Coconut mall was just incredible to me as a kid. Going up the sides of the escalators, taking a detour through all the shops, the fountain, the cars that would have your Mii’s driving them. Absolutely a top tier course
Absolutely! Coconut Mall was legitimately my favorite course - I spent hours as a kid just racing it. Finding the secrets was great too. I _lost my mind_ the first time I realized I could go through the shops. 10/10 course with great music.
And then it was made HORRIBLE by Deluxe’s “remaster”, removing the stairs from the escalators, removing Miis from being in the cars, AND MAKING THE GRAPHICS AND OVERALL FEEL WAY WAY WORSE! The Wii version will remain the best version forever.
@@jackdriscoll8387 Would have put Coconut Mall in like 7 or 8. I think this being the best track in MkWii is a vast overstatement. I'd say Bowser Castle, Rainbow Road and Koopa Cape are way better.
I'm glad that the courses music from Mario Kart Wii got the love and recognition it deserves. I'd say my personal favorite is DK Summit. The swing with the melody and the laid-out notes after so feels satisfying. It's catchy and makes you almost bounce as the notes do. Everything about it just screams nostalgia to me.
Ikr. I used this type of music to help me study and it gets me pumped up on doing so. Seriously, how the heck does Nintendo even do it? They have the best music ever when it comes to their games.
I hate Maro kart Wii i just realized it was harder compared to Mario kart 8 because of the cup, they're so hard like it's hard to get 3 stars i keep getting E rank like i keep hitting walls and go off roads
Mario Kart Wii despite all of its flaws is probably the most enjoyable and iconic game out of the entire frachise due to just how memorable and top tier a vast majority these tracks and their music are. Seriously, strong selection of OG courses and Retro Tracks, and all further mario kart games hugely benefit their retro cups from having so many Wii tracks
@@largin386 More than half of the vehicles are objectively inferior and 95% of the time there’s little reason to use any character other than Funky Kong or Daisy
I honestly find grumble volcano extremely underrated, its probably my favourite course in the game. So even just seeing it in B tier makes me very happy
Maple Treeway has always been the GOAT to me - the autumn theming, the colours, the Wigglers, the half pipes, the cannon, it just feels like such a fun adventure! As a kid it struck that perfect balance between having a good level of difficulty with the turns but not being too difficult. What an absolute bop (also shoutout to Toad's Factory bring it back please nintendo thank you)
Mario Kart DS and Wii were a huge part of my childhood. I’m excited to see what you thought! Edit: Coconut Mall ranking as high as it did gives me SO much joy! It was my all-time favorite track to run as a kid.
I've always loved Maple Treeway. Good length and complexity. Good challenges in the form of the twisting start, the huge caterpillars after winding up the branch, and the final net bridge can catch you off guard if you're not paying attention. And the design is so indicative of a crisp autumn day. It's such a treat, visually speaking.
@@robberyraftgd Made the comment before the name got revealed. Still have no clue why it's even called Tony Soprano Island when it's very much Yoshi themed
The jailed Thwomp always confused me too. Given that Bowser’s a villain, maybe that Thwomp tried to turn good and Bowser locked him up for turning traitor?
That's pretty much accurate, before MK64 the only other game to feature the 3D thwomps specificly the blue ones was Super Mario 64 in which the thwomps appeared 3 times, twice in whomp's fortress and once at the very top of tick tock clock. The theory goes that the thwomp at the top of the clock litterally helped Mario obtain a power star so that betrayal to Bowser was enough to throw him in jail.
I don't know why but I got so excited when maple treeway was number 2. Everything from the music to the aesthetic to the course design just gives me this warm fuzzy feeling and I can't get enough of it. Loved this video
Stupid comment bots put to the side, my favorite snow courses are probably the two Sherbet Land remakes, although Rosalina’s Ice World is pretty understood too.
Daisy Circuit is absolutely beautiful coming from a Daisy hater. The use of beautiful orange sunset lighting to parallel her orange dress is so coincidentally beautiful.
Mushroom Gorge has always been and will always be my favorite course of all time. The environment and difficulty changes throughout the course to keep it interesting and the music is friggin perfection. Also, being a 4-8 year old with little to no motor skills, I always felt so accomplished when I finished the mushroom portion without lakitu pulling me out of the gorge at least 10 times. (Honestly I feel like lakitu would get called out to a job, notice my baby peach main, and be like "not that friggin kid who drives into walls") Anyways.. Mushroom Gorge will always hold a special place in my heart.
Mario Kart Wii was my first Mario Kart and I played it right up until they took the Worldwide Vs. servers down in 2014. I was regularly the only American in queue, and toward the end often it was just me, playing as Baby Daisy, and 11 Funky Kongs from South Korea. Getting to hear someone else talk about this game with so much passion was fantastic. An excellent and well-argued ranking, A++, and now I'm itching to play Maple Treeway again!
For me, I think DK Summit is a perfect Mario Kart course, such a simple concept that was executed perfectly with it being almost entirely downhill and all the snow obstacles you have to get around, and the skips over the gaps and the massive half pipe at the end are truly iconic, definitely deserves to come back in 8D My only question is why is it named after DK when the course’s most iconic landmark is a giant statue of Mario
Toad's Factory has always held a special place in my heart. From the exciting, varied, and fun course, to what I consider to be the best song in all of mario kart. Edit: Also, I couldn't disagree more on the N64 Bowser's Castle track. I played it with my sister the other day, and both of us had completely forgotten about it, probably due to being very boring in our opinions.
The "SHOWTIME" billboard from Bowser's Castle Wii may be a reference to how Bowser says "Showtimeeeee" before every battle in Bowser's Inside Story. (His battle theme in that game is named Showtime too)
Might? Maple Treeway and Coconut Mall are already in the Booster Course Pass. Koopa Cape and DK Summit are in Tour so it's almost a guarantee we'll get them in the next waves. Wii Rainbow Road, we'll have to wait and see.
