BlazeMSX | New Ultra Shortcut on Dry Dry Ruins @MalleoSquirrelX | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 5 hours ago
There's probably a faster method to start the supergrind, but I couldn't get enough speed to clear the invisible wall if I started it any closer to the pillar. The clip off the side of the rock is caused by the sideways momentum created from the rapid fire hop. I'm not sure if this glitch is doable with other bikes.
There's probably a faster method to start the supergrind, but I couldn't get enough speed to clear the invisible wall if I started it any closer to the pillar. The clip off the side of the rock is caused by the sideways momentum created from the rapid fire hop. I'm not sure if this glitch is doable with other bikes.
![[MKW TAS] Big Nature City v2.6 (No Ultra SC) - 2:26.308](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eWt4vxMcPTE/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Big Nature City v2.6 (No Ultra SC) - 2:26.308
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: 2:31.635 by Luke
Ive wanted to TAS this track for about a year now, but I never got around to doing it until I felt like I could execute it properly, since there are a few sections which I knew were going to be difficult. While most of the time save over the RTA comes from either inhuman (rapid fire lows and the wheelie trigger on the first wood ramp) or extremely precise strats (the wall clip shortcut), I still use a few tricks which could have some application in real time runs:
1. Getting your back tire stuck under the ground on the slope going up to the off-road section at 0:36 allows you to get a much higher bounce when hopping, cutting off more of the off-road.
2. The small grey curb at 0:49 is trickable for some reason, which could be a relatively easy time save when paired with a well-timed hop. The low trick doesnt need to be anywhere near as fast as what I do here to be faster.
And, of course, that isnt to say that the wall clip shortcut at 0:41 isnt also RTA viable, since it absolutely is. It just would require a player to be good at both wall clips and the driving in order to save time, since its by no means a game-breaking ultra shortcut, saving only a second or two. Im curious to see how many would be willing to actually go for it in runs.
Music: Teruo Nakamura Rising Sun Band – A Day in the Life of a Frog")
![[MKW TAS] Coconut Mall (No Glitch) - 1:56.812 (Kart)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gzEG7bxiqJA/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Coconut Mall (No Glitch) - 1:56.812 (Kart)
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Huge shoutout to Ejay for recording this! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6IvK60jAvowbyeDnu0Ybw
Real-time kart BKT is 2:00.616 by Iván https://youtu.be/IqIhav0lENo
This track has some interesting mechanics that cause the kart run to differ heavily from the bike TAS, including a lot of tricky snaking tech that was difficult to optimize.
A detail you might pick up on is that I tilt back on the last ramp landings, which might look kind of strange if youre used to only seeing bike TASes. For some reason, this seems to be faster with karts, at least on this type of trick ramp, since it allows you to land further forward without spending too much time in the air.
Also, I know I said that Funky Kong was probably going to be made mostly obsolete by Dry Bowser in kart runs, but for Coconut Mall he seems to still be the fastest character. This is likely to do with the high amount of trick and boost ramps, so Dry Bowsers overpowered miniturbo stat cant be taken advantage of enough to mitigate Funky speed stat. Consider this track more of an exception, with the general rule being that Dry Bowser is usually faster than Funky Kong on more driving-based tracks.
This time actually beats Jaschas old 1:56.821 from 2011, which stood as the bike WR for over three years. Ill try to get a multighost video uploaded, since it makes for a really fascinating comparison.
Music: ポップンミュージック 12 いろは - 月雪に舞う華のように")
![[MKW] Candy Coaster Freerun (Tool Assisted)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i_ekCsymBgw/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW] Candy Coaster Freerun (Tool Assisted)
Heres something that I doubt any of you were expecting. To be honest, this wasnt even something I initially had planned on doing - I was trying to figure out a faster way to do that ultra shortcut from last years compilation (which, by the way, turned out to be barely faster due to the respawn point) when I realized just how much potential this track had for TAFing.
