? How does this ultra actually work, and how did it take us this long to discover? I'm glad you asked! Let's get into it!
This ultra is fundamentally similar to the Dry Dry Ruins ultra shortcut. We start by performing a supergrind off of a declining portion of the offroad and use the supergrind and a grounded shroom to build momentum (or more formally known as external velocity), in this case in the -X direction. Where this ultra largely differs from DDR's ultra is in its second half. Unlike DDR where we eject off of a pillar into a wallclip, we have no good option here other than to eject from the supergrind directly into a wallclip that maintains as much of our external velocity as possible. Using the two remaining shrooms to keep our speed high while airborne, we travel far enough to land on the halfpipe while in checkpoint 0 so that driving the rest of the lap will result in a lap count.
As for why this took so long to discover, I've included a pastebin that goes more in-depth on this ultra's nightmarish nature. If you have a question about the more intricate parts of the ultra, please read this first before asking: pastebin.com/fmjXJgWN
This TAS, as far as an Unrestricted Flap BKT is concerned, is a super solid run. The main improvements to the run are to get a better ending geyser cycle and to use Baby Daisy instead of Toadette. However, both of those things would require me to redo the glitch entirely, and I didn't feel that was super necessary for this reveal. This flap, thanks to both the ultra shortcut and left side shroomless spiral skip being stupidly hard to do, much less optimize, is one of the most daunting categories to TAS in the game now. However, at the very least, the two strats combined will almost certainly allow this ultra to be faster for 3lap by a little bit (especially if Baby Daisy can do it).
I wanna give a special thanks to Kierio04 for joining me on this journey of discovery and for agreeing to plan the TAS Competition around revealing the ultra. You really helped me get through this, man! Much love!
Music: Supernova - Xtrullor
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MKW TASing Discord Server: discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: mkwtas.com
What, were you expecting an April Fools joke or something?
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, Info Display (created by SwareJonge), and TASToolkit Lua Scripts (created by LuigiM). Input Display overlay created by WhatIsLoaf. Debug Panel created by Gaberboo.
Disclaimer: This run takes advantage of the analog inputs of the Wii Wheel. In order for this run to be performed in real-time in a playback, pause buffering would potentially need to be used.
TAS Flap BKT Cut: N/A (-16.523 from No Ultra)
No Ultra Flap BKT: youtube.com/watch?v=3anjf7Go2hE (by Monster and Marth)
Over the past few years, it has become somewhat of a tradition for MKW TASers to create fake ultra shortcut reveal videos for April Fool's Day. However, in all that time, there has never actually been a real ultra revealed on April 1st. Today, I'm finally changing that. This is Mario Kart Wii's 24th ultra shortcut.
Before I get started, I want to apologize for not revealing this earlier. I discovered the ultra back in late January (youtube.com/watch?v=pX9UX0v7s4g) but chose not to reveal it until now since there's a very real (but not certain) possibility that this is the final ultra shortcut we're ever going to find in this game, and having the opportunity to reveal an actual ultra on April Fool's Day was too good to pass up. If you don't believe me that this is real, check mkwtas.com. Unless you're watching this within the first few minutes of its upload, this run is going to be on there (and it's not going to go away).
Now that we're through with that, what's going on here? How does this ultra actually work, and how did it take us this long to discover? I'm glad you asked! Let's get into it!
This ultra is fundamentally similar to the Dry Dry Ruins ultra shortcut. We start by performing a supergrind off of a declining portion of the offroad and use the supergrind and a grounded shroom to build momentum (or more formally known as external velocity), in this case in the -X direction. Where this ultra largely differs from DDR's ultra is in its second half. Unlike DDR where we eject off of a pillar into a wallclip, we have no good option here other than to eject from the supergrind directly into a wallclip that maintains as much of our external velocity as possible. Using the two remaining shrooms to keep our speed high while airborne, we travel far enough to land on the halfpipe while in checkpoint 0 so that driving the rest of the lap will result in a lap count.
