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Post by castletonsnob on Aug 27, 2022 5:49:45 GMT -5
Today, Super Mario Kart, and the Mario Kart series as a whole, turn 30 years old.
What's your favorite game in the series? What are your favorite memories of the series?
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Aug 27, 2022 6:44:21 GMT -5
Having just recently gotten a Switch as my first Nintendo console in 20 years, I have to say that Mario Kart 64 is my favorite. Loved the tracks, it had really good graphics for the time and I enjoyed having friends over and we'd do the balloon battles for hours on end.
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Post by thechase on Aug 27, 2022 9:57:32 GMT -5
Mario Kart DS got me through some tough times during 2010.
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Post by koreycaskets on Aug 27, 2022 10:21:00 GMT -5
As a teen when I smoked weed this was my to gi game for hours.
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Post by prettynami on Aug 27, 2022 12:41:28 GMT -5
Still think it (or maybe Advanced? That was the one that was basically just this plus a tiny bit of new content/tracks, right?) is the best version of the game. So much fun playing this as a kid!
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Aug 27, 2022 13:07:28 GMT -5
Mario Kart 64 with my friends I’d why I’m as competitive as O am today.
Those games were intense.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 27, 2022 22:45:17 GMT -5
There series peaked at Double Dash for me. Such a good game.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Aug 27, 2022 22:47:18 GMT -5
We used to have Mario Kart competitions at a local appliance repair shop. I realized how much I sucked at it watching some of those dudes race.
In hindsight it was hilarious that the grand prize was a Super Nintendo since pretty much everyone playing owned one.
(I smoked everyone in the Stunt Race FX contest though and my cousin got a nice brand new Super Nintendo for Christmas that year lol)
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Post by tirtefaa on Aug 28, 2022 0:03:22 GMT -5
I always found it weird that they had Koopa Troopa in the game, since he technically wasn't an individual character like all the other characters.
That being said, he became my go-to nonetheless. Honestly, I never cared TOO much for Super Mario Kart, as I found the Mode 7 graphics to be somewhat ugly, but it was still fun for the time.
While Mario Kart 64 replaced Koopa Troopa with Wario, I was more disappointed that they replaced Donkey Kong Jr. with Donkey Kong. And no, I don't consider them to be the same character, that makes no sense.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Aug 28, 2022 2:46:36 GMT -5
My first N64 game was Mario Kart 64. Loved that game.
Peach was my main. I used to post insane times with her in the time trials mode, my friends and my uncle could never beat them.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Aug 29, 2022 0:49:22 GMT -5
Either you picked Koopa Troopa as your mainstay character, or you made the wrong choice.
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Aug 30, 2022 14:53:33 GMT -5
Either you picked Koopa Troopa as your mainstay character, or you made the wrong choice. TOAD! That was my dude. Didn't play until we got a Wii, but so much fun playing against my kids...even tho the best I could do was 3rd.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Aug 30, 2022 14:57:12 GMT -5
MK snes was the only mario game i played a lot until world/land 3d
what a game except for the ice raceways they can go to hell
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Post by fg on Aug 30, 2022 21:31:52 GMT -5
I always found it weird that they had Koopa Troopa in the game, since he technically wasn't an individual character like all the other characters. That being said, he became my go-to nonetheless. Honestly, I never cared TOO much for Super Mario Kart, as I found the Mode 7 graphics to be somewhat ugly, but it was still fun for the time. While Mario Kart 64 replaced Koopa Troopa with Wario, I was more disappointed that they replaced Donkey Kong Jr. with Donkey Kong. And no, I don't consider them to be the same character, that makes no sense. I remember Nintendo Power back in the day when they had an article about this game that Koopa Troopa may not have had the fastest car but he could corner well. In contrast Donkey Kong was the opposite. I’m not too sure if those characters had the same characteristics in later games.
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Post by fg on Aug 30, 2022 21:33:10 GMT -5
Me and my sister and my friends used to love playing this game back in the day. I as recently played this game on my SNES Classic edition in 2020.
It still holds up.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 30, 2022 21:52:06 GMT -5
Either you picked Koopa Troopa as your mainstay character, or you made the wrong choice. Koopa Troopa is absolutely always my goto in the OG Mario Kart. And Dry Bones is my goto in 7 and 8.
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Post by tirtefaa on Aug 30, 2022 22:15:01 GMT -5
I remember Nintendo Power back in the day when they had an article about this game that Koopa Troopa may not have had the fastest car but he could corner well. In contrast Donkey Kong was the opposite. I’m not too sure if those characters had the same characteristics in later games. You mention Nintendo Power, and I remember when Mario Kart 64 came out, they had a little cartoon of Koopa Troopa on a payphone complaining that Wario stole his kart. As much as I like the character of DK, I wish they would have stuck with using Kamek in MK64 that spot instead of him. DK would essentially be relegated to random multi player character for over a decade after Donkey Kong 64 failed.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 30, 2022 22:29:40 GMT -5
I remember Nintendo Power back in the day when they had an article about this game that Koopa Troopa may not have had the fastest car but he could corner well. In contrast Donkey Kong was the opposite. I’m not too sure if those characters had the same characteristics in later games. You mention Nintendo Power, and I remember when Mario Kart 64 came out, they had a little cartoon of Koopa Troopa on a payphone complaining that Wario stole his kart. Was it a Nintendo Power cartoon or was that from the letter art section? I distinctly remember the joke, but I’d swear it came drawn on an envelope from a reader. They used to have a section for that shit in NP
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Post by tirtefaa on Aug 30, 2022 23:05:33 GMT -5
^ It may have been. It's been 25 years, so the brain is a little foggy.
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Post by BorneAgain on Aug 31, 2022 5:25:30 GMT -5
That Super Mario Kart roster is fascinating in hindsight because its before Nintendo really started having any sort of extended list of characters for Mario and it shows.
You have the SMB2 quartet, Bowser, and Yoshi which all make sense. DK Jr is pulled out of the mothballs and Koopa Troopa thrown in because there simply weren't prominent figures they could include at that point (with the idea of using Daisy not really gaining steam until Mario Tennis). If the game comes out even a year after it does, there's no doubt Wario would have been there given how popular Super Mario Land 2 ended up being.
Mario Kart 64 almost ended up being a similar time capsule with Kamek's near inclusion, a selection that only really makes sense in the context of how big Yoshi's Island was and his role as the central antagonist in it.
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