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Mario Kart is a franchise that is well known for the crazy shortcuts that can be found throughout all of the games. But what would happen if there was a track where every single corner had a shortcut? Welcome to the TAS History of SNES Mario Circuit 2
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Mario Kart 7 is way too underrated
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Imo mk7>mk8 and thats because i like the drift physics more
“Despite the discovery of Spaghetti,” I laughed harder at this than the shortcut actually being called Spaghetti.
it was a pretty important discovery, meatballs have never been the same since
@@MKWilliamyeah, agreed.
It's crazy how little time is actually spent on the track compared to how much is spent on the walls. Super cool run!
Thank you! And yeah, it is pretty crazy
omg is that actually beanzard
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Crazy 😂
Hello Beanzard
Mario Circuit 2: Made of scotch tape and broken wood Mario Circuit 3: Fucking indestructible
To be fair mario circuit 3 does have superhopping now, but that's more of an mkwii moment than a mario circuit 3 moment
@@MKWilliamso as a filthy casual who doesnt play MK7 is Mario Circuit 3 basically no shortcuts?
@@jamesknapp64 yeah, the track is completely fat but with very high invisible walls everywhere
@@MKWilliam flat not fat right?
@@baumdf9134 yes, flat
The ending of the video is so wholesome, i love that the community is not competing just to see who is better and who pulls the best time, but end up joining forces to achieve the unthinkable, and have a collaborative effort to get the absolute best and most optimized times on tracks.
It's really cool that we are able to do that now, it's really allowed us to create some crazy TASes. The TAS on airship fortress that I showed a clip of when talking about that in the video had 4 different people work on it, and it's just really cool to be able to work with other people on something like that
@@MKWilliam cool
a lot of world records in mk8dx are really the applied version of a collaborative theory, speedrun communities are great
The Speed runners community are so chill and cool
That's one of the things I love about TASes so much, even more than RTA running it's super collaborative. A bunch of people putting in work on a single run to utterly break a game beyond belief.
It’s so cool that this guy not only covers the history of speedruns, but also IS a speedrunner himself!
@@MKWilliam
They usually are
This video made me emotional I’m not going to lie. Joining the community in 2015 immediately after the revival of the TT scene and seeing it evolve into what it is today has been one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Thank you for all your efforts in the RTA and TASing communities the past several years, we wouldn’t be here without you.
Thank you so much! Obviously I wasn't around in 2015, but even seeing how much it has changed since I started playing competitive in late 2017 has been crazy. The game has evolved so much in the last 4 or 5 years, and I'm really happy that I was able to be a part of that
You can’t believe how long I’ve waited for this, MK7 has truly had some of the most fascinating developments the past few years
Yeah, it's kind of crazy that more has been found in the last 5 years than in the first 5 years of the game's existence
more like the pasta few years eh
Amazing editing and storytelling, I'd really like to hear you talk about the mechanics within the game or talk about the kart parts and their (secret) stats and showing some of your favorite in-game builds.
Thank you so much! I would definitely be interested in making more videos like this in the future, but I do enjoy the storytelling part of it so if I was talking about mechanics or kart parts I would want to include it as part of a bigger story. There are definitely things I can think of that would incorporate those aspects though
Fantastic video with such smooth editing. I love the different camera angles you use to illustrate your points throughout. You should definitely make more narrated content like this in the future. Very well done.
Thank you so much! It was really fun to work on this video, so I'm definitely interested in making more content like this in the future. The positive feedback I've been getting from everyone really does mean a lot :)
I only've been in this community for a few months and when I first found out it existed I thought it would be almost dead, because "who still plays Mario Kart 7 10 years after it released ?". But during these last months I've been amazed by how active this community actually was and by everything that has been happening since I'm there : rKD being so close to sub 1:34, Endo becoming PPChamp, Jack getting his first WR... and now this amazing "Summoning Salt level" video. All of this make really makes me wanna push hard on this game and motivates me to interact more with this community (because I've been quite silent for now that's why you probably don't recognize my name). Thank you for this video MKWilliam you did an amazing job. I don't know if a freaking paragraph was necessary to express that, but now I'm more motivated than ever to play MK7.
