Just got this game on rom because i don't have a GBA , it seems a good game but i need tips to get faster  

Thanks Peter ,

The only track i've played sofar is Peach Circuit and i have 53'75 / 16'22  

edit: im just shrooming anywhere at the minute  

edit 2: 15'73 is my best lap now just made it after i wrote this post.

Paul Tanney   wrote on 05/22/05 at 08:39:16:


It's all about the techniques you choose to use:
Peach Circuit with Toad without any techs:
http://www.unbelsito.com/pc.wmv  
It was a two day challenge,  and the strat is wrong (by rules): the best shroomspot is where you use the second one, but stay very close to left wall.

Bowser is faster in Peach Circuit 3 lap:
http://www.unbelsito.com/peachCircuit2ndlapNON_NBT.avi

It's my best second lap without new tecs (aka NON NBT)

Using some new boost techs, but without ticking against the tree:
http://www.unbelsito.com/peachCircuitNT.avi

It's a bit harder, because you have to learn some timing.

With tree ticking:
go to Neka site as Luprano said, Nasmic run (43"46) is perfect and it has been WR for two years.

About the fast lap, Toad is better if you tick against tree and walls.

If you have problem with my codec try to donwload and install Videolan Player at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Otherwise if you are still interested, i can convert easily to WMV format.

Luprano   wrote on 05/23/05 at 10:08:57:

Uh.. it's an awesome video and i've never seen around the web!
For the first time i see that way of jumping the "s" turn in Peach Circuit.
Very clean run too... my best splits with the same strat sums to 47,85...

Very nice!
I played MKSC since i bought my GBA SP, so the tree tick was yet discovered at the time.
I'm interested in my fav. course: Mario Circuit 1 extra tracks, but i know it's difficult find some video on, because the leak of saved ghost.

About PC WR, now is 43"20 by Ayabusa (the Hirano 42"9X video was only a demonstration, his PR now is 43"3X).
I asked Ayabusa for a video and i hope he can read my "babelfished" japanese.
If the strat is the same, saving 0"26 from Nasmic perfection is  
a god task.

Oh man. Those were the days.

I started playing well before the tree trick originated, but back then I was no good. Once that came out, though, I started to work my way up the charts. Mind you, I had two of the best mentors in zkenny and Luprano. Ironically, only one of my 4 WRs used tree tricking (and it wasn't off a tree!)

These days I don't have my copy of MKSC any more, otherwise I'd be compelled to compete with the up and coming players like termoPilluco and KartSeven.

To the more experienced players here: Can someone PLEASE beat my Donut Plains 1 SC F-lap world record? I've been trying to get people to beat this record for years (I think I've had it almost three years now!)

mike89   wrote on 06/02/05 at 01:56:35:


Hey, nice to see you again Michael! And thanks for the high praise  

It's just crazy what they are doing nowadays in this game... It just seems to me that it's all about maximising glitch-usage instead of actual karting!  :'(
If I ever were to pick this game back up again, it would be to compete in something similar to the NON-NBT SMK site. (ie. without tree-tricks/glitches) like THAT is ever going to happen !!  

Anyway, it was nice seeing you again! Interested in any of the oter MK's? Perhaps MKDS?

@termo: while you're at it, try and see if you can beat my Mario Circuit 4 f-lap world record! (13''67) on the other hand... I do enjoy the fact that I still have a WR after all these years   so you shouldn't try too hard  

You can use that technique in MK:SC as well. (If this works on DP1 like it does in SMK, Mike's DP1 SC F-lap record could be beaten without knowing any actual strategy.

Luprano's time is - as you may very well have guessed - Non-SC.

Andreas

I've seen a Japanese video clip demonstrating how the SC lap is done. It's like in SMK. I can't remember the time, but I know that it was faster than 13" 67.  

Andreas

I don't think I have it anymore, sorry. I deleted it after I confirmed that it was the same approach as in SMK.
I can't even remember exactly where I found it. I think it was on Hirano's old site.

Edit: it, it, it, it...

Andreas

termoPilucco   wrote on 06/02/05 at 13:15:12:

All the more reasen that I am amazed that my time hasn't been beaten yet  
just take a look at my 5-lap time     http://users.pandora.be/Luprano/MK:SC/35.mario_circuit4(WR!!).jpg

I can't remember, but seeing the time difference, I guess I only used the tree-trick for the f-lap...
And I know the Japanese never really go for f-lap, so I guess my time could easily be beaten now

Peter

termoPilucco   wrote on 06/02/05 at 02:40:08:


There's nothing to it in terms of strats.

On lap 1, set yourself up in the grass on the right hand side of the track, and give yourself a bit of a run up.

Take this run up, and use the mushroom (this is to ensure you're at full speed when you cross the start line). You must, at some stage (I never really got the timing down, I basically aimed blind), start a powerslide to the right, such that you hit the smaller pool of water and fly over the wall.

Mushroom 2: Used just after landing from this jump - I can't remember whether you hit water on the other side or not. And I don't think it's quicker to turn around and simply jump back the other way, maybe that could be tested though.

Mushroom 3: Take a powerslide right, into the last corner, and use your last mushroom right alongside the wall. After using this mushroom, align yourself with the wall (rather than going back onto the track), and release A - this way you won't lose speed as rapidly.

I used Luigi, but if you guys can pull off the strat as Peach or Toad to better effect, that would work too. The one area where I differ from just about every elite MKSC player is that I was never any good as Toad, I used Luigi for levels like this.

And another thing:

Luprano: It's just crazy what they are doing nowadays in this game... It just seems to me that it's all about maximising glitch-usage instead of actual karting!

Sad state of affairs it is. It's become very much like F-Zero GX.