BlazeMSX | [MKW TAS] Toad's Factory - 1:39.230 @MalleoSquirrelX | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
I haven't uploaded on this channel in close to two years now, but that's partly because I haven't made any new TAS runs recently. My interest in this game has mainly moved towards non-TAS time trials, and I upload all of the world records I set here: youtube.com/channel/UCHxvOBOkKPuE7_k-DwKWvzQ
The new crate clip shortcut has the potential to save over 10 seconds on all three laps, but as you can tell, it's extremely cycle based. I don't think there's any other shortcut in this game that involves you clipping off of a moving object, let alone one on weird conveyor belt physics that makes getting air totally unpredictable. I didn't spend much time on this run at all (2 days), so it clearly lacks much optimization, but what's funny is that the crate cycles makes this completely irrelevant in some places, unless I end up driving so much faster that I can catch an earlier crate. By the way, I don't actually use spear because it's the only bike that can do the clip - I couldn't make it to the crate section fast enough to catch the cycle with an unoptimized beginning, so I switched to spear instead. Flame runner is absolutely faster here, but I'm not interested in optimizing this track any further, so that can be up to anyone willing to put up with this bizarre shortcut. I only made this run to show off the potential of this shortcut, but this category will be pushed down further with flame runner.
As for what many of you are probably thinking, there's nothing in this shortcut input-wise that's impossible to pull off RTA... But I'd pity anyone who grinded this to get it in a run. The clip itself might be simple enough, and you can get used to the moving crate position, but I don't think anyone is going to understand the conveyor belt mechanics, since getting any air at all for a clip off it is pretty much luck based. Would be interesting to see if someone can actually do it, though.
I've had the idea of doing this since 2015, when I initially discovered you could clip into the conveyor belt room using a much slower method, but I never was able to get clips to work on the conveyor belts. It wasn't until my friend Benny came along and recently ended up making it, proving it was faster even while slowing down for a few seconds. Go subscribe to his channel: youtube.com/channel/UCdTd-WU04eo11GrylNAsP7g
Music: Wooded Kingdom - Super Mario Odyssey
I haven't uploaded on this channel in close to two years now, but that's partly because I haven't made any new TAS runs recently. My interest in this game has mainly moved towards non-TAS time trials, and I upload all of the world records I set here: youtube.com/channel/UCHxvOBOkKPuE7_k-DwKWvzQ
The new crate clip shortcut has the potential to save over 10 seconds on all three laps, but as you can tell, it's extremely cycle based. I don't think there's any other shortcut in this game that involves you clipping off of a moving object, let alone one on weird conveyor belt physics that makes getting air totally unpredictable. I didn't spend much time on this run at all (2 days), so it clearly lacks much optimization, but what's funny is that the crate cycles makes this completely irrelevant in some places, unless I end up driving so much faster that I can catch an earlier crate. By the way, I don't actually use spear because it's the only bike that can do the clip - I couldn't make it to the crate section fast enough to catch the cycle with an unoptimized beginning, so I switched to spear instead. Flame runner is absolutely faster here, but I'm not interested in optimizing this track any further, so that can be up to anyone willing to put up with this bizarre shortcut. I only made this run to show off the potential of this shortcut, but this category will be pushed down further with flame runner.
As for what many of you are probably thinking, there's nothing in this shortcut input-wise that's impossible to pull off RTA... But I'd pity anyone who grinded this to get it in a run. The clip itself might be simple enough, and you can get used to the moving crate position, but I don't think anyone is going to understand the conveyor belt mechanics, since getting any air at all for a clip off it is pretty much luck based. Would be interesting to see if someone can actually do it, though.
I've had the idea of doing this since 2015, when I initially discovered you could clip into the conveyor belt room using a much slower method, but I never was able to get clips to work on the conveyor belts. It wasn't until my friend Benny came along and recently ended up making it, proving it was faster even while slowing down for a few seconds. Go subscribe to his channel: youtube.com/channel/UCdTd-WU04eo11GrylNAsP7g
Music: Wooded Kingdom - Super Mario Odyssey
![[MKW TAS] Toads Factory - 1:39.230](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6u9UJRZ6p9A/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Toads Factory - 1:39.230
I havent uploaded on this channel in close to two years now, but thats partly because I havent made any new TAS runs recently. My interest in this game has mainly moved towards non-TAS time trials, and I upload all of the world records I set here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxvOBOkKPuE7_k-DwKWvzQ
The new crate clip shortcut has the potential to save over 10 seconds on all three laps, but as you can tell, its extremely cycle based. I dont think theres any other shortcut in this game that involves you clipping off of a moving object, let alone one on weird conveyor belt physics that makes getting air totally unpredictable. I didnt spend much time on this run at all (2 days), so it clearly lacks much optimization, but whats funny is that the crate cycles makes this completely irrelevant in some places, unless I end up driving so much faster that I can catch an earlier crate. By the way, I dont actually use spear because its the only bike that can do the clip - I couldnt make it to the crate section fast enough to catch the cycle with an unoptimized beginning, so I switched to spear instead. Flame runner is absolutely faster here, but Im not interested in optimizing this track any further, so that can be up to anyone willing to put up with this bizarre shortcut. I only made this run to show off the potential of this shortcut, but this category will be pushed down further with flame runner.
