Comparison videos of retro tracks in Mario Kart 8 are certainly doing the rounds at the moment, and popular YouTube channel GameXplain has created a nifty split-screen video comparing the classic Super Mario Kart track Donut Plains 3 to its reimagining in the upcoming Wii U title. Check it out below:
Nintendo EAD and its collaborators have created plenty of remakes of the most popular Mario Kart tracks throughout the course of the series' history, with visual upgrades and tweaks to the courses. The SNES tracks are by far the most rigid and flat in the franchise, so they're a good baseline test to see how Mario Kart has evolved over the years.
What do you think of the Donut Plains 3 reboot? Does it lose or gain magic in the transition to HD? Let us know, as always, below.
[source kotaku.com, via youtube.com]
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Wow! Huge difference! It's awesome to see how much that graphics have advanced in the past few decades! This game will be a first day purchase for me!
Wouldn't even know it is a retro track!
"Pretty big improvement, right?"
It's comparing a SNES game to a Wii U game. I'd be disappointed if the improvement wasn't that big.
I dont even know u can say its the same track! It is just based off the original
I dont see a difference.
Wow. May 30 can't come soon enough
The more retro update tracks the better!
Really like it, can't wait to see how Grumble Volcano turns out. By the way, I've made a playlist of all GameXplain head-to-head comparison videos so far and will be updating as new videos come out. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkKOFjmUKX-9L3H4u0SScNtcxbY9UVR9d
Glad to see this retro course redone. Also, I just preordered MK8 yesterday.
So which is the Wii U one?
I need Vanilla Lake in my life... music... just... too... awesome...
And the wait continues to grow...
GX has a lot more comparison vids and other great stuff too relating MK8 and other popular Nintendo stuff. Definitely worth checking out.
That is pretty crazy! Love that stage!
I hated this track in Super Mario Kart. It was impossible on 150cc.
I was so busy looking at at the beauty of the Wii U version that I barely even glanced at the Super Nintendo version.
Worst Mario Kart vs The best one?
@MeloMan* Agreed.
I just watched the comparison video for Toads Turnpike last night I love Gamexplain I always check their videos first on my subscriptions list :3
So excited, and also yay for GameExplain, going to look up the Toad's Turnpike comparison now!
@ShanaUnite Ha ha. Nice.
@kyuubikid213 I was about to post the same thing. I mean, it's great to see the literal side by side comparison to see how far technology has come in 22 years but the question was a bit silly, nobody doubted an improvement between 16 bit graphics and present day HD...
Looks awesome! It might turn out to be a favorite of mine.
I can't wait to play this game, it'll be awesome!
@Silent ''So which is the Wii U one?''
Shocker: THEY'RE BOTH ON WII U !!!
Why are you guys taking videos from a competing company? Please don't follow Kotaku's example...
I DO hope that there is an option to make the races 3 laps or something. Or else these will be some extremely short races.
Will enjoy Time Trialing this one like the original The technicality of it was great, especially hopping over the last corner tight by the wall.
The laps on most of the courses look pretty short, I hope it;s not just me who sees it this way.
@luigifan624 The Wii U version clearly has 3/3 laps displayed at the bottom.
Day one purchase for me.
I gotta stop watching these, I don't want to spoil everything before I even play it.
I prefer the SNES version!
But that's only by watching it.
I'll see how I like it after I actually play it!
This is the very track I've always wanted to see remade! Too bad I don't have a Wii U...
Gamexplain is one of the few gaming outlets I follow outside of Nintendolife. Their videos are really fun.
Pre-ordered this game earlier this week! And is it bad to say I prefer the soundtrack from the original Super Mario Kart?
Was the speaker icon really necessary ? xD
Did they really think people get confused which track is currently playing ?
And @Magrane of course not Its never bad to like SNES music
The original still handles like a dream. I miss the short tight courses of the SNES version. If u master it, its a dream to play. Rainbow Rd at 150cc ..... Wow..... Even if your last with 1 lap left u can reach the front if your skillful enough.
They should of properly labeled which is the SNES version and the Wii U. Its really hard to tell, they both look so similar.
WHOA
Snes version is slightly more pixelated. Wii U:s got more jaggies though. I'd say they're about even.
I take sprites over polygons any day
I wonder if Nintendo will ever just remake Super Mario Kart with those MK8 graphics. That would be awesome, even as just a download only game. And it would solve the dreaded blue shell problem!
I haven't been this stoked for a new Mario Kart game in a long, long time.
I like the transition, though its a shame they removed some water parts of the track
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