Ninja Hideaway that low down on the list feels like a crime. Everyone is entitled to their opinion of course, but I've found the more you race on it you can actually utilize the tight layout to your advantage against others, and it becomes quite the satisfying and rewarding challenge. Not to mention it has gorgeous visuals and some of the most thrilling music. Great video overall though 👏
I literally heard him diss Ninja Hideaway's stellar music and immediately came to the comments to see if anyone else disagreed. Glad to see another Ninja Hideaway fan here.
@@Its_SaberHG It's not the only track. Some of the other more difficult tracks, like Bone Dry Dunes, DS Wario Stadium, 3DS Neo Bowser City, and 3DS Piranha Plant Slide, benefit from learning how to properly race them. But I do agree that it's a good track that feels very satisfying to master. (Some parts of it honestly feel kinda jank tho)
Tbh i didn't really like the double dash tracks from the BCP too much. Like they weren't bad but Double Dash tracks are mostly better in the original game, except for maybe Yoshi's Circuit and Sherbet Land
I know boo lake isn't everyones cup of tea, but second worse in the game? That's a little crazy! At least it uses anti grav unlike most the bcp and actually updates a lot from the original.
Not to mention, one of my favorite design elements of those GBA remakes, creating some great ups, downs, lefts, and rights with the anti gravity, but still retaining it’s core layout
It's crazy how different our rankings are from each other. I audibly gasped when you put sky garden (bottom 5 course for me) above wild woods (my second favorite course in the game). Donut plains above electrodrome ???
Hearing someone say Ninja Hideaway's music is unmemorable is pretty funny considering its almost unanimously agreed to have the most memorable song of the booster course pass for a lot of people. Like I think it has the most views of any DLC OST song from this game on youtube
Wow that's pretty interesting! Idk what it is about it, but I had to go back and listen to it again after your comment just to remember what it sounded like.
@@MrDrBoi It's just a fun high energy song, that I find catchy. Although, it is pretty short, looping after only a minute. And if you didn't care for the course itself all too much that would probably add to it being forgettable
so far this video is hilarious. you will drop one of my top tracks at the very bottom then turn around and put some of my least favourite tracks that everybody else seems to like in the bottom too. crazy how different but similar our opinions are
What I love about this video is that you actually give genuine reasons for your placements, and even if I don’t agree with ALL of them, I could understand where you were coming from with every single one
it’s actually refreshing to see someone who hasn’t got Pinball as #1 or at least in top 3. like it’s an amazing course but i’d place it no higher than 10. my current top 3 tracks are: 1. moonview highway. I love city tracks at night. they’re so cosy and nostalgic. 2. mount wario. there’s so many cool shortcuts to pull off and I love the snowy environment 3. Toad harbour. idk why but I love this track. the hill at the end is so fun to race down and the different pathways mean variety every lap
The issue for me with moon view highway is on mk8 it feels way too wide, so it's so easy to avoid the traffic and bomb cars that were a genuine threat in the original. It's still fun tho
This video really puts into perspective just how much got lost/made generic in translating some of these courses to MK8, which is a shame. And I thought it was electrodome too lol
Great video. Having watched a handful of MK8 Deluxe ranked videos, I find it really interesting how vastly different people's list are and how people rank them differently based on certain aspects like shortcuts or music.
Here's my top 3! 1. Ninja Hideaway 2. MK8 Rainbow Road (This Rainbow Road gets WAY too much hate, I don't get why so many people have this as their least favorite Rainbow Road) 3. Waluigi Pinball Also, is it a hot take to say that Yoshi Circuit is one of the most boring and forgettable tracks ever? The only cool thing it has is that it's shaped like a Yoshi. Other than that, it's so boring I forget it exists.
Honestly didn't realise till I started watching a ton of MK8D tier lists post BCPW6 that a handful of Mario Kart 7 courses in the UK have different names in the US version. (At least it didnt click in my head until hearing it so many times recently) It's extremely weird to hear Alpine Pass, Wuhu Mountain Loop, and Piranha Plant Pipeway be called Rock Rock Mountain, Maka Wuhu, and Piranha Plant Slide after knowing them by one name for over a decade. Edit: Didn't remember this but Neo Bowser City, Wario's Shipyard, and Music Park are also called something different in the UK. Neo is just Koopa City, Wario's Shipyard is Wario's Galleon, and Music Park is Melody Motorway (which personally I think is a better name.)
I liked a lot of your takes in this video, especially putting SNES Rainbow Road as the best of the rainbow road's this game has to offer. But our Top 10's are wildly different, so while the list isn't perfect, I thought you did a very good job!
For me most of the "old" DLC tracks are actually the ones I enjoy the most (even Ice Ice Outpost) because of the fact that I don't have a switch for that long and used to play this on the Wii U, where we bought the 4 extra cups especially when I got very ill. So, probably nostalgia more than anything. I think my 10 favorite tracks have to be Koopa City (Neon Bowser?), Ribbon Road, SNES Rainbow Road, Hyrule Circuit, Dragon Driftway, N64 Rainbow Road (Also a nostalgia thing, I had a N64 as a kid and played Mario Kart non-stop), Yoshi's Island, Sunshine Airport, Waluigi Stadium and both F-zero's. Big Blue has some of the biggest shortcuts in the game. So hearing you say that was like: Huh? How? You can cut so many corners (and you can do most of it without mushrooms actually) in massive ways. I really recommend looking them up, it might get your enjoyment of this track up a lot.
How is Big Blue at 46??? -Best song in the game -Biggest shortcut in the game -Awesome aesthetic You say the track sucks because its hard to make a comeback on, but Singapore Speedway is 16 points higher and it also has the same issue
The fact that Waluigi Pinball was as low as it was instantly made this the best Mario Kart track ranking video ever, no matter which one ended up in the top.
