How To Keep A Game Alive For Ten Years: Mario Kart 8
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- In today's episode I talk about the longest lasting Mario Kart, Mario Kart 8. The game was annouced ten years ag at this point during the Wii U era and still is lasting through the entirety of the Switch's life. But how did it manage this? Well constant content and updates of course!
Footage Credits (In Order of Appearence):
• Mario Kart: Super Circ... - ModernXP
• Mario Kart Double Dash... - packattack04082
• Mario Kart DS - Full G... - ModernXP
• Mario Kart Wii - Longp... - Project Longplay
• Mario Kart 7 - Full Ga... - ModernXP
• Mario Kart 8 - Longpla... - Project Longplay
• Mario Kart 8 - All Bat... - aWiibo
Music Used:
Los Angeles Laps - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Royal Raceway - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Dolphin Shoals - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Dragon Driftway - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Koopa Cape - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Mute City - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Electrodrome - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Battle Stadium - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Moonview Highway (Final Lap) - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Boo Lake (Final Lap) - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Bangkok Rush (Final Lap) - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Staff Credits - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST - เกม
![NEW Best Combos in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! [October 2023]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lm0PnlSdt7Y/mqdefault.jpg)
*"Mario kart Wii - how the community kept it alive for 15 years" enters the chat*
I have to agree. The 24 player mod was insane I even paid for that and I never buy add ons ever anymore.. but that was funny as hell. I had to drop the racer count to 16 as a maximum amount as my wii is quite weak I don’t know how people can play 24 racers on custom tracks lol.. but 16 people is better then 12 it’s so fun lol
@@brandonhealy7158 there is also hide and seek! You could try it out!
Double Dash or 64:
@@meemee2832gokubettertbhnot as much as MKWii.
Melee *exists*
I’ve been playing since the Wii U version. Although I haven’t played deluxe as much as the original. It’s so cool it’s stood the test of time
Same I played maybe a handful of times on the switch. I feel like I burnt out on the game on the Wii u. Played so much of it. I'm glad it's still thriving but me personally I'm ready for the next generation of Mario kart
Swear to god on 2015, 200cc felt like those star wars scenes that on the ships were super fast
I love how you touched on how good the game looks visually, it’s soooo pretty.
This is what you get when you pick a smart art design.
A game's soundtrack makes or breaks the experience. I kid you not, one of the only reasons I come back to this game occasionally IS for it's big band soundtrack. That's the only thing even the Booster Course Pass consistently got right. And thats a miracle in itself
No way Nintendo messes up the OST of a game
It still boggles my mine how underrated this channel is
I’ll get to a proper amount of ratedness hopefully
for the type of channel they started a decade too late, but there is always room for more, look at how Pitch Meetings destroyed Honest Trailers and Cinemasins, even though they were very late into the game.
@@SlightlyInDepthGamingkeep going, just like Scott the wozz when you blow up, so will ALL your content and therefore the growth will be more explosive
I want to make a joke about how he spelled mind incorrectly but I can’t think of any
@@firegoatdx6869 whoops, please keep in mine im not the best at spelling!
You glossed over how the double item box and it's changes. It plays at a mid point between Double Dash and the other Mario Kart games where you could hold your item to get another in reserve, but unlike double dash, you can't swap the items while driving. Plus with the coin item, some times it is better to hold off on using it, as you can't have two coins in your inventory. Then when you grab the single box, you're guaranteed an item.
wish i knew that last trick earlier. i have a 10000 score in online mode and never realized that lmao
If I had a nickel for every Mario kart video I made just to gush about the soundtrack I’d have 2 nickels
thats isnt alot but it is weaird that it happend twice
Which isn't much and definitely not enough.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
ONLY 2?!?!?!
@@N_the9AMERDid you type that with your toes?
I normally don't comment on videos, but I was so surprised about how underrated this guy is. This video has the quality of somebody that has hundreds of thousands of subscribers that I genuinely thought it was one of those channels. Keep up the great work man, your gonna go far.
im starting to think these “i normally dont comment on videos” comments are bots
@@ortherner Not a bot surprisingly, I just wanted to comment something nice for the algorithm
He speaks well but its discourse is not qualitative
-“Hey all, Scott here. What will it be?”
-“Mario Kart 8!”
-“This is a bar.”
