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I think you undersold the animations and subtle charm of Double Dash, as it easily has the most expressive Mario Kart characters, with Wii in second in my opinion.

Your voice is noticeably deeper from videos you made just months ago. And the videos are, as always, excellent.

it's interesting that you put down the smart steering! to me the obvious reason for mario kart's prolonged success is just how easy it is to pick up and play and 8's options make it just that bit stronger on the "you can hand a joycon to your grandma and she'll have fun" scale

Wiggler was my fave character in MK7 as he got angry when hit was a really nice detail. Hope the last few MK8D DLC Waves brings him back.

I grew up on Double Dash. I love its two-person mechanic, and I've never felt like any other MK game has captured its charm or perfect difficulty level for me. With probably hundreds of hours into it... how did I not know that character selection affected item chances outside of signature items?? Thanks for teaching me something new, and great video!

What did you think of each game's physics? What felt the most slippery and what struck you as having the best controls?

After playing and getting the night version of the title screen in Super Circuit, it's one of my favorites to just... Play. Once you get a handle on the controls and the strange but surprisingly fun drifting (I say after several hours of playtime), there's a sense of flow in both Super Circuit and SMK that was honestly never replicated in Mario Kart since. Most of what I said applies to SMK as well, but Super Circuit just has the substantially better map design. SMK feels like a war crime in its later cups.

It’s great seeing a young creater with so much support! Keep up the good work!

I wanna mention about Super Mario Kart; while there’s not really much point in drifting, as opposed to hopping around turns, Drifts kind of- ‘drag the kart’ around the turn and you’ll notice your kart is going much faster once you correct yourself after the turn. It’s weird, and so is my explanation, but that’s what I found, Fantastic vid as always! Keep it up, I love listening to your honest opinions

really wasnt expecting the mario kart live segment haha, you keep impressing

Great as always. I loved Double Dash growing up and really miss the special items.

i def agree that MK tour isn't better than the other ones, but i really enjoy the appeal of having weekly ranked tours with 19 random ppl as well as your friends, the character selection is absolutely MASSIVE and for a mobile games it has very few things blocked by a paywall. You can't play all the tracks anytime you want but I feel that helps keep it a fresh game for me bc every week there will always be something different. In terms of controls it's not my favorite but there are ways in the settings to make it a lot easier, I think often times its just a massive curve in how the controls of MK usually work. Really helps to have some friends who also play it bc the Multiplayer mode is actually reallllly competitive and is very easy to match up with friends. Great video!

For a relatively small channel the editing is PHENOMENAL Earned a new sub Jopes Love the content

Love watching the evolution of your channel, ur gonna be huge

I had this video just pop up, and it's such a nice retrospective of the Mario Kart franchise! My first console as a kid was a N64, but my first Mario Kart was Double Dash, which I have such fond memories of playing. Just wanted to say that your editing is absolutely wonderful as well as your script writing and confidence talking on camera!

dude, I would love more videos like this! Videos in this kind of format are always fun to watch

Somehow i missed your video, great to see another one! I love mk8d (tho its the only mk game i played) because its pretty much customisable in almost everything, the music is great and its just fun! Keep the good work dude, you deserve every sub

Cool video I enjoyed the explanation of the mechanics because I didn't play most of these games (I started with Wii as well) and I feel I understand each game better now.

I've been using my 3ds more lately and have fell in love with mario kart 7 again. It's a shame that a lot of 7's innovation gets attached to 8 in people minds because it's the next console game. Great vid!

been watching your mario kart content lately. And i gotta say, for a not so big youtuber, you are doing really good making your videos! the worst mario kart combo really helped me, because, just like you i always win! Thanks for that, and you definitely earned a subscribe!

Damn, I subbed when you had like 500 subs and BAM you have 60K. Good job, this is the first channel Ive actually seen grow

Great vid as always!! Im so nostalgic to Mario Kart DS, it was the first Mario Kart I ever playeddd!!! PD: Woah your voice got deeper!!

I think you hit the nail on the head. There is no formula beyond "Mario characters + thing with engine" and each game has its own take on that.

I like it how you just put Mario on a ice rink 😂. Also I think we’re the same age seeing as my voice got deep around when your voice got deeper which is cool.

This is a very well done video and from the looks of it, you're on a roll here, so congratulations. Since you're in the Mario Kart lane right now, I suggest an idea: make a video about Mario Kart clones and compare them with the Mario Kart games that were released around their respective time. When I was a kid and played Diddy Kong Racing, I totally forgot about Mario Kart 64. But I think most kart games don't even come close to the Mario Kart franchise games. There's a good amount of them, so maybe you could make two videos out of that theme. It would still be fun to listen to your reviews because you're really good at explaining how the game feels when you play it. Good luck with your channel.

Nice job dude! Can’t wait to see more content from you!

U can turn off Auto Steering in the settings for Mario Kart Tour in the settings, u can also turn the game to Landscape mode. Great vid.

