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    [Epilepsy Warning] Choco Mountain: The History of Mario Kart 64's Most Infamous Track

    Summoning Salt

    3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2018

    YouTube

    29:54 · 5.4M views · Jun 4, 2018

    Summoning Salt traces the speedrunning history of Mario Kart 64's Choco Mountain track and its famous shortcut, through the successive record holders and discoveries. It carries an epilepsy warning for flickering lights.

    HN recommends it as a gripping entry point into speedrunning and as a model of a well-made history video.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @mslaSep 2018· in “'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 world record”

      Summoning Salt makes great videos. The SMB1 video has already been linked, but I also love his video on the Choco Mountain track in Mario Kart 64. It has some great livestream captures which show records being broken, and contextualizes them well enough to give them some pathos: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @nayukiOct 2018· in “Mario Kart Wii: The History of the Ultra Shortcut [video]”

      Along the same topic, this YouTuber made a fantastic video explaining the Mario Kart 64 Choco Mountain shortcut: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    3. @mcastAug 2018· in “Ask HN: What are some niche communities you enjoy?”

      I didn't realize I cared about speed-running until I saw this YouTube video from Summoning Salt about N64's Mario Kart level: this video

      RecommendsView on HN