Give me some of your mario kart hot takes and i'll give my opinions on them

Wario Colosseum should've been in Tour/BCP instead of Waluigi Stadium.

1. Super Mario Kart isn't really worth playing nowadays, even as a novelty. I think if you want to play the Snes tracks, just play Super Circuit.

2. BCP version of Sky Garden is good.

3. Dixie Kong should have been added to BCP instead of Funky Kong.

That's about all I've got I think.

My hot takes:

Waluigi Pinball and Airship Fortress are overrated. They're not bad courses. I actually like them! But they're horribly overrated.

I don't care about preserving Tour courses. As thankful as I am for the additional content that came with the Booster Course Pass, if it came down to having no additional content or having recycled content that doesn't take appropriate advantage of MK8's mechanics and refreshes the courses to reflect that I would have preferred no new content. Or rather just take all the nitro courses like Ninja Hideaway and the Bathroom one and make them a proper MK8 track. I've always been a huge fan of MK8's anti-grav and the fantastic remixes that they did for classic courses. To have that taken all away in order to make a quick buck for their shitty cash-grab mobile game is just unfortunate.

People only like Funky because he was OP in MKWii, but he won't be as OP in MK8D because they have actual proper balancing. And possibly secondarily because he became a meme with the Funky Mode in DKCR.

Mario Kart DD mechanics will never make a return. They were super fun, but a huge departure from Mario Kart core. If they were gonna come back they would have already, and Nintendo's not going to use up resources to just make a bonus mode in another game. Hell, look at what they tried to do to the battle mode in the original WiiU version of MK8.

Idk how hot this is, but I'm extremely glad that they didn't keep bikes the same after MKWii. Gave too big of an advantage to bike users and threw out any meaningful incentive to using anything but. Just that whole game had huge issues with balancing all around, lol.

If they get rid of anti-grav Unless they come out with another huge, fun, and creative racing mechanic like anti-grav, MK9 is going to be a step backwards.

My only hot take is that, barring maybe MKWii, MK8DX is the worst game to play online not because of the items themselves, but the Lag Trailing and how the game handles the items.

Now about things you said..

I don't think DS DK Pass ever evoked strong emotions, aside from me as a 7 year old kid finding the one box that always gives you a star lol

I never played SMK but from what I heard the bots practically cheat.

I love GBA Rainbow Road too, especially on 200cc, when everyone always falls off, myself included, is just so funny.

Ice Ice Outpost isn't bad, it's just the things that always happen to me I don't like.

SNES Mario Circuit is unironically my favorite track purely for the nostalgia on DS and the music.

Never played Mk7 so I don't know the difference between the rainbow roads.

I'm curious why you think the remake of Yoshi Circuit is bad, personally I don't think the course itself is bad, but whenever I get it I groan because I don't like bagging and I have to do it if I want to get a good spot most of the time.

And lastly.. I don't remember vanilla lake at all unfortunately.

Yoshi Circuit and Royal Raceway are boring

As someone who despises bagging, I like the distance-based items more than place-based

As long as double items stay, coins as items should as well

Tour/8DX Sky Garden's hate is completely undeserved

Sunset Wilds would go only like 3 places up in my ranking if it had sunset

Paris is the worst city track

Singapore is not only the best city track, but the best track of wave 4 overall

Not only do we not need new items in 8DX, they would make the game worse

Special cup is the best one in base 8DX

the antigravity gimmick really doesnt change the game

Please justify bringing back MC3. I'd love to hear it

I think base 8 has a pretty weak Nitro and a bad Retro selection.

Like 8 really brought back the top 3 worst tracks from double dash. (tho sherbet land had a decent remake) And at launch, 1 GBA track they brought back was just a basic circuit.

Also GCN Dry Dry Desert gotten a huge downgrade in 8. Making it the worst desert track in the series for me. Like I know DS has a very bad retro selection but at least it has an excuse of being underpowered.

Other takes is that I think MK8 has the worst special cup.