Sweet swet canyon love! its music/theming is my fav and its got all the elements in a short track (aka water/glider/antigrav/split path/shortcut esp with where the donut is its perfect for a quick race!
Shroom ridge in 89 ?, Snow land in 90? And boo lake in 95? Even these don't make as outrageous as Ninja Hideaway in 87 and apparently Ninja hideaway is not so fun to play on
The Top 25 on this list is damn near impossible to dispute! Also YES to choosing Music Park (or Melody Motorway as it seems to have been called in the UK) as number 1! That is undoubtedly my favourite track (although being a musician I may be biased 😂)
Wow, excellent job on this video, it must have taken a lot of time to make. I don't agree with some of your choices (for example, Moonview Highway and Waluigi Pinball were placed too low imo) but this was a fun watch.
As petty as it is, I rlly hope we don’t get any of the city tracks as retros in future Mario Karts, their existence takes me out of the emersion of the Mario Universe
I’m sure Brooklyn didn’t take the immersion out of the Mario Movie. Drop the bias and use critical thinking, the tour cities are great even though they confirm Mario comes from the real world instead of the mushroom kingdom
My one criticism of the booster course pack is that it has so much unused potential - there were certainly so many better tracks to pick and even the ones that were remade then didn’t do them as well as we might have hoped - it would have been so fun to have driven around the Hollywood sign in LA Laps or instead of Toad Circuit we could have had wuhu loop or something
Very good video, thanks for that. I would disagree with some choices, but I really like your reasonings. It is interesting, how some tracks I really like or dislike can resonante totally different with other people. Saw a few of those Ranking videos, and they all differ somewhat. But after all - it is still mario kart and I dont really dislike any track. (Well, excelt Baby park... So much Chaos :D )
My least fav is a 4 way tie 1 toad circuit 2 Mario circuit 3 3 sunset wilds 4 twisted mansion btw These aren’t in a particular order My fav is a 3 way tie 1.Yoshis island 2. Squeaky clean sprint 3. Mount Wario
This list (at least for me) is the embodiment of "It's so Joever We're so Barrack" over and over. And I think that's neat. The fact that all of these are so different is really interesting, like Super Bell and Ninja are 2 of my favourites, but I really do understand your points against them. Can't excuse the GBA Mario Circuit not hate though
I really hate Los Angeles Laps but I never noticed the mario baseball stadium (i love super mario baseball too!) is a part of it, so maybe i'll grow to like it in due course. Great video!
"The version of the N64 Rainbow Road that made it into Mario Kart 8 is honestly a shell of its former self." This is *exactly* why I hate MK8's rendition of the N64 Rainbow Road so much. When I first got to that course in the original version of Mario Kart 8 on Wii-U and saw what happened to that course, I went from excited to genuinely upset that my favorite N64 course wasn't even recognizable anymore. It completely lost its identity.
Yeah while I see why some might prefer the newer version, I'm with you that it doesn't even feel recognizable anymore. It used to be a test of endurance that felt like a real finale and now idek what its idenity is.
imo segment tracks/city STYLE laps are the future for MK, it takes 3x as long to learn each track and i love it, i actually play DLC over base now after 200+hrs in each cuz i like the lack of repetition going back to base tracks that arent segmented
Good list. Obviously nobody is gonna have the same list but I’m just surprised at how much stock you put into course music. Dont get me wrong the music is great, but that’s not why I, or I feel most people, come to play Mario kart.
There are a lot of opinions in this video that I respectfully disagree with (I think because you've got more experience with MK8 than I do), but it's interesting to hear your rationale on why you rank some maps higher and other maps lower; it's made for an engaging watch. Yoshi's Island is the GOAT though, I'm glad to see it get ranked as high as it did on your list lol. Tbh while I understand the general disdain for a lot of the Tour tracks, something I really like about them all is how much they manage to utilize the space in each map. There's a lot of variety from lap to lap, and it makes each map feel WAY more spacious than it is. I especially like the parts in tracks like Paris where you can actually cross paths with people who are significantly behind or ahead of you-- it really makes the race feel more alive and dynamic. Anyway, great video! It was a treat to watch 😄 PS: YOU CAN CHANGE THE SEASONS IN THE ANIMAL CROSSING TRACK???
It seems like there is not a single list of these tracks that is remotely like mine. Like, for me personally, Animal Crossing in the top 10 is ridiculous, and Excitebike Arena and SNES Rainbow Road that are also in this top 10 might be in my 5 least favorite tracks in the entire series. I also can't get behind Super Bell Subway, Mushroom Gorge, Twisted Mansion, Choco Mountain, Shy Guy Falls, Snow Land, Grumble Volcano, Bone-Dry Dunes and Boo Lake all being that low, especially Boo Lake being the 2nd worst! Wild Woods might be my favorite course in the entire game, so it being in the bottom half is unimaginable for me. I'll also say I think GBA Mario Circuit, Toad Harbor, and Sunshine Airport are too high for me personally. This is you opinion, but I certainly can't say it's mine! Very good video, anyways. These videos are always fascinating to me.
youre waaaaaaaaaaay underrating boo lake imo. i just want to remind you that boo lake was the first course in the booster pass that actually had any water implemented. actually scratch that, it is the first DLC TRACK IN ALL OF MK8 to have ANY underwater content. even if you dont like the layout of the track (something i frankly dont get but am willing to accept) you should at least put it higher because of those facts i think
this might be the most interesting ranking i saw so far, and i also agree with some unpopular opinions (main ones being waluigi pinball, big blue and koopa cape relatively low) but i also strongly disagree on some points: ninja hideaway is one of my favorite tour tracks due to the enjoyable layout and catchy theme; grumble volcano is also one of my favorite tracks in the game for similar reasons; madrid drive is one of my least favorite tracks from tour, the theme is amazing but i find the layout really unenjoyable.
