My favorite memory of this game is when my sister (during a weird phase where she was into NASCAR) asked if she could try playing it. I told her yes and handed her my Game Boy Advance....Several minutes of strenuous grunting later, I hear her breathe a sigh of relief. I asked how she did, and she shoved the Gameboy towards my face, triumphantly shouting "Eighth place! Oh yeahhhh!" and I had to inform her that this wasn't NASCAR and there were only eight carts on the track...which meant she was, in fact, in last place.
Super Circuit's "problem" is that it's arguably the closest that Mario Kart gets to realistic racing physics. Like, I love it for that, you have to do stuff like, not keep your finger permanently jammed on the gas button, and decide whether or not it's best to drive safely around a corner or cut it with a slide. But yeah, someone who's used to the other Mario Karts will definitely find it difficult to get into. The thing I had a problem with was the way the game grades you on cups, it is insanely strict.
I remember as a kid I played this game so much (one of the few games I had) and I got at least a single star rank on every cup (maybe not the 150cc). I wonder if it will be different if I played it now 20 years later
I got good at this a while back. If I recall, I used either Toad, Luigi, or Yoshi, and I would rapidly tap the gas on turns to temper the sliding without hard-breaking, just like I did with the Super Nintendo one. My uncle taught me that trick. :)
Y-eah, I honestly like this MK, but it's definitely a challenging one. It's more or less a direct sequel to the original SNES Super Mario Kart in the way the physics work (whereas every other game in the series builds on MK64's.) Because of that, yeah, it's a challenge to get used to how it plays, and even at 100 CC you'll wind up needing to brake around a lot of corners to get good lines. Two fun tips if you play more or anyone else plays: 1. More coins, higher speed. Just like MK7/8. 2. You can unlock the entire SMK track list in the game (it's the first MK game to include retro tracks.) You have to beat a cup, then beat it again with at least an A rank and 100 collected coins, and you'll unlock an additional cup made of the SNES courses. They're not broken up quite like they were on SNES, but they ARE all there. There are honestly some really neat course designs in this game, that have translated up nicely into later games (especially MK8's variations on Cheese Land, Ribbon Road, and Jungle Park.) I've been playing the HECK out of this since they released it on NSO. Yeah, it's kinda BS hard (and can get cheat-y,) but once you wrap your head around the physics, it's a very fun MK.
I like this game.. and the reason is simple... While the controllers are funky... there is a lot of shortcuts and tech in this game that I like. ALSO MY FAVORITE MECHANIC IS HOW RED SHELLS FUNCTION HERE! Cause when you "Shoot em backwards" You don't shoot em backwards.. you lay them down and then they home in on the next racer who passes it. BUT FUCK POWER SLIDING IN THIS GAME!
Here's a tip, when you take a turn, tap the gas instead of hopping and going for a slide. Tapping the gas gives you traction, so you can turn tighter and not lose control.
As a kid, for a time, I only had a GBA as a console. This was one of the games I had, and it was my only experience with Mario Kart till I got a Wii as a teen, we didn't have consoles before that. This game was a lot of fun as a kid, and I remember having so much fun with it and playing it all the time. I thought I was so good at it because I was having so much fun. I replayed it recently, on the GBA Player with the GameCube, a few months before the recent Nintendo GBA on Switch announcement...and holy crap I could not play this game. The controls felt simultaneously too sensitive and unresponsive some how. It wasn't anywhere near as good as I remember XD Nostalgia (and the childhood inability to care if I'm good or bad at a game) is a hell of a drug. Music's still banging though, though I'm glad these courses are now in a better controlling Mario Kart with 8.
I was quite good at this one. You don’t really hold to hard drift much. You tap the drift to bounce a bunch to adeptly change directions while keeping your speed up. It lets you move the camera faster than turning so you don’t feel blind and won’t slip around.