As for what many of you are probably thinking, theres nothing in this shortcut input-wise thats impossible to pull off RTA... But Id pity anyone who grinded this to get it in a run. The clip itself might be simple enough, and you can get used to the moving crate position, but I dont think anyone is going to understand the conveyor belt mechanics, since getting any air at all for a clip off it is pretty much luck based. Would be interesting to see if someone can actually do it, though.
Ive had the idea of doing this since 2015, when I initially discovered you could clip into the conveyor belt room using a much slower method, but I never was able to get clips to work on the conveyor belts. It wasnt until my friend Benny came along and recently ended up making it, proving it was faster even while slowing down for a few seconds. Go subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdTd-WU04eo11GrylNAsP7g
Music: Wooded Kingdom - Super Mario Odyssey")
![[MKWii TAF] Coconut Mall Freerun (Infinite Shrooms)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/850lLBd36dQ/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAF] Coconut Mall Freerun (Infinite Shrooms)
Hey, guys! I am very happy to share this run with you, as it is without a doubt my best TAF so far (it is also the TAF I spent the most time on, which I started finding glitches on since the last summer, and the run started coming together in January). I was hoping I would be able to get the time of the run to at least 4 minutes, but the fact that this track has been used in so many TAFs, exploited time and time again, it was hard enough to make it fit outside 3 minute (while keeping the run quick paced, with new glitches of course). Still, due to the run being far too short to fit the standard playtime of most freeruns, I decided to add a decent clip I made like 2 months ago on custom track Spike Desert, which I hope helps me get the best I possibly can out of this video. I will be on summer vacation in 2 months from now, so expect much more activity from this channel then. :)")
![[MKW TAS] DKs Jungle Parkway - 29.746](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BNW7U-7BJg4/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] DKs Jungle Parkway - 29.746
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs. The legitimate world record at the time of upload is 45.280 by Braixen.
These new strats save around three seconds over the old route in total, but they needed a lot of effort to even make them work. Overall Im really happy with how this turned out, even though Im sure there are faster methods to do the glitch recoveries. For the first glitch, you may notice that I clip off of a different, closer tree to the finish line, which requires a much more precise setup than the old strat due to the trees hitbox and the lack of room to double wheelie. The no-stop glitches on lap 2 and 3 require multiple extremely precise inputs to perform that Ill spare you the details of.
Im not sure how RTA viable these strats are, but none of the necessary inputs are humanly impossible, so everything in this run is theoretically doable in real time.
Music: Kiyoshi Sugimoto - Ivory Flower")
![[MKWii TAS] SNES Choco Island 2 (Glitch) - 12.950](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BU4NeRQMULQ/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] SNES Choco Island 2 (Glitch) - 12.950
This glitch has been known for a while, but a TAS has never been done using it until now. Its actually extremely difficult to optimize, but I had a relatively easy time making this run because I made a TAS on this track earlier on in July, but never really uploaded it because it didnt reach my goal (it was a 13.4), so I had a lot of practice beforehand. That little standstill thing I did before the end of lap 3 is faster by exactly .05 with my lines. Believe it or not I had exactly a 13.000 without the standstill, so it was honestly pretty hilarious when I was so close to getting the sub on that attempt.
If you are wondering how exactly this glitch works, its really nothing more than a checkpoint manipulation trick (similar to GV). The simple fact that the creator of the CT accidentally made the finish line extend past the wall of the last turn made it so you can drive around it, triggering the last main checkpoint of the track in the process, and getting a lap count. Heres a visual of what Im explaining: http://prntscr.com/8wuv4k.
You guys should also feel free to give me video suggestions in the comments if you want me to TAS something.")
![[MKW TAS] Lava Lake - 1:56.847](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BdF-EcKigJ8/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Lava Lake - 1:56.847
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real Time BKT: 2:00.446 by Emil
This track has a lot of weird tech that took a lot of trial and error to get right, but Im pretty happy with this result. Lap 1 has a few issues, particularly with taking the 2nd turn too wide and not doing the janky jammed bridge trick off the boost ramp before the volcano, although the lap was otherwise solid. I had to get creative with the pipe section on laps 2/3 because the road is programmed to fall down by the time you get to it on the 2nd lap. Although I was fast enough to beat the cycle on lap 2, I found that the rumbling of the road caused my speed to drop slightly, so it turned out to be faster to just ride along the side of the pipe, which is slower on lap 1 for some reason, even though it looks like it would save time.
