The Mario Kart 64 Tool Assisted Speedrun Explained

[@Abyssoft]

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[@hazeschaden100]

sludge.

[@longgreasy1595]

Thank you both!!!!!!!🎉🎉

[@sugardude]

Your explanation of that was so good. "A new world record. And I didn't use a single skip."

[@chermal7311]

That transition to the sponsor plug was just way too smooth... Think I'll give it a try!

[@djtomoy]

Do they do tuna flavour?

[@novelezra]

Wait... The Boo item doesn't *actually* steal an item? Oh God... "You take the blue shell, the story ends, you wake up in Peach's castle and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red shell, you stay in Bowser's Castle and I show you how deep the Mip's Rabbit hole goes."

[@Abyssoft]

Not on GP mode with just a single player, if you're playing with friends it'll steal items

[@novelezra]

@@Abyssoft But still, the game lied to me. I will never forgive it. I will never play Mario kart 64 again. *Five minutes later* Fine I'll play it

[@Takyodor2]

@@novelezra 🤣

[@MineCreeperLPs]

CPUs don't have items in MK64 like a player does. Its not actually until very late in the series they do.

[@blocks4857]

​@@joegaddy2030get your mind out of the gutter

[@sam_underscore]

TAS explanations are some of my favorite videos in all of KZbin, and they're such a rarity as well. Love the video, keep up the good work!

[@Ultimaximus]

They tend to be much more technical than speedrun explanations, but that's why I find them more interesting

[@T.S.Smelliot]

Programming + the scientific method. I agree, it's awesome.

[@MrIcenice44]

The dk64 one doesn’t even have voice narration and I still watch

[@ThinkAboutVic]

​@@MrIcenice44which one are you talking about? bismuth’s dk64 vid definitely has voiceover

[@G_Gr00v3]

Have you watched ThaRixer's video on Andyrion's TAS of Silent Hill?

[@Abyssoft]

Huge thanks to Drew Weatherton for help on this video, go check out his channel in the description. Micro500, Beck Abney, Sean Sullivan, and abitalive all deserve a mention as well for their contributions to making the TAS possible.

[@weatherton]

Thanks, great job on this! 🎉

[@SECONDQUEST]

​@@weathertonhey it's that guy! Thanks for your dedication to the community!

[@wesgrubbs8437]

​@@weathertonHey, you must've named yourself after the Weathertenko skip!

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

Why is this not pinned

[@taechuK]

the odds are 1 in 3.43 unvigintillion. it is a named number, it's just that no one really uses anything above a quadrillion. a unvigintillion is 10^66, the general table of named number just stop at a vigintillion (10^63) because why would you have a bigger number?

[@FalB27]

Regardless, I think we should name this specific number James.

[@nodrance]

I knew it

[@robertdascoli949]

I'd call it a Dream

[@amb3rrif1c]

i was gonna say mario kart 64illion but close enough!

[@yeahman20]

Let's call it Kartillion

[@DavidWonn]

Good explanation overall. 15:47 The Kalimari star shortcut also works on lap 0 and on negative laps. I'm unaware as to whether the game was coded to prevent it only on lap 3 or whether it was prevented additionally on laps 4 and beyond though.

[@Alfred-Neuman]

I don't want to watch this, it's too long! If at least there was a few girls with big butts twearking in the corner...

[@NickWrightDataYT]

Seeing the resulting time of the "speedrun" for making the CTRL drink is honestly way more helpful than you'd think

[@Abyssoft]

I thought it was a meta thing to do, glad it was of help

[@camwyn256]

Playing this as a teen, I always felt that stars were faster than mushrooms. Now I know I was right to feel that way

[@BuddyCorp]

Excellent video. Concise, well presented, and has enough of the technical details to explain the tricks without getting bogged down in them. Great work.

[@Abyssoft]

Thanks, it's always hard to find a balance between how deep to go on something and when to keep the video moving along on projects this long

[@Takyodor2]

@@Abyssoft You found a good balance :)

[@nael_luna]

A video from you after a tiring day? Amazing A 50 MINUTE VIDEO about the legendary Mario kart 64 from you? My week has officially gone from normal to absolutely fantastic❤❤❤❤

[@Neo_Bones]

“A number so large, it’s not named.” Actually that number is named. It’s called “3.43 unvigintillion”

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

Waoh

[@TheDogn]

45:23 "At this point he has no time to spare, and must-shroom immediately"

[@semesabrown489]

"The better part of 3 decades," You didn't have to do me like that

[@DeepInZero]

It's so interesting to listen to WR/TAS explained videos. Thank you for your amazing work, keep it up!!