This was the first video game I ever owned. I played the hell out of it back in the day and again pretty recently. [cracks knuckles] -The "speed" stat displayed for the characters is actually acceleration. As is typical of Mario Kart, acceleration is generally inversely correlated with top speed. -Yes this game is ridiculously slippery and therefore ridiculously hard. You deal with it by learning the tracks and planning each maneuver WAY ahead of time. You can get used to it, but the requirement of planning further ahead makes it objectively harder, not just less intuitive. Lighter characters are generally less slippery, but their low top speeds are crippling on 150cc. I recommend Luigi. There's way less slippage while you're using a star. You're supposed to drift almost always and brake almost never. -The timing for the start-of-race boost is to push and hold the gas, starting halfway between the second and third Lakitu lights/noises (where the third is the green/start). You can also get a boost when Lakitu places you back onto the track after falling off; the timing here seems to be the same amount of time before you gain control as it is at the start of the race, which makes it really hard to time because Lakitu's movement is very jerky so it's hard to predict when you'll gain control. You can use the sound of your kart motor as a cue: the longer you hold down the gas, the higher-pitched your motor's whine becomes. You want it to hit the same pitch just as you're gaining control of your kart, whether it's at the start of the race or after being rescued. -To get a drift boost a.k.a. mini turbo, you have to do enough drifting within a short enough timespan (it can be split across separate turns), and then you'll get the boost about 1 to 2 seconds after you stop drifting. It's also surprisingly easy to destroy your invisible progress towards a boost at any time before it actually triggers: I think either hitting the brake or going off-road-no matter how briefly-will do it. Also beware that you can get a slow-motion spin-out by doing a big turn in one direction and then immediately turning in the other direction; it doesn't matter whether either of these turns is drifted or not. -I don't think coins make you faster like they do in MK8. In case you missed it, their function within a race is that if you collide with another racer while you have 0 coins, you'll wipe out, like if they were using a star. Colliding with another racer normally loses you 1 coin, and getting hit by something and wiping out out loses you 4 coins. Coins' other two functions are derived from the sum of the numbers of coins with which you finish each race in a cup. (This is shown on the cup results/awards screen.) First, if you win a cup while this total is at least 100, and you had already previously won that cup, then you unlock an "extra" cup consisting of SNES tracks. (This process is tracked separately for each engine class, a.k.a. cc rating.) Second, this total contributes to your letter "rank" on the cup results/awards screen. -You've experienced how you can briefly drive in deep water before Lakitu picks you up, but what you might not know is that you can also briefly drive ON TOP of deep water before you fall into it. The amount of time before you drop is higher the faster you're going, so it sometimes makes sense to cut corners a little, especially on higher cc's and/or with a mushroom. You did this once by mistake with a star. -Ribbon Road is almost completely unrecognizable in MK8 compared to here; it's by far the most-changed retro track I've ever seen in Mario Kart. Second place goes to Cheese Land, also in MK8 and originally from this one.
I played this a few times to beat all the maps, then only played it during blackouts when my brother and I were sitting in the dark with nothing to do.
This was my first Mario Kart and I actually LOVE this game. The coin collecting added a cool extra challenge to getting those high grades for each cup. I was so excited when they brought the coins back for MK8 and had them actually have a purpose. I disagree with this one being the worst for sure. I loved it.
counterintuitively, the key in this is not to drift. Drifting in Super Circuit is broken. Yes, I played it on original hardware as a kid, I got good enough to unlock everything (though I have lost all of that skill due to the newer games). It trained me to use the d-pad to turn in every other MK (which I would recommend). My favorite course in the game was Sky Garden, mostly due to the short cut that was completely removed on Switch >:(
As someone who didn't have Nintendo consoles until the Switch, but had Nintendo handhelds, Super Circuit, DS, and 7 were a ton of fun for me. Sure, I played 64 and Double Dash with friends (did not have a friend who had a Wii, so I missed out on Wii), but I played this and the other two hand-held ones a ton. Yes, this is my least favorite though now, but I did have fun with it back in the day. (And I play a ton of 8 Deluxe with my family and online).
Jared: plays on the highest speed and says "Its too fast!" Also Jared "Its too slippery" while not trying other characters with better control. I played this game back when it came out and found the controls ok. My frustration was due to trying to unlock the SNES tracks in 150cc and constantly failing the coin count requirement due to being blasted by red shells and lightning by the computer because I was usually in first. Overall I don't really enjoy any Mario Kart because the game punishes you for playing good by giving last place the best items and first place the worst items. Its no fun being in first and just getting coins and banana peels.
How to powerslide - Do a drift, hold it for a second, let go and straighten your kart out without hitting walls or going off course and you get a powerslide
I borrowed this game once from a friend in school. I played maybe a single Grand Prix and did not like it one bit. I didn't want to return it the next day and tell my friend his game sucked, so I held onto it for a few more days, then gave it back without saying much about it. 😅
I'm glad to hear someone else say the snes mario kart wasn't that good. I've never played this mario either, I completely skipped this and played a little of mario kart 7 only because my sister had it
This game was the bane of my existence as a kid. I got this when I was at the age where I didn’t understand this game is stupid hard and just thought I was bad at it. Eventually I did get good at it and you kinda have to adapt to the bad controls by doing shit like taking ur finger off the gas when going over sharp turns.
Not that I don't believe this game is bad, because it very clearly is. But generally speaking, releasing the accelerator while taking sharp turns is *good* design in a racing game.
@@renatocorvaro6924it’s fine if you have to do it on really sharp turns, but you have to rely on that on every turn to avoid completely losing control in that game.
@@renatocorvaro6924 Maybe in a "normal" racing game, but not in freaking Mario Kart. The only times letting go off the gas has been remotely good design in it was with 200cc in the newest ones, where you might literally fly off the course otherwise and it actually feels good
@@johnnymoon Releasing the gas isn’t the only way to maintain control of your vehicle. Hopping also straightens you out, letting you take turns without losing much speed.
@@BakuBomber that was just the only way I figured out back when I was an 8 year old. Actually I didn’t know about hitting the break to stop urself from spinning out until I watched this.
