{"id":919274,"date":"2026-07-12T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/12\/youtubers-create-version-of-mario-kart-thats-playable-within-a-video\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T10:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:12:28","slug":"youtubers-create-version-of-mario-kart-thats-playable-within-a-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/12\/youtubers-create-version-of-mario-kart-thats-playable-within-a-video\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTubers create version of Mario Kart that\u2019s playable within a video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Who needs Mario Kart World?<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img width=\"2560\" height=\"1439\" src=\"https:\/\/production-static.mobilesyrup.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mario-kart-world-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart World Mario\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  ><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At $629, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38Bmhf2\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> 2 is an expensive system, especially once <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2026\/05\/08\/nintendo-switch-2-price-increase-canada\/\">a $50 price increase takes effect in September<\/a>. That\u2019s to say nothing of its flagship game,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2025\/06\/19\/mario-kart-world-nintendo-switch-2-review\/\"><em>Mario Kart World<\/em><\/a>, costing a whopping $110. But thankfully, a pair of crafty YouTubers have published<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SUP7x_DiyXw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> an interactive video<\/a> in which you can \u201cplay\u201d <em>Mario Kart\u00a0<\/em>for free \u2014 well, sort of.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mario Kart but it's a PLAYABLE YouTube video!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SUP7x_DiyXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Produced by the channels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SUP7x_DiyXw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlas Arcade and Animated Subtitles<\/a>, the \u201cgame\u201d uses YouTube\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6178631?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">360-degree spherical video functionality<\/a> to allow you to use the WASD keys to move the camera around the wider-than-usual footage. By featuring <em>Mario Kart<\/em>\u2018s iconic Rainbow Road, this video effect creates the illusion that you\u2019re \u201csteering\u201d a kart along the winding track. All the while, effects like discarded bananas, Green Shells whizzing by or a Blooper spraying the screen with ink add to the idea that you\u2019re playing <em>Mario Kart<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As a nice touch, there are even some customization options. For one, you can select your racer by changing subtitles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English (default) \u2014 Mario<\/li>\n<li>English (Australia) \u2014 Toad<\/li>\n<li>English (Canada) \u2014 Yoshi<\/li>\n<li>English (India) \u2014 Princess Peach<\/li>\n<li>English (Ireland) \u2014 Luigi<\/li>\n<li>English (United Kingdom) \u2014 Wario<\/li>\n<li>English (United States) \u2014 Bowser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also toggle playback speed to give the impression that you\u2019re choosing higher CC races.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are many limitations, especially since you can\u2019t actually fall off the map. It\u2019s also quite short at only 40 seconds (not including a 20-second tutorial). Nonetheless, it\u2019s still impressive that this much \u201cplayability\u201d was afforded to a video. It\u2019s all quite clever, honestly.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: Nintendo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mario-kart-youtube-interactive-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eurogamer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MobileSyrup may earn a commission from purchases made via our links, which helps fund the journalism we provide free on our website. These links do not influence our editorial content. Support us <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3J3VJYp\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2026\/07\/07\/youtubers-mario-kart-playable-video\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who needs Mario Kart World? At $629, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38Bmhf2\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> 2 is an expensive system, especially once a $50 price increase takes effect in September. That\u2019s to say nothing of its flagship game,\u00a0Mario Kart World, costing a whopping $110. But thankfully, a pair of crafty YouTubers have published an interactive video in which you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":919275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2904,104640,1131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-create","category-youtube-videos","category-youtubers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}