You hit the nail on the head. Humankind is amazing. We took this miracle of life. Defied all the gods and gave man, a creature without wings, the ability to soar through the air and travel distances that never seemed possible... And we somehow made it suck. Seriously. I hate flying, airports, and the whole thing. Glad MK8 makes it seem pleasant.
fy mk8dx mario circuit isnt a figure 8, the reason each lap feels twice as long is cuz its a mobius strip, basically the perfect shape to show off the antigrav, if u look at the minimap ull see urself going 'around it' 6 times, not 3
I need to say all the ones you put at the wrong spot plus my ranking for them -Shroom Ridge (33) -Ninja Hideaway (11) -Bone Dry Dunes (way too high) (96) -Super Bell Subway (10) -Amsterdam Drift (19) -Grumble Volcano (14) -N64 Rainbow Road (21) -Dolphin Shoals (26) -Mario Circuit 3 (91) -Moonview Highway (12) -Electrodrome (1) -Donut Plains 3 (90) -Sherbet Land (92) -Athens Dash (13) -Big Blue (2) -Tick-Tock Clock (8) -Rosalina's Ice World (81) -Cheep Cheep Beach (80) -DK Jungle (69) -Neo Boswer City (74) -Dragon Driftway (48) -SNES Rainbow Road (76) -Music Park (62) (had to refrain from unreasonable spots) I hope you make better choices in the future MrDrBoi.
I fell like Berlin Byways is a lot better than most of the city tracks because it does a good job preserving Berlin overall. Your driving through the Brandenburg Gate, going past icons like the victory Column and the East Side Gallery
Disagree on toads turnpike. The anti gravity brings a new level of excitement too me, and I just like the idea of being able to drive on highway walls. To each their own though
today i have learned: 1.electrodrome, not electrodome 2.excitebike, not exitabike 3.people in the comments really hate different opinions (oh wait i already knew that)
I wish they would have brought delphino square into it and oh yeah I agree with you they should have put Luigi circuit (not to be confused with the one from double dash with the chain chomp) from mariokart ds in here you know the one with the weather observation center in the background oh and lastly where is airship fortress?
It’s weird to see someone rank ninja hideaway so low considering it’s one of my favorites as well as others from what I can tell. But good list overall except Mario circuit 3 being that high. One of the worst tracks imo
My favorite part of watching all of these ranking videos come out is how different they all are from each other.
Same!
My favorite part is SHITTING THE BED BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS THAN ME
Me too. Some people absolutely hate courses I love and vice versa. 😅
Thats why i watch so much of Them too, but wegen someone have a hot Take im salty for a short time 😂
Me when someone ranks Grumble Volcank high: 😡
Me when someone ranks Grumble Volcano low: 😮
Boo lake at 95 is outrageous, one of the best gba reprisals
was thinking the same
100% agree this man just hates gba track for no good reason
Dry Dry Desert above Mushroom Gorge 💀
Ya mushroom is overhyped
Ninja Hideaway that low down on the list feels like a crime. Everyone is entitled to their opinion of course, but I've found the more you race on it you can actually utilize the tight layout to your advantage against others, and it becomes quite the satisfying and rewarding challenge. Not to mention it has gorgeous visuals and some of the most thrilling music. Great video overall though 👏
I literally heard him diss Ninja Hideaway's stellar music and immediately came to the comments to see if anyone else disagreed. Glad to see another Ninja Hideaway fan here.
It's my favorite track. I love the layout, theme. It's the one track that learning how to properly race helps a lot online
@@Its_SaberHG It's not the only track. Some of the other more difficult tracks, like Bone Dry Dunes, DS Wario Stadium, 3DS Neo Bowser City, and 3DS Piranha Plant Slide, benefit from learning how to properly race them. But I do agree that it's a good track that feels very satisfying to master. (Some parts of it honestly feel kinda jank tho)
Love seeing 4 Double Dash tracks in the top 20 just wish we got more then just 3 in the DLC
Double Dash is the GOAT, so many amazing tracks from that game.
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Tbh i didn't really like the double dash tracks from the BCP too much. Like they weren't bad but Double Dash tracks are mostly better in the original game, except for maybe Yoshi's Circuit and Sherbet Land
@@Stratilexme as a sherbet land fan😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@Coolyuonh_GD what? I'm saying Sherbet Land got a glowup with Yoshi's Island lol
I know boo lake isn't everyones cup of tea, but second worse in the game? That's a little crazy! At least it uses anti grav unlike most the bcp and actually updates a lot from the original.
Not to mention, one of my favorite design elements of those GBA remakes, creating some great ups, downs, lefts, and rights with the anti gravity, but still retaining it’s core layout
It's crazy how different our rankings are from each other. I audibly gasped when you put sky garden (bottom 5 course for me) above wild woods (my second favorite course in the game). Donut plains above electrodrome ???
Wild Woods is my favorite course man, which is your favorite?
@@Morze72 I know it's very basic pick, but 3ds rainbow road slightly edges it out for me.
yeah Sky Garden above Wild Woods is crazy lol. But Donut Plains 3 is a pretty good track
Excite bike at 10
@@pinty2109great track
Hearing someone say Ninja Hideaway's music is unmemorable is pretty funny considering its almost unanimously agreed to have the most memorable song of the booster course pass for a lot of people. Like I think it has the most views of any DLC OST song from this game on youtube
Wow that's pretty interesting! Idk what it is about it, but I had to go back and listen to it again after your comment just to remember what it sounded like.
