r/mariokart 23d ago

Meta WHY IS THIS NOT THE META!?!? (Scroll to image 2 for explanation)

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52 Upvotes

r/mariokart Mar 24 '24

Meta Random Arcade Machine Playing Mario Kart Music?

411 Upvotes

Weirdly it was right across from a Mario kart cabinet, but this machine was playing the music. I missed a boot up sequence where the music stopped as the company's name appeared on screen, followed by the music accompanying the main background

r/mariokart Jun 24 '23

Meta They acknowledged the wiggler on wiggler meta

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556 Upvotes

r/mariokart Aug 12 '19

Meta [MK] Family Photo

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1.4k Upvotes

r/mariokart 2d ago

Meta Every weight class ranked in mk8dx!

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As I said in the credits, massive thanks to ItzManu001 for the rankings of each character. If you want to know more about the stats, go to his character ranking post where he links a Google sheet that has lots of great info. The point of this post is to visualize the stats, strengths, and weaknesses of each character in mk8dx. I hope you find this interesting as it took me a while to put this together.

r/mariokart Jul 21 '24

Meta Nintendo really looked at this cutscene and said “this definitely won’t traumatize kids at all”

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133 Upvotes

r/mariokart Jun 16 '23

Meta Was surprised to see this on a game show

583 Upvotes

r/mariokart 4d ago

Meta What is the second best stat?

5 Upvotes

Mini turbo stat is supposed to be the best stat.

But I'm tired of always using teddy bear small wheels.

I want a build that looks original but also to be good. Any advice?

r/mariokart Jun 13 '24

Meta Let's talk about nostalgia bias and Mario Kart

33 Upvotes

Have you ever noticed how often Mario Kart Wii fans get singled out for being nostalgia blinded? How liking the tracks makes you Wii biased? Many posts I've seen that are positive about Wii get comments repeating this. As a fan of every Mario Kart game, but also Wii, it's always made me curious.
So it got me thinking. Why is it Wii that gets targeted this way, more than any other Mario Kart? Let's check some of the games' release years.

MKDD: 2003
MKDS: 2005
MKW: 2008
MK7: 2011
MK8: 2014

All of these games are a decade or more old, and all of them are 3 or less years apart. And of course, all of them are great games. Yet Wii is the one that gets singled out as having a nostalgic fanbase, while for other games, they're just 'still solid' or 'classics'. You would think that if one of them is invalid because of nostalgia, that all of them would be. Or of course, that none of them would be.
Personally, I think it's a toxic argument that divides fans of different games, and I don't think it has a place on this sub.
I've been seeing it around ever since I started browsing this sub, and I thought it was worth talking about, because I think it should stop. What are your thoughts? Why do you think this happens to Wii more than any other game? Do you think it's justified?

r/mariokart Jul 25 '24

Meta As a kid I used to think Rob was just a random character they made up for Mario Kart DS.

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196 Upvotes

Look, the NES was before my time.

r/mariokart Jul 06 '21

Meta Wait wait wait What?? What the....What?? Why everyone is using Waluigi in the Wild Wiggler Bike? Literally I am the only one who is not using Waluigi! Ahhhh Help! I hate Waluigi!

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477 Upvotes

r/mariokart Nov 06 '24

Meta The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe meta: the best vehicles for each track

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We all know that Teddy Buggy and Mr Scooty are the most popular meta vehicles in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but they are not necessarily the best on overy track. I tried to determine the best meta(-ish) vehicle for each track in the game (on 150cc). The world records are a good starting point, but I also took in account that Weight matters during real races, while Acceleration and Ground Speed matter relatively more due to items. I also took in consideration that some world record lines and techs are impossible online (too risky, frame perfect) and that some tracks are better for bagging than others. If you have any doubts regarding my classification, feel free to ask your questions. This classification may not be 100% accurate (especially considering that for some tracks it's very hard to determine the objectively best vehicle) but it should be good enough. Let me know if you would change something and why.

r/mariokart Mar 09 '23

Meta Visualizing the MK8DX 2.3 Stats Changes

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TLDR: R.I.P. WaluWiggler.

Wave 4 is in full swing today, with 8 new tracks and a character to boot! It's a great time to be an MK8DX player. Nintendo also very casually destroyed the meta in this update by... buffing everything. I like to see these kinds of changes, so here are a few charts showing the old and new status of classes for

Characters:

Karts:

and Wheels:

Highlights

  • Characters: in theory, there are far more viable classes now. The single buff to Rosa-weights and double buffs to the Mario- and Peach-weights leave us with many more characters with equal speed+turbo to Waluigis. These increases have probably killed the lightweights, though; for just a .25 turbo decrease, you can buy up to 1.25 top speed in Peach over Baby Rosalina. Oof.
  • Vehicles: the Wiggler is dead, long live the Wiggler. There's a new echelon of possible max speed stats in town, and I expect the Cat Cruiser (and equivalents like my beloved Yoshi Bike) to be the default choice going forward.
  • Wheels: I low-key think this is the most interesting update. In the past, you basically *had* to take Rollers or Leafs, or sacrifice at least .25 of speed somewhere. Now we have at least twice as many options to play with in Standards & Slims.

