Analyzing & Reacting to 2008 Mario Kart Wii World Records!

[@NMeade]

There are a multitude of timestamps in the description to navigate to any World Record you'd like to watch. It's taken forever for the video to fully process all video qualities, so hopefully the full scale of the video render (4K) will be processed in the coming hours. We're taking a blast to the past and having a fun time analyzing and reacting to Mario Kart Wii World Records from 2008. Doing this the past 3 years for the recent day World Records, I wanted to do this for every year of the game's history, so we start back at the beginning in 2008. These were all of the current Mario Kart Wii World Records as of December 31st, 2008, having a fun look at what was discovered and optimized in just the first 8 months of the game. I could have done the very 'first' documented records, but not all of them have videos and almost none of them have ghost data to provide high quality video recordings for. Every World Record that had ghost data I recorded in high quality, which these records never had before to have a more enjoyable viewing experience. All video credits for any of them that did not have ghost data are appropriately credited in the description. Thank you all who have made their efforts to document our game's history! If you enjoyed the past 3 years of me doing this for recent Mario Kart Wii World Records, I think you'll enjoy this blast from the past. ✅ Analyzing and Reacting to All Mario Kart Wii World Records Entering 2022: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXXHdmd_ZZ5qjKc ✅ Analyzing and Reacting to All Mario Kart Wii World Records Entering 2021: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHelg62EbtKfZpY ✅ Most Iconic WRs - Zeke on Bowser's Castle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHKaiWpnbpKUbKs ✅ Most Iconic WRs - Cole's First Sub 2:30 on Rainbow Road: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppSwaqWehtOYeZo ✅ The History of Glitching GCN Waluigi Stadium in Real Time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4u0lHaCa5KXrK8 🔔 Subscribe! ▷ bit.ly/2udIfG6 📹 Twitch Streams ▷ twitch.tv/nmeade 🐤 Twitter ▷ twitter.com/nmeade 📸 Instagram ▷ instagram.com/nmeade5

[@elboyouc2]

Funny story about the 1ms times: I actually tried for awhile to run into a wall and stay there to get a 1ms time one day when I was 8 years old. I was a bit disappointed when it didn't work out.

[@herojosh7912]

I did the same thing, was quite sad

[@renstasma5214]

Same

[@NMeade]

Funnily enough I would try the same thing when I was a casual player 😂

[@herojosh7912]

@@NMeade that's amazing

[@elboyouc2]

@@NMeade I'm glad I wasn't the only one 😂

[@xy9784]

What would be kinda cool would be seeing the longest standing records on each track. just a suggestion

[@NMeade]

That is such an awesome idea

[@blazemkds]

This video is really nostalgic for me as an OG player, and I'm glad I was featured on MC3 😅. Looking back I realised that it's quite crazy how I got a 1:18 on MC3 only 4 months after the game released. I really enjoy your content Nick! Keep up the good work old friend!

[@NMeade]

So awesome to hear from you Lewis! I loved watching all of your progress and being able to compete in time trials alongside you way back in the very beginning, you were definitely one of the players I looked up to when coming on to the scene. It's always gratifying to look into the past many years in the future and reflecting on the fun that was had and accomplishments made back in the day. I appreciate you Lewis thank you very much! I hope you're well old friend :)

[@m4riokartph3nom]

Massive props for making this video Nick! As a fellow veteran player this was very nostalgic to watch to see how far this game has come since 2008. I'm looking forward to seeing the analyzation for 2009-2019 WRs to come.

[@ZaSpear]

So many awesome memories from what was one of (if not the most) competitive speedrunning scenes at the time, before the niche grew and we even knew we were "speedrunning", LOL. You'd need several hours to even scrape the surface of all the stories, WR battles, interesting players, strat developments, etc, which goes far beyond the simple stats of mkwrs unfortunately. I hope there's another truly unique MK with enough depth and scrappiness for us and (mainly) next generations to experience it all over.

