Good ad, if I didn't know Opera was just chromium and will have the same ad blocking issues as chrome when manifest 3 hits, I'd try it out. Opera use to be so lightweight too, but they had to switch to chromium. Meh either way, keep getting paid goose.
@@99EKjohn There's always firefox, although i began using Edge for Microsoft Rewards, it makes an almost insignificant difference but i like using Edge now, society
I'm the fellow who the the 8th place points finish, and it's exponentially harder than you'd think. Getting 4th-6th isn't so bad, 7th and 8th are a whole new level of difficulty: - As stated, 2 drivers are programmed to always finish high, and 3 are programmed to always finish 6th-8th. It takes a little luck and track manipulation (Wario Stadium bolt, Royal Raceway bolt, etc) to get the crappy CPU to pile up enough points to pull ahead of you. Bowser's Castle - once those bad CPU pull ahead, they're usually home free as none of the track obstacles are loaded until you physically see them. -If you have the same amount of points as another CPU, you're always given the tiebreaker, so everyone else needed 5 or more points. The bad CPU generally slow down REALLY bad when racing in the top 4, and the good CPU are borderline light speed when they're relegated to the back of the pack.
12:15 I think to be the real reason why theres no waterfall in Royal Raceway might be more interesting than you think. Mario Kart 64 and Super Mario 64 were both being developed at the same time, and if you look at pre-release footage of the castle you notice that the little beach where the cannon is wasn't implemented yet, and when you look at royal raceway's castle, the beach is also missing. I think that its likely that the castle was based off an earlier version that didn't have the waterfall. Even if thats not the case, I think my theory at least explains why the beach is missing. Anyways, great video! I love learning more about my favorite Nintendo console and games and your channel has exactly what Im looking for.
Or if you want an in-universe reason, Peach is always moving her castle to new locations, either herself, or through coercion (such as Dad stealing it in Paper Mario/Mario Galaxy, or the Undodog blowing the old one up... you know, maybe "moving" isn't always the right word...). It was supposedly originally on a hill when Mario first arrived, then next to that waterfall shortly after Mario World, then in the middle of Royal Raceway after that, then Toad Town. Or it could be an entirely new castle each time, I know Dad builds castles all up and down the Darklands, and even several across the Kingdoms he's in the process of conquering at the moment. I used to have a really nice castle on Chocolate Island that Dad built me, but Mario straight up erased it with a magical push broom or something. _How did he even bloody do that?!_
Slight correction for 16:43: you ONLY have to be in 4th place or worst to get the "bombed at trophy ceremony" to happen, so this is technically easier than the video suggests!
I was so disappointed when they remade Royal Raceway and turned the jump into a fixed-angle cannon shot. Being able to mess it up is what makes it fun! The Star Cup in Mario Kart 64 is my favorite overall cup in the entire series. One of the things I like about it is that each course has places where you can force the computer drivers to mess up and make them finish in the wrong order. Wario Stadium: Easiest one, just place a banana peel before the big jump and the computer will end up way behind. It bugged me when Double Dash's Waluigi Stadium made it so falling off the ramp doesn't punish drivers like that. Sherbet Land: It's rare, but sometimes you can make them fall into the water on one of the turns before the finish line. Royal Raceway: Occasionally, an AI driver will fall into the water in such a way that they keep falling back in repeatedly for the remainder of the race, guaranteeing a last place finish. Bowser's Castle: With a well-placed banana peel, you can make them fall off the narrow bridge into the lava. This one is far enough from the finish line that they'll often have time to rubber band, though, unless they hit additional items along the way. Because this cup is so manipulable, it makes sense that the 8th place finish guy used it for his attempts.
When I was a kid, I always wondered how the game calculated the time of bots arriving after you. Like, you arrive at 1:28, press A a couple of time and the machine tells you that bowser finished at 2:30, but 1 minute hasn't elapsed yet. The game had to arbitrarily decide how long bowser took. I wonder how it decides that.
It may place them on the same driving routine as the player's kart once a race is over. This would simplify the time estimate into an instant and exact time. It's been many years, and I don't remember if NPCs can collect/use items after all players have crossed the finish line.
@@LevantineR1 NPCs don't collect items ever. If they happen to drive though item boxes, the box will disappear so that you cannot collect it, but NPCs get items awarded randomly and without driving through item boxes. It's most apparent in Toad's Turnpike: The items are in side ditches which the NPCs never drive into, yet somehow they have items.
