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You're a real one for always supporting my escapades. Thanks for trying these out! The Castle of Broken Promises' song is a Midnight original. The composer, TA Music, just posted it the other day :)
Hmm… just to reiterate, this distribution contains the best custom tracks from December 2022 to December 2023 that earned better scores from a 3.5 out of 5 or higher.
Since nobody else is mentioning it, the world that never was is a world in Kingdom Hearts 2. The music there is immaculate so I am glad they at least pulled a version of it for the track. Interesting that they mashed it together with the layout of thunder city
28:27 Hi Troy! This last track is based off of Cave Story! It's an older retro-style game that was available in the Wii Shop and on other devices, and it was always one of my favorites to play. The original game is still available on PC and I highly recommend trying it out!
Kinda surprised no one has mentioned it, but thunder city (the world that never was) is also an obvious homage to kingdom hearts 2. The city is made to look pretty similar to that world in the game. Even the song is a pretty sick remix of "sacred moon", a track that plays in that world in particular. I'm actually kinda amazed, it's such a cool looking track
Wait, I got the initial reference in the name, but didn’t notice the music. One sec. … That’s what I get for having the volume turned down. That’s awesome!
And for those who don’t know, the place in question is indeed called “The World That Never Was” (It wasn’t explicitly mentioned, but y’know, why not elaborate)
@@Sean-qg3gg There was a part in the video where yoshi was driving into funky kong from the right, I tried to find it but couldn't but it's funny cause that happened at some point I'm pretty sure after that
Bioluminescent Lab is incredibly made I’m friends with the creator and the mini map is just a texture so there is no true minimap. Track is goated thanks for the upload! Also I’d like to add The Castle of Broken Promises was slated to be added to CTGP last year, but the creator decided to pull his tracks, he plans to resubmit Alone and Incomplete, Gallant Grotto, Phendrana Frostbite, and The Castle of Broken Promises GOAT Thunder City is the same as BigOto2’s original with different visuals and a bit of an upscale, I really hope Fuffina submits it to CTGP because it is really fun and the cuts are fairly balanced too.
As a longtime player, i loved you realizing in the moment the recreation of Thunder City. I feel like some of those older CTGP tracks are so iconic, and still fairly well designed. I'd kill to see more remakes similar to Bowser Jrs Fort
11:54 what shortcut were you even trying to do?? LMAO I laughed so hard when you respawned, that just brings me back to the old custom track days where you'd randomly respawn if you went within a YARD of the out of bounds area
Back then when I was a kid playing MKwii I was always wondering if there will be one day more tracks on it somehow. Today it is just incredible to see how the community is making this game staying alive for that long! ❤
20:52 Troy says Fire Emblem and then immediately there's a Black Knight jumpscare. Now I'm thinking the track might loosely be based off of Chapter 27 from FE: Path of Radiance?
The CTGP-7 version of Painted Swamp Raceway uses Cap Kingdom as its music for some reason, and has extra boost panels inside some pipes. The seamlands looks cool too.
Holy cow, didn't even realize who's channel I was on until I heard you say Troy. Used to watch your videos on custom tracks years ago. Has to be over a decade ago cause I was just in high school if not about to be. Cool to see your still making content man
Bioluminescent Lab's sudden lap 3 layout changed reminds me of Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed since most of its tracks change layouts after a lap is finished
I don't know much about what tools the modders have, but it seems like some of these tracks would feel a lot bigger and more alive if they took a few decoration tricks from the base game's tracks: For example, if you compare the jungle at the start of Captain's Shore to DK Jungle, the developers usually had that foliage texture up on raised shelves and behind a few props, so it blended in. You rarely crashed into the foliage, just the little cliffs beneath them. It made the jungle feel much bigger and more alive than it was. Similarly, compare the mushroom tunnel in Bioluminescent Lab to Mushroom Gorge's tunnel. Instead of flat walls that hug the track, Gorge uses similarly raised rock formations as DK Jungle. This creates more room for purely decorative props and makes the cavern feel bigger and more natural, all while maintaining a simple path. I'd also lower the cavern so the lab is slightly overlooking it, with simple planks acting as a ramp in/out of the cave. This helps hide the texture transition, and makes the shift between an artificial and natural environment feel more real.
