Mario Kart Wii: The History of the Ultra Shortcut 

Gonna give shoutouts down here to the music artists that I used in this video: HOME - soundcloud.com/home-2001 - This guy is known for his song "Resonance", but I hope that his legacy doesn't end there. Resonance is great, but he has dozens of other tracks that are not only amazing for casual listening, but work fantastically as background music for videos (such as this one!) Thanks so much for letting me use your music, it's rare to see that with music creators of your stature. Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com/music/ - He needs no introduction. When it comes to royalty-free music, he is the king of it. His songs have probably been used in millions of productions worldwide, and for good reason- he has an enormous library of high quality songs. There's a few of his songs in particular (Frost Waltz, Impact Lento) that I keep coming back to for my videos. On behalf of myself and countless other creators, thank you for being awesome. Luminist - luministmusic.bandcamp.com/ - I found him from his synthesizer remakes of the Metroid soundtrack. They were amazing of course, so I decided to poke around to see what other stuff he had. While there's not too much of it so far, what's there is really unique and beautiful. I've never heard music quite like the songs from his EP "Simulations" before, and I hope that you continue making music in the future. Thanks for letting me use what you've got so far, and I can't wait to see what's in store for later. Shikimo - soundcloud.com/shikimo - Funnily enough, the way I found out about Shikimo was from an email that was sent to me Since I'm so picky with the music I use, it's rare that I find artists from them reaching out to me- the song Shikimo sent me, however, which I used in this video (Getaway) was too good to ignore. So, to any synth artists out there, please feel free to send me an email with what you've got! Thank you for deciding to contact me, Shikimo. I look forward to exploring more of what you have in the future. Stevia Sphere - steviasphere.bandcamp.com/ - I learned about this artist recently, when I was just browsing through a youtube playlist looking for potential background music. When I found Stevia Sphere, I realized I had struck gold- there were dozens of brilliant, widely varying songs across a bunch of albums, and 95% of them were under a creative commons license, meaning they were free to use in videos. Stevia's music ranges from really relaxing, to thought provoking and inspiring, and everywhere in between. Thanks for all that you've done! Three Chain Links - soundcloud.com/beardmont - I'm convinced that this guy creates some of the best synth music on the internet, and it's really a shame that he doesn't have a bigger following. Links' song "All We Ever See Of Stars" in particular is just incredible, but don't stop looking there- there are so many that are similar in quality. Links does a great job making music that sounds like it's ripped straight from 30 years ago. Thanks for creating it all, and for releasing it with a creative commons license no less!

"Why was it all possible?" That was the question in one guy's mind... *M r . B e a n*

"He intentionally threw away a few seconds by picking Luigi simply because... well, he likes Luigi" A man of culture I see.

ARTHUR JUST PULLED OFF THE RAINBOW ROAD ULTRA SHORTCUT

Well, it happened. The rainbow road glitch was done humanly

The amazon truck driver when I order same day shipping at 11:59 pm

Virgin floor vs the chad horizontal wall.

Imagine being a kid playing time trials and you just see people with 18 second times

This man could narrorate paint dry and I'd watch the entire thing.

"a horizontal wall" yo sounds like a floor to me chief but okay.

stupid people: it’s a floor. summoning salt: *HORIZONTAL WALL*

1/13/2021 marks the day the Rainbow Road ultra was finally pulled off by a human being! And their name is ArthurMKW, I can’t believe it, It’s finally been done! What an absolute legend and a crazy journey this game has taken me and plenty of others too and I hope it never stops.

I was here, after 5 years it's done.

This guy makes Mario Kart Wii shortcuts sound like they are the most important discovery in history

Instructor: Sorry, but you failed your driving test Me: I did the Mushroom Gorge Ultra Shortcut in Mario Kart Wii once Instructor: holy...

watching again. i don’t think it will ever get boring. idk why i love his videos, he makes me care about something otherwise i wouldn’t care about. i’m grateful for summoning salt doing this for me.

The person could narrate me drinking water and it would be the most interesting thing ever

I felt like this was a documentary.

MrBean will always hold the real record for Wario's Gold Mine in our hearts

ARTHUR DID RAINBOW ROAD ULTRA SHORTCUT

I love that you specifically said "author" at the end of the video, when a dude named "Arthur" actually landed the ultra shortcut today.

You: Floor Me, an intellectual: *HORIZONTAL WALLS*

I love how Nintendo just sat there and watched people break their game and make world records

Who's here after Arthur pulled off the omega rainbow road shortcut

12:49 I love this quote, it sounds way more poetic and important that it should “Hitting ledges in weird angles at high speed does weird things in this game” -Sort of Seals

This Mr. Bean guy is literally like Albert Einstein for gamers

I feel like I'm watching a documentary... an amazing documentary that 30 minutes just flied by like that.

Who's here after Arthur just became the first person do to the Rainbow Road ultra shortcut? :) ARTHUR BECAME THE AUTHOR

14:40 this dude's reaction as he is realizing "this is happening... I'M WITNESSING IT" may be my favorite thing

Did I just watch 32 minutes of mario kart wii ultra shortcuts

made these feel like great scientific discoveries

The Rainbow Road Glitch has finally been pulled off by ArthurMKW, beating the no glitch WR by just under 10 seconds! clips.twitch.tv/GiftedAbrasiveSeahorseWutFace

RAINBOW ROAD GLITCH HAPPENED TODAY! 1/13/21

Nobody: Coconut Mall speedrunners: “hmm yes the floor here is made out of wall”

It’s crazy that the game is over 10 years old and it still has a very active community!

"We've seen driving on a rock formation, riding along a wall, and jumping through a bridge. This time, it's something a little bit simpler. Driving through a parking lot." I've heard a LOT of bone chilling lines before, but none has ever come close to THAT specific one.

