A video that has gone viral showing the characters of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul in Mario Kart has caught the eye of Peter Gould.
With the Breaking Bad franchise dormant after the final of You better call Saul, fans have found other ways to enjoy themselves with the beloved characters. Some have started editing footage of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and others into video game footage, as seen in an earlier video that went viral from the Breaking Bad characters race for the gold in a Mario Kart game. A new video now going viral, with over 4.5 million views with a share on Twitter, reveals some of the most popular stars of Breaking Bad and You better call Saul battle it out in the game’s Balloon Battle mode.
The video was created by madrozoand you can check it out below.
The video shows: Breaking Bad favorites Walter White, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), and Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), as well as others who were also main characters on You better call Saul such as Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis), and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks). You better call Saul‘s Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) and Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) also join the Balloon Battle, with the video skillfully inserting footage from the shows at the right moments to really make it look like these characters are fighting Mario Kart style with flying turtles.
If only they could have solved their problems like this in Breaking Bad and You better call Saul.
After going viral, the video even managed to grab the attention of Peter Gouldwho co-created You better call Saul with Vince Gilligan. Impressed by what the creative fans of the series have come up with, Gould was able to simply write in response to the viral video: “Amazing!!!”
Breaking Bad had a mobile game
Gilligan has previously stated on the In the Gilliversum podcast he was interested in getting Breaking Bad turned into a GTA-style video game, but eventually abandoned those plans when he realized how expensive and complicated the process of creating games can really be. However, the franchise did get an official video game of sorts with the mobile game Breaking Bad: Criminal Elementswhich was released in June 2019. Although it was officially licensed and featured many fan favorites from the show, it didn’t last long as it was discontinued the following year.
Breaking Bad and You better call Saul saw their overall story come to an end this year with the Saul finale, as there are currently no plans to make more TV shows in that universe. For now, the cast and makers are focusing on other projects. That includes a new series on Apple TV+ from Gilligan starring Rhea Seehorn.