The mining town in the background of Wario's Goldmine is inspired directly by the mining town at the beginning of the famous Japanese animated film "Laputa: Castle In The Sky". There's even a chase scene on top of a huge track, just like the one you race on in the game!

I think the squid was in moonview highway to indicate a blind turn, as the squid item in the game obscures your vision

Imagine you're dying and, right before you pass, in the lower left corner of your vision you see "Unable to create a ghost"

"Unable to create a ghost." is a creepier phrase than I was expecting it to be.

Theory: the houses on Wario's Gold Mine aren’t connected in order to prevent the workers from unionizing. Can’t have class solidarity if you never get to talk to anyone else.

The weird Bombomb sign that says "danger" is meant to warn players about the random bombomb car that drives through the map like the other cars, it does not appear on time trial mode. BTW I just got done replaying this game with my kids and unlocking all characters and vehicles. Good times!

2:00 "Night 90" is likely a speed limit that only applies at night. If I recall correctly, a few states in America have signs like that. And I'm pretty sure that the thing at 3:49 is supposed to be either Yoshi or Petey Piranha with a random Mii head slapped on top.

Wii's rainbow road specifically struck out to me as a wild lil' track. Anytime you fall off the track, the devs specifically put an animation of your character heating up to a gazillion degrees and burning in the atmosphere. In the other games, you're either too close to the ground or every wall is guard railed. In 8, Lakitu picks you up quickly enough to spare you from a swift but painful death. Wii just has Earth, meaning every single time some poor old sap slipped and tripped and burned their way down the atmosphere, whatever remained of them once they got down to Earth is still out there somewhere. Do the people down there know what actually fell? If so, do they bury them? Cremate them? How many driver deaths has the MKA covered up? These are the questions Nintendo will never, sadly, answer.

driving through peach city, you always lock your kart doors.

Love this kind of content man. It's oddly relaxing. There's a weird feeling when you are just exploring a game vs playing a game that I can only really equate to pressing pause on life. It's a great escape from regular life stress.

3:45 Looking at the model data for Moonview Highway, that thing is still very pixellated, but I believe it is Petey Piranha!

I like this kind of content a lot plz make more kthx

My favorite thing about the green pipe smokestacks is that you'd think they're really tall so the smoke isn't spewing so close to the ground, but some of them have the end of the pipe right near someone else's dang window. You're all gonna get blacklung

3:47 Petey Piranha The lower body seems too large, but the head shape with the yellow petals and huge lips just screams Petey to me.

One strange thing I wished you would have mentioned was at 9:35. You can see one of the houses on the right with a door that leads to a sheer drop into the water. Nobody is realistically going in or out of that door.

The thing on the building in the Peach advertisement is Petey Piranha

Someone rendered all of Warios Gold Mine in VR, so I really got to explore that map. Cool seeing further recognition of the oddly placed houses

"Thoughtless" is a great word to describe the world building in the Mario Universe/Mushroom Kingdom. For a game series that's been around as long as it has, we know absolutely squat about the world aside from "It's ruled (?) by a Princess" and "there's a dinosaur/turtle (?) named Bowser" and everything else just sort of happens around them. Some of it might even be a play. What's the most popular restaurant in the Mario world? "Luigi's" according to the signage in Mario Kart 64. Is he a restauranteur? (MIYAMOTO-SAN HARD SHRUGS)

literally one of my favorite things to do as a kid was boot up mario kart wii & 8, go in time trial and look at everything outside of the track. it really creates a sense of scale that reminds me of looking at the sky in mario galaxy

What makes the t-shirt even more interresting is that they probably had to remodel them for the Wii version, because they also are in the DS game. So they they didn´t think about adding Pianta clothing there twice.

I never realized how realistic of a style this game went for was. I feel like that had a play in how they made these details in the background, I couldn't imagine cliffside houses with pipe smokestacks in Double dash or 8.

