This video demonstrates a totally cheap shortcut for jerks -- or if you're playing single-player, a really cool shortcut -- in Mario Kart Wii's Grumble Volcano track. With the judicious use of a mushroom, you can avoid the track altogether and rack up record-breaking lap times without being troubled by any of those obstacles or opponents that are always ruining your records.
We really doubt this will give anyone a significant advantage online. In fact, it's going to be very funny to see entire groups of online players trying to crowd onto this tiny rock at the beginning of every race, leaving smart racers a wide-open track.
[Via GayGamer]
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6-04-2008 @ 4:20PM
sorensilk said...
I wouldn't use it online but I'm totally doing that in the Time Trials section when I get home.
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6-04-2008 @ 6:13PM
Gewurztraminer says: R.O.B. is the last Cylon! said...
you realize, of course, by doing so your time trial will be available... online?
6-04-2008 @ 6:32PM
sorensilk said...
Oh, I thought that was only if you uploaded it...
6-04-2008 @ 4:22PM
Timdogg said...
Oh goodness!
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6-04-2008 @ 4:27PM
Q-Kid-Kyle said...
1st. How do you get the mushroom at the start? 2nd. I thought it was bowser's castle or sumthing like that, not grumble volcano. Although it might be different up here in canada,eh? hosehead
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6-04-2008 @ 4:37PM
ballistic3188 said...
in time trials you get 3 mushrooms at the start of a race.
6-04-2008 @ 5:07PM
Mr Khan said...
Potentially, if you got a mushroom throughout the course of the first lap, you could use the trick from that point on
6-04-2008 @ 4:28PM
Alex said...
So where you get the mushrooms?
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6-04-2008 @ 4:34PM
Croove55 said...
3 and 4 are right, this is only useful on Time Trials or the second lap onward if you are lucky.
However, IT'S STILL ASSFEZERY!
Nah, just kidding, reminds me of the shortcut in Wario Stadium on MK64. Only that one was much more difficult.
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6-05-2008 @ 8:47AM
Magnus said...
The Wario Stadium in MK64 was simple especially if you used a heavy racer you didnt need a mushroom at all just jump at the right moment could do it from the start. I always had a problem with the Frappe Snowland shortcut though.
6-04-2008 @ 4:37PM
Timdogg said...
Obviously this is Time Trial, which you stat off with mushrooms,) my question is how the hell this guy figured that out!!!
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6-04-2008 @ 5:03PM
cbylife said...
if your racing the AI in grand prix, you don't really need the mushrooms at the start do you? i don't see why you would...
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6-04-2008 @ 5:11PM
jaredgood1 said...
That's pretty nifty, but outside of Time Trials I couldn't it working more than 1 time out of every 100 races. This is Mario Kart we are talking about. The second you take that one shortcut lap, you'll be blasted by 2 blue shells, 1 red shell, a lightning bolt and squirted with ink just for good measure.
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6-04-2008 @ 5:26PM
Mr Khan said...
I doubt Red Shells would be able to access you out there
I'd be more worried about POW Blocks making you spin out and fall into the fire
6-04-2008 @ 5:30PM
sphetr2 said...
schweet
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6-04-2008 @ 5:35PM
Yan said...
this is too difficult for me to do. its not worth it
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6-04-2008 @ 7:26PM
O'Brien said...
Ok, I can get up there, but when I go around, it is not counting the laps. Any Ideas? I am going around the edge just like the video. I can get down and go through the finish line and it will count, but geting back up would be a pain. Any help guys?
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6-04-2008 @ 7:29PM
CJLopez said...
So, this is the "wario staduim raceway" shortcut for Mario Kart Wii huh, simply amazing
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6-04-2008 @ 7:39PM
Pudge said...
I had the same problem after I finally got up there, I wish it would work so I can beat at least one developer time.
PS. You also only have till about the 2nd lap to pull it off, cause that mountain part goes into the lava after that.
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6-04-2008 @ 8:21PM
Nick Lamb said...
Um. That looks simple, and I am totally doing this when I get home. Hilarious.
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6-05-2008 @ 9:59AM
mechevar21 said...
Not a big deal in my opinion for time trials. Its too situational to be of any use in online competition. You have to camp at the beginning hoping for a mushroom or golden mushroom. Plus being in last place means you are more likely to get bullet bill which would shoot you up the track, again making this even more difficult to pull of in a online race.
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6-08-2008 @ 11:05AM
ChrisCanberg said...
Yeah its not working for me either. I don't get it. Is is specifically using Daisy? Though I doubt that, but if that is the case, then this shortcut is out of the question. I hate daisy.
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