@@Sceptonic Funnily enough, Tour is set to seemingly get another 5 Wii courses (though Grumble Volcano was in the base game of 8 and could've been scrapped, as the only files tied to it were test ones), and the tracks you mentioned are still going to be the courses we get if datamines and leaks are any indication. DK Summit and Koopa Cape were found in a banner datamined in Wave 1, and the person who's been accurately leaking future waves (including the changes in Wave 3 from the music prefetch leak) has gone on record as saying the remaining track is Wii Rainbow Road. There are also a few objects in Tour's files that are speculated to be for Wii Rainbow Road. It is a shame that 8 Deluxe is going to miss out on the other Wii tracks planned - Dry Dry Ruins was datamined, and the way the game orders its internal course IDs signals that Daisy Circuit is coming, and another Wii track is planned (my money is on Moonview Highway, as it wouldn't require any unique course objects not in Tour's files, whereas Wii Moo Moo Meadows would need the Moo Moos, and Wii Mario Circuit is lame lol - those are the only tracks that can fit the slot because it's sandwiched between Maple Treeway and Mushroom Gorge, incidentally). All those tracks are good
My favourite detail about Wii Bowsers Castle is its theme. It is Maple Treeway (which is awesome already), but in darker and slower, I love it! This has so many dark implications, which I never expected Mario Kart to do
@@ballisticboo7808 bowser's castle has now climbed up my personal ranking of mkwii tracks. Also there are burnt up trees outside the front of his castle which even further implies this was built on top of or at least near maple treeway.
Coconut Mall was my absolute favourite as a child, to the point where me and my sister would roleplay shopping on the track XD It's still my favourite to this day, the visuals, the inspired idea, the Miis, the elements such as the cars and escalators, they're all tied together with the hectic music, it's chaotic fun to the max. Rainbow Road (the DEFINITIVE Rainbow Road), Maple Treeway, Koopa Cape (I'm in love with the music that plays when you're underwater) and Moonview Highway are the runners up for me.
What most people don’t know about why certain tracks are put in certain cups is that it’s based on which cups they came from in their debut games. For example, if a track came from Star Cup or Special Cup, most times it would end up being in the Leaf Cup or Lightning Cup. That’s not always the case however, seeing that SNES Mario Circuit 3 was from its debut game’s Flower Cup.
I think it's funny that the Banana Cup in Mario Kart 8 - the Flower Cup equivalent - doesn't have a single Flower Cup course, but has 2 Special Cup tracks.
To give Shy Guy Beach _some_ credit, you can actually reduce your airtime drastically by hopping into the ramp instead of jump going off of it normally. Airtime in this game slows you down, so it's very beneficial if you can land a good ramp hop.
I'd love to see you do 7 next. Such a brilliant, brilliant selection of returning courses that somehow (criminally) did not make it into wii, as well as brand-new favourites. Good luck making a definitive number one when you have Music Park, Wario Shipyard, Pirahna Plant Slide, Maka Wuhu, Waluigi Pinball, Rainbow Road, and Airship Fortress to contend with!
Busting these videos out at a ridiculous rate, I just finished the Disney rankings lmfao. Great work :) Edit: Schaff having to ask what the Thwomp did to be locked up just reminds me of all the Marty rumors from MK64 lmfao
me and my sisters would play coconut mall for hours playing “tag”, we’d just chase each other around the map and through all the little shortcuts and stuff for ages, i remember it being a blast
30:38 Oh my God, Night in the Woods. Didn't think I'd ever see this banger of a game in a Schaffrillas video. Also you're right : fall is definitely the best season.
I had a feeling Coconut Mall would be #1, and honestly, why wouldn't it be? Driving through a shopping mall is such an insane concept for an already insane game series, and it did Not disappoint. Everything about it from the mall's layout, mii drivers, and ESPECIALLY the Music is all Top Tier Game Design. 🏆
As someone who played funky kong/jetsetter, coconut mall was a nightmare, i still have nightmares of getting hit with stuff as the escalators change directions, because you physically couldn’t make it up the stairs afterwards. You had to turn around, go back down and then up the other side.
The reason I love this game is because of the difficulty progression. You beat Dk summit? well here is Wario's Gold mine Beat Wario's Gold mine? Well beat Maple Treeway Beat Maple Treeway? Now beat Grumble Volcano And then the perfect example of this is Special Cup Dry Dry Ruins Then Moonview Highway Then BOWSERS CASTLE THEN THE HOLY RAINBOW ROAD Brilliant Level Design.
I grew up with Mario Kart DS, and I will always vibe to Waluigi Pinball. It’s colorful, the pinball dynamic is dodgy but fun, and it has the catchiest music next to Coconut Mall.
Want a normal reply? xD I completely agree! Not to mention the fact that the modding community for this game is literally the best thing any fandom has done for their game. Wiimfi and CTGP alone solo anything Nintendo did with the game, and a lot of custom tracks these days play and look better than the original game.
Mario Kart: Double Dash is my absolute favorite entry in the series. I think a lot of it had to do with me teaming up with a friend of mine on it. Being able to ride shotgun was excellent, and the unique character powers really helped it too.
I have never played Double Dash, but I genuinely wish I could. Double Dash courses have some of the most endearing and outstanding visual designs across all Mario Kart games. They're incredibly vibrant, feature trees and other objects with eyes (killer concept), and just feel so distinct from the other instalments.
Wow, talk about a pleasant surprise of a vid from you, great work as always. MKWii will always be the subjective best game in the franchise in my eyes.
