Yoshi Circuit is MINE

[@zoomzike]

*IMPORTANT NOTICE:* The title's been changed from "I Colonized Yoshi Circuit" to "Yoshi Circuit is MINE" as to avoid the negative connotations that are associated with the word "colonize". I was only thinking about stuff like NASA colonizing Mars and failed to consider how the word could've been taken differently and I apologize for that. Unfortunately I can't edit out the first few seconds of the video where I say "colonize" but I hope this is enough, thanks for all the feedback! On a more positive note, which version of Yoshi Circuit is your favorite?

[@gooolixx]

might sound basic but i think the version in mario kart 8 is the best

[@tripplordofinconvenience9953]

E

[@Victini7472]

i will ALWAYS like the og version the most cause it has the shortcut

[@IDKisReal2401]

Original, the versions without the shortcut are my least favorite track in their respective games yes But if the 8DX version had it it would probably be my favorite because of that games lighting

[@danielvakser9993]

NSMBDS Zikedown for World 7 when?

[@theaa47]

Whoa... now that I think about it this course kinda looks like Yoshi

[@zoomzike]

YOU'RE RIGHT WHAT

[@BrinIoca]

Big if true

[@RematodeRanger]

sounds like a bunch of bogus

[@ScenicSan]

You might be onto something... although maybe you're confusing him with a Pianta, specially considering this 0:58

[@chrisberi2]

DID YOU LITERALLY JUST NOTICE THAT

[@ScarlerRose025]

“I just want to travel through the back of Yoshi’s skull again” is a sentence I never thought I’d hear

[@pokeperson1000]

Yoshi’s Inside Story

[@sirhenrymorgan1187]

@@pokeperson1000 We already had that in M&L: Partners in Time! Tho I guess technically that was Yoob, not Yoshi. But they're so similar it probably makes little difference...

[@rabbitrun777]

like the bullet of a merciful man

[@BF_Brix]

Yoshi the throat goat

[@invinoveritas2418]

@@sirhenrymorgan1187 no it makes a huge difference. Yoshi is cute. Yoob is ugly. yes that matters no don't ask why

[@jaredcramsie182]

Double Dash: Understood the assignment. MKDS: Doing the minimum to pass. MK8: Saw Double Dash's solution once, attempted to recreate it from memory without understanding why they did what they did.

[@Krexxal]

Tour: Copied 8’s homework but butchered it along the way

[@Newt2799]

MKWii Custom Tracks: Faithful to double dash, but no helicopter 😢

[@Yobisewk206]

Helikopter helikopter 🚁

[@PixelOverload]

Pretty much the same way Nintendo's handled everything since the GC era

[@WoodenPlankGames]

In MKDS's defense, it was running in 4 megabytes of ram on a 66MHz arm9 chip.

[@goombuigi6904]

1:46 Shame that this shortcut was cut (no pun intended) from future versions, it looks like the sickest shortcut ever.

[@TG03]

It feels like Nintendo forgot about it

[@spiritbaki108]

We really got the short end of the stick with this cut

[@missingno2401]

nintendo also cut another shortcut from mushroom bridge when it came to the ds, which is probably not coming to the mario kart 8 dlc

[@jonathanbarkins8480]

It's still there on mkwii

[@goombuigi6904]

@@jonathanbarkins8480 Yoshi Circuit is not in MKWii, unless you're referring to a fanmade version

[@extremmefan7305]

Wish we got the perfect version of this track somewhere. Anywhere. Imagine the secret tunnel, cameos like the Yoshi helicopter and flower faces, and the star pattern water, but with 8's level of graphics. (And obviously without Daisy Cruiser being ten thousand damn kilometers away)

[@wetsocks4460]

I think 8’s layout was really fudging good :D like REAAAALLY good, like most technical and complex in the GAAAME good, it’d be really nice to give it as much personality as in double dash :D

[@simlevesque]

Nintendon't on the wii u is great. You get 720p without emulation. Plus you can add AA

[@n111ck]

its pretty much double dash, even the graphics are better imo

[@__4762]