I remember this game was about as slippery as the SNES game... it's kind of nothing short of a miracle a franchise started with those annoying slippery turns before they made the much better sequels down the line At least to the GBA game's credit... it was the start of the tradition of bringing back nostalgic past courses, as you could gradually unlock the tracks from the SNES game... if you're not remotely bothered by the slippery controls both games shared
I never cared for the power sliding in the 2D Mario Kart entries. Unlike the 3D Mario Karts, instead of jumping into your power slide and then boosting out of it, you jump into your power slide and then jump back out of it. At least, that's what has worked for me.
Lol, I actually did get good at this game to the point that I decided to practice with Bowser in the time trials to get a feel for how Bowser played. This is the game that made Bowser my favourite character for Mario Kart. 🤜🏻🤛🏻
I still have my cartridge of this game and I unlocked all the SNES tracks on it too. I played as Toad 99% of the time since lightweight characters had the best handling.
Still have this game on my GBA. I played this game all the damn time back in high school and still have my ghost data for my best times. I was fairly good at it with Toad but that's because he has the best control besides Peach. And BTW @ProJared Plays! No Jared. It's not because the game is ass.........SUCK LESS!
As someone who owns and likes this game 150 is very difficult to start out. And the biggedt thing is you turn sharper by not drifting. Hitting a banana if you don't try and turn you can tab B a couple times and not spin out. As well as the starting boost is like the moment it hits green.
Coins are super important in this game. Not only do they speed you up and keep you from spinning out in certain scenarios, but they also count towards your overall rank. Try for 30-ish in each race. As for the controls, I do like this game. I like the others better, but I've played some shitty racing games and this isn't one of them lol
This one was my first Mario Kart and it will always stay close to my heart, even if it hasn't aged very well. One of the games I 100% when I was in school.
a little tip from someone who enjoys Mario Kart Super Circuit when going around a corner let go of the acceleration instead of Keeping it going or using brake. feel that helps.
There were sometimes I closed to my eyes cause I didn't think he'd make the turn.. and he wouldn't. Still freaking hilarious to watch, and at a time I really needed it. Thank you so much for working on these videos!
As a teen, MK64 was the eternal party game, but MKSC is the one I personally played the most, putting so much time on my GBA SP and later DS, trying to grind the star rankings.
There were only 2 Mario Karts to compare it against, and it was the only portable Mario Kart at the time, and it had 4 player via link cable. I'm sure it's aged POORLY, but this shit was DOPE in 2002
This was my fav Mario cart. It controls the most like a cart and not a car, a go-cart is normally very twitchy and it will feel like you are diffing a lot in it. Also yes this is by far the hardest mairo cart due to that. I di 100% this game with all stars for all tracks including the secret tracks. also the multiplayer is GREAT on this game too :)
The trick to boosting at the start is to lightly rev the engine each light and then jam it just before it changes to go. Drifting is necessary to not go off track. The voices sound weird because they’re the Japanese Mario kart 64 voices.
The Gran Turismo of Mario Kart. Edit: I also think it's important for people to realize that Nintendo expected you to play this initially on a device that didn't have a backlit screen lol
I used to play this game all the time, I think i was pretty good, Its probably because I was a kid and i only got new games for Christmas and Birthdays. So I played the game all the time.
Jesus what is up with the turning in this game? The turning is so HARD that the player instantly turns in that direction as opposed to doing it at a smooth mid level that it leads to driving on grass or even crashing at walls. It's like nobody programmed this game and it's even more amazing at how HIGH the critic score is of this game, as if nobody noticed the super turning in the game. Edit: okay i watched it the video a bit more and it turns out it's not so much turning but "drifting" that is a major source of the game's issue with driving. Still doesn't change how poorly designed it is.
I have this game but never got the the last four stages. The later stages are pretty brutal. Before I even wrote this btw, I tried out the same stage Jared tried and got to 4th place ( I messed up) but still remembered how to play after all this time, jump, turn, brake a bit and wroom away! Sometimes I even jump like a maniac. That actually works to avoid the slippery grass! Oh, and it seems like most players are constantly driving into the sand, grass or whatever. This is NOT the newest kart game, drive out of the course and feel the hurt. Urgh... every time they drive out thinking nothing happens.. *EVERY TIME!* O_O
I played the full game, a super painful experience. Even a week after adjusting it is still frustrating. Getting used to how it displays the world turning is something you have to learn. Can't do anything about the NPCs having insane rubber bands and glued to the course so high speed doesn't mess them up.
How did they screw up the background scrolling so bad? If you can see an island in the distance and turn around 180 degrees, you shouldn't be able to see that same island.
Did I ever get good? I must have.. I beat all the cups, on all three ccs, in first place, after playing for a few months, on and off. Metroid Fusion kept pulling me away. Did I ever feel good at it? Hell no. Just.. Hell no. Edit: Also, the courses are "Sho sort"? Aw buddy... that was adorable. *pats back*
I played the shit out of this game back in the day, but anything above 50cc is ridiculous. And yes, the drifting is pretty awful so it's better to just not.