@@BolpatIt's easiest to verify in Mario Kart DS/7 where you can see the computers and what items they have at any given moment, they tend to get items very randomly regardless of if they're near a set of items, but they also seem to only have items apply when you're physically near them which is why it always seems like items only affect you. To compensate, the AI is programmed to have heavier effects when hit by certain items such as blooper forcing them to slow down and drive erratically and they'll randomly take damage from placed obstacles regardless of where you place them (as you put a banana on a narrow gap impossible to drive by and come back next lap to see the banana still there, like there's NO way they dodged it, yet you hear them spin out behind you.) Mario Kart Tour has even funnier item logic. It seems the AI opponents never get more than 1 item at a time (while you can get up to 3) regardless of character choice, but will randomly get a frenzy the same way you get a "Star item" in some modes. They too also get items randomly regardless of where the item boxes are, but in tour it's nearly impossible to miss item boxes as they respawn instantly when hit due to the more score oriented nature of the game.
Describing waterfalls as "classic N64 era architechture" is just too funny, mostly because it's true. Thanks for keeping alive all this retro goodness Goose!
I got stuck in the bat box when i was sleeping at a friend's house in 4th grade he had star power and hit me into it. We left the console on all night so we could show his big brother.
For a moment, when you said “carters,” I thought you meant people named Carter and I was so confused, like “Do people named Carter like speedrunning this game because it has Cart in it?” I was so close but so far…
its a lot easier to do this with 2 players. you can alternate who gets 4th, thus you both have 2 and only need each CPU one 3rd or better finish. But still massive luck factor.
That’s pretty funny. I guess this game has been around so long, and so few people fail to get in the top-3, not many folks ever see that. Also, what kid wasn’t quick to hit the reset button when they lost that bad? Good trivia though
@@BuddyLee23 it's mostly that if you're destined to finish bottom 4 then odds are you're not placing high enough to progress to the next race in the first place lol
Coming 8th place is legit impressive. I can't imagine how long that took. Is there a video explaining how he did it? I tried doing as badly as possible but it's really hard. I think I managed to finish 5th place once many years ago.
There's a video series called 'the quest for 8th place' where someone shows hiw he did it on all cups. He had to finish 4th every time while making sure those without points all got 5 or more at the end by helping them out and targeting all your items to the best racers. Very difficult.
It's so nice of you to bring mention to Myles "ShadowOfMyles" Bukrim. I was a huge fan of his back in the day and even talked with him back when TH-cam had private messaging. He seemed like a really nice guy. He doesn't do stuff like this anymore due to moving on with life and having a personal ailment that affected him greatly as he got older, but I still appreciate him for being a pioneer of many awesome N64 records and findings.
18:45 There's more valid combinations, but it could be something like this: Race 1: Peach Yoshi Luigi DK Race 2: Luigi Peach Wario DK Race 3: Wario Bowser Yoshi DK Race 4: Mario Toad Bowser DK
What I want to know is… where is TOAD’S HAT on Toad’s Turnpike? Or KOOPA’S SHELL on Koopa Troopa Beach?? Kind of cool to also point out that Yoshi’s Valley has a giant Yoshi’s Egg… it’s like his version of a giant hat or crown
I spent so much time trying to come in 8th place in grand prix mode. I think the best (worst) I ever got was 7th though. What I did was the shortcut on wario stadium to get to lap 3 as quickly as possible, so the ai would rubberband like crazy, and I hoped some of the weaker cpus got lucky to get top three for that one course. Then I just hoped for the best on the rest of the races.
Just when you thought the wild, wacky world of Mario Kart 64 lore couldn't get more obscure, this video appears to alleviate our curiosity. That this man, RuWhiteGoose, toils endlessly over steeled, bone-crushing, blood-boiling anvils of obsidian and hellfire to create these obscure, idiosyncratic videos is a testament to the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of the European Spirit of which he encompasses.
I can't help but feel like the title of the video is somewhat misleading due to several of these being about the community's history and goofy things they did rather than about the game itself.
"Unless there's some sort of artesian aquifer pushing the ocean water up towards the top of the rocky outcrop." Love how scientific this got to explain a video game waterfall lol
There is none. Jimbo didn't record the whole session. But he definitely did stuff like troll the Top 3 racers with lightning on Wario's Stadium and Royal Raceway Lap 3, so that the "bottom" group finished in the top 3 those races.
The waterfall on Koopa Troopa beach could also be artificial. Maybe the race organizers didn't want contestants to go backwards through the cave on accident but wanted it to be available as a shortcut from the other direction.