LOL that same thing with falling off and not respawning happened to me yesterday on that same track, but it actually saves time to falling off if you go in the right direction immediately so I'll take it
16:02 I can't wait for RMX Nightmare to get into CTGP just to have the world record be held by the Baby Booster or something because the stat spread just so happens to be perfect for a track like this.
The World that Never Was, huh? Kingdom Hearts 2? I’ll bite. After watching the race, I suppose the city portion does look a bit like The World that Never Was. I like it, but now I’m curious about custom tracks that are _specifically_ based on Kingdom Hearts worlds, rather than being themed around them but actually being based on an existing track. Of course, that’s assuming Troy’s right about there being another Thunder City that this new one is based on. Definitely a fan regardless.
Item idea: it’s like the thundercloud/jumbocloud. It is 50/50 mix of each, so it’s perfectly random what happens. Would really make the thundercloud better.
Wind Fortress' layout, theme, and some of the specific boost mechanics on it are making me think it is inspired by one of the final stages from Sonic Riders.
Wow these custom tracks look incredible! Mario Kart Midnight has some truly insane tracks here, and ones that would be so cool to see in a tournament or event in future!
Me watching Thunder city: "Oh shit! It'll be great if he recognizes where it's from." TWD: "You know, I think this is..." Me: "Yes!" TWD: "Based on another older map" Me: "No! Aw..." Not saying it isn't based from an old map but all I know is it being from Kingdom Hearts. Loved the remix used as well, very fitting
The glow around everything in Castle Of Broken Promises reminds me a lot of some 2010s custom tracks that did a similar thing. Or atleast I think there were a few that did, I never played but I recall seeing them in your RTCT videos I think?
well, a track themed off of cave story wasnt on my bingo card granted, i played the original freeware version that didnt have wind fortress, so i can't actually say how accurate the vibe is
28:00 Wind Fortress? That's a surprising name I haven't heard of in a while, but the Curly Braces comfirmed it for me. It's from Cave Story, being a beta area that didn't make it into the orginal release which was likely due to it not making sense... at all in Cave Story's plot. It's actually really weird at points.,
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but i think we need another custom track like Subspace Factory Also man, Life Inside a Frame and it's music makes me really want a track based on Treasure Town from PMD
@@MayroSMM it would probably be a bit crowded making this into a track of… reasonable length but a track based on The Great Maze could be cool. Maybe it could work as a long 1-lap track would work but idk
@@pi2z806 I’m honestly trying to think of how it would work like layout wise. I guess in an ideal world you could take the four PMD hubs and put them together in an almost-Heart Of China exploration track
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i really thought that was a track name and not just the sponsor segment 😞
‘Very simple mini map’
Meanwhile the 3rd lap change: Hey Troy!
True. But the design is still simple
I can't believe he didn't mention the shape of the mini map, that was the first thing I noticed when it popped in
Was that a friggin’ WWE 2K20 reference?
You're a real one for always supporting my escapades. Thanks for trying these out! The Castle of Broken Promises' song is a Midnight original. The composer, TA Music, just posted it the other day :)
Mayro you are a genius! When will you guys do hide and seek again or kaizo tracks?
@@LiamDeegeIt's up to Troy, and also me to find kaizo tracks with hiding spots on them lmao. I'd be down to try it some day though :)
@@MayroSMM I’m not saying you should combine the series, I’m saying just one or the other at a certain time that feels right Mayro.
@@LiamDeegeOops my bad, misread your comment.
@@MayroSMM It’s all good Mayro. 🙂
Hmm… just to reiterate, this distribution contains the best custom tracks from December 2022 to December 2023 that earned better scores from a 3.5 out of 5 or higher.
Since nobody else is mentioning it, the world that never was is a world in Kingdom Hearts 2. The music there is immaculate so I am glad they at least pulled a version of it for the track. Interesting that they mashed it together with the layout of thunder city
10:22 I would personally call it either sunken fortress or shipwrecked fortress.