31:35 more like “who’s gonna be the Arthur”

Me at 9pm...: I‘m gonna go to sleep early Me at 3am: I‘ve never even played mario kart wii

So, out of all the 32 courses, 11 courses has Ultra Shortcuts, and 1 of them has 2 Ultra Shortcuts. At this moment I realized how broken the game is.

Today is history for mankind

i remember watching this when it came out and being awestruck, still feel the same way such a good vid :)

You call them horizontal walls I call them floors

"Thanks to the extensive work done by Mr. Bean..." is now my favorite quote.

Today is the day rainbow road glitch has been made!!

Rainbow Road ultra has been done. It's time for a part two.

"Get ready, everyone, you're about to earn a degree in Mario Kart Wii checkpoints." Well, indeed :P

*Job interview* Boss: Do you have any degrees or scholarship? Me: Ummm I have a Mario Kart Wii Checkpoint degree

31:35 Well, we finally found "The Arthur"

Anyone here after the rainbow road ultra has been done by a human?

"He was the true champion of wario's gold mine... ...until a guy named justin came along"

When I was young I saw a ghost with the ultra shortcut on mushroom gorge and thought they were a hacker

Anyone coming back to this after the Rainbow Road glitch was successfully pulled off?

Who is here after the Rainbow Road ultra shortcut was done?

This is what the history channel will be like for Millennials in 20 years

Honestly quality as hell video.. occasionally the RU-vid algorithm does impress

Time for a part 2 lets goooooo

We NEED a part two now after Waluigi stadium, N64 Bowser’s castle and Arthur’s LEGENDARY RAINBOW ROAD GLITCH have been pulled off

are ya winning son? Mr Bean just getting a millisecond off a run - “ yes dad, yes i am “

“..the story of Rainbow Road will be written. But the question is.. who will be the author?” poetic

Who’s here after part 2 released and Arthur finally pulled off the rainbow road ultra shortcut in real time?

Who’s here after Arthur got the Rainbow Road ultra?

The low-res, low framerate videos combined with slow synth music really brings me back to simpler times. I love literally living in the future, but the days of Mario Kart Wii were sweet.

You know it's a damn well made video when half of the people seeing it don't know why they clicked on it but everyone who finished it praises it. Simply amazing

I find Mario Kart Wii's glitches and shortcuts like these to be absolutely fascinating to me. As a kid, I'd watch Mario Kart Wii glitch videos and learn how to do most of them. I was never a speed runner, they were just fun to do; especially with my siblings. I loved going out of bounds in courses (Maple Treeway and Coconut Mall being my favourite) and exploring areas of race tracks that were never meant to be driven on. It's such a shame Mario Kart 8 doesn't have any out of bounds glitches like MKWii does. Well of course, the fact that there's no glitches is generally a good thing, but I just miss pulling off crazy glitches and tricks. I was pretty disappointed when I found out that you can't even go backwards or Lakitu will place you back on course. I just wanted to explore Toad Harbour 😔

Anyone here when Athur did the Rainbow road shortcut? I'm here. It was insane

what’s even crazier is that there’s STILL being Ultra shortcuts discovered and optimized this game is fucking crazy man

A full documentary on mario kart wii ultra shortcuts. What a time to be alive in

Your videos are transfixing. Music, narration, pacing, editing, everything is top notch. Huge props

RR ULTRA JUST HAPPEND RTA!!

The music feels like he’s talking about creepy government conspiracies

If you could do rainbow road then you are automatically qualified for a driving licence

I know everyone will be commenting this but Arthur has just pulled off the Rainbow road shortcut only a couple days ago (13/1/21)

It’s not the topic, it’s the delivery. Your presentation is incredible.

Never played Mario Kart Wii, never even had a Wii, watched a 32min video about shortcuts and was still amazed and entertained, well done.

I love how the self reference was in poor quality to reference how old sources had poor quality

Whos here after the Rainbow Road Ultra Shortcut was done by a human

So much has happen in the last 2 years, this video really needs a sequel :)

"Well because he liked being luigi" lmao

I remember being 10 years old and having meltdowns trying and failing to do these shortcuts haha

It's done! Rainbow road has been done! The ultrashort has been done!

Honestly the best video on whole youtube

The Ultra Shortcut (Now with NEW Funky Mode)

Right youtube, i'm watching it now. Happy? Edit: Hey that was actually pretty cool

9:57 Music Starts Me in my mind: "Something great is about to happen soon"

30:31 *You’re godamn right*

"It took six years for one fifth of a second to come off of his record." Next up: Luke takes four years to shave off one millisecond from GCN Mario Circuit.

Imagine using those Ultra Shortcuts while playing against your siblings

"Who will be the author" Three years later Arthur has done it.

UPDATE: A man from France named Arthur (supposedly @arthuurrrp on twitter) just managed to do the Rainbow Road Ultra Shortcut. With a quaker of all vehicles

"the story will be written, but who will be the author?" *starts crying*

Just in case anyone is just watching this video now, 3 new ultras were discovered in one day a few days ago on BC64, Koopa Cape, and Shy Guy Beach

Summoning Salt: makes this video Goomba after seeing: I think I have an idea

It has been done, the prophecy

Every one of these guys has at least one little nephew or cousin who just HATES them.

There’s something about your videos that is just so intriguing. You wouldn’t think that a 30 minute history on Mario kart time trials would be interesting, but you make your videos so well that I can’t click away. Keep up the good work

Why do i tear up from watching a half-hour mario kart documentary from 4 years ago, no matter how many times i come back?

This is so crazy from 2009 and now it's 2021 and it's still played

looks like a documentary, nicely done

On the other side of the spectrum my dad fell off moo moo meadows once

Update: Rainbow Road Ultra Shortcut has been done!