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Mario Kart: Super Circuit released in 2001 for the GBA is the third title in the series (files.mastodon.social)

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Mario Kart: Super Circuit released in 2001 for the GBA is the third title in the series. It was the first handheld Mario Kart game and the only game in the series developed by Intelligent Systems. 🏁Its graphical style changed drastically from early demos with the final release resembling SNES Super Mario Kart visually, particularly with its use of parallax scrolling and Mode 7-style scaling. 🛣️Super Circuit was the first...🧵 1/3#RetroTrivia #retrogaming #gaming #games #videogames

[–] Judeau@mas.to 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

@repeatro I'll be honest... I never liked Super Mario Kart on the SNES.I understand that a new genre has to start somewhere and it was a neat idea but it just felt too primitive or basic to me... like it was missing something.I remember picking up Super Circuit not long after it was released and I was blown away.This is how a sequel should be! It refined and built upon everything before it! It was also a real showcase for the GBAs capabilities.I need to dig this one back out.

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[–] repeatro@mastodon.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

@Judeau I'm also not a big fan of Super Mario Kart, but because of its difficult controls. Somehow I don't get familiar with them and avoid drifting at all.Maybe it's because I played the hell out of Mario Kart 64 as a kid and its controls differ too much from the predecessor's ones.I haven't played Super Circuit intensively yet, but its controls seem more like the SNES then the N64 Mario Kart ones. 😓

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[–] Judeau@mas.to 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

@repeatro Hmmm... That's a good point. I don't recall having an issue with the controls back in the day, but I wonder how I would feel coming back to Super Circuit after playing so many of the later installments?Yep. I'm definitely going to dig this one back out and revisit it.

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[–] repeatro@mastodon.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

@Judeau I will also give Super Circuit a try in the future, maybe even consider it for a 100% playthrough. Apart from the controls it seems more forgiving then its SNES one.

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[–] DigiVoyager@mastodon.social 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

@repeatro @Judeau youtu.be/RBKPciCrsh8?t=87Is a good dive into the mechanics, I really like how this one does mini-turbos, very skill oriented and and your ability to re-align with counter-steering is almost out of Initial D, it's kind of undocumented but this speedrun goes into it.Very satisfying game to play.

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[–] repeatro@mastodon.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

@DigiVoyager @Judeau Nice. Only heard yet of a speedrun mechanic in Super Mario Kart where the runners constantly and repeatedly drift left-right to gain and keep speed. There was even some discussion about this because runners with a worn out d-pad had a huge advantage in doing this.

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[–] DigiVoyager@mastodon.social 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

@repeatro @Judeau There is some of that too, in the speedrun you will see him pressing left and right at once (X is mapped to the other direction)Allows you to do a near instantaneous drift. It's not really a mechanic more an exploit but it can help make the game more Initial D :thinkerguns:

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[–] repeatro@mastodon.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago

@DigiVoyager @Judeau Yes, this should be the same mechanic they use in Super Mario Kart. If I remember correctly, they defined a rule that runners are allowed to grind down the bottom side of their d-pads, so there are equal conditions for everyone.

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[–] Judeau@mas.to 1 point 1 year ago

@repeatro @DigiVoyager Yes! I absolutely remember this one. I don't remember if it was on the DS or the 3DS but one of them when I played it online competing racers would do this and I had no idea how to catch them.

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