@@MrDrBoi It's just a fun high energy song, that I find catchy. Although, it is pretty short, looping after only a minute. And if you didn't care for the course itself all too much that would probably add to it being forgettable
so far this video is hilarious. you will drop one of my top tracks at the very bottom then turn around and put some of my least favourite tracks that everybody else seems to like in the bottom too. crazy how different but similar our opinions are
What I love about this video is that you actually give genuine reasons for your placements, and even if I don’t agree with ALL of them, I could understand where you were coming from with every single one
I dont understand where hes coming from
it’s actually refreshing to see someone who hasn’t got Pinball as #1 or at least in top 3. like it’s an amazing course but i’d place it no higher than 10.
my current top 3 tracks are:
1. moonview highway. I love city tracks at night. they’re so cosy and nostalgic.
2. mount wario. there’s so many cool shortcuts to pull off and I love the snowy environment
3. Toad harbour. idk why but I love this track. the hill at the end is so fun to race down and the different pathways mean variety every lap
The issue for me with moon view highway is on mk8 it feels way too wide, so it's so easy to avoid the traffic and bomb cars that were a genuine threat in the original. It's still fun tho
AINT NO WAY twisted mansion, water park, and Super bell subway were below sky-high sundae
I agree
This video really puts into perspective just how much got lost/made generic in translating some of these courses to MK8, which is a shame. And I thought it was electrodome too lol
Putting rock rock mountain above waluigi pinball is also INSANE
Hahaha I'm sorry I knew I was bound to trigger someone with that placement. I promise I still think Waluigi Pinball's a great stage! 🤣
It’s not. Waluigi Pinball is overrated garbage.
no its not waluigi is basic other than the pinball section which is still usually just drove in a straight line. sick music tho
@@jermx487it wasn’t on DS tho. That shit popped back then. But yeah In mk8 it doesn’t stand out as much
@@jermx487Waluigi Pinball is fucking fantastic. What are you yapping about?
when I heard that #76 was Mushroom Gorge, my heart dropped. 💀
Great video. Having watched a handful of MK8 Deluxe ranked videos, I find it really interesting how vastly different people's list are and how people rank them differently based on certain aspects like shortcuts or music.
Thanks! I actually held off watching anyone else's ranking while I worked on this but I'm really curious to see what other people think now.
Anyone else a little bummed that they didn't update VS mode so we could play through all 96 tracks at random?
Yeah I saw that, they should totally allow you to do all 96.
Agreed! I'd also be in favor of a harder AI setting.
there's no way on earth that cheese land is better than all of the ones before it
I hate cheese land
Bro how is baby park and exitebike both in the top ten.
I cannot wait for schaffrillas’ ranking.
Suggestion for the next ranking video: Every Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Character Ranked.
Here's my top 3!
1. Ninja Hideaway
2. MK8 Rainbow Road (This Rainbow Road gets WAY too much hate, I don't get why so many people have this as their least favorite Rainbow Road)
3. Waluigi Pinball
Also, is it a hot take to say that Yoshi Circuit is one of the most boring and forgettable tracks ever? The only cool thing it has is that it's shaped like a Yoshi. Other than that, it's so boring I forget it exists.
Honestly didn't realise till I started watching a ton of MK8D tier lists post BCPW6 that a handful of Mario Kart 7 courses in the UK have different names in the US version. (At least it didnt click in my head until hearing it so many times recently)
It's extremely weird to hear Alpine Pass, Wuhu Mountain Loop, and Piranha Plant Pipeway be called Rock Rock Mountain, Maka Wuhu, and Piranha Plant Slide after knowing them by one name for over a decade.
Edit: Didn't remember this but Neo Bowser City, Wario's Shipyard, and Music Park are also called something different in the UK.
Neo is just Koopa City, Wario's Shipyard is Wario's Galleon, and Music Park is Melody Motorway (which personally I think is a better name.)
Piranha Plant Pipeway and Melody Motorway are way better names!
I liked a lot of your takes in this video, especially putting SNES Rainbow Road as the best of the rainbow road's this game has to offer. But our Top 10's are wildly different, so while the list isn't perfect, I thought you did a very good job!
I know it's kind of a hot take so glad someone else agrees!
26:26 I agree w you on that one
For me most of the "old" DLC tracks are actually the ones I enjoy the most (even Ice Ice Outpost) because of the fact that I don't have a switch for that long and used to play this on the Wii U, where we bought the 4 extra cups especially when I got very ill. So, probably nostalgia more than anything. I think my 10 favorite tracks have to be Koopa City (Neon Bowser?), Ribbon Road, SNES Rainbow Road, Hyrule Circuit, Dragon Driftway, N64 Rainbow Road (Also a nostalgia thing, I had a N64 as a kid and played Mario Kart non-stop), Yoshi's Island, Sunshine Airport, Waluigi Stadium and both F-zero's.
Big Blue has some of the biggest shortcuts in the game. So hearing you say that was like: Huh? How? You can cut so many corners (and you can do most of it without mushrooms actually) in massive ways. I really recommend looking them up, it might get your enjoyment of this track up a lot.
Great Ranking but what has me baffled is how none of Double Dashs Special Cup tracks are in this game
I was really hoping Wario colosseum would have been included!
I was rooting so hard for the GCN Rainbow Road. A bit disappointed it and Wario Colesseum didn't make the cut.
BOO LAKE AT 95!?! That’s insane
How is Big Blue at 46???
