>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 21:19:26
>To: jeffhawk@juno.com, jspirek@gj.net, manoble@ice.lakeheadu.ca, 
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>From: David Wonn <wonn.3@osu.edu>
>Subject: 4 Choco Mountain Shortcuts in MK64
>
>To all interested karters,
>        I have found that there's not just one, but FOUR separate shortcuts
for Choco Mountain.  I assume that everyone is familiar with the first one,
where you just jump over the guardrail in Time Trial mode.  Now here are the
others:
>
>2.  If you have fast fingers or a turbo controller, you may want to try this 
alternative instead of jumping over the guardrail.  After completing 
seven-sixteenths of a lap, go immediately to the left and "jump-scale" the 
mountain.  By this I mean to rapidly jump with R button while driving into the 
mountain.  If you do this in the right place, you will completely clear the
mountain, and your kart will flip for a few seconds and land just behind the 
three hills immediately behind the finish line.  This shortcut can get you to 
the finish line just as quickly as the one where you jump over the guardrail.
>
>3.  This shortcut is a more difficult alternative, but it is the best 
shortcut of the 4 that I have found in this course.  Just before you reach the 
big hill prior to the overpass area, go directly into the wall on your left.  
Drive into it at full speed and jump as you hit it.  If you do this in the 
right place, you will clear the wall and land in the same area as in shortcut 
#2.  This will save you at least a few more seconds per lap than the previous 
two.
>
>4.  Last and certainly least is one that is loosely inspired by my Toad's 
Turnpike shortcut, but this one isn't as effective.  At the very beginning of 
the course, just drive about one kart length forward from the start line and 
drive into the wall on your left with the aid of a mushroom.  Jump with the R 
button as you hit it, and you might land on top of the mountain.  If you do it 
properly, Lakitu will pick you up and place you right at the tunnel.  This 
works pretty well in the 150cc, especially if you have a Gold Mushroom, but 
I'm not sure if it works in Time Trial mode.  The nice thing about it though 
is that you can use it in conjunction with any one of the three previous 
shortcuts to really smoke the competition.
>
>Here are some updates of my scores (the * denotes the use of 1 or more 
shortcuts) :
>                        Time (Player)   Lap (Player)
>*Luigi Raceway          1'25"49 P       27"48 Y
> Moo Moo Farm           1'19"42 T       26"13 Y
>*Toad's Turnpike        1'36"18 T       30"55 T
>*Frappe Snowland          24"76 T        5"53 T
>*Choco Mountain         1'14"52 T       23"81 T
> Sherbet Land           1'45"54 P       34"67 P
> Bowser Castle          1'58"39 T       38"85 T
> Banshee Boardwalk      1'52"93 T       37"02 T
>*Rainbow Road           4'04"18 Y     1'19"24 P
>
>                                David Wonn
>                                Gahanna, OH
>