Game:

Mario Kart Wii (2008)

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In online matches, players can only get squished if they are hit on their point of view. This is also explains why sometimes, if you're on a Mega Mushroom and hit somebody, they will continue as normal even if in your screen it looks like they've been stomped (because on the other player's screen, they haven't actually been hit).

However, the online protocol has an unused bit that can make players squished on command. So, for example, if you have a Mega Mushroom and you manage to hit somebody, the player that has been attacked will get squished on their screen, even if on their screen they haven't been hit by the Mega Mushroom player.

In this video, a cheat code was used by the opponent to force flipping this unused bit towards myself. The game then sees this bit as 'I've been hit by a Mega Mushroom', and so all of the sudden I get squished.

Thanks to Ro for offering to be the opponent player to test this!

More info at TCRF: https://tcrf.net/Mario_Kart_Wii/Unused_Code_%26_Parameters#Online_Squish_Command

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