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I Tried Speedrunning Every Mario Kart. It destroyed me.
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- Published on Jun 12, 2025
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The person who said “do the special cup every time” really set this stream on a path huh
Bro really planned practicing league by 9 pm. Ended up playing till like 3 am 💀
Is it the hardest cup?
@@Maxicwastaken yes by far
@@DarKndsOnSmokeoh thank you
@@Maxicwastaken yes cause it has rainbow road xD
Many say the timer is still running to this day, because he didn’t complete Super Circuit
I was saying the same thing gng
Did he really not do that one?
Okay but super circuit is famous in the Mario kart community for not having a good snow land cause of the shaking
@jurrrr1637 he said he would do it later but then forgot or pretended to forget and didnt get back to it
@@Miguel_Macias1 Nope, he said he quits it.
I would also like to mention that a Mario Kart speedrunner, Johanian, decided to do a run following the same rules and called it “Ludwig%” and completed it in 1:55:30
lmfao
im sure ludwig would absolutely love to hear this news
Where? I’ve googled it for ten minutes and can’t find video of the run when was this?
@@LeoStaley Its not on yt, its on twitch. If you search his name on youtube you will find his channel, then go to the twitch link, it will be a fairly recent one
Yeah people laugh but speedrunners are just built different. I'm sure ZFG would wipe the floor with any casual that tried to speedrun every zelda game
19:30 “I’m gonna come for Diddy” - Ludwig 2025
That's my streamer
Let him come
18:47 time him out for 3 hours? Bro he'll still be able to watch half the stream
You can watch when youre timed out too, you just cant chat
@@lazarenadaraia6446 🤓☝
😂😂😂 so true! But tbf by three hours later he’ll probably regret his decision
lowkey haven't seen man so tilted so consistently on a vid like this in a long time, so suprising it was this to lol
also didn't he never do the third game lol
I knew he would be tilted at this. I played Mario Kart on the SNES back in the day and it took ages to get 45 points in the special cup on 150cc. So when he declared to get 1st place in everything I knew where this was headed. He even went down in difficulty and still only tied for 1st place.
The fuck are you talking about? All his videos this is what he does. YELL FOR NO REASON. BECAUSE YELLING IS SO FUNNY AND CONTENT
viewer be warned this is NOT an feel good video
i was hoping it would be mariokart is my favourite
idk bout you but im feeling great after this video lmao
30 year old man btw
@@lemonke8132 you should've see me (33 years old, like Jesus Christ himself) after I lose match in splatoon 3, I'm going absolutely F E R A L
@EvoDeVeau isnt jesus like 2025?
2:17 "HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO JUMP THE GAP" answers his own question less then a second later😅😅😅😅😅😅
1:43 "I assume getting first place should be easy."
Never have I heard anyone doom themselves more. The livestream crashout was glorious.
I literally burst out laughing when he said this and thought... That's gotta be foreshadowing 😂
seeing this go down live and then hearing this line so early in the video feels gut wrenching
Literally coming to the comments to reference that quote because omg did he screw himself over when he said that 😂
LMAO reminds me of when squeex did this
I spent ages getting 45 points in the special cup on 150cc back in the day on the first Mario Kart and I used to be addicted to the game to a point where we used the shrink easter egg and held our controllers upside down to make it harder when me and my friends where playing together. If he actually stuck to 150cc on the first game he would still be playing.
I kind of knew this was going to go poorly as soon as I heard he hadn't played most of these games. A lot of the early ones, while really fun, have high skill floors that expect hours of practice before the player begins to be genuinely decent at it.
Lmao exactly. Young me used to race my own ghosts on Mario Kart super circuit and look up WR times as a benchmark. All about repetition and you find exactly when you’re supposed to jump for your drift.
@@SparksMyName yeh them earlier ones expected you to do 50cc and 100cc etc,
Then again children can do it.
This is just 55 minutes of ludwig discovering he actually sucks ass at mario kart
Facts
he needs to react to some Mario kart world records immediately
If you watched the live, it was more like 9 hours of proving how bad he was at Mario Kart.
The SNES and GameBoy versions were expert level meant to master over time so 150cc would take playing it a good while to learn map details and drifting. The modern ones became far more forgiving.