-Best song in the game
-Biggest shortcut in the game
-Awesome aesthetic
You say the track sucks because its hard to make a comeback on, but Singapore Speedway is 16 points higher and it also has the same issue
i love boo lake and HATE music park by far OMEGALUL
"Mario Kart 8 is already the easiest Mario Kart game"
Mario Kart 7: *Am I not a joke to you?*
I like the editing of that line to fit the situation lol
The fact that Waluigi Pinball was as low as it was instantly made this the best Mario Kart track ranking video ever, no matter which one ended up in the top.
Sweet swet canyon love! its music/theming is my fav and its got all the elements in a short track (aka water/glider/antigrav/split path/shortcut esp with where the donut is its perfect for a quick race!
Shroom ridge in 89 ?, Snow land in 90? And boo lake in 95? Even these don't make as outrageous as Ninja Hideaway in 87 and apparently Ninja hideaway is not so fun to play on
As someone who has to go through New York City a lot for travel, I one hundred percent agree with what you said!
IYKYK lol
My favorite is Peach Gardens so I’m glad you like it, great vid
Definitely a fantastic track, thanks!
@@MrDrBoino problem also you have a typo in the description on Mario Circuit
Mount wario getting 2nd is a great yet bold choice
The Top 25 on this list is damn near impossible to dispute! Also YES to choosing Music Park (or Melody Motorway as it seems to have been called in the UK) as number 1! That is undoubtedly my favourite track (although being a musician I may be biased 😂)
Wow, excellent job on this video, it must have taken a lot of time to make. I don't agree with some of your choices (for example, Moonview Highway and Waluigi Pinball were placed too low imo) but this was a fun watch.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
snow land was bashed too hard bro didn’t even mention THE BIGGEST SHORTCUT IN THE GAME, good ranking tho
I had to look it up cause I didn't know what you were talking about but that's crazy!
Big blue at #46 is INSANE
It should be lower. It does nothing special except advertise MK8s anti-gravity.
Ok but why were there more GBA tracks in the dlc than 3DS and GCN...
Actually thanks to Rosalinas Ice World 3DS and GBA are even at 8 tracks
They must've been easier to make or something because its criminal there aren't more GCN courses.
Tick Tock Clock has always been one of my favorites… Don’t even know why, but I’ve always loved it from the first time I played it.
As petty as it is, I rlly hope we don’t get any of the city tracks as retros in future Mario Karts, their existence takes me out of the emersion of the Mario Universe
I’m sure Brooklyn didn’t take the immersion out of the Mario Movie.
Drop the bias and use critical thinking, the tour cities are great even though they confirm Mario comes from the real world instead of the mushroom kingdom
My one criticism of the booster course pack is that it has so much unused potential - there were certainly so many better tracks to pick and even the ones that were remade then didn’t do them as well as we might have hoped - it would have been so fun to have driven around the Hollywood sign in LA Laps or instead of Toad Circuit we could have had wuhu loop or something
That wild woods placement is WILD
Very good video, thanks for that. I would disagree with some choices, but I really like your reasonings.
It is interesting, how some tracks I really like or dislike can resonante totally different with other people. Saw a few of those Ranking videos, and they all differ somewhat.
But after all - it is still mario kart and I dont really dislike any track. (Well, excelt Baby park... So much Chaos :D )
I agree because even though I may have a few maps I dislike, none of them are so bad that I don't still have fun playing Mario Kart.
My least fav is a 4 way tie
1 toad circuit
2 Mario circuit 3
3 sunset wilds
4 twisted mansion btw These aren’t in a particular order
My fav is a 3 way tie
1.Yoshis island
2. Squeaky clean sprint
3. Mount Wario
Nice top 3
This list (at least for me) is the embodiment of "It's so Joever We're so Barrack" over and over. And I think that's neat. The fact that all of these are so different is really interesting, like Super Bell and Ninja are 2 of my favourites, but I really do understand your points against them. Can't excuse the GBA Mario Circuit not hate though
I really hate Los Angeles Laps but I never noticed the mario baseball stadium (i love super mario baseball too!) is a part of it, so maybe i'll grow to like it in due course. Great video!
This is definitely one of my favorite ranking videos, but I'm always putting Daisy Cruiser at 96
"The version of the N64 Rainbow Road that made it into Mario Kart 8 is honestly a shell of its former self."
This is *exactly* why I hate MK8's rendition of the N64 Rainbow Road so much. When I first got to that course in the original version of Mario Kart 8 on Wii-U and saw what happened to that course, I went from excited to genuinely upset that my favorite N64 course wasn't even recognizable anymore. It completely lost its identity.
Yeah while I see why some might prefer the newer version, I'm with you that it doesn't even feel recognizable anymore. It used to be a test of endurance that felt like a real finale and now idek what its idenity is.
The N64 version was a boring snooze fest that was only saved by the music.
Lots of hard disagrees, but I appreciate your takes all the same.
imo segment tracks/city STYLE laps are the future for MK, it takes 3x as long to learn each track and i love it, i actually play DLC over base now after 200+hrs in each cuz i like the lack of repetition going back to base tracks that arent segmented
Good list. Obviously nobody is gonna have the same list but I’m just surprised at how much stock you put into course music. Dont get me wrong the music is great, but that’s not why I, or I feel most people, come to play Mario kart.