One thing I really enjoyed about Mario Kart Double Dash is something you mentioned in this video. You can often see other courses from the game in the background of the one you're on. Each Mario Kart game is more or less a representation of where the Mario series stands at any given time. Super featured a lot of SMW design and references, 64 featured a lot of SM64 design and you could even argue that Super Circuit was a good representation of Mario on the GBA because half that game's courses are straight up taken from Super Mario Kart much like how all the main Mario platformers of the GBA are ports of older Mario games. Double Dash was very clearly influenced by Super Mario Sunshine. Lots of characters from Sunshine appear as spectators or other such things, like the Nokis, Piantas, and Toadsworth at the trophy ceremony. There are also several hazards inspired by Sunshine, like the Cataquacks on Peach Beach or the Wiggler buses in Mushroom City and Mushroom Bridge. However, the best piece taken from Sunshine's design is easily the courses in the background of other courses. It really makes the world feel lived in and grounded. Such a shame future Mario Kart games or Mario in general didn't keep doing that

[@josemembreno3134]

amazing comment! i knew that Double Dash took a lot of cues from Sunshine, but i never realized that applied to the whole series! the closest we got to courses appearing in the background of others again is Mario Kart 8, which has Toad Harbor visible beneath N64 Rainbow Road, and several courses listed as destinations in Sunshine Airport (if you want to count that).

[@BoardGamesBricksHobbies]

Heck, Mario Power Tennis even uses the same HUD font and style as Sunshine with the green paintbrush strokes. What does Mario Tennis Aces give us? A stark, generic HUD that looks like it came from Madden 2007.

[@shadiussokralio1901]

There was a rumor back in my childhood, that if you hit the yoshi helicopter with a banana peel, a cutscene would play showing the helicopter crashing and unlocking a secret course: Yoshi's Fireland. I tried to hit this helicopter so many times, thinking I missed it because it moves so fast.. Oh, good memories

[@MrFoxInc]

I genuinely miss silly rumors like these so much, thanks for the memories

[@saber2802]

@@MrFoxInc they were always so violent

[@OddballoftheInternet]

Oh god, Zoomzike has turned into the United Kingdom.

[@Teamorson]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@KopperNeoman]

And Yoshi Circuit no longer has slavery. Win-Win.

[@richardbagley3139]

ZoomZike = BRI’ISH?!?!?!

[@Victini7472]

peach is DEAD

[@abelunseen739]

I’m currently having some flashbacks to the “troubles”

[@SpicyWah]

I NEVER knew about that second shortcut and I played this since launch day. That's insane

[@backfischlinger1795]

are u for real?

[@Mike-sp7zv]

​@@backfischlinger1795the internet wasn't as widely used then

[@backfischlinger1795]

@@Mike-sp7zv didnt find it in the internet either

[@Mike-sp7zv]

@@backfischlinger1795 he was today years old when

[@glo_bin]

You Mario game analysis are always a treat, it's so obvious you're genuinely passionate about this series

[@user_Z-]

The DS version was my first MK experience. Never knew it was so lacking even compared to previous games 😔 I’ll still always hold it dear to my heart

[@AlextheHomo]

I heard it was because Mario kart DS was rushed, so that would make sense.

[@GreyBoiTheTrue]

I can relate

[@jclkaytwo]

@@AlextheHomo you may be confusing DS with 7 here. I don't think DS was rushed, it just had graphical limitations.

[@AlextheHomo]

@@jclkaytwo its not about graphics, its about content i think.

[@jclkaytwo]

@@AlextheHomo content? what? mario kart DS has 32 tracks (double the previous games) a full battle mode, VS mode, mission mode, online play for the first time in the series... what the heck are you going on about content? again, you're confusing it with 7

[@ZellyTheFangirl]

I always like hearing you squee over the tiniest little details. I don't know of anyone else that gives Mario spinoff games the same level of minute attention to detail paired with such childish glee and I'm here for it

[@emberthefox4951]

Once again, GameCube Era Mario proves to be the best, at least in my eyes. I love it's more cartoony aesthetic, as well as the more intricate course layout with shortcuts that promote exploration and experimentation.