I got one of those emulator consoles and this is by far one of the hardest games I’ve ever just picked up and played
More like they became far more easier for kids. The whole point of mario kart was to make it a game for kids. When the SNES was out the game was too hard for kids to play but the kids didn't give up so easily. In truth those kids were the reason that mario kart was continued to be made. The thing was that as time went on people found ways to glitch and break the game to win easier. Like in mario kart 64 it's a lot of ways to lap the ai without trying too hard. Same with mario kart wii. The games were easier but now it's just so easy that now the ai is boring to race against.
He did learn that and changed it to 100 cc
Back in the day we didn't have 100 other games to play, so by making the game hard we would spend more time on it.
I remember how difficult it was to learn the correct stuff in the snes Mario kart, him trying to jump right in thinking it works exactly the same as today's mechanics hurt.
54:16 Hey lud. Bad news. Hiroshi died in 2013
As someone who has won a gold trophy in both Mushroom Cup and Flower Cup in Super Mario Kart, it was not easy, and SMK is genuinely a difficult game that takes a lot of skill to play well.
Also...
"'Hiroshi Yamauchi,' next time I'm in Japan I am paying a visit."
Now correct me if I'm wrong but that guy *died* decades ago, so uh, good luck with that Ludwig.
he's gotta visit heaven in order to do that... that'd be a miracle
4:35 look mom there i am
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Stealing Squeex’s content, what’s next? Going bald? Oh wait
How tf you type EXACTLY what I was about to. I’ll never have an original thought lmao
Cant believe lud would copy this high concept idea of playing every game in the franchise
@@bigboi4161it’s a joke bud…
@@bigboi4161 can’t believe lud would copy this high concept idea of going bald
@@zeta5155that's ok! Look at Lud, no original ideas but still making bank
From Beethoven, Ludwig My best friend is you.
Toad is truly public enemy #1
HOW ARE YOU DONE???
@@JewkboxHero12 was probably there live
@@DragonsYuhyeah I realized that 😂
37:43 as a decent mk7 player, i can confirm that the blue shell did indeed...not switch lmao😁😁😁😁😁😁
19:30 watching that joker moment live was glorious
He's gonna what, for diddy? 😂😂😂
Obviously that moment is awful, but he did make it worse with game mechanics pressing A too early. I.e. you can get a boost from falling off lakitu. Similar to how there is a technique in other MKs.
“Tap the gas” “No that won’t work”
Later
“I can let off the gas and make the corner I’m a genius”
Bruh
"It doesn't look like Peach is tapping the gas!"
@@computertutorials1286that dame is flooring it 😆😆😆😆
i love how lud always brute force his way instead of learning with mistakes
19:31 you can't even blame him for this crashout😭😭
2:17 "HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO JUMP THE GAP" *answers his own question less then a second later*
between this and cod, I am convinced the haircut and tank turned Lud into a rage streamer
it's probably league
@@2EyedRaven haha true
Bro just skipped super circuit 😭
Legend says that Miyoung is still waiting for Ludwig to this day
"I've never played Super Mario Kart this should be easy though right?" Oh sweet summer child.
48:24 watching you drive straight forward into them again after getting out is probably the most frustrating gaming moment ive ever witnessed
31:09 was the greatest 10 seconds of mario kart ive ever seen. too bad the rest of the video is just a compilation of absolute dogshit mario kart otherwise
he literally woke up that morning and decided to do this challenge. without any knowledge of the games at all. hilarious.
37:43 as a decent mk7 player, i can confirm that the blue shell did indeed...not switch lmao
yeah he just got hit normally by the radius of the explosion
@@kuroitsukim834 if only he had the bottom screen to see that someone was holding it lol
It’s genuinely fascinating how a simple cart racing game for children can be one of the most infuriating things on the planet
Ludwig getting skill diffed by Super Mario Kart made my day
50:14 he was so broken when he said this one was one of the top 5 least favorite streams he has ever done.
50:58 "sorry, someone's knocking."
Seeing Ludwig rage and deteriorate himself with the older games just to get to 8 Deluxe and have that moment of solace where he's not only playing a competent game but one he's actually good at after all the terror he went thru was a very satisfying arc.