You might be able to notice Im driving on the offroad before the pipe trick without losing speed, and thats because the boost from the zipper ramp before the trick ramp is still in effect (you can see something similar on Mario Circuit with the KingAlex ramp strat https://youtu.be/Os91vg5LvMM?t=84).
Ill probably try a simpler CT for my next TAS, since this was extremely annoying to complete. I also have a few kart TASes I still need to finish, but Im not sure which project Ill work on first.
Music: 1inamillion - 3mangrove https://linkco.re/vRefQcNe?lang=ja")
![[MKWii TAS] Desert Castle Raceway - 2:46.221 (New Shortcut)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DSEgiE7WdTU/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] Desert Castle Raceway - 2:46.221 (New Shortcut)
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real-time BKT: 2:56.317 by Abhilash
This one wasnt easy to make. If the constant barrage of sub-frame movement wasnt already bad enough, I had to complicate things even further by discovering this bizarre truck bounce shortcut, which I first should explain, since its probably extremely confusing to anyone who wasnt already aware of this strange property that the Moonview Highway vehicles have. For whatever reason, hitting the very tops of these trucks or cars doesnt stun the character, but instead allows you to bounce off it, reminiscent of a mushroom pad.
On lap 1, a truck is in the practically perfect position to do the shortcut optimally, but things became much more complicated by lap 2, requiring me to test out different shroomspots in order to match the pace of a useable truck cycle. In the end, I found that the fastest method was to save my 2 remaining shrooms for the shortcut, since the closest truck in this cycle was on the next lane over, meaning that 1 shroom couldnt give me enough speed or airtime. One of the more frustrating aspects of this run is the fact that I was slightly pace-locked by the truck position on lap 2, meaning that I had to intentionally lose a bit of time right before the shortcut by hopping over the boost panel, but it also allowed me to take the cut much tighter. Disaster was narrowly averted by being in the right position to just barely miss hitting the blue car upon landing. This shortcut should be RTA viable, especially considering how early in the run it is, but I dont think itll be easy.
Music: Touhou Youyou Kengeki Musou: The Fairys Adventurous Tale - Stage 1 Theme")
![[MKWii TAS] Volcanic Valley - 2:15.845](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Exd8-16ntHM/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] Volcanic Valley - 2:15.845
Real-time BKT is 2:23.765 by Abhilash
This track has a very unique layout, with the course looping back around and sending players to drive earlier parts of the course backwards. This allowed for a few additional tricks by driving off of the backwards-facing ramps, of which a few are possibly RTA viable.
The spiral skip also provided a few seconds of time save. You need to trigger a key checkpoint halfway down the spiral in order for the lap to count, which is why I needed to land further to the right. Although it involves two precise clips, I imagine that this shortcut can also be performed RTA.
Music: Sonic 3D (Saturn) - Volcano Valley Zone Act 2")
![[MKW TAS] DS Tick Tock Clock - 1:40.252](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FUJjME_YAR8/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] DS Tick Tock Clock - 1:40.252
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Real-time BKT is 1:42.989 by David (-2.737 cut) https://www.chadsoft.co.uk/time-trials/rkgd/64/7C/59A39D8D1D19202504D59636C05CF673ADC8.html
I made this run last year, so theres definitely a few things I could do better - particularly the start boost alignment - but theres really no point in not posting it, since I doubt Ill ever try to improve on it. Ive also realized that I tend to TAS original CTs more often for whatever reason, so hopefully Ill get around to doing more retro tracks, since they generally play much differently to the tracks made specifically for MKW.
Music: SSH - Heavy Rain")
![[MKW TAS] Lunar Spaceway - 2:51.895](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QVBmL5syOy0/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Lunar Spaceway - 2:51.895
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Former TAS BKT: 2:57.871 by pfmp721 (-5.976 cut) https://youtu.be/fk8rc5P-z08
Real Time BKT: 3:01.496 by Emil https://youtu.be/Cf3XhTYBDZw
Huge shoutout to Ejay for recording this! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6IvK60jAvowbyeDnu0Ybw
Lunar Spaceway is a track Ive been interested in TASing for a while. It was an absolutely revolutionary track for when it was released, and I had attempted to do this a few times over the past 6 years or so, but I always abandoned it because of how difficult the course is to optimize. I finally decided to give it a shot again, and I was able to finish the full 3lap. This run is still improvable, since I later found my zipper-to-supergrind section on lap 1 was quite slow, but Im very happy with how this turned out in general.
I honestly dont know why this shroomspot wasnt used earlier, since its basically the only significant offroad cut on the track, although its a little precise.
Music: Toms Story - VL Raza
tomsstory.bandcamp.com")
