Yoshi Circuit is MINE

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The title's been changed from "I Colonized Yoshi Circuit" to "Yoshi Circuit is MINE" as to avoid the negative connotations that are associated with the word "colonize". I was only thinking about stuff like NASA colonizing Mars and failed to consider how the word could've been taken differently and I apologize for that. Unfortunately I can't edit out the first few seconds of the video where I say "colonize" but I hope this is enough, thanks for all the feedback! On a more positive note, which version of Yoshi Circuit is your favorite?

Whoa... now that I think about it this course kinda looks like Yoshi

“I just want to travel through the back of Yoshi’s skull again” is a sentence I never thought I’d hear

Double Dash: Understood the assignment. MKDS: Doing the minimum to pass. MK8: Saw Double Dash's solution once, attempted to recreate it from memory without understanding why they did what they did.

1:46 Shame that this shortcut was cut (no pun intended) from future versions, it looks like the sickest shortcut ever.

There was a rumor back in my childhood, that if you hit the yoshi helicopter with a banana peel, a cutscene would play showing the helicopter crashing and unlocking a secret course: Yoshi's Fireland. I tried to hit this helicopter so many times, thinking I missed it because it moves so fast.. Oh, good memories

I NEVER knew about that second shortcut and I played this since launch day. That's insane

Wish we got the perfect version of this track somewhere. Anywhere. Imagine the secret tunnel, cameos like the Yoshi helicopter and flower faces, and the star pattern water, but with 8's level of graphics. (And obviously without Daisy Cruiser being ten thousand damn kilometers away)

Oh god, Zoomzike has turned into the United Kingdom.

The DS version was my first MK experience. Never knew it was so lacking even compared to previous games 😔 I’ll still always hold it dear to my heart

One thing I really enjoyed about Mario Kart Double Dash is something you mentioned in this video. You can often see other courses from the game in the background of the one you're on. Each Mario Kart game is more or less a representation of where the Mario series stands at any given time. Super featured a lot of SMW design and references, 64 featured a lot of SM64 design and you could even argue that Super Circuit was a good representation of Mario on the GBA because half that game's courses are straight up taken from Super Mario Kart much like how all the main Mario platformers of the GBA are ports of older Mario games. Double Dash was very clearly influenced by Super Mario Sunshine. Lots of characters from Sunshine appear as spectators or other such things, like the Nokis, Piantas, and Toadsworth at the trophy ceremony. There are also several hazards inspired by Sunshine, like the Cataquacks on Peach Beach or the Wiggler buses in Mushroom City and Mushroom Bridge. However, the best piece taken from Sunshine's design is easily the courses in the background of other courses. It really makes the world feel lived in and grounded. Such a shame future Mario Kart games or Mario in general didn't keep doing that

You Mario game analysis are always a treat, it's so obvious you're genuinely passionate about this series

the original being the best version is a textbook nintendo moment

Once again, GameCube Era Mario proves to be the best, at least in my eyes. I love it's more cartoony aesthetic, as well as the more intricate course layout with shortcuts that promote exploration and experimentation.

I always like hearing you squee over the tiniest little details. I don't know of anyone else that gives Mario spinoff games the same level of minute attention to detail paired with such childish glee and I'm here for it

Didn't realize that one lf the MK8 buildings is shaped like Yoshi.

I have much more appreciation for the Double Dash version of this stage now seeing how much they neutered it in later versions.

I could be wrong, but I feel like the MK8 Yoshi rock at 5:35 could be a reference to the Yoshi Planet from Mario Galaxy's mission Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance, they look very similar. Great video!

Zoomzike, your "nitpicking" is just you geeking over the smallest details, and that's exactly why I watch your channel. You are able to put focus on the smallest details that the game designers put in out of love, and I love it too! It's genuinely such an incredible thing that always makes my day, keep it up!

double dash was my first mario kart game and I loved yoshi's circuit ever since I'm a kid. I never knew about that neck shortcut until now. How is this game still surprising me nearly 20 years later??