Mario Kart, 30 years of fun and madness | Documentary/Retrospective on the Mario Kart series

The Mario Kart series is one of the most iconic of all time, one of the few series that is universal; we've all played Mario Kart no matter which episode it was, and we've all understood, controller in hand, that these games are special, that they have a different aura from others, that they make us feel a whole range of emotions in just a few seconds. Mario Kart games are very exotic and different from what we can find elsewhere, and yet, it's one of the few series to have successfully crossed the ages without ever disguising itself and to have achieved success with each episode. Today, in celebration of the series recently celebrated 30th anniversary, we look back on each installment of the main series, tracing their development, the context of the time, with an analysis of each game and how they have managed to evolve and adapt to their era each time, becoming one of the most beloved game series. Buckle up because today, we are going through the history of a legendary series, here's the story of Mario Kart.
I sincerely hope you enjoy this video, I loved working on it !
Sorry that my English is not perfect, it's not my first language.
Made by Sakharu, narrated by Brad Ziffer.
00:00:00 • Introduction
00:01:57 • Super Mario Kart : The birth of a legend
00:24:43 • Mario Kart 64 : The 3D revolution
00:45:46 • Mario Kart Super Circuit: The forgotten one
01:03:45 • Mario Kart Double Dash : Twice as crazy
01:25:16 • Mario Kart DS : A whole new era
01:44:10 • Mario Kart Wii : Behind the wheel
02:07:57 • Mario Kart 7 : Off track
02:26:46 • Mario Kart 8 : Head Spin
02:54:21 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe : Second Lap
Thanks for the support !

[@sakharubaguette]

I sincerely hope you enjoy this video, I loved working on it ! Sorry that my English is not perfect, it's not my first language. Made by Sakharu, narrated by Brad Ziffer.

[@DeformedLunchbox]

This video was great, nostalgic, and really well edited. I love your videos so far. However, there are a lot of mistakes. Such as Rock Rock Mountain being called Wario Mountain. You say 'Wario and his brother' during the Double Dash segment, when I think you meant Waluigi? You mention the Wii took off after Mario Galaxy, which isn't true. And you mention Smash Bros 3DS uses the 3D effect from the star road track in Mario Kart 7...what does that even mean? There are a lot of other little mistakes. ...I get the feeling chat GPT is writing a lot of this...

[@cubefreak123]

@@DeformedLunchbox Those seem more likely translation issues than anything else. The creator did say English is not their first language.

[@bmeht]

Sorry man you can't have a three hour video about Nintendo where you don't know how to pronounce the name of Miyamoto.

[@korraiswaifu6245]

What is your first language? You English sounds perfect.

[@sportsjefe]

@@korraiswaifu6245 Sakharu is not the speaker, he had someone else do the narration. It appears Sakharu is French.

[@Kurtfan1991]

As someone from the French audience of the original French channel, I'm happy that with this translated videos, more people will be able to discover this KZbinr's videos, because he truly deserves it!

[@dodolatornade]

yes but i'm sad that the french versions don't exist anymore (being part of the french audience too)

[@Kurtfan1991]

@@dodolatornade That’s because Sakharu’s French channel has been hacked :( Hope he gets it back!

[@dodolatornade]

@@Kurtfan1991 I didn't know I hope it will be back too

[@Ukysseus]

Regroupement sur la chaine secondaire apres le hack. Courage j'espere que tout reviendra dans l'ordre!

[@Jouons_ensemble_creons_jeux]

salut, alors, je viens de voir ça mais est ce reel ou bien un fake pour le coup de pub ? à la limite, je prefererai ça !! total soutient à notre sakharu ! mais zut aussi, les gars, c'est pas dur de mettre un password solide et le mettre à l'abri .

[@Ukysseus]

@@Jouons_ensemble_creons_jeux Ouais non c'est franchement pas un super coup de pub vu qu'il risque de perdre pas mal d'abonnes dans l'affaire... C'était deja arrive a Nathaniel Bandy et il a fini par retrouver sa chaine. Il suffit d'avoir un vieux mail avec un mot de passe moins safe que les autres lie a son compte gmail et hop hacké mais bon je ne sais pas ce qui lui est arrivé specifiquement.

