/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8737094]

According to this interview, Royal Raceway (known as Peach Circuit in Japan) is Shigeru Miyamoto's favorite racetrack in Mario Kart 64. Good taste. When I was a kid, I used to like driving onto the castle grounds in Time Trials, occasionally attempting to break into the castle. Also, Mario Kart 64 thread.

https://shmuplations.com/mariokart64/

[Anonymous No.8737097]

>>8737094
my favorite was Wario's Stadium and its the only one they never remade (they remade every other of the 15 N64 stages) fucking cocksuckers

[Anonymous No.8737104]

What makes MK64 better than the other Mario Karts?

[Anonymous No.8737105]

>>8737097
Hope that one gets included in the MK8D DLC.

[Anonymous No.8737106]

>>8737097
I googled it and turns out they chose to remake the DS Wario Stadium

[Anonymous No.8737135]

>>8737104
CPUs can't use Spiny Shells, for one thing.

[Anonymous No.8737154]

Okay, but what's his favorite track in Diddy Kong Racing?

[Anonymous No.8737183]

>>8737094
>When I was a kid, I used to like driving onto the castle grounds in Time Trials, occasionally attempting to break into the castle. Also, Mario Kart 64 thread.
that shit was so cool

[Anonymous No.8737198]

>>8737094
imagine using lightning on peach and using her body as a cock scrub and stuffing her face into your balls haha

[Anonymous No.8737207]

>>8737094
This was one of my favorites in (warning: not retro) MK8.

[Anonymous No.8737208]

>>8737094
>When I was a kid, I used to like driving onto the castle grounds in Time Trials, occasionally attempting to break into the castle.
Oh man, I can feel the comfyness through time.

[Anonymous No.8737214]

>>8737104
It has just the right amount of soul

[Anonymous No.8737250]

>>8737104
Why would someone even imply it was? It's worse than both its immediate predecessor and immediate successor. The only time Mario Kart degenerated worse than this was Wii.

[Anonymous No.8737325]

Mario, Luigi and Royal Raceway are the best tracks in the game. It's also why all 3 have the special ghost challenge. They're the circuits that are the most actual Go-karting in design, and where you can exploit the mini turbo the most.
This is also why I prefer MK64 to games like DKR and CTR, which are more "adventure racers".

[Anonymous No.8737340]

IIRC, the manual says that Mario Raceway is the MK64 team's favorite track overall. That's probably why it's the focus of the attract mode, along with the fact that pressing the R Button on the title screen displays the best time recorded for that track in particular.

[Anonymous No.8737351]

>>8737104
No gimmicks, no toddlers, no bikes, no submarines, no delta wings, no anti-gravity, no tricks, pure karting.

[Anonymous No.8737381]

>>8737104
i don't think most people think that, just that it's better than the snes/gba one

[Anonymous No.8737465]

>>8737250
wii is Apex mario kart, brainlet

>great tracks
>great roster
>battle mode and coin runners
>bikes add a good tradeoff with karts by having wheelies but get bumepd easily, can also set to karts only in options if youre that much of a bitch
>great inline drifting system
>tricks add a fun new mechanic without being too overpowered
>online

[Anonymous No.8737482]

>>8737154
“NANI? I DISRIKE DIDDU KONGU RACINGU! FUCKIN RAREWAREU, I SWEARU ON ZA NAME OF ZA EMPEROR THEY SHARR BE DESTROYED DESU”

[Anonymous No.8737604]

>>8737104
This guy nailed it.
>>8737351
Would also add the fact that its the fastest MK game and has the best battle mode.

[Anonymous No.8737693]

[Anonymous No.8737779]

>>8737104
Tracks had just enough background detail to make them interesting to look at without being distracting during a race.

[Anonymous No.8737797]

>>8737779
i disagree, background detail is just about all the newer games have going for them

[Anonymous No.8737972]

>>8737797
soulless clutter

[Anonymous No.8738259]

>>8737104
it was the last game (of 2) that had a decent soundtrack. For some reason everything went to shit after that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAfFlympCIA

[Anonymous No.8738331]

>>8737094
I kinda wish Nintendo would stop trying to reinvent the wheel with every Mario Kart. Customization sucks ass when there's a clear cut best combination and everyone uses it online.
Just give me some classic karting with at best some optional gimmicky items to play around with.

[Anonymous No.8738342]

MK64 with SGI look like the cover art, that's alls I wanted, always hated the 2D prerendered sprites on MK64.