Ahhh, Mario Kart Wii...The one that made me fall in love with videogames. Those 4-player matches with family and friends were the best thing ever at that age. Really brings me back to simpler times.
one of the reasons why I love coconut mall so much is because there is one of the best out of bounds glitches in all nintendo games, there are so many places to go, cheer on the other racers with the Miis, and so on.
I love the shortcut in Daisy Circuit. At about 19:37, just next to the word "time", you can see a doorway with some stairs in it. Drive up them for a massive ramp boost.
I thought James was going to be done for the year after a 2 hour long video about Disney, but he had to swoop in less than a week later with FUNKY KONG BAYBEE this channel is the gift that keeps on giving. more specifically, keeps on giving FUNKY KONG BAYBEEE
19:20 Well, good news, looks like Daisy Circuit's made it into Wave 6! e: as someone whose first Mario Kart was DS, getting hyped up for what DS retro courses might be coming back in Wii and then having two of them be Desert Hills and Yoshi Falls was so dispiriting.
19:45 I think exactly the same about N64 Bowser Castle. Such an eerie course, more when you are racing in time trial or you are way ahead of the bots, the course really makes you feel like you are ALONE.
Funky Stadium is my all time favorite battle course. I usually choose that course to just always have fun off the ramps rather than actually battling, lol. With gliding now being a feature, this could add so much more fun to this course if it gets remade for a newer Mario Kart game.
Mario Kart Wii was the first Mario Kart game to come out when I was an adult. At the time, I was trying to do way too much, and I didn't have time to play video games. As a result, it's the first Mario Kart I never played. Mario Kart DS was my most played game, as I had a 3 star rating on everything in that game. It was very interesting to see this game that I missed through your eyes, James. Thanks for that.
as someone who mains koopa and has since childhood, koopas track is my all time favorite. so much nostalgia and i remember getting mad at my brother when he would win, even when i tried my hardest. it's so cute and i felt special playing as koopa in it ❤️
When a shopping mall ranks higher than jungles, castles and even a glowing galactic highway, you know that mall was very well designed
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Coconut mall was just incredible to me as a kid. Going up the sides of the escalators, taking a detour through all the shops, the fountain, the cars that would have your Mii’s driving them. Absolutely a top tier course
I mean
they kind of ruined this track in the 8 deluxe version.
Absolutely! Coconut Mall was legitimately my favorite course - I spent hours as a kid just racing it. Finding the secrets was great too. I _lost my mind_ the first time I realized I could go through the shops. 10/10 course with great music.
That map felt so much more ALIVE than every other one
SCHAFRILLAS TALK ABOUT SAUSAGE PARTY.
And then it was made HORRIBLE by Deluxe’s “remaster”, removing the stairs from the escalators, removing Miis from being in the cars, AND MAKING THE GRAPHICS AND OVERALL FEEL WAY WAY WORSE!
The Wii version will remain the best version forever.
James releasing 2 ranking videos in a row is truly a Christmas Miracle
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Agreed
@Santa Claus 🌲WAIT SANTAS REAL
Definitely!
Not even Schaff could resist the lures of Mario Kart Wii.
Back after Wave 4 released, and there is now not only a new Yoshi-themed course, but it's one of the best courses in the game.
wait, which one?
@@ThisCatIsBored the yoshis island course
@@lemmy8196 ooooh, fr. I like that one, didn't realize it was new!
@@ThisCatIsBoredWell it was clearly originally designed for Tour (just like Sky High Sundae) but it just happened to come to MK8D first
@@SwellStuff483 It's still new, whether it came to Mario Kart Tour first or not.
“Coconut Mall is humanity’s greatest achievement to date.”
-Schaffrillas, late 2022
mostly watched the video to make sure it was #1. his top 3 is perfection though
@@jackdriscoll8387 Would have put Coconut Mall in like 7 or 8. I think this being the best track in MkWii is a vast overstatement. I'd say Bowser Castle, Rainbow Road and Koopa Cape are way better.
@@Sady845 couldn't agree more. I'd probably put bowser castle on third place though.
I mean, he's not wrong
Actually the greatest achievement is Wario Land 4 on the Game Boy Advance
I'm glad that the courses music from Mario Kart Wii got the love and recognition it deserves. I'd say my personal favorite is DK Summit. The swing with the melody and the laid-out notes after so feels satisfying. It's catchy and makes you almost bounce as the notes do. Everything about it just screams nostalgia to me.
All my homies love DK Summit
Ikr. I used this type of music to help me study and it gets me pumped up on doing so. Seriously, how the heck does Nintendo even do it? They have the best music ever when it comes to their games.
Mine are Rainbow Road and Coconut Mall.
@Santa Claus 🌲 =🤖
I hate Maro kart Wii i just realized it was harder compared to Mario kart 8 because of the cup, they're so hard like it's hard to get 3 stars i keep getting E rank like i keep hitting walls and go off roads
Mario Kart Wii despite all of its flaws is probably the most enjoyable and iconic game out of the entire frachise due to just how memorable and top tier a vast majority these tracks and their music are.
Seriously, strong selection of OG courses and Retro Tracks, and all further mario kart games hugely benefit their retro cups from having so many Wii tracks
Plus it was a lot of problem’s first mario kart game, or the first one they had solid core memories with
The smash bros brawl of the mario kart series
@@largin386 schaff literally mentions it in the video; poor item and kart balancing
@@largin386 More than half of the vehicles are objectively inferior and 95% of the time there’s little reason to use any character other than Funky Kong or Daisy
To those wondering, he has now put donut planes 3 over donut planes 2
Few! Thank god! I can sleep now with that information!
um, actually its Donut “Plains” 🤓
@@DeeznutsintheAir 🤓
@@DeeznutsintheAirith donut plainth 🤓
@@Isthatthegrimreaper170 NuH uH
I honestly find grumble volcano extremely underrated, its probably my favourite course in the game. So even just seeing it in B tier makes me very happy
It was a great choice to bring back for 8
I'd have placed it in S tier if not for just the rock hop.