[@Jouons_ensemble_creons_jeux]

@@Ukysseus salut, mega oups 😥😥😥😥

[@josevillouta4588]

With MK8 DX, I’ve never played so much Mario Kart since the SNES. So much content and gameplay, and perfect and well balanced to play with kids - the main audience in the series, not the experts. That’s why the border protection and the automatic driving. All my kids started when they were 3 years old and join the fun! I really appreciate that, and think that Mk8 is the pinnacle of the series.

[@MorgothGamingTrove]

Rest in Peace main French channel. It was overtaken :(

[@guyvil1]

Allez mon petit Sakharu, visiblement hack de ta chaine confirmé. Plein de force à toi, on est derrière toi, si on peut t'aider dis le!

[@gentronseven]

Wii sales were not slow when it launched, it was completely impossible to get one for months

[@Kurtfan1991]

You say that the MK8DX DLC disappointed many people, but there's actually a big amount of people who love it.

[@drjag2861]

Your channel is outstanding! Captivating and well-paced videos 🙌🏻

[@montanastranger]

Absolutely! I can only imagine the amount of work to make it.

[@Anubis-jh2vq]

soutien pour le hack, dis nous comment on peut d'aider pour récupérer ta chaine principale, on ne te laissera pas tomber!

[@reck1224]

This is such an awesome and well made video, congrats. Has me smiling ear to ear. Your channel is bound to go big.

[@arlwiss5110]

thank you for pointing out so much of what's to love about Super Circuit, it was the first mario kart i played some two years ago and i adore the amount of speed and depth of movement in it

[@Pilogoude]

Force pour le hack ❤️

[@bouchtahinaf7854]

Toi aussi tu viens du discord ?

[@Pilogoude]

​@@bouchtahinaf7854 Non, j'ai eu la notif du live frauduleux, c'est en cherchant pour les vidéos et pouvoir laisser un commentaire que j'ai découvert la chaîne anglaise

[@Pilogoude]

Mais ouai du coup je me rends compte qu'il n'y a plus aucune des vidéos françaises ._.

[@davidbas9457]

​@@bouchtahinaf7854 c'est quoi le nom du discord ? stp

[@bouchtahinaf7854]

@@Pilogoude Sadge

[@TheVigLebowski]

This is a great channel and awesome video. I mostly follow gaming channels and have been on for years, so I have seen quite a bit of what KZbin has. This is very well done! Your voice, editing and content is top tier. Keep up the great videos. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@contrivedresident5917]

Another excellent video! Again, your deep analysis of game mechanics and the context surrounding each game truly shines-I now have a much better perspective on the distinctions between each MK release, and really how everything came together in general. Great work, my friend, I’ll be eager to see your next video!

[@earlusmcdivett]

SO EXCITED, been waiting!!! happy to see you back!

[@erlend9672]

Truly amazing quality videos on this channel. I listen to them over and over again

[@satoshiwiles]

This guy’s a great gaming journalist.

[@RayBill7]

This channel looks like it has years of experience

[@Paniac]

It actually does. It's an english version of a successful french channel !

[@eltedioso]

I had no idea how many criticisms there were of MK8 when it came out, nor of MK8D. We're a pleasant lot, aren't we?

[@SobotkaHD]

Great stuff once again, well done 👏

[@KingNidoYT]

This is such a pleasant video to enjoy. Awesome work, cannot wait for what else you come out with.

[@doodoo401]

Damn he went hard on mario 8

[@seagullmoe]

YES YES YES YES THANK YOUUUUUU PLEASE MAKE MORE HOUR LONG VIDEOS LIKE THESE

[@adzard-wd1pj]

Another banger. Just found the rest of my night!!

[@tinkering_geek]

Great job, well researched. Thank you

[@josevillouta4588]

Another well made and very ambitious project! It took me like 20 times to watch the whole video 😅 maybe rather separate videos gathered in a playlist for next time?

[@3styler1]

Been watching your channel for a while now and it surprises me how little subscribers you have, you do very well in depth analysis of each subject you talk about. Hope you get more traffic dude you deserve it for your hard work.

[@nintenerdthegoat]

Nice that you translated this video into english, great job

[@syntheticsleep]

Super Circuit was fantastic. I was absolutely blown away by how good it was, even coming from years of MK64 and being used to the 3D with analogue control. Like the original, it's a bit rough to go back to now with a couple years of 3D MK now being almost 3 decades, but it's still a gem for sure.