[@Blaze850]

All of these players were pioneers in their own right, but watching Jascha on CM really makes you appreciate just how far ahead of his time he was with his driving. He was doing delay drifts months before other players, and took the turns much tighter in general, giving his playstyle a much more modern look compared the other 2008 WRs. It's even more mindblowing when you remember he was only around 11 years old when he set that CM time!

[@Joshy-]

Jascha was always my favourite TTer, glad he's getting the reconition he deserves!

[@SergioMKW]

😱

[@duncanrobinsonheat55]

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[@SweetMelaninn]

What's a delay drift?

[@jamesmuraski1]

@@SweetMelaninnthere is 2 types of drifts in Mario kart Wii. 2008 drift is when you hop (to drift) and turn in the direction you wanna drift at the same time. Delay drifting is hopping (to start your drift) and then waiting to turn the direction you wanna drift in right before your bike touches the ground after hopping. A good example of 2008 drifting (that you can see visually) is the first turn on Luigi circuit in this video, the bike practically moves directions mid air which can mess up alignment as well as making it longer to charge mini turbos

[@Mullac37]

Mullac / James Richards on PP here. This was some incredible nostalgia, Nick. Thanks so much for this. It's been such a long time since I was a regular in the community and watching these has brought back such great memories. Hope you're well mate.

[@NMeade]

Callum! What a pleasure it is to hear from you. I hope all has been well with you after all this time. Doing this was every bit of a treat and a major nostalgia trip. I'm going to go through each year eventually with this series and I'm going to do the 2009 video fairly soon. Would be a treat to see you come back to the game after all this time :)

[@Qynxc]

OCE legend Mullac!

[@Kiroh]

Legendary video! Throwin‘ it back to 2008 giving the legendary players the recognition they deserve. Great commentary Nick, this made my day!

[@Wulzy]

Very cool video idea, loving the presentation in this and your immense knowledge as always. Keep crushing it, fella

[@zzyunogd]

Why are you here what

[@alexvargas5774]

woah its wulzy

[@HeckYeahRyan]

wulzy watches kario mart?

[@TAMusic]

I have this vision of Nmeade as an old man, if he ever has grandchildren, rambling on to them for hours about the ‘good old days’ of 2008 when he used to play mario kart wii 😂 it’s amazing how you’re able to talk for over an hour and keep the video engaging to watch, props!

[@nxvasage2597]

Wow this brings back so many memories, I as an OG player myself who hasn't played sense 2011 can't help but smile when I watch these strats, I have just made my return to MKWii Time Trials after over 10 years and boy am I glad to see the game still alive and stronger then ever! Much love and great video NMeade!

[@unityarc3377]

Your video just showed up randomly in my feed and I instantly recognized your name. It's been too long, the unity kart wii days were some of the best.

[@NMeade]

Arc it's been too long! So great to hear from you. I think I popped my head in the Unity Ventrilo once around 2011 or 2012 but you weren't there on that day. The days with Unity in 2008 were some of my most fondest memories in the game, we had such an awesome core with you, myself, Crrrr, Jerk, YK, Keoni, Jawee, Triforce and more with messing around with races, warring in WCL and just having a great time. You also introduced me to a lot of great music back then that I still listen to today! I hope you've been well after all this time, it's a pleasure to hear from you :)

[@unityarc3377]

Crrrr, Roller, Jawee, Junior, Alex and myself are all still usually around anymore triforce comes around sometimes but hes mainly on monster hunter anymore. Mk8 just could never be the same with the way things are balanced but we troll around on there or on steam for the most part anymore. Was great hearing from you dude, crazy how mkwii still has a huge following even these days.

[@mcraren]

no one probably knows about my GV glitch record actually I was 2nd WW before Niyake beats my record. it was 20.423 only I couldn't beat Sasuke back in september of 2008. what a nostalgic moment.

