What did he mean by this?
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God I hate Rainbow Road. every one. Instantly takes the fun out a casual session when someone picks it unknowingly and you have to quit
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Worst Mario Kart tracks?
- Thread starter jokkir
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Yoshi's Valley sucks. It like a kindergartener drew a bunch of scribbles on a piece of paper and they turned that into a MK track.
I used to hate N64 Rainbow Road but to MK8's credit they fixed a lot of what I hated about that track, namely the fact that it's so long and has so many guardrails so there's no risk.
People seem to hate Neo Bowser City but I've never had an issue with it. If nothing else, it's pretty fucking cool visually.
I used to hate N64 Rainbow Road but to MK8's credit they fixed a lot of what I hated about that track, namely the fact that it's so long and has so many guardrails so there's no risk.
People seem to hate Neo Bowser City but I've never had an issue with it. If nothing else, it's pretty fucking cool visually.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Baby park.
Terrible track where you're far more susceptible to Mario kart item nonsense than anywhere else
Terrible track where you're far more susceptible to Mario kart item nonsense than anywhere else
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I was struggling to think of one but then this reminded me I haaaaaate Grumble Volcano
Rhomega Beta
Member
Nah, Daisy Cruiser is pretty cool.
Also agree on desert tracks. They tend to blend into one another.
This is why Baby Park is one of the best, not one of the worst.
Embrace the essence of the game.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I actually love a lot of the Wii ones, the Mushroom Gorge and the maple tree one especially.
What's that flat desert from the N64 that was also in 7? Maybe the single most forgettable track
What's that flat desert from the N64 that was also in 7? Maybe the single most forgettable track
Toad's Turnpike is just awful. Not even Mario Kart 8 could save it. About as much fun as driving on an actual congested highway
I can't come up with a single reason for why I love Kalimari Desert but I still do
I don't like sand. It's rough and course and irratating and it gets everywhere.
I never liked the peach cruise liner in double dash.
Psychoward
Banned
Looking at the list does show that a lot of them are worse than I remembered but come on, DK Mountain is one of the best MK tracks ever.
Nah man, Mushroom Gorge is one of the better tracks of a game with an already stellar tracklist.
Toad's Factory, Maple Treeway and Coconut Mall are all amazing.
Nope. Great map
pete_clarf
Member
Amazing that it took 78 posts to get the right answer.
OricWindstar
Member
I really don't like Music Park or Water Park (which also has the laziest name ever, haha). I'm also slowly realizing I don't care for Wario's Gold Mine either.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Aaronrules380
Member
Yeah, Dolphin Shoals is kind of bad, but it's also pretty forgettable and never even seems to come up in online voting lol
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Never liked the GCN version of Dry, Dry Desert. But I was happy with what they did with it in MK8. Maybe it's a combination of the lusher graphics and replacing the Pokey section at the end with a pool, but it feels much more fun to play on.
JimboJones
Member
With the exception of Yoshi Circuit.. I agree, the music in that game is grating too.
Forgettable. What.
How is surfing a giant eel, emerging from the ocean, looping around in anti-grav and jumping an active whirlpool not the coolest thing ever.
Baby Park is the 8 player Smash of Mario Kart, ridiculously hectic. A massive blast when playing with friends. So not that one.
Rainbow Road 64 is unnecessarily long for three laps, but they fixed it in MK8 and it's good on its own. So not that one either.
Kalimari Desert is really boring, I would say that one.
Rainbow Road 64 is unnecessarily long for three laps, but they fixed it in MK8 and it's good on its own. So not that one either.
Kalimari Desert is really boring, I would say that one.
Scalpel Knight
Member
Baby Park is trash.
SoundPulse
Banned
Baby Park worked really well with Double Dash's mechanics. Not quite so much in later games.
So probably that, I guess.
So probably that, I guess.
Nocturnowl
Member
Let me just target two tracks that most might overlook in this discussion, there are worse tracks but let me just vent...
Mushroom Gorge Wii: See on paper the concept behind this track is actually cool, music is nice, so what's the problem Owl?! HUH?
Well see the whole bouncy mushroom mechanic leads to a hot mess, here are a list of things that greatly affect the bouncing...
- Being shrunk
- Being Mega
- Boosting with shrooms
- Superstar
- Thundercloud
- Being hit by anything while over a shroom
As a result hitting the item boxes before the shroom string in the cave and getting speed increasing things will pretty much cause you to overshoot the correct bounce paths if you dare to use them.
And certain events just lead to you being kinda screwed on this stretch, the inconsistency would drive me nuts online.
Bowser's Castle MK7
Bowser's Castle may be a series of often recurring tropes, but you can always rely on a great obstacle course channelling the spirit of the platforming titles into a kart race.
Until MK7 came along that is.
The track is shockingly bland, there's surprisingly little going on, the underwater lava room is an aesthetic misfire, seriously what's going on in there? you don't have to put water in there guys. Compare it to any of the Bowser Castles around it and it's the clear dud.
On a similar note check MK DS for the rainbow road equivalent.
