Coconut Mall
Coconut Mall is the second course of the Flower Cup in Mario Kart Wii.
Overview
| Type | Unrestricted | No Ultra | No Glitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3lap | 22.714 | 1:28.918 | 1:50.608 |
| Flap | 3.395 | 19.697 | 35.939 |
Coconut Mall has a 3lap viable ultra shortcut, and currently benefits from HWG (which is used to drive OOB), delayed lap counts wallclips, superhopping, and supersliding in both 3lap and flap categories. Hence, it has three 3lap and three flap categories.
Unrestricted 3lap
The current strategy for UR 3lap is to perform the ultra shortcut. The best way to perform the ultra shortcut is to repeatedly drive from the finish line to the last KCP in the parking lot to the right of the finish line. To start the race, you drive over to the wall on the right and perform a parallel clip, propelling you up to a horizontal wall (HW) flush with the "Coconut Mall" sign. By hitting the sign at its rightmost point, the sign will be facing diagonally, pushing you slightly towards the invisible wall to your right. As you are colliding with the HW and the sign, HWG is active for the next 20 frames, so you have enough room to barely pass through the invisible wall and fall OOB. The specific location you land is important, as the time spent in the air falling is time not spent on the ground accelerating. The stair collision extends partially OOB, so landing there lets you keep a small amount of speed forwards. You must hit CP1 here as otherwise you will be 95% ruled when entering the last KCP. Once close enough to CP1, you decelerate in such a way that you can SSMT and turn to the right, have your hitbox extend to the left to hit CP1 for a frame, and then immediately be pushed by a wall to the right (where you want to travel). Once turned far enough, you use the second mushroom to accelerate, during which you charge a miniturbo, thanks to another wall giving you an almost grounded hop upon passing through it. The third mushroom is used as you drift around the last turn, where you hit the last KCP, and then align yourself for the finish line. On lap 2, you enter the lap with a spin hop wallclip and get a delayed lap count, skipping the need for hitting CP1 again. This hop is continued into a drift, where you charge and release a miniturbo and wheelie towards the last KCP, then drift once again to hit the last KCP and align yourself for the finish line. Lap 3 is exactly the same as lap 2, except for the fact that optimal wheelie turning is used to get better angles in the lead-up to the finish line, which you enter immediately, rather than delaying the lap count, as there is no other lap to prevent yourself being 95% ruled in.
Unrestricted Flap
The current strategy for the UR flap is to perform the ultra shortcut. The premise of the route is to get OOB, get into the WBSS state, enter the lap facing forwards with significant EV backwards, hitting the last KCP, and then use the remaining mushrooms to reach the finish line. Thus, Wario Bike is used. All three mushrooms are necessary for the flap, so any method to get OOB shroomless could be used, and in this particular TAS, it is opted to go for the HWG entry near the shortcut path. Once OOB, you can navigate beneath the track towards the finish line, then perform the ultra shortcut. After entering the last CP, you can navigate to the outside of the track's collison to enter the WBSS state, then TODO: Finish this
No Ultra 3lap
- Video: 1:28.918 by Kierio (2021)
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No Ultra Flap
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No Glitch 3lap
- Video: 1:50.608 by Luke (2018)
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No Glitch Flap
- Video: 35.939 by Luke (2017)
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History
TODO: History of all strat developements. Section devoted to the ultra shortcut and its variations over time, as well as all different OOB routes for NU, and the different NG strats over time (there have been more than most tracks).
TAS Competitions
Coconut Mall has featured in one of the MKCinema Challenges open to TASing (#12) and four tasks of the MKWii TAS Competition (Task 22 2020, Task 7 2021, Task 15 2021, and Task 7 2023).
Future
Known timesaves
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Potential timesaves
UR 3lap
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References