Kickstart - A Super Monkey Ball Gaiden TAS Compilation

UPDATE 12/31/2020: You can see three new strats below:
https://streamable.com/vbb7ff
https://streamable.com/vuc76e
https://streamable.com/3jf83p

This wasn't what I had originally planned when I decided to TAS this hack. My original goal was to make a full story mode TAS, but due to issues with syncing lag whenever a prior level was improved, matching previously-achieved TASes, and overall just feeling like I had jumped the gun on making a full-game TAS within 6 months of release, I decided to convert it into a compilation instead. However, all of the TAS inputs are still being saved for later, and I honestly don't regret trying to make a full game TAS, as it led to some big improvements on levels that I wouldn't have even attempted otherwise. I'm pushing this compilation out now because I want the IL scene to develop more, and I'm hoping that by showing off just a fraction of what's possible in this hack, people will be inspired to push it beyond where they'd ever imagined that it could go. And then once the ILs have developed even more, I'll be able to go back in and bring the standards of the TAS up as high as they can go.

You will see a total of 9006 frames saved in this compilation compared to the current IL records as of release. I hope you enjoy!

Special thanks:
Pheonifire - The 2-2 TAS in this compilation was made entirely by Pheonifire as part of the TAS project, and the 1-7, 3-6, and 9-7 TASes feature some of their inputs. They were also integral in achieving some of the WR ties that were originally a part of the full-game TAS.
Ike, Scrap, Alist, Walkr, Silverboxer, Rufas - For providing me with videos of their records and various strat ideas that ended up contributing to the final product.
Cutsman - For creating the hack and helping me out with making the platforms on 7-5 visible to make TASing it easier.

Music:
PrototypeRaptor - Thrillseeker
cYsmix - Death's Grasp