Tool-Assisted Podcast - Ep 3: Mario Kart Wii with Malleo & TASPlasma

Video version (recommended for this episode): https://youtu.be/4V7fWWT4nyQ 

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-Malleo’s Info-

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShwaMall...

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tasmalleo

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tasmalleo

 

-TASPlasma’s Info-

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TasPlasma

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tasplasma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerekMather95 

 

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-Corrections & Elaborations-

These are some corrections and elaborations made by CobaltYoshi27 https://www.youtube.com/user/CobaltYoshi27

Thanks CobaltYoshi27!

1. The Mario Circuit glitch TAS was made by Michi, not by Zak.

2. Blaze had faster times on both Sherbet Land glitch (1:40.462, watch?v=qoGF2Z3-2ks) and DK Jungle Parkway glitch (34.515, watch?v=AwNOlzWyVXw) but they're unlisted.

3. Moo Moo Meadows also has the possibility of the Sneakster being faster than the Spear, but there was no way to get a good setup for the blue ramp, so Spear ultimately won the battle as a result.

4. Mushroom Gorge was actually pushed down to 17.451 after this video was released, and had an improved lap 2 and 3.

5. It is possible to do Mushroom Gorge glitch shroomless, but you won't stick to the wall for very long. You'll barely be able to make it to the end.

6. DK Summit has gone through a ton of improvements. The TAS dropped from 1:46.184 to 1:36.754, and even still has room for improvement of .2 or more.

7. Not mentioned is the fact that Wario's Gold Mine glitch is going to be pushed down by at least another .6 by using the right wall instead of the left wall. It's a lot harder but it's significantly less distance.

8. Plasma and Thomas were working on improving Maple Treeway no-glitch, using Flame Runner, considering the previous TAS record was a 2:09. They were on lap 2, on pace for a 2:06, and Lamejoin came out of nowhere and released the 2:05. Spear is ultimately faster here.

9. Baby Mario has a weight boost and a handling boost. Toad has an acceleration boost and drift boost.

10. Estaloy did get a 1:41 before Luke's run on Moonview Highway, using similar strats to the previous records. Luke's improvements in strats ended up saving .4.

11. Spear and Sneakster could end up being faster on Bowser's Castle shortcut due to the fact that they can do a trick on the shortcut and get the boost afterward. The problem comes with them losing time elsewhere. Funnily enough, this TAS was an improvement of exactly 3 seconds to the millisecond.

12. Rainbow Road glitch is humanly possible, but no one has pulled it off yet.

13. A TASer by the name of Atek started a 32 track TAS on Wario's Gold Mine to get a good item for the glitch. He stopped after 5 races because there was too much RNG involved.

14. Not mentioned is the Ghost Valley 2 TAS (47.633 by Monster and Cyan, watch?v=wxFRotY5Xvg). The shortcut here is to clip off the pole right at the beginning and skip the first turn. This doesn't fall in the ultra category, but the method used in this TAS is, since they're clipping back to the start. Previous TASes just did the first wallclip on all 3 laps. The new method saves well over a second. I think this TAS is pretty interesting and definitely should be mentioned somewhere.

15. Funky is confirmed faster on Sherbet Land glitch. Funky has the big speed boost he's used for, and a slight off-road boost, unlike Dry Bowser who has a big boost in both off-road and mini-turbo. Funky's top speed on ice is slightly faster than Dry Bowser's.

16. The dock shortcut is more viable with Baby Daisy than Funky because she can get more air. Lamejoin did a TAS here with Baby Daisy (she was the character used when the shortcut was first discovered), but Luke beat it by about .9.

17. Waluigi Stadium's glitch is the only ultra shortcut not humanly possible due to the rapid fire hop needed for the second part of the glitch. The first part is humanly possible.

18. Fun fact: Mario Kart 7's Maka Wuhu had an ultra shortcut discovered on it... 12 hours after release. The Japanese already glitched the track by the time Americans got the game.