I have always thought that there is something surreal about out-of-bounds areas. They are essentially areas that you aren't supposed to be able to reach, and it is a very strange experience to explore those places; especially when they appear to be surprisingly developed.
honestly, you should just make entire Icebergs on these games you know a lot about. Despite my video game trivia knowledge, I DIDN'T know about the Kamek thing, so if that's "surface level" I'd love to know all the other 'surface level' stuff. anyway, this vid brought me back to the channel, thanks
@@GamerFolklore can guarantee the n64 iceberg is gonna be a hit for the algorithm once it gets rolling! Looking forward to it. Even all these years later, beyond the goldeneye origins, this is still a comfortable and cozy place to be.
I also saw another TH-camr getting 8th place. The video series was called ' the quest for 8th place'. That was very difficult to pull off I also saw another video by ShadowOfMyles where he advanced to the next course while finishing 5th. What a legend that Myles was... Too bad those stories of him possibly cheating in world records (if they are true).
Wow! I've been playing this game since release (still my favourite Mario Kart) and I didn't think it would be possible to get 8th in a grand prix. I mean, theoretically, yes, but not actually doing it. I've never seen that cutscene before either. I'm surprised they programmed that in! I always end up with the usual scenario, where I come first, but there's a couple of CPUs who just keep bugging me. And usually there's a few who do so bad that I can't imagine them EVER placing even if I tried to help them! XD
Something I did a lot on Warios dirt track was to save a lightning until the last lap then use it before the best 2 opponents went over the large jump in the track, causing them to fall and usually end up in last place together, the game usually would keep those 2 opponents as the most skilled for the rest of the series making a easier win. Could come in handy for trying to achieve a 8th place finish run?
I always figured the building in Banshee Boardwalk was like a fish cannery, or something. Also the screens on Luigi Raceway and Wario Stadium follow along with the in game camera.
Yo!! you didn’t mention Diddy Kong driving the bus in Toads Turnpike. Ive never looked at that course the same ever since. Anyways i love these videos!!
Idea for why the waterfall isn't there. That's a fake peach's castle built for the sake of the race rather than the actual location of peach's castle in mario 64.
18:12 - Attempted Breakdown 1st to 3rd give out 18 points a race for 72 points in a round. However, there are only 12 ways for the top 7 at the end to have earned points. Thus, at a minimum two racers only scored points in one race, with the candidates being those with 9 points or less. On the flip side, all racers who scored more than 9 did so in two races, thus taking up at least two of the top 3 spots over the course of a round. Below is a breakdown that fits with each driver in the top five taking two slots and with sixth and seventh getting one slot each. (The letter and number combination shows a potential method for which race (A-D) and which place (1st-3rd) each driver took during the round.) Peach's 15 - Peach won a race and got second in a second race. (B2) (C1) Luigi's 12 - Luigi won a race and got third in a second race. (B3) (D1) Wario's 12 - Wario won a race and got third in a second race. (A3) (B1) Mario's 9 - Mario likely got second and third in two races. (C2) (D3) Yoshi's 9 - Yoshi likely got second and third in two races. (C3) (D2) Bowser's 9 - Bowser likely got first in a single race. (A1) Toad's 6 - Toad got second in a single race. (A2)
It seems DKR is a popular request for this series. I've really been enjoying doing it. I'll have to start coming up with some extremely obscure DKR facts.
Best guess on the waterfall at Koopa Troopa Beach is that maybe there's a spring that seeps up through the rocks. Though, that leaves another question: Why is there no runoff from the waterfall to the shore?
Oh I'm sure the different teams developing tracks optimized them differently... But it would also be under-whelming if every single track had a "JumboTron" TV. They picked the tracks that needed them most in context.
You saved the best for last!! That 8th place finish is incredible and something I've always wondered about. I've always been fascinated by runs where all the opponents get at least 1 point. I remember in Super Mario Kart having a few where the points were very evenly distributed and it being very satisfying haha.
Thank you for a truly remarkable episode. Friends, I really like how Mario Kart 64 acknowledges our planet with the billboard signs, e.g. Yoshi1's similarity to Mobil. I find this very charming and healthy, that it is reaching out to us and showing love for our life and planet. Whereas the opposite would be slowly becoming detached from reality.
That 8th place must’ve taken some foul play, like 3 shells at the finish line. To slow down certain characters.. even a trail of nanners for the front runners
I've been able to trick the game in order to let me pass without finishing top 4. It happens in Yoshi's Valley. You have to be overtaken right in front of the finish line and finish 5th. I've been able to replicate it but have never seen anything about it online.
