Ever wanted to really ride Rainbow Road in Mario Kart? OK, you still can't do that, but this comes pretty close: a video of a real-life Mario Kart race ... on skateboards.
To be more accurate, the video, titled "Mario Skate," is a hodge-podge of different elements from the Marioverse — even if Luigi, the star of the video, doesn't race anyone per se, only against a timer on a leaderboard. In the highly-stylized YouTube vid, the green-hatted, mustachioed plumber zooms down sidewalks and over blacktops, snatching CGI'd gold coins while dodging Bullet Bill, for instance — but Kart-esque elements are still intact, like shortcuts that take him over a Wario's lair-style pit of lava or being pursued by a green tortoiseshell.
What about Mario? The titular character of the famous Nintendo franchise does make an appearance in the end — and Luigi's reaction to it alludes to a bit more of a brotherly rivalry than the video games let catch on.
The video was created by Corridor Digital (whose tagline for their website states: "We make those YouTube videos you might have heard about), who labels themselves as a "small team of Internet-video creators," whose creative members include directors Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer and producer Jake Watson. The videos Corridor Digital shoots and releases are all inspired by the sci-fi, action and video game genres.
The skateboards in the video were lent to Corridor Digital by the company Boosted Boards, which manufactures motorized skateboards.
Check out Mario race Luigi in the video below.
Via Uproxx
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