@@pickledcow_yt Rock hop makes it better IMO but it should be a bit nerfed in the future Mario kart games like cutting off a smaller portion.
@@justn1n I agree rock hop makes it fun. And that shortcut is nothing compared to the lap skip that used to be doable online.
Exactly. It's super tense but that's the appeal.
Schaff's irritated ranting seamlessly transitioning into "Ohh, banana" was excellently done
Maple Treeway has always been the GOAT to me - the autumn theming, the colours, the Wigglers, the half pipes, the cannon, it just feels like such a fun adventure! As a kid it struck that perfect balance between having a good level of difficulty with the turns but not being too difficult. What an absolute bop
(also shoutout to Toad's Factory bring it back please nintendo thank you)
The music in Maple treeway do be autumny. It is really good
I definitely agree, I’ve personally never been as impressed by coconut mall as I was by maple treeway, moonview or koopa cape
23:03 this aged surprisingly better than I think anyone expected
Beat me to it
And it looks real good too.
Too bad they nerfed the bombs tho, hitting the cars is somehow worse than driving head first into a bomb.
He’s gonna be so happy, and you bet your bottom dollar I was :)
One of my most wanted tracks, so I’m thrilled about this unexpected inclusion :D
Honestly might be the best redone version of a Wii course with the competition being Grumble Volcano and Mushroom Gorge.
@@pretzelgod8972 If you somehow manage to hit the cars tho, because they go just as slow as they do on Shroom Ridge or Turnpike
The fact that James is so passionate about EVERYTHING is part of what makes this channel so wonderful!
I 100% agree with you.
Especially when you’re passionate about cinema, Mario, and Veggietales
I have a core memory of the first time I beat rainbow road without falling off. Genuine highlight of my childhood
Same, the first time I played Rainbow Road for the first time I never fell off, I just went with its flow, & I played on 50cc.
I did it 1 handed and with my non Dominant hand!!! (After many Attempts with and without my Dominant before Winning without falling)
Mario Kart DS and Wii were a huge part of my childhood. I’m excited to see what you thought!
Edit: Coconut Mall ranking as high as it did gives me SO much joy! It was my all-time favorite track to run as a kid.
29:55 "see-through" aquarium.. as opposed to an opaque aquarium? "there are fish on the other side of this wall, trust me"
It's frigging Christmas and I'm replying to a comment made some random verified youtuber
@@TAYBR00K merry christmas, random unverified youtuber!
@@SawtoothWavesindeed
hold up groomer horse?
I've always loved Maple Treeway. Good length and complexity. Good challenges in the form of the twisting start, the huge caterpillars after winding up the branch, and the final net bridge can catch you off guard if you're not paying attention. And the design is so indicative of a crisp autumn day. It's such a treat, visually speaking.
And the music for that course is perfect
This man went from talking about movies to talking about mario kart.
His empire is expanding.
@griffy ye well I haven't
@griffy ye Can you believe it guys? The report button, just a click away!
@@JuliusGuruJG woohoo
Shouts outs to TWD98 and the CTGP community for still keeping this game's community alive and thriving!
CTGP lobbies are pretty empty nowadays if you're not in the US.
Oh hey, it's Christina!
The Yoshi curse has been lifted
Finally, inner peace
Wait really?
Honestly Tony Soprano could easily be a Yoshi course
why do people keep calling tony soprano island yoshi’s island
@@robberyraftgd Made the comment before the name got revealed. Still have no clue why it's even called Tony Soprano Island when it's very much Yoshi themed
The theme for toads factory is banger, hope that course returns
Isnt it in 8 deluxe?
@@theholysoup2691 no 😔
@The Holy Soup I can't help but assume it will be.
I really hope it will be, anyways.
I was just playing it today and yes it’s awesome
same it's my favorite song in any mario kart track
The little sound clips at every number before the track reveal gives this list so much more flavour
The jailed Thwomp always confused me too. Given that Bowser’s a villain, maybe that Thwomp tried to turn good and Bowser locked him up for turning traitor?
the thwomp still looks pretty evil so i'd like to imagine he discovered a new low even bowser wouldn't bite into
That's pretty much accurate, before MK64 the only other game to feature the 3D thwomps specificly the blue ones was Super Mario 64 in which the thwomps appeared 3 times, twice in whomp's fortress and once at the very top of tick tock clock. The theory goes that the thwomp at the top of the clock litterally helped Mario obtain a power star so that betrayal to Bowser was enough to throw him in jail.
grumble volcano is such an amazing underrated course. "I will personally fight each and every grumble volcano hater to defent it's glory" I felt that.
Justice for grumble volcano!
@@amethystt727 true.
I LOVE GRUMBLE VOLCANO!!
@@MooshieBlueYT YES
The mk8 remake is in my top 10 tracks for that game
Excellent video as always
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I don't know why but I got so excited when maple treeway was number 2. Everything from the music to the aesthetic to the course design just gives me this warm fuzzy feeling and I can't get enough of it. Loved this video
As someone who LOVES simple snowy environments, DK Summit and any other snow themed track really are my favourites. They're so good.
Stupid comment bots put to the side, my favorite snow courses are probably the two Sherbet Land remakes, although Rosalina’s Ice World is pretty understood too.
Snowy environments are truly some of the best areas in any game.
I have a huge bias towards winter-themed areas in video games, and DK Summit/Snowboard Cross is just awesome for the music alone.