The is one that happens often but no one talkes about, sometimes one of the cpus in a race end up going much faster so you can reach them no matter what, happens often like the cpu just goes faster
Hey Goose, awesome video! I have a request for a few games to do the similar with! - Diddy Kong Racing - Banjo-Kazooie/Banjo-Tooie - DK 64 - Mario Tennis - Yoshi's Story And of course both Zelda games but I feel there are so many, many videos on them, not sure even you, a true N64 master, can find anything unique in them but I hope I'm wrong :)
I definitely wanna do DKR, Perfect Dark, Pokemon Snap, and possibly Mario Tennis if I can find enough about it. I think I could pull off an OoT one, maybe. The Banjos are just such a blind spot for me.
I don't consider Wario's Stadium to be a raceway, and therefore don't see his hat being missing or the screens not being in the other two raceways as anything meaningful
That bomb cutscene happens whenever you place 4th or lower right? i have seen it and i thought it only happened for 4th place, because i didn't even consider that the game made it hard for you to get lower than that, so i always associated it with 4th place.
We were talking about you on Calle's stream yesterday. All good things of course ❤. Where can I contact you to send some obscure GE clips? Irie, Tomi and more have confirmed never seeing it while they watched my stream.
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@@99EKjohn There's always firefox, although i began using Edge for Microsoft Rewards, it makes an almost insignificant difference but i like using Edge now, society
@@rmcoutinho what thing exactly
Maybe you need an updated version or something?
The fact that you can get 8th place is hilarious because it has to be exponentially more difficult to getting than 1st lol
8th place was actually incredible. Real talent there.
I was impressed and stunned when I saw the clip.
It's like the guy at work who goes through incredible bounds to not work. Sometimes putting in more effort than just doing the job.
Wonder if this has ever been done on SNES or Super Circuit…
I'm the fellow who the the 8th place points finish, and it's exponentially harder than you'd think. Getting 4th-6th isn't so bad, 7th and 8th are a whole new level of difficulty:
- As stated, 2 drivers are programmed to always finish high, and 3 are programmed to always finish 6th-8th. It takes a little luck and track manipulation (Wario Stadium bolt, Royal Raceway bolt, etc) to get the crappy CPU to pile up enough points to pull ahead of you. Bowser's Castle - once those bad CPU pull ahead, they're usually home free as none of the track obstacles are loaded until you physically see them.
-If you have the same amount of points as another CPU, you're always given the tiebreaker, so everyone else needed 5 or more points. The bad CPU generally slow down REALLY bad when racing in the top 4, and the good CPU are borderline light speed when they're relegated to the back of the pack.
12:15 I think to be the real reason why theres no waterfall in Royal Raceway might be more interesting than you think. Mario Kart 64 and Super Mario 64 were both being developed at the same time, and if you look at pre-release footage of the castle you notice that the little beach where the cannon is wasn't implemented yet, and when you look at royal raceway's castle, the beach is also missing. I think that its likely that the castle was based off an earlier version that didn't have the waterfall. Even if thats not the case, I think my theory at least explains why the beach is missing. Anyways, great video! I love learning more about my favorite Nintendo console and games and your channel has exactly what Im looking for.
That's actually a very interesting possibility! Thanks for the insight.
Or if you want an in-universe reason, Peach is always moving her castle to new locations, either herself, or through coercion (such as Dad stealing it in Paper Mario/Mario Galaxy, or the Undodog blowing the old one up... you know, maybe "moving" isn't always the right word...). It was supposedly originally on a hill when Mario first arrived, then next to that waterfall shortly after Mario World, then in the middle of Royal Raceway after that, then Toad Town. Or it could be an entirely new castle each time, I know Dad builds castles all up and down the Darklands, and even several across the Kingdoms he's in the process of conquering at the moment. I used to have a really nice castle on Chocolate Island that Dad built me, but Mario straight up erased it with a magical push broom or something. _How did he even bloody do that?!_
@@Wendy_O._Koopa She isn't _moving_ her castle, She obviously has more than one castle.
Slight correction for 16:43: you ONLY have to be in 4th place or worst to get the "bombed at trophy ceremony" to happen, so this is technically easier than the video suggests!
The hard part was getting 8th place. The bombing part was extra.
technically, the bombing is always there, you can see it in the background if you are on the podium.
Yup was gona say the same
I belive by "worst end when screen" he's referring to it saying you placed 8th. Not the bombing portion itself. But it was worded pretty ambiguously.
Some day this channel will actually be accurate.
I was so disappointed when they remade Royal Raceway and turned the jump into a fixed-angle cannon shot. Being able to mess it up is what makes it fun!
The Star Cup in Mario Kart 64 is my favorite overall cup in the entire series. One of the things I like about it is that each course has places where you can force the computer drivers to mess up and make them finish in the wrong order.
Wario Stadium: Easiest one, just place a banana peel before the big jump and the computer will end up way behind. It bugged me when Double Dash's Waluigi Stadium made it so falling off the ramp doesn't punish drivers like that.
