[MKWii Custom Track] Hidden Cove v1.1 by zatchi

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Published on September 17, 2020 3:42:01 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgy3GE1__PU

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Mario Kart Wii (2008)

Duration: 1:27

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Hidden Cove is a custom track created by zatchi. Initially, the track was released as a puzzle to find the version shown in this video.

PUZZLE SOLUTION:

KMP:
1. Go to Checkpoints which say "RENAME ZIP TO PNG"
2. Rename the ZIP folder downloaded to PNG
3. Open QR Code, just use blue channel if needed
4. Download wav file; remember this for later
5. Use wav file metadata to decode ENPT order, says to open KCL in TXT editor
6. Opening KCL in a text editor reveals a Vigenere code, saying it is foggy in audacity and piano PITCH=KEY; remember this for later

BRRES:
1. Open course_model.brres
2. Note that the path says donkeykong_thumbsup.html, and other brreses say this or donkeykongthumbsup.gif
3. Open normal road material to reveal text
4. Text says "8 bit unsigned" followed by a cipher, referring to the vigenere
5. Opening the fog posteffect reveals as an 8 bit PCM reveals a clip of a piano
6. The piano keys spell out F A C A D E, meaning this is the key for the cipher
7. Using this on the text in the image, which says JVGRB RNNVH OIYTGR KSQDU TUYYH, spells out "EVERY NINTH LETTER HOLDS TRUTH"; remember this for later
8. Open sudoku texture material
9. Find the UV coordinates which say "row 5 - col 5 = base 8 = kcl flag 0x0__"
10. Solve the Sudoku puzzle
11. Subtract the numbers of Row 5 (245 936 781) with the numbers of Column 5 (142 835 679)
12. Converting to octal (103 101 102) gives the KCL flag 0x0CAB; remember this for later

KCL:
1. Opening the KCL file as an OBJ reveals a path along the Sudoku texture
2. Texture mapping the texture over it reveals a series of numbers
3. The KCL for this is 0x00FC, implying it is a friend code to add
4. Adding the friend code reveals a string; remember this for later
5. Bean's Pit = nag a ram implies it is an anagram, specifically for Pastebin
6. Using the KCL flag from earlier, this highlights the characters "mii = url", meaning the mii leads to a Pastebin link
7. Opening the pastebin reveals a bunch of drunken SpyKid text
8. Using the "EVERY NINTH LETTER HOLDS TRUTH" from the cipher earlier, this reveals a code that says "try searching schwefelschwachen when HTML"
9. Additionally, there is more cipher text at the bottom, saying to "Recall the Texture. RAR Password."; remember this for later

Final puzzle:
1. KCL says WAV + BRSTM = SSTV (scottie)
2. Combine WAV and BRSTM to reveal SSTV signal
3. Decode signal to find a string in an image of Wario and Waluigi
4. Opening this link in a browser reveals an image of DK giving a thumbs up, with a binary string and some numbers below it
5. The binary says ITPT and the numbers imply the order of the groups, just like the ENPT string
6. The image also says .herokuapp.com, while the ITPT text says thefinalpuzzle
7. Going to thefinalpuzzle.herokuapp.com reveals a test of three questions
8. Answering these questions results in a RAR file with a password
9. Going back to the image, downloading the gif and renaming it to HTML gives a bunch of gibberish followed by German
10. The title of the German translates to "The word after", and searching for schwefelschwachen with the word after says meisterin
11. Using meisterin for the RAR password gives the hidden SZS file.

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