Mario Kart DS TAS Showcase - Tool Assisted Speedrunning

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3 ай бұрын

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This is a compilation put together of some TASes (Tool Assisted Speedruns) for the individual tracks in Mario Kart DS. I did not make these; credit goes to the authors featured. I merely recorded and put the runs together.
For those unaware, a Tool Assisted Speedrun, or TAS, is the theoretically fastest known possible playthrough of a video game. A TAS is not performed in real time using original hardware. Rather, it is performed on an emulator with the use of slowdowns and save states so that perfect precision can be achieved. These time trial runs do not count on the Players' Page leaderboards and are purely created for the purpose of entertaining and showcasing the game being pushed to its limit.
Please check out the TAS authors' KZfaq channels:
‪@SuuperW‬
‪@mkdsrupa‬
‪@Puddings‬
These high quality recordings were made possible thanks to a modified version of DeSmuME developed by ‪@mkdasher‬. Video tutorial and download link found here: • How to record Mario Ka...
Music used (in order):
• [東方 DnB] Endless Sky /...
• 東方 Touhou Liquid DnB 54
• [51]東方 │Drum'n Bass│Li...
• [24]東方 │Drum'n Bass │s...
• 【東方Liquid DnB】 Tears 「...
For an updated list of WRs, including fast laps and other categories, visit mkwrs.com/mkds
Compete in Mario Kart DS time trials at mariokartplayers.com/mkds
Join the Mario Kart DS Network Discord: / discord
In-depth tech tutorial by ‪@pikalex04‬, ‪@Puddings‬ and ‪@Quantum_17‬: • How to Get Good at Mar...
#MarioKart #MKDS #MarioKartDS

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@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

I stream Mario Kart DS speedruns every day on Twitch - twitch.tv/abel I must stress that the gameplay you are seeing in this video is NOT performed by me! Rather, it is all created on an emulator with the use of slowdowns and save states so that perfect precision can be achieved. These time trial records do not count on the official leaderboards and are purely created for the purpose of entertaining and showcasing the game being pushed to its limits. None of it is played in real time or on real hardware. For more general information on Tool Assisted Speedrunning: tasvideos.org/WelcomeToTASVideos#WhatIsATas Detailed documentation on how TAS'ing works in Mario Kart DS: tasvideos.org/GameResources/DS/MarioKartDS Full credit goes to the authors featured: Suuper, Rupa and Puddings. I merely recorded and put their runs together in one video.

@i-am-linja 3 ай бұрын

Are there still a significant number of people that accuse TAS authors of cheating RTA? I'm not saying there aren't, but if there are that's very sad.

@Qwertyexists 3 ай бұрын

ik, I'm not a speedrun mastermind but when I see a tas, I wouldn't say it's cheating because there is a drastic difference; it's still sad to see this miscommunication occurring even if very rare.

@manuadvance 3 ай бұрын

Mario Kart DS is a game that is too complete for a console with limitations like the Nintendo DS. They managed to make such an excellent game that to this day I consider it the best Mario Kart I have ever played.

@MudkipPog 2 ай бұрын

I still think mario kart 8 is objectively better but Mario Kart DS is still a fantastic game that laid the blueprint for every following title in the franchise.

@TennisGvy 3 ай бұрын

Tool assisted speedrunning is so ancient, all the new wrs will be Taiga assisted speedruns

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

Had a good chuckle not gonna lie.

@KingMorgan6 3 ай бұрын

LMAOOOOOO

@Qwertyexists 3 ай бұрын

That got me too.