As for why this took so long to discover, I've included a pastebin that goes more in-depth on this ultra's nightmarish nature. If you have a question about the more intricate parts of the ultra, please read this first before asking: pastebin.com/fmjXJgWN
This TAS, as far as an Unrestricted Flap BKT is concerned, is a super solid run. The main improvements to the run are to get a better ending geyser cycle and to use Baby Daisy instead of Toadette. However, both of those things would require me to redo the glitch entirely, and I didn't feel that was super necessary for this reveal. This flap, thanks to both the ultra shortcut and left side shroomless spiral skip being stupidly hard to do, much less optimize, is one of the most daunting categories to TAS in the game now. However, at the very least, the two strats combined will almost certainly allow this ultra to be faster for 3lap by a little bit (especially if Baby Daisy can do it).
I wanna give a special thanks to Kierio04 for joining me on this journey of discovery and for agreeing to plan the TAS Competition around revealing the ultra. You really helped me get through this, man! Much love!
Music: Supernova - Xtrullor
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MKW TASing Discord Server: discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: mkwtas.com
![[MKW TAS] New Ultra Shortcut on Bowsers Castle](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WFcCjWEEL-U/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] New Ultra Shortcut on Bowsers Castle
What, were you expecting an April Fools joke or something?
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, Info Display (created by SwareJonge), and TASToolkit Lua Scripts (created by LuigiM). Input Display overlay created by WhatIsLoaf. Debug Panel created by Gaberboo.
Disclaimer: This run takes advantage of the analog inputs of the Wii Wheel. In order for this run to be performed in real-time in a playback, pause buffering would potentially need to be used.
TAS Flap BKT Cut: N/A (-16.523 from No Ultra)
No Ultra Flap BKT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3anjf7Go2hE (by Monster and Marth)
Over the past few years, it has become somewhat of a tradition for MKW TASers to create fake ultra shortcut reveal videos for April Fools Day. However, in all that time, there has never actually been a real ultra revealed on April 1st. Today, Im finally changing that. This is Mario Kart Wiis 24th ultra shortcut.
Before I get started, I want to apologize for not revealing this earlier. I discovered the ultra back in late January (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX9UX0v7s4g) but chose not to reveal it until now since theres a very real (but not certain) possibility that this is the final ultra shortcut were ever going to find in this game, and having the opportunity to reveal an actual ultra on April Fools Day was too good to pass up. If you dont believe me that this is real, check mkwtas.com. Unless youre watching this within the first few minutes of its upload, this run is going to be on there (and its not going to go away).
Now that were through with that, whats going on here? How does this ultra actually work, and how did it take us this long to discover? Im glad you asked! Lets get into it!
This ultra is fundamentally similar to the Dry Dry Ruins ultra shortcut. We start by performing a supergrind off of a declining portion of the offroad and use the supergrind and a grounded shroom to build momentum (or more formally known as external velocity), in this case in the -X direction. Where this ultra largely differs from DDRs ultra is in its second half. Unlike DDR where we eject off of a pillar into a wallclip, we have no good option here other than to eject from the supergrind directly into a wallclip that maintains as much of our external velocity as possible. Using the two remaining shrooms to keep our speed high while airborne, we travel far enough to land on the halfpipe while in checkpoint 0 so that driving the rest of the lap will result in a lap count.
As for why this took so long to discover, Ive included a pastebin that goes more in-depth on this ultras nightmarish nature. If you have a question about the more intricate parts of the ultra, please read this first before asking: https://pastebin.com/fmjXJgWN
This TAS, as far as an Unrestricted Flap BKT is concerned, is a super solid run. The main improvements to the run are to get a better ending geyser cycle and to use Baby Daisy instead of Toadette. However, both of those things would require me to redo the glitch entirely, and I didnt feel that was super necessary for this reveal. This flap, thanks to both the ultra shortcut and left side shroomless spiral skip being stupidly hard to do, much less optimize, is one of the most daunting categories to TAS in the game now. However, at the very least, the two strats combined will almost certainly allow this ultra to be faster for 3lap by a little bit (especially if Baby Daisy can do it).
I wanna give a special thanks to Kierio04 for joining me on this journey of discovery and for agreeing to plan the TAS Competition around revealing the ultra. You really helped me get through this, man! Much love!