I’m fully prepared to get roasted over my picks here, but screw it:
* S Rank
Yoshi’s Island
3DS Neo Koopa City
3DS Piranha Plant Pipeway
GBA Ribbon Road
SNES Bowser Castle 3
Super Bell Subway
DS Tick-Tock Clock
GCN Waluigi Stadium
3DS Music Motorway
WII Rainbow Road
GCN DK Mountain
Wild Woods
Sunshine Airport
Hyrule Circuit
* A Rank
MOB Rome Avanti
MOB Athens Dash
MOB Madrid Drive
WII Moonview Highway
WII DK Snowboard Summit
Squeaky Clean Sprint
WII Grumble Volcano
Piranha Plant Cove
Toad Harbour
N64 Royal Raceway
3DS DK Jungle
3DS Rosalina Ice World
WII Daisy Circuit
GCN Sherbet Land
GCN Daisy Cruiser
DS Peach Gardens
WII Maple Treeway
Ninja Hideaway
DS Waluigi Pinball
Cloudtop Cruise
SNES Rainbow Road
WII Koopa Cape
DS Wario Stadium
WII Wario Goldmine
* B Rank
MOB Amsterdam Drift
N64 Kalimari Desert
Shy Guy Falls
MOB L.A Laps
MOB Vancouver Velocity
MOB Singapore Speedway
Rainbow Road
GBA Riverside Park
N64 Choco Mountain
Dragon Driftway
Merry Mountain
Bowser Castle
MOB Bangkok Rush
Mute City
DS Cheep Cheep Beach
MOB Berlin Byways
GBA Boo Lake
GBA Snow Land
MOB Sydney Sprint
MOB London Loop
GBA Cheese Land
Electrodrome
Animal Crossing
MOB Paris Promenade
GCN Yoshi Circuit
Twisted Mansion
3DS Rainbow Road
Mount Wario
Big Blue
N64 Rainbow Road
Dolphin Shoals
WII Mushroom Gorge
N64 Yoshi Valley
Bone-Dry Dunes
DS Mario Circuit
GBA Mario Circuit
Thwomp Ruins
* C Rank
Mario Circuit
3DS Rock Rock Pass
DS Shroom Ridge
GBA Sunset Wilds
Sweet Sweet Canyon
Ice Ice Outpost
WII Moo Moo Meadows
Mario Kart Stadium
SNES Donut Plains 3
Water Park
ExciteBike Arena
Sky-High Sundae
GCN Baby Park
* D Rank
SNES Mario Circuit 3
MOB New York Minute
WII Coconut Mall
GBA Sky Garden
N64 Toad’s Turnpike
GCN Dry Dry Desert
* E Rank
3DS Toad Circuit
MOB Tokyo Blur
boo lake is put way to low in all these vids, yes it's basic but I still like it and have fun
Haha I just had a friend tell me the same thing. Totally fair though, that's how I feel about Mario Circuit 3 which I know many don't like.
Normally I Would Say Everyone Is Entitled To Their Own Opinions, But You Are An Exception As Your Opinions Just Make My Blood Boil
Wow seeing shroom ridge so low shocked me. One of my absolute favs on 200CC, but it’s so relaxing on 150 or below
This is probably the best mario kart 8 ranking video so far. Lots of explanations and it's cool to see how vastly everyone's opinions differ.
Thanks!
There are a lot of opinions in this video that I respectfully disagree with (I think because you've got more experience with MK8 than I do), but it's interesting to hear your rationale on why you rank some maps higher and other maps lower; it's made for an engaging watch. Yoshi's Island is the GOAT though, I'm glad to see it get ranked as high as it did on your list lol.
Tbh while I understand the general disdain for a lot of the Tour tracks, something I really like about them all is how much they manage to utilize the space in each map. There's a lot of variety from lap to lap, and it makes each map feel WAY more spacious than it is. I especially like the parts in tracks like Paris where you can actually cross paths with people who are significantly behind or ahead of you-- it really makes the race feel more alive and dynamic.
Anyway, great video! It was a treat to watch 😄
PS: YOU CAN CHANGE THE SEASONS IN THE ANIMAL CROSSING TRACK???
That was my reaction to learning that too! Such a cool feature for a track.
I cant agree with n64 ranbow road as a shell of it's former self when it's former self was to long and boring for it's own good.
It seems like there is not a single list of these tracks that is remotely like mine. Like, for me personally, Animal Crossing in the top 10 is ridiculous, and Excitebike Arena and SNES Rainbow Road that are also in this top 10 might be in my 5 least favorite tracks in the entire series. I also can't get behind Super Bell Subway, Mushroom Gorge, Twisted Mansion, Choco Mountain, Shy Guy Falls, Snow Land, Grumble Volcano, Bone-Dry Dunes and Boo Lake all being that low, especially Boo Lake being the 2nd worst! Wild Woods might be my favorite course in the entire game, so it being in the bottom half is unimaginable for me. I'll also say I think GBA Mario Circuit, Toad Harbor, and Sunshine Airport are too high for me personally. This is you opinion, but I certainly can't say it's mine! Very good video, anyways. These videos are always fascinating to me.
How is Toad Circuit and Mario Circuit (from 8) above Boo Lake?
Well, the original Yoshi "hid" your placement because the hardware was incapable of it. It was a track ahead of its time.
youre waaaaaaaaaaay underrating boo lake imo. i just want to remind you that boo lake was the first course in the booster pass that actually had any water implemented. actually scratch that, it is the first DLC TRACK IN ALL OF MK8 to have ANY underwater content. even if you dont like the layout of the track (something i frankly dont get but am willing to accept) you should at least put it higher because of those facts i think
Boo Lake is like my favourite track alongside Bowser Castle 3, SNES Rainbow Road and Riverside Park😭😭😭
Some of these be fightin' words! ...now time to harass a friend posting his later today without knowing what he even says.
this might be the most interesting ranking i saw so far, and i also agree with some unpopular opinions (main ones being waluigi pinball, big blue and koopa cape relatively low) but i also strongly disagree on some points:
ninja hideaway is one of my favorite tour tracks due to the enjoyable layout and catchy theme;
grumble volcano is also one of my favorite tracks in the game for similar reasons;
madrid drive is one of my least favorite tracks from tour, the theme is amazing but i find the layout really unenjoyable.