MK8DX is back to being one of my favorite games due to the course pass, but I’m not going to pretend like it wasn’t a dead game for like 4 years
I did definitely get bored of it for a while, but I admit that Nintendo pumping extra content to keep it afloat has got me playing again.
I hope they add Toad colors in the final wave! I really want Blue Toad
I do hope they add a lot of costumes from Tour.
I do have to admit: prior to the BCP's announcement, MK8DX was getting kinda stale. Due to that, I was playing quite a bit of Tour, while also delving into the modding community for Wii. These new stages are cool, and they definitely reignited interest in the game for me.
Loved the video! Keep making more, they're absolutely fantastic! :D
Thanks for watching!
Not only the soundtrack keeps me engaged in the game, but also keeps me engaged watching your video. You're Awesome dude!💙
Back in March my high school friends and I got together and dusted off one of our old Wii U's and started playing Mario Kart 8. We were playing the base version from spring 2014 and it was so strange seeing how small the character select screen was and the smaller amount of courses to drive on. The same thing applies to base Smash 4. With all the updates it means that the next Mario kart game has some really big shoes to fill.
Can't believe you didn't mention more returning characters from the MK series that were never in 8.
Idk what it is about this game but it always has this fresh feeling that it had when it first released. I think for a Nintendo game in 2014 it was way ahead of it’s time so it still feels modern today
It is truly insane that this video has 2 thousand views, I’ve watched videos with a fifth of the quality get quadruple the views, nice work
Tour is MK9. None of these tracks are original. They're ported from Tour, which doesn't have the gacha mechanic anymore. They patched it out.
Not all of them, some just have the same release dates and are designed for tour
Ok and
@@NotPsyduckcyou seem familiar..
@@Birdblocks. i have no idea who you are :A_Mood_Gleeful:
fantastic video , you're incredibly well-spoken !! ya deserve more attention , your content is great !
Slightly In-depth gaming: There was one combo to win and thats that
Mariokart Wii: You have not seen me yet
All those updates and nearly 10yrs after the release we got FUNKYY
Surprised you didn't mention that one of the recent updates introduced custom items, but great video nonetheless!
Oh yeah that completely slipped my mind good catch
my jaw dropped when i finished the video and saw 3K videos, severely underrated for the amount of effort, i sincerely hope the algorithm blesses you
I hope by the end of the Booster Course Pass updates they include a Random Map Select option, like in Smash Ultimate or the ability to create a playlist of tracks. There's so many now that it kind of becomes overwhelming selecting one sometimes haha
Great video! Just subscribed, excited to see more
Gotta say! This is quite the video and it DEFINITELY encapsulates EVERYTHING great that went into Mario Kart 8 and DX. From whatever the hell an idea it was to add in returning karts for the first time, a whole row's worth of spinoff AND Crossover characters, and 16 whole courses to doing all in one big thing of an update to positively setting off the fans with a DX port that has so little yet so much enough to offer from the start, this definitely gives you that cue to remember what MK8 is. May as well say that in itself and for a two game collection, MK8 is a franchise on it's very own!
Good video man keep up the good work!
amazingly underrated channel, keep it up!
I've re-watched this video multiple times.That is how good it is.
As many comments have said, I really thought you were a standard channel or something, this channel got quality for sure! Hope the channel grows well!
Great video! You missed the Labo & Master Cycle Zero/Champions Tunic Link Updates though for Deluxe.
Now we just wait for this game to die for a year, and then 9 comes out 10 years later, which leads to a 20 year wait, we then become the Kid Icarus fandom.
I'm sorry to break it to you, mario kart tour is mario kart 9. The next mario kart game will be mario kart 10, or mario kart x.
Forgot to mention that you can now do races where every item is a blue shell.
As you named the DLC courses of the Wii U DLCs I just remembered that I forgot many of these were actually DLC courses. They fit in so naturally that you can easily forget. The newer DLC courses on Switch are a bit lazier, but still very fun!
FIVE YEARS I have been playing the game. I had no clue having more coins gives you a higher speed. FIVE YEARS.
Great video! I would love to do a video on Mario Kart 8 next year for both the Wii U and the Switch deluxe.
✨W video Mr. In-Depth. The first few waves of the circuit pass were pretty decent to be honest. The low quality was noticeable though.✨ Hopefully the waves that are left, will have more worked put into them🙏. Sensational take on this video man. Be safe and well everyone. 😌💗
Love this video!
great video!!