[@schmecklin377]

GameCube era Mario just has the best artstyle. A perfect mix of realism and cartoony with a charm that I think games like New Super Mario Bros and even Mario galaxy somewhat lose

[@superubergoober]

double dash, mario party four and six, sunshine, just perfect for mario lovers

[@glitchyguru6468]

even with the other spinoffs like the sports games and Paper Mario: TTYD have such charming artstyles that none of the other games in their respective series managed to come close to.

[@Breadward_MacGluten]

@toney what happened with mario party 5?

[@thetacoguyy]

Baby Park and Wario Colosseum/Stadium is the best imo

[@woag4974]

the original being the best version is a textbook nintendo moment

[@padillac16]

I could be wrong, but I feel like the MK8 Yoshi rock at 5:35 could be a reference to the Yoshi Planet from Mario Galaxy's mission Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance, they look very similar. Great video!

[@Gemarald]

Zoomzike, your "nitpicking" is just you geeking over the smallest details, and that's exactly why I watch your channel. You are able to put focus on the smallest details that the game designers put in out of love, and I love it too! It's genuinely such an incredible thing that always makes my day, keep it up!

[@netherite9051]

5:36 "out in the Yosh-an

[@robertm5110]

I have much more appreciation for the Double Dash version of this stage now seeing how much they neutered it in later versions.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Didn't realize that one lf the MK8 buildings is shaped like Yoshi.

[@thebiolibrary5572]

"Alright, we're running out of track designs. What do we do for the third Star Cup track?" "I dunno." "I know, why don't we do Yoshi's Island?" "Alright we'll do a Yoshi island." "Wait, no, I meant-" "Too late we made Yoshi into an island." "Oh-oh wait that's sick."

[@TheRealGangstaYoshi]

Please give it back

[@Mikaxu42]

I’m zoomzike’s lawyer. No

[@BRICKOMEDIA]

Lmao

[@Number_1_salesman_1997]

@@Mikaxu42well I’m your lawyer. So I say yes. Yoshi deserves it

[@Blueberyrock]

⁠@@Number_1_salesman_1997I’m actually your lawyer and I say no

[@Tauruswithouttherus]

Have your own island I’ll give u one

[@slimslendey3945]

double dash was my first mario kart game and I loved yoshi's circuit ever since I'm a kid. I never knew about that neck shortcut until now. How is this game still surprising me nearly 20 years later??

[@SireHound]

You have no idea how long I’ve been looking for the 1:52 shortcut. My entire life I’ve tried to go in there and was never able to. I lost this game years ago but I always wondered if you could go there and this video finally showed me I wasn’t crazy

[@larrymantic2635]

They literally got rid of an unique shortcut.

[@heroessquad2019]

I never knew that shortcut existed

[@EWOODJ]

What really funny is that except for the first one by Yoshi’s hand, none of the hidden pathways are really shortcuts…just alternate paths.

[@MrFoxInc]

Alright, I was mildly amused by your enthusiasm for this track but when 1:40 rolled around, I was ecstatically jumping like an ape on drugs. I DID NOT KNOW THAT. FOR 20 YEARS. WHAT. BEST TRACK IN THE ENTIRE SERIES

[@sirGuy1995]

This video made me appreciate just how good the gamecube’s colour pallet was! Possibly my favourite era of Mario, at least aesthetically.

[@Nareas]

5:34 "Nobody knows, why there is a Yoshi-Shaped Rock out in the Yoshen."

[@dylansuperti214]

Double dash is truly the best version of Mario kart

[@BoardGamesBricksHobbies]

Agreed, it could have used more tracks though.

[@dannyboots]

Devs straight up said that the idea of more than 1 racer per kart is still on the table

[@gugomajo4161]

It had the best maps for sure, if it wouldn’t have had that useless two characters quirk it would have been the best for sure

[@paperpopper2586]

That second shortcut is one of my favorites in the series, its just so secretive compared to others and finding it was super cool Also i never made the connection between entering the tunnel through the nostril and going through it like a damn booger

[@josemembreno3134]

"Obsessing over small details may get irksome at times..." as though that kind of passion isn't the reason we love your videos! ...also, wow. mad props for knowing that's a Shell and not a Saddle Yoshi's got on his back. a true man of culture!