Sherbet Land: It's rare, but sometimes you can make them fall into the water on one of the turns before the finish line.
Royal Raceway: Occasionally, an AI driver will fall into the water in such a way that they keep falling back in repeatedly for the remainder of the race, guaranteeing a last place finish.
Bowser's Castle: With a well-placed banana peel, you can make them fall off the narrow bridge into the lava. This one is far enough from the finish line that they'll often have time to rubber band, though, unless they hit additional items along the way.
Because this cup is so manipulable, it makes sense that the 8th place finish guy used it for his attempts.
When I was a kid, I always wondered how the game calculated the time of bots arriving after you. Like, you arrive at 1:28, press A a couple of time and the machine tells you that bowser finished at 2:30, but 1 minute hasn't elapsed yet.
The game had to arbitrarily decide how long bowser took. I wonder how it decides that.
It may place them on the same driving routine as the player's kart once a race is over. This would simplify the time estimate into an instant and exact time.
It's been many years, and I don't remember if NPCs can collect/use items after all players have crossed the finish line.
@@LevantineR1 NPCs don't collect items ever. If they happen to drive though item boxes, the box will disappear so that you cannot collect it, but NPCs get items awarded randomly and without driving through item boxes. It's most apparent in Toad's Turnpike: The items are in side ditches which the NPCs never drive into, yet somehow they have items.
@@Bolpat thats actually a rlly cool insight into the coding of the ai drivers, thanks for the knowledge! 😁
@@BolpatIt's easiest to verify in Mario Kart DS/7 where you can see the computers and what items they have at any given moment, they tend to get items very randomly regardless of if they're near a set of items, but they also seem to only have items apply when you're physically near them which is why it always seems like items only affect you. To compensate, the AI is programmed to have heavier effects when hit by certain items such as blooper forcing them to slow down and drive erratically and they'll randomly take damage from placed obstacles regardless of where you place them (as you put a banana on a narrow gap impossible to drive by and come back next lap to see the banana still there, like there's NO way they dodged it, yet you hear them spin out behind you.)
Mario Kart Tour has even funnier item logic. It seems the AI opponents never get more than 1 item at a time (while you can get up to 3) regardless of character choice, but will randomly get a frenzy the same way you get a "Star item" in some modes. They too also get items randomly regardless of where the item boxes are, but in tour it's nearly impossible to miss item boxes as they respawn instantly when hit due to the more score oriented nature of the game.
Describing waterfalls as "classic N64 era architechture" is just too funny, mostly because it's true. Thanks for keeping alive all this retro goodness Goose!
I got stuck in the bat box when i was sleeping at a friend's house in 4th grade he had star power and hit me into it. We left the console on all night so we could show his big brother.
That's an amazing story! Good times.
For a moment, when you said “carters,” I thought you meant people named Carter and I was so confused, like “Do people named Carter like speedrunning this game because it has Cart in it?” I was so close but so far…
I had no idea finishing in 8th place was even possible, the luck needed for that must be insane.
its a lot easier to do this with 2 players. you can alternate who gets 4th, thus you both have 2 and only need each CPU one 3rd or better finish.
But still massive luck factor.
@jamesknapp64 I wondered how the fuck you could possibly get in 8th it must be 2 player only
Gotta keep this series going man, along with the Goldeneye iceberg this is some of my favourite content from you 👍
The goldeneye's berg was pretty good
Thumbnail: "Where's wario's hat?"
Me: "On his head"
Early days of TH-cam was so efficient when it came to titling videos. Just straight to the point, otherwise no one would click on it.
You don't need to get 8th place for the bob-omb finish, any non-podium finish will have that cut-scene.
That’s pretty funny. I guess this game has been around so long, and so few people fail to get in the top-3, not many folks ever see that. Also, what kid wasn’t quick to hit the reset button when they lost that bad? Good trivia though
@@BuddyLee23 it's mostly that if you're destined to finish bottom 4 then odds are you're not placing high enough to progress to the next race in the first place lol
Coming 8th place is legit impressive. I can't imagine how long that took. Is there a video explaining how he did it? I tried doing as badly as possible but it's really hard. I think I managed to finish 5th place once many years ago.
There's a video series called 'the quest for 8th place' where someone shows hiw he did it on all cups. He had to finish 4th every time while making sure those without points all got 5 or more at the end by helping them out and targeting all your items to the best racers. Very difficult.
