F-Zero vs. Super Mario Kart
Super Serk
3,183 views
In this video I compare two absolute classics on the SNES. While both games look similar thanks to Mode 7, they are very different experiences from start to finish, pun intended.
17 Comments
@dad7275 3 years ago
Im with you here. Id pick Fzero between the too. I actually prefer playing retro games. For an old game it can really do its job by getting the adrenaline pumping. The music is somthing I can even enjoy while not playing the game.
@Peter_1986 5 years ago (edited)
The controls in "Super Mario Kart" are really weird;
it always feels like I am drifting away in the opposite direction of where I want to go, like for example if I try to turn left then I feel like I am moving right, and the cars also slide REALLY far to the side every time I make a turn.
it always feels like I am drifting away in the opposite direction of where I want to go, like for example if I try to turn left then I feel like I am moving right, and the cars also slide REALLY far to the side every time I make a turn.
@inceptional 4 years ago (edited)
F-Zero is by far the actual better playing single player game imo, but Mario Kart is obviously doing more on a technical level, and the two player means more people will pick it because they can have fun with their friends (plus Mario and chums will give it the popularity vote). For me, despite all the things Mario Kart does well, and there are so many of them, F-Zero is just the better game. It doesn't have some of the modes and stuff the Mario Kart has but what is does have is nigh-on flawless imo. I'd argue with anyone that F-Zero is actually the best racing game of the entire 16-bit generation (certain as a single player experience).
@inceptional 4 years ago (edited)
Actually, Mode 7 can do more to change the flatness of these tracks than I think many people realise:
https://youtu.be/2MNyaqzux84
https://youtu.be/JzyTD03MmXA
It's a shame more developers didn't try to push it this far, and maybe even further.
PS. I'd really prefer it if you didn't stretch SNES games beyond 4:3 when showing them. They should either be 4:3 or even 8:7 for perfect pixel mode, but anything else is just wrong and a bad choice on the part of anyone trying to show footage of them. It quite simply makes the visuals/art look worse than they are, which isn't really fair on the talented artists that often put so much love and care into every pixel, and it doesn't do the SNES full justice either. Hopefully you'll fix that in newer videos.
https://youtu.be/2MNyaqzux84
https://youtu.be/JzyTD03MmXA
It's a shame more developers didn't try to push it this far, and maybe even further.
PS. I'd really prefer it if you didn't stretch SNES games beyond 4:3 when showing them. They should either be 4:3 or even 8:7 for perfect pixel mode, but anything else is just wrong and a bad choice on the part of anyone trying to show footage of them. It quite simply makes the visuals/art look worse than they are, which isn't really fair on the talented artists that often put so much love and care into every pixel, and it doesn't do the SNES full justice either. Hopefully you'll fix that in newer videos.
@HolyBlademaster 5 years ago
Apparently Super Mario Kart for the NES outsold the entire F-Zero franchise according to VGsales wiki. Mindblowing...
@PaperBanjo64 2 years ago
Because I watch real life auto racing I quickly figured out F Zero is a futuristic version of Formula 1 so far ahead in future it makes Formula 1 look like horse racing in comparison.
@LeroyZee 2 years ago
If anyone asks me which racing game was best for each console. SNES, N64, GBA and Gamecube would all be entries in the F-Zero series.
@adriellightvale8140 2 years ago
I've been imagining a Mario Kart Ć F-Zero crossover type game for a while. I imagine it would take tons of elbow grease to make it work due to their differing play styles. Perhaps you could switch between the two styles, and balance them to make sure one isn't overpowered?
@jorge62lucca 6 years ago
F -Zero beats ANY Mario Kart game! And yes I also play F -Zero GP legend and F-Zero GX by myself but it does not matter because in my opinion F-Zero is the best game in the UNIVERSE
@Adehle_Music_Hip-Hop-Beats 2 years ago
both are good, but biker mice from mars was the best on SNES and most donĀ“t know it
F-Zero vs. Super Mario Kart
Super Serk
3,183 views
In this video I compare two absolute classics on the SNES. While both games look similar thanks to Mode 7, they are very different experiences from start to finish, pun intended.
Super Mario Kart is charming, but the clunky controls and messy visuals (sometimes I can't tell the difference between obstacles and the floor itself) make it oddly difficult.