[@tommygonzalez6794]

Easily one if the best videos I've seen on KZbin.

[@LandonEmma]

Where did you get the prototype footage of super mario kart I have never seen this surface before.

[@Huddison]

Wonderful video, I watched it from start to finish. The most fun I had with Mario Kart was with Super Mario Kart on the Snes - my Brother and I, used to race against each other for so many hours.

[@ramsram2418]

Nice work ! keep going 💯

[@Parker--]

Criticizes MK8D for online multiplayer because MK8U players have an advantage from experience. Very next line then criticizes MK8D for removing fire hopping, an exploit exclusively exploited by high level MK8U players that would have given the biggest advantage of anything. Do you not see the foolishness of these complaints? You’re blaming criticizing the game for giving old players an advantage and then criticizing them for not giving old players a much much bigger advantage. You can’t have it both ways, so which one is the legitimate complaint and which one would you like to apologize for?

[@maj-solidsnake1808]

and wants an official way of build speed hop was not designed intentionnaly so not perfect mechanic like CTR where the advanced mechanics are more profund and voluntary

[@oxyruby]

Salut, comment tu vas faire pour ton hack ? Porte plainte et contacte les autres youtubeurs victime de MicroStrategy, tu n’est pas le seul. Il faut un procès pour les faire tomber. Soutien !

[@gustaveletruc5812]

Je me souviens plus mais y avait une autre chaîne que je suivais qui a eu le même problème. J'espère que KZbin ne laissera pas passer ça

[@OkdakSempai]

So great content

[@robertstitches9517]

Good video but why on earth did it say in the script that Wii's sales where slow at the start?! 😂😂 The console was IMPOSSIBLE to buy for a year and half and the demand was there on day one What a bizarre thing to claim

[@DeformedLunchbox]

I noticed this too. Mentioned it only took off after Galaxy. Which is patently false. I do enjoy this channel's videos, but I have a feeling Chat GPT is writing a lot of it.

[@JAPANAX-31]

C'est bon c'est revenu

[@syntheticsleep]

I really wish there was a stand-alone Mario Kart console. I've had a Switch, Wii, and DS and pretty much the only games I ever put time into on those consoles was MK, unlike SNES, N64 and GBA where I played endless MK, but TONS of other games as well. But if Nintendo put out a little plug & play MK console, I'd snag one up without hesitation. I've been playing video games for over 4 decades, and this is probably the only series I can think of that would warrant its own little module.

[@Thundervolt888]

0:05 is that a Super Nintendo world pun? 😂

[@EWOODJ]

In Double Dash, you only need to beat 5 cups to unlock all the characters. Star Cup 100cc Special Cup 100cc Special Cup 150cc All Cup Tour 150cc Star Cup Mirror You don’t need to touch any of the other cups in 100cc to unlock the Special Cup, only the Star Cup. Same goes for the All Cup Tour. Just Special Cup 150cc is required. You know the rest.

[@alexepena]

Thoroughly enjoyed all 3 hours or this. Did not know the story of super Mario 7 and how bad it was received

[@annienguyen1799]

In regards to Wii colors being washed out and a little blurry I find that happens with using HDMI converters on the Wii systems. If you find an older TV that has component connection it's actually more clear and colorful that matches the gamecube double dash

[@thextremehardy4thextremeha46]

je ne peux plus accéder a tes video en français est-ce normal?

[@oxyruby]

Il s’est fait hacker

[@novycort]

I'm from the French audience! (I like the name btw)

[@Blackcard_XCII]

You can steal balloons in Double Dash as well, it didn't start in DS

[@ryanchetwynd]

Considering you’re using a narrator to read a translated script, I blame him for some inconsistencies😂 for example, during Mariokart Wii he says “inside draft” instead of “inside drift” I honestly thought this video was AI generated as soon as he called Coconut Mall “the Supermarket Track”😂 but that’s when I saw it was translated that being said, great video dude

[@SadToyCats]

Great video! One thing I'd recommend, when showing older 3D consoles such as N64, GameCube, and Wii, you should try to capture the footage in the consoles' original resolution. When doing a historical retrospective it's more true to how the games were playable at the time, and also shows the actual technical progression. Showing all the games with HD rendering diminishes that somewhat. Hope you keep making content, been enjoying all the videos so far!