The tour tracks are pretty fun, except Tokyo blur. how did Nintendo manage to make a Tokyo track lame.

What you said about DK Pass was unacceptable!

Mario Kart 64 is the worst game in the series (at least between SMK, MK64, MKSC, MK8DX and MKT).

R.O.B is overrated, it's just a toy with no expressions, would be cool to see it back but it's not a priority.

Los Angeles Laps is the best city track, the music slaps.

If the next Mario Kart don't have at least 40 tracks it will be pointless.

Wii U Rainbow Road it's a fine course, not great, but not bad either.

Crossover characters shouldn't be base game characters in the next Mario Kart, just DLC

People say Sunset Wilds is bad because it doesn't have the sunset, if the sunset comes back in Wave 6 people will start saying it's one of the best tracks of the game

In terms of who i want back the most in the next game: Funky Kong > Diddy Kong

Airship Fortress is the best Mario Kart Track Ever there is nothing wrong with it. It is perfect track design. They better add it in Wave 6 or else I will construct an actual Airship Fortress to come over and destroy Nintendo.

I'm tired of people pretending that mk8dx has a balanced item system when that is FAR from the truth. It's inbalanced and not necessarily in a good way.

I prefer the name Koopa City to Neo Bowser City

Airship Fortress is overhyped and I'm glad Mario Circuit got in over it Most of the city courses are pretty good I agree with your take about Ice Ice Outpost nice music and shortcuts I'd rather have Mushroom Bridge compared to the GCN Jungle Courses in Wave 6 I hate Grumble Volcano N64 Wario Stadium is pretty good GCN Sherbet Land is great I don't like the 8 deluxe remix of Kalimari Desert's music the trumpet is way worse compared to the soft whistle

• Super Circuit has the best soundtrack and is the best looking Mairo Kart game.

• 3DS Rainbow Road feels far too manufactured to be the best.

• Antigravity is almost never used well.

• Cheese Land is not a desert course.

• Circuit courses in the BCP are not a waste and some basic courses are a good pallette cleanser.

• The star cup in 8 is one of the worst cups in the series and Mount Wario is its only saving grace.

• Tour is a spin off, but it is also one of the best Mario Kart games.

Wii sucks

I’ll just list off a bunch for MK8DX-

Overrated:

Waluigi Pinball (idk why but specifically the 8D remake)

SNES Mario Circuit 3 (the 8D remake is fine but the new music is awful)

Overhated:

SNES AND N64 Rainbow Road, Ice Ice Outpost, Neo Bowser City, Sunset Wilds, Moonview Highway, Sky Garden

Underrated:

Pretty much all the GBA remakes

Mute City, Shy Guy Falls, Shroom Ridge, Wild Woods, Peach Gardens

Waluigi Pinball < Desert Hills

Tick tock clock is awful

Peach gardens is boring

All tour tracks suck other than Singapore, Athens and Vancouver

Pauline is the worst character

MKDD is better than DS

• playing as Mario is underrated, it‘s literally his game

• MK DS is overhyped, its okay but far from great

• MKWii is the best MK

• Waluigi Pinball is overrated, 80% of the track is boring

Babies are valued parts of the roster

"Rosalina weight class > Yoshi weight class"

That extra speed is better for bagging and you have way more iFrames that prevent you more from being Mario Karted. You just need more skill and think more when turning (because you have lower handling and miniturbo). That extra weight can be useful as well considering most players use lighter combos (yoshi weight class).

I don't like Ninja Hideaway and Vancouver Velocity.

I like Tokyo Blur and Vanilla Lake. I also don't like 3DS Rainbow Road and Waluigi Pinball.

• 3DS Rainbow Road isn't that cool.
• 8 Rainbow Road is better than other people say.
• ROB is cooler than Pauline/Diddy (combined)

The next game shouldn't have retro tracks

Halfpipes are stupid and should never have come back

Waluigi pinball doesnt deserve all that love

Sherbet land is the best ice course MKDD Rainbow road should be in BCP wave 6 3DS rainbow road is crap

-I do not care for Wii koopa cape

-DS Mario circuit was a good choice for the BCP

-Boston building is better in 7 than in DS(idk if that’s unpopular or not tho)

Tracks almost always lose something when they become a retro track and Mario Kart 8 is the worst offender by a lot.