[@bigcrebs]

The combination of subject matter, presentation, and explanation makes this my most favorite piece of content I have ever seen in my life...and it's not even close.

[@AkumaAPN]

The part about the lap counter decreasing when you go backwards got me thinking. Can you drive backwards for a million laps, and have a lap counter of negative 1 million? Or is there some limit? Just thinking it would be a funny prank to set up a level with a high negative lap counter, and then tell a friend to "finish the level." Lol.

[@johnathandoe6034]

If I remember... Someone actually did this exact thing

[@varietychan]

The Broken-ass Trio Super Mario 64: Lots of glitches, first 3d Game, can be crashed in 20 seconds, main glitches are physics based Paper Mario 64: Made with duct-tape, crashes very easily, infamous for having a cardboard story progression system and weird softlocks like the Em-bush softlock happening because they are talkable but there's no text available Mario Kart 64: One-time glitches, drive through any wall

[@animarok9032]

Imagine traveling back in time to the 90s and play some Mario kart in a store demo

[@ManillaHeep]

“I’m the BEST!” Really punctuates the end of each track.

[@Muhahahahaz]

38:17 “other than a shell or mushroom” Ghosts and Stars: Am I a joke to you?

[@finn464]

EVERYTHING I asked myself during the TAS was answered in this video, from RNG manipulation to character weight stats. Thank you so much for making this.

[@brendonvyain]

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[@andrerenault]

I can only think of how much we've learned about this game since this TAS was created and how much more time could be saved now.

[@timthetoolpool]

Imagine powering on your treasured copy of Mario Kart 64 for a fun night of racing with your friend but your friend happens to be Weatherton.

[@AnacondaHL]

I hope this TAS is updated with all the modern techniques, so many more brilliant things can now be done, even by humans!

[@AUselessTrader]

Props to whoever TAS is for making this video possible

[@allthatremain5357]

Nice save @34:26, Toad 😂. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh - I'm the best!"

[@JDLupus]

48:50 the number here does have a name; it's 1 in 3.43 Unvigintillion :)

[@Ken-1307]

The fact he used the bananas against Donkey Kong is hilarious

[@PopeGoliath]

Every time Drew is mentioned in a video, I'm contractually obligated to yell "WEATHERTENKO!"

[@baksoBoy]

woah this video is really high quality! I really enjoyed it!

[@holdingpattern245]

"he consumes the remaining shrooms to pick up a boo"

[@Controllerhead]

Great vod! I'm pumped for the updated TAS!!!

[@PeranMe]

Great stuff, thank you for all your hard work to explain all this! Keep being awesome!

[@Chilliisftw]

1:20 ish you used pre spoonfill skip

[@bowieinc]

I’m in awe as far as the amount of work Drew put in this and the amount of work you put in to produce the video. 😮

[@Kaitri]

idk why youtube recommended me your newest video thats 5 hours old at this point, but im glad it did. i like your voice and i love speedruns explained. and bismuth can only cover so much. you got a new sub :)

[@Abyssoft]

Happy to have you!

[@Kaitri]

@@Abyssoft happy to be here. Keep the awesome work up

[@AvsJoe]

12:50 I love the use of single, double, and triple mushrooms as a visual aid to demonstrate the effects of 1, 2, and 3 buttons pressed. It's a small touch but it was very clever.

[@SilentDragonite149]

45:17 Never got to say this during the premiere, and I can’t believe I missed the opportunity to, but that’s certainly one way to get high in many different ways.

[@b.clarenc9517]

48:46 It's called 3.43 unvigintillion (using the short scale standard).

[@WTheW_gaming]

Imagine starting to go through a track, you're halfway through a lap, only a minute has gone by, and someone already won the race

[@ccf_1004]

I absolutely adore the rediculous ways that speedrunners break games to finish them as fast as possible XD

[@lxagamer3]

Curious, on sherbert land, why doesn't tas TAS go for the wall skip (33:19) for all 3 laps instead of just laps 2 and 3? Does it have to do with the CPUs and items or is there something else I'm missing?

