Kierio04 | [MKWii TAS] Grassland Mountain (Beta-hotfix) - 1:39.875 @Kierio04 | Uploaded 8 months ago | Updated 1 hour ago
TAS by @Kierio04 (myself)
Track info: wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Grassland_Mountain
Music: Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Obsidian Fieldlands 2 (youtu.be/nV-aMRBr4Uc)
There are so many things happening in this TAS. Everything is more precise than it looks. Watch it again, you'll probably spot something new. This has been in the works for almost 2 years, so it is a great delight to finally be able to share it with you!
All the way back in April 2022, I had a huge boost in views for my TAS of Hman's Deathrun (youtu.be/5BMZmOWrWcU) due to its inclusion in one of @TWD98's Impossible CTs videos (youtu.be/b_e_w2Cjj0A). Because of this, I thought TASing another "Impossible CT" could cater to some of that audience. So, I picked the very first track shown in the 2022 run of episodes (youtu.be/3mfLY12CrbM).
After a LOT of strat testing, I made a prelim 1:41.957, before stopping to go and work on the two rSGB 3laps with Zip Zip (youtu.be/trmk5u-ssyY) and Shooting Star (youtu.be/G_4trkj7ACo). I came back to it shortly after, but then started work on other things and eventually lost interest.
If you've watched Special Task III from TAS Comp 2022 (youtu.be/Y1-24gNMmrY), you probably recognise the fact that it was done on the secret area of Grassland Mountain. The reason I came up with the idea for that task is because I had been TASing the track at the time, found the secret area, and thought it would make a great task.
See, I noticed a hole in one of the mountains (which is actually the end point of the task), so used noclip (https://noclip.website) to see what was out there, and discovered several parts of the track outside the skybox. I spent quite a while driving around the track to try to find a cannon that would take you there, but eventually I resorted to using Lorenzi's KMP Editor to find it. As it turns out, it was in the starting area and I just hadn't searched hard enough.
After the task, I had interest in the track again, but with TAS comp back, and my time much more limited, I didn't continue and eventually forgot. I would occasionally remember and tell myself I would get around to it but never did. That is, until this past week, when I finally completed lap 2, discovering a few new strategies as well (I didn't redo lap 1 because it had taken me so long to get this far, I didn't want to go through it all again).
Want to see more TASes and TAS projects? Visit mkwtas.com
or the MKWii TAS discord, at discord.gg/NCZghgy
TAS by @Kierio04 (myself)
Track info: wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Grassland_Mountain
Music: Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Obsidian Fieldlands 2 (youtu.be/nV-aMRBr4Uc)
There are so many things happening in this TAS. Everything is more precise than it looks. Watch it again, you'll probably spot something new. This has been in the works for almost 2 years, so it is a great delight to finally be able to share it with you!
All the way back in April 2022, I had a huge boost in views for my TAS of Hman's Deathrun (youtu.be/5BMZmOWrWcU) due to its inclusion in one of @TWD98's Impossible CTs videos (youtu.be/b_e_w2Cjj0A). Because of this, I thought TASing another "Impossible CT" could cater to some of that audience. So, I picked the very first track shown in the 2022 run of episodes (youtu.be/3mfLY12CrbM).
After a LOT of strat testing, I made a prelim 1:41.957, before stopping to go and work on the two rSGB 3laps with Zip Zip (youtu.be/trmk5u-ssyY) and Shooting Star (youtu.be/G_4trkj7ACo). I came back to it shortly after, but then started work on other things and eventually lost interest.
If you've watched Special Task III from TAS Comp 2022 (youtu.be/Y1-24gNMmrY), you probably recognise the fact that it was done on the secret area of Grassland Mountain. The reason I came up with the idea for that task is because I had been TASing the track at the time, found the secret area, and thought it would make a great task.
See, I noticed a hole in one of the mountains (which is actually the end point of the task), so used noclip (https://noclip.website) to see what was out there, and discovered several parts of the track outside the skybox. I spent quite a while driving around the track to try to find a cannon that would take you there, but eventually I resorted to using Lorenzi's KMP Editor to find it. As it turns out, it was in the starting area and I just hadn't searched hard enough.
After the task, I had interest in the track again, but with TAS comp back, and my time much more limited, I didn't continue and eventually forgot. I would occasionally remember and tell myself I would get around to it but never did. That is, until this past week, when I finally completed lap 2, discovering a few new strategies as well (I didn't redo lap 1 because it had taken me so long to get this far, I didn't want to go through it all again).
Want to see more TASes and TAS projects? Visit mkwtas.com
or the MKWii TAS discord, at discord.gg/NCZghgy