N64 Bowser's Castle
N64 Bowser's Castle is the fourth and final course of the Lightning Cup, the final retro course, and overall final course in Mario Kart Wii. Its first appearance as a course was in Mario Kart 64. It is significant in that it has the slowest NU 3lap, NU flap, NG 3lap, and NG flap of all 32 tracks, essentially making it the longest track in the game.
Overview
| Type | Unrestricted | No Ultra | No Glitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3lap | 1:54.158 | 2:28.208 | |
| Flap | 21.342 | 43.379 | 47.620 |
N64 Bowser's Castle has a 3lap viable ultra shortcut, which uses supergrinding, barrel rolls, wallclips, and respawning to save time. Outside the ultra shortcut, it also currently benefits from the use of superhopping, wallclips, and horizontal wall glitch in 3lap and flap categories. Hence, it has three 3lap and three flap categories. Since no No Ultra 3lap exists which uses glitches, the No Glitch 3lap is technically the current No Ultra 3lap record.
Unrestricted 3lap
- Video: 1:54.158 by Monster (2023)
The current strategy for UR 3lap is to perform the ultra shortcut on lap 1, and superhopping, the "sign bypass", and the "spiral skip" on laps 2 and 3.
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Unrestricted Flap
The current strategy for UR flap is to perform the ultra shortcut.
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No Ultra Flap
- Video: 43.379 by Monster (2022)
The current strategy for NU flap is to perform superhopping and the "spiral skip".
No Glitch 3lap
- Video: 2:28.208 by Marth (2020)
The current strategy for NG 3lap is to drive 3 laps normally.
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No Glitch Flap
The current strategy for NG flap is to drive 1 lap normally.
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History
TODO: History of all strat developements. Section devoted to the ultra shortcut, its variations, and its subsequent routing challenges, the spiral skip and all its variations, the sign bypasses, and supergrinding/superhopping.
TAS Competitions
N64 Bowser's Castle has featured in two tasks of the MKWii TAS Competition (Task 9 2020, Christmas Task 2023). Task 9 2020 is the origin of the rivalry between CampbellMop and Jellopuff on which TASer should be considered the best in the US state of Mississippi.
Future
Known timesaves
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Potential timesaves
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References