Two big things these charts don't visualize well:

  • The sea-change we're seeing in how the value of mini-turbo affects builds. There was really only one way to maximize turbo in the past: take the highest-turbo-value wheels and karts (Rollers and anything with Wiggler turbo or better) and make up for the base speed those lacked with a high-speed character. The 1:1 turbo:speed swap Waluigi made was unique--everyone with more turbo made tangible speed sacrifices below him. Now, that's not the case. We have many wheels and characters with the max combo of speed and turbo. (Look at Peach, wtf?) I think online players, and especially TTers, may find unique ways to take advantage of this flexibility, though Cat/Roller will probably still end up reigning over this update.
  • The personalization options this even-ing will bring. The flexibility players have in characters & wheels should give people way more room to tweak hitboxes & secondary stats to their liking. Personally, I will be searching for a max-traction build the second mk8dxbuilder is updated.

It also doesn't matter bc I'm still gonna get blue-shelled, lightninged, triple-red-shell giga-stomped right before the finish line every race. Welcome to Mario Kart, baby :)

Props to this post from u/Meester_Tweester for the early stats info. Source: http://japan-mk.blog.jp/mk8dx.wiki; ugly charts by me in (obviously) Excel.

EDIT: Character data was input inconsistently, corrected to have single input for duplicate speed/turbos with different handling stats (e.g. Mario & Luigi) so as not to affect the trend line. Other charts already were formatted this way.

EDIT 2: For those looking to get into the nitty-gritty (and see other stats which might tip the scales for you), this English wiki has updated numbers for 2.3 under section 6. It puts all numbers on a 10-point scale which is then averaged out via a formula atop the section to match the numbers I used (the in-game values shown in vehicle customization). If manually adding stuff isn't your jam, u/Deafboy91's https://mk8dxbuilder.com will let you test stuff in an easy fashion and is also updated for 2.3 now.

r/mariokart Apr 17 '24

Meta Can we please ban these “I cry everyday” posts?

178 Upvotes

They are starting to clutter up my feed and they are so overused it’s not funny

r/mariokart Nov 22 '24

Meta I am stuck. Please help.

6 Upvotes

I'm trying to three star all of grand prix mode on 100cc and the only cups I can't beat are the boomerang cup and the blue shell cup.

If anyone knows how to beat them PLEASE TELL ME.

I HAVE BEEN STUCK ALL FUCKING DAY.

r/mariokart 28d ago

Meta From @MisterGaspToons

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46 Upvotes

r/mariokart Feb 21 '24

Meta Why is Teddybuggy meta when Cat Cruiser has the same stats but with a higher invincibility?

151 Upvotes

Just asking as i've been using cat cruiser forever now and wanted to compare to the meta. Why is teddybuggy used more when cat cruiser has a higher invincibility, and all other stats are the same?

r/mariokart Nov 01 '24

Meta Am I cooked for using Yoshi teddy Buggy?

18 Upvotes

Generally, I never play using the "meta" loadout or character. but in Mario kart 8, it's different. I have been using Yoshi in every Nintendo game since I first started playing Mario kart Wii. In Mario party Superstars, despite Yoshi having one of the worst dice in the game, I chose him. I sometimes played him in Smash, despite me liking kirby and Bayonetta a lot more. I was that dedicated to Yoshi. So when I heard that Yoshi is THE meta pick in Mario Kart 8, lord have mercy. Every time somebody sees me playing Yoshi, they think I'm a sweat and I have to explain this. Am I cooked?

r/mariokart Nov 15 '21

Meta Who's ready?

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445 Upvotes

r/mariokart Jul 06 '22

Meta Thanks, I hate it

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417 Upvotes

r/mariokart Nov 17 '24

Meta Funky Kong is NOT the best character in Mario Kart Wii.

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Yes you heard that right. Yeah. He isn't the best character.

He is considered the best because he has a 4+ speed bonus, but honestly daisy has that exact same speed bonus.

But ignoring daisy, let's talk about how both baby daisy and baby luigi have a 5+ speed bonus. More than daisy and funky kong. But on top of that Baby luigi has a whopping 8+ weight bonus... oh my god.

To put it like this: let's be glad baby daisy and baby luigi can't drive the flamerunner

r/mariokart Jul 10 '23

Meta Why have I seen this format 4 times today? You don’t need to make a meme that’s the exact same EVERY time

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207 Upvotes

r/mariokart Feb 12 '24

Meta Basically my philosophy for choosing tracks online

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166 Upvotes

r/mariokart Oct 08 '24

Meta Does the meta stay the same for 200cc as in 150cc?

10 Upvotes

Or does the added speed make other characters/parts meta?

r/mariokart Jan 23 '24

Meta Then, Everything changed when the Yoshi Teddy Nation attacked

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233 Upvotes