Top Ten Worst Mario Kart Retro Cups

The Shell Cup for this game was probably one of the worst Mario Kart cups I've ever played through, right up there with SNES Flower Cup and GBA Mushroom Cup. It's such an underwhelming collection of tracks that are very poorly placed and makes this whole cup repetitive. Three of the courses are circuit tracks while the other is N64 Moo Moo Farm, which is one of my least favourite tracks ever. The Circuit tracks are SNES Mario Circuit 1, GBA Peach Circuit and GCN Luigi Circuit. The first two of these absolutely suck in my opinion, while the latter was a good track on the GCN, but it was butchererd so much in this game. Overall the worst retro cup by far.

Ha, the Shell Cup, more like the CIRCUIT CUP, in this cup, we have 3 FREAKING CIRCUITS, Mario Circuit 1 is nothing special, Peach Circuit was EVEN WORSE than the orignal GBA verison, and they butchered Luigi Circuit, even Moo Moo Farm can't save this cup being the worst.

Hey let's create a cup entirely of circuit tracks.

The Banana Cup is slightly better than its predecessor, the Shell Cup, but not by a very long shot. It starts off with two pretty good tracks. Well, SNES Donut Plains 1 is alright, while N64 Frappe Snowland is one of my favourite snow tracks in the series. But then it's followed by two abominations, GBA Bowser's Castle 2 and GCN Baby Park which are just so terrible. One has butchered music while the other barely has anything to offer. So #7 on my list.

Yet again terrible, Dounut Plains 1 was alright, Frappe Snowland was improved as well, but then, Bowser Castle 2 has BUTCHERED THE AWESOME MUSIC, making it worse than the orginal, and Baby Park, without question is the worst Retro Track every made, it's shorter by using 5 laps instead of 7 and less chaotic.

In my opinion this was WAY too underwhelming! It defies what a Lightning Cup should be, an epic finale. Instead we're greeted with SNES Choco Island 2, one of the worst Mario Kart tracks of all time, and the butchered remake of GCN Yoshi Circuit, which for some reason is the last track in the game..., well at least N64 Banshee Boardwalk and GBA Sky Garden are some of the best retro tracks in the game, so I guess it's a 50/50 cup in my opinion.

For the final retro cup, it was disappointing, while Banshee Boardwalk and Sky Garden are good tracks, we start with Choco Island 2, they barely changed everything, and they once again, butchered a GCN track, that being Yoshi Circuit, which is a terrible choice for the final retro course.

In my opinion this was the weakest overall from Mario Kart 7. None of the tracks are just that great in my opinion. N64 Kalimari Desert and DS DK Pass are both tracks I was originally not a fan of at all in the originals, and they don't change particularly much in the remakes. They're both bland tracks with slippery physics making the experience so annoying. While Wii Maple Treeway is a great course, it was so butchered in this remake. Well, at least we have GCN Daisy Cruiser which was really awesome.

This is might be the worst Leaf Cup, the train in Kalimari Desert is now slower, DK Pass barely changed, and they butchered Maple Treeway, such a shame since Daisy Cruiser is my second favorite DD track.

We have three tracks which all are just decent, and then one track I don't like at all. Peach Beach is a little annoying with the cataquacks but otherwise it is a fun track. Yoshi Falls is simply stunning with the setting even if the track design is a little short. SNES Ghost Valley 2 is an old enemy of mine when trying to beat the ghost data but otherwise it is a little nostalgic albeit bad still. And N64 Mario Raceway is one of the best Mario Circuits although it's still just "fun". Overall, it's a decent cup, although forgettable.

Again, another bad Shell Cup, the only good one is Peach Beach, which if you are good at avoiding the Cataquacks, it can be a fun course, Yoshi Falls is boring, and Ghost Valley 2 was terrible, but Mario Raceway was OK.

There are no real stand-outs to this cup. All courses are relatively fun but nothing too interesting, but they did it better here than the Wii's Shell Cup, which puts this cup a lot lower on the list. Wii Moo Moo Meadows and GBA Mario Circuit are both fun tracks but they're nothing special that makes you go WoW. DS Cheep Cheep Beach though I'd say is a really cool beginner track with the track design, and N64 Toad's Turnpike is a very chill and beautiful track. However nothing in this cup blows your mind so it's a little on the safe side.

Another bad Shell Cup also the worst cup in MK8, once again, their is only one good track, that being Moo Moo Meadows, Mario Circuit is INCREDIBLY BORING, Cheep Cheep Beach is ok, but they RUINED TOAD'S TURNPIKE.

A similar case to DS Lightning Cup in where it contains two amazing tracks, but also two bad tracks. However, those "bad" tracks, namely N64 Luigi Raceway and GBA Bowser Castle 1 aren't nearly as horrific which saves this cup tremendously. The two really great tracks are also some of my favourite Mario Kart 7 courses, namely Wii Mushroom Gorge and DS Luigi's Mansion, both really amazing and cool tracks. So yeah, this barely makes it to the top five.

This is the only good Shell Cup, Luigi Raceway and Bowser Castle 1 were HUGE improvements over the original, Mushroom Gorge is the only Wii track they didn't butchered, but Luigi's Mansion is still fun to.

This isn't a particuarly amazing cup, but for Mario Kart DS standards this one was really fun and in my opinion, the only "good" retro cup from the game. All of the tracks are fun to drive on and even though GCN Mushroom Bridge was nerfed in quality, at least it's still "Mushroom Bridge". The other tracks, SNES Koopa Beach 2, N64 Choco Mountain and GBA Luigi Circuit are simply really fun tracks in my opinion.

This is the only good Retro cup in MKDS in my opinion, Koopa Beach 2, Choco Mountain, and Luigi Circuit are still as enjoyable as their original counterparts. As well as Mushroom Bridge, even though it was butchered.

First we got the bland Dry Dry Desert, which is terrible, the quicksand is slower, the piranha plant doesn't eat you anymore, and THEY ADDED AN OASIS, it's not Wet Dry Desert. SNES Donut Plains could've done better, but it can still be enjoyable, same goes for Royal Raceway, also it kind of offends me that Birdo is on a sponsor when she is not PLAYABLE, DK Jungle is yet an awesome track.