[@maxdashen]

5:34 yoshi shaped rock in the yoshean

[@noltron000]

The double dash water had STARS. WHAT.

[@superconeman]

5:35 a Yoshi shaped rock out in the yoshian

[@runningoncylinders3829]

This stage is a joy to see, and the novelty might've worn off if it was repeated, but as a Yoshi shaped track it's as great as it gets!

[@sebastiansolis6486]

1:45 I actually didn't know this shortcut existed. Thanks for letting us know about this neat little secret.

[@yanggino8848]

I have never seen someone so passioned over a Mario Kart track and I love it lmao

[@estellegrignon]

I remember discovering the skull shortcut long after I first purchased the game. I was bored and messing around with Wario and Toadette in time trials purposefully failing at every thing in the track and started playing the race backwards when I noticed this tunnel exit, which you can't really see when you play forward because of the way it leads to the turn. I then had to figure out where the hell it lead so I could finally try it going forward. It's really hard to make it in real time with a mushroom, as you have to align perfectly without quite seeing the entrance until the last second, but it is so satisfying to pull off!

[@aluigiFromKart]

one thing i believe is worth mentioning about the DS version is how it was the first track implemented into the game (not even a nitro track!), as evidenced by the game's data listing it first and being the only track we've seen in footage from 2004, i just believe that's nice to know

[@shadowpersonoftheunknown6245]

Despite the shortcuts being removed, this track is still one of my favorites in MK8D. It's such a fun left right left right drifting track that flows smoothly

[@shadowpersonoftheunknown6245]

With a killer song to boot

[@evoplayz4567]

2:10 I never knew that

[@ManohangProto]

4:55 "they both exude different vibes" yeah the one that 8's exudes is BOREDOM

[@bagelgod946]

A whole video about the best Mario kart track? Heck yeah!

[@fats8051]

BROTHER, EXCUSE ME HOW MUCH OF A MANIAC ARE YOU??!

[@LukeLibra]

There was so much charm Yoshi’s Circuit i never noticed them all. Thanks for showing us these small yet delightful things that were taken out.

[@TAREKOZA]

"Think of all the times you took this shortcut by boosting with a mushroom with a star" Mario kart 8 200cc : 😅

[@humanisbeing]

4:37 i have never heard someone use the word irksome in my life

[@razery1225]

For the longest time, i thought this video was titled "Yoshis Curcuit is *a* MINE"

[@graveyardsmash2711]

This franchise peaked with Double Dash and nothing could top it.

[@doyoulikewaffles000]

mario kart wii

[@graveyardsmash2711]

@@doyoulikewaffles000 Wii is very close. Too bad I had to deal with an entire year of discourse of forums about the baby characters because of that game though.

[@1mortalkombatlover]

I am also a HUGE yoshi's circuit fan. so much so that as soon as i unlocked terraforming in animal crossing: new horizons, i made a custom yoshi outfit design and turned my entire island into this track. it was complete with a track including racecar bed racers, a start/finish line, a waterfall around the first shortcut on the hand, different red flowers decorating his spikes, and businesses in the shoe area, and even the small lighthouse island in the distance. Villagers were on the higher parts of the island across his body and my house was over his nose. was very fun to put together!

[@FNCArchived]

Might be a bad opinion, but I miss the cartoony feel mario games used to have, just look at wii and double dash, compared to 8’s realistic style. And we most likely won’t go back to the old colourful styles sadly. Anyone else?

[@Retro-Chimps-Galaxy]

I feel the same I miss the old style the new style isn’t bad but it takes the special feel out of Mario kart it was like it’s own special thing

[@theominouspigeon]

we did get some of that in the booster course pass

[@Blakethelazymerc]

Modern games slap rtx onto everything

[@sukrithkishor7021]

I remember coming to this channel because of the Ace Attorney play through with my friends a year ago… I forgot about the channel, but it appears I have found it again :0

[@joshua5483]

This is the ZoomZike content we all really needed.