I haven’t watched this video yet but.. When I was younger we didn’t have cable, we had a PlayStation 2 (also a DVD player of course) and video games. After we beat our games we would throughly go back through and play them, trying to squeeze every bit of entertainment out of them. Mario kart wii was one of the first where I remember doing this. My sister and I would run the races backwards, looking at every single thing we could. The cheering crowds were always fun to stop and look at.

Doesn't really count but there's a title screen with just Mario that for whatever reason has an extremely rare chance to appear, like abnormally so. So much so it has a mention on tcrf. So I guess it's something you never see even if it's not a tiny little detail. :) Also that's Petey Piranha on the skyscraper. It's interesting because he's a cut character from the game.

I love the fact Lakitu is a physical object in the world. Never thought about that, blew my mind a little bit.

austin, you have such unqiue content and i love it. its extremely refreshing to see a new chill upload from you, and it really feels like you enjoy making these videos to share to the general populace. thank you so much and keep it up! you deserve more credit than you get.

I'm pretty sure that the "Caution, Bloopers!" Signs refer to watching out for Bloopers, especially on tight corners or Rush Hour Traffic. When you can't see in front of you, driving is a shitty idea.

Another interesting thing about Wario’s Gold Mine is that you can anctually drive on some of the wooden beams in the big cave area.

man i love this series so much, i remember just playing mario kart wii as a kid spending an hour trying to land on one of the yellow arches in coconut mall (i did succeed!) and otherwise just driving around looking at things. it's so nostalgic and your humor makes it so much better

I feel like you surely knew this so maybe I misunderstood, but the bomb sign in Moonview Highway indicates the bomb cars that drive around the track. It's a warning for those, but you seemed a little confused as if it was a warning for bombs in general? Apologies if I am wrong lol

This is oddly nostalgic. When I was 7, playing Mario Kart Wii, sometimes I would just explore for ages trying to find secrets. I guess I thought that every track was part of a larger world, and that if I could bypass the boundaries it meant I could go exploring further, lol.

Plot twist: the delphino island makes it's income from importing dirty laundry, and exporting clean laundry. It paid for the roads and buildings

My favorite unremarkable spot in mario kart wii is the weird alt path in coconut mall where you can drive through a shop. There’s carpet on the ground to slow you down, and everything about it is delightfully odd.

That character on Peach’s musical is Petey Piranha climbing the empire mush building like King Kong.

This series changes the way I play video games

4:44 that car literally swerved to run you over

The bomb sign is probably referencing the Bob-Omb car in some other traffic courses. If you touch it, it exploded.

Wario-branded subsidized housing for mine workers is an uncomfortable thought

Hey, I liked this. Make more things like this.

If you ever do Super Mario Sunshine, there's a little area in the Harbor level when you race on the back of colorful squids in an underground track but if you explore the little track before you get on the squids it definitely has the weird feeling you like.

Kirby Air Ride has some of the most bizarre and surreal background stuff happening that you wouldn't really think to look at. There's weird sky whales and giant tar monsters in test tubes and stuff. Worth checking out

I like this kind of video. Please keep making them! Also, maybe all that laundry is Il Piantissimo's. All that running has gotta build up a sweat!

I think slowing down to appreciate the locations in Mariokart courses was integral in the development of me becoming a functional member of society.

I remember driving on the opposite roads of Moonview Highway in ghost mode of mario wii. This video reinvokes that feeling in me, I like the vibe of your videos!

That thing on the poster is definitely Petey Piranha! Ringo! I wonder what the goal with those posters was. Also, Austin, generally, big cities have more than two banks. I liked this video! I like this series. I'd love to see the next episode.

It's interesting that you said the scenery in Moon View is thoughtless at the exact moment I was marveling that they bothered with *any* kind of detail on these posters nobody was ever supposed to look at.

4:42 he was being a good citizen and got out of the cars way and the car went out of its way to flatten him

I know everyone already said that 3:45 is most definitely Petey Piranha but to me its super shocking that they're even in this game and I spent my whole childhood not knowing that.

