Super Mario Kart (SNES) Playthrough

[@simonedavidalemanno6459]

Ahh, the first Mario Kart. This classic will never die.

[@ilikeminecraft1232]

Nah

[@captainAlex258]

@@ilikeminecraft1232 no sir it will never die

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

@@ilikeminecraft1232¿Te Gusta?

[@Arbaz3102]

​@@ilikeminecraft1232 Yah 💀

[@MarkFendy-sw7hn]

Every classic game until 2019 ended will always never die!

[@reafergaming]

I'm amazed how they managed to make a 3d space in a SNES game. This game is a gem, so beautiful and fun!

[@simonedavidalemanno6459]

It's all thanks to the Mode 7. This little gimmick was also used in F-Zero.

[@reafergaming]

@@simonedavidalemanno6459 didn't know about Mode 7. So cool!

[@simonedavidalemanno6459]

@@reafergaming I know. How could have Super Mario Kart been made without it?

[@Oweblow]

Apparently, it’s not even 3D, it’s psuedo-3D.

[@dogeisverycoolyes8265]

@@simonedavidalemanno6459what about star fox ?

[@Krbyfan1]

"No cheats were used during the recording of this video. " Okay you might not but the AI cheats to high hell in this game. Where did you get that invincibility star, Mario? How are you hiding all those banana peels, Junior? YOU CAN'T EVEN GET FIREBALLS IN THIS, BOWSER.

[@NintendoComplete]

Hahaha true. Mario Kart has always been all about its cheating AI.

[@Oweblow]

@@NintendoComplete(points everyone to Mario Kart 64’s AI somehow catching up to you even though you hit them and they were way behind you beforehand).

[@DarknessXxMaster]

Don't forget Toadstool's magical poisonous Mushrooms

[@basil4860]

I mean the rubberbanding is insane

[@NintendoComplete]

Oh man, does classic Nintendo get any more classic than the first Mario Kart? 😊 Happy New Year, everyone!

[@patrikbengtsson3883]

Back at you

[@christopherthibeault7502]

First chick wins, though Double-Dash on GameCube is perhaps the mecca.

[@LITTLE1994]

That's just one of them. There are many more oldies like it.

[@MarkCabaniss]

Happy New Year, Alex! 😊

[@NintendoComplete]

@@MarkCabaniss Thanks, you too!

[@Greenpoloboy3]

30 years ago. And still awesome today. Love all the music too! This game brought our family together

[@NintendoComplete]

Ours too, and yeah, the music in this is so memorable. Iirc the woman that composed SimCity's SNES soundtrack worked on this, too. I love how 90s that ditty is at the beginning of each race, too. The orchestra hits! 😆

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@NintendoComplete Fully agree with you :) I SOMETIMES still play this game when I need to escape reality

[@brianjude6789]

You know THAT’S part 1 of "Mario Kart Delxue: The Top 100 World Tour," ​@@NintendoComplete.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

It's funny because this music is what I used to comfort myself when I was separated from my parents in the morning before I started school. Weird how the same thing can have different meanings to all of us.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@CopiousDoinksLLC Thats a good comment and interesting. Glad it gave comfort to you. It always made me happy and i'd hum to it whilst playing! Happy times. The music from the very first race in the Mushroom cup race is now my ringtone for my mobile :)

[@ozzy_hk]

Really glad that this was part of my childhood. Had so much fun and still remember how special I felt when I got to the Rainbow Road for the first time!

[@captainAlex258]

great times

[@Zaxares]

I love it how at around 25 mins, Toad throws a shrink mushroom, then proceeds to hit his own mushroom. XD

[@amso7169]

Gosh, 150cc in this game is an absolute nightmare.

[@NintendoComplete]

Yeah, the CPU hounds you. It's obnoxious.

[@LITTLE1994]

It's not bad to me, except for Special Cup. But you want 150cc nightmare, play Mario Kart 64.

[@solarflare9078]

@@LITTLE1994 Special Cup is easy minus Dount 3 and Rainbow Road.