14:56 tom scream
Real recognizes real 🤝
Bro is bad at video game --> this game is bad.
This is the most relatable thing ever.
This is like that one time a kid made an entirely new category for Mirror's Edge that avoided 2-3 glitches he just couldn't do consistently. Bro got shredded during his run on stage at a GDQ by one of the couch guys.
Funny thing about that run. They were all friends and made that run to be their complaints with "glitchless" runs. The same runner did Mirrors edge again at GDQ just called Any%
This guy is a Redbull athlete, in case you forgot.
Yeah lucky for Lud it's not like Redbull is known for their racing team or anything.
its a real shame he isnt on the same level as “max verstoppen”
Toad just getting launched at 25:23 had me 😂😂
This shit was something you had to be there for live fr
frfr
it was disturbing to me
Damn it was bad enough at an hour long I don't think I could handle 9 times that amount of crashing out
so I had to be there for nine hours?!
33:20 "I WON!!!......" 😂😂
Just so you remember, this guy is a redbull athlete.
we can tell hes full of redbull
19:31 this is the definition of mariokarted
I would love to see Max Verstappen vs Ludwig, two Red Bull athletes duking it out
As someone who has won a gold trophy in both Mushroom Cup and Flower Cup in Super Mario Kart, it was not easy, and SMK is genuinely a difficult game that takes a lot of skill to play well 😁😁
11:03 bro I’m crying what even happened here 😭
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19:28 (he’s gonna what to his family?)
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40:48 (chokin’ it)
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Can’t wait for the GBA Mario Kart stream
@ 2:17 now imagine being 7 and getting lapped by your older brother who is 15 and then you chronically have high blood pressure.
Anywho. Finally winning, especially at 150cc, which is still tough af on d-pad to this day.
I love pulling this game out and clapping people at parties tho.
God I'm 32 and I feel like unc now.
Super mariokart legit has harder NPCs if you play 2 player than if you play solo. 1P is pretty easy, lud is just awful at these games.
@@FluffyFluffles2 player is seriously one another level. Now imagine being a kid lmao
No way people want to play super mario kart at parties, that game is ass
Super mario kart is 15 years older than me lmao
@@matumcwrapmost people never experience it, once they do they’d rather play dark souls
little fun fact about super circuit, it's made for the GBA which has a notoriously dark screen, so the colors are cranked up... if you don't want your eyes to bleed and to get a more similar experience you should've used a filter to make it darker. Also none of these old games are made to be 16:9 many terrible resolutions by modern standards, if you're using a modern screen I highly suggest using emulation magic to make them look more like they should
1:37 "I assume it should be pretty easy to get first place"
Famous last words
19:25 this is the best part like i can’t breathe and im almost die with food in my mouth LMFAOOOO
19:29 “I’m gonna come for you diddy”
Wild out of context haha
14:57 tom and jerry ahh scream
19:30 Ludwig after he gets invited to the party:
I had no idea someone could be this terrible at Mario Kart.
This was legitimately an all time stream
lol...watching ludwig just straight driving off the track and then being surprised he's losing is so god damn funny every time :)
Seeing him hop the last bit on the SNES ice map and not even get excited by clutching first really shows the mood 😂😂
11:40 Mario when he gets to the end of the castle
Omg even the Toad bit fits lol
NEW VIDEO RIGHT WHEN I FINISH MAKING FOOD I LOVE MY LIFE
32:32 bro did the Wilhelm scream 😂😂😂
literally went from "all men are babies when they play video games" to laughing harder than I have in weeks. good vid
This video is a masterpiece but not in the way I expected
It is truly a mystery why lud didn’t reset the timer and was an hour and a half in by the time he won one game
3:26. Cue the Mario star music 😂
22:58 in all fairness, the game is called Double Dash
Here's the trick. To move left quickly, drift right. Lateral movement is hyper exaggerated in this game.
Lud never used to crash out this hard before he became a League player.
Nintendo proving itself to be more unforgiving the farther back you go.
