Top 10 Worst Things About Mario Kart 8

Baby Characters

You know what? The baby characters are still in the Mario Kart series. They're so useless, and Baby Daisy is the most useless of them all. I'll tell you why: Baby Daisy is the slowest character ever, and even Sanic is faster than her. Play as the heavyweight characters to dominate the baby ones.

I have no idea who the mother of these five babies is. Why are Baby Rosalina and Baby Daisy in this game? They are pointless and took up two character spots.

Baby Rosalina was unnecessary. They already had Baby Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Daisy. They didn't need more. I feel like Birdo should have been in Mario Kart 8, but instead, they just threw in another baby. Of course.

Pink Gold Peach

Pink Gold Peach is a character who debuts in Mario Kart 8, where she appears as an unlockable playable character. She is a metallic variant of Princess Peach, similar to how Metal Mario is a variant of Mario. Pink Gold Peach has appeared in several subsequent Mario Kart titles.

Pink Gold Peach! Where did she come from? The people at Nintendo were probably like, "Okay, there's one more character slot left, and we need to fill it. Let's make a brand-new character for the Mario franchise. I know! We should give Metal Mario a girlfriend and make her covered in rose gold. We'll make Peach covered in rose gold as a new character. Everyone will love her."

Everybody hates Pink Gold Peach because she is a clone of Metal Mario, and Metal Mario is better than her. I'll refer to Pink Gold Peach as PGP from here on, okay?
I also understand why PGP exists: it's so girls can have their own metal character. However, PGP shouldn't exist in the game. Dry Bones or Funky Kong could have taken her place. So, when Nintendo decided to include PGP, what were they thinking? Girls can play as Metal Mario instead. Sorry, Nintendo!

Blooper

Bloopers, often referred to as Bloobers until the release of Paper Mario, are squid-like creatures found in the ocean. The name Blooper had been used before that game, but the alternate term was still common.

These characters made their first appearance in Super Mario Bros. and have been recurring... read more

Every Item in Existence Hits You

Unlike in Mario Kart DS where you just tumble when hit, in this game, your character completely stops moving and throws a fit, making you vulnerable to multiple items headed your way.

Especially the red shells. Every time I frontrun in Mario Kart 8, I always get hit by a bunch of red shells.

Red shells can be dodged with bananas and green shells, but getting targeted while you're in first place is so annoying.

Coin Item

The only characters who like getting this item are Mr. Krabs and Wario. That's it.

So wasteful. I hate getting these coins in online mode.

I hate getting this item. Hopefully, they remove it in Mario Kart 9.

Time It Takes to Recover from Being Hit by an Item

When you're in first place and a blue shell hits, you can easily drop 5 or 6 positions while your racer takes forever to recover from the hit.

When You Get a Blooper and the Person in Front of You Got Something Better

The Blue Shell

The spiny shell, commonly referred to as the blue shell, is a well-known power-up item in the Mario Kart series of video games. It targets the player in first place and is famous for its ability to drastically change race outcomes. The item was first introduced in Mario Kart 64 and has appeared in nearly... read more

If you're in first place, better watch out! The Blue Shell is absolute torture when you're leading. I honestly hate the Blue Shell.

There is an item to block the blue shell. Even though I used it once, I still got hit by the blue shell. Everyone has had a race where they got hit by a blue shell at the end of the last lap and ended up in second, third, or even fourth place.

Not only does the Blue Shell hit the first-place driver, but if you're in its path, it can hit you too. So unfair!

Clone Characters

Instead of giving us new characters, they make clone characters like Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario. They should add someone unique like Kirby.

Koopalings

The Koopalings, known in Japan as the Seven Bowser Kids, are a group of seven childlike characters in Nintendo's Mario video game franchise. Their individual names are Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig von, Morton Jr., Roy, and Wendy O. Koopa. They first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 in 1988 and have since... read more

I didn't add this to the list. The seven Koopalings were awesome back when New Super Mario Bros Wii came out in 2009. However, now they pose a problem. You know the character roster, right? All seven of them almost filled it up, and Bowser Jr. isn't even in the game.
The Koopalings were also an issue in New Super Mario Bros 2. Their battles have become boring and easy. Kamek could have appeared in this game, and the Koopalings could have replaced the Reznors in the fortresses. The Reznors are easy too, so Nintendo should have put in more effort with the Koopalings.

So many people hate the Koopalings in Mario Kart 8 because all of them take up a slot, but come on, every character takes up a slot. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Bowser, Peach, Toad, Daisy, Wario, Koopa Troopa, and Waluigi all take up their own character slots too. Why can't Larry, Lemmy, Morton, Roy, Ludwig, Iggy, and Wendy get their own character slots if all the other characters can?

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Baby Park

It is so bad. It is just chaos - bananas, shells, and lightning everywhere. It is way too chaotic and requires more luck than skill.

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Mushroom Cannon

Only Being Allowed to Save Six Replays

No Mario Kart Wii Items Brought Back

I wish they had brought back the Mega Mushroom and some of the other items from Mario Kart Wii to Mario Kart 8. It would have been much better. But I think the Piranha Plant and the air horn replaced these items.

The Mega Mushroom was great, but I REALLY hated the Thundercloud. I hope that atrocity of an item never returns.

Rosalina Keeps Being in Every Mario Game

Rosalina is one of the most despised Mario characters. Why do I hate her? Because she's basically an anime character. Peach and Daisy don't look too anime-like and don't seem too powerful. But Rosalina, with her magic and style, feels way more anime and less cartoony.

Really, Daisy fans? At least she's her own unique character, unlike cough Pink Gold Peach, cough Tanooki Mario, cough Cat Peach.

She was the worst part of one of the worst Mario games. We don't want her!

Item Distribution

Items are now based on your distance from first place?
So if you pull ahead, you're giving everyone items to stop you and bullet bills to catch up. And if you're in a close race, you get coins and green shells in last place? Instead of improving my position, I get dragged behind for the entire race.

Weak Character Roster

Terrible Online Mode

It's Not Super Smash Kart

Okay, this is Mario Kart. Why are Link, Villager, Isabelle, and Captain Falcon's maps in Mario Kart 8, along with Sonic as an Amiibo costume? It's making it more like Super Smash Kart now.
Mario Kart Wii and Double Dash are better.

Smash Kart? That's a terrible idea! The non-Mario characters are there because they're only DLC.

Getting Bumped Off the Track

Characters with Bad Handlings

They even ruined our lord and savior, Funky Kong.

The Game is Very Slow

Generic Tracks

Battle Mode

Why isn't this in the top ten? Mario Kart 8 ruined Battle Mode by focusing more on racing instead of battling. Now, you can barely hit anybody, and nobody can hit you. Getting hit wasn't fun, but the competitiveness is what made Mario Kart Wii's Battle Mode enjoyable.
This is one of the biggest complaints people have about Mario Kart 8.

It sucks that they put battle mode on race tracks, but at least they fixed it in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Lightning Item

Every time someone gets the lightning item, it feels like it just electrocutes everyone to death! Except the player who used it.

I never get this item, and I don't even understand how the shrinking effect works.

Mii Players

Do they have terrible Mii voices?