I think the reason that most of MK7's new additions were brought into 8, is because they were all so good

Mario Kart 7 is such an underrated game imo It has a great roster of courses very few bad courses and brought back most of the fan favourites And the controls are just so smooth I think its just overshadowed by the iconicness of Wii and the popularity and longevity of 8/8 Deluxe

Gliding controls in mk7 are so mutch more snappier and enjoyable to use compared to 8 and 8D's weighty feel.

Mario Kart 7 is the middle child. It came directly after the most popular game in the series, and directly before the current game that never seems to die and took all of 7's innovations. It's basically always going to be looked down on as lesser despite being an important step, arguable more important of a step than 8 was.

The real reason it is so forgotten is because it's a 3DS game, I literally can't cite a franchise where the 3DS entry isn't the forgotten, looked over one. Pokémon XY, Smash for 3DS, Mario 3D land, a link between world, New Super Mario Bros 2, ... I think being one of the most recent handheld just made a lot of KZfaq influencers did not really took this console seriously as opposed to the Wii for exemple, and the fact that it is seen as not remembered is amplified by being talked about this way. I wish the console as a whole was more respected because as someone who grew up with it, it has an incredibly solid lineup of game and feels very complete.

one of the gimmick you forgor to talk about is the new lap system on some tracks, being the 2 wuhu tracks and rainbow road. basically for those who don't know is instead of taking 3 laps of the same layout you have one huge track with 3 "big checkpoints" adding a lap to the lap count by passing them replacing it great addition ngl

for anyone wondering, the reason why wuhu island and mountain loop and rainbow road are so long, they’re all one massive lap long split into 3 sections

If it had VS mode for single player, this would probably be my favorite Mario Kart.

And now the online multiplayer for both 3ds and wii u is closing on April 2024, it really felt like mk7 and vanilla mk8 will be forgotten.

MK7 still utilizes the glider feature in the most interesting ways in the series with the unique skips it enabled.

MK7 rainbow road always gives me chills lol. Slingshotting around the rings of Saturn, ramping off the moon's craters, and then getting shot out of a canon and having to dodge asteroids as you close in on the finish line... It's honestly the best level in the game for me

6:17 “You have complete freedom and can go in any direction!” Mario Kart Tour: 💀

My only gripe with Mario Kart 7 (besides Waluigi not being in) is the lack of a versus mode. It was always a nice option to pick an individual course to race on rather than playing through a set list with the grand prix. If this game came out today, people would have absolutely been angry with it's exclusion.

I played MK7 quite a bit as a kid and it was one of the first Mario Kart games I played too. I think it’s still memorable and I really think it somewhat holds up today and is a decent entry into the series. This game certainly was the foundation for Mario Kart 8 and it still has aspects that are seen in later entries.

For me, the fact that this game has no VS mode has killed its replayability.

My biggest flaw with Mariokart 7 was the fact that were was NO single-player VS mode. Because of that, I haven't wanted to go back and replay it. Even though you could add 7 Ghosts to your time-trials to make it feel like an 8-player race, it got boring pretty fast. While I do agree that there were a lot of good things added to this game and later brought into MK8/MK8D, removing a key single-player feature has made me view the whole game less favorably.

The biggest thing nobody talks about is how much better the core engine was in 7 over 8. Idk what they were cooking with 8, but gliding is way more hand-holdy and limited than 7, to the point where it just feels like a cutscene, and being underwater hardly handles any differently in 8 either. 7 had a far superior engine imo.

MK7 walked so MK8 could fly

The course selection theme is still one of the best to this day-along with Wii’s. Especially since the theme builds up as you progress through the character, kart, and cup/track selection

Did y’all know that the real reason why Waluigi is not in MK7 is because the developers thought he would be “too scary for the players” Players are more scared of the piano, big eel, The Creepy Moon, and more than Waluigi.

This game has objectively the best gliding physics

Nice to see your back with retrospectives, theres so much Mario games you can talk about, specially beyond Platformers and Kart games.

I wish more people played Mario Kart 7... It's definitely my favorite

BRB picking up my 3DS from the drawer and charging it because you gave me an insane need to play this game again.

getting 10kVR for that golden kart was a blast on this game. as far as i can remember the online service was great never really ran into many problems

Gliding physics were so much more fun in this game!!! MK8’s gliders suck in my opinion…

Mk7 gave us 3ds rainbow road, so I automatically forgive the game of any faults.

One of the biggest problems with 7 is well they didn’t bother to include Waluigi (replacing him with Honey Queen a character pretty much NOBODY likes) yet they had no problem bringing back Waluigi Pinball in that game as well because apparently Waluigi was “expendable” or something to those idiots developers. Additionally the game also removed bikes.

