Throwing it back to where it all began
Those who recreate the past are doomed to get hit with a red shell. Pretty sure that’s how the proverb goes.
Nintendo has remade the first Mario Kart track that most of us ever played inside Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. Check out the simplistic Mario Circuit 1 from the SNES Mario Kart as experienced through the AR lens of Home Circuit:
To celebrate the launch of Live: Home Circuit, we’ve recreated Mario Circuit 1 from the original Super Mario Kart on Super NES!
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica)
(If you’re somehow unfamiliar with Mario Circuit 1, .)
Truth be told, Mario Circuit 1 is about the ideal adaption for Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit‘s four-gate limitations. It’s the most iconic Mario Kart course that’s more or less oval-shaped. It goes blazing fast, though, as each lap in Home Circuit takes approximately 10 seconds. It’s a solid effort from Nintendo, but not as impressive as the time .
For more nuanced thoughts (and an extremely cute kitten), go read Chris’ hands-on impressions of Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit.
Published: Oct 16, 2020 03:30 pm