Music: Supernova - Xtrullor
MKW TASing Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: https://mkwtas.com/")
![[MKW CT TAS] Subspace Factory (Shortcut) - 2:04.270](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WRnh2c7mhQ0/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW CT TAS] Subspace Factory (Shortcut) - 2:04.270
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, and RAM watch.
After over a year of wanting to do so, I finally got a chance to TAS my favorite custom track, and Im pretty proud of the end result. I may do Spear on this category in the future, and I might even try the No SC category in the future, but for now, Ill settle with this. The run is probably not completely optimal, but its likely the most optimal TAS Ive created.
Special thanks to:
CobaltYoshi, Brett, and Thomas for helping me come up with/improve many of the strats.
Swarejonge for his RAM Watch tools and his help with combining the frames and the audio.
Portentous and Zef for helping me get the SZS file of Subspace Factory with the 1.2x speed
modifier.
I couldnt have done this without you all.")
![[MKW] My First MG Cookie feat. Bad quality](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y3Rtw-miivc/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW] My First MG Cookie feat. Bad quality
The Wii Wheel sucks")
![[MKW TAS] New Grand Prix/VS Mode Ultra Shortcut on GBA Bowser Castle 3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y7gtWrSjzYE/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] New Grand Prix/VS Mode Ultra Shortcut on GBA Bowser Castle 3
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 Lua Core with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, Info Display (created by SwareJonge), and input recordings (DTMs).
Disclaimer: This run takes advantage of the analog inputs of the Wii Wheel. In order for this run to be performed in real-time in a playback, pause buffering would potentially need to be used.
Done on VS Mode:
150cc
Easy CPUs
All CPU Vehicles
Aggressive Items
Cut From TT Ultra Flap: -21.209
For many years the idea of ultra shortcuts exclusive to Grand Prix/VS Mode has circulated throughout the MKW TAS scene, and while there have been some GP ultras found in the past (most notably RR and rDKJP), this ultra is by far the most convoluted GP ultra that has been demonstrated (though certainly not the most convoluted ultra in general).
Before I get into the ultra itself, Id like to clarify something. Yes, there is already an ultra on this track, but 1. this ultra is way faster, and 2. the time trial ultra is soon going to be obsoleted by superhopping, thereby making it an ultra longcut. For those reasons, I decided to look into finding a faster ultra on this track through the use of VS Mode.
VS Mode gives us access to two very powerful tools not present in time trials: items and CPUs. For this run, I found a method that only requires the former. The general idea I started with was to perform a wallclip around the finish line while holding a bullet bill, then using the bullet to redirect my movement in midair to fly into the checkpoint. Eventually I adapted this by adding a star to the equation to get more distance from the wallclip. This method is deceptively tight due to the 95% rule forcing us to go much farther than the 2nd to last CP.
Of course, this poses a challenge. How do we perform a fast enough wallclip while being in a star and while holding a bullet? You cant hold two power items at the same time, much less three. Well, the solution is to not hold the mushrooms or the star. Conveniently, mushrooms and stars are the only two items that can be used without being the held item. The way to do this is to have the item at an earlier point in time and get hit by another item to drop the shroom/star. The most convenient item to do this with is the thundercloud which not only allows you to hold a 2nd item but also allows you to voluntarily drop the item rather than having to hope that a CPU uses a POW or shock at exactly the right time. So, the route goes like this: I start by driving up to the first set of item boxes where conveniently, one of the CPUs gets a thundercloud. I bump into the CPU to steal the thundercloud then drive backwards, manipulating RNG to get triple shrooms from the 10th place box. I get onto the wall and wait for the TC to shock me, at which point I strategically jump of the wall so that two of my shrooms will land on it. From here I drive the rest of lap 1, having some fun while I do it. Once I reach the last set of items, I wait for the CPUs to catch up and get my own thundercloud followed immediately by a star. I drive to the end of the track and get up onto the wall just in time for the TC to shock the star out of me and onto the wall. We now have 2 ground shrooms and one ground star in place. After respawning, I drive back to the last set of items to get a bullet, then drive back to the end of the track where I once again clip onto the wall. The flap starts with me driving into the star to activate it and driving past the two shrooms to reach CP 1, at which point I turn around and use the two shrooms to perform a high clip off the side of the wall. I narrow avoid crossing behind the finish line, and as Im about to land in the lava, I use the bullet to steer into the checkpoint region far enough back to satisfy the 95% rule. After respawning all I need to do is drive forward since we respawn in the last KCP.