The biggest problem MK7 has is that it's probably the grindiest game in the series, which is crazy to say since MKW and MK8 exist. Otherwise, it's probably the 3rd best game in the series, behind Wii and Deluxe.

Mario Kart 7 is not bad.

This game holds quite possibly the largest staple in my childhood, its so underappreciated man! Playing it everyday in my 5th grade lunch with my entire table doing 8 player local multiplayer was such a blast! And being the best at the table along with one of my other childhood friends was such an awesome feeling because we were always a hot topic when it came to who was better or who was gonna take the lead that day, so many good memories were made playing this game everyday, and the fact that you could still play through ds download play even if you didnt have the game was such a cool thing to add for those that didn't or couldn't get the game themselves! Call me nostalgia blinded but this was honestly one of the best games ever introduced in the series and my personal favorite. AND ROSALINAS ICE WORLD!!!! UGHHH!

One day when I visited my dad for the weekend he brought me to the kitchen, he walked up to the fridge and reached for a small box. It was a brand new 3DS that came with a copy of Mario Kart 7. I played that thing so much. Even 8 years later in my freshman year (2020) my friends and I were playing Mario kart 7 with everyone owning a different version of the system with me still using my original 3DS. I beat and my first Pokémon game (Pokémon Omega Ruby) on that 3DS, and it was genuinely an astonishing and an impactful experience. A couple years ago I got a 2DS XL for Christmas and retired my original 3DS. Currently it sits in a box of trinkets in the closet of my dirty lil apartment. I love my 3DS :,)

MK7 is so much fun. This and DS are probably my favorites. I love how CTGP-7 has giving it even more life.

I know it's just a brief thing at the beginning, but "infamous" means it's well known for bad reasons, so it wouldn't make sense to call MK Wii infamous I see a lot of people make this mistake

The two Wuhu Island tracks are the best and most unique tracks in the history of Mario Kart. I really hope they add at least 1 to MK8D in the DLC

No it’s really nostalgic and I think it’s very underrated. I remember sitting down in a shopping cart, being pushed around by my mom as I played on Maka Wuhu because I liked the music

I remember this game as being on the slow side - I forgot how good some of the course design was tbh!

Honestly if MK7 was made on the MK8 engine and graphics, oh boy that would’ve been the best thing ever!

I had a new item idea in my dream last night. Metal shells! In my dream, they acted like green shells but hit harder and slowed the person down for longer, but another idea would be for them to be able to hit multiple targets, either by ramming through players or bouncing between them.

I do like some amount of 7's original tracks, but I remember when 8 came out and I realized which tracks from 7 came back, I was kind of indifferent since none of those were really the tracks I liked to go back to.

In terms of the retrospectives I feel like he’s a more positive Scott the Woz

Mario Kart 7 isn’t my favorite, but it was part of my childhood, I gotta say it is a pretty great game if I’m being honest.

It's honestly not a horrible game as the retro track selection is fantastic. It's more that its new tracks (except for its Rainbow Road, Music Park, DK Jungle, Wario Shipyard and the Wuhu tracks) aren't as memorable compared the other games in the series, and the glider mechanic was fine but not game changing in a sense, except for vehicle customisations, which were cool. I think as well when you have a game sandwiched between 2 of the most popular, loved and best selling games in the Mario Kart Series being Wii and 8 Deluxe, its chances of being popular do decrease unfortunately.

I love MK7 I spent so many hours on it, even got the gold kart.

MK7 is baller, ever more so modded

I remember being really impressed by Wuhu Island being a track in this game lol

i had mk7 pre installed on my 2ds, that was the first year i got wifi as well back in 2016 and i used to play it for hours upon hours with my brother. i truly cherished my time spent playing it online.

What people don't know is that it's pretty easy to accidentally lose all your Mario kart 7 data

That 1 minute add break got me grrrr

While Mario Kart 7 is almost the black sheep of modern Mario kart, its actually a very underrated and under looked game. There's almost no dull tracks, it introduces cool ideas such as underwater driving and gliding. It even has shortcuts akin to the insane exploits in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 64 that not many people know about it. While Mario Kart 8 Deluxe definitely overshadows this game in multiple aspects, this game is both an amazing casual experience alongside a game that has a remarkable time trials scene.

I miss watching those random speedruns on the 3ds eshops of wuhu mountain loop.... Who else remembers that random cat mario and peach puppet show on the eshop? lol

This game was the best at high school. I spent so many lunchtimes racing my friends.

2:35 wow... i havent heard this in over 10 years, thank you for making a video on this amazing underrated game.

People say Mario Kart 7 is the foundation for Mario Kart 8, but I’d say it’s the foundation of Tour more than anything

The retro track selection of Mario Kart 7 was pretty much perfect, and I say this as someone who can nitpick with the best of them. However, the game somehow included literally ALL my most-wanted retro tracks, I couldn't believe my eyes!