[Anonymous No.8738731]

>>8737097
God-tier taste, anon.
Fuck Nintendo for never remaking it.

[Anonymous No.8738741]

>>8737097
Hell yes.

[Anonymous No.8739707]

My favorite track is Toad's Turnpike. Great background music and atmosphere, a relatively simple course where much of the challenge comes from keeping an eye on the traffic throughout the race. It's also amusing to hear CPUs crashing behind you on the Extra version of the course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXWSSiXROvc

[Anonymous No.8739723]

>>8738731
chances are it'll be MK8D DLC.
At least Wario Stadium got a spiritual successor in MK7 (or was it DS? i cant keep track)

[Anonymous No.8739730]

>>8737693
Is this a romhack or something?

[Anonymous No.8739738]

>>8738731
>>8737097
wario stadium is fun when you aren't very good. if you develop skill, the length and windiness of the track means that racers become seperated and stop interacting. it's almost rainbow-road tier (fucking awful)

[Anonymous No.8739751]

>>8739730
>his personalized copy of sm64 didn't have this
sorry, anon, you missed out

[Anonymous No.8739756]

>>8739707
>KINO
How does nintendo do it

[Anonymous No.8739769]

>>8737693
>>8739730
My dad had this early copy of the game at home while they were still working out all the bugs. I got to play it at my house. No, I can't show it to you, he had to turn it back in to his boss at Nintendo once the game got finished.

[Anonymous No.8739823]

OFFICIAL Track Ranking

S:
1) Koopa Troopa Beach

A:
2) Mario Raceway
3) Bowser's Castle
4) Toads Turnpike
5) Yoshi's Valley
6) Banshee Boardwalk
7) DK's Jungle Parkway
8) Royal Raceway
9) Sherbet Land

B:
10) Choco Mountain
11) Frappe Snowman Land

C:
12) Calamari Desert
13) Moo Moo Farm
14) Luigi Raceway

D:
15) Wario Stadium

F:
16) Rainbow Road

Battle:
S:
1) Block Fort

A:
2) Double Deck
3) Skyscraper

C:
4) Big Doughnut

[Anonymous No.8739932]

>>8738331
I hate that shit, too. I quickly learned that Waluigi (any heavy, really), the Wiggler kart and the small wheels are the best setup in 8. That’s all anyone uses. Customization is cool, they just can’t balance it.

[Anonymous No.8739938]

>>8739823
Why do people dislike the Rainbow Road? It’s one of my favorite tracks in the game.

[Anonymous No.8739959]

>>8739938
Some people feel that it's too long and not very challenging compared to other versions of Rainbow Road.

[Anonymous No.8740146]

>>8739707
>HEHE, I GOT IT!
>HEHE, I GOT IT!
>HEHE, I GOT IT!

[Anonymous No.8740151]

>>8738259
>HEHE, I GOT IT!
>HEHE, I GOT IT!
>HEHE, I GOT IT!

[Anonymous No.8740157]

>>8739959
>not using the shortcut

[Anonymous No.8740175]

>>8739959
You get the feeling they definitely feared kids would somehow not be able to handle a 3D RR so they made it nice and wide, the remake in MK8 definitely tightens it up along with a better sense of speed due to the modified scale

[Anonymous No.8740201]

>>8740175
...and also fucks it up by only making it one lap

[Anonymous No.8740242]

>>8737094
Its also my fav track. Bashed shigeru.

[Anonymous No.8740243]

>>8739938
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX5_OWObA0

[Anonymous No.8740250]

>>8740201
Oh yeah, the one lap thing does suck, half the time the music doesn't even hit its crescendo and the track is barely a minute long

[Anonymous No.8740258]

>>8739823
Maio Raceway? That high? You cant be serious. Its the most bland of them all. Just like luigi raceway. However, luigi raceway is the very first track in the game and has the tutorial excuse. Mario Raceway hasnt.

[Anonymous No.8740269]

>>8740250
>>8740201
single lap races were the dumbest addition this series ever made, no one likes them in MK7 they should have never left that game.

[Anonymous No.8740293]

>>8740269
idk they were alright in 7
the maka wuhu level was cozy

[Anonymous No.8741324]

>>8740258
>Maio Raceway?
the power turns on mario raceway are a lot of fun to chain together. the track is just really well designed, even if it lacks advanced features.