@vedran626 it's a two player thing lol
It's so nice of you to bring mention to Myles "ShadowOfMyles" Bukrim. I was a huge fan of his back in the day and even talked with him back when TH-cam had private messaging. He seemed like a really nice guy. He doesn't do stuff like this anymore due to moving on with life and having a personal ailment that affected him greatly as he got older, but I still appreciate him for being a pioneer of many awesome N64 records and findings.
I'm just happy to know that Matthias is still at it after that whole 32 record attempt, he's absolutely one of the greatest speedrunners ever
You should definitively do Diddy Kong Racing next!
18:45 There's more valid combinations, but it could be something like this:
Race 1: Peach Yoshi Luigi DK
Race 2: Luigi Peach Wario DK
Race 3: Wario Bowser Yoshi DK
Race 4: Mario Toad Bowser DK
What I want to know is… where is TOAD’S HAT on Toad’s Turnpike? Or KOOPA’S SHELL on Koopa Troopa Beach?? Kind of cool to also point out that Yoshi’s Valley has a giant Yoshi’s Egg… it’s like his version of a giant hat or crown
That's such a good point about the Yoshi Egg. And even Bowser has his own Statue on Bowser's castle!!
@@GamerFolklore thank you! yes, a fire breathing one at that 🔥❤️
4:15 On the contrary, I could also see a modern TH-cam video being titled: “I went onto this red checkered roof for no reason”
The fact you can always be in 4th place and still come up dead last... That is amazing to me.
I spent so much time trying to come in 8th place in grand prix mode. I think the best (worst) I ever got was 7th though. What I did was the shortcut on wario stadium to get to lap 3 as quickly as possible, so the ai would rubberband like crazy, and I hoped some of the weaker cpus got lucky to get top three for that one course. Then I just hoped for the best on the rest of the races.
Just when you thought the wild, wacky world of Mario Kart 64 lore couldn't get more obscure, this video appears to alleviate our curiosity. That this man, RuWhiteGoose, toils endlessly over steeled, bone-crushing, blood-boiling anvils of obsidian and hellfire to create these obscure, idiosyncratic videos is a testament to the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of the European Spirit of which he encompasses.
Is there an English word that means 'to alleviate but also to make worse'?
I can't help but feel like the title of the video is somewhat misleading due to several of these being about the community's history and goofy things they did rather than about the game itself.
This was a deep cut.. used to sit around and look at the scenes a bit too. Cold feet in the basement, playing on the carpet
"Unless there's some sort of artesian aquifer pushing the ocean water up towards the top of the rocky outcrop." Love how scientific this got to explain a video game waterfall lol
Does anyone know where to find a full-length video, or just more information, about what exactly Jimbo did to finish in 8th place?
There is none. Jimbo didn't record the whole session. But he definitely did stuff like troll the Top 3 racers with lightning on Wario's Stadium and Royal Raceway Lap 3, so that the "bottom" group finished in the top 3 those races.
@@GamerFolklore thanks, also great video
The 8th place one is pretty sweet lmao
The waterfall on Koopa Troopa beach could also be artificial. Maybe the race organizers didn't want contestants to go backwards through the cave on accident but wanted it to be available as a shortcut from the other direction.
Like, where does the water even go? It doesn't connect to the sea afterwards either.
@@ShizuruNakatsu sinkhole
I put this video on to go to sleep to. The video was too interesting to NOT keep opening my eyes and looking at the video accompanying the audio
That's awesome. I can totally relate. Hope you get a good sleep though!
I have always thought that there is something surreal about out-of-bounds areas.
They are essentially areas that you aren't supposed to be able to reach, and it is a very strange experience to explore those places;
especially when they appear to be surprisingly developed.
Every time I hear “Here we go”, I can’t help but smile and know it’s going to be good.
honestly, you should just make entire Icebergs on these games you know a lot about. Despite my video game trivia knowledge, I DIDN'T know about the Kamek thing, so if that's "surface level" I'd love to know all the other 'surface level' stuff.
anyway, this vid brought me back to the channel, thanks
I agree, I've been working on an N64 iceberg, and would definitely at least like to make more of these "useless facts" videos. Welcome back!
@@GamerFolklore can guarantee the n64 iceberg is gonna be a hit for the algorithm once it gets rolling! Looking forward to it.
Even all these years later, beyond the goldeneye origins, this is still a comfortable and cozy place to be.
I also saw another TH-camr getting 8th place. The video series was called ' the quest for 8th place'. That was very difficult to pull off I also saw another video by ShadowOfMyles where he advanced to the next course while finishing 5th. What a legend that Myles was... Too bad those stories of him possibly cheating in world records (if they are true).