Baby park is pretty great if you're playing Double Dash with frantic items, otherwise it's complete trash, truly a course of extremes.
Mushroom Gorge Wii: See on paper the concept behind this track is actually cool, music is nice, so what's the problem Owl?! HUH?
Well see the whole bouncy mushroom mechanic leads to a hot mess, here are a list of things that greatly affect the bouncing...
- Being shrunk
- Being Mega
- Boosting with shrooms
- Superstar
- Thundercloud
- Being hit by anything while over a shroom
As a result hitting the item boxes before the shroom string in the cave and getting speed increasing things will pretty much cause you to overshoot the correct bounce paths if you dare to use them.
And certain events just lead to you being kinda screwed on this stretch, the inconsistency would drive me nuts online.
Bowser's Castle MK7
Bowser's Castle may be a series of often recurring tropes, but you can always rely on a great obstacle course channelling the spirit of the platforming titles into a kart race.
Until MK7 came along that is.
The track is shockingly bland, there's surprisingly little going on, the underwater lava room is an aesthetic misfire, seriously what's going on in there? you don't have to put water in there guys. Compare it to any of the Bowser Castles around it and it's the clear dud.
On a similar note check MK DS for the rainbow road equivalent.
Baby park is pretty great if you're playing Double Dash with frantic items, otherwise it's complete trash, truly a course of extremes.
Captainbojanglesiii
Banned
Music Park is pretty trash
Baby Park is great is Double Dash, but it is absolute trash in 8
Baby Park is great is Double Dash, but it is absolute trash in 8
The Mario Kart 8 version of Rainbow Road 64. They jazzed it up to such a prefect degree that had they not made it a single lap it might be my favourite track ever but that one choice completely ruins it. In stead of a beautiful marathon it's a garbled sprint that completely loses the essence of what made the original so good.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Ice Ice Outpost in 8 is ass.
It's just so bland, in track design, overall aesthetic, music, colour palettes, even the shortcuts are boring.
My least favourite for sure along with Cheese Land
It's just so bland, in track design, overall aesthetic, music, colour palettes, even the shortcuts are boring.
My least favourite for sure along with Cheese Land
Bobo Dakes
Member
I love the hell out of Mario Kart 64, but some of you really enjoyed going over that track THREE times? I don't get that. The music is great, it's colorful, but it definitely gets a little dull after a while.
But the original wasn't good.
You have no determination.
Use the brake drift.
Lmao I responded to the post twice. Don't remember this thread nor noticed the date.
Ah the thread that makes me realise the UK names are far superior to the US ones.
Melody Motorway > Music Park
Wuhu Mountain Loop > Waka Wuhu (seriously what does that even mean?)
Wario's Galleon > Wario's Shipyard
Piranha Plant Pipeway > Piranha Plant Slide (lol)
There's loads more
Melody Motorway > Music Park
Wuhu Mountain Loop > Waka Wuhu (seriously what does that even mean?)
Wario's Galleon > Wario's Shipyard
Piranha Plant Pipeway > Piranha Plant Slide (lol)
There's loads more
This is a good answer. It's like they took an internal-use test stage, gave it some easy art assets and farted it out for DLC. Bland as hell (though i still pick it online once in a while, if the other options are too far on the chaotic side like Big Blue).
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
That was by design. You can tell because you can change the UI to show every racer around the border of the screen and the game knows everyone's exact position. It just obscures the icons with ? Blocks to make it a mystery to you. I actually loved that idea
THANK YOU! I friggin hated this track. The fact it was the first race on the special cup, always ruined it for me.
I also couldn't stand N64's Sherbet Land.
themagicalkitsune
Member
You're the ugliest thing Nintendo ever released
(well Majora isn't a looker)
N64 has a bunch of other boring and uneventful tracks like Kalamari Desert, but realistically the worst one is probably out of the original Mario Kart or Super Circuit. Something like Mario Circuit GBA or Bowser's Castle 1 SNES, which everyone forgot because they don't have anything remotely memorable in them.
disappeared
Banned
What was that shit brown track from MK64? Choco road or something?
Nocturnowl
Member
Pleas stop bullying N64 Choco Mountain folks, knocking your friends back down onto the lower part of the track near the end of the lap is a priceless treasure.
And that music.
And that music.
fly high ~ayunite~
Member
Shy Guy Beach from Super Circuit.
Rainbow Road from MK64 sucks. If you're gonna have a course that takes 6+ minutes to play it better be interesting, and it is not. It's a long boring path with rails the whole way. Nothing exciting ever happens and no, the nice music that course has doesn't make up for it. It's total slog to play and I hate it.
Thankfully Nintendo had the sense to fix it for MK8. I actually really like it in that game.
Thankfully Nintendo had the sense to fix it for MK8. I actually really like it in that game.
That's what I choose to believe. Rainbow Road SNES is the best. N64 version is awful. Way too long and rails everywhere. No.
mariachi507
Member
All of the hate I'm seeing for the GOAT Wario's Gold Mine makes me sad.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
I was never particularly into Yoshi Falls. But I don't hate it either.