I'm genuinely impressed with your content. I tend to play totally focused on gains, have a hard time noticing details. Hope to see more videos like this.

The Peach musical poster (and the surrounding advertisements) give me strong Odyssey vibes. You've got Mario in a city, you've got Moon Bank, you've got a musical SET in a city (Jump Up Superstar), and Moon imagery everywhere. To me, the "thing" immediately looked like Bowser's claw, but what if it's a silhouette of the Odyssey? And those are many small balloons, instead of one big one. The base looks like an airship. I'm probably just filling in the gaps with my own imagination, but that's what I see.

This series has seriously been an insane upswing for the channel, these view numbers havent been so consistent since some of the earlier eggbusters.

100% agree with the comment about newer a lot of newer mario games feeling a bit too sterilized and "intentional" if that makes sense. I have a lot of nostalgia for the weird aesthetic of these older games, especially from the late 90s through the 2000s.

my sister and i spent hours messing around moonview highway as kids driving backwards and stuff, it's nice to see someone else take an interest in just looking around it

Something that always blew my mind as a kid is that in toads factory if you get lakitu below of one of the crushing thingies he gets flattened just like your character would

A random detail I noticed when looking at the Models Resource page for MK Wii: the luxury yachts you see in Daisy Circuit and Koopa Cape have shine sprites and a Daisy flower as decoration. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone bring that up before, so let it be known.

I'd love to see a whole series on advertisements in games. I spent so much time looking at the ones in Gravity Rush 2, they have so much actual thought put into them. Also Kingdom Hearts 3 especially the secret last boss in the DLC and GTA games always had funny ones. I think there were more too but I forget. I suggest Gravity Rush 2 to you or anyone who likes this stuff it's so underrated.

I know you've always appreciated things like skyboxes and the small details in games but the additional focus you've been putting on things like that has been awesome. I've been trying to be more mindful/observant/appreciative in life recently and having this content correspond with my mental developments has been really nice and serves as a good reminder (particularly when I'm on the internet which tends to be antithetical to all the things I'm working on). If only specifically for me, keep it up!

Hey, I liked this. Make more content like this. P.S. I like the weird seemingly unfinished, empty spaces episodes as well. It takes a very observant mind to really notice the spots you've mentioned so far.

My prayers have been answered. Thanks for keeping em coming

7:21 Lakitu can also be flattened by Thwomps

5:57 reminds me a little of the Pueblo cliff dwellings, but these are far too modern for that.

the warning signs in moonview highway are probably referencing items being thrown by your competitors

I-90 terminates in Seattle just south of Redmond, where Nintendo of America is headquartered. Not a ton of bloopers/squids on the road itself, nor that many bombs (usually). But there are definitely too many cops, and they've got more than sirens, they've got military-grade LRADs

This is a perfect game for this series. So many small areas that you pass by in the blink of an eye and don’t give a second thought. I remember spending a lot of time just looking at background elements when I was a kid, and this brought me back. I think you could genuinely make a multiple-part series on just this game.

That door at 9:35 on the right is leading straight to water haha

Hey I liked this. Make more things like this

Since finding these videos I’ve started to look at the way random things are modeled and placed in games. It’s definitely enhanced my appreciation

The real fun of the Time Trial mode is being able to explore the courses.

Really enjoy this style of video and content, super relaxing and reflective in a nostalgic way. Totally perfect to watch before bed too! And I totally agree about the white shirts making the space feel a lil off but in a cute funky way. It's a detail that should make the world feel more lived in and thus real buuuut ends up putting emphasis on the fact it's a created world. It's kinda charming!

I'm glad I discovered your channel. You explore and talk about exactly what fascinated and captured me as a child playing those games, looking through the details the textures sometimes the little easter eggs.. I love this content!!

Considering weird things that don't make sense in-world in old nintendo games, it always makes me think of that one, giant vertical plank of wood in Whomp's Fortress. It's just standing there. Why? For what purpose? Even better because it's the only instance of that object in the whole game, to my knowledge.

