Editing Mario Kart XXL

{{italic title}}

{{game infobox

|image=[[File:MKXXL title screen.png|200px]]

|developer={{wp|Manfred Trenz|Denaris Entertainment Software}}

|release=N/A

|genre=[[Genre#Racing|Racing]]

|modes=Single-player

|format={{format|gba=1}}

'''''Mario Kart XXL''''' is a [[Game Boy Advance]] [[tech demo]] created by Denaris Entertainment Software for [[Nintendo]] in 2004.<ref name="denaris">{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20071008173852/http://www.denarisoftware.de/html/body_history.html|title=History page on Denaris' official website|date=2004|accessdate=August 15, 2015|deadlink=y}}</ref> It demonstrates the Game Boy Advance's ability to render and scale/rotate two different background layers. It was originally created as a non-''Super Mario'' demo known as ''R3D-Demo'' before being repurposed.<ref>{{cite|author=togemet2|date=October 15, 2022|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230325215156/https://forestillusion.com/2022/mario-kart-xxl-tech-demo-apr-17-2004|title=Mario Kart XXL (Tech Demo) (Apr 17th 2004)|publisher=Forest of Illusion|accessdate=October 15, 2022|deadlink=y}}</ref>

 

''Mario Kart XXL'' consists of a 3-lap trial run on a floating track similar to [[GBA Peach Circuit|Peach Circuit]], with a layer below the track depicting several beach islands in an ocean resembling [[GBA Shy Guy Beach|Shy Guy Beach]]. The player plays as [[Mario]], who is rendered in full 3D from an overhead, behind-the-back view. Driving physics are basic: the player can pass through walls, off-road does not slow the kart down, and the [[Coin]]s present on the track cannot be collected, although Mario can fall out of bounds and into the sea below the track. The camera often zooms in and out automatically, though the player can press {{button|GBA|R}} to zoom in and {{button|GBA|L}} to zoom out manually. Transparent windows showing the lower background layer are present near the beginning and closing sections of the track.

''XXL''{{'}}s main menu features two options: "Play" and "Demo", the latter of which, as its name indicates, shows an automatic playthrough of the demo when selected that repeats after finishing. Pressing {{button|GBA|Select}} at any point in either mode returns the player to the main menu.

{{main-media}}

|file1=MarioKartXXL_TitleScreen.oga

|title1=Title Screen Theme

}}

 

MarioKartXXLCartridge.jpg|A photo showing the front of the unscrewed cartridge of the game and its interior

MarioXXLCartridge2.jpg|A second photo showing the back of the cartridge and the game running on a Game Boy Advance SP

 

*The arrow in the menu was pulled directly from the SNES game ''Uniracers'' (''Unirally'' in PAL regions).

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJPk8lJtA8 Footage]. Retrieved October 19, 2022.

 

{{unreleased media}}

{{Super Mario games}}

[[Category:Game Boy Advance games]]

[[Category:Mario Kart series]]

[[Category:Tech demos]]

[[Category:Racing games]]

[[it:Mario Kart XXL]]