This was a very entertaining run to create, but recording it was pretty terrible since Im not used to creating the input recordings/DTMs needed to TAS in VS Mode. Somehow I forgot to disable Dual Core and Idle Skipping before starting the run, which makes the CPUs non-deterministic. Additionally, I forgot to enable to no music code or speedometer code before starting the run, so activating those codes would desync it, and since I made the run on 5.0 Lua Core, I couldnt framedump at a high bit rate since DTMs arent cross compatible with different Dolphin versions, and Lua Core doesnt let you adjust bitrate.
Special thanks to Citrinitas and Xander for helping me remove a few rogue X inputs in the middle of the final run. I was pulling my hair out for hours trying to find a way to remove those. Also thanks to Ejay for helping me with recording. You guys are all the best :)
MKW TASing Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: https://mkwtas.com/")
![[MKW Prelim TAS] Coconut Mall (No Ultra) Lap 1 - 30.400](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yb0klW2PcEc/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW Prelim TAS] Coconut Mall (No Ultra) Lap 1 - 30.400
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, and RAM watch.
TAS BKS Cut: -1.299
Previous BKS by Estaloy
Pretty good start, but definitely improvable. Luke says the banister tricks can be improved, and overall, the lap 1 strat is still too new for us to really know whats optimal. Further, we cant really give a goal for a finishing time since the strats for laps 2 and 3 may be drastically different from lap 1. Since Luke is redoing the banister tricks for No Glitch anyway, Ill work on improvements once he does that. For now though, Ill just be testing the optimal path to take on lap 2 and lap 3.")
![[MKW CT TAS] Space Odyssey - Ultimate Low Cannon (-3.3 kmh)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yhgycbxit6g/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW CT TAS] Space Odyssey - Ultimate Low Cannon (-3.3 kmh)
Malleo aint got nothin on this :p
Throwback to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60T9re8pwG0
Music - machinimasound.com (I guess)")
![[MKW TAS] DS Yoshi Falls Flap (Ultra) - 10.909](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yi2FNGnoj0Y/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] DS Yoshi Falls Flap (Ultra) - 10.909
This is a tool-assisted speedrun. This time will not count on any real-time rankings. Done on Dolphin 5.0 with savestates, slowdown, frame advance, TAS code, Info Display (created by SwareJonge), and TASToolkit Lua Scripts (created by LuigiM). Input Display overlay created by WhatIsLoaf. Debug Panel created by Gaberboo.
TAS Flap BKT Cut: -0.563
Previous BKT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJlx67QVd1g (by Mikul)
The MKW TAS BKT history will now forever be stained with a random Dry Bones BKT. Massive W.
So this came out of nowhere. Yesterday I decided on a whim to try performing rYF Ultra since it was the only one of the three Precious JEMs (BC, MMM, rYF) that I had yet to TAS. I was in call when making the decision to do the ultra, and as such I decided to use Dry Bones to be funny. What I was NOT expecting was for my first successful completion of the ultra to be over .4 faster than the BKT despite using a suboptimal character. Since this run is improvable before the race even begins, I figured Id just improve what I could and upload it since further optimizations to the ultra are going to require more work. This runs main improvement is the angle hit the egg with prior to respawning. To put it simply, egg push me more directly into CP15, me run go faster than Mikul run.
Thanks to Mikul for helping me understand a few miscellaneous details regarding the ultra, and thanks to Kierio for making the epic very good thumbnail.
Music: Monochromatic Life - HyunTaek DINY/INID Yun
Composed for the La Tale soundtrack.
MKW TASing Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EPD9yCu
MKW TAS BKT Website: https://mkwtas.com/")
