[TAS] DS Kirby: Canvas Curse by GloriousLiar in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2016-12-08
Kirby: Canvas Curse is one of many sequels in the Kirby franchise. In this installment, Kirby and the inhabitants of Dream Land are all turned into paint by the witch Drawcia, with Kirby being stuck as a limbless ball. Players must guide Kirby through various stages via the DS touchpad.
In this run, GloriousLiar ( tasvideos.org/... ) exploits quirks in the way the game handles said touchpad, allowing him to launch Kirby at ludicrous speeds to beat this game in the blink of an eye.

[@Tyrnn]

First you draw a circle, then you draw two lines, then Kirby completes the course.

[@Manueljlin]

add details please

[@cocolover1237]

+@@Manueljlin What do you mean "Add Details"? those are the details

[@Manueljlin]

@@cocolover1237 I don't remember, this comment was made one year ago and the OP comment was edited.

[@AndrewBlechinger]

Details are in the link in the description. Basically, he exploited the way the game handles Kirby being on two lines at once. The rest of the TAS is finding new and inventive ways to abuse this power. There's some RNG manipulation, but most of it was spent on the final boss.

[@NyoomEXE]

LOL

[@quotebalrog]

Hmm A TAS for Kirby Canvas Curse *Teleport to the end of the stage* Understandable, have a nice day

[@Paralellex]

"But Drawcia didn't account for you getting the Magical Paintbrush, which allowed you to move with infinite speed and travel through walls."

[@THEmuteKi]

I've heard of speed painting before but this is ridiculous!

[@KonaKonaKaabisteru]

**Sitcom Laugh Track**

[@ProfessorHeavyTF2]

"Hm, a TAS. I suppose this will just be really simple shortcuts and glitches? **zooms halfway across the stage in one dash** *"YOU BE JESTIN'"*

[@marcuscalixte4392]

"Alright, Kirby let's see if you can beat me in a mine cart ra--" *gets absolutely DeDeDestroyed* *"SURELY YOU JESTIN"*

[@TheGamer-hq3pp]

I love it when a TAS player has to wait for something, because then they get bored, and then they start to show off which is cool because they can do literally anything.

[@jongyon7192p]

There are no walls in this game. Only very viscous fluids.

[@Rmac524]

that's usually how it works

[@jongyon7192p]

usually, the wall is just solid, i mean

[@mariosonicfan2010]

I mean, it IS paint, so in a way you're kinda right.

[@travistownley8132]

Viscious MS Paint.

[@CodePearInTheFortniteItemShop]

Yes, no "Walls".

[@SpikeOriundo]

Alright, let's see what a TAS from Canvas Curse looks like. *5 seconds later* WTF?

[@VonFirflirch]

I can't imagine the touchscreen's state if you were to play like that for real x)

[@_dFour_]

It would probably just start to burn!

[@SpikeOriundo]

You would probally need a screen protector. Or maybe two. Or maybe even three. Or even better, you shouldn't torture your console like that.

[@MetagrossOverlordX]

RTA runner here. From what I've come to understand of the glitch, it doesn't require THAT much more relative to the inputs you already have to make to do this game glitchlessly. It's much more the precision required that's the problem

[@jongyon7192p]

Veiyr What about the screen after a Pokemon Ranger TAS?

[@ASIGOO]

It's really surprising to see that it's actually faster to reset the game after every level rather than just go to the next level

[@MetagrossOverlordX]

Like a lot of Kirby games, there's a minigame at the end of each stage (it's skipped if you fight a boss). Because this mini-game is relatively long, the menuing in KCC is fairly quick, and the fact that the game saves the fact that you cleared a stage before it loads up the minigame, it's faster to soft-reset than play the minigame.

[@ASIGOO]

+Veiyr Oh yeahhhhhhh forgot about that, haven't played this game for years, thanks for the reminder

[@Minedibuzz]

I love how you can see that even these hardened speed runners still put personality into their runs, like when he stunned the Waddle Dees to the beat at 9:40 or that bee thing at 18:12.

[@august2.016]

It's not a speedruner doing it though

[@TheRealFraston]

@@august2.016 Yes there is. S/he is just playing frame by frame.

[@slimballs9650]

Needlous is its name.

[@Technocide1]

1:39 poor Kracko Jr he was not prepared for this!

