Today I am on no mini turbo. Thanks Nintendo for hiding the most important stats. We are on Sydney Sprint. Everyone is Yoshi.
Everyone here has at least a mini turbo of 18. Even that Daisy player. All the Mr. Scooty players and Bitty Buggy players have a mini turbo of 19. My Kong Boo combo is a bit low on mini turbo. That one's 16. Waluigi Wiggler is 14. Yes, I have all these memorized. And Funky Kong on this combo has a mini turbo of 6. Now, I am low on mini turbo, but I should be able to win this because I am high on speed.
There's a red shell behind me. I'm slowing down. Oh, I have no acceleration.
I can't really do that. I guess I could have used the... Oh, I have no handling.
This sucks. At least I have a big hitbox to help me collect coins. Okay, so if you don't know what the mini turbo stat does, it's the most important stat in the game because for these drift boost mini turbos...
It controls how fast they charge, how long the mini turbo lasts, and how much faster it makes you. And it also does this for trick boosts. Also, my handling is low, like everything is low right now, I'm having trouble controlling everything.
I really steered a little bit when that boomerang came towards me, but that was stupid because it doesn't do anything. When I steer left and right, it does nothing. Here, watch this. That's so dumb. Okay, anyway, I'm gonna try and do well here.
Grab me some coins. This is so dangerous. I want the double but I don't want to get hit. Oh, no, I was gonna dodge it but the hitbox.
What is happening? No, no, no! Well, we now know why no one uses this combo!
Okay, so having low mini turbo and like a big hitbox, low acceleration, a lot of this combo sucks. But, on the bright side, I have a high speed stat and hopefully I can show off the uses of that. Purple?
Nope, nope. Not quite. I'm not even gonna try next time.
I still need to get used to this thing. I used to be pretty good because I used combos like these a lot, but then I just kind of stopped using them quite as much, and now I use tryhard combos more. Look, I'm frontrunning! I like green shell. Oh, blue mini turbo.
Everyone's going to pass me at some point here just because the mini turbo stat is more important for going fast than the speed stat is. The speed stat is important when you're in speed items because then you can't charge mini turbos. But like here, I'm just going to drive straight.
Most people would be charging up mini turbos there, but not me because it's just not worth it. These mini turbos, they barely last any time. Look at how long the boost lasts.
I'm going to do a blue mini turbo. Look at that. It lasts for no time.
Oh, I shouldn't do this. Yeah, glider vectoring is like not very good because you can't turn very hard. I really need to watch the mini-map for a blue shell just in case I need to be able to slow down so I don't get hit.
But I have no acceleration either. Actually, I don't know. Maybe I should just get hit.
That was close. I think I'm losing first here. There's a blue shell! Don't red shell me.
Whoa, thanks for body blocking the red shell. And a little purple mini turbo, just so I can say I've done one this race. No mini turbo trick here, we're just keeping it really simple. Okay, I don't want to get backed, but I don't think they're going to do it.
I think Tom Rose is going to play safe with me. Just blue mini turbo. This is not worth it.
So much muscle memory, that is just not worth it. Okay, they backed it elsewhere. I think I'll just chain this mushroom. I need red shells to win. What are you doing slowing down?
I have red shells. Okay, wait a minute. I could win this. If there's no blue shell, if there's no shock, I win this.
Look at the brigade of Yoshi. You guys suck. You lost to this combo.
Funky Kong reclaiming his throne in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Okay, I'm glad I was able to prove that this combo really is not that bad thanks to that race. And here, usually I would go to the right and try to get a front run going.
Okay. but because of how fast this combo is, I want to get more coins just in case, like, there's a really good chance to get hit right here, and I can definitely make a comeback with this speed stat, because all the speed items really use the speed stat. Oh, I have no handling on the glider.
Oh, that was rough. I don't think motion glider's even faster than just tricking on the glider with this combo. Oh, and here, I just practiced this shortcut a lot. Yeah, that does, wait, does it?
Dude, no way it doesn't work, I shouldn't have tried. Ugh, I have no acceleration. So that's a shortcut I've practiced a lot lately, it's super fun, I managed to get it 3v3 recently, and unfortunately, that was not it. It is not going to happen on this combo. A lot of shortcuts actually are just like, way harder or impossible when you have low mini-turbo.
And like... A mini turbo of 6 is not usually what people mean by low mini turbo. When people say low mini turbo, usually they mean like under 14 or like maybe even under 18 because 18 is the Yoshi Teddy Buggy mini turbo. Yeah, so this mini turbo...
of 6, it's impossible to charge mini-turbos sometimes, and it's just not a good time when you're trying to do advanced tech. That's the annoying thing, is you'd think high speed, low acceleration would be high skill ceiling as well, because you have to avoid getting hit by items so you don't have to deal with your acceleration. But in truth, it really just means that you have to play really simple, because there's a lot of stuff you can't do.