[Anonymous No.8741687]

>>8740269
Nah. Big Blue is great as a kind of endurance course, N64 RR is just has no reason being one

[Anonymous No.8741778]

>>8739738
Rainbow Road has to rank as one of the most nostalgia blind things I have ever seen with N64 games. Most people I meet who haven't touched it since they were kids will swear with their life it's one of the best courses in the game only to have their soul crushed in-front of them the moment they even attempt to replay it for how long-winded and boring it actually is.

[Anonymous No.8741780]

>>8737104
Nostalgia and brand name. Also the multiplayer. MK64 might actually be the worst Mario Kart game but it has the best battle mode.

[Anonymous No.8741789]

>>8741778
rainbow road could have been interesting if it had been shorter, faster, narrower, and without guardrails.

[Anonymous No.8741802]

>>8739938
Because despite having cool visuals and memorable music it's the lamest Rainbow Road. All the other RR are at least slightly challenging.

[Anonymous No.8741917]

>>8737094
This thread has a lot of readable scans of Japanese books like Ogre Battle and Tactics Ogre.

http://bbs.chinaemu.org/read-htm-tid-128858.html

Use this proxy to download from Baidu.you need to set your useragent to whatever it says in the useragent field when it gives you the baidu link

https://oneleaf.icu

[Anonymous No.8741923]

This thread has a lot of readable scans of Japanese books like Ogre Battle and Tactics Ogre. Most of the books have dev interviews, and I hope that someone translates them.

http://bbs.chinaemu.org/read-htm-tid-128858.html

Use this proxy to download from Baidu.you need to set your useragent to whatever it says in the useragent field when it gives you the baidu link

https://oneleaf.icu

[Anonymous No.8741924]

>>8741923

[Anonymous No.8741929]

>>8737094
What is this expression conveying?

[Anonymous No.8741932]

that's a pretty evil looking mario, how did this get past nintendo?

[Anonymous No.8742220]

>>8741932
They traced it over a Hiroshi Yamauchi's (then Nintendo's president) photo, who, in response, was pleased with the homage.

[Anonymous No.8742232]

>>8737104
New age aesthetic

[Anonymous No.8742247]

>>8737104
It's not. DS, Wii, and 8 are better. It's not even the best racing game on its own console.

>>8737214
Shut the fuck up.

[Anonymous No.8743780]

So who else used to try and jump onto the boat in D.K.'s Jungle Parkway?

[Anonymous No.8743845]

>>8742220
They say the actual photo its based on has him standing on the back of a codemonkey while he violently cracks a whip down upon his skull. In the background of the photo stand Koichi Tsukamoto, then president of the Japanese ultranationalist group Nippon Kaigi, founder of the Japanese National Socialist Party Kazunari Yamada, Shigeru Miyamoto and then Yamaguchi-gumi Kumicho Yoshinori Watanabe. The walls are covered in various posters, many of them containing single word phrases such as OBEY, WORK, PUNISHMENT and BOW. Other photos taken that day include one of a laughing Shigeru Miyamoto with a cigar in his mouth holding a loaded Colt Python to a developer’s head while he braces for impact and a photo of several malnourished developers, some so skinny and weak they look like skeletons, piled naked into a corner while Satoru Iwata squats next to them and poses with a thumbs up. The photos were alleged to have been taken during the development of Mario Kart 64. There were four known copies of the photos. Three were taken to unknown locations, presumably by those present with one set being taken home by Yamauchi who is known to have framed them and had them on display at his house. The original negatives were destroyed after being developed. The identities of many of the developers have still not been identified

[Anonymous No.8744169]

Mario if he kart

[Anonymous No.8744917]

Good taste.

My favourites will always bePeach Circuit, Bowser's Castle, Hyudoro Lake, Donkey Jungle Park, Sherbet Land, Choco Mountain and Wario Stadium...

Though my favourites in the series are still Super Mario Kart & Super Circuit.

Least favourite games are probably DS and Wii, DS was just Double Dash tracks with one or two turns changed (Waluigi Pinball=Daisy Cruiser, Shroom Ridge=Mario Circuit, DK Pass=DK Mountain... there's others) and Wii's AI was horrendously programmed; DS had the same programming but at least they still had pretty poor pathfinding/rubberbanding similar to MKDD

[Anonymous No.8745075]

>>8737094

[Anonymous No.8745083]

>>8739730
no. you had to get every star AND coin in every level to open up the rest of the area.