I remember loving and watching your videos for about two months, then forgot about you for like a year and a half, then randomly found you again

Subscribed when you had like 3k now you're over 50k... congratulations man, you deserve it

I like to imagine that I'm just going on a cruise when I play these games. That's what makes it fun for me. I also imagine that each track is connected even if it makes no sense.

6:47 Fun fact: Mission mode was going to be in Mario Kart Wii, but got scrapped.

dude!! i'm loving your videos so much. thanks for making them

bro ive been subbed since 10k. its great to see how much you've grown

You just made me remember the missions in Mario Kart ds ! It was a ton of fun for me but i completely forgot it even existed 😅 so thank you !

your drifting is smk and mksc made me cry inside. Amazing video as always, though!

the speed at which i clicked for new jopes video 🏍 an idea i had when you mentioned smart steering is wondering how many courses you can not steer at all with the setting on and still win or something regarding that would be cool! keep up the great work your vids are really great!

Hi, Jopes! I believe your channel is ILLEGALLY underrated! Thanks for the hours of entertainment!

We should be thankful that he spent a lot of his time trying out ever mario kart game just for this one video but I'm glad you had a lot of fun with it.

5:15 underrated art piece put it in a museum *now*

Great video and scripting on this, you did a banger job. As one thing i'd like to add on to this, mario kart 8 deluxe also added the ability to hold 2 items and the double item box which the wii u version of mario kart 8 didn't have. Somebody most likely mentioned this already, but i didn't find the comment when filtering for it. Aside from that this was truthfully a great video

What make the series so nice is that every version is so unique

In mario kart ds the emblem that you design also shows up as your icon when other racers see you in the online play

I swear this channel is criminally underrated. Keep up the good work @Jopes

OMG, you are the yoshi valley guy. xD i subscribed now. better late than never. haha

In Mario Kart Tour there is an option in setting where you can turn of smart steering. there are still invisible walls, but there are fewer than with smart steering. And the possibility to choose the kart is already in Mk7. But i LOVE this Video. Great work you did here

i love to see your channel grow jopes keep it up!!!

"Drive forward into the camera" Jopes: *Proceeds to go the right as much as they possibly can*

Jopes the king is back! Great video!

All of the Mario kart games are really good, and most of them bring back memories. From super circuit, which I found a copy of on a trip, to ds, my favorite, to 7, my first Mario kart game, all the way 8dx. All bangers.

IMO, Mariokart is so popular because of its beginner friendly nature. Even people who don't play video games very much still understand how it works just from the premise of driving, yet it doesn't put off the people who want to get good at it.

I almost didn't recognize you with your deepened voice! Great video, as always!

I’ve seen your videos since “what’s the best route to take in yoshi valley,” your videos are great!

Thank you for playing threw all the Mario karts, I was wondering what Mario karts im missing AND IM ONLY MISSING LIVE HOME

What i love about mario kart wii is that new tracks get added to ctgp and has a pretty big learning curve, especially for the tracks

0:40 I played that on Windows 7 via SNES9x. So fun! Runs at 60 fps, no video or audio glitches and no other problems. I played at Time Trial with Toad and it's just fun! The graphics and soundtrack is just high quality!

Keep up the good work! The videos keep getting better and better!

3:05 Smart steering allows that, but really has so many setbacks. It makes you so slow, you have to be in a mushroom to be normal speed. You can’t take most shortcuts. You get ruined by certain items.

I'm glad you gave each game a chance by making sure you understood the mechanics before moving onto the next. The Mario Kart games really shine once you get into time trials and start learning advanced techniques (such as snaking in DS and delay drifting in 7). By the way, if you're willing to mod your Wii you can get it to run the first two arcade games. The drifting there is .... weird, but it's fun listening to the announcer commenting on the race.

I loved the waffles cameos

Its kind of fun seeing someone play all these games for the first time. (I'm assuming it's the first time.) Maybe play the arcade games too? If you've modded your Wii (which you have seeing as you were playing online) you can easily get the first two arcade games

Great video! Funnily if you had said "I'm trying to drift" in '92 while playing Mario Kart no one would have known what you were talking about. Like, we didn't even know what drifting was as a concept, much less in Mario Kart.

one of the things i always loved the most about double dash and kart wii was most deff how chaotic the game got due to all those unique items like mega mushroom, pow block, and da specials like giant banana and bowser shell, even the yoshi/birdo eggs with chance of star drop- its honestly a bit of a shame martyo kart 8 deluxe doesn't quite live up to the chaos of those 2 games items, cuz those were all super fun to mess around with- but it still deff fun without a doubt

My mans getting older already! Keep up the great content fam

You’re a seriously underrated KZfaqr 😊

3:31 The blue shell was new in Mario Kart 64

While there aren't mini turbos in SMK drifting is important because when you get back in line the car does get a slight boost temporarily.

