
This has led players to try all sorts of shenanigans, like going way out of bounds to carefully nab a checkpoint, or driving over “undrivable” terrain. If players can manage to hit that final checkpoint before the finish line, many maps will count it as a fair lap when players cross the finish line. Players can trick the game into believing they’ve completed a lap normally, despite driving out of bounds or forcing Lakitu to fish them out of the pit and back onto the road, according to a YouTube documentary from Summoning Salt.

If you’re unfamiliar with Mario Kart Wii, the game is comically broken in terms of how it counts laps. But years after the discovery of the Rainbow Road ultra shortcut and over a decade after the game’s release, a streamer named Arthur finally nailed the shortcut, giving him the fastest time in the world. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Mario Kart Wii is nearly 13 years old, but hardcore players are still trying to bend it to their will with “ultra shortcuts” - massive lap skips that require unreasonably high levels of skill. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms.

On top of that, there is a grand total of 12 racers that can race on the same track at the same time, which is surprisingly large when considering the fact that 12 items can be shot off at once. The game consists of 26 playable characters, 36 Vehicles, and 19 Items. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. Mario Kart Wii is a racing game made by Nintendo, which happens to be based off of Mario. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.

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