I'm gonna get hit by a star and there's nothing I can do about it. That's the maximum motion glider. Can you believe that?
Motion glider usually goes like this and Okay, I can still do well this-nope. I jinxed it. I jinxed it.
At least I have a mushroom. Don't have to worry about acceleration. It's a bomb.
Where'd it go? Okay, we're good. We're good. Just don't get hit on the line.
Ah, it wasn't that good. This is nice, I can take a little breather here and just head backwards. Oh, too many people going backwards. I have no acceleration!
Everyone's just chillin'. Okay, so speaking of shortcuts, this, one of the best shortcut tracks in the game... And here I can take every shortcut obviously you don't like need any particular mini turbo stat to take these shortcuts You just have to drive that can't be said for all of the most important shortcuts in this game I made a video recently where someone Asked me hey for all the important shortcuts you're talking about can you do these with all combos even with low mini turbo stat because some of them have really sensitive mini turbo charges and the answer is within reason yes if you don't use like yoshi teddy you can still do it but you shouldn't use a combo like this with six mini turbo because like imagine trying to charge up that mini turbo for the mushroom gorge gap jump or the dragon driftway i'm pretty sure the dragon driftway one is just not possible Editing shortcut here.
Not only is it possible, but I did it three for three on my first try. It just takes some break drifting. So yeah, this game is super balanced. Okay, I did not think shock was coming, but and I could have dodged it. I'm just going to keep bagging.
It doesn't really matter. The pack is so close. I'm just going to keep going around for coins. Oh, coins disappeared.
This big hitbox is nice though for grabbing the coins. All right, I might get two items here. Let's just do that.
Okay, let's grab two items here. Alright, nice. Bunch of shortcuts.
Let's chain this star here. A red shell. It might be too risky to chain.
I may not get mushrooms again, so I'm just going to go for this. Come on, bagging track. Let me take advantage of my speed-Oh no, I'm dead.
I'm so de-Oh no, I'm not dead. I got second! I was like, frames away from winning! What?
Oh, if I threw that red shell a little bit earlier, I thought I got hit- by the Piranha Plant, so I already gave up. Wait, the person in first left. I won!
So there are two conditions, it seems, to be able to do well with this combo. And first is don't get hit, which is what you saw. on Paris Promenade. And second is get a bagging track with a million shortcuts, and that is what you saw on the last race.
So that was just beautiful. But you're not always in control of either of those factors, so really it's like kind of a luck fest when you play this combo. But you can have high highs, you'll just also have low lows. Don't hit me with that.
Thank you. Purple love to back their items there because it's impossible to dodge. I'm gonna get coins here.
Oh god, I know the lines here where you bonk into everything. Wow, got the orange mini turbo. It's like I'm a natural with this.
Uh, yes, okay. They have a red shell, but they got angry and just threw it at me. No! Ah, I tried to wall dodge, but that was never gonna happen.
Not with this hit. You really didn't have to do that. Ah. Okay, I could have saw that coming. Oh no!
Geez! Little super bounce with the mushroom. Oh. Yeah, yep, yep. This is what happens when you're not good with the combo.
This race I could have done much better if I was just better. Okay, well, just lost to all the Yoshi. We beat the Pichette.
The Pichette's name is Elle. Shell deserves last place. This is good. This is really good.
Moonview Highway is such a speed-focused track, and you don't get that many mini-turboes, especially because of all the boost panels. No, no, no! I got bumped into that!
Thanks a lot, Diddy Kong! Wow, okay, so I just lost that. As it turns out, time trials are not the same as real races.
Okay, this track is, like, not that good for me, but it's not quite as bad as some of the other tracks, because I just go in a straight line, and the thing is, like, these Yoshi charge a lot of mini-turbos in the straight line. However, it's not as good for them as charging a mini-turbo on a turn, because, you know, if they're charging mini-turbos on a turn, that just comes naturally. But if they're charging mini turbos on a straight line, they have to keep moving left and right, which is a little bit worse for them.
So this, I can actually like probably outspeed them a lot here. Not like all the time, because obviously this combo doesn't hold the world record on this track. But at least I can kind of put up a fight here probably. Pichette is going right, so I'm going this way. I do not want to deal with those green shells.
I need some more coins right now. I just got bumped! This is why you should never have kids.
Okay, we're making a little bit of a comeback. There's triple greens right there. They are going to outspeed me because of the purple mini turbo, so I made sure to use the star so I don't get hit. Okay. Okay, little draft.