[@destroyermcw626]

@@LITTLE1994 Mario kart 64 easy and my drifting is good with Mini turbo reds a lot on 150cc

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

It’s the slippery controls for me but I did found out that you can use the breaks to slow down so that way you wouldn’t like get off the road

[@az_esteemed]

The OG that still holds up in its own little way, despite the myriad of improvements and things introduced since. Sometimes, simplicity just works. (And props to you, Alex, for uploading your vids in 4K).

[@ilikeminecraft1232]

Nope!

[@milhousevanhouten3796]

Love your commentaries on each video. Thank you for the insight and entertainment over the years.

[@NintendoComplete]

Np! :) Thanks!

[@thecunninlynguist]

still one of the best. Might be more nostalgia than anything, but I've always preferred SNES MK over the sequels. Simpler times.

[@joshblackman9949]

Same! I played the shit out of this game!

[@ilikeminecraft1232]

No

[@LITTLE1994]

I agree, though 64 and DD still be very close in my opinion.

[@ilikeminecraft1232]

@@LITTLE1994 No

[@ilikeminecraft1232]

No more nostalgia!

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Pure Nintendo magic. God, I love the 90s. It's just something about the music that never fails to make me feel nostalgic. The quintessential racing classic!

[@destroyermcw626]

And cheap Ai and nonsense if not 50cc

[@BopWalk]

The SNES had one of the best sound cards at the time, a lot of music from the SNES games (game series) are carried over to their newer games because of how good the music was implemented back then. Especially music from A Link To The Past.

[@lordfriezachrist6546]

Knowing exactly where to put the banana on the final level of the mushroom cup brings back memories

[@s1l3nc3r1985]

I remember lots of places to put banana peels to screw with the AI. Mushroom Cup, second race - put a banana between the middle and left coin after crossing the bridge. It'll hit someone every time. Last race in Mushroom Cup - place a banana between the second and third zipper right before the jump pad. It completely wrecks any racer since it can't jump over it successfully at the zipper speed and causes that racer to jump without the extra speed and redo that section again. Definitely great if you're trying to know 1st or 2nd place out of the race I'd done on the final lap. Absolutely a masterpiece.

[@unplugged301]

I didn’t even know this existed, I always thought N64 was the first Mario kart wow

[@ClectaSkiMusic]

This one almost bought tears to my eyes thinking about my childhood friends how we used to play this for hours.. thanks again for the memories.

[@andresbravo2003]

It uses Mode 7 like F-Zero did. Hopefully this year will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Kart!

[@alexkubrat3868]

Finally! The only mario kart game, where you don't have to drift every turn.

[@beaniegee5129]

This September will be the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Kart!!

[@Dorian_Scott]

*_"... Two Speeds: Fast and WAY TOO FAST!!"_*

[@LITTLE1994]

Yeah, the original commercial.

[@Dorian_Scott]

@@LITTLE1994 Yeah. I love the monster truck rally type announcer. If only Nintendo commercials nowadays were just as creative and weird as they were back in the day. Instead of some guy _clearly_ reading stuff from the back of the box and footage of a happy family playing the advertised game is shown.

[@aliyulawal5931]

That round 4 brought back alot of memories

[@jakeconer]

I remember declaring Mario Tennis on Virtual Boy to be the first Mario Sports. But I forgot about this game. Although some would argue that racing is a separate category to sports

[@briantaylor9285]

The memories...good times.

[@captainAlex258]

@@ilikeminecraft1232 nah? what u dont like the past that u forgot what u did last night?

[@Francis_Castiglione]

MK64 and GC MK were my jam. Many a drunken competitive nights spent on those games.

[@LITTLE1994]

My 1st Mario Kart. Still own my original copy, and beaten it entirely, though 150cc Special Cup is a nightmare. Since it's now 2022, this will be 30th anniversary of the series (this Mario Kart is ancient)! Yeah, this game is aged out compared to what we have now, but it is one of the most important racing games ever made. I'd play this, MK64, or Double Dash anyday over Mario Kart 8.