This is the only Mario Kart game I outright despise. While I can reasonably re-learn the controls to the SNES game, this one's are way too terrible to get a hold of. I much, much prefer the remade courses in 8 and Tour. EDIT: The courses are so short likely because the game includes every track from the SNES game as well.
Yeah, I wound up becoming an “expert” in this game as a kid due to not having anything else with Mario Kart. To the point where I was trying to complete the rainbow road by just bouncing from place to place off the bumpers. It takes time to get used to, and does not control like ANY other kart game.
I played this as a kid and got first place starts in every track on 50ccs and 100ccs. Never 150. I managed 2nd place in every map on 150ccs. Still irks me to this day. If there was one thing I do remember, is that I never once drift boosted the entire game.
this and mario kart 64 were my favorites. one way to not go off track while turning is to let off the gas button. if you keep it pressed the whole time it's way harder.
If I think of a popular game I didn't vibe with from long ago and want to give it a chance, then I actually give it a chance. Play some Quick Races on 50cc, switch up your character so you can find a driver that works for you, explore the various courses and modes. Take some time to get the feel for the game before you write it off as bad. I don't like when Jared has a weird axe to grind while playing a game. It can come off as "I need to do this for content/views," and I don't want to think he's that cynical because I respect him.
Fun story about this game, back when the GBA was in production, I remember I ask my grandpa, to bring me a copy of that game, and when I recieve it on mail, I got E.T. the video game instead, and boy, I hate that game, maybe not worse than that embarrassing Atari game.
When I got my gba it was this, super Mario world and street fighter 2 that I played constantly. I love super circuit because of the difficult learning curve, it’s slippery & the computers were kind of unfair, but once you master the controls you’ll be the drift king!
I played a ton of this, definitely takes some practice and I remember it being infuriating due to the rubber banding, can't get too far in first place without the CPU blasting you with items or speeding up somehow. Other MK games probably had worse rubber banding, but somehow I remember this one being very frustrating, must be due to controls too.
this game were made with a small screen in mind, so i think when jared played it first when he was a child, it was super annoying because how hard it is to see and react on such a small scale of resolution, so it felt "harder" back then.
I used to play a lot of this game when I was younger and I distinctly remember how hard it was for no reason. I replayed it and so many frustrating memories came rushing back lmao. I honestly don't understand why this of all games was chosen in the only 4 games for nintendo online service...
You need to jump while turning. That was the trick to not drifting too much on the turns
My favorite memory of this game is when my sister (during a weird phase where she was into NASCAR) asked if she could try playing it. I told her yes and handed her my Game Boy Advance....Several minutes of strenuous grunting later, I hear her breathe a sigh of relief. I asked how she did, and she shoved the Gameboy towards my face, triumphantly shouting "Eighth place! Oh yeahhhh!" and I had to inform her that this wasn't NASCAR and there were only eight carts on the track...which meant she was, in fact, in last place.
How on earth couldn't she see that given that there are ONLY 8 characters to race with in the game?
Maybe she was top tier pro gamer-ing you and just happy to be playing. It's just nice to celebrate the joy of games once in a while.
"I remember it being *stupidly hard*"
Begins at 150cc
Oh Jared, never stop being Pro
If I was a betting man I'd say it was on purpose for show. Watching someone blasting through 50cc would be kinda dull.
I had this on the GBA, didn't even know there was a blueshell in this game
If you finish the circuit in 4th place the podium lands and crushes your guy, I always found that hilarious
I played the sh*t out of this game as a kid. Don't remember it being super difficult, as I 100% it. Toad was my go to character
If you're not going to censor right you might as well not do it at all
@@TheRealBatabii How was that not censoring right?
I got Luigi
Toad "I'm the best!!!"
He goes straight to 150CC without getting used to the controls in the the 50 or 100 CC section first.
Super Circuit's "problem" is that it's arguably the closest that Mario Kart gets to realistic racing physics. Like, I love it for that, you have to do stuff like, not keep your finger permanently jammed on the gas button, and decide whether or not it's best to drive safely around a corner or cut it with a slide. But yeah, someone who's used to the other Mario Karts will definitely find it difficult to get into.
The thing I had a problem with was the way the game grades you on cups, it is insanely strict.
I remember as a kid I played this game so much (one of the few games I had) and I got at least a single star rank on every cup (maybe not the 150cc). I wonder if it will be different if I played it now 20 years later
I got good at this a while back. If I recall, I used either Toad, Luigi, or Yoshi, and I would rapidly tap the gas on turns to temper the sliding without hard-breaking, just like I did with the Super Nintendo one. My uncle taught me that trick. :)
Y-eah, I honestly like this MK, but it's definitely a challenging one. It's more or less a direct sequel to the original SNES Super Mario Kart in the way the physics work (whereas every other game in the series builds on MK64's.) Because of that, yeah, it's a challenge to get used to how it plays, and even at 100 CC you'll wind up needing to brake around a lot of corners to get good lines.
