#super mario kart

[getmikestevens]

Why am I so obsessed with first-gen Mario Kart art?

[suppermariobroth]

Prototype version of Koopa Beach 1 found in development files for Super Mario Kart.

In this version, all racers continuously drown themselves in the top left corner of the map, with the exception of Mario, who somehow gains the ability to fly, as seen in the footage.

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[nintendometro]

Title screen intro 'Super Mario Kart' Super Nintendo Support us on Patreon

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[nintendroid]

Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack) for Super Nintendo.

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Bowser Castle 2 Debut: Super Mario Kart

Oh no! We didn't have a post ready for today! Well let me improvise one for you really quick. Because I love you. Don't take it too personally, though, we're not here to start parasocial relationships with our followers! Sorry. I hope you understand.

This is Bowser Castle 2, from Super Mario Kart, but if I named it I'd call it Bowser Castle POO! Because it isn't very good.

Many people consider this one of the worst courses in Mario Kart history, and many people would be right! You see, iconic Bad Guy King Morton "Bowser" Koopa Sr. wanted to prove his Bad Guy status by creating a Bad Course, and boy howdy did he! He probably feels so smug about it. Jerk.

Look at that map. This course has a dead end on it. This might be the only course in Mario Kart history to do such a thing! It's possible you can use a Feather to turn that into a shortcut, but I've never pulled it off. But also I'm not very good at this game, nor am I interested in becoming good at this game, so it might just be a skill issue on my part.

But getting past the dead end offers you no reprieve, as afterwards you have to deal with this mess! It feels like they're trying to make some sort of double-loop formation, but all the 90 degree turns combined with the bridge connecting the loops being at the top ends up making it play very awkwardly. Or something like that. Listen I'm just writing this post in a stream of conscience, I dunno how to describe what's so bad about this beyond "it's bad."

luigi enters the torment labyrinth

As you can probably expect, having "being the worst Mario Kart course ever made" on its resume hasn't done good things for SNES Bowser Castle 2. The only game it's returned in is Super Circuit, which included literally every SNES course, which is to say it was not getting any sort of special treatment. Even Mario Kart Tour, a game which literally invented new SNES courses for the sake of getting more content out of existing assets, refused to bring Bowser Castle 2 into its arms.

Is there any hope in this world for an absolute dogwater course like this one? I dunno but that's not gonna stop me from coming up with hypothetical solutions. Yes this is the kind of thing I think about in my spare time! Don't judge me!

Really, for all I've been dunking on this course in this post, I don't think it'd actually take all that much to get this into a playable state. As you can see, I've re-envisioned the dead end as a shortcut (likely blocked off with a wooden cutout so you need to use a mushroom), and I've reimagined the Torment Labyrinth as a double roundabout configuration à la Wii Rainbow Road. After that I just smoothed out some turns, added a glider ramp at the end so you have something to do during the last straightaway, and envisioned some totally awesome elevation changes that can not be displayed from a bird's-eye view like this, and bam! I created a version of this course that could potentially maybe be enjoyable.

I mean I dunno. I don't have the means to play it.

I drew this earlier this morning and it's the entire reason I've decided to make this our spur-of-the-moment post. I hope you're proud of me. For what it's worth, at least SNES Bowser Castle 2 can theoretically be made into a somewhat enjoyable course. It's not like it's stuck with a name like "Figure-8 Circuit" or something.

[sillybillylulu]

could you draw princess peach pls! i love your artstyle! 💕

Thank you so so much for this request! I didn't know how much I needed to draw her until now 🍑🩷

[acquired-stardust]

Super Mario Kart Super Nintendo 1992

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Redraw of the N64 Render

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Who you picking? 🏁

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They got snes'd

[nyoclosmom]

i need aaa headcanons but it's y'all guessing their mario kart mains

[suppermariobroth]

Cover of a 1992 Nintendo Power promotional leaflet.

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[nintendometro]

Yoshi 'Super Mario Kart' Super Nintendo Support us on Patreon

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[nintendroid]

Super Mario Kart Horizons (Super Mario Kart hack) for Super Nintendo.