[@redfruit1968]

Oh come off it, these games might be classics but they're no match at all for MK8. Your comment just reeks of the most obnoxious "new things bad" nostalgia.

[@cutlasssupreme6984]

@@redfruit1968 you must not have grown up in the 90’s.

[@Arbaz3102]

​​​​@@redfruit1968​ Right, because apparently they can't have the opinion of liking the classic MK games more than MK8/MK8DX and said or implied that these games are bad for being 'newer'. Good lord, the only thing that actually 'reeks of obnoxiousness' here is your reading comprehension bruh 🤣

[@knightrohan1]

A real nailbiter when watching you perform the 150cc's, nice job! Especially for moments like these 1:19:01 and these 1:33:01

[@michaelrainerii3547]

This brings back so many memories. 😢

[@pinkdiamonte5300]

It does for me too 😌

[@mermaid-rp5xf]

I’m so glad I grew up to this! That and classic super Mario games. I miss my old Nintendo.

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

Super Mario Kart is officially 30. Also, the music this game is like Latin American and Caribbean overload.

[@NintendoComplete]

Scary, isn't it? Hahaha, yes! Someone should recut Speed 2: Cruise Control with this music!

[@superdave3093]

Man Bowsers win music slaps hard! 🤩

[@jamesfield1674]

Such a BOP!

[@captainAlex258]

@@jamesfield1674 yes it is

[@Devninjago96]

And the music on the start hits hard too

[@jamirimaj6880]

This legitimately looks like a great mobile game. Really ahead of its time.

[@glaze86]

This one of those games that I can play in 10 years and it would still be awesome. One of the best games without a doubt!!

[@TeamBlueToad]

First Mario Kart game i have ever played. While it's certainly not as good as the new MK games that we have today, it still has it's charm and it holds up pretty well up to this day.

[@Davez621]

Not as good?? Blasphemy!

[@GamingWithDrew]

Wonderful seeing uploads in 4K now.

[@gina.7772]

Ahh good old days without Blue shell..or red shells from enemies.

[@LITTLE1994]

Oh? This is ONLY game that doesn't among the old.

[@MarcBarkyMarta]

Kart is spelled correctly! Or at least that's the way it has been long before this game came out. When I was a kid, I loved Mario, and I loved go-karts, so this was a dream come true. While my interest in Mario has waned as the years, my love for go-karts hasn't, so this is easily one of my favorite Mario games. You need more solid racing skill to play the SNES game, unlike most of the later entries.

[@destroyermcw626]

Skill still needed in newer ones to like why does this weak basic old game has to be best automatically because of pixels?

[@MarcBarkyMarta]

@@destroyermcw626 I didn't say skill wasn't needed, I said more solid racing skill was required for this as it's a bit harder to race without the CPU aiding you if you fall behind. The newer games are fine, but tailored to different users and have different features. I never said anything about superiority of pixels. This SNES game is still a winner for me just because it is, and if you take issue with that, well, whatever.

[@destroyermcw626]

@@MarcBarkyMarta Ahh well ok then.

[@Arbaz3102]

@@destroyermcw626 What's up with all the comments you've made on this video? Can't handle the fact that people like this game for nostalgic and non-nostalgic reasons? Lmao, cope kid 🤣

[@destroyermcw626]

Everything is fine (Except im not touching 150cc) but i just don't like this game it's too outdated like crazy! but atleast i can powerslide.@@Arbaz3102

[@Sega_Dreams]

This is still my favorite Mario Kart!

[@johntrujillo2719]

57:42 You know what DK stands for? ... Donkey Kong? Drift King.

[@GordonFreeman-e7i]

It was perfect Perfect to every minor detail

[@maiquephrancisco6371]

Excelente gameplay meu amigo. Jogava muito esse jogo a 20 anos atrás.

[@Dorian_Scott]

Great blueprint for the franchise. I will say _this_ though... If you've played the newer Mario Kart games before Super Mario Kart, the drifting is definitely going to take a while to get used to. It's not nearly as forgiving as the later ones.

[@NintendoComplete]

For real. It's way touchier here. You can't just lay on the jump button like you can in the later games unless you want to end up instantly in 8th place.

