Top 10 Best Mario Kart Games

This is the best Mario kart ever and I'm going to tell you why. It has the most fun tracks and a great character roster! The graphics are also very colorful and it seems like your more in the Mario world than some of the newer games. Unlocking characters and karts is fun! You get really excited and surprised when you get the character you want and soon you will get addicted to this amazingly fun and awesome game! The battle courses are very fun. (My favorite is funky stadium) there is just so much to like about this game! The blue shells are a big help to those who are in 12th or second place. And if your in first place than just wait for someone to get close to you than they will get hit too. This game should be #1 on this list and if you don't have it then you should get it and then have fun with your friends.

This is probably the best Mario Kart I have ever played. This is even better than double dash! It has a great selection of new and old tracks, and has the best character roster! The music from this game is probably great too! This is also a very nostalgic game, as I used to play it as a kid always. The online communication features were very revolutionary for a Mario Kart game. The only thing I dislike about this game is some items: The? Block, which is just a copy/paste of a banana. Also, the thundercloud, possibly the worst item I have ever witnessed. Unfortunately, the Nintendo Wii WiFi has shut down, and not even Mario Kart Wii still has the online features?

The parts I think are the best from this game above all of the other Mario kart games is the advanced physics (wheelies, inside drift, low tricks, multiple types of tricks, an abundance of shortcuts on every track) and CTGP, a fan-made feature that adds 218 extra tracks to the game, most of which are excellent, some even above nintendo level, and allows you to play these tracks online. There is also a item setting called Item Rain, which is very very fun playing against other people, as it is very chaotic (with items raining from the sky). I feel like the newer mario kart games (8, 8 deluxe) lack in advanced strategy. The tracks in mario kart 8 all limit fun shortcuts, and the kart and bike physics are not as fun to use as mario kart wii's inside drift.

Usually, I'd say Mario Kart Wii is just pretty good. HOWEVER, the community is so lively and they have certainly made thousands and thousands of mods for the game that are completely new experiences and possibly makes Mario Kart Wii the perfect Mario Kart! Unhappy your favourite retro track wasn't included in any future games? Well, you can play them again with the help of packs like Wiimms Mario Kart Retro which allows you to play them online! Want some out there tracks like Green Hill Zone and Toad's Nighr Factory? Well, you can try MKW Hack Pack or other custom track packs and again, you can play them online! Heck, do you want Mission Mode back? There are SO many mission packs to play using the unused mission mode code! Seriously, you can have a completely new experience every time you turn the game on! That is why this is THE best Mario Kart game above even Mario Kart DS and Double Dash!

Mario kart Double Dash:
Good=
New karts: Finally some new karts! I was so bored to play with only one kart!
Roster: The roster is one of the best rosters in the Mario kart series.
Toadette's first apparition: Toadette is a lovely character!
New greatest additions like Daisy, Baby Mario, King Boo...:
I really love these characters!
Koopa return: I miss him a lot!
New amazing courses: Rainbow road, Daisy cruiser, Yoshi circuit and more!
Two characters in one kart: How awesome idea!
No jump: the jump was unnecessary in this game.
Better mini-turbo: The oldest was terrible!
Objects: The heart, the Yoshi egg, the fireballs...

Bad=
Waluigi: Waluigi time! Waluigi time! Shut up please!
Blue shell:...
Final rank= 10/10. This game is amazing!

This and DS were the ones I grew up with. I loved the track selection, and the whole 2 characters per kart gimmick was really cool. This was also before they severely nerfed/dumbed down drifting, and choosing a kart was great without turning into an RPG.
Sure the graphics are dated, but I still tink this and DS hit the nail on the head for track and overall graphic design. The tracks just seem more intuitive and easier to follow than in the newer ones like 7 and 8, where I can never tell where the turns are due to the massive detail and lack of direction. Special items seems dumb at first, but it really promotes trying all the characters and finding your favorite combo; they're more than just stat differences here.
My favorite Mario Kart game, very closely followed by DS.

My ranking and rating (Worst to best, not including Arcade)
7. Mario Kart Super Circuit (6.5/10)
6. Super Mario Kart (7/10)
5. Mario Kart DS (8/10)
4. Mario Kart 64 (8/10)
3. Mario Kart Wii (8.5/10)
2. Mario Kart 7 (9/10)
1. Mario Kart Double Dash! (9.5/10)

Double Dash had the best courses, kart options, and the best multiplayer. I really liked the 2 players per kart mechanic. Bob-omb Blast is by far the best battle mode of all time, and I wish Nintendo used it in other Mario Kart games. Overall, Double Dash is the best Mario Kart game.