@jarofapplesauce 2 ай бұрын

Insert Patrick "I don't get it" gif here I'm domb

@Crimson-qo4ii 2 ай бұрын

@@jarofapplesauceTaiga is an insane young speed runner, destroyed world records as soon as he appeared. I just found this out today 😂

@IanZWhite00 3 ай бұрын

I think optimal MKDS showcases some of the most beautiful racing lines in the series. I love 8 Deluxe for re-emphasizing the mini-turbo in the meta, but nothing touches the way you never have to sacrifice your drift to keep a tight line. There are no straight paths to break up the sections, or allow for straightforward setups. It’s one unbroken flow of a swinging pendulum being guided through a series of narrow doorways, digging for angled bursts of speed to shoot yourself around corners in a way that already sets you up for the next. Take the rolling tube section of Bowser’s Castle at 8:27. It isn’t just impressive for the balancing act, it’s the way you can see Suuuper aiming for that pristine exit line onto the ramp from even that first deep carve along the pipe. A damn good game, well deserving of its passionate community. Cheers to all involved!

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

Beautifully said. Thanks very much for your kind comment!

@Qwertyexists 3 ай бұрын

I agree, this game will always be in the core of my heart as it's the first game I completed at the age of 6. I didn't know snaking back then but did it in mission mode lol

@randomguy8107 2 ай бұрын

All that is true, but I will point out something that looks like a pretty major design flaw : the fact that you can go through large sections of off-road with only mushrooms. Don’t give me wrong, it’s very impressive and it may be more technical than it looks, but using mushrooms instead of snaking through most off-road sections in this game seems to barely gain time which somewhat defeats the point of shrooms as well as the « item » stat which I thought was an interesting experiment in MKDS, though I don’t know what it does in GP-like modes.

@Vas0sky 2 ай бұрын

You can go through the off-road not because of the simple miniturbo, but because of the start boost. If I recall correctly, the start boost is special and let's you go through off road, and if you can maintain it by chaining any type of boost you will keep the speed and the special properties. In reality it's extremely difficult to maintain and you can't do that in all tracks.

@Qwertyexists 2 ай бұрын

@Vas0sky Prolonged Rocket Boost is maintaining a max Rocket Boost for as long as possible through Boosts like Mushrooms and Mini Turbos. It also allows you to keep your speed through off road.

@evanrosman9226 3 ай бұрын

It only took the user 8 to 9 seconds to finish each GCN Baby Park lap. I'm impressed.

@luitze 2 ай бұрын

Cute pfp

@evanrosman9226 2 ай бұрын

@@luitze Thank you.

@Nootathotep 3 ай бұрын

when the pianta said dun dugadundun I really felt that

@katepuddings2 3 ай бұрын

Very cool compilation, honored to be a part of it too! I hope that in the near future more people will get into MKDS TASing so we can enjoy more of these! Already seeing ways a few of these runs could be improved on, including my own

@gasasmk 3 ай бұрын

That BC last lap chrono is so satisfying!

@GolfcuBebe Ай бұрын

Hom many tines you want to press the rshoulder button? Suuper: *yes*

@backwardslongjump 2 ай бұрын

At around 22:15, the pushing of D-pad almost lines up with the drum beat.

@BuffedAcheron 2 ай бұрын

lol it does it’s kinda like it’s supposed to

@cmarv 3 ай бұрын

super cool :D love to see MKDS TAS stuff, hoping to see more new stuff in the future!!

@brawldude2656 2 ай бұрын

Love the high quality rendering and textures! Thanks for featuring these run in high quality

@MKDS1992 3 ай бұрын

Love to see those TASes again, totally forgot about some of them! Very well put together. Watching those just hit different!

@rjohn1277 3 ай бұрын

MkDS has always fascinated me as an Mk7 player. Mk7 is nowhere near this intense with drifting and it’s mindblowing to watch

@dksc4life 3 ай бұрын

That MT at 3:57 was INSANE.

@katepuddings2 3 ай бұрын

LMAO thanks! getting that specific line to work took literally 14 hours over 3 days to get and it's just barely possible XD

@katepuddings2 3 ай бұрын

Puddings btw

@dksc4life 3 ай бұрын

@@katepuddings2 14 hours?! Well worth it. My jaw literally dropped when I saw it.