@@spectralid Same here with tropical/resort theme areas 🥰
Daisy Circuit is absolutely beautiful coming from a Daisy hater. The use of beautiful orange sunset lighting to parallel her orange dress is so coincidentally beautiful.
and its coming back this year!
@@FunkyGhost37 you have no idea how happy that made me
Isn't coconut mall also a daisy course? You race her ghost on that track and it also gives me Daisy vibes
daisy hater?? how could you
@@chrisdlp2287I kinda see coconut mall as a Funky Kong course. It fits his personality
1:46 GBA Shy Guy Beach
2:28 DS Yoshi Falls
4:00 N64 Sherbet Land
4:28 Luigi Circuit
5:19 SNES Mario Circuit 3
6:33 N64 Mario Raceway
6:58 Mario Circuit
7:45 SNES Ghost Valley 2
8:09 Moo Moo Meadows
8:42 DS Desert Hills
9:36 GBA Bowser Castle 3
10:11 Dry Dry Ruins
10:53 GCN Peach Beach
11:46 N64 DK’s Jungle Parkway
12:42 GCN Mario Circuit
13:32 Grumble Volcano
14:22 Battle Mode Segment
17:07 Squarespace
18:24 DS Peach Gardens
18:58 Daisy Circuit
19:43 N64 Bowsers Castle
20:32 DS Delfino Square
21:03 Wario’s Gold Mine
21:47 Bowsers Castle
22:27 GCN Waluigi Stadium
23:01 Moonview Highway
23:59 Mushroom Gorge
25:07 GCN DK Mountain
26:16 Toads Factory
27:12 DK Summit
28:01 Rainbow Road
29:11 Koopa Kape
30:17 Maple Treeway
*31:33** YOU JUST GOT COCONUT MALLED!!!!!!!*
Squarespace is my favorite track.
It's a VERY valid list
oh great another Mario c i r c u i t
Thank God you did this, so I won't have to hear that God awful Coconut Mall music and view it.
@@RadynsWackyWorld 🔪
i’m so glad schaff knows mario kart wii is the superior mario kart game
Duh
Yes but actualy no
Super Mario Kart 1992 > Mario kart wii
Probably only because Funky Kong is in it
@Merry Christmas 🌲 bot
Playing Maple Treeway for the first time via the 8 Deluxe DLC was magical, I see why it was such a fan favorite
No J A C K O F F B R I D G E
@@infinityheart_tm9270 nooooo 😭😭😭😭
My favorites have to be Rainbow road, Coconut Mall, and Bowser’s Castle
@@infinityheart_tm9270 even if it was still there it wouldn't function the same.
Mushroom Gorge has always been and will always be my favorite course of all time.
The environment and difficulty changes throughout the course to keep it interesting and the music is friggin perfection.
Also, being a 4-8 year old with little to no motor skills, I always felt so accomplished when I finished the mushroom portion without lakitu pulling me out of the gorge at least 10 times.
(Honestly I feel like lakitu would get called out to a job, notice my baby peach main, and be like "not that friggin kid who drives into walls")
Anyways..
Mushroom Gorge will always hold a special place in my heart.
Have you watched the world record times for mushroom gorge? It's such a broken track but its one of my favourites too
Mario Kart Wii was my first Mario Kart and I played it right up until they took the Worldwide Vs. servers down in 2014. I was regularly the only American in queue, and toward the end often it was just me, playing as Baby Daisy, and 11 Funky Kongs from South Korea. Getting to hear someone else talk about this game with so much passion was fantastic. An excellent and well-argued ranking, A++, and now I'm itching to play Maple Treeway again!
the 11 Funky Kongs in the queue was my regular MK Wii online experience. I always picked toad or toadette
Ew baby daisy
For me, I think DK Summit is a perfect Mario Kart course, such a simple concept that was executed perfectly with it being almost entirely downhill and all the snow obstacles you have to get around, and the skips over the gaps and the massive half pipe at the end are truly iconic, definitely deserves to come back in 8D
My only question is why is it named after DK when the course’s most iconic landmark is a giant statue of Mario
@Dagon Frazer bot
@don't be surprised bot
Mario Kart Tour actually replaced it with a statue with DK.
SCHAFRILLAS TALK ABOUT SAUSAGE PARTY.
Videos like this are the perfect reminder that Schaffrillas is the ultimate relatable Gen Z nerd. It’s why he’s one of my absolute favorite TH-camrs!
And that he’s actually funny at times
He used to be funnier but he’s still pretty good these days
Schaff: Moonview highway is probably not gonna come back
Wave 5: Are you sure about that?
Toad's Factory has always held a special place in my heart. From the exciting, varied, and fun course, to what I consider to be the best song in all of mario kart.
Edit: Also, I couldn't disagree more on the N64 Bowser's Castle track. I played it with my sister the other day, and both of us had completely forgotten about it, probably due to being very boring in our opinions.
Toad's Factory is my favorite track, too. I need to hear its song rearranged by the people who do 8's music. It'd be glorious.
The "SHOWTIME" billboard from Bowser's Castle Wii may be a reference to how Bowser says "Showtimeeeee" before every battle in Bowser's Inside Story. (His battle theme in that game is named Showtime too)
But Mario Kart Wii came out before Inside Story...
Really solid list, honestly. The fact that all five of your “S Tiers” might be in the Booster Course Pass is actually pretty cool.
Might? Maple Treeway and Coconut Mall are already in the Booster Course Pass. Koopa Cape and DK Summit are in Tour so it's almost a guarantee we'll get them in the next waves. Wii Rainbow Road, we'll have to wait and see.
