Chris Hyde: "As I continue my journey down the perilous road of ranking some of Nintendo's most-loved franchises, our attention this time turns to arguably Mario's favourite recreational hobby - go-karting - in the form of the Mario Kart series."
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."
I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.
there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.
nintendo needs their bangers early on
Mario Kart DS still plays a fine game of handheld Mario Kart more than 20 years after its initial release.
I really liked the Mission Mode. They had you doing crazy stuff like driving backwards, or collecting all the collectibles as quick as you can between a litter of enemies.
They should add it to Mario Kart 9 for sure, along w online leaderboards for the mission stuff. That's how they could expand on the already excellent Mario Kart 8, bc track quality it's hard to imagine them getting much better beyond slightly tighter graphics and 4k on the Switch 2. Maybe more Diddy Kong Racing-esque adventure layout w more emphasis on boats and planes.
It's hard to say that Mario Kart DS is the best "handheld Mario Kart" though, bc Mario Kart 8 is handheld. It's definitely got some uniqueness that I appreciated. The 2 merged together would be amazing.
I don't think Mario Kart 8 (and Deluxe) rank too highly for me, personally. There's just not as much life in them.
Mario Kart Double Dash, MKDS and Super Mario Kart are the only three that are actually fun to play. Sure MK8 is pretty but its just that. It lacks the soul of double dash. the DS one controls really really well and the orignial with the feather power up is cool.
Hard to disagree with that, really how can all the other games (especially after it) have less single player content?
DKR managed a better game on the 64 and Mario Kart gets away with literally the bare minimum all the time.
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It's pretty accurate but my nostalgic brain demands mario kart 64 to be number 1
I'd put Super Circuit 3rd, 64 2nd, and 8 Deluxe 1st. Also why combine Deluxe and 8? They're different games technically.
BS. Mario Kart 7 is awesome. It's easily one of the best and it only gets complaints because it didn't have the extra modes the DS game had, but NO other Mario Kart game really does either.
MK7 has a true legit Battle mode as well unlike Mario Kart Wii U/8 when it launched.
MK7 also has Rock Rock Mountain, which IMO is one of the best MK tracks ever created.
Also All the music in MK8 is boring and sounds the same. I liked the music in MK7 much better.
MK8 just looks much better.
I'm glad the writer didn't surrender to nostalgia and didn't say 64 is the best one, like some people do. 64 has the most boring (too slow, too long, too wide) tracks in all the series. In the games with tracks from past games, the ones from 64 are what I like the least...
#1 Mario Kart 8 (inc. Deluxe)
#2 Mario Kart Double Dash
#3 Super Mario Kart
#4 Mario Kart DS
#5 Mario Kart 64
#6 Mario Kart Super Circuit
#7 Mario Kart Wii
#8 Mario Kart 7