[Anonymous No.8745145]

>>8741929
clearly he is looking at the bolt of lightning in the Plumber's hands.

mistaking it for a banana

[Anonymous No.8745305]

>>8737104
soul. youd never see a realistic city bg like this in a modern kart game

[Anonymous No.8745413]

>>8745145
"Ugh! Me want shiny banana! Me slam belly little man and take!"

[Anonymous No.8745503]

>>8741929
Relieving all his past experiences before his heart stops due to the extreme voltage he's being subjected to.

[Anonymous No.8745516]

>>8737104
It was only better than SNES and the earlier handhelds.
It was absolutely slaughtered in terms of quality by DKR to the point that it isn't even funny.
>>8737094
I'm still made they took away driving around the castle area.
8D's Coconut Mall actually added in invisible out of bounds areas for some reason, like exploring the track is bad now.

[Anonymous No.8745572]

>>8745075
>>8745503
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Tc9YGNDJ4
It is July 9, 1981 I'm standing at the top of a building in New Donk City, holding a woman hostage against her will, a man in overalls climbs to the top with a hammer as I throw barrels at him.
December 14, 1996. I'm in a racing competition, I'm in 3rd place on the final lap, the man in overalls is behind me.
It is November 18, 1994, my pile of bananas is missing, I am devastated
November, 21 1995, I'm hanging from a rope, as I look down I witness my nephew putting his life on the line to save me, the second time someone has done this for me.
I'm back in December 14, 1996, an electrical discharge overwhelms my body, as the man in overalls passes me with a look of contempt, I feel fear for the last time.

[Anonymous No.8745675]

>>8745572
Anon, I liked it very much. Thanks! It's funny.

[Anonymous No.8745723]

>>8745516
MK8D's DLC courses are ports from Tour which were streamlined for its autorunner-esque gameplay.

[Anonymous No.8745730]

Toad's Turnpike is probably my favorite track in the series and I never knew Diddy Kong was driving the fucking school bus

[Anonymous No.8745746]

>>8743780
Every. Single. Time. I refuse to let tack of hitboxes stop me from landing on that boat

[Anonymous No.8745784]

>play fun wacky go kart game
>oopsie doodle mario and luigi slipping on banana peels haha
>race around places like funny farm, snowman field, sunny shore beach
>beat game
>get the most powerful video game music ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0fXfpLrjz4

[Anonymous No.8747028]

>>8737465
Based

[Anonymous No.8747045]

>>8739823
>Banshee Boardwalk
>A Tier

[Anonymous No.8749397]

>>8737250
Wii was peak mario Kart

[Anonymous No.8749898]

Everyone is disagreeing about the best Mario Kart. Have you, at least, reached a consensus about which is the worst?

[Anonymous No.8750175]

>>8749898
SNES, but that has a lot of nostalgic value to it. So maybe GB

[Anonymous No.8750530]

>>8739823
S:
Koopa Beach
Bowsers Castle
Yoshi's Valley
A:
Toads Turnpike
Banshee Boardwalk
Royal Raceway
Sherbert Land
Mario Raceway
Moo Moo Farm
DKs Jungle Parkway
Frappe Snowland
B:
Calimari Desert
Choco Mountain
Luigi Raceway
Wario Stadium
Rainbow Road

I genuinely love this game and find none of the races unenjoyable.

[Anonymous No.8751085]

>>8737104
Even though my favorite is mario kart wii, this is my second favorite. It's the exact opposite of Wii. While Wii is a chaos fest that makes for excellent multi player, 64 makes for a nice relaxing sunday afternoon driving through all the locations. It's not too difficult to get first (or second) place even in the harder difficulties, so it makes for a great game to just turn off your brain.

[Anonymous No.8751113]

Favorite courses: Toad's Turnpike, Koopa Troopa Beach, Yoshi Valley Banshee Boardwalk, DK Jungle Parkway, Royal Raceway, Luigi Raceway, Calimari Desert

Fine but not too memorable: Moo Moo Farm, Frappe Snowland, Bowser's Castle, Sherbert Land, Mario Raceway

Just Kind of Boring: Rainbow Road, Wario Stadium, Chocco Mountain

Honestly a lot of great tracks in this game, with most of them being memorable and fun. But the ones that fail to be memorable really end up missing the mark. I couldn't tell you the difference between the two snow levels if you held a gun to my head. And the longer levels, such as Rainbow Road and Wario Raceway don't give enough to look at or give enough variety to make them too fun.

[Anonymous No.8751116]

>>8742247
Zoom.