@@Sceptonic Funnily enough, Tour is set to seemingly get another 5 Wii courses (though Grumble Volcano was in the base game of 8 and could've been scrapped, as the only files tied to it were test ones), and the tracks you mentioned are still going to be the courses we get if datamines and leaks are any indication. DK Summit and Koopa Cape were found in a banner datamined in Wave 1, and the person who's been accurately leaking future waves (including the changes in Wave 3 from the music prefetch leak) has gone on record as saying the remaining track is Wii Rainbow Road. There are also a few objects in Tour's files that are speculated to be for Wii Rainbow Road. It is a shame that 8 Deluxe is going to miss out on the other Wii tracks planned - Dry Dry Ruins was datamined, and the way the game orders its internal course IDs signals that Daisy Circuit is coming, and another Wii track is planned (my money is on Moonview Highway, as it wouldn't require any unique course objects not in Tour's files, whereas Wii Moo Moo Meadows would need the Moo Moos, and Wii Mario Circuit is lame lol - those are the only tracks that can fit the slot because it's sandwiched between Maple Treeway and Mushroom Gorge, incidentally). All those tracks are good
@@PikaPhantomVG we'll see
@@SceptonicYeah. Either way, I think we'll be getting a strong course lineup
@@Sceptoniclmao we got all of them, wii fans ate so well with the bcp
The half pipe trick stuff is why Wii is my favorite. No other game after has captured that thrill for me sadly.
Not the same thing though
My favourite detail about Wii Bowsers Castle is its theme. It is Maple Treeway (which is awesome already), but in darker and slower, I love it!
This has so many dark implications, which I never expected Mario Kart to do
I like how it's implied that Bowser built his castle over Maple Treeway, the ground outside the castle even looks similar
@@ballisticboo7808 bowser's castle has now climbed up my personal ranking of mkwii tracks. Also there are burnt up trees outside the front of his castle which even further implies this was built on top of or at least near maple treeway.
Coconut Mall was my absolute favourite as a child, to the point where me and my sister would roleplay shopping on the track XD
It's still my favourite to this day, the visuals, the inspired idea, the Miis, the elements such as the cars and escalators, they're all tied together with the hectic music, it's chaotic fun to the max.
Rainbow Road (the DEFINITIVE Rainbow Road), Maple Treeway, Koopa Cape (I'm in love with the music that plays when you're underwater) and Moonview Highway are the runners up for me.
Too bad that they ruined it in Mario Kart 8 deluxe
@@emoji3266 I disagree tbh, yeah it's not quite the same essence but it's still an instant classic.
What most people don’t know about why certain tracks are put in certain cups is that it’s based on which cups they came from in their debut games. For example, if a track came from Star Cup or Special Cup, most times it would end up being in the Leaf Cup or Lightning Cup. That’s not always the case however, seeing that SNES Mario Circuit 3 was from its debut game’s Flower Cup.
I think it's funny that the Banana Cup in Mario Kart 8 - the Flower Cup equivalent - doesn't have a single Flower Cup course, but has 2 Special Cup tracks.
I like to see that as the standards of the retro cups evolving alongside the standards of Mario Kart’s gameplay
Damn I kinda wanna see Schraff do a ranking of every mainline Mario game.
It seems I was the 69th like
It would be
8
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GBA
SNES
For him
@@reversedizzythebackwardsth7800 Not Mario Kart games. I mean the traditional Mario games (both 2D and 3D).
@@britishguy54dx ohhhhhhh but that’s all the mariokart games
To give Shy Guy Beach _some_ credit, you can actually reduce your airtime drastically by hopping into the ramp instead of jump going off of it normally. Airtime in this game slows you down, so it's very beneficial if you can land a good ramp hop.
Here's your timestamps folks!
0:00 - Intro
1:46 - #32: GBA Shy Guy Beach
2:28 - #31: DS Yoshi Falls
4:00 - #30: N64 Sherbet Land
4:28 - #29: Luigi Circuit
5:18 - #28: SNES Mario Circuit 3
6:33 - #27: N64 Mario Raceway
6:58 - #26: Mario Circuit
7:45 - #25: SNES Ghost Valley 2
8:09 - #24: Moo Moo Meadows
8:42 - #23: DS Desert Hills
9:35 - #22: GBA Bowser Castle 3
10:10 - #21: Dry Dry Ruins
10:53 - #20: GCN Peach Beach
11:46 - #19: N64 DK's Jungle Parkway
12:42 - #18: GCN Mario Circuit
13:32 - #17: Grumble Volcano
14:09 - Intermission Time!
14:24 - Battle Mode Discussion & Course Ranking
17:08 - Squarespace Ad
18:24 - #16: DS Peach Gardens
18:57 - #15: Daisy Circuit
19:43 - #14: N64 Boswer's Castle
20:32 - #13: DS Delfino SQUARE
21:03 - #12: Wario's Gold Mine
21:47 - #11: Bowser's Castle
22:27 - #10: GCN Waluigi Stadium
23:01 - #9: Moonview Highway
23:59 - #8: Mushroom Gorge
25:07 - #7: GCN DK Mountain
26:16 - #6: Toad's Factory
27:12 - #5: DK Summit
28:01 - #4: Rainbow Road
29:11 - #3: Koopa Cape
30:17 - #2: Maple Treeway
31:33 - *#1: COCONUT MALL*
33:04 - Outro
Enjoy! ;)
My personal favorite was the square space ad
Coconut Mall will ALWAYS be a classic along side Koopa Cape. Just two banger courses that have such creativity and amazing music.