Two fun tips if you play more or anyone else plays:
1. More coins, higher speed. Just like MK7/8.
2. You can unlock the entire SMK track list in the game (it's the first MK game to include retro tracks.) You have to beat a cup, then beat it again with at least an A rank and 100 collected coins, and you'll unlock an additional cup made of the SNES courses. They're not broken up quite like they were on SNES, but they ARE all there.
There are honestly some really neat course designs in this game, that have translated up nicely into later games (especially MK8's variations on Cheese Land, Ribbon Road, and Jungle Park.)
I've been playing the HECK out of this since they released it on NSO. Yeah, it's kinda BS hard (and can get cheat-y,) but once you wrap your head around the physics, it's a very fun MK.
I like this game.. and the reason is simple... While the controllers are funky... there is a lot of shortcuts and tech in this game that I like.
ALSO MY FAVORITE MECHANIC IS HOW RED SHELLS FUNCTION HERE! Cause when you "Shoot em backwards" You don't shoot em backwards.. you lay them down and then they home in on the next racer who passes it.
BUT FUCK POWER SLIDING IN THIS GAME!
Well, after this, you should play the best Mario Kart game.
Diddy Kong Racing.
Controlling the car in this game looks like 200cc in kart 8.
You move so fast you tokyo drift. To maintain control, you brake. A lot.
Here's a tip, when you take a turn, tap the gas instead of hopping and going for a slide. Tapping the gas gives you traction, so you can turn tighter and not lose control.
I still love this game
As a kid, for a time, I only had a GBA as a console. This was one of the games I had, and it was my only experience with Mario Kart till I got a Wii as a teen, we didn't have consoles before that. This game was a lot of fun as a kid, and I remember having so much fun with it and playing it all the time. I thought I was so good at it because I was having so much fun. I replayed it recently, on the GBA Player with the GameCube, a few months before the recent Nintendo GBA on Switch announcement...and holy crap I could not play this game. The controls felt simultaneously too sensitive and unresponsive some how. It wasn't anywhere near as good as I remember XD Nostalgia (and the childhood inability to care if I'm good or bad at a game) is a hell of a drug. Music's still banging though, though I'm glad these courses are now in a better controlling Mario Kart with 8.
Does this use the f-zero engine? Maps and draw distance look very similar. Would explain the extremely wide turning when using slide as well.
I was quite good at this one. You don’t really hold to hard drift much. You tap the drift to bounce a bunch to adeptly change directions while keeping your speed up.
It lets you move the camera faster than turning so you don’t feel blind and won’t slip around.
This was the first video game I ever owned. I played the hell out of it back in the day and again pretty recently. [cracks knuckles]
-The "speed" stat displayed for the characters is actually acceleration. As is typical of Mario Kart, acceleration is generally inversely correlated with top speed.
-Yes this game is ridiculously slippery and therefore ridiculously hard. You deal with it by learning the tracks and planning each maneuver WAY ahead of time. You can get used to it, but the requirement of planning further ahead makes it objectively harder, not just less intuitive. Lighter characters are generally less slippery, but their low top speeds are crippling on 150cc. I recommend Luigi. There's way less slippage while you're using a star. You're supposed to drift almost always and brake almost never.
-The timing for the start-of-race boost is to push and hold the gas, starting halfway between the second and third Lakitu lights/noises (where the third is the green/start). You can also get a boost when Lakitu places you back onto the track after falling off; the timing here seems to be the same amount of time before you gain control as it is at the start of the race, which makes it really hard to time because Lakitu's movement is very jerky so it's hard to predict when you'll gain control. You can use the sound of your kart motor as a cue: the longer you hold down the gas, the higher-pitched your motor's whine becomes. You want it to hit the same pitch just as you're gaining control of your kart, whether it's at the start of the race or after being rescued.
-To get a drift boost a.k.a. mini turbo, you have to do enough drifting within a short enough timespan (it can be split across separate turns), and then you'll get the boost about 1 to 2 seconds after you stop drifting. It's also surprisingly easy to destroy your invisible progress towards a boost at any time before it actually triggers: I think either hitting the brake or going off-road-no matter how briefly-will do it. Also beware that you can get a slow-motion spin-out by doing a big turn in one direction and then immediately turning in the other direction; it doesn't matter whether either of these turns is drifted or not.
-I don't think coins make you faster like they do in MK8. In case you missed it, their function within a race is that if you collide with another racer while you have 0 coins, you'll wipe out, like if they were using a star. Colliding with another racer normally loses you 1 coin, and getting hit by something and wiping out out loses you 4 coins. Coins' other two functions are derived from the sum of the numbers of coins with which you finish each race in a cup. (This is shown on the cup results/awards screen.) First, if you win a cup while this total is at least 100, and you had already previously won that cup, then you unlock an "extra" cup consisting of SNES tracks. (This process is tracked separately for each engine class, a.k.a. cc rating.) Second, this total contributes to your letter "rank" on the cup results/awards screen.