@BuffedAcheron 2 ай бұрын

@@dksc4lifeyeah because if you go a tiny bit more off bounds it will ruin the stunt

@FullCitris 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, always love the delfino square strats.

@fluffsquirrel 3 ай бұрын

Epic!! I love TAS MKDS videos

@tokiko404 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for including my music!

@mkdsabel 2 ай бұрын

Thank YOU for making it! Hope you enjoyed the video.

@nicogarcia1894 8 күн бұрын

I just can't imagine how much time all these runs had taken, great job!

@zioplys 2 ай бұрын

The landing on the third hill on choco mountain is insane wth, very nice runs

@gkoble 3 ай бұрын

than you for this masterpiece of a compilation, I loved this game so much back then, i'm so happy to see it being destroyed with TAS !!!

@dazedheart9006 2 ай бұрын

Came for MKDS, stayed for these banger tracks

@AndyMKDD 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this showcase :]

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed, Andy!

@Qwertyexists 3 ай бұрын

Even though I have very little clue about this type of stuff, it still intrigues me as I have a very good attention span of around 5 hours and this just peaks my brain with all the crazy maneuvers done.

@Akuretaki_Nikolay 3 ай бұрын

visuals are stunning good

@koichiokuda8214 3 ай бұрын

I'm happy to hear Rupa-san's name after such a long time.

@Lemyx. 3 ай бұрын

Good job

@mariokartftw1 3 ай бұрын

beautiful intro!

@shatterbelt 2 ай бұрын

The polt strat on DS is so nice

@--_--_--_--_ 2 ай бұрын

i remember breaking my hands to do snaking during online games long ago, damn good times.

@EisFanLofficiel 2 ай бұрын

New strat bonk at corner wall after a mini boost 💀💀💀 that was crazy

@jarofapplesauce 2 ай бұрын

I'd love to see what goes on when making a TAS

@mkdsabel 2 ай бұрын

Suuper has a couple of explanation videos on his channel (labelled [E] in the title). I believe they were for Tick Tock Clock and Rainbow Road?

@Sqidzies 3 ай бұрын

This game looks stupid difficult to TAS lol.

@Yoshifan152 3 ай бұрын

This is so awesome, long live MKDS! edit: also what are the songs used in the vid?

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I have just updated the description with links to the music used.

@Yoshifan152 3 ай бұрын

@@mkdsabelthanks!

@estraglacial 3 ай бұрын

This is amazing!!! The way in Delfino Square Suuper seems to hit or almost hit the border of the bridge, damn. Question: why do they collide with some walls in Bowser Castle? The speed does go down even for a fraction of a second. Since this is like the best time possible, how doesn't it affect the run? Cheers :)))

@infinategamer9753 3 ай бұрын

Better line for the next corner

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

The wall clips serve to take tighter lines. For the record, the Bowser Castle TAS is quite improvable.

@tBagley43 2 ай бұрын

awesome video, have you considered making a tas for some missions? seems like you could find some cool routes

@mkdsabel 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! An All Missions TAS was being worked on at some point but sadly the project got halted. But I do believe that Suuper has a few TASes for some of the individual missions on his channel.

@Furdox 3 ай бұрын

so real

@GunGun-cf3ss 2 ай бұрын

Cool and good

@Tha-mountain 2 ай бұрын

I feel so out classed but keep it going (mk7 tas comp next?)

@Akuretaki_Nikolay 3 ай бұрын

AYAYA veiO veiKISS ABEL!!!

@hayden980 2 ай бұрын

8:27 IS INSANE

@DoritoTime 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if there would ever be a TAS for the “drifter” class of characters (Bowser, DK, Daisy, Peach) that can’t snake

@mkdsabel 2 ай бұрын

You can snake with any character. Did you mean the karts with less mini turbo boost length?

