Mario kart DS came out 19 years ago, this kid was born when Mario kart 8 came out

the circle pad video is otherworldly

The web game escape from school has a pretty interesting history

what im scared about is this might be too good to be true, there was a very trusted player in geometry dash (seperate game) which got good just in a matter of time (icedcave) he literally beat all the world records until someone caught him. i'm not saying taiga is fake, i believe he's real on his speedruns but it might be.. yeah

You should do more of these

I love that this game will still get all the love it deserves for almost 2 decades. Still one of my favorite games

Incredibly interesting! And the video is very well done

I've seen this anology across the community a couple times already, but let me write it down here as well: The MKDS Speedrunning scene; before the arrival of Taiga it was mainly experienced adults/teenagers at best. They all competed with each other and had rivalries over course times. Then out of nowhere, a japanese kid pops into the scene, with no one ever having seen him before. And he likely doesn't know anyone from this scene prior to meeting them either. He smashes records after records without anyone knowing how he's doing it and how he acquired that skill. And he's also doing it using a very odd, unorthodox method which many believe to be absurd (c stick). Later on he would have a back and forth rivalry with mkdasher, a veteran with more than a decade of experience. This forces mkdasher to find new ways to cut time and in general practice hard to reclaim the records. But in that sense, now that the kid is known in the scene, he also has to get better and find new techniques if he wants to hold the records. If you're an enjoyer of the car culture, preferably the japanese car culture alongside anime, you might know where i'm getting to. This is pretty much a perfectly accurate analogy to the story of the hit anime "Initial D". There, the story starts with an introduction to several mountain pass street racing teams, a good bunch of them being very skilled and the "Akagi RedSuns" team consisting of the best drivers, their leader having never even lost once and dominating every course record. We then get introduced to an 18 year old high schooler, Takumi Fujiwara, who seems like a normal boring guy at first, but is secretly a monster on the mountain passes without even knowing himself. One night, Keisuke Takahashi, a member of the Akagi RedSuns, drove home from practicing on Takumi's home pass. He then spots a car going very fast, thinking it was a race challenge. He then gets absolutely dusted by a completely underpowered and outdated car. Later on he would challenge Takumi to an official race after finding out his identity, and losing again. Those challenges kept coming forever, with Takumi only ever struggling when racing against the Akagi RedSuns leader, Ryosuke Takahashi, who Takumi ultimately barely defeats before the finish line. Some time after that, Ryosuke invited Takumi to join a new racing team dedicated to smash every record on all japanese mountain passes alongside his teammate and younger brother Keisuke. This is when Takumi finally meets his limits and has to improve at an extremely fast rate in order to keep the winning streak. Keisuke as well practices even more, to the point where both are pretty much equally skilled at the end. (Also, Takumi's father Bunta Fujiwara is a tofu shop owner and is likely THE actual fastest street racer in the entire series, even Takumi at the end doesn't stand a chance against him, but Bunta was only training Takumi by making him do the tofu deliveries from a very young age illegally. But since we don't know anything about Taiga's father, this is not really part of the analogy) The parallels are: - Takumi Fujiwara = Taiga - Ryosuke/Keisuke Takahashi = mkdasher - Myogi NightKids/Impact Blue/Literally anyone else up until the formation of the new team (Project D) = mkdsabel, puddings, max, Beta, etc. - AE86 (Old underpowered outdated car) = C-Stick on 3DS - Both suddenly appeared out of nowhere - Both extremely skilled from the getgo, probably without really realising how insane both are thank you if anyone would ever have read this all the way to the bottom lmao

I was just looking for short cuts for mkds because I'm emulating it. I played it a ton growing up in Japan and played multiplayer. Was no joke and i got uh pretty good back then.

you have any plans on trying to run the leaked prototype of the ps2 version?

Such a great video summing up a pretty niche scene. I think there's just such a culture separation and so because people can't really communicate with this person they turn him into an unbeatable god in their minds.

That's not the Finnish flag next to Walrus wth

Great interview, first time I have seen olii ‘s face before but watched plenty of his runs

Little kids can usually learn better at a young age because their brain is still developing, so maybe this was how he learned so quick

Why the uggo Catalyst thumbnail though?

Dude I never played this game in my life but loved the video!! Interesting stuff!

just started running because of this video!

This turned out really well, glad to be a part of it! Medge is a great speedgame with an even better community, and it's awesome to see part of our story getting out there.

This is such a great video, it needs more views

Pog

Great vid

good video boss

Great video!

Your video is really well put together! Fantastic work Adrian

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This is incredible to see this is truly my favourite game ever made and I can’t think of someone who I would want to show this game and community off to the world more then Adrian keep up the amazing work your doing great stuff for the speed running world

Thanks for having me Adrian! It turned out sick! <3

Another AdrianSimple video, another banger!

Medge runners are ridiculously good and make for some of the most entertaining runs. Eris and Heki are cracked.

That was really something, thank you for this. I've been unmotivated to continue running for quite some time, and been on the edge of sub 30 for almost 2 years, but as you implied; we all come back eventually. Well deserved like.

Great video! it was almost surreal seeing all this strat evolution in real time

I love the new set! Man, I haven't played Mirror's Edge since launch. Maybe I ought to try it again.

If you enjoy speedrunning videos, you should check out the rest of the channel and maybe even do a cheeky little subscribe :)

He's cooking with a circle pad

Honestly it makes sense to skip the unskippable cutscene at the very start and even Metroid Dread does this because it has a unskippable intro. Personally i don't see why SM64 don't do this and instead the time strats when you power on the console or click reset and not the moment you gain control of Mario

this kid must have an UNBELIEVABLE amount of clout at his school

Everyone's shocked, meanwhile I'm just sitting here thinking "it's the 9 year old competitive aerobatic RC helicopter pilot all over again".

having smaller hands must be advantageous for playing on a ds ?

Ngl i was god at drifting on mkds the minute it came out didn't think they be world records

also im gonna birth 12 this year and im a mkds player!

UUUMMM!!!! NOW GREENSUIGI WITH A 46:41?!?!?!?! Now he has 4/5 World Records?!?!?!

That's hilarious because MMF is the only track I ever got World Record on xD

And now Congratulations to Parsee for the new 70 star world record of 46:54!

shit game could never happen in mkw dont care

Where can we see speedrunners in a vs race instead of time trials?

I find it weird that most people in the community find the circle pad to be a unconventional way to play! I thought it was the better way to play before I started going for time trial PB records. Its easier for me personally and also my thumbs aren't as sore after playing.

First started with the gaming observer now I watch watch these