D Teir:
32. GBA Shy Guy Beach 1:46
31. DS Yoshi Falls 2:27
C Teir: 3:50
30. N64 Sherbet Land 4:00
29. Luigi Circuit 4:27
28. SNES Mario Circuit 3 5:18
27. N64 Mario Raceway 6:33
26. Mario Circuit 6:57
25. SNES Ghost Valley 2 7:45
24. Moo Moo Meadows 8:08
23. DS Desert Hills 8:42
B Teir: 9:29
22. GBA Bowser Castle 3 9:35
21. Dry Dry Ruins 10:10
20. GCN Peach Beach 10:52
19. N64 DK's Jungle Parkway 11:46
18. GCN Mario Circuit 12:42
17. Grumble Volcano 13:32
A Teir: 14:09
16. DS Peach Gardens 18:23
15. Daisy Circuit 18:57
14. N64 Bowser's Castle 19:42
13. DS Delfino Square 20:32
12. Wario's Gold Mine 21:03
11. Bowser's Castle 21:47
10. GCN Waluigi Stadium 22:26
9. Moonview Highway 23:00
8. Mushroom Gorge 23:59
7. GCN DK Mountain 25:07
6. Toad's Factory 26:16
S Teir: 27:02
5. DK Summit 27:12
4. Rainbow Road 28:01
3. Koopa Kape 29:11
2. Maple Treeway 30:17
1. Coconut Mall 31:32
Top 10 Stages:
10. GCN Waluigi Stadium 22:26
9. Moonview Highway 23:00
8. Mushroom Gorge 23:59
7. GCN DK Mountain 25:07
6. Toad's Factory 26:16
5. DK Summit 27:12
4. Rainbow Road 28:01
3. Koopa Kape 29:11
2. Maple Treeway 30:17
1. Coconut Mall 31:32
All Battle Courses Ranked: 14:22
10. GBA Battle Course 3 14:34
9. GCN Cookie Land 14:47
8. SNES Battle Course 14:55
7. Chain Chomp Roulette 15:05
6. N64 Skyscraper 15:12
5. Thwomp Desert 15:24
4. DS Twilight House 13:31
3. Block Plaza 15:43
2. Delfino Pier 15:53
1. Funky Stadium 16:11
I just realized that Coconut mall probably takes place in Florida. You got all the palm trees, sunny skies, horrible drivers, it has everything.
Can we appreciate how much dedication Scaff has on his videos
Who tf is scaff
scaff
@Santa Claus 🌲 no u havent
He’s a TH-cam legend!
@@alexSssedits Scaff is Scuffed Schaff Stuff
Schaff continues to impress me on how interesting he can make these random topics
You called "Every Mario Kart Wii Course Ranked" a random topic? Blasphemy!
27:59 Can confirm, it didn't age like milk
I'd love to see you do 7 next. Such a brilliant, brilliant selection of returning courses that somehow (criminally) did not make it into wii, as well as brand-new favourites.
Good luck making a definitive number one when you have Music Park, Wario Shipyard, Pirahna Plant Slide, Maka Wuhu, Waluigi Pinball, Rainbow Road, and Airship Fortress to contend with!
MK7 honestly has my favorite track selection in the series.
@@joeyjerry1586 I'm not very familiar with the full course selection of anything before wii, so from what I've seen I can only agree with you.
I agree, 7 does have a really good selection of tracks. It also has my third favorite rainbow road, behind Wii and 64.
@@JHawk-nw3ui, wait a minute, you prefer MK64’s rainbow road over MK7? That’s quite the hot take there
@@joeyjerry1586 I meant that 64 has my favorite theme, I said the wrong thing. 7 is higher than 64.
Schaff coming with the absolute HEAT this Christmas
Busting these videos out at a ridiculous rate, I just finished the Disney rankings lmfao. Great work :)
Edit: Schaff having to ask what the Thwomp did to be locked up just reminds me of all the Marty rumors from MK64 lmfao
Agreed
29:06 I'm from the future, and I can happily say that this line aged like fine wine.
Indeed
So glad he did a mini ranking of battle mode maps. Funky stadium was my childhood from 6-10
me and my sisters would play coconut mall for hours playing “tag”, we’d just chase each other around the map and through all the little shortcuts and stuff for ages, i remember it being a blast
30:38 Oh my God, Night in the Woods. Didn't think I'd ever see this banger of a game in a Schaffrillas video. Also you're right : fall is definitely the best season.
23:11 I'm from the future, I have news for you
LETS GO
I had a feeling Coconut Mall would be #1, and honestly, why wouldn't it be? Driving through a shopping mall is such an insane concept for an already insane game series, and it did Not disappoint. Everything about it from the mall's layout, mii drivers, and ESPECIALLY the Music is all Top Tier Game Design. 🏆
As someone who played funky kong/jetsetter, coconut mall was a nightmare, i still have nightmares of getting hit with stuff as the escalators change directions, because you physically couldn’t make it up the stairs afterwards. You had to turn around, go back down and then up the other side.
I love how detailed he can go into all these things. Not just this video, but every analysis video
The reason I love this game is because of the difficulty progression.
You beat Dk summit? well here is Wario's Gold mine
Beat Wario's Gold mine? Well beat Maple Treeway
Beat Maple Treeway? Now beat Grumble Volcano
And then the perfect example of this is Special Cup
Dry Dry Ruins
Then Moonview Highway
Then BOWSERS CASTLE
THEN THE HOLY RAINBOW ROAD
Brilliant Level Design.
It paces with difficulty so well❤
I grew up with Mario Kart DS, and I will always vibe to Waluigi Pinball. It’s colorful, the pinball dynamic is dodgy but fun, and it has the catchiest music next to Coconut Mall.
Still one of my favorite games of all time. So much nostalgia with this one.
Want a normal reply? xD
I completely agree! Not to mention the fact that the modding community for this game is literally the best thing any fandom has done for their game. Wiimfi and CTGP alone solo anything Nintendo did with the game, and a lot of custom tracks these days play and look better than the original game.
