{"id":128923,"date":"2022-10-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-139278"},"modified":"2022-10-15T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T14:00:00","slug":"unreleased-mario-kart-xxl-tech-demo-for-game-boy-advance-surfaces-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/15\/unreleased-mario-kart-xxl-tech-demo-for-game-boy-advance-surfaces-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Unreleased Mario Kart XXL Tech Demo For Game Boy Advance Surfaces Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dbd6bc4049314\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dbd6bc4049314\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"description\">DNF<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAzMCAzMCI+PC9zdmc+\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/avatar.jpg\" alt=\"Liam_Doolan\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"authors last\">by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Liam_Doolan\">Liam Doolan<\/a> <span class=\"icon icon-time\"><\/span> <span>14 hours ago<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Mario Kart\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dbd6bc4049314\/mario-kart.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNjAwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dbd6bc4049314\/mario-kart.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: via Twitter (ForestIllusion)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo preservation website <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/forestillusion.com\/2022\/mario-kart-xxl-tech-demo-apr-17-2004\">Forest of Illusion<\/a> has acquired the &#8220;infamous&#8221; <strong>Mario Kart XXL<\/strong> tech demo &#8211; a pitch by Denaris Entertainment Software for the Game Boy Advance, dating back to April 2004. It&#8217;s now been made available to download.<\/p>\n<p>The German development studio (founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/turrican\">Turrican<\/a> creator Manfred Trenz) originally showcased the game and its &#8220;dynamic and adjustable perspective view engine featuring dual playfields&#8221; to Nintendo of Europe. The demo is made up of a single track using Mario Kart assets and features BGM from a PlayStation racer called <strong>Moorhuhn Kart<\/strong>, which Denaris also helped develop.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this Mario Kart demo began life as a racing game called &#8216;<strong>R3D-Demo<\/strong>&#8216;. The same developer eventually went on to release a Game Boy Advance kart racer based on the CGI-animated character Crazy Frog. <em>Yikes!<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mario Kart\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b084bd0d6b82e\/mario-kart.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NDUgMjk3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"297\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b084bd0d6b82e\/mario-kart.445x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mario Kart\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79ebc751cb9a0\/mario-kart.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NDUgMjk3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"297\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/79ebc751cb9a0\/mario-kart.445x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: via Twitter (ForestIllusion)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>You can get a more detailed history and look at Mario Kart XXL along with the R3D-Demo on the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kaqAiXnsaBY\">Hard4Games YouTube<\/a>:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"kaqAiXnsaBY\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>What do you think of this slice of kart racing history for Game Boy Advance? <em>Comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/forestillusion.com\/2022\/mario-kart-xxl-tech-demo-apr-17-2004\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/forestillusion.com\/2022\/mario-kart-xxl-tech-demo-apr-17-2004\">forestillusion.com<\/a>, via <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/youtu.be\/kaqAiXnsaBY\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kaqAiXnsaBY\">youtu.be<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com.ssl\/mario-kart\/related-info\/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e @ 2022-10-16T04:05:15+01:00 --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNF by Liam Doolan 14 hours ago Image: via Twitter (ForestIllusion) Nintendo preservation website Forest of Illusion has acquired the &#8220;infamous&#8221; Mario Kart XXL tech demo &#8211; a pitch by Denaris Entertainment Software for the Game Boy Advance, dating back to April 2004. It&#8217;s now been made available to download. The German development studio (founded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}