3DS Koopa cape doesn’t suck it’s just as good as the Wii version

I hate all of the mktour courses, I only really play the bcp for previous tracks 🤷🏾‍♀️

I reall like tanooki Mario

Cheese land in 8 is a really good track

I don't mind the new Battle mode system

Tour is mainline, and i really like it

Koopa cape is still really good in 8 deluxe

Toad's Turnpike is the worst track in 8

I don't have a lot of hot takes

Merry Montain is my favourite track in the booster pack so far

Daisy Circuit is mid, why do people like it?

DK Mountain is just boring.

Coconut Mall is overrated af.

The 8DX rendition/remix of 3DS Rainbow Road is absolute dogshit.

Mkwii is not as great as everybody says it is.

Waluigi pinball is overrated as hell

I like both vanilla lakes and choco islands. I don't think that SNES rainbow road is the worst rainbow road and I actually think DS is the worst. I like figure 8 circuit and Super Circuit is my 3rd favourite Mario kart.

Most of GBA Ribbon Road's changes (layout, music, etc.) are unnecessary. It's a good example of both how to and how not to make a retro track.

DS Desert Hills is nowhere as bad as you've been told.

I’ll do one from each game

1. Vanilla Lake 2 is fun to play on
2. N64 Rainbow Road is still fun despite its length
3. Super Circuit’s tracks aren’t even that interesting in the original game. The concepts aren’t realised yet.
4. The controls work well for Double Dash and I like them
5. Mario Kart DS is definitely not the best in the series.
6. Funky Kong and the Flame Runner aren’t even fun to use.
7. Mario Kart 7’s Controls are better than Mario Kart 8’s
8. Mario Kart 8’s original battle mode wasn’t that bad
9. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was originally not worth 60 dollars and should have been 50.
10. Mario Kart Tour’s graphics look worse than Mario Kart 7’s

Desert Hills is worse than Figure 8-Circuit

Every Newcomer in MK7 was a wasted slot

MKDD is the most overrated game in the series

I don't understand the hype over Wiggler in MK8DX

A lot of snow themed tracks get way too much hate

Halfpipes shouldn't have been that hard to put into MK7

If Baby Daisy was in Yoshi's Island DS, no one would care that she wasted a slot in MKWii and MK8

Baby Park is complete trash in every game it was in except 8

Vivian from PMTTYD and Geno and Mallow from Mario RPG should be in Mario Kart 9/10/Ultimate

-Baby Peach and Wiggler aren't bad additions to Mario Kart

-64 is far from fun to revisit

-Wario's Galleon / Wario Shipyard deserves to be talked about WAY more often because it is an unironically Fantastic course

Bangkok Rush and Athens Dash are better than Vancouver Velocity and Singapore Speedway.

Wii Mario Circuit is the worst Mario Circuit, and second worst circuit track only to Figure-8 Circuit.

Vancouver Velocity OST is super mid.

Super Circuit has a better soundfont than DS.

Funky sucks. PGP is the best character in mk8d.

Funky sucks. PGP is the best character in mk8d.

8's Coconut Mall is great and looks awesome, people just can't accept change.

Wii has the best Rainbow Road in the series.

I wouldn't consider any of Double Dash's tracks S tier, every subsequent game has higher highs in the track department.

I would be ok with them scrapping battle mode going forward.

I did not care for Funky Kong.

-Super Circuit is better than 64

-I don’t care for Funky Kong

-I don’t mind Peachette

-I love Dolphin Shoals

-Hate the retro tracks from DS, except for the ones from 64

-Hate the Wii retro tracks from 7

-I hate how the booster course pass used the 7 version of the Wii tracks