Mario Kart: Double Dash is my absolute favorite entry in the series. I think a lot of it had to do with me teaming up with a friend of mine on it. Being able to ride shotgun was excellent, and the unique character powers really helped it too.
And also......
Hi I'm Daisy!!!!
I have never played Double Dash, but I genuinely wish I could. Double Dash courses have some of the most endearing and outstanding visual designs across all Mario Kart games. They're incredibly vibrant, feature trees and other objects with eyes (killer concept), and just feel so distinct from the other instalments.
Get well soon Schaff.
This is probably my most played game of all time, even before playing the custom tracks I never grew tired of it, I'll always love it!
Wow, talk about a pleasant surprise of a vid from you, great work as always. MKWii will always be the subjective best game in the franchise in my eyes.
Mine too!
Mario Kart wii is such a joy to look back to especially with the interesting tracks and characters.
I want to see a ranking for every Super course next. I really want to watch Schaff try to come with things to say about all of its courses.
Oh my god, thank you for doing this. It makes me unreasonably happy. Mario Kart Wii was my childhood.
28:53 A part of Rainbow Road's theme is also a cheeky reference to Good Egg Galaxy and I _love_ it.
Coconut mall is mad dad’s favorite course and he loves watching your videos with me, so it was a fun surprise to see it ranked as number one :)
Ahhh, Mario Kart Wii...The one that made me fall in love with videogames. Those 4-player matches with family and friends were the best thing ever at that age. Really brings me back to simpler times.
Mario Kart Wii is probably my most played game from my childhood. It’s probably been overtaken by recent games, but never the less, I love it.
I played it so much as a kid that the case broke in half from me opening and closing it so often.
3:38 ironic now that a new yoshi map is coming out in booster course 4
Well guys, we did it. All of the S tier tracks are in 8.
Except for Toad Factory
@@animation1300 it was at the top of A tier
@@MetalMargatroidright where it belongs.
Toad factory on my ranking is high S tier or low SS tier. TBH it’s not on the same level as Koopa Cape, Maple Treeway or Coconut Mall
Every ranking video is always a banger hope he does more of these love this one
one of the reasons why I love coconut mall so much is because there is one of the best out of bounds glitches in all nintendo games, there are so many places to go, cheer on the other racers with the Miis, and so on.
I love the shortcut in Daisy Circuit. At about 19:37, just next to the word "time", you can see a doorway with some stairs in it. Drive up them for a massive ramp boost.
"There has not been a single new Yoshi themed track since Yoshi Falls"
YOSHI'S ISLAND LETS GO BABY
i mean Yoshi Valley from the N64 in deluxe 8
*is in
@@moonchild9832 I don’t count that because that course was technically made before Yoshi falls
Mario kart Wii will remain in history as the timeless Mario kart classic we will cherish for time
@Santa Claus 🌲 bot
@don't be surprised bot
@Dagon Frazer bot
It’s really underrated.
I especially love playing as Rosalina in this game.
@emoji3266 ain’t no way bro just called MKWii “underrated” when I’m likely the only person on Earth who doesn’t like it 💀💀💀
I thought James was going to be done for the year after a 2 hour long video about Disney, but he had to swoop in less than a week later with FUNKY KONG BAYBEE
this channel is the gift that keeps on giving. more specifically, keeps on giving FUNKY KONG BAYBEEE
it took me until last night to realize that koopa troopa's shell changes depending what team you're on.
I loved all the little stories you and your brother made up. Reminded me of playing this game with my brother when I was growing up :)
Him never doing the POW block cancel in any of these clips brings back an odd amount of nostalgia to when I didn't know how to do that
19:20 Well, good news, looks like Daisy Circuit's made it into Wave 6!
e: as someone whose first Mario Kart was DS, getting hyped up for what DS retro courses might be coming back in Wii and then having two of them be Desert Hills and Yoshi Falls was so dispiriting.
19:45 I think exactly the same about N64 Bowser Castle. Such an eerie course, more when you are racing in time trial or you are way ahead of the bots, the course really makes you feel like you are ALONE.
Funky Stadium is my all time favorite battle course. I usually choose that course to just always have fun off the ramps rather than actually battling, lol. With gliding now being a feature, this could add so much more fun to this course if it gets remade for a newer Mario Kart game.
I am so happy that Maple Treeway made it into top 3. Unironically the best mario kart track OF ALL TIME.
Mario Kart Wii was the first Mario Kart game to come out when I was an adult. At the time, I was trying to do way too much, and I didn't have time to play video games.
As a result, it's the first Mario Kart I never played. Mario Kart DS was my most played game, as I had a 3 star rating on everything in that game.
It was very interesting to see this game that I missed through your eyes, James. Thanks for that.
do give mario kart wii a try when possible, it could be worth it
1:03 He does in fact rank Donut Plains 2 over Donut Plains 3.
29:06 Wii Rainbow Road also happened to be the last course added onto the BCP.
lol I think he said he liked 3 more than 2
This game was everyone's childhood as far as I'm aware
This game is my childhood
It was my childhood as well
Truly the most Mario Kart of all time
It’s an absolute travesty that Toads Factory didn’t come back in 8 given the big band jazz style of the whole soundtrack
3:40 this didn't age well
26:10 you forgot to mention the more laps you go through, the angrier the mountain becomes, causing more boulders to fall
Dude must be working those toads at toad factory really hard if he keeps making this much amazing content
They still all hold a place in my heart.
The original DS version is the one I view most favourable, as it was my first game, but good god if the Wii version doesn’t hit different 😳
as someone who mains koopa and has since childhood, koopas track is my all time favorite. so much nostalgia and i remember getting mad at my brother when he would win, even when i tried my hardest. it's so cute and i felt special playing as koopa in it ❤️