Wow! I've been playing this game since release (still my favourite Mario Kart) and I didn't think it would be possible to get 8th in a grand prix. I mean, theoretically, yes, but not actually doing it. I've never seen that cutscene before either. I'm surprised they programmed that in!
I always end up with the usual scenario, where I come first, but there's a couple of CPUs who just keep bugging me. And usually there's a few who do so bad that I can't imagine them EVER placing even if I tried to help them! XD
Something I did a lot on Warios dirt track was to save a lightning until the last lap then use it before the best 2 opponents went over the large jump in the track, causing them to fall and usually end up in last place together, the game usually would keep those 2 opponents as the most skilled for the rest of the series making a easier win. Could come in handy for trying to achieve a 8th place finish run?
It's incredible when doing as bad as you possibly can requires infinitely more skill than actually being the best.
I always figured the building in Banshee Boardwalk was like a fish cannery, or something. Also the screens on Luigi Raceway and Wario Stadium follow along with the in game camera.
Yo!! you didn’t mention Diddy Kong driving the bus in Toads Turnpike. Ive never looked at that course the same ever since. Anyways i love these videos!!
4:14 What's equally impressive is that he's spent 41 minutes in that race and the counter just keeps going.
Idea for why the waterfall isn't there. That's a fake peach's castle built for the sake of the race rather than the actual location of peach's castle in mario 64.
I watched so many shadowofmyles videos on the Wii internet browser back in the day, it's nice to see him mentioned
18:12 - Attempted Breakdown
1st to 3rd give out 18 points a race for 72 points in a round. However, there are only 12 ways for the top 7 at the end to have earned points. Thus, at a minimum two racers only scored points in one race, with the candidates being those with 9 points or less. On the flip side, all racers who scored more than 9 did so in two races, thus taking up at least two of the top 3 spots over the course of a round. Below is a breakdown that fits with each driver in the top five taking two slots and with sixth and seventh getting one slot each. (The letter and number combination shows a potential method for which race (A-D) and which place (1st-3rd) each driver took during the round.)
Peach's 15 - Peach won a race and got second in a second race. (B2) (C1)
Luigi's 12 - Luigi won a race and got third in a second race. (B3) (D1)
Wario's 12 - Wario won a race and got third in a second race. (A3) (B1)
Mario's 9 - Mario likely got second and third in two races. (C2) (D3)
Yoshi's 9 - Yoshi likely got second and third in two races. (C3) (D2)
Bowser's 9 - Bowser likely got first in a single race. (A1)
Toad's 6 - Toad got second in a single race. (A2)
New video? About MK64 my all time favorite childhood game? Excellent... ❤
My friends, the obscure facts just keep coming.
"Where is Wario's Hat?" *X-Files theme begins playing*
Need a diddy kong racing vid next
It seems DKR is a popular request for this series. I've really been enjoying doing it. I'll have to start coming up with some extremely obscure DKR facts.
Best guess on the waterfall at Koopa Troopa Beach is that maybe there's a spring that seeps up through the rocks. Though, that leaves another question: Why is there no runoff from the waterfall to the shore?
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extra fun fact: there are 116 total wario faces that surround wraio stadium
Oh I'm sure the different teams developing tracks optimized them differently... But it would also be under-whelming if every single track had a "JumboTron" TV. They picked the tracks that needed them most in context.
3:47 The dog sticker on that TV reads in spanish:
I pooped in your belongings.
The finishing line is also magnetic. And Choco Mountain was going to be called Hot Chocolate Hill.
My new favorite channel.
You saved the best for last!! That 8th place finish is incredible and something I've always wondered about. I've always been fascinated by runs where all the opponents get at least 1 point. I remember in Super Mario Kart having a few where the points were very evenly distributed and it being very satisfying haha.
Thank you for a truly remarkable episode. Friends, I really like how Mario Kart 64 acknowledges our planet with the billboard signs, e.g. Yoshi1's similarity to Mobil. I find this very charming and healthy, that it is reaching out to us and showing love for our life and planet. Whereas the opposite would be slowly becoming detached from reality.
These videos are incredible. Please keep them coming!!!!
That 8th place must’ve taken some foul play, like 3 shells at the finish line. To slow down certain characters.. even a trail of nanners for the front runners
I greatly enjoy these silly videos. You and Swankybox are two of my favorites that cover old game stuff because your imaginations are still so good.
someone HAS to make a video about Shadow Myles. He was so OP for his time.
The magical waterfall hahaha man you always show me things I never thought of, to me that is part of much of the value of your videos
Small pedantry: penultimate means 2nd to last, or 2nd best :)
Correct, that was Myles 2nd last record he achieved in his career 😉
@@GamerFolklore ooooh my mistake! i thought you were implying it was his best record. how dare i doubt the goose
Not two players, not two people.