[@RockyLight]

This was an entertaining video. Greetings to you man. It's been a while. We sure had a lot of good times back in the Ev and IRC days. I'd be interested in seeing the 2009 and 2010 editions at some point, mainly because those were my years as a WR holder LOL

[@Nidhryl]

Contrary to sort of the main message of this video, the main thing I'm impressed by is actually how similar these records look to the current ones. I don't understand how so much was understood and accomplished in just 8 months. I mean, I've been TTing this game for way more than 8 months with modern knowledge, and I still have a slower time than these on literally the majority of them. Even if that mostly has to do with the fact that I'm bad at the game, these runs are still insanely impressive!

[@iantaakalla8180]

And it is really only now that a lot of progress is being made all at once.

[@Vijver]

Great video :) I think it's an amazing thing for the MKW community to have someone like you in the community, being active and around on KZbin going close to 14 years now. Especially in this video you can feel the passion and genuine excitement when talking about these old records. Made me feel like I was around to see it unfold myself. Great job!

[@azuremk__3101]

Amazing video! It's always so fascinating to see how much the TT scene has evolved over the years. I was only 5 years old when I got into time trials in 2010 and I was always amazed at how these players were so good. In 2013 I then stopped looking at the TT scene and instead spent a lot of time attempting ultra shortcuts. Only got back into the TT scene this year and I'm loving it again! Players like KingAlex, Fox, Cole, Guy really shaped the legacy of this game. It's always nostalgic to revisit those times! Keep up the great work!

[@tjgames5716]

This is awesome nick! Very nice work! Btw I have a question: When will you react to the january/february records?

[@NMeade]

First 3 months of 2022 coming soon 😎

[@Mayzx22]

@@NMeade when do u mean soon? a month a week or tomorrow?

[@dwcd_5341]

@@Mayzx22 the next 5 minutes

[@missangelpirateprincesspea7263]

@@NMeade OK. Looking forward to it 😉👍

[@ryanfitzpatrick6557]

It’s fascinating observing all of the nostalgia you emit in this video

[@Saikaxx]

Never stop making mkw I love your podcast type videos SO MUCH

[@sagapz]

its so crazy to me that ive been time trialing for 2 years now with modern knowledge, and i only beat 6 of the records in this video, 3 of which were on tracks with insane new strats (tf/cm/wgm), and the other 3 on tracks underplayed due to the glitch/sc (mg/gv/rbc3). really shows how good these times were considering they had 8 months to get these records

[@akisoffline]

Incredible video and a really nostalgic blast of the past for me! I was so young when these records were around that I forgot about a whole lot of them, so this video really brought so much back! Keep up the amazing work

[@ObeisantBug3808]

Fun fact since the posting of this video is that Ryan Billingham has actually returned to not only the game, but also to his former WR track to improve it to what is currently a 1:35.704 inspired directly because of this video, and from what he tells us it's just the beginning for him in terms of his goals upon returning. Tells you just how influential a video like this can become when left to air for a while.

[@Heisenberg02]

Which track?

[@ObeisantBug3808]

@@Heisenberg02Desert Hills

[@Heisenberg02]

@@ObeisantBug3808 ah i see ty

[@mkw_h9466]

14 years later, this game has changed so much

[@ConnorMKW]

Wowwww this video is just so nostalgic, really hits deep in my stomach when I think about how much time has passed from those days (~2014 for me) to now. Nice to see you around Nick!

[@falcoaus]

ryan billingham (rb92) improved to a 1:35.810, and is still 3rd oce on ds desert hills after 12 years. he quietly came back in late 2020 with a 1:36.1. since ryan, acquiesce has taken over the spear reigns for oceania, holding down 6th worldwide with spear.

[@RYBILL]

You know more about me then I do 😂

[@christendo5733]

I can already imagine some of the players featured in this video, watching with a big nostalgic smile.