You hit the nail on the head.
Humankind is amazing. We took this miracle of life. Defied all the gods and gave man, a creature without wings, the ability to soar through the air and travel distances that never seemed possible...
And we somehow made it suck.
Seriously. I hate flying, airports, and the whole thing.
Glad MK8 makes it seem pleasant.
This should be the audio that plays during Sunshine Airport's Countdown LOL
My rankings:
(S Tier #1 - #14)
#1 Wii Rainbow Road
#2 Mount Wario
#3 3DS Rainbow Road
#4 Big Blue
#5 DS Waluigi Pinball
#6 DS Tick Tock-Clock
#7 Squeaky Clean Sprint
#8 GCN Waluigi Stadium
#9 Wii Maple Treeway
#10 Electrodome
#11 3DS Music Park
#12 Yoshi's Island
#13 Toad Harbor
#14 Sunshine Airport
(A Tier #15 - #33)
#15 DS Peach Gardens
#16 N64 Kalimari Desert
#17 3DS DK Jungle
#18 Wii Koopa Cape
#19 Cloudtop Cruise
#20 Wii DK Summit
#21 GBA Ribbon Road
#22 GCN DK Mountain
#23 DS Wario Stadium
#24 Wii Mushroom Gorge
#25 Mute City
#26 (Wii U) Bowser Castle
#27 Wild Woods
#28 Shy Guy Falls
#29 SNES Bowser Castle 3
#30 GCN Daisy Cruiser
#31 Wii Coconut Mall
#32 Wii Wario's Gold Mine
#33 3DS Pirahna Plant Slide
(B Tier #34 - #73)
#34 Dolphin Shoals
#35 Tour Singapore Speedway
#36 N64 Royal Raceway
#37 GCN Yoshi Circuit
#38 GBA Riverside Park
#39 DS Cheep Cheep Beach
#40 Tour Bangcok Rush
#41 N64 Rainbow Road
#42 Wii Moonview Highway
#43 Wii Grumble Volcano
#44 GBA Snow Land
#45 Super Bell Subway
#46 Tour Vancouver Velocity
#47 Hyrule Circuit
#48 N64 Yoshi's Valley
#49 GCN Sherbet Land
#50 DS Shroom Ridge
#51 (Wii U) Rainbow Road
#52 Thwomp Ruins
#53 Pirahna Plant Cove
#54 Tour Athens Dash
#55 GBA Cheese Land
#56 SNES Rainbow Road
#57 GBA Boo Lake
#58 DS Mario Circuit
#59 Merry Mountain
#60 3DS Rock Rock Mountain
#61 N64 Choco Mountain
#62 Tour Rome Avanti
#63 3DS Rosalina's Ice World
#64 Excitebike
#65 Animal Crossing
#66 Wii Moo Moo Meadows
#67 Tour New York Minute
#68 Dragon Driftway
#69 Tour Madrid Drive
#70 SNES Donut Plains 3
#71 GBA Mario Circuit
#72 Tour Amsterdam Drift
#73 (Wii U) Mario Circuit
(C Tier #74 - #89)
#74 Wii Daisy Circuit
#75 Tour Los Angeles Laps
#76 Ninja Hideaway
#77 Tour Sydney Sprint
#78 Ice Ice Outpost
#79 3DS Neo Bowser City
#80 N64 Toad's Turnpike
#81 Tour Berlin Byways
#82 GCN Baby Park
#83 Tour London Loop
#84 Twisted Mansion
#85 Tour Paris Promenade
#86 Sweet Sweet Canyon
#87 GCN Dry Dry Desert
#88 GBA Sky Garden
#89 Mario Kart Stadium
(D Tier #90 - #96)
#90 Sky-High Sundae
#91 Water Park
#92 GBA Sunset Wilds
#93 Tour Tokyo Blur
#94 SNES Mario Circuit 3
#95 Bone-Dry Dunes
#96 3DS Toad Circuit
fy mk8dx mario circuit isnt a figure 8, the reason each lap feels twice as long is cuz its a mobius strip, basically the perfect shape to show off the antigrav, if u look at the minimap ull see urself going 'around it' 6 times, not 3
I need to say all the ones you put at the wrong spot plus my ranking for them
-Shroom Ridge (33)
-Ninja Hideaway (11)
-Bone Dry Dunes (way too high) (96)
-Super Bell Subway (10)
-Amsterdam Drift (19)
-Grumble Volcano (14)
-N64 Rainbow Road (21)
-Dolphin Shoals (26)
-Mario Circuit 3 (91)
-Moonview Highway (12)
-Electrodrome (1)
-Donut Plains 3 (90)
-Sherbet Land (92)
-Athens Dash (13)
-Big Blue (2)
-Tick-Tock Clock (8)
-Rosalina's Ice World (81)
-Cheep Cheep Beach (80)
-DK Jungle (69)
-Neo Boswer City (74)
-Dragon Driftway (48)
-SNES Rainbow Road (76)
-Music Park (62)
(had to refrain from unreasonable spots)
I hope you make better choices in the future MrDrBoi.
I fell like Berlin Byways is a lot better than most of the city tracks because it does a good job preserving Berlin overall. Your driving through the Brandenburg Gate, going past icons like the victory Column and the East Side Gallery
How is Sky High Sundae over Ninja Hideaway 😀
Disagree on toads turnpike. The anti gravity brings a new level of excitement too me, and I just like the idea of being able to drive on highway walls. To each their own though
I'm fine with the change of Kalimari Desert.