Thanks! I’ve watched some of your videos before and your content is fantastic!
Let's be real 8 is still alive because of Mario Kart Tour.
Yes
Doesnt mean i have to like tour tho
Not only because of Tour, but also because Mario Kart 8 is the second best selling game from Nintendo (MK8 has 60 mio and Wii Sports has 83 Mio), so it would be dumb to release a new Mario Kart Game obviously and they just had to use this opportunity (I bet that MK9 already exists, but it will get released on the next gen console and they are developing even more MK9 content, because they have enough time now)
Nah tour was fun for like the first week then got extremely boring
@@santiagochef143 that has nothing to do with what he was talking about
Why am I getting nostalgic for Mario kart 8
THAT CASKET JOKE HAD ME DYINGGGG
It’s kinda crazy how Mario kart 8 has a longer lifespan than Fortnite
Well made content for such a small channel!
When Mario Kart 8 deluxe was teased or whatever, I was still wondering what else was there to improve like jeez its already a great game.. I love it!
This video is fantastic 👏
10! We’re waiting for Mario Kart 10! I know Tour isn’t the next true-to-form Mario Kart we wanted, but with all the characters, variants, karts and gliders it has, it’s earned it’s place as Nintendo considers it mainline. Let Tour be 9 dammit!
This video is really really well made.
I will inform everyone who says it. Mario Kart Tour is no longer super Gacha heavy. You can just buy the Characters you want with Rubies
sooo... it's now p2w?
what an amazing video
I actually think the most important change from wiiu to deluxe was the removal of fire hopping in exchange for purple mini turbo. Greatly reduced the skill requirement to be considered good at the game as well as how you think about racing lines.
Tour is mainline and it is also MK9 and it hasnt been gacha for a year.
Also, the BCP doesnt have nitros, those r tour nitros.
Mario Kart 8 has boost connections for sure with people throughout the years.
Awesome video
Duude when I went over to my friend’s house in 2014 and was introduced to his Wii U and Mario Kart 8 my mind was blown by how beautiful the graphics were. Even now I still boot up 8 deluxe and marvel at how good it looks compared to every other title.
Mario Kart Tour is Mario Kart 9. I imagine we’ll get Mario Kart 10 in 2025
Yes
Tour is a wacky one for sure because they’ve clearly put a lot of effort into it but it’s also a mobile gatcha game so I can’t acknowledge it
@@SlightlyInDepthGamingNintendo removed most of the gacha features during 2022, they got a battle pass now lol
@@SlightlyInDepthGaming Its not a gatcha game dude why do you say that
@@SlightlyInDepthGamingeven if it did have gacha, that would not mean you can just dismiss it especially because Nintendo has pretty much confirmed that it’s a mainline game
It's crazy that we don't have Mario kart 9 yet, agree with you
Not to mention, if you’re emulating it on PC you get access to custom characters, courses? etc.
I had this prophetic dream, where after the bcp is done, nintendo releases this nintendo direct where it shows the 8 in the logo flipping on its side and the game changing name from mario kart 8 deluxe to mario kart infinity (deluxe).
And with that the announcement of a second bcp with more tracks, more characters, more battlemode maps and modes.
My little cousin just got MK8D and seeing him play it reminded me of being 12 in 2014 and getting a Wii U bundled with MK8😢
I love this game, I've played it since day 1 on the wii u!
I wish i could enjoy Tour, but its not possible. Great vid!
9:41 "Just watch in horror as you see the roulette skip your pick and sends you straight into Bangkok" 😂😂😂😂
very good video
the innovation of the switch is something for everyone to learn from because it's been like 6 years without another console
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an incredible game
I really like this game. I'm only playing the base game and it has so much content already! never got bored! I love this I'm still thinking if I should get a booster course pass but I don't play often.
also, with the rumors of the next switch I'm thinking if I should go and wait for MK9. the question still follows ("How are they gonna surpass MK8?")
I got Mario Kart 8 day first, at the time I was in elementary school... now I'm in college 😭
i got this right when it released. where has the time gone...
The drinking games surrounding it kept me invested
This video makes me want to go play Mario Kart 8 right now with some online. Here's to 12th place!