Thank you so much! I think probably the random statistic that I'm most amazed by is that there has been a WR in every month of this games history since november 2014. It is kind of insane how many people are still around more than 11 years after the games release
subbed, I have almost the exact same story as you XD
it's always cool when person narrating the speedrun documentary suddenly mentions themself as part of it
It always makes it feel more personal when I'm watching videos that do that
As an MKW player, I saw this in my recommended and thought to myself “what does mk7 have that’s interesting?” Well done William, great documentary!
Thank you! There's a definitely a lot more about mk7 that's interesting than what most people know
I was so surprised that the game I played the most had endless possibilities. I thought that only Japanese people played this game, but I was very excited to know that people all over the world are enjoying it. There is a high possibility that the English I wrote is wrong because of my lack of study.
You're english is fine, don't worry :). The japanese community tends to be pretty separated from the rest of the world, but there is definitely a very large audience outside of japan that still loves the game
This was so well put together! It feels so much like a Summoning Salt video (:
Thank you so much!
I was afraid you'd show a screenshot of me saying something along the lines of "I'm cutting off my balls if spaghetti ever saves time", great job there
Thanks XD. We probably would have found it earlier if you had actually said that tbh
beautiful video. i hope more TAS creators make videos like these for their games because TASing is such an underrated art form. i know i'm inspired to do something similar eventually
Thank you so much! TASing definitely goes underappreciated as an art form, mainly due to the misconceptions around it
honestly incredible video, massive respect for putting so much effort into a video about a frankly under-appreciated mk game. big fan of mk7 tases, id love to see more videos of this nature
Thank you so much! I do already have a few ideas on some mk7 videos somewhat similar to this that I think will have interesting stories :). This game definitely seems like it has slowly begun to become more appreciated recently, which is really cool to see
This is brilliant. Excellent editing and narration, coupled with an enthralling story. I hope the community goes on to hear much more about the history of it's favorite tracks 👍
Thank you! :)
@@MKWilliamhow are your mk7 graphics so good?
努力が集結した詰まった歴史ですね、なんだか感動
楽しんでいただけて何よりです
I’ve been seeing a bunch of crazy mk7 tasses and I’m thankful to have found this beautifully made video
I'm glad you enjoyed it :). We've definitely been able to push mk7 tases quite far tbh
only like 2 minutes in and i'm already pretty invested. this will DEF be one of the most high quality videos ive ever watched
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Its impressive seeing TAS runs, especially on MK games with crazy precision and game knowledge coming together to make fast AND entertaining runs like this. Also the record holder making a video on this topic is amazing. Good stuff
Thank you! There is a lot more game knowledge and work that go into making TASes than most people realize, that was part of why I wanted to make this video
This video is very interesting. The way the records were improved really amazed me. The fact that a track this simple is this broken is amazing to look at. Good work!
Thank you! It is definitely one of those tracks where most people would never guess how broken it actually is
Loved the video! Very nice editing, good job!
Thank you!
so good, amazing work william, you’re the glue that holds the community together 🥂💕
Thank you so much 😳
Absolutely floored by how good this video was, it's not often you see a TAS history but future ones should follow your example, incredible job and I can't wait to see what strats are found in the future and what you make next :)
Thank you so much, that really means a lot :)
Amazing video!! MK7 was a childhood fav of mine. Randomly stumbled upon ur vid on my recommendations and so glad I did
Thank you so much!
the video essay I didn't know I needed. great job!
Thanks!
Great video! It's crazy how many strategies people can come up with in these games.
Thank you! Honestly, this is one of the craziest ones, I don't think any track has ever continuously got broken further and further apart quite like this one
Great video! It’s absolutely insane what you and others can do in this game
Thank you!
I love these kind of videos. Seeing how the Mario Kart community has grown is really inspirational. Great video.
Thank you so much!
This is very well done, I hope to see more videos like this in the future! Like some people said in the comments, I hope that the TT / TASing community grows and more people contribute to exploit the game even further. I also hope that more coders become interested in TASing as well, the potential for tools to help TASers and analyzing runs is really high for MK7, in my opinion
Thank you so much! Yeah, it would be cool if the community kept growing, and yeah there's definitely a lot more potential for mk7 tools. Thank you for the contributions you did make to them though
LETS GOO!! THIS WILL BE AMAZING TO WATCH!! I ALREDY KNOW
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Absolutely sublime video for an otherwise overlooked track in an overlooked game. Job well done!
Thank you so much!
Really nice video. Such a cool evolution of the shortcuts and teamwork, despite competing for the best times!