-You've experienced how you can briefly drive in deep water before Lakitu picks you up, but what you might not know is that you can also briefly drive ON TOP of deep water before you fall into it. The amount of time before you drop is higher the faster you're going, so it sometimes makes sense to cut corners a little, especially on higher cc's and/or with a mushroom. You did this once by mistake with a star.
-Ribbon Road is almost completely unrecognizable in MK8 compared to here; it's by far the most-changed retro track I've ever seen in Mario Kart. Second place goes to Cheese Land, also in MK8 and originally from this one.
I played this a few times to beat all the maps, then only played it during blackouts when my brother and I were sitting in the dark with nothing to do.
The only memory I have of this game is the fast-food toy where you spin a circle and make little car figures move on a flat square track.
This was my first Mario Kart and I actually LOVE this game. The coin collecting added a cool extra challenge to getting those high grades for each cup. I was so excited when they brought the coins back for MK8 and had them actually have a purpose. I disagree with this one being the worst for sure. I loved it.
counterintuitively, the key in this is not to drift. Drifting in Super Circuit is broken.
Yes, I played it on original hardware as a kid, I got good enough to unlock everything (though I have lost all of that skill due to the newer games). It trained me to use the d-pad to turn in every other MK (which I would recommend). My favorite course in the game was Sky Garden, mostly due to the short cut that was completely removed on Switch >:(
it also helps to learn where all the shortcuts are
I was REALLY GOOD at Super circuit. The trick is to line up your power slides so that you continuously slingshot across the stage.
I remember really liking this game as a kid, but I also very distinctly remember never playing on 150cc because it was nearly impossible.
8:10 "that tree just destroyed me"
"eff you, nature!"
This was the one Mario Kart I played like crazy. It had a lot of shortcuts and it felt really good to make the harder ones.
With Gba games on switch, full playthrough of mario and luigi superstar saga?.
Heck yeah
0:34 As a fat person myself, I can attest to the fact that, yes, “big boys” have the slowest speed in kart races 😢
As someone who didn't have Nintendo consoles until the Switch, but had Nintendo handhelds, Super Circuit, DS, and 7 were a ton of fun for me. Sure, I played 64 and Double Dash with friends (did not have a friend who had a Wii, so I missed out on Wii), but I played this and the other two hand-held ones a ton. Yes, this is my least favorite though now, but I did have fun with it back in the day. (And I play a ton of 8 Deluxe with my family and online).
Jared: plays on the highest speed and says "Its too fast!"
Also Jared "Its too slippery" while not trying other characters with better control.
I played this game back when it came out and found the controls ok. My frustration was due to trying to unlock the SNES tracks in 150cc and constantly failing the coin count requirement due to being blasted by red shells and lightning by the computer because I was usually in first. Overall I don't really enjoy any Mario Kart because the game punishes you for playing good by giving last place the best items and first place the worst items. Its no fun being in first and just getting coins and banana peels.
9:49 "Dude, these courses are *sho sort* " This is my new favorite Jared quote
How to powerslide - Do a drift, hold it for a second, let go and straighten your kart out without hitting walls or going off course and you get a powerslide
I vaguely remember this but I do know I played it quite a bit when I first got it then never again lol.
I borrowed this game once from a friend in school. I played maybe a single Grand Prix and did not like it one bit.
I didn't want to return it the next day and tell my friend his game sucked, so I held onto it for a few more days, then gave it back without saying much about it. 😅
I'm glad to hear someone else say the snes mario kart wasn't that good. I've never played this mario either, I completely skipped this and played a little of mario kart 7 only because my sister had it
This game was the bane of my existence as a kid. I got this when I was at the age where I didn’t understand this game is stupid hard and just thought I was bad at it. Eventually I did get good at it and you kinda have to adapt to the bad controls by doing shit like taking ur finger off the gas when going over sharp turns.
Not that I don't believe this game is bad, because it very clearly is.
But generally speaking, releasing the accelerator while taking sharp turns is *good* design in a racing game.
@@renatocorvaro6924it’s fine if you have to do it on really sharp turns, but you have to rely on that on every turn to avoid completely losing control in that game.
@@renatocorvaro6924 Maybe in a "normal" racing game, but not in freaking Mario Kart. The only times letting go off the gas has been remotely good design in it was with 200cc in the newest ones, where you might literally fly off the course otherwise and it actually feels good
@@johnnymoon Releasing the gas isn’t the only way to maintain control of your vehicle. Hopping also straightens you out, letting you take turns without losing much speed.
@@BakuBomber that was just the only way I figured out back when I was an 8 year old. Actually I didn’t know about hitting the break to stop urself from spinning out until I watched this.
I beat this game. You can't stand on the accelerator even with the drift mechanic. Unless you're Toad or another light racer.
Was my first thought that you actually had to brake
"I've never seen these courses before in my life!"
You have though, a lot of them ended up in the Wii mariokart.