This was the first time I had used TAS code (de-activatable live replay) for a TAF, since I had finally found an infinite shrooms code that functioned with it enabled. This actually turned out to be a massive gamechanger, since it allowed me to do much more precise tricks than before. This is also why the item display isnt animated, although thats just a minor visual issue.
After not TAFing for nearly half a decade, Im kind of curious to see what other tracks I could possibly try in the future. Id love some suggestions, although no guarantees that Ill actually do it.
Music: Touhou 10 - Native Faith")
![[MKWii TAS] New Mario Circuit Glitch Strat](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jmPNxroxgYc/hqdefault.jpg "[MKWii TAS] New Mario Circuit Glitch Strat
bad driving")
![[MKW TAS] Mario Circuit (Glitch) - 41.506](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kPYdxsd4ZtY/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Mario Circuit (Glitch) - 41.506
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Thanks to Ejay for recording! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6IvK60jAvowbyeDnu0Ybw
The main timesave in this run comes from the lap 1 glitch strat, which saves around .4-.5. In case youre confused as to how/why this even works, I briefly clip the side of the offroad terrain from the OOB as I fall into the tunnel, and quickly start charging a standstill midair to position myself to the left. Landing on the grey curb in an extremely precise position allows you to bounce forwards slightly, giving you just enough speed from the momentum to enter a drift, completely negating the need to charge a standstill miniturbo. Clipping into a ceiling completely kills your speed/momentum, so this trick allowed me to artificially get back up to drift speed after entering the tunnel.
I tried for a few days to get this strat to work on laps 2/3 with the tree clip, but it seems like the highly angled alignment from clipping the side of the mountain is necessary in actually clipping the offroad while still falling, since Im pretty sure this trick only works if the front tip of your bike touches it for a single frame. You can still get the acceleration from the curb and enter a drift without doing the standstill realignment midair, but it isnt faster because your angle is completely off. Going out of your way to clip the mountain instead of clipping the tree on laps 2/3 loses much more time than the ~.5 timesave from the nostop recovery.
The massive timesave on lap 1 allowed for me to enter lap 2 quick enough to go to the left of the goomba on the first turn, which seems to be at least .05 faster than going around it. On lap 3s first turn I utilize a slipdrift to get my miniturbo out faster, but this unfortunately doesnt work on lap 2 because the goomba doesnt give you a whole lot of leeway, although this doesnt really save as much time as it might look, since spears (relatively) high acceleration stat and poor miniturbo stat make slipdrifts a lot less powerful than they are with Flame Runner.
Music: Demetori - アリスマエステラ ～ Flow My Tears, the Said")
![[MKW TAS] Garden of Dreams - 2:24.068](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l45SKiRk_m4/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Garden of Dreams - 2:24.068
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 2:27.719 by Jak (-3.651 cut)
I have a new computer now, meaning that recording and rendering Dolphin recordings isnt completely unbearable anymore, so Ill hopefully be able to upload more regularly now, since I still have a backlog of unuploaded TASes. Huge thanks to Ejay for showing me his recording and render settings. This track is easily one of the most visually stunning CTs Ive ever seen, and it has a lot of cool gameplay elements I could make use of.
Music: Katsumi Horii Project - BuHouse of Peninsula")
![[MKW TAS] Mushroom Island v1.2 - 1:49.467](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mIy4TtqpAR8/hqdefault.jpg "[MKW TAS] Mushroom Island v1.2 - 1:49.467
This is a tool-assisted speedrun created to show the theoretical limits of this course, and isnt designed to compete with real-time runs.
Huge shoutout to Ejay for recording this! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6IvK60jAvowbyeDnu0Ybw
For whatever reason, flip tricking into a mushroom pad at a certain angle causes you to bounce off it with a massive speed boost, almost as if youre shrooming off it (look at the speedometer). You can also reduce your airtime off of these mushrooms by nosediving into the edge. Im still not entirely sure why any of this works.
The last turn on this track is extremely awkward, and theres really no pretty way to approach it. I found it was fastest to slightly cut into the grass on the last turn lap 3, since it made my alignment tighter.
Music: Horii Katsumi Project - Flashback")