19. Another thing to note is that the runners will cancel their wheelies in midair and then wheelie the frame they land on the ground again. This allows for them to maintain a full wheelie speed without having to deal with chain wheelies, which actually drops wheelie speed by 3 at first. This was utilized on Dry Dry Ruins, but more on DK Mountain.

20. The comparison between Daisy and Funky on N64 Bowser's Castle actually mixed up the lap 2 times, as noted in the video's description.

21. The game actually has 12 digits to represent exact time, however the game automatically rounds up the fourth decimal. Daisy was slower by about 0.0002 seconds, but the game rounded both up the same. I remember when Zak did a poll on Twitter on who was faster and I actually voted a tie. This tie was released on Mario Kart Wii's 10th anniversary.

-Links to footage used in video version-

001 Luigi Circut Supergrinding 1:06.059 - Malleo, Monster, Rocky and Thomas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0p8y...

002 Moo Moo Meadows 1:13.739 - TASPlasma and Zak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRZvq...

003 Mushroom Gorge (glitch) 18.613 - Jellopuff, Estaloy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0lbG...

004 Mushroom Gorge 1:36.985 - SwareJonge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzy7N...

005 Toad's Factory 1:45.908 - Rocky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RDpI...

006 Mario Circut (glitch) 42.945 - Michi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbRCk...

007 Coconut Mall (glitch) 30.110 - Estaloy, SwareJonge and Delta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqKQk...

008 Coconut Mall (no glitch) 1:50.608 - Luke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3-3q...

009 DK's Snowboard Cross 1:36.754 - Zak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yWRM...

010 Wario's Gold Mine 30.987 - TASPlasma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-5CH...

011 "305" (Wario's Gold Mine WIP) - Gisbert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8SZO...

012 Daisy Circut 1:26.988 - Monster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSslg...

013 Koopa Cape 2:10.624 - Zak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK1ZF...

014 Maple Treeway (glitch) 1:15.170 - Malleo, Luke, SwareJonge, RS, Rocky, Thomas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0O-i...

015 Maple Treeway (no glitch) 2:05.739 - Lamejoin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QirYY...

016 Grumble Volcano (glitch) 14.945 - SwareJonge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBEu-...

017 Dry Dry Ruins 1:39.711 - Michi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HDCd...

Dry Dry Ruins Music: PeriTune - Desert [Desert Music] is under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY) Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/VvIRa4ebWzU

018 Moonview Highway 1:41.570 - Luke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXUG3...

019 Bowser's Castle 1:59.483 - Zak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZiV...

020 Rainbow Road 1:45.164 - RS Extreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zt1X...

021 Peach Beach 0:56.523 - Blaze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUzbQ...

022 DS Yoshi Falls 57.867 - DwainiumB and Rocky

We forgot show this in the podcast sorry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K92Yq...

023 N64 Mario Raceway 1:39.975 - Grim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipuQL...

024 N64 Mario Raceway Flap (Supergrinding) 29.998 - Rocky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMrBI...

025 N64 Sherbet Land (glitch) 1:41.494 - Kasey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M5kQ...

026 GBA Shy Guy Beach 1:20.175 - Luke and DwainiumB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdhT0...

027 DS Delfino Square 1:58.764 - Luke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_RX0...

028 GCN Waluigi Stadium (glitch) 50.534 - Rocky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ3Ci...

029 GCN Waluigi Stadium (no glitch) 1:37.536 - Zak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgrhU...

030 Desert Hills 1:26.456 - TASPlasma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKj_e...

031 GBA Bowser Castle 3 1:52.715 - Monster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rS9T...

032 N64 DK's Jungle Parkway 35.287 - Kasey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFTGy...

033 GCN Mario Circut 1:27.730 - Zak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgSmh...

034 SNES Mario Circut 3 1:17.475 - DwainiumB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjukT...

035 DS Peach Gardens 1:57.571 - TASPlasma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ZkL...

036 GCN DK Mountain (glitch) 1:53.815 - SwareJonge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRZYg...

037 N64 Bowser's Castle Comparison (Daisy vs Funky Kong) - Zak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35KaB...