I was thinking sunken airship fortress or sunken ship fortress
watership fortress
Airless Fortress :P
28:27 Hi Troy! This last track is based off of Cave Story! It's an older retro-style game that was available in the Wii Shop and on other devices, and it was always one of my favorites to play. The original game is still available on PC and I highly recommend trying it out!
it's so damn depressing tho 😢
Kinda surprised no one has mentioned it, but thunder city (the world that never was) is also an obvious homage to kingdom hearts 2. The city is made to look pretty similar to that world in the game. Even the song is a pretty sick remix of "sacred moon", a track that plays in that world in particular. I'm actually kinda amazed, it's such a cool looking track
Wait, I got the initial reference in the name, but didn’t notice the music. One sec.
…
That’s what I get for having the volume turned down. That’s awesome!
And for those who don’t know, the place in question is indeed called “The World That Never Was”
(It wasn’t explicitly mentioned, but y’know, why not elaborate)
4:18 what a shell snipe
*Yoshi will remember that*
@@Sean-qg3gg There was a part in the video where yoshi was driving into funky kong from the right, I tried to find it but couldn't but it's funny cause that happened at some point I'm pretty sure after that
It took 3-5 business days for that shell to get to yoshi XD
The fact that RMX Nightmare uses Your Contract Has Expired as a soundtrack got me so unreasonably happy.
Bioluminescent Lab is incredibly made I’m friends with the creator and the mini map is just a texture so there is no true minimap. Track is goated thanks for the upload!
Also I’d like to add The Castle of Broken Promises was slated to be added to CTGP last year, but the creator decided to pull his tracks, he plans to resubmit Alone and Incomplete, Gallant Grotto, Phendrana Frostbite, and The Castle of Broken Promises GOAT
Thunder City is the same as BigOto2’s original with different visuals and a bit of an upscale, I really hope Fuffina submits it to CTGP because it is really fun and the cuts are fairly balanced too.
Thunder City has been accepted into CTGP but its in needs fixes rn. Also, I agree that ISC’s tracks need to come back to CTGP
@@brysoncordero8618 oh they did submit it didn’t they
@@jamomkw Yeah and hopefully it will return in the Christmas update!
@@brysoncordero8618 I mean interstellar lab got slated for Christmas update 🔥🔥
@@jamomkwHey, do u know what the music is in Bioluminescencent lab?
As a longtime player, i loved you realizing in the moment the recreation of Thunder City. I feel like some of those older CTGP tracks are so iconic, and still fairly well designed. I'd kill to see more remakes similar to Bowser Jrs Fort
One recently came out for Dry Coast. It's on Dreacastian-Turnip's channel, would definitely give it a watch ^^
11:54 what shortcut were you even trying to do?? LMAO I laughed so hard when you respawned, that just brings me back to the old custom track days where you'd randomly respawn if you went within a YARD of the out of bounds area
Back then when I was a kid playing MKwii I was always wondering if there will be one day more tracks on it somehow.
Today it is just incredible to see how the community is making this game staying alive for that long! ❤
13:50 I love how this track has similar to Race of Ages from Sonic and All Stars racing transformed but with A Hat in Time music
10:40 Sunken Fortress would be a good name imo
20:52 Troy says Fire Emblem and then immediately there's a Black Knight jumpscare. Now I'm thinking the track might loosely be based off of Chapter 27 from FE: Path of Radiance?
I dont remember the Fort being surrounded by fire though
The CTGP-7 version of Painted Swamp Raceway uses Cap Kingdom as its music for some reason, and has extra boost panels inside some pipes.
The seamlands looks cool too.
21:59 That's no creature... That's a custom track called "Bloodstone". It's absolutely insane, and I would know because I've played it before!
Can we appreciate the time creators put into these things?! And of course Troy for showing us these absolutely wild tracks!
Painted Swamp Raceway! I know that track, It's in CTGP-7!
12:10 this track is actually in CTGP-7. Really cool design and fun to play
Shoutouts to Nuokart, always finding the way to make MKWii better🤯🤯
RMX Nightmare reminds me of Phantom Road from F-Zero GX
Holy cow, didn't even realize who's channel I was on until I heard you say Troy. Used to watch your videos on custom tracks years ago. Has to be over a decade ago cause I was just in high school if not about to be. Cool to see your still making content man
Appreciate it man welcome back!