Grumble Volcano is my number 1😭
The very low ranking for my baby super bell Subway is crazy 😓
just a few minutes in and it hurts already. Berlin and shroom ridge are among my absolute favourites lol
looking at yoshis island I wonder what amazing tracks await us for next mk. we still don't have a odyssey and a wonders track
Wow never thought about it but you're right. I'm so surprised there isn't an Odyssey track.
15:06 Marker for myself
It’s a Mandela effect, everyone thinks it’s electrodome and not drome even though it is
today i have learned:
1.electrodrome, not electrodome
2.excitebike, not exitabike
3.people in the comments really hate different opinions (oh wait i already knew that)
My Track Rankings:
S Tier
1. Wii DK Summit
2. GBA Ribbon Road
3. Squeaky Clean Sprint
4. DS Tick Tock Clock
5. GBA Cheese Land
6. DS Shroom Ridge
7. Bowser’s Castle (nitro)
8. N64 Yoshi Valley
9. Piranha Plant Cove
10. Wii Maple Treeway
11. 3DS Rainbow Road
12. Wii Rainbow Road
13. N64 Rainbow Road
14. Mount Wario
A+ Tier
15. Yoshi’s Island
16. Dragon Driftway
17. 3DS DK Jungle
18. N64 Kalimari Desert
19. GCN DK Mountain
20. Animal Crossing
21. GBA Sunset Wilds
22. GBA Sky Garden
23. GCN Sherbet Land
24. 3DS Rock Rock Mountain
25. 3DS Piranha Plant Slide
26. N64 Choco Mountain
27. Tour Los Angeles Laps
28. Tour Madrid Drive
29. Wii Koopa Cape
A- Tier
30. SNES Bowser’s Castle 3
31. Cloudtop Cruise
32. Merry Mountain
33. GCN Yoshi Circuit
34. Sky-High Sundae
35. Tour Vancouver Velocity
36. GCN Waluigi Stadium
37. Wii Coconut Mall
38. Shy Guy Falls
39. 3DS Rosalina’s Ice World
40. 3DS Music Park
41. DS Cheep Cheep Beach
42. Bone Dry Dunes
43. Tour Singapore Speedway
44. Tour Berlin Byways
45. Wii Moonview Highway
46. Wii Wario’s Gold Mine
47. SNES Rainbow Road
48. DS Waluigi Pinball
B+ Tier
49. Rainbow Road (nitro)
50. Ninja Hideaway
51. Ice Ice Outpost
52. GBA Snow Land
53. Twisted Mansion
54. Tour Athens Dash
55. 3DS Neo Bowser City
56. Thwomp Ruins
57. N64 Royal Raceway
58. Big Blue
59. Mute City
60. Hyrule Circuit
61. Tour Bangkok Rush
62. Tour Rome Avanti
B- Tier
63. Tour New York Minute
64. Tour Sydney Sprint
65. DS Peach Gardens
66. Mario Circuit (nitro)
67. GBA Riverside Park
68. GBA Boo Lake
69. DS Wario Stadium
70. GCN Dry Dry Desert
71. DS Mario Circuit
72. Sweet Sweet Canyon
73. Electrodome
74. Wild Woods
75. GCN Daisy Cruiser
76. Wii Mushroom Gorge
77. Sunshine Airport
C+ Tier
78. Tour London Loop
79. Tour Amsterdam Drift
80. Mario Kart Stadium
81. Dolphin Shoals
82. Tour Tokyo Blur
83. Wii Daisy Circuit
84. Toad Harbor
85. Wii Moo Moo Meadows
C- Tier
86. Water Park
87. SNES Donut Plains 3
88. Tour Paris Promenade
89. GBA Mario Circuit
90. Super Bell Subway
D Tier
91. N64 Toad’s Turnpike
92. Wii Grumble Volcano
93. 3DS Toad Circuit
94. Excitebike Arena
F Tier
95. SNES Mario Circuit 3
96. GCN Baby Park
Mad respect for doing all 96!
Bro saw boo lake and said "Yes, sunset wilds is better than this, so is dry dry desert!!"
I wish they would have brought delphino square into it and oh yeah I agree with you they should have put Luigi circuit (not to be confused with the one from double dash with the chain chomp) from mariokart ds in here you know the one with the weather observation center in the background oh and lastly where is airship fortress?
Would've loved to play on that track again!
Baby Park in the top ten makes me so happy!
This was an emotional roller coaster
I can ask the same things you asked of New York Minute but of Vancouver Velocity lol
Lol now that I'm thinking of it, I'm sure they'd apply to most cities tbh
It’s weird to see someone rank ninja hideaway so low considering it’s one of my favorites as well as others from what I can tell. But good list overall except Mario circuit 3 being that high. One of the worst tracks imo
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thinks Ninja Hideway doesn’t deserve a spot in the top 50 😭
Yeah I expected some backlash for sure, but didn't realize Ninja Hideaway would be the one people are most upset about.
Music park above mount Wario is a crime💀
NINJA HIDEAWAY IN 87???????? I want what you’re smoking
Your opinion is instantly made invalid when you put Excitebike Arena and Baby Park in the Top 10.
big blue got snubbed hard. My personal favorite of all time with my favorite layout and really good gimmicks and the best song in the franchise
I can't stand almost all of the Tour tracks, but I love most of the others.
This guy doesn't like drifting i guess lol
TERRIBLE choices
Edit: Neo bowser city DESERVES to be where it is BUT SNES MC3 being higher than shy guy falls is wild
SNES rainbow road top 10 is great.
My fav track in the game to time trial.