Which Mario Kart is your favorite?

Mario Kart 7 has an extremely active online community. It's easier to find a match in MK7 than Smash4.

Double dash coop can do WAAY MORE than you think: -You can do a super start if both players do a rocket start -You can Do a Comeback Dash if both the players press a right as they hit the floor once lakitu brought them back -The second player can bash other players,stealing their items and getting them out of the way.

MKWii has a pretty large community which is developing custom tracks. There even is a "3rd party" server for the game so that you can play online even if the official servers are offline.

I’ll never get used to watching MKDS gameplay without the snaking…

18:53 technically, mario kart wii had a mission mode. it was an online mode that would give you new missions every week (i think its a week? could be wrong). the tracks were all completely redesigned to be arenas or challenges, like a mushroom only track with the mushroom gorge’s mushroom on peach beach.

“Double Dash didnt add that much…” Literally added more to the series than any other in the entire franchise.

Double dash is definitely my favorite, always will be. I’d love an updated version, with all the additions of Mk8 with the double dash formula. I think that the co-op mode is best with a friend, as it really creates some focus on item usage and teamwork that other racing games don’t have. Fond memories of my childhood friend and I playing it together, and it made Mirror Mode much easier as we only needed to focus on driving or item management, not both. Plus the special items made mixing and matching characters fun, giving a good reason to pick one medium character over another. For example I’d choose Baby Bowser and my friend would take on Baby Mario for their specialties and weight distribution allowing for the light accelerator karts, but it could be used with light medium or medium heavy or light heavy. I miss it a lot

Technically the rocket start did exist in "Super Mario Kart". It was just tricky to pull off.

It’s always a treat seeing Arcade GP in MK retrospectives, as everyone (including Nintendo) always skips them… Also, with the announcer, you can actually turn him off if you have a Mario Card which are the game's memory cards

Something I don’t see mentioned very often about Mario Kart Wii: back when the official online servers were still active, Nintendo held special events online, with modes that weren’t available in the base game. Things like doing races on modified versions of the battle courses, organized tournament formats and even mission mode style stages have been recreated by the incredibly active modding community, but these events gave the game a lot of personality when it was supported by Nintendo.

Still repping "I played every Tekken game" to go with the SoulCalibur video

I absolutely loved Mario Kart DS. That mission mode was amazing. I wish the expansion on Mario kart 8 would include that mode as well.

If only we could have the double character cart setup from Double Dash with all of the special items, with the modern features and track design of MK.8. That would become the ultimate game.

This is a great retrospective. I’m glad you gave each game it’s time in the spotlight instead of just talking about 64, Wii and 8 for the majority of the video. There’s a few things you could’ve mentioned, like exploring the “online metas” of Wii (With funky long on the flame runner bike as the best character) and 8 deluxe (with waluigi on the Wiggler Quad bike as the best character). Or discussing the character roster more (For example how Waluigi was cut from Mario kart 7, or how toadette was invented for Double dash. She’s probably one of the few original Mario kart characters to become a mainstay)

The mariokart 7 servers are still up and very active. I play a lot and get full lobbies and rarely disconnect. Its common to fird hackers but apart from that its great

mario kart 7 will always be my favorite one, theres just something about it that feels better than any others

Mario Kart Advance is so underrated. Its hard and so rewarding.

Somethings regarding Super Mario Kart you didn't mention The feather item comes from this game and is essential for some shortcuts and avoiding obstacles. You can do the rocket start in SMK too but the timing is suuuper tight. And something exclusive to this game, the CPU items, like the cupcake that makes you small, and the fact that the CPU is locked to their specific items.

Powerslide boosting and starting line boosting were both a thing in SMK, just harder to pull off and less obvious. You can get a boost on starting line if you accelerate near the end of the first light. It's tricky to time but I usually use the sound as a reference and press the acceleration as soon as the first beep ends. As for powerslide boost, you have to keep a slide for quite a while, not letting go of the accel button, once you stop the slide, the kart engine will pitch up super high and that's how you know you got it, you'll go faster too.

You can’t judge Super Mario Kart after playing it for a few hours, this game really starts getting fun once you’ve mastered it enough to play 150cc with a heavy character

So after playing only Mario Kart 7 for a while, I decided to go back and grind my license on the Wii. You will not believe the amount of Blue Shells per track I saw

A correction: Super Mario Kart DOES let you get a boost at the beginning of the race if you hold down the b button at the right time, it’s just that the timing is kind of precise(about 5 frames after you hear the first beep on the countdown). It takes some getting used to, but I think Super Mario Kart is just as good as some of the other Mario Kart games

I think it's cool that Nintendo is adding more tracks to Mario Cart 8! A lot of the classic tracks are coming back.

