How Many Courses Can You Drive Backwards In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

[@Jopes]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Backwards Discord: discord.gg/dqeVKWs8dZ My friend really helped me out with this and he makes great content so go sub 2 him: youtube.com/@0ptx

[@LandonEmma]

That’s a real place? Dant

[@N12015]

So you are a boy? Your voice changed A LOT in the last few years.

[@YuckiDude]

Keep Grinding

[@j_bad1032]

3:40 i tried this about 4 years ago, the first music park barrier is doable with the tamberine and 2 mushrooms

[@xman9354]

Would any of these be possible in Mariokart 8 with the feather? Or was that only in battle mode

[@JoSephGD]

I love how, despite the track looking like it would be an immediate write off as impossible, Coconut Mall is somehow possible backwards in every game it appears in.

[@bdt2002gaming]

It is in 7 too? How? I knew it was in Wii, and this video mentioned 8 Deluxe, but 7?

[@dragonslayerz2220]

​@@bdt2002gamingWall clips, usually.

[@manfredi19]

​​@@bdt2002gamingif you care i made a vid on my channel. As far as i know i'm the only one who has ever solved it in mk7 (in singleplayer)

[@nitgen99]

​@@bdt2002gaming Nintendo just can't help themselves I guess, all of the Wii tracks that ended up being retros in 7 have made their way to both Tour and 8 Deluxe now. They just love bringing those specific 4 back.

[@YunxiaoChu]

Cool

[@JatendoYoshi]

Hearing your voice from a 13 year old to now sounding like a 18 year old is insane. The amount of effort you put in your videos are incredible, keep up the good work ❤

[@evanrosman9226]

I agree.

[@Ewnsq]

frfr

[@kellenwelch8767]

Agreed

[@bigdonutstudio]

Right?! Wild.

[@modernkennnern]

I genuinely thought he was a girl up until the last MK8D video (the only ones I've seen from him)

[@gaker19sc]

0:24 Oh. My. God. This might not seem big but this guy got the model, edited the materials or replaced the water and then rendered an animation. I LOVE reflections!!!!

[@Jopes]

so glad someone noticed :)

[@glitched7665]

That’s what I’m saying @jopes

[@asterglaceon]

@@Jopesyou did the same at 3:00 right? Very very nice

[@MarioLuigi0404]

I didn’t consciously realize it but something in my subconscious was like “wait the reflections are that good?” Turns out no, this guy is just an insanely over-the-top editor

[@nidgithm]

I've never played this game so I thought it was from the game itself lol

[@Eevay_]

crazy how lakitu, the one that tries to stop you, is the reason some of these are possible

[@MrCheese270]

1:37 How on Earth did you discover that bonking into a random corner would disable Lakitu?! How long did it take to discover that?! What kind of witchcraft did you use!? You are a madman, and I respect the hell out of you.

[@Andybest1]

No im the one doing witchcraft lol

[@Frenchythefry]

Omg it’s the man with no barriers in video games

[@MrCheese270]

@@Andybest1 ah yes, the real wizard himself. Huge shoutouts to you!

[@T_Bagz193]

Not many people know this, but lakitu doesn't pick you up for driving backwards in time trials.

[@krbraveofficial]

​@@T_Bagz193that's not what they are talking about

[@LegoEngineer003]

When you got to the point of saying “We need to understand how Lakitu works”, I was expecting the SM64 File Select music to start playing

[@airam1721]

For real, that one SM64 guy that explores the game's internal mechanisms is so underrated fr

[@LiilYogurt]

You don’t know how dissatisfied I was when I found out mirror mode just meant the tracks were flipped instead of being backwards. I hope in the next Mario kart we finally get that, I’ve always wanted to be able to play them backwards, and with all the stuff the last 2 games have added (glider, underwater, zero g), it’s 100% possible for them to make courses make sense backwards. Cool to know how many are possible without any changes tho

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

Tour's Reverse Mode would like to know your location

[@Yeah_itsJohn]

I remember in Madagascar Kartz reverse was their answer to mirror mode and it was really cool

[@ObamasOma]

Maybe they add jumppads like the mushrooms

[@InsertPrintScreen]

*Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Mirror Mode wants to know your location*

[@alan-tairov]

​@@InsertPrintScreenwtf are you talking about lmao

[@JigsawFlex]

Interesting video! Wasn't expecting that many tracks to be possible backwards!

[@MaglikNSS]

Same

[@jaxvr]

Same

[@evanrosman9226]

Same.

[@Carlos1PlayerOfficial]

Even more that are possible

[@Magolor96]

same

[@jaidenester8714]

I think it’s really cool how different all the tracks look and play backwards, and I think it’d be cool if Nintendo added a way to play them backwards officially

[@kittykake44]

I was about to say lmao

[@smoxthybweh]

A reverse mode with ramps added in to make it possible would be fun

[@nitgen99]

Nintendo has done it before, but only in small amounts. DS had some missions where you'd race backwards, whereas Wii had online tournaments that were like mission mode. I think Tour has them too but I honestly can't be bothered to go and check.

[@nickperez4158]

Tour has them, they actually have one for DK Mountain where you're racing up the Mountain as you watch the rocks fall at you

[@duqwatee1571]

I will email them

[@SonicKid7]

The 3D visuals for Royal Raceway and Animal Crossing blew my mind. As is apparently typical, the editing just gets better and better and better

[@Bayesic]

It’s honestly amazing how much of this you were able to figure out on your own before even knowing the backwards server existed haha a lot of these strategies are not at all obvious so big props to you

[@SpicyInk]

Nathaniel Bandy tried this back when the game released and I've been wanting to see someone try it with the dlc ones. I finally get to see that!

