Top 10 Worst Mario Kart Items
The thundercloud should be #1. Do you want to know why? The coin sucks, but it's better than getting no item at all. It gives you two coins and a tiny speed boost. In my opinion, the coin should be #3.
The blooper pretty much does nothing. It gives you worse handling, but the stat decrease is so small that you can't even notice it. So the blooper should be #2.
However, the thundercloud is the only item that is worse than nothing. After a certain amount of time, it zaps you like a lightning bolt. Sure, it can be passed on to other players, but more often than not, the other racers aren't close to you. Furthermore, in the positions where you get the thundercloud, you could've gotten actual good items to help you catch up. You may say that the thundercloud gives you a tiny speed boost, but it does not nearly make up for the zap at the end.
This should be above the thunder cloud. The coin item is the most useless item in Mario Kart. It is decent as an item on the track, but as an item you can get in the item boxes, it's terrible. Not only is it incredibly common to get in first place in Mario Kart 8, but it also makes you more vulnerable to getting hit by items such as red shells. I hope the coin item doesn't return for the next Mario Kart game.
Imagine driving along in Mario Kart 8, in first place, on the last lap. You have ten coins, and all the other racers are 30 seconds behind you. Then, you see the dreaded red shell icon, and the warning siren is getting faster by the second. You grab an item box, hoping for a banana peel (or three of them), a shell of any kind (or three of them), a Bob-omb, or a horn, but you get a coin.
You watch in horror as the red shell hits you. You drop three of your coins and slow to a halt. But nobody passes you! You're thinking, Yes! Maybe I can still win! But then, the blue shell icon appears. You grab another item box, hoping for a horn... and you get another coin.
Once again, the blue shell hits you. Everyone passes you, and you come in twelfth place. Two seconds later, your controller is through your television screen.
Bloopers (Often Referred To Bloobers Until Paper Mario, Though Blooper was in use beforehand) are Squid-Like creatures that are found in the ocean. They made their first appearance in Super Mario Bros., and various kinds of them have appeared in the Mario games since, normally as enemies. Mario Party... read more Can't the blooper be a single-player exclusive? In multiplayer, it does nothing to the racers affected except prevent them from seeing the gorgeous graphics in front of them. I want this thing removed from Mario Kart. It's useless!
The most pointless item in the Mario Kart series! It's supposed to prevent you from seeing where you're going, but it fails because you can just look at the map or, if you memorized the track, you already know where to go.
This should be first, honestly. The coin gives you a tiny speed boost, and the thunder cloud, while a troll item, lets you get to first place easier since you can pass it to another player. This thing does nothing except ink your screen! The worst, honestly.
The Fake Item Box is literally just a worse banana, and it fails its intended purpose of being fake.
Mario Kart: Double Dash basically ruined the box and made it far different from the others.
In the original appearance, it is useful to mix them with the Item Boxes, but it always gets nerfed...
This should be number one. It comes up like four times per race, it barely affects the standings, it can't block incoming shells, and it's practically useless!
The POW Block is the second worst item behind the Thunder Cloud. It appears way too often, and it's literally just a worse Lightning.
Considering most of Mario Kart Wii is airborne, this item is kinda useless.
The spiny shell, commonly referred to as the blue shell, is a well-known power-up item of the Mario Kart series of video games. This should be number one! You will find yourself going for the finish line before the blue shell hits you at the last second, and everyone just overtakes you. Luckily, you can avoid it by simply dropping out of first place before the shell is launched. But on games such as Mario Kart Wii, I couldn't predict when they are being launched. This item is complete garbage!
I hate this shell so much. It's the bane of my existence. I was trying to complete all 32 courses perfectly in first place, and I was doing phenomenal. I was at Bowser's Castle 3, I think on the Leaf Cup, and I only had 9 races to go. BLUE SHELL, and I lost the race and my perfect winning streak. This item is abysmal.
The least bad of the ten choices I made. It's basically a banana, but a bit better since it flips over players instead of spinning them out, and it is actually a moving projectile.
This should be number three. It is an inconvenient version of the red shell.
Not a bad item, but it's probably the least effective offensive item to use.
It is too common. It is useless. It doesn't do any real damage to any racer.
I think this should be #2. This item serves not a SINGLE use in races. Battle-mode exclusive would've been better. You have this leaf stuck to your tail, only being able to take down the karts that are basically about to bump into yours. You can't grab another item with this thing on. You could've got a RED SHELL. Thank my eggs that it's been in only one game.
The Super Leaf isn't bad, as you can use it to block incoming items, but green shells and bananas do the job better. Besides, the attack range is tiny anyway, and you can't get another item until it's gone.
The fact that it can block the blue shell is why it is on the list. Before this crappy item existed, mushrooms could actually help with dodging the blue shell. Only for skilled players.
This item only makes 8 easier for jobs. Also, super lame and uncreative.
Why does this item have to be there if it makes Mario Kart 8 easier for beginners?
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Bob-ombs are a species found throughout the Mario series. They are small bomb-shaped beings who can create explosions by detonating themselves or being detonated. At first glance, it seems useful. Throw it, it ricochets, and blows you up. You can't even control where it goes.
This is easily the worst item ever invented in Mario Kart history. It can actually help your opponents when it should be helping YOU.
The red shell, but enemies can get mushrooms from the egg, so it's kinda useless.
I keep on getting these things over and over, and it gets annoying.
The boo really isn't that bad of an item. Even though the boo can leave you with nothing, you're invincible for 10 seconds as well. And it gets better if you get a GOOD ITEM.
It always hits at the worst times. It's definitely one of the most satisfying items to use, but it's also one of the most annoying items to get hit by.
It's good in Mario Kart 7 when you can crush players who have been affected by it, but in other games, it's not that useful.
It feels like you get hit by this thing five times in a single race.
The red shell used to be my least favorite Mario Kart item because I kept getting hit by them in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but I don't hate it as much anymore. In fact, I kind of like it now. Yes, it's very annoying to get hit by, but it's satisfying to throw.
This item is so annoying in Super Mario Kart. A few times I got shrunk by it and then run over by the CPU players. It sucked.
The Mega Mushroom is the least bad of the Wii-exclusive items, but it's still the third-worst item. It's pointless unless you're near a group of racers, and it's literally just a worse Star.
Why is this on this list? It's really overpowered.
