My favourite has got be Mario Kart Wii, it’s still got a community and I’d say it is the Melee of Mario kart.

Plenty of good tracks, roster and bopping music.

What about you? What is your favourite Mario kart? I know Double Dash has a soft spot in some people’s hearts.

  • trashboat@midwest.socialEnglish
    1·
    6 hours ago

    Gotta be Wii for me for the reasons you suggested. Great atmosphere and level design

    But something about playing long, grinding balloon battles on DS with 7 other people on the school bus will always stick with me

  • raptir@lemmy.zipEnglish
    17·
    14 hours ago

    I grew up on 64, but 8 Deluxe is incredible. Great variety of courses and karts, great mechanics.

    • Steel Coffee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      12 hours ago

      Totally agree. The one I play nowadays is 8D, but I’ll never forget Moo Moo Farm and it’s catchy tune on the N64.

  • Beryl@jlai.luEnglish
    5·
    13 hours ago

    MK8D would be perfect if only battle mode wasn’t such a mess. If they could just take MK64 battle mode and implement it exactly as is in MK8D, it would be perfection.

    • zenpocalypse@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      64 was the last good battle mode, imo. I don’t know why they removed levels big enough to hide in.

  • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    17 hours ago

    I grew up on Double Dash, but MK8D offers so much choice and variety that nothing else comes close - at least for pick-up-and-play casual games.

  • Sabin10@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    14 hours ago

    My brain says 8dx, wii and DD are all good enough that I don’t think I could pick between them. My heart says OG is the GOAT because it’s what I played the most and I still think it has the best battle mode.

  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    17 hours ago

    Mario Kart DS

    I did play a lot of 64 and Double Dash back in the day but DS is by far my favourite.

  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    11 hours ago

    DD is responsible for Baby Park, and the amount of mayhem that has gone down on that track is ridiculous.

  • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    15 hours ago

    Mechanically I like 64. I’d like a few more tracks, particularly for the battle mode. The later versions add far too much cruft for my tastes.

  • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
    2·
    15 hours ago

    8 (DX but really my favorite parts of it were already on Wii U). 8’s tracks are incredible (not the booster packs one, those are a mixed bag and none really reach base game/Wii U dlc level).

    Wii comes very close though. It’s the first to have good item balance IMO, it gets rid of the left-right bullshit to drift, and circuits are quite fun too. And some bikes are a blast, though to the point of being overpowered.

    I just think of 8 as “we took everything good in Wii and made it a bit better”.