"this game came out before 9/11? Then I get why they did it." HAD ME ROLLING DUDE IM IN TEARS
19:30 I would've snapped like ludwig too, if that happened to me too.
attempting every mario kart without drifting is hilarious
Watching this live while high was the best
6:23 lud loves to cheat at his own challenges😭 I respect him for that
Watching a 30 year old man rage over games for toddlers is so funny man
1:36
"I-I assume it should be pretty easy to get first place, so I'm not too worried about it."
*Famous last words*
46:00 bro got hit by a fish, fell into the water, got ran over, went backwards and fell into the water again, u honestly can’t make that shit up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂bro had some of the worst luck I’ve seen on one of them games
P.s this is why I don’t play any Mario games bc there all rigged
“I’m gonna come for Diddy” - Lugwig, 2025
I love super circuit, but only on 50cc. 150 is just too unforgiving
How it started: 0:19
How it ended: 14:58
There hasn't been an actually watchable Lud video in so long.
Ludwin’s debut video on Ludwig’s channel did not disappoint
19:20 youre gonna WHAT for WHO?!
As a millennial who grew up with Super Mario Kart, it's just a different learning curve, and naturally, controls and programming have come a LOOOOOOONG way since then. But for the time, it was a game changer, and damn it felt awesome to win each class. But i can't deny it. When I go back and try to play it again, it isn't like riding a bike, and it takes some time to get used to the controls and sensitivity again.
You're doing what for Diddy? 19:31
I legit started snorting laughing when he got pushed off the map like 4x in a row 19:33! LFMAO
Actually, 19:33 is disgusting.
I used to play super mario kart as a kid cuz for some reason we didn't have a gamecube and just a super nintendo. I'm ngl, I don't remember it being this hard, but I think the SNES controller helps a lot with making the game easier.
Anyways, I got a rom and emulator booted up with my PS5 controller. Didn't have a save that completed the game so I had to run through the first three grand prix of 100cc before getting access to the special cup. I got a few notes:
1. Doing the first three grand prix before the special cup helps a lot with learning inputs. Going straight into the special cup is a terrible idea because the levels in that cup are specifically 2-3x harder than anything before it.
2. If you're using the analog stick on your controller, don't. Use the D-Pad, because the game wasn't designed with an analog stick.
With all that said, it took me a solid 40-50 minutes to get a winning run on special cup at 100cc. I guess the way I'd describe the game is "icy": it kind of feels like there's an input delay that isn't there, and it feels like you can kind of just skid out super easily. Even more frustrating is that when you fall off the map or into water, the reload time is insanely long and it feels like you fall in way too easily.
Millionaire city boy learns that he is actually washed af at Mario kart lmao
As a kid that 100%ed Super Mario Kart when they were 8 it delights me seeing Ludwig absolutely struggle with it. That game was tough and honed my racing game instincts for years to come.
Clip farming at its finest
a 54 minute, 50 second long clip to be specific
New Mario Kart games hold your hand tighter than your mom holding your hand while buying groceries.
9:49 me when your mom
I've never seen a person watch a tutorial mid speedrun
1. You were never beating 150cc on the SNES. Also it wasn't the 200cc of the SNES. It was the start of 150cc
2. Mario kart takes practice and time to get the driving right as every game is different.
3. The later the game is the easier it is. You have a few games that is still tricky but still easy.
4. This is the most important. Challenge is what makes a game fun. A game being good means nothing if you will end up putting the game down after beating the game and never touch the game again. People have games that they never play again after beating the game one time. Mario kart is the same way people will play it for a bit and then be done with it. Without a challenge to the game it is boring and just a racing game. A good game actually gives you a challenge and doesn't hold your hand. If a game is holding your hand it just means you suck at the game because they had to make the game AI so easy to win against that you feel good about yourself.
^^ this. i really love playing old games jus to see what they would come up with in terms of gameplay mechanics and this vid makes me want to try SMK. i remember loving Super Circuit when i was 8 or so and it seems like it'll be a treat to get good at
Holy yapparoni
What is wrong with a game you only play once
The earlier games are not more difficult in a way that is interesting or fun or cerebral, they are more difficult in a non-intuitive dogshit slop mechanic way that you only like because it reminds you of a time in your life when you weren't miserable.
29:50 Wario is actually determined to be German since the N64 Mario Party game
Squeex my goat