I just opened Mario Kart 7 for the first time in years yesterday. This video coming out today is the world telling me to play more of it.

0:46 Yo, when I heard you say that I was like "... What?" This game was my first Mario Kart game back when I had a 3DS, and It definitely has a special place in my heart. Though there's definitely gonna be people who have different opinions, but I have no problem with em

I have a lot of nostalgia for Mario Kart 7 (and the 3DS in general), sure it was inferior to both MKWii and MK8 but it’s not total shit. It had some cool concepts and great new tracks (especially the Wuhu Island tracks and Rainbow Road). I was constantly playing this game on my 3DS during 2013-2018 before I got my Nintendo Switch in 2019 since my family gave away our Nintendo Wii. MK7, along with Super Mario 3D Land, was my most played game on my 3DS since it was one of the only games I had and I’m surprised I never got bored with playing it 24/7. I never touch my 3DS nowadays since I now have my own Wii and Switch, but it’s still a damn underrated system with a library of really good games that don’t get nearly as much recognition simply because of where they come from. At least MK7 doesn’t have the coin item.

“ever infamous Mario Kart Wii” infamous means well known for a bad reason lol

The only thing I never liked was the lack of a single player VS mode like DS had. I hate I can't race on the individual tracks on demand or in a random order. Instead I have to play through their specific cups in Grand Prix mode. I don't know why they never patched this in, the 3DS could do updates.

I think the only problem with MK7 is that it was limited by the 3DS but this shit was my childhood so it’s still #1 in my heart

I’ve been playing alot of mk7 the past year, mostly grinding inline to get to 10k vr before the 3ds online dies. And it’s a shame such a fantastic game gets overshadowed so much.

I mean in MK7 what feels different from 8 and why I like to go back on it is the physics. They are so different and allow for more satisfying stuff to be done. Like, in 7 the water physics were much more exaggerated than in 8, the floatiness is more present and it can be offputting when going back, and same for the glider which allows you to do some real funky stuff at times, nothing like that to be done in 8 except for motion glider and that electrodrome 200 wr thing.

I was always severely disappointed in Mario Kart 7 because of the lack of Single-Player VS, the #1 most important mode in Mario Kart history! (Tied with Free Run from MKSC) I mean come on, really! When E3 2011 showcased Mario Kart 3DS, I was really excited for it, got me thinking that MK7 would be above average, when in the actual end, it was (and still is) the complete opposite of that, being below average! When I found out that MK7 lacked Single-Player VS mode, I was very pissed & devastated because not only was that a completely unnecessary downgrade for the Mario Kart series, but also because never prior to Mario Kart 7 was there ever a handheld/portable Mario Kart game that lacked One Course Race modes in Single-Player gameplays! A huge disgrace to Mario Kart's modernization & evolution! Not to mention it was recently patched out of the blue in 2022 without even fixing any of it's actual problems, including the one I just ranted about. In conclusion, I actually am really happy for people who somehow manage to enjoy this game, but I definitely don't see how Mario Kart 7 could be considered underrated, given how not only was the lack of Single-Player VS Mode a game-defining problem, but MK7 was also actually one of the best-selling 3DS games in the world, that's not necessarily to say that it's overrated though, but still. And yes, I know that Mario Kart Double Dash also lacked Single-Player VS Mode too, but that's a whole different story that I'm not gonna explain right now, since this comment is already way too long enough as it is.

As a music teacher, I also enjoy the exylophone in music park.

It's not bad, it's just invalidated because 8 brought back all of its mechanics

Even in Highschool (2016-2020) me and my friends would play this game local multiplayer in school and on the bus to marching band competitions. Almost none of us even had the game but you didn’t need it to play multiplayer with people near you. It was great

Mk7 is the best game in the series, and I stand by that

mk7 was my childhood Mariokart. I remember playing it on the 2ds when I was younger. I was always baffled and picked the same combo every time: Yoshi, Birthday Girl, Button tires, and the bat glider

Mario kart 7 is probably my most played Mario kart game. If not than it’s a close second to Wii. I would play it all the time for minutes son end. It was the first Mario kart where I managed to unlock all the cups on my own, and the second one I unlocked all the characters in after 8. I would play it during every single car ride trying to get gold in every cup, continuing even after getting home. Most of the new tracks absolutely blew me away when I played them for the first time because of just how creative most of them were. I was also pumped to play all the retro track that I recognized from DS and Wii. Playing this game so much it basically transformed me into a Mario Kart 7 pro, and now I can get gold on every cc. Thanks to this, I was able to help a kid who also owned it unlock the last few characters in the game. With him being so happy about me doing that, I’m very thankful that I grew up with this game so much, to the point where I can help younger kids experience the same things I felt playing for the first time.

