Best Mario Kart game

[WiiCube_2013]

Double Dash but 8 is really good too.

Rosalina and the bikes are pretty damn nice, as well as the drifting, new stages and those gorgeous graphics.

 

[Hanafuda]

I posted on the 1st page that Double Dash is easily best. I stand by that. But I've been playing 8 for a few days now ... and I like it. I like it a lot.


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[Sakitoshi]

hands down Double Dash, the character and kart selection made it very balanced along with the spacial items of each. the items are balanced in power and appearance chance(blue shell every 5 second when you are first and guaranteed lightning every race on MKWii) and the characters don't stop for hours waving their arms complaining, they just hit the gas and continue right away, the animation when you hit a shell or fake itembox is faster and impulse you forward. the game itself is fast indeed, 100cc of DD is like 150cc of Wii and the rainbow road has the second best theme song(first place goes to SMK).
that being said, I still have to play Mario Kart 8, but will buy a Wü MK8 bundle soon

 

[mightymuffy]

Simply cannot believe the love DD gets..... I'm not counting the arcade editions to be honest, so those aside it's in the worst 3 easy (the other two being MK64 and Super Circuit). Not until MKDS was the original ever challenged, and since then all the renditions have been great fun... but for me, maybe it's rose tinted glasses syndrome here, but I still say the original is the best, and 2 player battle mode on that remains the best two player activity outside of a 69er!

That said, I'd always vote for SMB3 over World in a poll, despite knowing full well World is still the best 2D platformer ever made - rose tinted glasses syndrome! That being the case, my vote would probably have gone to MKDS instead.

 

[Felipe_9595]

It gets love because it was really good, its really responsive and fast and it wasnt a clusterfuck of itemfest (MKWII PLS)

 

[Enchilada]

I vote Double Dash, it's unique and the nostalgia is strong.

 

[Sakitoshi]

I'll leave this here, judge yourselves...

Spoiler

the frustration level in DD is very low.

 

[RedSpyGentlemen]

Double Dash was a GREAT Game! I don't understand the low rating IGN gave it.

 

[Clydefrosch]

super mario kart. only thing it lacked was more characters

I'll leave this here, judge yourselves...

Spoiler

the frustration level in DD is very low.

that shouldnt surprise anyone, dd had like twice the number of items because characters had specialized weapons, many of which were more common on the last places where other games give out the blue shell

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Outside of the obvious CTR answer, I do think Double Dash is actually the best.

I used to just not care about which one it was between Double Dash and Wii (the handheld ones never mattered for multiplayer for me and the old ones are kinda shit) but the Wii one is kinda meh. Nothing ever feels really neck-in-neck, getting in 4th-2nd place was like shit since you never got a good item and it just kept 5th-8th in the shit.

I mean Double Dash and Wii are both pretty fun but I'd have to say Double Dash.

Also Wii's AI are fucking stupid. Try playing on 150cc and they literally combo you. You'll get hit by a red shell, then a perfectly timed blue shell will hit you once you recover, then a sniper AI will hit you with a green shell once you recover again.

 

[noobish hat]

Going simply by how much time I put into them, I'd have to say Super Circuit and Double Dash. Although, having said that, I've just remembered that the reason I spent so much time playing SC is that I read you can unlock Waluigi if you get the highest ranks on every track, beat all the ghosts etc etc. What a crock! I didn't even like Waluigi anyway. At any rate, I think SC is very nice as a link between Super Mario Kart (which I would have assumed is everyone's favourite) and the later games. It's a shame there were no more console entries in the style of the first game, so I like that SC exists.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

I'll leave this here, judge yourselves...

Spoiler

the frustration level in DD is very low.

That music... that race track... Such awesome memories! Would love if Nintendo brought them back to Mario Kart 8.

 

[Arras]

Double Dash's AI may not have combo'd anyone, but they still quite blatantly cheated. There was literally no point in picking a vehicle with high top speed as even AI with low speed vehicles would be able to keep up without issues. It had some serious rubber banding on 150 and mirror from what I remember.

 

[megaexplosion]

I haven't played MK8 yet so I don't have a very informed view.
So far my favourite is Double Dash though! The strategy with being able to hold 2 items and the uniqueness of each character having a special was super awesome. Not to mention Bob-Omb battle being the absolute best VS game ever.

 

[Sakitoshi]

Double Dash's AI may not have combo'd anyone, but they still quite blatantly cheated. There was literally no point in picking a vehicle with high top speed as even AI with low speed vehicles would be able to keep up without issues. It had some serious rubber banding on 150 and mirror from what I remember.

same can be said about every MK game, I been playing MK7 and MK8 quite frequently lately and light characters(say Toad and the babies) had no problem being even faster than me playing with Rosalina or PG Peach using the combination of parts that give the highest top speed possible.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

After playing a bit of Mario Kart 8, it seems they kind of did a better job of covering up the rubber-banding AI. Now instead of getting combo'd and fucked in 50cc-150cc, you only get combo'd and fucked in 150cc races (and probably the mirror races, haven't done that much). It seems changing all the parts on your cart generally ends up being useless a majority of the time, the only thing that actually matters as far as I can tell has been handling and weight, other than that I've noticed little to no difference in speeds for the rest of the stats.

That said, I still think Double Dash is the best MK game.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Double Dash. Poured hours into that game back in the day.

The worst one is Mario Kart Wii. Ugh. I hate that game. Such a disappointing sequel.

 

[Foxi4]

I have the fondest memories with Super Circuit, but that's because it's the one I grew up with - gameplay-wise there are surely superior ones. Thing is, all Mario Kart games are essentially exactly the same - it's a mascot racer. To me, arguing which one is better is like arguing which shade of blue drapes will go better with the carpet - to some it's a matter of life and death, to others it's same f*cking difference.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Double Dash. Poured hours into that game back in the day.

The worst one is Mario Kart Wii. Ugh. I hate that game. Such a disappointing sequel.

Graphically the game looks really good, musically same goes for it but where they dropped the fuckin' bucket was how unfair the Bots are to the player. Whenever they get a chance they'll hit with an item, fuckin' assholes!

 

[WiiCube_2013]

I have the fondest memories with Super Circuit, but that's because it's the one I grew up with - gameplay-wise there are surely superior ones. Thing is, all Mario Kart games are essentially exactly the same - it's a mascot racer. To me, arguing which one is better is like arguing which shade of blue drapes will go better with the carpet - to some it's a matter of life and death, to others it's same f*cking difference.

Tried Mario Kart GBA yesterday and the gameplay felt like shit when compared to Mario Kart 8 is a smooth breeze in comparison, also it wasn't anywhere near as fun as MK8 so you can't really say they're all the same thing.

It's like those morons who say that every Mario platforming game are the same despite having different gameplay styles and series.