No, no, no, I used that by accident. No, the red shell went everywhere and still hit me. It's lap three, but I still kind of want these coins.
Come on, come on. Don't hit me. I'm going wide.
I'm stupid for mushrooming there. This is impossible. This is just-nope, nope.
I have so much speed. I have so much speed I still got a middle spot. It looks horrible. It's the most disgusting gameplay you've ever seen in your life, but it kind of works, and I still do okay.
Oh, the Diddy Kong came first! I am so proud of my son. This is why you have kids. Hey, I just got bumped so much. I'm bagging.
Give me 9th place or worse. Let's go. The items don't matter too much at this start. I actually should be grabbing these coins here. The handling though, like with the handling stat that this has being so low, it's actually really hard to hit the coins sometimes.
If you are very experienced at Mario Kart, hitting the coins is not too hard, but I still remember when I first learned this game, hitting the coins was impossible. That was the hardest thing. It never felt like I was going where I thought I was gonna go.
Holy crap. Okay, here we go, here we go. Start making a comeback. No, these are not the right items for the comeback.
Stay ahead of this Birdo. I am not willing to swerve out of the way. I am just going to go forward because swerving, I've learned, doesn't work.
My hitbox is so- big. I wasn't even in the middle of the road. Oh, that's not fun. It's not fun using a hitbox this big, but what are you going to do?
I need to rep Funky Kong in a cool combo. All three hit me. Stars are my savior.
You see why I don't really want mushrooms right now? Everything hits me, and I just want to be invincible. Okay, well, literally all I can get is mushrooms.
This is so sad. Yeah, if I had a star, I could have dodged that, but I was very lucky where the mushrooms popped out. Okay, let's do this.
Let's do this. I'm not in a bottom enough spot to make it worth it to stop for an item there. I'm just going to keep going forward.
Screenshell, thank you! Thank you for getting rid of it. Alright, let's take the straightest line possible.
I'm not gonna turn. I'm not gonna turn. I just go in a straight line.
That's my strength with this combo. Okay, okay. Well, I can't get first. The green shell almost hit me! Is this combo good?
Is this combo bad? I can't even figure it out right now. It can do well sometimes.
Oh yes, Moonview Highway again. This is my chance for redemption to prove that this is actually the best combo for this track. Okay, I'm just mushrooming.
I want to get away from people. Is this combo just actually not that good here? I get hit by everything anyway. Okay, I'm gonna really focus this race.
I feel like I've been talking too much because this combo is insane, but okay, I'm gonna slow down a bit here at the start. Try to make sure I get a mushroom here. Nice.
Okay, and you don't take the shroom cut here because this is slower. Nice little draft. Take the shroom cut right here. Purple, purple, yes!
Red Shellll in front of me, but I'm not gonna outspeed a Yoshi Teddy Buggy. Especially on three coins. Okay, here we go, here we go! Red Shellll coming for me. I still need coins.
Oh, I have no handling. When you have no handling, it's not just like you can't turn sharply, you also can't turn wide, which is crazy. And I was not looking at the minimap, so if they slowed down for the blue shell, I was toast.
When I'm using combos that I don't normally use, I can't look at the mini-map very much. It's just a compromise I'm willing to make. I don't even try. Here you should mini-turbo trick, but we're just gonna hop trick. And, oh, this is such an awkward section!
I'm so slow there! Okay, okay, but this section, a straight section, I can go, well, not faster than if they snake. It's so sad. I have no advantage on this combo. I remember I made a video.
Oh, blue shell. Oh, blue shell. Get him. Yes!
Oh! Red Shellll, anyway. That's fine. That is fine.
I get to keep a Red Shellll protection. Can't even talk about other stuff right now. We're just gonna go forward.
I don't think my Glider speed is very high, so I'm just gonna stay on the ground where it's faster anyway. And not worry about the items. Please give me two Red Shellll protection. That's fine, too.
Should I go for the short-no I'm not going for this curb shortcut. I can easily mess it up. I think I win if I don't take it anyway. Okay, now we just dodge items.
No, no, no, is that triple reds? You are such a nice person, Lasting! Holy!
You could have ended me! I haven't- No acceleration! Oh, thank you so much for protecting yourself. You protected me too. Lasting is probably short for lasting friendship because that, my friends, is how you keep people in your life.
You don't triple red them at the end of Mario Kart when they're playing on a stupid combo. That is just mean and I'm so glad they didn't do it. Oh, that was great!
Thank you so much. I should not have won that race. Because they were actually totally safe to throw at least one of them. They had triple reds all the way till the end, which is like, you know, they just probably wanted to see me do it.