Bioluminescent Lab's sudden lap 3 layout changed reminds me of Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed since most of its tracks change layouts after a lap is finished
I don't know much about what tools the modders have, but it seems like some of these tracks would feel a lot bigger and more alive if they took a few decoration tricks from the base game's tracks:
For example, if you compare the jungle at the start of Captain's Shore to DK Jungle, the developers usually had that foliage texture up on raised shelves and behind a few props, so it blended in. You rarely crashed into the foliage, just the little cliffs beneath them. It made the jungle feel much bigger and more alive than it was.
Similarly, compare the mushroom tunnel in Bioluminescent Lab to Mushroom Gorge's tunnel. Instead of flat walls that hug the track, Gorge uses similarly raised rock formations as DK Jungle. This creates more room for purely decorative props and makes the cavern feel bigger and more natural, all while maintaining a simple path. I'd also lower the cavern so the lab is slightly overlooking it, with simple planks acting as a ramp in/out of the cave. This helps hide the texture transition, and makes the shift between an artificial and natural environment feel more real.
You're incredible, keep making content!
LOL that same thing with falling off and not respawning happened to me yesterday on that same track, but it actually saves time to falling off if you go in the right direction immediately so I'll take it
I love how there's the most hard to miss arrows I've ever seen and Troy still completely ignores them.
I personally don't remember seeing any arrows and Troy ignoring them 🤷♂
16:02 I can't wait for RMX Nightmare to get into CTGP just to have the world record be held by the Baby Booster or something because the stat spread just so happens to be perfect for a track like this.
8:26 “i know all the shortcuts” proceeds to miss an obvious shortcut
making a mkwii custom track seems exactly like something the chargers social media team would do 😂
11:44 mystery dungeon music!🔥
I was searching for someone commenting about it - gah, if only it weren't like 3am I'd boot up my DSI and play it for a bit.
6:21 Wait. That’s the Gooper Blooper theme from Sticker Star!
The World that Never Was, huh? Kingdom Hearts 2? I’ll bite.
After watching the race, I suppose the city portion does look a bit like The World that Never Was. I like it, but now I’m curious about custom tracks that are _specifically_ based on Kingdom Hearts worlds, rather than being themed around them but actually being based on an existing track. Of course, that’s assuming Troy’s right about there being another Thunder City that this new one is based on. Definitely a fan regardless.
Theirs only one word to describe the custom tracks in this video “AWESOME!!!!!”
I like the music for The Castle of Broken Promises.
Same
I have a strong feeling that the huge glowy picture frame past the first putting green on the scary fire map is a huge short cut
Item idea: it’s like the thundercloud/jumbocloud. It is 50/50 mix of each, so it’s perfectly random what happens. Would really make the thundercloud better.
Wind Fortress' layout, theme, and some of the specific boost mechanics on it are making me think it is inspired by one of the final stages from Sonic Riders.
RMX Nightmare being monochrome really makes it feel like an anti-Rainbow Road.
Yoshi had a rough time on that last track!
7:48 “Here” and “get the trick” pitch E, matching the key of the music
The Seamlands just proved Piers' theme goes hard in every situation
I'm so in love with these tracks! they're so beautiful!!
thunder city: i recognized the song: it was a remix of the final level in kingdom hearts 2... (The World That Never Was)
4:35 The timing of the hops with the music, nice
The music on Captains' Shore reminds me of Shantae.
The SM64 arrows need to appear on every custom track. It increases visibility by 128%!!
This was the first time in a long time I stayed for an ad read in a video
29:20 Yoshi's really strugglingf
Wow these custom tracks look incredible! Mario Kart Midnight has some truly insane tracks here, and ones that would be so cool to see in a tournament or event in future!
The painted swamp raceway, is based on the same painted level in super mario bros U.
Time to see expert custom track shortcuts midnight 2 edition
Wind Fortress is giving major Rate That Custom Track energy.
Me watching Thunder city: "Oh shit! It'll be great if he recognizes where it's from."
TWD: "You know, I think this is..."
Me: "Yes!"
TWD: "Based on another older map"
Me: "No! Aw..."