Thank you so much!
It’s interesting to see a speed run history by someone who was actually involved in the community and discovery
It definitely helped with being able to highlight what the important events were, since I was around to see the reactions that everybody had for every single record in this video when they actually happened
KZhead next week: Welcome to the history of specifically a cheese danish that I ate 2 years ago at a 7/11 in the 7th district of south Boston on a taco Tuesday!
Sounds like an interesting video. You see, the danish pastry was invented 350 years ago by Claudius Gelee, and had he not accidentally forgotten to add butter to the flour, he never would have stumbled across it.
@@MKWilliam bro is a walking encyclopedia
I’m so glad to see you posting again! Can’t wait to see your future videos!
Thanks! I haven't been posting mainly because I wanted to make this, and given that I'd never done anything like this before it took a long time to make. I hope it was worth the wait though!
It definitely was!
Love the dedication, you put into this video! amazing commentary and also didnt feel like 30 minutes :)
Thank you so much!
Hearing SSMT mean literally anything other than stand-still mini-turbo is so weird to me and I don't know why lol
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I never liked the glider physics. They always felt like how running feels like in a dream. Especially in MK8 where you can’t even control the gliders (or how long you’re in the air) for and the game just pushes you where it wants you to be!
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MK7 is definitely a lot less restrictive than MK8. I do find gliders a lot less intuitive than standard driving, but they do allow for some pretty crazy strategies in this game so I can't complain too much lol
Very well done in every aspect, from voice over, to music choice, and clip choice/presentation!
Thank you so much!
I've never played this game or even watched a speedrun of it, but this was an amazing video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
Nice
Thanks! :)
変態的過ぎて草 面白い動画でした
ありがとうございます :)
Aweome video! Really enjoyed the journey and collaboration to break it so much haha, really great narration and editing. Thank you! :)
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Super cool to learn about all the strategy that goes into these runs, thanks for the breakdown.
Thanks for watching!
MKWirtual
iirc he gets his music from the same place lol
日本語字幕だ、ありがたい
字幕が意味をなすといいのですが! 私は日本語を話すことができないので、字幕には最善を尽くしましたが、その正確さに100％の自信があるとは言えません。
Instantly subbed as I finished the video, really dope TAS
Thank you :)
I found your video in your recommendation and I really love it. The documentation and the music make your video very cool. It feels like we are following your history. I didn't know a simple track can turned into an amazing video. I didn't know Mario Kart 7 have hidden shortcut like this.
Thank you so much! Mario Kart 7 actually has way more shortcuts than people are aware of, it's a really cool game
@@MKWilliam You're welcome! Yeah, I feel like Mario Kart 7 is an hidden gem when it comes to TAS. Many people played it and appreciated it, but doesn't know the behind the scene of it and how a 3DS game can make such awesome TAS.
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Can confirm, this is first XD
Really cool to highlight the similarities between rta and tas. I get the vibe a lot of people think tas is a perfect run so seeing tasers race and cooperate on improving these runs is awesome!
Yeah, a lot of people don't really understand what a TAS is. Thank you :)
Very interesting and cool video MKWilliam ! Imagine doing this RTA, that would be crazy.
Thank you! Maybe it'll happen one day...
Very very well-made video. It's funny because the KZhead algorithm already suggested me some videos of your runs and seeing them, I was really intrigued on how all of theses strategies were made as I am unfamiliar with Mario Kart 7 And now seeing this video has really explained to me all of the differents aspects of this track/game. Thank you so much for your content.
Thank you so much for watching!
I would genuinely love seeing more long form videos like this from you again; it was genuinely epic
Thank you! I actually posted another video a couple of days ago, it isn't quite as long but it was still in a similar style
I have a similar speaking pattern to you and I’ve always been very self conscious about my Rs. I just wanted you to know the narration of this video really inspired me. Awesome video!!!
Thank you, i'm glad it inspired you :). It can be really difficult to deal with things that you're self conscious about, but try not to let it hold you back from doing things if you want to do them. Just because something is different doesn't mean that it's a bad thing
Great video! Explains everything really well. Good job :3
Thank you so much!
i used to be into the scene a couple years ago and this was prolly my fav track to tt. this vid has renewed my interest. imma start playing mk7 again babyy
Good luck! I only started enjoying the track after i learned how to do pasta in my runs
Hell yea I love these vids, man you're one of my favorite tas creators because there just isn't mutch on mk7, one of the most underrated mariokart games.