Two MEN. 🤼♂️
Life is worthit because of videos like this.
I've been able to trick the game in order to let me pass without finishing top 4. It happens in Yoshi's Valley. You have to be overtaken right in front of the finish line and finish 5th. I've been able to replicate it but have never seen anything about it online.
I've never heard about this before! I might try it out myself and see if I can get it to work.
You’re a sick puppy.. when it comes to obscure retro gaming
I like your style
Fun fact I haven't seen anyone else mention ever. In two player mode mario can be pushed through any wall by the other player.
A cool added bonus "fact" would be in fact that Tony Soprano has indeed played Mario Kart as well
Insane to think getting the worst rank possible would be the most difficult think to do.
A single TH-cam comment simply can't do justice for just how much other Kart 64 lore is out there...
I believe it David! And I would love to learn more about it!
I’ve loved these types of videos since I was a kid, I enjoy receiving obscure forbidden knowledge haha
good video, I am lacking goldeneye speedrun content lately tho. Both u and Karl seem to have moved on. What channel covers goldeneye speedrunning now?
I'll do another Goldeneye video soon!
The is one that happens often but no one talkes about, sometimes one of the cpus in a race end up going much faster so you can reach them no matter what, happens often like the cpu just goes faster
Think Opera GX is a great browser. Would use it if I wasn't married to my current one Firefox. I'm avoiding switching to any Chromium based browser.
I love watching ads to then get a video thats 10% ad with ad breaks in between and another ad when the video ends
Warm beverage? Nah we having booze tonight my friends
Hey Goose, awesome video! I have a request for a few games to do the similar with!
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Banjo-Kazooie/Banjo-Tooie
- DK 64
- Mario Tennis
- Yoshi's Story
And of course both Zelda games but I feel there are so many, many videos on them, not sure even you, a true N64 master, can find anything unique in them but I hope I'm wrong :)
I definitely wanna do DKR, Perfect Dark, Pokemon Snap, and possibly Mario Tennis if I can find enough about it. I think I could pull off an OoT one, maybe. The Banjos are just such a blind spot for me.
Matthias is the greatest ever. He was 24 hrs short of all 32 records
Best 20 minutes ever!!
I don't consider Wario's Stadium to be a raceway, and therefore don't see his hat being missing or the screens not being in the other two raceways as anything meaningful
That bomb cutscene happens whenever you place 4th or lower right? i have seen it and i thought it only happened for 4th place, because i didn't even consider that the game made it hard for you to get lower than that, so i always associated it with 4th place.
Yep, you get it for 4th or lower.
I wish they would have Banshee Boardwalk into a recent Mario Kart game
This is so interesting ! I love your videos !
What bothers me about the Koopa Troopa Beach waterfall is the fact that it's just falling into a small pool without overflowing.
I hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
That 8th place end credits is fantastic
Mario tennis video next?
I would like to do Mario Tennis, but I only know of one or two facts. So I might have to play it a ton first to learn some crazy stuff.
@@GamerFolklore I really enjoyed the mario golf video, I think mario tennis has some parallels with that game
We were talking about you on Calle's stream yesterday. All good things of course ❤. Where can I contact you to send some obscure GE clips? Irie, Tomi and more have confirmed never seeing it while they watched my stream.
The elite forums are the best place, currently! Or my Twitter, which you can find in the description.
@@GamerFolklore Thanks a bunch, especially for the hastey reply. I'll record the vid soon 🫡. Smashed the Like.
Good stuff Ryan!! I love these obscure videos to kick back to w a hot beverage 👍
I've gotten trapped inside one of the piranha plants on Royal Raceway. Have yet to see that on video.
Hell yeah! It's Goose time!
I've got an older video going up the princess slide in sm64. Kinda feels like it's up this same alley of stuff 😅
The waterfall had me cracking up
MY FRIENDS!!! THE GOAT HAS POSTED A NEW TH-cam VIDEO!
Almost all of the shortcuts were published in Nintendo Power Word in 96-97. They weren't secret by any means.
That 8th place fact is crazy lmfao
I prefer cold beverages. My favorite kind of soda is a soda that lost all of its fizz. It gets the soda a nice cherry flavor😊
If that clip was uploaded today
Title: I Discovered and INSANE NEW GLITCH in Mario (Kart) 64!!
Thumbnail: I GOT HERE?!?! *Red arrow, shocked reaction face*
Intro: Hey what's up everybody, it's ya boy youtuber here be sure to like, comment, subscribe, this video brought to you by raid shadow legends...
Actual content: 10 second clip of dude going out of bounds