Dope video, never expected to see the arcade games be included! I always wanted to play them when I was young at the arcade but I was also the kid with no coins at the arcade lol keep it up Nio!

SMK also has a rocket start. The Boo item in SMK also takes your opponents item. Unlike in others games, however, you are still tangible, able to get hit by items. SMK also gives you a slight speed boot after drifting for some time. SMK also has ghost data. You can even race against a computer controlled ghost by selecting a character using a second controller. The blue shell in MK64 and Super Circuit hits all odd numbered opponents in front of you. The ranking system in Super Circuit is not just focused on how fast you go, but also a lot of other factors. Out of all the MK games with ranking systems, SC is the most complicated, but still easy to understand once learn what the factors are. The items in Double Dash drop from you depending on the item you’re hit with or if you’re holding a triple item. I’m sure you know this but since you didn’t mention it, you can unlock the option to use bikes and karts in 50cc and 100cc respectively.

The only complaint I have with Mario Kart Tour is that the courses set in real-world locations lack traffic cars. I don't get why this happens; I was expecting traffic cars in these courses to give it the real world aesthetic.

Super Circuit was actually the first game to developed outside Nintendo, by Intellegent Systems, the guys behind Paper Mario.

Nothing has ever beaten 200cc as far as additions to the series in my book. Utter madness and perfection.

To answer your question about Mario Kart 7's online: Easier than you'd think to find a match. As the 3DS's most sold game and, in my opinion, the game with the highest concentration of amazing tracks, you'll actually even have full 8-player lobbies regularly. I just wish my friends played it lul

Mario Kart Wii has mirror mode aswell, you have to complete your license first and it basically turns left turn to right turns and right turns to left turns

The man did it. He talked about mario kart wii in 2022 without mentioning the modding and competitive scene.

They have a Mariokart arcade booth at my local arcade, so I've been able to play it a few times with friends. It's fun, but after 2-3 races, you start to feel the value per credit dry up. I'm also excited to see the DLC courses in 8 Deluxe. I only played Tour when it released, so I haven't played many of the introduced courses that are returning in the DLC.

There actually was some kind of mission mode in Mariokart Wii, but it was limited access in some kind of online event that is completely inaccessible now… There were cool bosses like spiketops from Mario Galaxy and stuff

I 100% MKDS and it was def worth it. Such a great game to hop on from time to time. Also Double Dash is a classic as well.

Thank you for making these videos. New subscriber here. Found you through your Naruto games video. I love all your “I played every game” series so fat! Keep up the good work! ❤️

This was super cool and a blast from the past. I think you may have glossed over a lot of some of the details of some of the games though, like Mario Kart double dash, and its multiplayer mode which shines above most any other mk game's multiplayer mode, and I've heard it spoken of with reverence in a few circles I think. It also brought an absolutely massive amount of polish to the N64 controls, which were pretty loose and hard to play with IMO. There's a few other minor errors throughout, I don't know if there's a person to be a fact checker or a sounding board but you have a great presentation style and capture a lot of cool stuff about the games, I think it would be cool to bring it to that next level of possible somehow. :) :3

34:46 The wiiu version didnt have that feature its new with MK8DX. Nice video btw

34:51 It wasn't even in the Wii U version

Glad to see someone praising Mario Kart 8 for something other than graphics, since other reviews or posts I have seen are along the lines of: it’s pretty fun, but it looks GREAT, I mean, can we just talk about how great this looks for five paragraphs? Good job 👍 Also mushrooms exist. And mega mushrooms And stars

I remember that you can mute the announcer in ArcadeGP2 without muting the game itself. Thanks for including those arcade games, I love them, I played the first 2 thanks to emulation, and the last one in an actual arcade and it was amazing!

One error I noticed: In the Wii U version, I don't even recall there being an Auto-driving Assist feature, let alone it being turned on by default. if anything, I ran into the issue where it was automatically turned on by default in the Switch version when i picked it up! I think you confused the two.

Would love to see one of these with Kirby games. They’re so fun.

Its crazy how good MK8dlx is. It's my favorite even over the ones I started on. When the game can be better than the nostalgia, you know you made a banger

Love this series so much. Still the best racing game franchise

THIS VIDEO IS AMAAAAZING. THANKS FOR THIS, I KNOW YOU WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS!