[@gardevoirtrainer4526]

It's the end of the world. 😭

[@MajorLeagueZebra]

@@gardevoirtrainer4526lmaooooo

[@LunarWingCloud]

While I agree, if they don't have the means to do so, we shouldn't expect them to do all of that, unless they are a channel with hundreds of thousands of subscribers

[@Gavin-dj3kn]

RUN someone's having fun playing games, god forbid

[@JayPal-zt4dv]

Great video! next time go drop ungodly amounts of money and time so it can be more authentic🤓

[@Nervensaege]

Hey. Good night everybody

[@drjag2861]

Goodnight!!

[@hellblazerjj]

Yay a new video. How do you make these so fast?! 🥰

[@templarkid.]

The only sad thing about everything is how little care Nintendo has been giving to the battle mode.

[@godofwar2k6reborn]

You're nuts.

[@the-birbo]

why does every other video essayist say "buckle up" now

[@earlusmcdivett]

Does anyone know if the voiceover is an actual human being or AI?

[@joshuadenaux3620]

It's in the description that it's narrated by Brad Ziffer. Out of curiosity, what made you think it may be A.I.?

[@AutistCat]

@@joshuadenaux3620 It sounds like a computer translated it from another language to English because it's full of bizarre phrasing and factual errors.

[@andarosun920]

i think its an ai voiceover too, it just sounds very unnatural, and repeated words like a name are pronounced differently sometimes also unrelated i found the same video in french and uploaded 2 years ago on a different channel with a similar name, hoping its not a content farm

[@superwalou]

⁠​⁠@@earlusmcdivett The creator is french. This channel is the translation of the original (and amazing) french one, narrated by Brad Ziffer in english

[@DeformedLunchbox]

I was wondering that too. I think it might be AI. It seems like a lot of it is written by Chat GPT too, going by how many weird mistakes there are. Regardless, I do enjoy it, but yeah, there's something weirdly off about this channel's videos.

[@Thundervolt888]

Who’s watching this while playing Mario kart? 😂

[@arlwiss5110]

i'll never understand the praise for MK Wii's trick system, and the following games that kept it. it doesn't have depth to explore like how snaking and normal drifting let you toy with your turn rate or when you release and so on. you just. press the button and get speed. it's a "keep the player busy" mechanic

[@zyposts]

2:57:15 is that shortcat footage :P

[@sehmohambekia6005]

Do a 3ds retrospective

[@Kyleeeeeeeee]

Why do you say myamoto

[@user-yx2ni1cp1b]

Sakharu, courage pour ta chaine française, j'ai signalé le hackeur Compte tu recréer une autre chaine et reposter tout ce que tu avait déjà mis ?

[@valagant]

Mario kart Wii was overrated and not the best, hackers were EVERYWHERE in that game. Hackers and the addition of bikes really hurt the game. And you didn't mention hackers for the wii like you did the DS.

[@edwardsaldana2534]

And the single player is trash

[@OnlyDadz]

The information is great but the gameplay is so poor it's distracting me. I had to put it on in the background and just listen. I'm not trying to be a jerk, just giving constructive criticism and feedback to help you get to the next level.

[@betitocanzion]

I disagree

[@edwardsaldana2534]

7 is overrhated for lame reasons but wii's item balance is hot garbage and wii has the worst single player experience that ive ever played

[@brandonlehman7440]

hire someone who can pronounce miyamoto that shit is like nails on a chalk board

[@MASTERLINKX1]

ai comments

[@Imgema]

The video would be perfect if it didn't rely on inaccurate looking emulator footage in so many instances, using obsolete emulators/plugins with missing effects, especially for Mario Kart 64, which also is not that high resolution on a real N64.

[@josevillouta4588]

2:18:05 🪙 (coin unlockables) remember that this game is first and foremost a kids game 😸 The ranking system is good for grown ups and experts, while in this case you unlock just by playing the game. Everyone in every age can unlock. I guess that’s why they also stripped down the game on 3DS, because MK Wii is too challenging for kids. That says a father of 3.