[@viic974]

Nice video Nick! It brings back so many memories 😄 Luna is still in the Top 10 FR on MT ahah

[@NMeade]

Thank you Vic! That's awesome. Luna is a legend of MT. Luna and myself were getting so close to beating Syuto and Luna pulled through dethroning his long lasting WR, it was a pleasure being able to compete with him

[@ApatheticMii]

Let's freaking go!!!!! I just got into more serious time trials so these alternate strats are so cool to see. I'm still bad but this will help! Haha

[@bhoj31]

Just came across this video of yours as well as others on my youtube feed again, i havent played since 2008 I only competed on rPB for the WR for a few months in 2008. It amazing to see how far the game and many records have come since then, thanks for giving overview of the history, so these incredible moments are not lost to time❤

[@betterthanbrooklyn5806]

Your knowledge on these times and their history is really telling on how passionate you are for Time Trials in this game! A very enjoyable watch!

[@LOLM42069]

I'm from the UK but I've recently set an almost 16 yr old record on DK Snowboard Cross. The record is 2:01, and i got 2:06 yesterday

[@ErasersRoq]

Haha, you mentioning those hacked few-millisecond times brings back memories from when I first got into this game in 2011-12. Keep it up, my fella!

[@THEGINYUFORCESJEICE]

I recently started playing Mario Kart Wii actively again around a month ago and I still use a lot of these 08 strats lol. Seeing old 480p records doing them brings immense nostalgia. The feeling when those glitches were originally discovered was nothing short of mindblowing to 7 year old me back in the day.

[@shshsh11]

i really wonder what these players are up to now! and how old they were when they set these pioneering times. I wonder if theyre even aware of the fact that mkw is still alive and well and whether theyd be interested in coming back to see what they can achieve.

[@blazemkds]

Lets just say I'm an old man now 😅 I was the MC3 WR holder in this video, and also had WRs in many other tracks in the first year or two of MKWii. I was 17yo when I set most of them.

[@shshsh11]

@@blazemkds thats amazing! You were one of the pioneering giants for the game!! thanks for getting back to me you should totally try and get back into mkw haha

[@Jiggernaut-iv9vo]

Wow man this is a blast from the past. I remember playing with you throughout the ShadowGear days. You were always a beast at time trials. I have a lot of vivid memories from clan wars with Jerk, Demise, Rage, Trogdor, and many many more. My player user was Israel

[@NMeade]

Israel it's great to hear from you! SG days were so nostalgic in 2008... my first clan (and I think yours as well), I still remember doing so many clan wars and races when we'd congregate in the SG xat chat, great memories. So many old names you mentioned, I haven't had contact with Rage or Trogdor from back then but Jerk and Demise are doing extremely well for themselves 14 years later along with many of us from back in the day :) I hope all is well with you.

[@Jiggernaut-iv9vo]

@@NMeade Yes the XAT chat was something else. I’ve been contemplating a ton about getting a Wii just to replay MKWII. Yes SG was my first clan, with Guru as the leader. I’d love to get on contact with Demise and Jerk. All is well man. I’ll be watching your channel from now on! 🏍🏍

[@frankunodostres473]

all these shoutouts and memories! what a heartwarming video

[@seanlewis7726]

Nick, you should make a video seeing how many of these you can beat in one try, with whatever new strats you can use!

[@Zinou59]

Aubrey's KC was ahead of its time. Real good performance with the strat used and my favourite WR of 2008.

[@bewoke1819]

Yessir I do love me some 1 hour long + vids from the nmeade!!!

[@koopa12345678910]

I’m gonna keep watching but it just blows my mind people were getting 25.6 and .7 laps on moo moo meadows with no short hop! The short hop saves so much time but the overall driving matters so much too

[@koopa12345678910]

Low jump my bad.

[@soulofthemedley]

08 wrs were another time man… another time indeed.

[@Serperior10101]

So fun to watch these with you and listen to your insightful commentary! A huge undertaking, major props to putting this together

[@liammcgrath7051]

Love these long form vids! Also can't wait to hear your thoughts on Poyo's return!