This was a good video. As a mario kart veteran, I noticed some things you missed with a few games. For the most part, it didn't affect anything, but there were a few things with mk8 that I feel could use a little correction. First off, Mk8 on the Wii U didn't have the driving assist at all, and it is enabled by default on the Switch. The Wii U version is also a more satisfying game for completionists and technical players, due to changes in difficulty and having most things unlocked in the switch version by default. Please don't take this comment as negative. It's not intended to be. I just wanted to point out a few things, while also giving the original mk8 some attention.

Love this video! Rocket start and ghost data is available on the first MK as well.

I loved the co-op in double dash. My step brother and I spent hours in the co-op slowly but surely 100%ing the game. It was good times.

Haven't finished the n64 setting but saw you touched on drifting and wanted to add that if you wiggle the joy stick while drifting it gives you the boost, rather than just holding it like later games.

Nice vid and thoughts on all Mario kart games. All sections were explained well except for DD that you skimmed by quickly. You missed it's more violent drifting in the series, it's slippery controls and newly added characters. You didn't talk about the tracks at all compared to Wii and 8 and how there is a All-Cup Tour. Lastly, forgot the mention that it was the first Mario kart to add Kart and character unlockables and first kart game in the series to have a more diverse choice in your layout. Also wished there was more info on Tour, but other than that nice vid and nice to hear your thoughts.

I would like to point out that the feather actually originated in Super Mario Kart and that the original version of 8 did not have smart steering at all, let alone have it enabled by default

Mario Kart DS was my childhood

the super horn actually isn't the only item you can use to defend against blue shells. if you use a mushroom in the same moment as the blue shell hits you you dodge it, too

The first arcade game was actually based off the double dash engine

My sister and I used to play Double Dash on gamecube religiously when we were little. There were countless times that we got grounded from it because we'd start fighting. It still looks good 20 years later!

Online mode for Mario Kart 7 is actually very active lol. I dont really have an issue getting a match. Other than that, great video!

Your videos are so well done, I can't even imagine how much time it takes to do all this

Just for your info. You said you only knew one way to dodge blue shell which was air horn. You could also use mushrooms, stat, boo, slow down to let someone else take the hit instead, fall off the track at the right time to avoid blue shell with invincibility frames, and same thing with hitting another item before getting hit by blue shell.

I recenty got a job at an arcade and they have Mario Kart Arcade GP DX in it. Really fun game that I wasn’t expecting to encounter so soon after watching your video.

I just subbed!! The next series I'd want to see you do is The Legend of Zelda, but I'm sure that one gets requested a lot. As for one that maybe doesn't get requested as much, I'd love to see you do a video on the playing every Mortal Kombat game!!

No matter what, double dash will always have a special place in my heart ❤️

One thing I wish you talked about more was the physics in each game, and how it affects the controls. Double Dash feels like your kart has a lot of weight, yet feels very fast. Wii feels very heavy at times, and you drift soooo far in Snes and Super Circut compared to other games. Mario Kart 7 and 8 have much tighter controls than most of the other games. For me personally, my biggest problem with 8 is many of the retro tracks are so damn wide, with courses like grumble Volcano and Snes rainbow road losing a lot of their challenge as a result. This is mainly why I prefer 7 to 8, it stikes that nice balance. Overall though great video, really cool to see a take on the arcade games as well!!

27:27 Thats the sound of an Aztec Death Whistle! It is believed that these whistles were designed to sound like a person screaming, and were used as a scare tactic. Also they generally were sculpted like skulls so its very cool!

People usually gloss over super circuit for being on a handheld but it's genuinely my favorite for the single-player experience. It's soo satisfying mastering mini-turbos and a genuine challenge collecting all 3 star ranks and retro cups for each engine class. Double-dash and Wii also being my favorites for multiplayer.

At the risk of sounding like a jerk, the start boost is in Super Mario Kart too. Otherwise, great video!

I love your content man, keep it up :)

Double Dash is by far my favourite. Though. I didn't get a game system from the next generations until years into their run. due to family reasons. So I was playing my gamecube for years. So I have a lot of nostalgia for it

Tour controls arent that bad, especially when you consider the platform it was released on. The problem is, people seems to give up too easily and doesnt want to invest just a bit of practice in order to get the controls, especially when they use a bad setting such as the default steer option. If you change it in the options menu, you get a pretty decent control scheme (jumps to steer and chain mini turbos, and using the arrow guide just for small adjustments).

41:20 The karts do NOT work well on carpets. Maybe some, but it’s too bumpy. It needs to be a flat surface, like wood or something

I believe that the reason that a lot of Wii games looked...like that is as part of an attempt to make the games look different from Gamecube games, since the Wii was about the same power-wise. You can also see this in the weirdly realistic artstyles of games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Ive watched a few of your videos, but the section on mario kart super circuit sold me on the sub. One of my favorite games as a kid and I hate how people write it off as just slightly better super mario kart when it had so much more on offer.

