Ever wonder what got some of today's developers into the world of gaming? Want to know what inspired them to actually move from game fan into game dev? In a blog from Gavin Price, managing director and creative lead for Playtonic, we find out that Super Mario Kart was the game which fueled his future career.
Guess the game from the boot-up and start sequence: "Da-ring!.....Da dadlla dah da da dah da der da dun dah da dah der dla da". Yep, you nailed it: it's Super Mario Kart on the SNES! A game that hit me square in my pubescent face. I love this game. 13-year-old me shifting 250 free newspapers around for an average weekly income of £4.18 meant that I chose what I spent it on very carefully. Purchasing Super Mario Kart off the back of that toil simply could not have gone any better.
Straight away the start-up sequence injects joy into your life as the cast scrolls on (to reassuringly chirpy music) and subtly show you a tutorial for what you're in for. The reimagining of those amazing Super Mario World locations and cast was inspired and surprising. ("Lakitu is helping start the races? 5 minutes ago he was a right little shit dropping spiny red things on my head!") This game helped set a precedent for taking Mario and the gang in so many directions outside of "just" running and jumping which is reason alone for loving it… but it's not my reason.
from GoNintendo
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