[@Abyssoft]

The cpu's won't be in position on lap one no matter what combination of items you try and use. I also left this detail out, but getting to the island breaks the levels checkpoint system in a way that enables the cpu jumps. Why this happens would take a lot of time to explain, maybe in a future video :)

[@lxagamer3]

​@@AbyssoftThank you so much for the thoughtful explanation. Amazing video as always Abyss. Cheers

[@emood2217]

48:51 it's a one in a morbillion chance

[@mochiboot6502]

"So while in first, he's technically in second." *Me, nodding and frowning...*

[@skivvy3565]

I always enjoy Bismuth’s videos of tas and speed run explanations, I believe he did this one as well quite some time ago

[@beechteeth]

the buttons turning with the kart sprites during explanations is a really fun editing choice

[@IVI4V3R1CK]

Well done on this video. The editing goes hard. Props to that, I know it wasn't easy.

[@heterodoxagnostic8070]

38:52 i thought the video ended, i thought those were endcards for a second, some strange psychology right there.

[@Its_me_6]

Luigi causing trouble for the TAS on his raceway twice is hilarious to me

[@akumeoy]

taking classes at community college so my parents think i'm making progress

[@woahcarlos1611]

Great video! :) P.S. ... the clip at ~21:25 is so loud and scared the SHIT out of me

[@Abyssoft]

Yeah, I missed normalizing that one to the same decibel level as the others

[@nikk4513]

Holy shit i thought it was just me. I was dozing off and it scared the fuck out of me haha

[@arin4395]

YOOOOO AWESOME thank you 4 putting this together !!!

[@CARB0NM0N0X1D3]

@0:56 So clean; I think you could save a fraction of a second just holding onto the lid. Not sure though.

[@Abyssoft]

I need to think of a skip for next time they sponsor me to get the time sub 20s

[@randomladyaj]

3:48 that’s… that’s Wario…

[@sagacious03]

Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading! I wonder what you'll tackle next!

[@KylesKDogLife]

34:21 You think this is bad, this, this CHICANERY? He’s done worse! That… Weathertenko? You’re telling me Toad just happens to fall like that? No! He orchestrated it… Weatherton! He completely skipped Choco Mountain! And they counted the lap… they shouldn’t have. They gave him a lap time of less than 4 seconds… what was Nintendo thinking? He’ll never change… he’ll never change. Ever since 2014, always the same. He couldn’t keep his laptimes off of the leaderboards. But not our Weatherton. Couldn’t be precious Weatherton! Stealing them blind… and he gets to make TASes!? What a sick joke! The mods should have stopped him when they had the chance! And you, you have to stop him! You…

[@ebulliball]

How on earth have I played this game for twenty years and not noticed that the tide comes in on the beach level!

[@insanemustaine111]

What??? There is no way you didn’t notice that 😂

[@wesgrubbs8437]

Ray Charles noticed the tide dude...

[@Jortman02]

"Y-you passed the finish line?" - Chuck Mcgill and Jimmy playing MK64, probably

[@beetletrading8643]

Thats a 1 : 3,430,000,000,000,000,349,352,846,657,969,232,812,489,747,881,826,610,482,407,215,726,592.00 chance

[@Umbrie]

lakitu must be drunk if he's allowing these kinds of shenanigans to happen

[@fishyfishking7906]

Isn't that number at the end just 3.43 Unvigintillion or smth like that?

[@Sedona_FD3S]

This guy is the CEO of TAS runs.

[@Clodd1]

That’s totally insane! Great video editing and explanation!

[@SchlickSteve]

31:20 that was the craziest shit ever that toad is on crack

[@RoxanneClimber]

17:03 i don't know why but that scene is so funny to watch.

[@noirlavender6409]

4:12 Dk looking really fat and yellow here

[@Encephalophage]

23:58 The concept of this "player" absolutely destroying these CPUs so hard at their own game is a very entertaining thought, made even better by the image of one of the other drivers trying desperately to slow him down with a lightning bolt, only to be thwarted by their pre-programmed oppressor manipulating the Lakitu state to totally nullify the bolt You know, as a joke

[@Nikola_M]

Actually, the number at 48:48 is named: three unvigintillion four hundred thirty vigintillion ...

[@FonixVR_]

28:43 throw a spiny off the big jump where it goes off course and watch what it does. this is probably what the shell did.