Video was wonderfully made for such a small channel. Well done!
Ok but like i constantly rewatch this video and i dont know why is that just me
This game will live on for years
Dry Bones has a car BECAUSE he’s dead. Think about it, if he robs a bank, he could just fall apart and avoid the police, which explains how he got so much money.
I’m not gonna lie I loved playing as ROB on DS. It was such a weird addition, like how the cabinet games have Pac-man and Don-chan
Going into 200cc I had literally never used the brake button unless I was goofing off. Going into 200cc I literally couldn't drive without falling off a bunch. It really did change everything about the game
It's broken
Only 373 views about 4 hours after the video released? This clearly deserves more.
Thank you so much!
4:09 That's me. I liked Rob.
Honestly I'm giving Waves 1 and 2 some slack. I mean given that it had been years since Mario Kart 8 had any huge updates since when it was released as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and they were working on Mario Kart Tour as well. I can understand the mishaps. Plus I guess I don't really get mad at graphics like other people do. I enjoy getting new courses, listening to cool music, and just having fun.
Which Mario Kart 8. Or I'm calling it Mario Kart Mobius Strip at this point. Is a beautiful game and honestly that one day. We'll have that Mario Kart Ultimate. Where EVERY single course from Mario Kart SNES all the way to now and in the future. Can be possible. Just like with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Either way this was a great video to watch.
This game was so significant that I had 8x Switches (LAN) with Mario Kart being my only physical media!
Heavy on adding King Boo and bestie Boo
I played the Wii U version and the Switch version too. Wave 6 is expected to come out in the fall/wintertime, and apparently Mario Kart Tour will soon be no more once the Tour servers shut down, so Mario Kart 8 is porting the Tour tracks into Deluxe.
Once Mario kart 9 drops, tour is gone
@@therealjaystone2344 Mario Kart 10*
Tour is treated as a mainline entry by Nintendo
I was expecting a boring video essay with some interest. I was not expecting to have some genuine laugh out louds, high quality editing and gameplay, and equally high quality writing. Take my subscribe.
You also need a loved series that everyone knows
This person deserves more subscribers 😢
9:44 bangkok? That roulette sent you to London
Biggest addition you forgot to mention is the custom items mode added in BCP, you have so much freedom with your item choices, there are nearly infinite permutations.
There's only 4194304 (a number that is infinitely far from infinite) and the right word is "combinations" because the order you choose the items doesn't matter 🤓
The one thing that always puts how old this game truly is into perspective for me is that I won a MK8 tournament at a mall back in middle school...and I'm going into my senior year of college now. And I STILL love playing this game 🥲
POV: Mario Kart 9 (Tour)
I'm just imagining the last wave of DLC drops. Everyone sheds a tear that this is finally the end of updates for MK8... Then...
**Introducing the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe BATTLE COURSE PASS**
The second biggest flaw of the Wii U version was a bug that was present on 50 to 150cc class, called Fire Hopping and extended your boosts if you hopped left and right. This favored meta builds to focus on ground top speed as back then, there were little to no impact on the mini-turbo duration between opposite builds. So while there was more variety with heavy Mii, Bowser, Morton, Wario and Dry Bowser than when Waluigi reigned mostly alone, the massive presence of heavy vehicles on the road made it unplayable for lighter kart who would get bumped out easily. And, our R triggers and Left sticks were beginning to suffer from the abusive hopping, pretty much like the ancient era of GC/DS snaking.
@Sparksterlot To be honest with you, after 1100 hours of fire hopping and pretty much killing my gamepad's left stick, I had enough and even tho at the time I wasn't happy to see MK8 getting ported rather than replaced, it was all worth it at the end.
finally a youtuber who actually knows how to write an essay
According to Nintendo, Mario Kart Tour is Mario Kart 9
Rockstar: is it possible to learn this power?
6:07 I found this comment on 200cc funny because when my friends and I pull out Mario Kart, we only play 200cc. And we usually play after or while we're drinking so we're all buzzed lol.
Good vid, but i always find it funny that everyone always compares the grass. Toad circuit i get, but if you look at shroom ridge and compare it to the original, grass doesn’t matter, it’s a massive upgrade (apart from the nerfed cars D:)
This really makes me wonder what nintendo will do for mariokart 9, and the same with the next super smash brothers.