[@WCircuit7224]

Nintendo will make something amazing only to instantly forget what their own thought process was when making it

[@murphmariotwopointoh7714]

For the best version of this track, I'd say keep the general design from 8 Deluxe while bringing back the details from Double Dash that were removed or reduced like the stars in the water, the Yoshi Helicopter, and the Daisy Cruiser's details. Also bring back the overhang shortcut and have a ramp at the end of it, it's neat.

[@viniquecursahistoira]

Yoshi Circuit brings me odd memories since I "played" it for the first time on Double Dash. Double Dash and the Game Cube in general were like my first contact with games, but I was too young that I dont really remember so the Game Cube is just flashes of memory and a mistery vibe.

[@mechayoshi9250]

I’ve gone my entire life without realizing there were any shortcuts on this track until today and I don’t know how to feel about it

[@jordankolb2976]

6:59 I think the shadows the signs make are supposed to be the eye, except it has that sort of space in the middle there that's supposed to represent the light source or whatever they call it to give it some depth

[@zoomzike]

That'd be a strange decision to make considering the otherwise simplistic nature of tour's design of the course, but entirely possible!

[@awesomeguy2009]

Man, I fucking miss the Gamecube era. Nintendo at its best imo.

[@superepictoadbros6898]

0:26 Unforutately this Yoshi went through a very painful accident that made him lose all of his fingers right before they brought it back for the DS version

[@aedaniammx7559]

I love 8’s tracks, they all feel so real. Like I could GO to that Yoshi Circuit, you’d see it filled with actual people and be like “Ooh cool theme park” as opposed to “What are those people doing in that game”, but it still has that game-ish charm, it never overdoes it. I do yearn for the extra shortcut and Yoshicoptor though, and GameCube games are definitely going to give a different vibe no matter what, so it’s totally understandable how someone would prefer it imo

[@zaneberry]

I have never seen that second short cut in my life holy shit

[@OscarGreenworth]

I thought this video was about how you would’ve colonized this island. Like what structures you would’ve put where.

[@koopa_5]

This is the definition of the original is the best

[@bagelgod946]

1:46 IVE BEEN PLAYING THIS TRACK MY ENTIRE LIFE WHAT

[@bingusdingus8239]

It makes me so excited to see someone else talking about how fun that double dash shortcut was! I remember getting so excited when I finally nailed that shortcut for the first time

[@JazzyWaffles]

Honestly, stuff like this is why I'm always a bit underwhelmed by most retro tracks. Some add to the original, but they usually end up taking features AWAY for no reason. It's very odd.

[@IndiumInk]

When you're a kid who drives courses backwards it's pretty easy to notice the "secret" shortcut lol

[@adambriton5394]

Niw as a brit I must support you in colonising places, jolly good show

[@sharlockshacolmes9381]

Thank you so much for 5alking about the shortcut of the doubledash version. I remember clearly falling right around it and seeing it when I was just a kid and never being able to take it. Later when I played other version of this circuit I scoured it remembering the hidden tunnel but never finding it. I legit thought this was a Mandela effect and I was crazy for seeing it for YEARS. Now I know that I didn't hallucinate it when I was a kid and I am reaffirmed in my belief that Double dash is the ultimate version of Mario kart and this is the objective truth.

[@CristobalJana-yn1yg]

0:13: gotta be pun intended

[@Potatoinatree]

Why is this the top comment with bo likes or comments

[@McYoutubeMan]

Why am I the only like bro

[@huntertrongamesmusic]

i think the idea of the "two eyes" on the Mario Kart Tour version is to make the eye look like a pacman eye, ya know the eye type that old B&W cartoons used to use for the time, MKT is supposed to be a downsized version of MK for mobile after all, so they probably wanted the course to feel different, so they tried their best to make the eye look different without compromising it too much

[@huntertrongamesmusic]

i say this cause it does look like a old style cartoon eye from a distance

[@MegaMew204]

When you realize Yoshi might have more land than Wario, think about it he has this Island, presumably the Yoshi Falls track, Yoshi Valley and maybe more that I'm not remembering

[@BrinIoca]

“I want to colonize yoshi circuit” that’s a certified white person moment there (I don’t actually know if zz is white)

[@InhumanBaron]

ZoomZike, half the reason I love your videos so much is BECAUSE of the obsessing over small details, many of which I would have never noticed myself. It is not irksome at all, please continue getting hyped over star shapes in the water!

