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Romhack: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5514/ :or: https://www.okimpala.net/
New tracks, new racers and new graphics make this a standout in the Mario Kart modding scene. 17 years in the making, this romhack was just released a couple days ago and after practicing the stages a bit I decided to make a video playthrough for all the new GP tracks.
The new tracks are, for the most part, very good. Some of the early tracks have a couple unusual gimmicks that will take a bit of trial and error to figure out for new players, but are a welcome variation from the vanilla track styles. The Epic cup at the end is the most polished of the bunch, and also features the fewest gimmicks as well. Many of these tracks feel like they are polished enough to be in a proper SNES Mario Kart sequel.
Battle Mode also has 4 new tracks, and all characters have been replaced with new graphics. GP mode also has scoring changes so that you don’t always need to finish in the top 4 to progress, though you can still restart via the pause menu if you want, at any time.
Items also have a different coat of paint, though I really wish they would have toned down Camy’s pill when playing vs the CPU, because she just tosses it right in front of you many times, and it will make you drop to the bottom of the pack no matter what you do, requiring some miracle to get back into the lead afterwards. This makes playing as Stifu on hard mode a pain in the butt, because she will always be in second place spamming pills unless some freak accident happens to her, like the kart getting stuck or a proper knockout that causes her to finish further down the pack. Because of this, I only used Stifu on the Sapphire cup, and stuck to Sasori for the rest. Loki’s invincibility can be troublesome, just like Luigi in the original, but is far more manageable than being shrunk/flattened and the penalty that comes with it.
You can toggle a rearview mirror by pressing the X button, but I recommend not doing this, as the framerate will often tank because of all the sprites on the screen. The CPU Turbo option may help with this, but I had not tried it yet as of recording this video. Some enemies that throw items in front of you, will also trigger the rearview camera to come up momentarily, and this is also a problem at times because not only will they be spamming things in your path, but they can also make the controls inconsistent and throw you off, because of the varying framerate at times. This was probably the worst issue I noticed while playing this romhack, but it is infrequent so not a huge deal.
Overall an excellent effort by Stifu, OK Impala! and smkDan. Congratulations to the team for getting it over the finish line after such a long development time, and the excellent quality of this first release!
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SNES core 10-28-2020 build – Epic Racers (v1.0) [Super Mario Kart 2020 romhack]
Filter: SNES_110_85_Soft // Gamma: Off
Played using an NTT Data SNES controller via BlisSTer/LLAPI
Settings: Integer Scaled to 1080p // HDMI to Datapath e1s capture card
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00:00 – Settings
00:34 – Title
01:10 – Emerald Cup (Hard)
11:58 – Sapphire Cup (Hard)
24:14 – Ruby Cup (Hard)
35:28 – Epic Cup (Hard) & Credits
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