Mario Kart DS TAS Showcase - Tool Assisted Speedrunning

I stream Mario Kart DS speedruns every day on Twitch - twitch.tv/abel I must stress that the gameplay you are seeing in this video is NOT performed by me! Rather, it is all created on an emulator with the use of slowdowns and save states so that perfect precision can be achieved. These time trial records do not count on the official leaderboards and are purely created for the purpose of entertaining and showcasing the game being pushed to its limits. None of it is played in real time or on real hardware. For more general information on Tool Assisted Speedrunning: tasvideos.org/WelcomeToTASVideos#WhatIsATas Detailed documentation on how TAS'ing works in Mario Kart DS: tasvideos.org/GameResources/DS/MarioKartDS Full credit goes to the authors featured: Suuper, Rupa and Puddings. I merely recorded and put their runs together in one video.

Mario Kart DS is a game that is too complete for a console with limitations like the Nintendo DS. They managed to make such an excellent game that to this day I consider it the best Mario Kart I have ever played.

Tool assisted speedrunning is so ancient, all the new wrs will be Taiga assisted speedruns

I think optimal MKDS showcases some of the most beautiful racing lines in the series. I love 8 Deluxe for re-emphasizing the mini-turbo in the meta, but nothing touches the way you never have to sacrifice your drift to keep a tight line. There are no straight paths to break up the sections, or allow for straightforward setups. It’s one unbroken flow of a swinging pendulum being guided through a series of narrow doorways, digging for angled bursts of speed to shoot yourself around corners in a way that already sets you up for the next. Take the rolling tube section of Bowser’s Castle at 8:27. It isn’t just impressive for the balancing act, it’s the way you can see Suuuper aiming for that pristine exit line onto the ramp from even that first deep carve along the pipe. A damn good game, well deserving of its passionate community. Cheers to all involved!

It only took the user 8 to 9 seconds to finish each GCN Baby Park lap. I'm impressed.

when the pianta said dun dugadundun I really felt that

Very cool compilation, honored to be a part of it too! I hope that in the near future more people will get into MKDS TASing so we can enjoy more of these! Already seeing ways a few of these runs could be improved on, including my own

That BC last lap chrono is so satisfying!

Hom many tines you want to press the rshoulder button? Suuper: yes

At around 22:15, the pushing of D-pad almost lines up with the drum beat.

super cool :D love to see MKDS TAS stuff, hoping to see more new stuff in the future!!

Love the high quality rendering and textures! Thanks for featuring these run in high quality

Love to see those TASes again, totally forgot about some of them! Very well put together. Watching those just hit different!

MkDS has always fascinated me as an Mk7 player. Mk7 is nowhere near this intense with drifting and it’s mindblowing to watch

That MT at 3:57 was INSANE.

Awesome, always love the delfino square strats.

Epic!! I love TAS MKDS videos

Thank you for including my music!

I just can't imagine how much time all these runs had taken, great job!

The landing on the third hill on choco mountain is insane wth, very nice runs