All of the evidence now points to the coaster's final inversion count being
15. This makes sense, because although rcdb currently lists the inversion record as 10; Guinness World Records lists Eejanaika as the record holder with 14, which is total crap, but they got away with it.
Regardless, a coaster with 15 track inversions would definitely claim the record.
First a screenshot from the game, you can see "The Marmeliser" (the big piece of spider theming), on which you can just make out the words "15 rotations"
Next, someone got a photo of a Smiler mug, which has 15... loops? or something... on the handle. 13 which you can see, 1 on the bottom and 1 on the top of the handle.
Lastly, we get this German article about Merlin (it's translated literally from German to English, so some of it reads like total gibberish), which would appear to be pretty darn clear about it.
The only thing is... where on Earth would a 15th track inversion fit? The inversions seem pretty much one after the other and crammed in, when we thought it was 14, but a 15th? My guess would be that there might be an extra cheeky roll thrown in before it hits the brakes, but there doesn't look to be quite enough space in what's already been built, to fit that in. Only really leaving something very special happening with either of the 2 lifts... any thoughts?
Edit:
And photos of construction as it is this morning (photos taken about 10 minutes ago, ha)
EDIT2:
Added an element with my boss MS Paint skills