[@sagacious03]

Neat analysis video! Kinda interesting to see how this little landscape & its civilization features have progressed over time. Thanks for uploading!

[@dr.sabertooth3025]

I've noticed this is one of the few mario kart tracks that just gets worse and worse every time it comes back, and thats simply because each time it comes back they remove more and more of the fun and wacky elements that made the track so memorable

[@christophero1496]

Its hard to tell, but I think the double eyes on Yoshi might not be two eyes, but a cartoon style eye with a glint of light in them, like the eyes that kinda look like pac-man

[@adamking5215]

I came in expecting you to plan a small town with this space, came out disappointed yet still enjoyed the vid.

[@andistansbury4366]

For some reason, my first thought when seeing the thumbnail was "Is that a freaking Yoshi fractal?"

[@OrangeIsBorange]

The greatest sin of this video... not talking about Yoshi-copter and how it was removed in all versions of the game after Double Dash :(

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

I hope there’s a MarioKart 8 mod that adds the shortcut tunnel back in.

[@u235cereal]

Yoshi circut looks like yoshi, this is also true for luigi circuit and all of the mario circuits

[@JeremyBX]

that shortcut is so well hidden that devs forgot about it when developing later version.

[@CaptainAstronaut]

I don't know why they kept making Mario Kart courses after this one, it was all downhill after Yoshi Circuit

[@elitobin]

My ass actually forgot that track is shaped like yoshi. Probably because of whatever they did to it in mk8

[@SmileRYO]

I forgot how good Double Dash looked

[@LimeGreenTeknii]

One guy at Nintendo: What if we made a track in the shape of Yoshi? Nintendo making nearly every Mario Kart game afterwards: Remember that Yoshi shaped track? That was such a good idea! Let's bring it back as a retro track.

[@unknowngirl2714]

People always think I'm crazy when I tell them it's one of my favorite tracks in the series. Seeing someone break down and appreciate all the tiny details that make this track so special was a cathartic experience, thank you

[@demontamerbf18]

Excuse my french, but there's no fucking way I had no idea that underground shortcut existed all this time. I played on this track so much, even 100% completed Double Dash.

[@JoeFilms5420]

Do you think all of the Yoshi Circuits coexist? An island chain of Yoshi Circuits? If so, we must establish contact and trade between the islands IMMEDIATELY to ensure the Yoshi Economy and Yoshi Culture are secure.

[@MRJakeyBro]

at 4:43 if you look to the left you can see a mario cap in the water too

[@BierBart12]

The comparisons between DD and 8 here really made me realize why I always felt like something was off/lost in the past. Those small details that make you feel like this is a *Mario* world with established goofy cartoon technology and whimsical physical phenomena that aren't quite like ours adds so much to the vibe. That's why nitpicking can be important

[@shen_valor]

I spat out my drink when I saw that shortcut. All these years and I never saw it when I played DD. Amazing

[@theuncalledfor]

The track is Yoshi's tongue.

[@Equinox_Fox]

I have to find my double dash copy now. I can’t believe I never knew that shortcut was there

[@endgamerplays]

We should have Double Dash Yoshi Circuit with MK8 graphics.

[@bocolatebhipbookie]

literally furious the yoshi helicopter was removed

[@VestedUTuber]

So, in addition to being a Super Mario Sunshine reference, the luxury cruise liner _Sunshine_ also happens to be the venue for Daisy Cruiser. Of all the Mario Kart games, Double Dash seems to do the best job of making everything feel like it's all in one world, not only with tracks in its own game but throughout the series up to that point and even locations from other Mario titles.

[@player_lv430]

1:54 You can JFK Yoshi? This is my new favorite track.