Not saying it isn't based from an old map but all I know is it being from Kingdom Hearts. Loved the remix used as well, very fitting
Painted Swamp Raceway is inspired by the level Soda Jungle-4: Painted Swampland from New Super Mario Bros. U
The glow around everything in Castle Of Broken Promises reminds me a lot of some 2010s custom tracks that did a similar thing. Or atleast I think there were a few that did, I never played but I recall seeing them in your RTCT videos I think?
The first map , you race normally then you get high on shrooms then after the trip you finish
18:40 Fun fact: Those Goombas are from Mario Party 7!
1:09 i was like “why is the minimap so far left….. Ohhhhhh”
there's got to be a kart racer or something that's not trackmania where people can enjoy this type of experience.
INSANE visuals in these nightmare may be my fav
I would like to see a Mario Kart track based off of SM64 where you are going in and out of paintings along the track.
Airship Fortress looks like Wario Shipyard
This was the first time in a while I watched the whole ad read of a video
Airship Fortress? More like Sunken Ship Fortress.
Okay okay okay... the Neuron Activation at 11:25 i got while doomscrolling is insane!
Wigglytuff Guild spotted
why did your commentary gradually become more and more sarcastic throughout the video
In the RMX sounds a remix of the snatcher's theme battle song from a hat in time
I’m sure the last one is based on cave story, but I didn’t play much to reach that area
3:56 skipperino the adderino
Gotta get his bag
@@jackbeard452no, he really doesn’t. A channel his size can easily stay afloat with a good upload schedule. This is just a result of greed.
Someone should make a cup of purely the Motor Kombat Tracks
The starry night track was stunning
love that SM64 track i played that track with viewers really fun!
I liked the editing on this video compared to the last Midnight video. Definitely a more engaging style!
4:04 cool drift thing
14:41 take a very close listen to the music. Only A hat in time fans will recognize it
‘We know all the shortcuts we’ve been strat hunting’
*immediately misses a shortcut*
well, a track themed off of cave story wasnt on my bingo card
granted, i played the original freeware version that didnt have wind fortress, so i can't actually say how accurate the vibe is
The graphics are amazing! I love the quality of everything. @mayro you did a fantastic job!
-crossy road castle comes on screen-
"Wait someone made a platformer in mkw- oh its a sponsor"
We need to see shortcat to have a go on these tracks
Bigoto was a beat back in the early ctgp days
the structure of wind fortress gave me pod racer vibes. don't remember the name of the map tho. these maps are awesome!
Please get a group together and play these online!
And I thought the og courses were crazy
Thanks for liking my music on Biometal Blitz!! :D
I'm resisting the urge of trying this game for the 1st time ever. It's just that MP2 Echoes is in the way
28:00 Wind Fortress? That's a surprising name I haven't heard of in a while, but the Curly Braces comfirmed it for me. It's from Cave Story, being a beta area that didn't make it into the orginal release which was likely due to it not making sense... at all in Cave Story's plot. It's actually really weird at points.,
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but i think we need another custom track like Subspace Factory
Also man, Life Inside a Frame and it's music makes me really want a track based on Treasure Town from PMD
I loved Subspace Factory so I'm so on board with that.
@@MayroSMM it would probably be a bit crowded making this into a track of… reasonable length but a track based on The Great Maze could be cool. Maybe it could work as a long 1-lap track would work but idk
i LOVE pmd so much!!!! if there was a treasure town map it'd prob instantly become my favorite track XD
@@pi2z806 I’m honestly trying to think of how it would work like layout wise. I guess in an ideal world you could take the four PMD hubs and put them together in an almost-Heart Of China exploration track
needs more yachts
Day 646 of asking Troy for a collab with Zakziko
If you’re still asking after 646 days (nearly 2 years) I’m pretty sure he’ll never do it again
6:42 opposite delay drift
5:40 - If it's good, it's not simplistic. Simplistic ≠ simple.
Thunder City needs to come back to CTGP, I remember when it was in Troy’s Top 40 Ct’s from 2012
Thunder City was accepted into CTGP but is in needs fixes rn. Hopefully it will return in the Christmas update!
@@brysoncordero8618 If that’s the only issue they should get solved quickly but it would be sick if another old timer track came back from the dead
I LOVE RMX nightmare
10:24 How about "Shipwreck Fortress"?
Seamlands looked a lot like simba amigo track from sonic all stars racing transformed