How do we do the shortcut? Drift? Oh I can't drift wide! What was that? That was horrible, I'm all the way over here.
Okay, whatever, whatever. I need my coins up in this case. So we're gonna go here. Oh, no traction!
It's so different! High lasting C! I'm not gonna hit you. Not gonna hit lasting, because I have a lasting friendship with them. I'm just gonna get rid of their greens.
Mushrooms, very nice. This is actually so good because with the online lag, often you can't actually avoid an item even though you're trying your best. So this way, I can make sure that I can actually recover if I get hit. So glad that wasn't coming for me.
We're just gonna do the the easy version of the shortcut here that I taught in the-whoa! Wait, that was amazing. That was actually really good. Okay, and we go for one boost and then just go up here.
here. Alright, we're in second. Wow. Just need to watch out for this banana. It might have been worth it to go for it honestly.
No one else is gonna be able to get it in time and I had no acceleration. Let's do this. Coin. I'll coin out of my mind here.
Couldn't get the third trick. Oh no, there's fire. Come on, just there be another blue shell, please. We're doing easy strats again.
No, no, no, no. How did this work again? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm using this and going really slow.
Come on, come on. Wow, I am getting so much better with this combo. Wow, you guys are so good with your Yoshi Teddy Buggy.
There's a Waluigi Wiggler. That person watched a Mario Kart guide from 2019 and is very confused. Can we get a draft here? Can we get a draft?
Okay, not quite. I am just going to go for coins here, hopefully. I'm actually going to slow down here.
I can catch up with the huge shortcuts, so this is actually totally fine. I just want to make sure I have coins. My speed stat with speed items is gonna help me come back.
Okay, nice. I'm just gonna use all these. I need to get rid of this before the item set.
And I'm probably not dodging a shock at this point anyway. I just want the potential of a bullet during the really long no shortcut section. And then at the end I want mushrooms again. I just keep getting blue shells today.
Hey nephew. I didn't hit him. Okay, we're just gonna try and get ninth here so I can get a better box. Let's go.
Bullets, nice. I'm just gonna stay invincible as long as I can. And this is going to drop me off at the shortcut with a star. Oh, my bullet is so much faster than yours.
So yeah, I'm already back in this. I'm in fifth. Okay, no threats behind me right now.
I'll probably just chain the star. Let's use that to speed up so the other person didn't get it. Oh no, this is not good.
I probably want to chain this. No, no, I'm just gonna save it. No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
I didn't even see the blue sh-No! And then I got stolen anyway. Okay.
Okay, okay. It's all over. Wow.
Wow, I can't start a drift. That's so embarrassing. Don't you hate when you can't start a drift and you're like, no, I swear this never happens. No, I got greened in last.
Okay, maybe this is not a good. combo. We got Sydney Sprint again. It is my time for redemption on Sydney Sprint.
You know what? Back when I played the max speed combo in that video way long ago against players in like the under 10,000 VR level, I won the Sydney Sprint race. So I have to win this one, even though I lost earlier.
But now I'm used to this combo. That's the difference. And you know what's funny?
The max speed combo video, the no acceleration combo, and this no mini turbo combo, they're all basically the same thing. They all are just maximum speed, no handling, max weight. It's just, they're all the same thing.
Because Nintendo doesn't get creative with the stats. So get wrecked. You just watched the same video three times and you thought it was something different.
Haha, what a loser. Haha. Oh, okay, that's enough toxic for me for one day. This is awesome.
I get to take shortcuts all the way into first. Should I save this mushroom in first? I'm just going to do it. I'm not going to be in first anymore, actually. Oh, no, actually, I'm still in first.
Diddy Kong, you'd never hurt me, right? You would never. You don't have an item. Let's try to take the double item box from you.
I just want to make sure they don't have a red shell. Oh mushroom nice, okay. There's a blue shell. Are they gonna pass me?
No, I just dodged it. Okay, good. Good thing I saved it Coin up.
Nice. We're front running here. Give me the mushroom. Give me the other mushroom.
It's not just the fact that I got these mushrooms. It doesn't help that much, but the fact that other people can't get them. That's also really good. So it's almost like a double mushroom. It's like either you or someone else gets it.
Two red shell protection. If there's no blue shell for the rest of this race, I could do really well here. Just a purple mini turbo. I think the world record charges two purple mini turbos because they're insane. With their mini turbo stat.
They're chaining red shells. I'm so lucky I have a second protection. I don't think they got a red shell.
Yes! Yes! The blue shell wasn't here in time because my speed stat is so high.
Let's go! This is officially the best combo in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.