[@IvanFranco120]

:-[

[@pepperonipizza8200]

Mario: Backwards Long Jumping makes me the fastest character ever! Kirby: Hold my Pep Brew

[@VonFirflirch]

7:19 And this is why I love watching autoscrollers in TAS xD

[@KruhlSentru]

Leave it to a Kirby game to have an overly cute theme, only to end with an epic battle with some sort of horrifying monstrosity, accompanied by awesome music. XD

[@ChaseFace]

Wow, AGDQ wasn't lying. This is insane.

[@notspoileratall5471]

"Oh, cool, Canvas Curse, i´ve never try or see this game before, it´s a great oportunity to take a look about this game´s mechanics" ... ... ...nevermind...

[@VonFirflirch]

Oh god, I love this game x) Something about that game's soundfont (and soundtrack, despite being like 99% remixes) just gets me everytime

[@VonFirflirch]

☆go1☯ If you look for Ice Cream Island theme, you should find some

[@vittosphonecollection57289]

It's very 2005 but sometimes manages to be 2009-ish and it's impressive

[@SoulSaber06]

I think we all share the surprised look on Waddle Dee's face when we watch this TAS.

[@edward9487]

"Hey, Kirby, a terrible curse ha-" *Kirby has completed the stage. Moving on in 3...* "Oh, alright. I guess we're doing that now, are we?"

[@RBDragonite]

3:06 Never thought I'd see rubberbanded lava...

[@Jumpyluff]

I was living in slight acceptance until that Kracko Jr. fight. I don't want to watch this anymore.

[@chatman1702]

You know what a [TAS] is right?

[@tadeogomez7303]

child abuse

[@theimagisphere.450]

22:14 D'Awwhh cute! You're helpin' her draw! 22:54 Okay now you're just tracing it... 23:17 Alright NOW we're back on track with the helpy thing. ... 26:56 "Nor did she anticipate you setting the _GODDAMM PAINTBRUSH ON FIRE WITH ALL THAT_ *_FURIOUS SQUIBBLING_*

[@Contla3]

Have you ever headbutted someone so hard that their soul shattered?

[@atomic3901]

7:15 one of my favorite things in TAS videos is when they just fuck around during auto scrolling sections like this

[@chaoman122333]

Came here from AGDQ and I am not disappointed

[@BapoBoompa]

1:39 *how it feels to chew 5 gum*

[@bacaliz6229]

I love the soundfont, and art style (specifically the BG and FG) of this game.

[@DawnofMeat]

This game was released 11 years ago... holy shit.

[@user-hu9ew6he1p]

DawnofMeat 13 Years ago..

[@cocolover1237]

15 now

[@omniscientomnipresent5500]

Yes, this is retro now...

[@mdudegamer]

What is this madness? I thought it'd be interesting to see what a TAS could do with this kind of game, but I just assumed it'd be impossibly tiny lines or something. This speed boosting and wall clipping is crazy! Also, gotta love the return to the title screen being faster than the bonus game.

[@juanrodriguez9971]

1:40 That was technically a rape

[@xypher3ns]

strap in folks it's about to be a wild ride

[@MetagrossOverlordX]

rip the inputs for the credits minigame TAS NotLikeThis

[@meltedyakkystick3891]

Ah yes my favorite game Kirby Canvas Clip

[@The_Epicness9000]

Kirby: Canvas “Cursed” with Awesome

[@Nintaku]

16:31 - While we're here, let's just appreciate the good ol remix of Butter Building while it plays

[@Eethurtacles]

Wall: *Exists* Line: *I'm about to end this mans whole career*

[@nooshstuff]

there was a lot of cool stuff, and there was some very funny showing off too

[@AndrewBlechinger]

I'm surprised how close the races with DDD are even in a TAS environment.

[@clemdelaclem8864]

this has almost as few solid walls as DK64

[@tomypower4898]

Clem de la Clem Yes Like This!

[@Poyostar]

this isn't a Speedrun, this is Proof that Ball Kirby is the Definition of Speed.

[@darkkirby1629]

Ah yes my favorite copy ability: Clip through reality and pretend collision was a figment of our imaginations.

[@The_Epicness9000]

Noclip Kirby

[@cuentaabandonada9849]

walls were meant to be tangible i guess

[@taechuK]

nah, they're just a suggestion

[@Jacobdalolman]

This has fewer walls than Skyrim.

