Description
Welcome to Super Mario Kart - Horizons!
Race across new courses in brand new custom locations! Drive along serene grassy plains, treacherous abandoned mines, forgotten jungle ruins, against the sunrise from a mountaintop and more! These beautiful themes and tracks have been crafted with an emphasis on aesthetics and ambience along a custom soundtrack to set the mood just right.
SMK - Horizons features:
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8 custom themes. These breathtaking locations take place across the mushroom kingdom and neighboring lands!
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20 well designed race tracks. Tracks have been made to be unique as possible, as well as being completely drive-able with any character at 150cc!
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4 battle tracks. Enjoy a friendly competition in new battle maps that take advantage of new themes and new ideas!
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Unique Ambience. All tracks each have their own color in their respective themes, meaning no tracks look entirely the same!
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Brand new soundtrack. Enjoy catchy compositions for the main course themes, menu themes, credits, character victory tunes & more!
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Modified Menu Screens. Featuring a new Title Screen, Cup Selection, Driver Select, Results, Podium & Credits sequence!
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Revamped Sprites. Drivers, items, obstacles and more have been updated with a more modern look.
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Unlock new content. Mirror Mode is available to be unlocked for all difficulties, Time Trials and Vs Mode. Think the game is too easy? Try out the unlockable hard mode to enhance your experience!
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Modified Mechanics. Advance to the next round by placing 7th or higher! Points distribution have been updated as well.
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Works on original hardware.
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Extra Assets Available. Main Artwork created to represent the hack. Enjoy an official release of the new soundtrack to listen on your platform of choice, check out the custom instruction booklet, or print and build out a custom box & cart label! (Links available in the README)
And many more changes!
Hashes
CRC32: cd80db86
SHA-1: 47e103d8398cf5b7cbb42b95df3a3c270691163b
Verified: Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System v.20260614-014159 (No-Intro)
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The Romhacking scene has produced several stellar Rom Hacks over the years. Proving that fan creations can often surpass the source material. Mario Kart - Horizons is a shining example of such a Rom Hack.
From the moment you load up the title screen you'll notice the polish of this title. A brand new soundtrack starts playing and beautifully touched up Mario Kart drivers enter the screen. (Those new Toad and DK sprites are just cute!) From there it keeps getting better as you start your first race.
The creator clearly has some experience in creating Mario Kart tracks. Even though Epic Edit is an amazing tool, it still is hard to create good Mario Kart tracks. MK - Horizons uses wide roads, so you have the space to maneuver your kart around. Arrows on the road, warning you for a turn or pointing the right direction are conveniently placed. This hack works hard to be friendly to the player and give them a good time.
A.I. is programmed really well. I never got an A.I. stuck somewhere (which even happens in vanilla MK) and the difficulty balance feels just right. 50cc is easy, 100cc is a decent challenge and 150cc is hard. This is another sign that the creator was focused on creating a fun experience. No trolling in this hack!
The new track graphics shine. They give each track a brand new lick of paint, making Horizons feel like Mario Kart 2.0. I would recommend everyone to play this game in BSNES HD Mod. Those new graphics truly shine in HD Mode 7!
I had such a fun time with Mario Kart - Horizons. The amount of polish is stunning, and the track design is some of the best I've seen in Mario Kart hacks. MK - Horizons comes highly recommend for those seeking a genuinely fun Super Mario Kart follow-up!