When You Forget Many Things:

Lost me at the “Double Dash didn’t add much to the series”

Yo great video man

You have sorely understated what makes Double Dash co-op so good. The co-op isn't a mere novelty, its quite a game changer. 1. Double Start Boost. You and your partner have to push A at the same time, and the timing is very strict so you MUST be in sync. If you succeed you get a massive boost compared to the normal one. 2. When the Driver is drifting the Rider spins the analog stick to charge the Drift Boost. The faster the spin the faster the charge. 3. The Rider has the ability to punch other racers with L and R, this has 3 functions: A) It causes other racers to spin out. B) It steals another racers item they're holding. C) It causes your kart to slide in that direction, potentially avoiding danger or seizing an opportunity the driver didn't see. With good synergy, a two player kart is a powerful force on the road. Or two teams with terrible synergy for a chaotic but hilarious good time. I had lots of fierce competitions among my friends , my partner and i were equally good drivers but he was terrible at support, but we were the best combo out of everyone lol we never lost. Well, "lose" meaning placing lower than the other team.

Dude i remember playing the first Mario kart and it’s so nostalgic, the music and the coins on the ground make me wanna cry

Great video, I enjoyed it!

So after watching your video, I looked up the VR arcade game and it turns out I live only an hour away from the only one in the United States. So I went to play it and it was so fun! Short and only one track, but it was an experience! 😁

05:06 Not to be that guy. But the Rocket start was allready in Super Mario Kart. It was pretty hard to pull of as you had to hold gas during the countdown at a certain time. Awesome video for the rest m8

Thank you for the video! God bless 💓

Mario Kart Wii and 7 are my two favorites.I remember when I was younger playing Mario kart Wii with my family,playing battle mode was always fun to jump on once in a while.On the bus in grade school with my 2ds me and a bunch of other kids would play Mario kart 7 it was a big thing on my bus.These games will always be the best in my eyes

The 3rd place icon in Mario kart arcade 1 looks so beautiful the positions icons in Mario kart arcade has no right for looking so good!

not too big (but still pretty important imo) but I think you were mistaken in that you didn't get drift boosts by drifting for a long time but by alternating left and right while drifting in every Mario Kart before Wii. Good video regardless!

Great video, but you forgot to mention the best Mario Kart game of the series : Diddy Kong Racing ! :P

You can use karts and bikes in any mode in Mario Kart Wii if you complete all the cups in grand prix mode for each cc. Also 34:47 the original Wii U version doesn’t have smart steering. It’s new to Deluxe and on by default! Probably just got the words mixed up

Woah! a Mario kart restrospective that doesn't gushes on DD!! or 64 and doesn't demean Wii or Mario Kart Tour?! That's a rare sight! Excelent video!

Never stop doing this series

i remember playing Mario Kart Arcade DP GX with a friend of mine in high school - we both chose to play as “don chan” because we’d never heard of him and thought he was weird. it was so funny to hear the announcer constantly saying stuff like “don chan is taking the lead! but don chan is close behind!” in the most severe american accent i’ve heard in a while (and i’m american, so)

You can actually cancel blue shells by using a mushroom as soon as the shell is about to drop down on you (when its blue part faces the camera)

This video is so underrated I fucking love you so much the dedication u got is insane keep it up 😄

Gotta be honest, I subbed cuz you were doing kinda niche series. First smash then Mario kart..... I'm good.

Loving the video! Can we get a tekken one next

SNES Mariokart: Rocketstart is there. Accelerate on the right spot around after 1/3 of the countdown and you get a boost. And ghostmode also works there.

I literally just did this the other day and found this vid . I’m glad I’m able to do this I played every rainbow road that was a dream for me as a kid

Mario Kart Double Dash aged really well and is still a lot of fun to this day. I regulary play it with my Sister together and we have both a soft spot for it! We have beaten the Game together in for the first Time in Ko-op actually, so that adds another layer of Nostalgia to all of this :3 I really hope that we get something like a Double Dash-Mode in a future Mario Kart again. It was so much fun to play with two Characters at the same time

Can't wait to see your channel blow up

Ay let’s go! Mario Kart DS was the good stuff back in the day!

I played mario kart gp 3 at an arcade once a few years back and I thought it was so cool I had to tap my foot on the peddle to cause a drift.

In Mario Kart 8/8D you unlock new Kart options from gathering coins, not exactly from completing cups. In 8 Wii Ü characters are unlocked from cups though and Mirror requires beating all the cups on 150cc