[@WinEntity]

I feel like "YEET" is the only way to describe this

[@heresacaterpillarifoundinm8679]

21:29 They look so pissed

[@irurwurst]

entertaining to think that this entire game kirby is just being thrown around by a mystical force with no agency of their own

[@AlsoMeowskivich]

the fool thought they were limiting the power by turning him into a sphere little did they know, they gave him power beyond mortal comprehension

[@The_Epicness9000]

I strongly suspect that the title screen transitions are just to hide the fact that Ball Kirby teleported to other games to speedrun them.

[@jongyon7192p]

WHAAAAAAT?!?? *tas resets game* ok this is gonna be so cool

[@theyammi437]

How to launch a kirby the game

[@Notteboy97]

I love how you can tell the Bot goes insane during the auto-scroll parts

[@TheRealFraston]

It's a dude playing frame by frame.

[@DoubleATam]

Ah, dang. I guess this hyperspeed glitch means there's zero chance of ever seeing the game's powers in a TAS :( But the autoscroll and enemy room bits are fun to watch. (I was just not quite as fond of "draw a squiggle then kirby warps to the door")

[@zwataketa]

No hyperspeed glitch category. There.

[@KimeramonRocks]

I love this video so much. I wonder what happens if you build up speed for 12 hours.

[@gloriousliar8747]

You don't ever build up speed. All speed is given instantaneously.

[@tadeogomez7303]

@@gloriousliar8747 Then I wonder what happens if you're given 12 hours of speed instantly.

[@airakogi]

Wow. Now that i think about it, "Kirby and the rainbow curse" is not that original after all.

[@dawndishsoap14]

Now *this* is what I call speedpainting!

[@win18512]

23:46 eldritch horror from someone who draws eldritch horrors vs kirby on too much drugs

[@ichamsakkar4249]

I thought the speedruns looked cool so I searched for a TAS. All I have to say is... What the hell

[@vittosphonecollection57289]

When I read 25 I was expecting 25 hours and was like "huh??"

[@user-hu9ew6he1p]

7:16 Wut?

[@Final23]

To this day the credits theme is still my go-to "It's over!" song.

[@NNNNNNNNNNNNNN1123]

Coming from AGDQ?

[@wonderguardstalker]

Didn't tap the portraits in credits, oh well

[@Xeit]

Please show this on next GDQ :D

[@mighty_king92]

Even when a ball, there's no stopping Kirby

[@donnaken15]

Like the specific need to change the screens for Kirby dancing and other things.

[@ikagura]

i like the gardevoir art at the beginning

[@Gahaha-m7z]

sonic tas???

[@nash6662]

Why all the resets?

[@Zykrath]

It’s faster than completing the hi-jump mini game after each level.

[@nash6662]

@@Zykrath Thanks, but doesn't the level progress only increment after clearing ?

[@09cf]

hello everybody from agdq

[@Thomfamily5]

The devs probably expected this when having the gimmick be to draw stuff that has collision with kirby

[@semaj35]

just like how i first played it all those years ago ":) (what the hell is happening)

[@dingusboi7045]

i guess kirby might be sic after this

[@flipperjr.3822]

Ironically, Dedede's racing minigame is the slowest of the 3.

[@omniscientomnipresent5500]

The walls are made out of not wall.

[@Beulraeki]

Call that noclip

[@ashleycampbell8380]

This game has fewer walls than Starfield.

[@Finalflash50]

hah, well shit, why be surprised.

[@hwajeongjeon6238]

what happened

[@thatonepalico1966]

13:30 and 10:45

[@batofdestiny]

HOW

[@yumoy7520]

Great！！

[@Andreguayta]

esto si es un spedrun

[@IvanFranco120]

Mmm... Si, es cierto.

[@kirgolor]

7:22

[@lMrStickerStarl]

The actual fu-

[@paltryshelf816]

When your Girl friend is home alone:

[@혁이-p4f]

wtf

[@user-hu9ew6he1p]

혁이 2년만에깬거 저렇게해결된더니..

[@gadingung2935]

우진=드로시아

[@Rmac524]

gg

[@kirbyfan2265]

💀

[@Suchipletou]

Hacks?

[@user-rg5mz2ye3s]

Tas

[@simons9264]

what the fuck

[@AutopsyTurvyy]

The dedede theme in this game is horrible