[@LITTLE1994]

That is true. The controls is the biggest criticism here. It's not perfect.

[@minignoux4566]

Yeah, this and super circuit are the hardest to control in the series, fitting i guess.

[@NintendoComplete]

@@minignoux4566 Yeah, I feel you on Super Circuit. The drifting was a horrible PIA on that one. It was good on the 64 and GameCube games, but I think they really finally nailed it in the DS game.

[@minignoux4566]

@@NintendoComplete Honestly, drifting in super circuit is actually pretty easy once you get the hand of it. The trick is to not drift at every turn because it mostly slow you down by making you go wide. The kart can take most corners fine, so i only drift sharp corners for that sweet boost (that you can't even get on easy corners, another reason to not bother wit it) EDIT: it's also one of the only mario kart where trajectory matters, with out-in-out being an actual technique. This games goes alot more in depht than expected

[@deftones8717]

I had my butt clenched throughout the majority of this video 😂 You wrecked these fools though! and man, this game evokes more nostalgia than most games out there. The memories I have of playing this game against my older brothers. The battle mode was a fu€king awesome time too when you have friends/family to play against. I can’t recall which mode I had more fun with, though I want to say battle mode, where you have to pop each other’s balloons. The Super Nintendo is probably the system that brings back the most memories for me, of a much happier, care free time. Life was so simple. I’m just grateful I had the childhood I had and was lucky enough to experience games like this. The Sega genesis, NES, PS1/PS2, N64, and GameCube were all amazing systems that also had such a huge, positive impact on my childhood and teenage years. But yeah, the SNES just really gives me that warm fuzzy feeling and unearths memories and experiences that I forgot I had. Nostalgia is such a powerful and beautiful thing. Thank you for showcasing games like this and many others that remind me of long forgotten timers

[@ilikeminecraft1232]

No more nostalgia!!!!!!!

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

​@@ilikeminecraft1232 Nobody cares, zoomer.

[@2PeteShakur]

"My role, to put it simply, was to direct the overall presentation of the game. I was responsible for deciding to set the game in Mario World, the inclusion of items, and which characters will be in the game. In the finished version, you press L or R to do a little hop, then you drift as you turn. But in the beginning we didn't know it would actually work. In real driving, you drift by counter-steering the wheel in the opposite direction when you corner. We tried implementing those controls, but the majority of people couldn't do that technique. They'd over-drift every time, so we abandoned that idea. After a bunch of research we hit upon the idea of drifting by holding down the L/R buttons. Most people could do that at will, once they got used to it. In a real car, drifting actually happens at slow speeds. Our drifting controls were different from F-Zero, and I thought they were cool, so I thought we should incentivise players who had learned the technique by making drifting a little faster." -- Hideki Konno, director (Super Mario Kart - SNES)

[@eugenehills8371]

Mario Circuit 1 Donut plains 1 Ghost Valley 1 Bowser Castle 1 Mario Circuit 2 Chocolate island 1 Ghost Valley 2 Donut plains 2 Bowser Castle 2 Mario Circuit 3 Beach Koopa 1 Chocolate island 2 Vanilla Lake 1 Bowser Castle 3 Mario Circuit 4 Donut plains 3 Beach Koopa 2 Ghost Valley 3 Vanilla Lake 2 Rainbow Road

[@ericbrynelson9725]

Super Mario Kart is a great SNES game.

[@dogeisverycoolyes8265]

Best Mario kart of all time in my opinion

[@toreywhite9917]

The game of all legend.

[@marcelogiroldi3782]

Grande clássico...muito joguei...SNES me traz lembranças de grandes momentos de diversão e alegria.

[@captainAlex258]

si

[@fornitegood122jr6]

​@@captainAlex258what happened to Wario and donkey kong country

[@LouisetteLange268]

R.I.P. 90's childhood. You'll always be missed

[@jenn5628]

Yup

[@User_92020]

😢

[@joness8378]

How can you get such great graphics on this old console? On my I cant barely see smth. Do smb have tips?