This game is very fast and hectic and just overall EXCITING. I never got that kind of speed and excitement from the other Mario Karts. Sure, 200cc in Mario Kart 8 is pretty dang fast, but it felt too tight and controlled.
Fun fact: when this game was in development, the game's speed was a lot slower. In response to feedback from fans, the game was sped up considerably.

This game has so many fantastic aspects about it! Although graphics don't make or break a game, this game is BEAUTIFUL and everything looks so polished and fantastic! The courses are all really original and fun to play through. The retro tracks look so good in their new form, and they were mostly a big improvement to the original courses. The zero gravity feature is pretty fun to play around with, and the flying and swimming also return from Mario Kart 7. The new items are cool, especially the horn. The kart customization is cool. There are tons of great characters to play as, including the Koopalings. The DLC tracks and characters are really cool. Overall, this game makes so many improvements to the series and it's my favorite Mario Kart game after playing all of them! (the others are pretty good too, though)

This game is easily superior over the original MK8. The character roster is improved, and the battle mode got revamped from MK8 to be better, 8 battle tracks, 5 modes, battle mode was fixed in this version. This game also added one feature to online missing from the other Mario Kart games, being able to change characters in between races. If I had any criticism for this game, it would be that if you had the original MK8, it won't feel like much was changed to feel brand new. There aren't new courses, which can make races feel a bit repetitive.

What a game! Fixes Battle Mode from the first game and it's the best Battle Mode in the whole Mario Kart Series. It introduces new characters and has more content than Mario Kart 8. Wish we had Mario Kart 9 instead because it makes Mario Kart 8 pointless. Smart Sterring is great and I've had races where I don't control the racers, can be boring but if you control the items then it's more fun. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is so much fun and is worth it if you have Mario Kart 8 or not.

Wii is good but not as good as Mario Kart 8:

Mario Kart 8 has more tracks, they are way better looking, and they are just far more creative than Wii's. 8 has a weird roster, but I don't care. At least we still have all of the core characters, and there's more than Wii. The tricks in Mario Kart Wii slow you down so it's best to just avoid doing them unlike in Mario Kart 8. Yes there are fanmade tracks in wii (but they all stunk tbh). In conclusion, this game is so much faster paced and more enjoyable than Wii.

Mario Kart: Double Dash may have had the best gameplay, Mario Kart Wii may have had the best multiplayer and Mario Kart 64 may have blown the others out of the water. But Mario Kart DS will always be my favorite.
Colorful graphics, brilliant music, fun tracks, good challenge and fun gameplay, it's hard to not like this game if you are a Mario Kart fan. Although I think Mario Kart 64 is the best, Mario Kart DS is my favorite.
Plus it's Mario Kart wherever you go! Who wouldn't want that?
Oh, and apart from its multiplayer and Mario Kart feel, Mario Kart Wii is the worst in the series.

I firmly believe that the love for Double Dash is based purely on nostalgia rather than taking the time to look at what each game added to the series. MKDS added Wi-Fi, doubled the number of courses to 32, and gave you a rating after each cup that gave it MUCH more replay value. I think people are forgetting just how big of a deal these features are, as they are now in every game. But they weren't in Double Dash, a game that added absolutely nothing new. Also, MKDS had Mission Mode, Shine Runners, and the best Balloon Battle ever. If we judge each game by how good it was for its time and how much it added to the series, this is no contest.

This is the best Mario Kart in my opinion. All the tracks are fun and none are bland. I also like the characters. It's so cool that ROB got in, and he isn't even from Mario! The multiplayer is really fun no matter what mode you pick. But the best part of it is that it has single player as well. The mission mode is super fun and should be in the other Mario Karts.

Mario Kart DS introduced online play (which unfortunately does not work anymore), a missions mode (which is unique to this title), and the idea of introducing old tracks alongside new ones. Also, Mario Kart DS introduced snaking, which I believe brought a level of skill to the game. Although noobs may disagree on that. Mario Kart DS is number 2 if not number 1, in my opinion. But I rate it as number 1.

One of my personal favorite Mario Kart games. It's got a great and unique cast of characters, some of the most epic race tracks ever, and a killer soundtrack. It's also the game that introduced gliders, which is a huge plus.

This is the best for me, it has some of the greatest soundtracks in Mario Kart and it had a cool roster even though Waluigi was absent, but at least they added Shy Guy, Honey Queen and Wiggler which in my opinion were excellent choices. The Flower Cup and Lightning Cup are some of my favourite Mario Kart cups as well

This game his what is by far the best character roster. My favorite part is that there is no Waluigi! Yay! My only complaint is the kart system and there is no Dry Bowser. I mean, why would ANYONE want only 3 karts and 3 wheels to start off with, and only one glider? This is an outrage!