[@Shrewdilus]

I love when tas makers put flashy things whenever possible to make the run cooler

[@Asiago9]

1 in 3.43E+66 does have a name, it's 1 in 3.43 unvigintillion

[@hyprdontia]

bro i love falling asleep to these kind of videos lol

[@XIKaMuIX]

Insane tas tricks, great video 🎉

[@Barlo.B.WoWing]

At least the NPC's on Sherbert Land actually got to finish a lap finally. Imagine how it would feel an opponent finishing a race before you finish half a lap 😅

[@rewandemontay]

Great video and great stuff. It's hard work to put stuff like this together, so thank you.

[@Sabadasz]

the obscenely large number should be called "1 Weatherton"

[@KnightOfGames]

i think we should name the number at 48:49 George

[@bingbongdingdong867]

"So he does two things here: *five minute explanation of the 800 crazy things that just happened*"

[@Abyssoft]

It's honestly nuts that they even figured out a lot of this stuff given they didn't have a great idea of how the game worked.

[@Stevoisiak]

34:00 Why does it matter that the wall polygon doesn't update your section? Wouldn't the player have passed the finish line by the time they hit the wall?

[@Muhahahahaz]

34:52 Bowser sure is looking hairy today… 🤔

[@myloemike]

I would LOVE to see a new tas brought to life for MK64. There really are a lot of new things they could implement and I’d love to see it done. Especially because we all know Abyssoft would come through with the dope explanation all over again. Great video 🙏

[@Abyssoft]

When the new TAS is finished I'll likely do another video since multiple tracks have new skips and .01 laps.

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

I learned a lot this video was ama-za-zing

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

The Mario Kart 64 Tool Assisted Speedrun Explained

[@javier.villatoro]

Why don't you invite Kevin to play Mario Kart? Kevin:

[@ineptznonz]

the name for that unnamed number should be a Kartillion

[@TheFoolishSamurai]

The number does have a name, unfortunately. It's 3.43 Unvigintillion

[@b.clarenc9517]

Indeed. Cookie clicker player?

[@AkiiiiDesu]

48:48 lets just call it the weatherton's number :)

[@KlassiusK]

34:51 He's jumping off of Donkey Kong, not Bowser. Your videos are so technical im kind of proud i spotted a mistake of yours :)

[@superwash7431]

Good lord no wonder this took so long to make! Awesome

[@jagergerg9771]

I love the details in this video

[@patbl61]

10/10 for your sponsor presentation

[@kittycat344]

i love your narration style so much man. your voice is such a joy to listen to

[@ultralowspekken]

That number shall now be known as the Ghostlighting.

[@scottymonday]

men will see this and just think “hell yeah”

[@neilchambers470]

Hell yeah

[@Banananasnsn]

Hell yeah

[@iWilburnYou]

Hell yeah

[@plaguelordardof6790]

hell yeah

[@Kronosdoesshit]

Hell yeah

[@PotatoesBasket]

48:52 - a Weatherplex

[@hewasamoog5595]

"In the first cup of a new track" at 40:25

[@JpCarranza1610]

Imagine being a wreck it Ralph type character in a game like this up against a speed runner😂

[@HyperNightGalaxy]

Wow, there’s a TAS of this game now.

[@wesgrubbs8437]

Yeah the TAS hes explaining has only been around for over 7 years...

[@MCMcommunications]

Nice to have the tricks broken down. But... why do you keep using Yoshi graphics when he's playing as Toad? Also... 3:45 why a Wario graphic when he jumps off DK? (34:50 too: he jumps off DK but you say Bowser!) Why is your RNG tally missing on a track or two? And misc. English/script notes to help in the future: 4:35/5:00 Something can't be "very" unique or "more" unique. 5:40 Have RUN, not have RAN. 13:10 SUBsequent, not subSEQuent. 16:20 BY accident (not on). 16:40 Mention of hitboxes but then referring to them as IT? 22:00 CPU (player) randomly referred to as NPC instead? 35:00 Since the game's "discovery"? I'd say the cheat's discovery dates to the game's release, since the game itself wasn't discovered. 39:00 He drops bananas (PEELS, really) in specific PLACES (placement is the act of placing).

[@davidavila8794]

Clearly the name for that number should be a Weathertenkton.