[@jotarokujo5610]

Happy 2022

[@CanecaManFace]

It gives me a lot of nostalgia to see this game being reset, because I played it every day on the video game I had when I was a child, it's a shame the video game broke

[@NBl-qw8cg]

Best game on the SNES race mode, time trial and battle all brilliant

[@baloneykid890]

I was trying to remember what was the first video game I ever played and I think that's it. Amazing game!

[@dowingba]

I always found it odd that Sega would want to call people's attention to one of the best SNES games in their ad. I actually traded my Sega Genesis for a copy of Mario Kart back in the day. That's how well that ad worked.

[@dowingba]

@user-in8qh3zf9d Lol what.

[@hal_the_jester]

This is the version of Mario kart I was introduced to, I'm 15, and I'm really glad my step-dad introduced me to it, I love playing it

[@annaastling7300]

Bro takes mushroom shortcuts to a new level

[@RhythicManRhythm]

Wow you really know what to play for occasions.

[@FireMayro448]

And this you guys, this, is how the legend was born.

[@_Majoras]

this will always be my fav in the series its timeless

[@robpz448]

Absolutely classic game

[@bansup]

I love this game more than the newer ones because the courses feel like actual race tracks and not obstacle courses

[@ElodieBurgess]

The original game that started it all. Nostalgia. I play this, along with 64 and Double Dash, anyday way way over Mario Kart 8. But the first game here is really important, as it is also the first ever kart-racing game in general. Still own the original cartridge and beaten 150cc (Special Cup is a nightmare).

[@aldorfc220]

Loved it when i got the red turtle shell 😂😂 i use to sneak up at night while my parents slept to play this volume down i absolutely loved this

[@seanteggert5505]

to think this is where it all began. mario kart has come a long way since then.

[@DemonEmperorZ]

Do not play as bowser and koopa bc Mario and Luigi are a pain in the ass to race with due to them getting infinite stars

[@Weldingprobably]

The jumping sounds always cracked me up 🤣

[@rcblazer]

Ah yes, before the Blue Shell existed to punish you for trying to race in a racing game. Happy New Year!

[@NintendoComplete]

Just my two cents, but f*** the blue shell. You too! (Awkward edit for clarification: *Happy New Year to* you too. Hahaha I reread that later and saw how easily it might've been misread, oops!)

[@rcblazer]

@@NintendoComplete I owned this game as a kid, and remember that Sega Genesis commercial trying to show Super Mario Kart as a slow game. Even back then, I knew this commercial was a lie, and could even prove it by playing the game!

[@NintendoComplete]

@@rcblazer It was all marketing hype hahaha. The faux-3D racer was one of the few genres based around pure speed that the SNES pretty much always beat the Genesis in. Mode 7 may have been overhyped, but it gave us games like F Zero and Top Gear (60fps, iirc? Maybe Top Gear was 30?). OutRun, Lotus, and Super Monaco GP all seem to hover somewhere around 20fps, and it made a huge difference. I guess Sega felt a bit insecure, though you'd never know it from the first Saturn port of Daytona.

[@FBI_Agent_69420]

Aw man this brings back so memories

[@vincentdbrownjr00]

This game was THE ONE!!! Absolute classic!! 👌🏾

[@ralphcifaretto1]

Truly one of the greats

[@kevink2986]

Super Mario kart was way ahead of its time with the dual screen mechanic that wouldn't be attempted until 2005 with Mario Kart DS

[@starc0w]

So good! Love this Game so much! Perfect Game!

[@beaniegee5129]

Love that game!!

[@spoonshiro]

Wasn't a big fan of the original but Mario Kart 64 was my jam.

[@destroyermcw626]

Same

[@Arbaz3102]

Cool, I like both. Well all of em really, even the arcade games lmao 😂

[@DakariKingMykan]

Here's a fun little challenge I like to play. Whoever your racer is, try to make it so the usual other two racers who share the winners block with you are knocked out. In Bowser's case here, try to get Mario and Luigi knocked to the bottom rungs.