I can't even imagine playing this on the tiny GBA screen. Everything a few meters in front of your character just becomes a blurry pixel mess.
This game was impressive considering it was released on Gameboy
The worst? Super Mario Kart would like to know your location!
I remember this game was about as slippery as the SNES game... it's kind of nothing short of a miracle a franchise started with those annoying slippery turns before they made the much better sequels down the line
At least to the GBA game's credit... it was the start of the tradition of bringing back nostalgic past courses, as you could gradually unlock the tracks from the SNES game... if you're not remotely bothered by the slippery controls both games shared
I never cared for the power sliding in the 2D Mario Kart entries. Unlike the 3D Mario Karts, instead of jumping into your power slide and then boosting out of it, you jump into your power slide and then jump back out of it. At least, that's what has worked for me.
Lol, I actually did get good at this game to the point that I decided to practice with Bowser in the time trials to get a feel for how Bowser played. This is the game that made Bowser my favourite character for Mario Kart.
🤜🏻🤛🏻
I sold this game back to gamestop (or whatever it was at the time) like a week after it came out.
You should get it back
Jared, dude, you can drift and brake at the same time! This causes your drift angle to cut in.
I still have my cartridge of this game and I unlocked all the SNES tracks on it too. I played as Toad 99% of the time since lightweight characters had the best handling.
Still have this game on my GBA. I played this game all the damn time back in high school and still have my ghost data for my best times. I was fairly good at it with Toad but that's because he has the best control besides Peach.
And BTW @ProJared Plays! No Jared. It's not because the game is ass.........SUCK LESS!
Yeah, I remember hating this, Jared. The physics are slippery as quicksilver. The more you try to play into them, the more they betray you.
The music and sound effects for some reason remind me of Commander Keen 4-6 more than other nintendo games.
As someone who owns and likes this game 150 is very difficult to start out. And the biggedt thing is you turn sharper by not drifting. Hitting a banana if you don't try and turn you can tab B a couple times and not spin out. As well as the starting boost is like the moment it hits green.
Coins are super important in this game. Not only do they speed you up and keep you from spinning out in certain scenarios, but they also count towards your overall rank.
Try for 30-ish in each race. As for the controls, I do like this game. I like the others better, but I've played some shitty racing games and this isn't one of them lol
Side note: I hate MK8DX not having a proper trophy ceremony. It’s the biggest MK game and they couldn’t be bothered to make a trophy ceremony cutscene
19:24 Haha Jared channeling his inner “Nerd”! 😂
Yeah 150-200cc it's a good idea to brake sometimes
This one was my first Mario Kart and it will always stay close to my heart, even if it hasn't aged very well. One of the games I 100% when I was in school.
a little tip from someone who enjoys Mario Kart Super Circuit when going around a corner let go of the acceleration instead of Keeping it going or using brake. feel that helps.
There were sometimes I closed to my eyes cause I didn't think he'd make the turn.. and he wouldn't. Still freaking hilarious to watch, and at a time I really needed it. Thank you so much for working on these videos!
9:48 "this courses are sho sort"
just a brain fart, but it made me laugh
As a teen, MK64 was the eternal party game, but MKSC is the one I personally played the most, putting so much time on my GBA SP and later DS, trying to grind the star rankings.
There were only 2 Mario Karts to compare it against, and it was the only portable Mario Kart at the time, and it had 4 player via link cable.
I'm sure it's aged POORLY, but this shit was DOPE in 2002
"I saw a little blue thing come out of my butt."
- Projared, 2023
This was my fav Mario cart. It controls the most like a cart and not a car, a go-cart is normally very twitchy and it will feel like you are diffing a lot in it. Also yes this is by far the hardest mairo cart due to that. I di 100% this game with all stars for all tracks including the secret tracks.
also the multiplayer is GREAT on this game too :)
The trick to boosting at the start is to lightly rev the engine each light and then jam it just before it changes to go. Drifting is necessary to not go off track. The voices sound weird because they’re the Japanese Mario kart 64 voices.
RIP snowman ;(
We'll bury him next to Green Biker Dude, from Mega Man X
It seems like you have to play this like you do on 200cc in 8: break around corners and only drift on large turns.
The Gran Turismo of Mario Kart.
Edit: I also think it's important for people to realize that Nintendo expected you to play this initially on a device that didn't have a backlit screen lol
I used to play this game all the time, I think i was pretty good, Its probably because I was a kid and i only got new games for Christmas and Birthdays. So I played the game all the time.
Jesus what is up with the turning in this game? The turning is so HARD that the player instantly turns in that direction as opposed to doing it at a smooth mid level that it leads to driving on grass or even crashing at walls. It's like nobody programmed this game and it's even more amazing at how HIGH the critic score is of this game, as if nobody noticed the super turning in the game.
Edit: okay i watched it the video a bit more and it turns out it's not so much turning but "drifting" that is a major source of the game's issue with driving. Still doesn't change how poorly designed it is.