Thank you :)
Your narration voice is absolutely delightful on the ears! 🥰 Loved the video 😊
Thanks!!!
Ive played every single mario kart game and i can say that mk7 (with mods) is the most fun with mkwii being a close second. What i really like doing is being in the air (glider) on mushroom gorge, closing the glider and using a mushroom right before landing on a bouncy mushroom, tricking and then getting launched into space. Also, amazing video. Your commentary is very fun to listen to, the TASes are very impressive and the whole thing is very well edited. Great job!
The glider and bounce physics are soo fun in this game. And thank you!
Thats insane. I wish i was more in to Mario Kart in the beginning (i wad bit obly with friends and for fun and never tried shortcuts or something like this). This is a insane evolution of the speedrun!
Thank you!
This video was very thrilling, although I don‘t watch TAS Runs Documentarys at all. MK7 is my childhood and this video was insanely well made. Much love ❤
Thank you so much!
Great vid I'd love to see more people make vids like this on mk7
Thank you! There definitely a lot of stories about mk7 that could be told
I messed around with the frame-by-frame and savestate stuff in ZSNES back in the day before TAS was even a thing. Or, if it was, nobody had thought to document it. It was fun to figure out what was possible with the ability to essentially choose your inputs for each frame. Glad to see people are still enjoying messing around with emulators.
That's really cool. I assume TAS was probably still a thing, just not really known about. Bit yeah, messing around in emulators can be really fun
this video kinda makes me wanna pick this game up again… stellar job.
Thank you so much!
This is a great video cant wait to see more of your videos
Thank you!
You have a really solid editing style and pacing to your videos, can't wait for more MK content!
Thank you :)
Great vid! Mk7 is my fav cause I love the glitches and ultras
Thanks! I think for me it was probably the community that made me enjoy the game so much, I think about half of the glitches in the game have been found since after I started playing the game competitively in late 2017
GG! Nice cooperations and thanks to code maker that helped to make TAS.
Thank you :). Yeah, B_squo really helped the TASing scene progress
I really liked this video, I’d love to see more of these history speedruns for other tracks. but i know you mainly did this because you set the record yourself. This is one of my favorite games and I used to Time Trial Maka Wuhu on my 2DS growing up, so this video hit close to home.
I do plan to make more videos in this style don't worry :). I've had an impact on a lot of tracks in the game, so I made this mainly because I thought it would have a good story (although having set the record definitely helped me with knowledge about the category, which made it easier to make as a first video in this style). I'm glad you enjoyed it though :)
Nice video, i always thought this track was kinda boring but this showed me a whole new site of it
Thank you! It can be quite boring in a casual playthrough tbh
Omg that is so a awesome video that makes the video more interesting for explaining tas 👍👏
:)
editing is insane on this, subbed :)
Thank you! :)
I didn’t expect you to be part of this story! Very cool video
Thank you!
That was BEAUTIFUL! Great job!
Thank you so much!!
As a person from outside the Speedrunning community, I appreciate that you explain things and took care with your vid. You got a sub outta me g!
Thank you! :)
I was amazed by the sub-minute 3 lap time! congrats to you two xx
Thank you :)
Dude this video was put together extremely well! The editing and narrating was fantastic, reminded me a lot of Summoning Salt. You should definitely make some more videos like this in the future.
Thank you so much! I'm currently working on making another video, I really enjoyed working on this one :)
somehow forgot to check this the other day lol, glad it showed up on my recs real cool vid, wish there was more TAS-related content like this for like any game tho rip 😔
lol. Thank you! Yeah, there are a couple of TAS-related videos, but definitely not many
I subscribed in hopes of you covering the history of other TASes from a variety of games (hopefully mosty nintendo :p). Really gives you appreciation for how its not a button you just click and it makes the fastest path possible, that these aren't being "computed" so much as they are imagined and theorized then proven. Its funny I chose math to compare it to because we are taught the computation aspect of math but I think that really downplays the artistic side of math. Tasses is in fact one possible expression of that artistic aspect. You could conceive of a way of breaking this down into a math equation and each section a more novel way to solve it and the creativity involved.