Love how this and Mario Kart DS brought a lot for such small, handheld consoles!!! The DS introduced retro courses, online play, and mission modes, while Mario Kart 7 implemented customizable parts, gliders, and the ability to drive underwater.

Ah yeah love me some Mario Kart 7, I was so good at this entry back in the day

i owned a 2DS. And i lost the charger to it. But one of my friends also had a 2DS, and he had a charger. He let me borrow it, and he also gave me MK7. I spent most of my days playing that.

No, this was the game I got with my 3ds and is a great game overall, can’t believe relaxalax trashed it

Friday October 20th, 2023 I love MK7. I got the game(along with Super Mario 3D Land) on Sunday December 25th, 2011 and I still own them.

*Uh of course it’s not bad*

I played MK7 a bit too much when it first came out, was able to get 10,000+ online racing points from how addicting it was

Why do you randomly go really quiet when finishing some of your sentences????

The most underrated thing about it are its battle maps they were the best and I really wish they were brought back for mk8d

Mario Kart 7 is alot more balanced and prettier than Mario Kart DS and Wii.

2 main issues that a big with this game No Waluigi and no vs mode

The amount of people who call this game bad for the sole fact that waluigi isn't in it is criminal. Waluigi stans ruined this games perception with the public.

This game was the first mario kart I owned, so it is very important to me. I think my favourite thing it did for the series is the 3-section tracks like Wuhu Island Loop and Rainbow Road.

Mario Kart 7 does not deserve the hate it gets at all. Sure there's some bad things about the game, but why does 7's few bad things apparently make it a trash game yet Wii has a ton of issues and is seen as the greatest thing of all time? I'll say it right now, sure Wii was more revolutionary with great tracks, but Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8 are way better games.

I honestly think mariokart ds is a far more impactful game for most People's childhoods than wii

Mario Kart 7 for the 3Ds was a phenomenal creation. I think Nintendo did an amazing job!

I grew up on and learned to play with mk7. If only I could still play it.

7:33 as someone who played DS and 7 back to back, I can assure you this game controls way better xd

I believe that one of the problems is that Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land was rushed to save the 3DS Christmas for 2011. The 3DS had a horrible launch.

Man I grew up on this game and Mario Kart DS, these two games will always be in my memories.

Mario kart double dash, Mario kart ds, Mario kart Wii and Mario kart deluxe will always have a place in my heart.

I simply just don't get why this game is so underrated. Maybe the MOST underrated game of the series. It has the best selection of tracks (I remind you that in same game there were Wailuigi Pinball, Coconut Mall, Dino Dino Jungle, Maple Treeway, Koopa Cape, Snes Rainbow Road, Luigi's Mansion, Mushroom Gorge, Airship Fortress, Koopa Troopa Beach, Daisy Cruiser, Rainbow Road, Music Park, Koopa City, both Maka and Wuhu Loop, Piranha Plant Pipeway, the only Mario Circuit where you can drive through Peaches Castle, Wario's Galeon, Alpine Pass, DK Jungle and Shy Guy Bazar) And it has introduced two of the major gimmicks of the series, going underwater and gliding. Plus, was the first game to introduce the possibility to customize your vehicle in its single parts.

I loved Mario Kart 7 as well. It definitely did set the groundwork for Mario Kart 8/Deluxe with custom vehicle parts, gliders and underwater sections. My friends and I had a blast with it for years. I don't understand the hate for it. I mostly play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe now, but Mario Kart 7 is still fantastic (except for maybe the rampant hackers online).

I remember when I was a kid in the suburbs having my friend come over to spend the night with his Nintendo 3DS and we played this and many other games until the sunrise! Good times, if only I could go back

It's quite odd that on a retrospective video, there is no part actually looking at what the game did wrong. What made people really hate MK7 (compared to the others) is the lack of VS mode in Single Player, the balance issues with the items, the extreme rubberbanding of the AIs, and the lowering of the skill ceiling for the game. People were coming from MkWii and MkDS. These 2 titles are to this day the most technical Mario Kart games, they reward good player more than any other title of the series. And then there is Mk7, the most casual title in all of Mario Kart, where you get 2 or 3 blue shell in a race on average and you can no longer dodge them. The lack of iconic playable characters like Waluigi is just the tip of the iceberg. Most people didn't like MK7 because of design choices that dumbed down the game, making it feel more like a party game than a racing game.

Music Park was my favorite track when I played MK7, just recently got MK8DX, very happy it's back.

I think that MK7 had the best Tracks of all and that MK8 Deluxe should have put more Tracks from it in the Game

MK7 was the first game I got for my 3DS, I played it all the time, and it was the first mario kart I got all 3 stars in :)

Today is the last day we can play the online mode😢 Thank you Mario Kart 7. One of my childhood games.

In my opinion they should’ve added bowser junior instead of metal Mario