[@rogeliolarronda]

That thumbnail is epic

[@brendansfavoritesongswilli4128]

I like the game of super Mario kart race on SNES and it my favorite game and my favorite character is peach she a fast driver.

[@EileenRoberts-l6f]

Happy new year everybody god bless you all🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

I used to be exposed to this game every day from 1992-1993 because it was the number one request of all kids who went to my day care center, lol. No regrets, amazing game, loved it even when I wasn't playing it.

[@constance_agony]

I'm watching this trying to wrap my head around how the sprites work. Because it's definitely not a 3D game! But it looks fairly 3D, with the karts and racers I mean. The image changes to the turning sprite while the player is turning, but when they stop turning, they straighten out. All while the sprite is rotated to face wherever the camera currently is. So that way they don't ever get twisted out of shape.

[@Ronno4691]

The one and only, all time greatest, most addictive driving game EVER.

[@LilReikoGold]

Happy new year

[@PartyPhilWiiParty]

Loved this game. ❤

[@carlosbarragan2396]

I love this videogame, greetings from Guaranda, Ecuador. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@solarflare9078]

Perhaps my favorite thing about this game is the risk v reward type gameplay. Slowing down can help you take corners sharper, but trying to take them at speed via drifting can be more rewarding in the end.

[@destroyermcw626]

Heh I can drift in newer ones at higher speed and on straight roads and feels rewarding

[@flick2flick]

I love the boswer theme song in this game.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

In the first prototype build dated April 13, 1992, this was the original track order: MUSHROOM CUP a. Donut Plains 1 b. Choco Island 1 c. Ghost Valley 1 d. Bowser Castle 1 e. Mario Circuit 1 FLOWER CUP a. Koopa Beach 1 b. Choco Island 2 c. Donut Plains 2 d. Bowser Castle 2 e. Mario Circuit 2 STAR CUP a. Ghost Valley 2 b. Vanilla Lake 1 c. Donut Plains 3 d. Bowser Castle 3 e. Mario Circuit 3 SPECIAL CUP a. Vanilla Lake 2 b. Koopa Beach 2 c. Choco Island 3 d. Ghost Valley 3 e. Mario Circuit 4 The final track order was first used in the May 18, 1992 prototype, which deleted Choco Island 3 in favor of Rainbow Road and also gave most of the courses their final BGM; in the April 13, 1992 build, an entirely different BGM was used for the Vanilla Lake courses, and the Donut Plains course BGM was mostly the same as the final except for the first section being in a lower key, while the Koopa Beach BGM was there but was also used in the Choco Island courses, and the eventual 2P Battle Mode BGM had been used in the Ghost Valley, Bowser's Castle and Mario Circuit courses.

[@johnhudson3095]

my neighbor and myself would play this game for HOURS. i remember one time we played for probably close to 5 hours straight. he managed to get all the way to the end, but i think we had to use game genie because the special cup was brutal! years later i tried to play mariokart on the wii (2008 or so) it was NO where near as fun as the original.

[@beaniegee5129]

Happy New Year!!

[@TotallyNotJokeZ]

nostalgia

[@BuzzyGamer23]

I'm really annoyed by one thing - why is koopa tan and not yellow?

[@NintendoComplete]

I might be misremembering, but I don't think he had yellow skin before Mario 64. (Unless you count SMB Special, I guess?)

[@BuzzyGamer23]

@@NintendoComplete Oh

[@Envy_____]

Boah, i hate round 4 in flower cup. 🙈 Good job! 👌🏻

[@NoctarYT]

Wow! What a unique and fun game! Shame it's probably one of those games that never does very well...

[@cutemartinj]

2024 still epic 😊

[@BlueyFriendly]

Now this was Fun im loving it! I just Played it Before, So im Giving it 5 Stars!

[@Mitch_NL]

Good memories,but this game also pissed me off alot lol.

[@lovapiplup]

Nostalgia on high level

[@jenn5628]

90s snes games always the best

[@daequanburns2444]

First Mario Kart was a golden age

[@AaronCS7]

My friend owns a SNES with Super Mario Kart and I completed the 3 cups on 50cc as Toad.