Mario Kart Wii's Worst Bikes Broke SEVERAL World Records!

In Mario Kart Wii, inside-drift bikes are king, while outside-drift bikes are low-tier and irrelevant. However, these past couple years, a revolution began, and several outside-drift bikes have claimed several time trial world records. Here's how.

Special thanks:
GlitchPhD (editor) @OfficialGlitchDoctor
ZCubed: @zcubed1

#speedrun #Wii #MarioKart

[LunaticJ]

Tracklist:

Title - Mario Kart Wii
Option - Mario Kart Wii
Grumble Volcano - Mario Kart Wii
Waiting to Join & Ghost Replay - Mario Kart Wii
DK's Snowboard Cross - Mario Kart Wii
GBA Shy Guy Beach - Mario Kart Wii
Moonview Highway - Mario Kart Wii
Wario's Gold Mine - Mario Kart Wii
Monkey Baseball (Wheel) - Super Monkey Ball 2
Wii Coconut Mall - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Rainbow Road - Mario Kart Wii
Mute City - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Nintendo WFC - Mario Kart Wii
Waluigi Pinball - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Cloudtop Cruise - Mario Kart 8
Underground Theme (Super Mario Land) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Castle & Boss Fortress (Super Mario World & SMB 3) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Castle Grounds - Mario Party 3

[OfficialGlitchDoctor]

Fun fact: the gameplay I recorded myself was done with Wiimote. At the same time I learned I don't like to play MKWii with Wiimote anymore.🙃

[dungeonfrostblj]

0:48 this video is sponsored by outside drift

[flambambam]

I cannot express how happy I was when I saw this in my recommended.

One thing that I would like to say as an outside drift bike main, though. The drift style isn't the main reason odbs and karts are slower, it's the speed. The flame runner, spear, and mach bike (meta for the majority of the game) all have high base speed and the ability to wheelie, amplifying their dominance on straightaways. Some karts have high base speed, but obviously cannot wheelie (and thus resort to snaking). Unfortunately, there aren't any outside drift bikes with base speeds comparable to anything else in the game. Shooting star has the highest base speed out of all of the odbs, but--at a high enough level--is still a few seconds slower than idbs on most tracks. If the odb community was lucky enough to be gifted with the equivalent of an outside drift flame runner, the difference wouldn't be so pronounced (especially with odm). It's also further amplified by the fact that hardly anyone plays odbs because of this misconception. Interestingly enough, we can compete pretty well with karts on quite a few tracks in theory, it's just that there are only a dozen or so odb mains that have optimized tracks over the years.

And one more thing: big thanks to both Ejay B and Alego11. Ejay's run was my initial inspiration to pursue the flap category, and then I used Alego's optimized TAS to make the 3lap possible. Without them, I don't think I could have ever had the chance to be where I am right now :D

Of course, there could have been more members of the TAS community behind all of this, but those are the only two players I've personally been in contact with. Massive props to the entire TAS community and what they've done to show that breaking a game only makes it more fun to play.

[MKWCore]

Outside drift is used on Desert Hills ultra because the momentum from outside drift allows it to have the right angle and hit the right checkpoints for the ultra to work, inside drift bikes can probably get the bounce too but it would never count the lap. Just putting this here for clarification tho. It's cool to be part of this game's history and I'm proud of what I've done

[NearSmash]

Hyping up the cool players and then being like, “this is Jim” and it’s the goofiest Mii ever is so funny

[CowMaam]

Quick footnote (spoiler warning):





Mushroom Gorge’s ODM is so broken that the current WR loses nearly 2 whole seconds due to a mistake hitting the mushroom stalks at the end and still beats 2nd. This category is going to be destroyed soon.

[T_S_P_]

it took me way too long to realize "ODB" meant "outside drift bike"

[flaregamer]

It's crazy because *as a kid* I always thought the Shooting Star was the best bike because everyone was using it online before the official severs shut down. Obviously now most people use Flame Rider for normal races but the Shooting Star and it's character specific recolours will always look cooler imo. I'm glad it has a proper niche in some speedruns.

[AzulTheWise]

If only you made this video today. Flam got a 1:37 on MG earlier with ODB (Shooting/Twinkle Star)

[garlic-os]

The sound effects you put in throughout the video add so much to the overall quality. I love that. Really good stuff

[xBlze]

This video got me hella invested. Nice commentary, a ton of knowledge, music was implemented godly, keep it up!

[danielvakser]

0:48
Clever sponsor fake-out. I was practically ready to skip how many seconds it takes to get back on the video topic.

[justlookaroundpeople]

First ever 3/3 Glitch Lap on Rainbow Road!! WR is 57:688 by Owen Smith, December 28th 2024!!

[CowMaam]

12:13 Putting this here before it happens: Owen Smith will hit the first 3/3 RR ultra. No player is as capable as him at grinding out insane categories for ridiculous amounts of time as him. He previously spent over two years trying to get a sub 59 on Yoshi Falls; a track which is essentially a huge lottery. When he goes for a category, it’s a question of when he’ll get it rather than if. The guy does not know how to quit.


Edit: I was right.

[CowMaam]

YES

y’all from an mkwii player this has been unbelievable. the fact that this has been found and used now is an insane revelation

[Blosher]

damn i think just 2 days ago Owen Smith MKW just got the glitch 3/3 on Rainbow Road with phantom, obviously getting the world record with that

[VyvyanTheGreat]

So I'm learning that Mario Kart Wii runners just go by singular normal people names for their handles lol

[vincentn.]

Thank you for covering such an interesting development in our community; this was very well presented!

[james]

Awesome video man! I’m glad I could be a part of it!