I definitely view TASes as art. I will probably be focusing on mk7 for now since it's the game i'm most familiar with and there are a lot of stories that have never been told, but there are definitely stories from other game's which could be interesting to tell. Chances are any video I make will be within the mario kart franchise though
More summoningsalt style videos is never a bad thing. Great video.
Thank you :)
Lol, Summoning Salt needs to get a move on, you’re stealing from his zone! Great vid, it’s so funny to see gyro starting to be used in runs, and I can’t wait to see where is it capitalized on other tracks.
Gyro is a really cool strategy tbh. And thank you :)
@@MKWilliam i think it's lovely that you read all of these comments, hope some more tracks can be broken (and I can help with them too, if possible😉)
It's cool that you worked it together back and forth.
It's honestly one of the best parts of TASing
You know, i sometimes spend my time writing down the music of a video, because the creator didn't provide a music list (most of them don't) so I'm thankful that you did.
I've always appreciated it when others did, so it made sense to me to do it
Awesome video. I dont speedrun, but i love watching these and learning about it.
Thank you! It's one of those things that can be absolutely enthralling even if you don't participate in it
amazing video i remember you in the old mk7 speedrun discord keep up the good videos this is great👍
Thank you! Are you not in the discord anymore?
@@MKWilliam this is my old account you have made a comment on my oldest video lol, I was in the Mk7 speedrunning discord when there was only lafungo as mod for Mk7 page in Speedrun website, lol I remember back when I played a lot good times, very cool video on tases for Mk7, are the tases saved as Mk7 replays or separate files like in dolphin desmume like you just play the tas file on the emulator and it does the job and if also you can do full tases on cups. But ya amazing video👍👍⁉️
Also I had a old discord account on the Mk7 speedrunning discord server but I had to delete my old discord account for personal reasons.
@@marci0_cr We use the ghost files like in mkwii, although I believe it recently became possible to record the inputs actually in citra (There was a new super Mario bros 2 TAS made recently). I've wanted to look into making a cups TAS before, but I don't have any good way to deal with the RNG which has put me off doing it
smk represent. quite the strat names you guys have :DD remember getting a rmc2 tas recommended to me on youtube and while mk7 doesnt interest me i wanted to watch it as an smk time trialer and got a pleasant surprise
lol
this video was so interesting. pls do more videos abt broken tracks! id love to watch them
Thank you! I'm nearly finished with another one, although it's a much shorter video, but I definitely plan to make more videos like this
@@MKWilliam nice ! Can't wait
that's freaking insane! i've never looked at any mk7 TAS, but seeing HOW they are improved over time (and a lot of work is sent to trash lol) I really need to look at all the TAS! Thx for this great work ! These discoveries are mindblowing
Thank you!
この大きな記録を達成するまでに様々なドラマがあったんですね。 改めて、本当におめでとうございます！
本当にありがとうございました！
Very well done, I applaud the effort
Thank you!
After seeing the blew it yourself Speedrun, and this one after, i m surprised the same way, even if it's a TAS because it's an all different world hard as normal Speedrun perhaps even more complicated, for me the most amazing part is your collaboration with Hgt. When we Speedrun we share everything to see if someone can beat us and achieve what we couldn't, to be able to take the best part of you and Hgt as the same run is the ultimate way of sharing and completing as "all for one ", great video , great community, and a great game of my childhood, much love A random speedrunner
Thank you! It is honestly really cool that we were able to collaborate on it
You did a really good job with the video!!!
Thank you!!! :)
Very interesting video! It‘s really professional and entertaining:D Thats a sub :)
Thank you so much! :)
I just spent 30 minutes watching a video about the intricate relationship between Italian cuisine and small internal combustion engine vehicles. Amazing.
XD. Thanks :)
I have also tried speedruns in different games, so I understand how much effort it takes to get the time down. Sometimes I am at a loss to find a way to improve when I am so close to my goal. It's great to see the effort that has gone into overcoming that and getting us to this point. And I was impressed by the respect and cooperation among the community members for each other. Kudos for a great speedrun and an excellent community. （Deepl）
Thank you so much! Most speedrunning communities tend to have a lot of respect and cooperation in them, it's a really cool thing to get into. And yeah, i've definitely felt that way before, it can definitely be a grind, but it's always so rewarding when it finally pays off
This was an amazing video. As a mario kart casual this was such a fun watch
Thank you! I'm glad it was enjoyable :)