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| '''''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''''' is a [[Game Boy Advance]] [[tech demo]] created by Denaris Entertainment Software for [[Nintendo]] in 2004.<ref name="denaris">[http://web.archive.org/web/20071008173852/http://www.denarisoftware.de/html/body_history.html History page on Denaris' official website], 2004. Retrieved August 15, 2015</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-''Mario'' demo known as ''R3D-Demo'' before being repurposed.<ref>togemet2 (October 15, 2022). [https://forestillusion.com/2022/mario-kart-xxl-tech-demo-apr-17-2004 Mario Kart XXL (Tech Demo) (Apr 17th 2004)]. ''Forest of Illusion''. Retrieved October 15, 2022.</ref> |
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| Despite being a Game Boy Advance demo, the game's cartridge uses a [[Game Boy Color]] cartridge shell.<ref>{{cite|author=BlueYoshi-57EML|date=October 26, 2020|url=youtu.be/TzQstiUxmPI|title=(Reupload) Mario Kart XXL Nintendo Gameboy Advance Prototype / Demo|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=October 26, 2020}}</ref>
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| | *The demo's main music track is a rendition of the "Canyon" music from the German-exclusive PlayStation game ''Moorhuhn Kart''.<ref>YouTube video featuring the Canyon theme: https://youtu.be/tQewCkiuxa0</ref> Both games were developed (in part) by Denaris Entertainment Software.<ref name="denaris" /> |
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| | *Despite being a Game Boy Advance demo, the video-recorded copy of the game is in a [[Game Boy Color]] cartridge shell. |
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| MarioKartXXLLogo.png|In-game logo for ''Mario Kart XXL''
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| MarioXXL_TSBackground.png|Background for the title screen of ''Mario Kart XXL''
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| MarioKartXXLCircuit.png|Full-size map of the Peach Circuit-like track
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| MarioKartXXL.gif|Comparison of the ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' and ''Mario Kart XXL'' versions of Peach Circuit
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| MarioKartXXLBackground.png|Full-size background layer of the track
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| MarioKartXXL Mario.gif|360° view of Mario
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| MarioKartXXL Splash.gif|Splash effect
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| Mario_XXL_Denaris.png|Logo for Denaris Entertainment Software
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| MarioKartXXLCartridge.jpg|A photo showing the front of the unscrewed cartridge of the game and its interior
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| MarioXXLCartridge2.jpg|A second photo showing the back of the cartridge and the game running on a Game Boy Advance SP
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| *The two music tracks in ''Mario Kart XXL'' are renditions of music tracks from the Europe-exclusive PlayStation game ''Moorhuhn Kart'', with the title theme being a rendition of the menu theme of ''Moorhuhn Kart'',<ref>{{cite|author=World of Longplays|date=Ferbruary 19, 2019|url=youtu.be/Cb5gVC34lB4|title=PSX Longplay [532<nowiki>]</nowiki> Moorhuhn Kart|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=October 18, 2022}}</ref> and the race theme being a rendition of the "Canyon" theme.<ref>YouTube video featuring the Canyon theme: https://youtu.be/tQewCkiuxa0</ref> Both games were developed (in part) by Denaris Entertainment Software.<ref name="denaris" />
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| *The arrow in the menu was pulled directly from the SNES game ''Uniracers'' (''Unirally'' in PAL regions).
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| *[https://www.ebay.ie/itm/291595617071 The original eBay auction by steem69].
| | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzQstiUxmPI Footage] |
| *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJPk8lJtA8 Footage]. Retrieved October 19, 2022. | |
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| [[Category:Game Boy Advance games]] | | [[Category:Game Boy Advance games]] |
| [[Category:Mario Kart series]] | | [[Category:Mario Kart series]] |