@DoritoTime 17 күн бұрын

Yeah, like those characters’ karts. Like yeah plopping Bowser into the ROB-BLS would do absolutely nothing, but how fast can you beat the tracks on the Tyrant?

@Nootathotep 3 ай бұрын

the 33.999

@blazingmo684 3 ай бұрын

I'm planning on making one but I don't really understand the drifting mechs coming from MKW

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

The mini turbos are executed manually in MKDS with constant left-right inputs on the D-pad for the blue and orange sparks to come out, so it's vastly different to MKW. If you want to learn more about MKDS TAS'ing, refer to the link in the pinned comment.

@XxMilleneumxX 2 ай бұрын

MKDS 4 life

@astrid1042 3 ай бұрын

what are the forward inputs for?

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

Fastfalling, which in most situations increases your speed mid-air.

@ImExistent405 3 ай бұрын

I have MKDS, it's amazing to see just how bad I am compared to rhis

@IanZWhite00 3 ай бұрын

15:22 lol nice

@StadGdGc 3 ай бұрын

what are the music used in this video ? great comp btw :3

@jc___underscore___ 3 ай бұрын

I’m wondering the same thing

@emperortoho 3 ай бұрын

first one is a remix of a song from one of the newer touhou games, can’t remember which one i’ll report back once i find it, and again if i’m able to find the remix ok so it’s a remix of jelly stone, lemme just try to find the remix

@emperortoho 3 ай бұрын

first song is endless sky/jelly stone remix by tokiko404

@Yoshifan152 3 ай бұрын

@@emperortoho thanks king

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I have just updated the description with all of the music used.

@byot_ 3 ай бұрын

There aren't Ufle's TAS on the video?

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

I explained in response to a different comment that I could not retrieve the ghost data for his runs sadly, hence why quite a few tracks are missing.

@Gerahdont 3 ай бұрын

My mom: you have 7 minutes to come eat Me:

@stanleyschicken 3 ай бұрын

why is the rob-bls so good for tas? does it have good off-road?

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

The ROB-BLS is also used in regular time trials for most of the tracks. It is the kart with the best speed stat and longest mini turbo boost length; nothing to do with the off-road as most of the time PRB is active during these runs.

@stanleyschicken 3 ай бұрын

@@mkdsabel no way! thats epic

@twipplo 3 ай бұрын

Who else was shocked seeing Dry Bomber on Baby Park? Also how’d you get a hacked camera for MKDS for the video’s intro? I’m curious.

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

The still camera shots were recorded here: noclip.website/

@anonym5160 3 ай бұрын

Can you please make a 300cc tas?

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

Maybe one day!

@TF2Starlight 3 ай бұрын

Moulfr1t tasses got left out?

@infinategamer9753 3 ай бұрын

Likely no way to record them

@TF2Starlight 3 ай бұрын

@@infinategamer9753 I think his desert hills tas should be an exception since he maintained prb for 1 whole lap as egg1

@mkdsabel 3 ай бұрын

I could not retrieve the ghost data for his runs sadly, hence why quite a few tracks are missing.

@misterturkturkle 2 ай бұрын

Don't do it we love you

@BenedictDoodeman-bf2bk Ай бұрын

"Mariokart Ds TAS runs: Or why snaking is broken."

@mkdsabel Ай бұрын

Snaking good.

@BenedictDoodeman-bf2bk Ай бұрын

@@mkdsabel But it still is broken.

@mkdsabel Ай бұрын

@@BenedictDoodeman-bf2bk Are you by any chance calling it that because you're not very good at it/you think it makes the multiplayer unfair?

@BenedictDoodeman-bf2bk Ай бұрын

@@mkdsabel I haven't played the multiplayer, and no I'm not very good at it. But you have to admit, the ability to get boost after boost is a little overpowered, and probably why they didn't use it in any other mariokart games (as far as I know). If you can do it, good for you, but that doesn't mean the mechanic isn't broken.