'I was thinking of the fictional game Resident Evil 4' is such a vibe lmao I do stuff like that all the time, one time I was debating whether to get a new phone and I was like idk if I should I've already made a big purchase recently that was a lot of money. then I was rubbing my 2 brain cells together trying to think of what that purchase actually was and I realised I was actually thinking of this really big bounty I'd just paid off in Red Dead 2 lmao. Fictional money

I love your content. Can't get enough! Also your voice is so smooth and calming can't wait for the next video!

Love all ya videos, never ceases to be insightful with details I never previously considered

The big princess peach sign in the moon view highway is a reference to Princess peach who is a character from Mario

Really really love these videos dude. It always makes my day when I see a new one come out :))

I 👏🏻 live 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 this 👏🏻 series 👏🏻

when i was a little kid i didnt care avout racing and i just stared at the bulletin boards in luigis raceway for like half an hour

Smoke stacks could be tall to get the smoke above the canyon line, so the smoke doesn't linger in the houses. The lower the house, the longer the smoke stack

i believe the silhouette on the princess peach musical poster in the city is supposed to be petey piranha

Esele mi Ostin... Descubrí tu canal la semana pasada y sí están buenardos tus videos, y los disfruto mucho porque me gusta todo ese mundillo de Nintendo y esas madres. échele ganas mijo... 読んでくれてありがとうな Sale pues perillo Keep up the good work!

the thing with Piantas is that they do wear shirts in Sunshine, clearly none of them in this game...or any game after Sunshine for that matter.🤔

wario's goldmine is the best mario kart track of all time and it's not close. I am so glad it's in 8

I'm 95% sure that shadowy silhouette in Moon View Highway is a cutout of Petey Piranha. You can barely make out his open mouth and the frills on the top of his head. And as others pointed out, the squid Caution sign is warning for blind turns (similar to how the squid ink item blinds players) and the Bombomb with wheels Danger sign warns of the Bombomb cars on the non-Time Trial version of the track.

Hey! Always glad to see a new upload from you. 😌👌

i really like this guys videos, i see a bright future for this man

I love your channel a lot, and I love the idea of just cruising through games and pointing out fun and beautiful little details. Also something about your voice and the way you speak is so calming

i really enjoyed this thank you austin. you should make more

Just discovered your channel fire video and hope to see more like it now to binge the entire channel

Love the videos like this! I wish they were longer though, I'm sure there has to be more weird details in other tracks.

Hey, I liked this. Make more things like this!

Genuinely these videos are awesome. I like the contemplative vibes.

they probably did think about the t shirts! the reason why there are human shaped white t shirts is the same reason that, for a long time, in cartoons theyd draw big bulky tv sets with antenna even though tvs hadnt looked like that in years...readability/clarity. if there were green and brown pianta skirts hanging from the clothesline, players probably wouldnt read it as a clothesline with clothes hanging from it to begin with, and it would detract from the whole vibe of the place...plus the white shirts stand out nice against the bright blue sky.

You were one of my favorite KZfaqrs ever and somehow you just stopped coming up on my feed years ago. I’m so glad you came up on a suggested video because I absolutely love your content. Keep up the good work 💯

Spent hours of my childhood just driving around the edges of these tracks, loved this video!

I got this in my recommended feed, it seemed neat so I clicked through. It takes a full sixty seconds before I go "Oh my god, is this the _Eggbusters guy?!"_ I haven't seen your stuff in ages! Glad to see you're still creating!

3:47 thats petey piranha. it even uses a common render you can find just by searching him up, one of them will match up to the shape, and once you see it, it feels obvious.

Stuff like this is literally why I love games and why I loved them in the first place. Graphics have always been interesting to me. PLZ MAKE MORE!!

Discovered you and started following you for a week now and I gotta say, you take way to many showers

the Koopa Troopa wears nothing but a white shirt under the shell! they're not in the town as far as I know but they could be inside 👀

Koopas have been known to wear white shirts under their shells, if I recall.