[MKWii TAS] GCN Waluigi Stadium (No Glitch) -

Ever since I started making kart TASes in 2019, GCN Waluigi Stadium has always been a track that I've had the most interest in TASing, since it seemed apparent that the category had the most room for improvement over the real-time world record. My first attempt at this track from 2019 was a 35.222 lap 1, which obviously left a lot of room for improvement, but proved this was another track where kart could theoretically beat the real time bike WR. Throughout 2020 and 2021, I continued to sporadically return to this track, finding new strats and small optimizations to shave off even more time, but I found it to be really difficult to finish a run, since every turn is heavily influenced by QM. I finished the first two laps of this run in 2022, but didn't really touch this game much throughout the first half of 2023. Thankfully, I regained my motivation more recently, and managed to complete the full run.
Similarly to Coconut Mall, this is one of the few tracks where Funky Kong remains the fastest character for kart, since there's practically zero snaking aside from the lap transitions, and every single orange miniturbo is interrupted by a boost ramp, rendering Dry Bowser's miniturbo stat advantage almost completely useless.
After landing the final ramp on lap 3, I make use of a strange mechanic which could be considered a kart equivalent to superhopping. As you might know, karts can't do conventional superhopping, for the simple reason that they can't spindrift, which is why these inputs are slightly different. Upon landing, I reach max speed by hopping down the sloped ground, which creates an effect similar to supergrinding, only that the tires aren't stuck in the ground. The speed decreases once I reach the flat section of the road, but I can maintain a slightly higher speed than normal by continuing to sideways hop, which also has the benefit of giving me a better angle towards the finish line. In total, this saves around .04 from the trick landing to the finish line. I'm not sure how much use this mechanic could have in other kart TASes, but it's definitely worth researching further, even though snaking would likely be faster in most cases.
Music: Thousand Leaves - The Gathering

[@jalenstimes7452]

POV: You're watching Bob at his maximum potential

[@louiswolfe5012]

For real

[@nil24nil23]

Bob: This is only 1% of my potential (I know how to do the ultra with karts)

[@deviantlord142]

That means me at maximum potential would get 1:39 ;)

[@soulofthemedley]

@@deviantlord142 pedomi you can’t get sub 2 on dks nor beat the expert staff ghost on rr please tell us again how you suck

[@KaiMK]

one of the best kart TASes i've ever come across

[@louiswolfe5012]

For real I swear, this speedrunner, TAS is the best speedrunner of all time Maybe he's Bob In disguise. ... Read more

[@Kierio04]

We get it - you can stick! This is crazy!

[@DwainiumB]

BLUD WAS COOKING THIS FOR 4 YEARS 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥

[@mkw_h9466]

These TASes never fail to amaze me

[@Ultra_Pear]

Been anticipating this one for a long time. Happy to say it was far from a disappointment; incredible job as always, Blaze

[@Darren402]

so excited to finally see this after literal years of development, well worth the wait

[@alonkeiter467]

These are the coolest strats I’ve ever seen in a TAS

[@jacobboydtabletennis9966]

This is absolutely absurd! Amazing TAS Blaze!

[@nitrobozo4464]

Another blaze kart tas, amazing

[@JZMKWII]

HOLY HELL THIS TAS IS NUTS!!! Amazing!!!

[@6700adam]

Insane kart tas are so fun to watch

[@PyraminxstarsHD]

Back with a banger. This is very cool

[@mkwLuke]

so sick

[@jasperbosma9689]

This is so sick!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 More of this please

[@williamjames9211]

This was freaking awesome

[@TheChilo61]

Absolutely crazy

[@GaelLazerYT]

This is awesome!!! Oh my gosh perfect Karting 😎🤯

[@kshunmkw2864]

1:45 🔥👁️🔥👁️🔥

[@TASPlasma]

Doesn't sound like Jerry Was A Racecar Driver to me... Sick run dude, insane strats, really glad to see some of these turn sticks are possible after all

[@Kevin-py6ik]

Absolutely badass run. Loved every second of it!

[@swordslashertf2]

this is amazing

[@TF2Starlight]

most entertaining no glitch kart tas ever! :0

[@Mayzx22]

every time i see an upload from balze i know its gonna be good

[@むし-r8z]

beautiful😻

[@RSw_Why]

0:12 OMG that drift doesnt look like it should be possible. so awesome great TAS!

[@spriterocks03]

I love you i hope you return in the future ❤️

[@kogmawmain8872]

This looks extremely cool ngl

[@noahdalentoft8076]

That 3rd turn

[@HzyMkwii]

Those who don’t know, the no glitch WORLD RECORD is 1:48.2. So this is like 7.5 seconds faster. That’s crazy

[@Real_Maritosu]

Give this man Oscar

[@TASSnoop]

Good lord

[@N3vermind]

never thought kart could get somewhere clos to 1:40 great job!!

[@vairrin]

YESSSS!!!

[@WorldEngine64]

This is 8 seconds faster than the world record

[@spriterocks03]

hot

[@cooltaftime]

nice one

[@danielchillis7878]

Nice record with a kart

[@ZACKMAN2007]

bros firehopping like its mk8u

[@BennyMKW]

omg litty tas bae

[@GaelLazerYT]

This has to be Kart TAS BKT

[@narumidh7867]

Incredible kart TAS, was really suprised to see that ending strat to lap 3, any idea how much it saves? And any idea when it was 1st discovered? Can't wait to see more from you, keep up the great work!

[@me3ww]

read desc bruh

[@deadmanwalks3991]

👀

[@bodaciousdasani]

How come you can rapid fire hop with a kart?

[@proegg3356]

How did I not know that karts can RFH?

[@louiswolfe5012]

I have a question

[@reiner_13]

And when I play like this online they say “bikes are better” pffff ok

[@Tocaraca]

Is this faster than with the Flame Runner and Spear?

[@SICW1970]

mach bike is faster than this by 3 seconds

[@Tocaraca]

@@SICW1970 that is disappointing

[@maryellen8877]

How does this only save 8 seconds

[@RADish-official]

Mario (Kar)t

[@noammkw3770]

how the fuck is this so fastttttttt

[@laurellee6674]

"promo sm" 🤘

[@mkds1007]

Unremarkable. MKWii pales in comparison to MKDS. This TAS with a "kart" further proves how unimpressive MKWii truly is. 8DX has more interesting tech 😂

[@soulofthemedley]

insanity. glitch next?