[@schmielie4212]

I really like you as far as I can say that after watching FlounderFest and some other videos from you and I absolutely love how dedicated you are to this game. You are such a kind person and I hope you keep pushing and enjoy this game and everything else in your life. :D You have motivated me to try out time trials in the future in MK8 after I finished my exams next month and I will probably focus on my favourit tracks like Sunshine Airport, Shy Guy Falls, Mount Wario, Cheep Cheep Beach, Royal Raceway, Ice Ice Outpost or Shroom Ridge. I am excited to see what times I can get. I probably do not write many comments here but I want to say thank you for your content. Have an amazing day! Greetings from Germany :)

[@Hugos68]

Thank you so much for your efforts NMeade i love your videos so so much, please never stop doing what enjoy

[@STKTSTKT]

VERYYYY excited for this. Thank you Nick!!

[@boofpeanuts6960]

drinking challenge: take a shot every time NMeade says “ahead of his time”

[@kylian_fr6115]

I would say take a shot whenever he says "back in the day"

[@boofpeanuts6960]

@@kylian_fr6115 🤣

[@Ph0ton]

take a shot every time he says "an old clanmate of mine"

[@seanlewis7726]

Another example of the obvious hours of work you put in. Excited for the next 73 minutes!

[@missangelpirateprincesspea7263]

Hey, Nick I think Bubbles is the real winner at the end of the day because I learned a lot from his Wario's Gold Mine run, and I'm sure speaking of which you may just celebrate with a bottle of bubbles, grab some champagne... 🍾🍾 You know, just to celebrate the legacy of all of these players. I wanna make a toast to all of these amazing players! Plus MKWii turns 14 years old in April! So, Mario Kart Wii, forever. 14 years, and beyond. This also goes out to today's best players. Luke, Colton, Sosis, Liam, Braixen, Kasey, Blaze, Steve, Doom, I can go on forever! To Mario Kart Wii, you and me, Nick making friends via twitch, and to all of the amazing players of this beautiful game! 2008 was a beautiful year for a game like this, I was 3 then turning 4 in November and I got the game during the lock-down in March 2020 and as of today, I unlocked everything! And, oh MAN it feels so good to be a time trailer like you! Plus, yes it's still me, Peach Fan from Twitch! 😁 14:52 Wario's Gold mine

[@MegidolErin]

This whole video I kept coming back to how insane it was that I was watching ghosts of races done when I was 9 years old. Pretty bizarre, but really awesome

[@SICW1970]

3:17 Although the Spear is still lurking in the shadows in 7th worldwide 👀

[@keyuq4783]

This video is sooo epic! Keep up the great work Nick!

[@SheepishIy]

An amazing video, so interesting to see the differences waaaay back in 2008 :0 Oh, and just to fix a lil mistake, Degausser is Belgian, not German xD

[@tragictricycleaccident4993]

I love learning about this game’s history like this

[@jaredmessersmith3930]

Video/series idea: mini, maybe progression-style videos detailing some of the historic WR battles you mentioned in this video. It would also be really informative and cool to see a video on when/how much of the tech used today was discovered.

[@DAcubsfan2]

I played this game as a kid with my younger brother, and we both remember seeing the weird millisecond times on the leaderboards. never knew what that was until just now. very cool video

[@DAcubsfan2]

I began playing again during covid 2020 and am still learning a lot about this game that i never thought i would

[@jamesmccarthy5086]

This is real cool! Idk if we got the game right away but I never played for world record but after seeing the most recent records this will be cool to see

[@Greenglower2012]

Seeing the spear gameplay on moonview was so freaking enjoyable

[@David-kc2sj]

Dude these videos are so great, thanks for putting so much work into these

[@rheeceheim487]

Clicked this video as soon as I got the notification - EG

[@Bigjar420]

As someone who got into mkwii cuz of Troy (and hence my natural and first play style has decent lines and tactics) it’s crazy to see small things like not tricking off the corner on moonview that are part of my Normal gameplay

[@mikelegowski6103]

Me : not again… dont say these words!!! Nmeade : BACK IN THE DAYS! Very good video mate :))

[@Monarch_Marki]

I really got into MKW around 2014. It's so interesting to see these early day WRs!