I have this game but never got the the last four stages. The later stages are pretty brutal. Before I even wrote this btw, I tried out the same stage Jared tried and got to 4th place ( I messed up) but still remembered how to play after all this time, jump, turn, brake a bit and wroom away! Sometimes I even jump like a maniac. That actually works to avoid the slippery grass!
Oh, and it seems like most players are constantly driving into the sand, grass or whatever. This is NOT the newest kart game, drive out of the course and feel the hurt. Urgh... every time they drive out thinking nothing happens.. *EVERY TIME!* O_O
noooo i loved this game, cheese land and sunset wilds are great tracks. this is definitely better than the original mario kart
I played the full game, a super painful experience. Even a week after adjusting it is still frustrating. Getting used to how it displays the world turning is something you have to learn. Can't do anything about the NPCs having insane rubber bands and glued to the course so high speed doesn't mess them up.
How did they screw up the background scrolling so bad? If you can see an island in the distance and turn around 180 degrees, you shouldn't be able to see that same island.
Textbook case of "This game sucks because I'm bad at it."
Did I ever get good? I must have.. I beat all the cups, on all three ccs, in first place, after playing for a few months, on and off. Metroid Fusion kept pulling me away.
Did I ever feel good at it? Hell no. Just.. Hell no.
Edit: Also, the courses are "Sho sort"? Aw buddy... that was adorable. *pats back*
This was the first Mario Kart game I ever played. I never touched the jump button. You could make every turn with just... turning.
You should play the SNES one, I’d love to see if it’s even possible to place higher than last on donut planes 3
I played the shit out of this game back in the day, but anything above 50cc is ridiculous. And yes, the drifting is pretty awful so it's better to just not.
This is the only Mario Kart game I outright despise. While I can reasonably re-learn the controls to the SNES game, this one's are way too terrible to get a hold of. I much, much prefer the remade courses in 8 and Tour.
EDIT: The courses are so short likely because the game includes every track from the SNES game as well.
I had this game when I was small, I would like to think I got pretty okay at it for being 6?
Wait really?... i had this game, and i liked it...
Little advice: (or not ) when i was a kid i found it easier to tap A repeatedly when taking turns made it better to control
Yeah, I wound up becoming an “expert” in this game as a kid due to not having anything else with Mario Kart. To the point where I was trying to complete the rainbow road by just bouncing from place to place off the bumpers.
It takes time to get used to, and does not control like ANY other kart game.
I don't think I hate a Mario Kart honestly...
I played this as a kid and got first place starts in every track on 50ccs and 100ccs. Never 150. I managed 2nd place in every map on 150ccs. Still irks me to this day.
If there was one thing I do remember, is that I never once drift boosted the entire game.
this and mario kart 64 were my favorites. one way to not go off track while turning is to let off the gas button. if you keep it pressed the whole time it's way harder.
If I think of a popular game I didn't vibe with from long ago and want to give it a chance, then I actually give it a chance. Play some Quick Races on 50cc, switch up your character so you can find a driver that works for you, explore the various courses and modes. Take some time to get the feel for the game before you write it off as bad.
I don't like when Jared has a weird axe to grind while playing a game. It can come off as "I need to do this for content/views," and I don't want to think he's that cynical because I respect him.
Fun story about this game, back when the GBA was in production, I remember I ask my grandpa, to bring me a copy of that game, and when I recieve it on mail, I got E.T. the video game instead, and boy, I hate that game, maybe not worse than that embarrassing Atari game.
When I got my gba it was this, super Mario world and street fighter 2 that I played constantly.
I love super circuit because of the difficult learning curve, it’s slippery & the computers were kind of unfair, but once you master the controls you’ll be the drift king!
Jared: I've never seen these courses before.
Me: Oh I have in Mario Kart tou--- umm well i think i've seen it.......... I DONT PLAY MOBILE GAMES!
Funnily enough, this was one of those games I skipped because I wasn't really into MK and it seems I didn't miss much, thanks for playing it though
I played a ton of this, definitely takes some practice and I remember it being infuriating due to the rubber banding, can't get too far in first place without the CPU blasting you with items or speeding up somehow.
Other MK games probably had worse rubber banding, but somehow I remember this one being very frustrating, must be due to controls too.
I was pretty decent at it. I love how they included all the SNES levels as unlockable.
Yeah, I'm with you, Jared. Having never grown up with either Super Mario Kart or Super Circuit, these two games are too hard for me to get into.
I was such a lucky kid when I bought this used and had every cup unlocked on every CC, I never knew how much pain was I spared that day
this game were made with a small screen in mind, so i think when jared played it first when he was a child, it was super annoying because how hard it is to see and react on such a small scale of resolution, so it felt "harder" back then.
The constant screen vibration on the ice level was awful. It made me nauseous.
I used to play a lot of this game when I was younger and I distinctly remember how hard it was for no reason. I replayed it and so many frustrating memories came rushing back lmao. I honestly don't understand why this of all games was chosen in the only 4 games for nintendo online service...
Theres more coming.
You should have played as Toad he has the best handling.