He’s growing up :0😅 (I don’t mean this in a bad way cause it happens to literally everyone, but ur voice has got so much deeper than from old vids, and it caught me by surprise for a sec😅

You know, as someone born in 2001, the super circuit was my first game. Also boo lake in the booster pass does not impress me at all.

Super Mario Kart actually does have mini-turbo, hold down (L or R) and (right or left) and (accelerate) for at least 74 frames to charge it up. There is no second level of mini-turbo or weaker version of it, it's all or nothing. There is no animation associated to the charging of the Mini-Turbo, but during the release the kart animation stops and the engine revs up. Mario Kart Tour has missions in the form of bonus challenges, it brings back special items for each character as well

Great video man, your channel is massively underrated

you can turn smart steering off in mario kart tour from the options menu in the top right corner there's also missions the game is nowhere close to the console releases, but it isn't bad (as something to play in class while listening to a lecture so I don't have to pay attention to the other people in the classroom, weirdly enough i listen with better focus when i play mobile games)

Great video.. You just got yourself a new subscriber. Keep up the great work

Cool video Jopes, now its sure, you got a subscriber from Italy!

You're such a good youtuber and your videos are so good! Be sure to make more because I will watch them

It’s amazing watching people play the first MK after having grown up with the later ones. I grew up playing that one. We used to crush that game. We had no clue it could be better. The drifting was what made it possible!

Glad to hear younger players enjoying Super Circuit. It gets hated on so bad these days but I find it to be one of the best for single player

Mario Kart Tour is obviously not on the same level as the console versions, but it's not as bad as you make it look. Landscape mode is much better than the default portrait mode and it allows for multi touch controls. So you can use items and drift at the same time for example.

Great video dude!!

THIS IS POTENTIAL. Good job Jopes 👏

1. great video 2. Loved the "of course I spent the next hour or so drawing my youtube icon on it" 3. I always wonder if KZfaq still exists in say a hundred years will people talk about "well this video finally has 40k likes, I wonder if the creator will do the follow up video now."

8:11 Hey! I honestly like Wiggler, It's a really unique character since he gets angry and turns red when he gets hit.

My favorite Mario Kart game hast to be either Super Circuit or 8 Deluxe with all the booster courses being available now its SUPER fun and new characters where added as well

Bro the wiggler made die laughing PS I love your videos so much

Great video! You never disappoint. Also is that a backyard ice rink? that has to be a Canadian thing, right?

1:22 Drifting in Super Mario Kart absolutely serves a purpose, and for more than just making sharp-turns ; It makes you go FASTER! If you maintain your momentum AFTER successfully doing a drift (approach your turn holding R/L without losing speed and letting go of your shoulder button successfully) your top speed will begin to increase. I get that it isn't the most obvious thing in the world since you don't get any graphical effects, but you will notice your kart's engine will start to sound higher-pitched to indicate you've done it successfully! It makes SMK one of the most momentum-based, skill-intensive games in the whole series! Templar Animated has an entire video breaking down how it works. I'd go check him out for a better understanding of how the SNES Mario Kart works.

Thank you for acknowledging the original Mario Kart 8! It's the most underrated game in the series imo- at least people don't act like Super Circuit doesn't even exist..

It has to be the drifting. Mario kart without the power ups works, with different stages it can work, but without drifting the game feels lifeless

I know this video came out 2 months ago, but I'm only getting to it now :P But I do love whenever your videos come out!

I think with all the Mario Games that i can remember i would have to say that the joyous behavior in the game like it portrays Mario and the others having fun in all the games even when they are trying to rescue the princess.

I really wish they'd make another Mario Kart Double Dash game. Playing Co-op was so fun especially if your partner isn't the best or dislikes driving. Another thing you forgot to mention about DD is that your partner can hit other players karts and steal their items or push someone away when playing Co-op. It's a nice way to not be defenseless.

the first wave of mario kart 8 did give off the clay feeling, however that first wave was basically the only wave to do that. The newest wave (4 at the time im commenting this) looks cleaaaan asf, sun rays, reflective water puddles, dynamic lighting and rough yet clean looking roads, its just sick.

Im glad you are back

The myth and legend has came back

I have the mario kart live and its pretty fun if you have enough space to play. Can’t really play it at my house with limited space and cats running everywhere but i was able to try it at my friends place as well

this was actual so good hope to see this channel grow int he futre

Amazing work as always Jopes.

good video, i played mario kart ds my entire childhood, there is a secret mission world which you dont see on the screen. It will appear when you get every mission on at least one star I think. Also mario kart ds has a secret item box in dks map on the star cup, you will always get a star or mushrooms when you collect it, even if you are first and your kart has bad item stats.

Mario kart 8 deluxe introduced 2 item slots and Ultra mini turbos and also completely changed the Kart/Character Meta from the Wii U

Good job on this video. Keep up the good work. Jopes