Aside from its approachable gameplay, one of the charms of Mario Kart is the ability to explore some truly unique racing tracks that wouldn’t be remotely possible to traverse in real life. Most ...

Built into a standard Samsonite suitcase, these little karts could transform in one minute, then let you zip around at a blazing 19 mph.

This short recreates a Paper Mario–inspired moment in real life. It highlights simple props, framing, and movement used to capture the flat, playful style of the game on camera.

Eschewing the CGI delights of their videogame roots the Japanese technology firm have dressed up some real life actors and created some outlandish go karts to realise every kid’s dream of pootling ...