[@Empebot]

Best mario kart game back in the days. Feel the nostalgia with my Wii wheel. Lmao

[@TheChewman2001]

oh my god this is amazing thank you so much! what a throwback i had you friended on youtube when i was a little kid back when that was a feature. much love

[@ForevrrFury]

hyped as hell. getting my popcorn ready

[@theplasmawolf]

Nothing says nostalgia like 480p replays :)

[@missangelpirateprincesspea7263]

Like i said, Nostalgia can hit you harder than a train!

[@MaydayYT]

kinda crazy to think December 31, 2008 was over 14 years ago now. It makes you wonder what all these people are up to now

[@aubrymiller]

Drinking game idea-drink every time Nick says “ Back in the day”. Just kidding, Nick. Good times and cool videos!

[@msquidward17]

THIS IS GOING TO BE A CERTIFIED TT CLASSIC

[@missangelpirateprincesspea7263]

Yes! Yes! YES!! 🤣🤣

[@dolevhalachmi8229]

i could only imagine how long it took to write the script and film this… good job on the hard work

[@chris-gw2ro]

loved the topic of the video, great one

[@typhoonthunder]

a lot of these 2008 performances remind me of nick casually playing in time trial lounge ngl

[@slackaxeable]

HECK YA! I've been looking forward to this vid!

[@coolbrotherf127]

Drinking game, take a shot every time he says "literally". You'll be unconscious in 5 minutes.

[@wyatturd1]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate how much effort Nick puts into his videos

[@therealpepefrog4975]

cringe

[@wyatturd1]

@@therealpepefrog4975 says the dude named TheRealPepeFrog

[@therealpepefrog4975]

@@wyatturd1 see wasnt so hard to put in some effort and type an original comment after all was it?

[@zzyunogd]

@@therealpepefrog4975 walking W

[@missangelpirateprincesspea7263]

@@wyatturd1 Absolutely, this man is a legend for videos this long!

[@taeilmooni]

Damn the SD Ev era lol STanney the goat

[@Fooeyy]

Around like 9 minutes in you are talking about how leaderboards were messed up because of cheated times it reminded me of a picture I took with my DSI camera of the grumble volcano leaderboards every time was Ronald lmao

[@ShaggyWithAFatty]

It’s crazy how much we have improved in this game

[@INFINITY_99]

Awesome video, very entertaining! :)

[@korben669]

nice video man!

[@Suwawako]

Ohhh can't wait for the next years!

[@Mike33422]

I remember as a kid trying to beat other people's records I've beaten some don't remember the number

[@Minepro_80]

The dc wr hit 8 cones and still got a 1:30, impressive! Watch the speedometer if you don’t believe me

[@koopa12345678910]

The best next video would be all the CURRENT world records

[@7k_VNix]

Great video! When were soft, delay, and spin drifts discovered?

[@campbellblock3061]

Soft drifting is actually used in nintendo expert staff ghosts, so that goes back to 2006 technically. Some of these runs also use delay drifts, especially on alvin’s and doom’s times

[@DreamOfDyer]

you are the best content creator. I love you

[@anti9912]

i’ve always wanted to see what the wr’s were like in 2008. also it’s kind of embarrassing that some of the times are better than my current times.

[@fordjackson3444]

The craziest thing for me is how bad the soft drifts are, other than that they are super similar

[@rryumi]

Ive seen a lot of these only after a bunch of years later, as i started in 2009

[@CUZdeathwins]

So nostalgic

[@Zachruff]

ooh this is gonna be interesting to watch

[@romej1298]

I remember as a kid I as I watched the hacked world records the game just showed somebody staying still forever so I thought they waited for the timer to go to 99:59:999 for it to like restart and get a super low time but then I tried and it didnt work. Sad

[@codlp780]

i remember cole implements shroomless on kc but on a smaller portion without hiting grass

[@nekoo.]

how can you watch ghosts without being ghosts? lol i mean, like in luigi circuit? is there a mod?

[@codybonds2270]

Awesome vid

[@johnathanmatzke2413]

How do you even find how to perform all of the technical tricks? Is there a resource I don’t know about that helps out in this way?

[@GaelLazerYT]

Yea most of these players I don't know them, butt this is awesome still