It has some of the best Tracks, Retro and New. Those being (and not limited to): Coconut Mall, Waluigi's Pinball, Piranha Plant Pipeway and Melody Motorway.

It has the best Rainbow Road in my opinion.

Even though Waluigi isn't in, it at least has some quirky characters like Honey Queen and a wiggler.

Love this one. It's got so many epic/classic tracks. The character selection is great as well. It's a huge step up from the first game in my opinion.

This game is super fun, but it's not my favorite. I do prefer Mario Karts 7 and 8, but not because I don't appreciate older games, I just happen to like all the current games bring to the table. Everyone has their own opinions, and I respect that. Although this game isn't perfect in my eyes, it's still fun, and the best part about it are the sheer number of classic courses it has, which have become super fun and iconic, and are even better when they are brought back in future games as retro tracks. But please respect my opinion, I appreciate all the Mario Kart games!

This is one of my favorite mario karts because one or two of the tracks are just insanely broken(choco mountain and frappe snowland) and Choco Mountain is the more broken than Frappe Snowland, because Choco mountain has a trick that only 13 people have pulled off, which is the Weathertenko.

How is MKWii's Rainbow Road horrific? Its awesome and is a good challenge. MK64's Rainbow Road is the one that's horrific. I5 is literally just driving down a road full of chain chomps, has barriers and is very LOONG, and takes about 6 minutes to finish three laps. that's about taking at least 6 laps around a normal race course.

Mario kart super circuit is my favorite is because it's like the snes original. That means it's about the driving and not the items. Yes the items are what gives Mario kart charm but the fact that you need to be better in this game to actually be good then you do in another Mario carts is what pulls me in. A easy way to say it as I read in review once was "Mario kart super circuit doesn't have a blue shell" That means no cheap losses etc. I think most don't like this game for the fact it's mainly 2d and that it's much harder then the others. (not counting the snes original) Another great thing about this Mario kart is the fact it's got the snes original in it as well, 2 games in 1!

It has more tracks than any other Mario Kart (excluding Mario Kart 8 because it has DLC which you have to pay more for). It also has innovative tracks like Ribbon Road and Cheese Land. It has more Bowser Castles than any other game with 7 in all (4 new to the series). It is the first Mario Kart to have a single player mode where you could race against the CPU without being in a Grand Prix (Quick Run). It also allows players to share ghosts with their friends for time trial. It is also the first Mario Kart to rank you after a Grand Prix. You can get up to 3 stars. This wasn't used again until Mario Kart DS, 4 years later. It was also the first Mario Kart game to allow you to have settings for Quick Run (3 or 5 laps, coins on or off, items on or off). It also was funny because only Wario, Bowser, or Peach could get lightning for a CPU! It was also fun to crash a person and do a spin turn and keep spinning them for as long as you could. The game also had a ton of shortcuts as long as you ...more

One of my personal favourites. It is underrated by far and deserves a better placement. It was more about the driving than the items; you could outrun red shells and cancel spin-outs. The items themselves were more strategic and less luck-based. Plus, unlockable SNES tracks increase this game's replay value by a ton. I don't know why it gets so much hate, but it was an overall great game.

You can tell how good a game's tracks are if they are used a lot as retro tracks. Though GBA is tied (SNES) for the most nitro tracks in the franchise, only a few have been used.

It's okay, I guess, but it's definitely been surpassed by every other Mario Kart. Depth perception is at its worst here due to the the 2D graphics, and power-ups don't function as well as the other games. This game has its charm but it's objectively the worst Mario Kart.

All Mario Kart games (minus the Mario Kart Arcade GP series) that came after Mario Kart: Super Circuit are now a diss to the Mario Kart games that are all older than Mario Kart: Double Dash.

Why do people still like this this was 25 odd years ago! I just don't really understand why people still like it but I'm into Wii and 8 now!

I still consider this the most fun Mario Kart game, but it may be because it's the one I'm best at.

This should be at least top ten. And also about Mametchi why the heck is she 10/10. He isn't completely pointless but why does that person give her 10/10. That is just stupid. I still think Mamecthi is Ok, but if Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi get 4-5/10, Mametchi deserves 4/10 too. Whoever has Mamatchi as a favorite character has severe mental issues. I like Mario Kart Home circuit. The only bad thing is that you can't go on ramps.

This Mario kart game is incredibly cool! I love how you are able to make any kind of wacky tracks that you want (as long as your house isn't to small). It's even more fun when you are racing against someone else that has this game on their Switch. It's just a very fun and unique game