[@ayoutubechannel7143]

Nat bandy has already done the dlc tracks

[@conkerfrog2005]

Dude, the amount of work you put into these videos blows me away, i hope you keep up the good work 😁

[@squirreltastrophe]

I like this much more than the hate comment like it :) positivity yipee!!!!

[@Wdbyrvk74fbtej]

​@@squirreltastrophewhat hate comment?

[@squirreltastrophe]

@@Wdbyrvk74fbtej when the video was new, there was this one comment like "Dude, the amount of no effort you put into these videos blows me away, I hope you keep up the bad work" and I like the positive play on it a lot more! :) I apprectate the effort Jopes puts into these videos

[@justamilkshake6671]

It’s honestly really fascinating and cool to see how many people are dedicated to doing this, and the creative solutions everyone comes up with to accomplish them! The Squeaky Clean Sprint pipe jump is super cool. Gg!

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

2:50 never noticed the adorable jump animation for the shy guy lol

[@TheGamingAabid]

Man you have grown. Keep up the trend man. Starting to think with the music note if it was to be the case, Nintendo could make these notes faster (such as changing them from quavers to semi quavers) to make this game easier and faster. This is a really good video suggestion. Great stuff Jopes.

[@bugtussle5720]

Awesome video! You should retry the ones you barely couldn't do with a higher/max speed combo. Might just be enough to get you that extra distance Shy guy is based though

[@Ghostkid825]

Wonderful video! This dropped into my Recommended feed, so it looks like the support behind it is definitely working. I've loved the idea of driving backwards on these tracks for years, even the ones that can't be fully done. (MK8 Rainbow Road is a trip when you enter the split paths the wrong way.) Very fascinating to see just how many can truly be traversed this way. And I'm super happy to see a fellow fan of playing as Shy Guy! :D

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Your use of 3D viewovers of the tracks look so good

[@PLAYER42_ready]

I started watching back with the Yoshi valley video, can’t believe it’s been 2 years! Glad to see how much your channel’s grown and keep up the great stuff!

[@norbertgrohmann5600]

8:35 „ neaxt up“ Voice Crack was Perfect 😂😂😂😂

[@Dominator_425]

It was squeaky clean

[@TheBreadPirate]

Dang, this video popped off in views.

[@carmenwinstead693]

can you not?

[@TheBreadPirate]

@@carmenwinstead693 Okay. :(

[@carmenwinstead693]

@@TheBreadPirate do better next time, okay?

[@VirtualSoap]

What

[@Goatman_Gamer]

Yo! I was looking this up to see if anyone had done this and then I realized it was you! Nice to see you, man.

[@roryrainbow77]

Wow, this is such a cool video to showcase this cool pasttime in Mario kart 8 deluxe. Very impressive how many you found, along with the help of the community! Some of these feel mind blowing to me, like Music Park and Mushroom Gorge. I saw Nathaniel Bandy attempt Mushroom Gorge backwards himself, and he made it to the second green mushroom, but even so the fact you can get past that and complete the lap is just insane.

[@yambone635]

Great as always! I love watching people try to break games like this. Can't wait to see what you do next :)

[@NN-cr6gx]

Very entertaining video and visuals + competent editing. I love weird challanges and I enjoyed this video.

[@evanrosman9226]

Your videos never get old.

[@Jem.Studios]

He does tho

[@patrickbutsmart]

Can confirm that jopes spent a long time researching this backwards stuff also at 1:49 it is likely due to the regular excuse of checkpoints , you don't actually need to hit the corner. Whenever I do speedruns of this category I usually just hit the wee barred part to be safe (you can also just skip this 10 sec time lose but is very hard)

[@PhlynMK]

That was such an interesting video! I really respect all the time you put into this :D Well done!

[@Popslushy]

What the unemployed friend does at 3:45 am on a Thursday

[@RobertMcKinnonMainChannel]

that's awesome!!! really informative video :) and i really respect going out and finding that community, and sharing their developments as well!! truly a great content creator 🙏

[@porpercrater]

you did the courses backwards, but try them DRIVING backwards

[@samuelharrington7030]

Tf does that mean

[@patrickbutsmart]

@@samuelharrington7030 I think they mean driving in reverse

[@Sidecar_2025]

Turn around at the start then hold B and X the whole time

[@patrickbutsmart]

@@Sidecar_2025 the problem is with boost ramps and stuff

[@Eonnor]

Wow your voice changed a lot! Seeing you grow up and your video quality increasing is just awesome. Keep up the good work my dude!

[@techknight3753]

Probably the highest quality young content creator on the entire platform. Not to mention you pull out math that even most us adults will just nod along too. Keep up the amazing work, can't wait to see this channel grow and evolve

[@patrickbutsmart]

by "us" do you mean us as in the united states or us as in the collective of people including me and you?

[@dennisbrannvalls1fan964]

What a gem of a channel! Just went through some of the back catalog and had a few surprises (the voice was one haha), but all the videos are consistently excellent! Subscribed!

[@FreddysFather]

This needs to be a speedrunning category

[@patrickbutsmart]

check speedrun(dot)com

[@Sinister_General]

9:12 "I crashed into the toilet" Best line I've ever heard!! 🤣🤣

[@neffrey]

i feel like if more groundbreaking discoveries get made this topic could make for a great summoningsalt video

[@rickyyyyy-]

0:43 "...that I could do them with my eyes closed" now we need a Jopes video where he drives on all of the highlighted tracks, backwards, with a blindfold on, maybe as another 100K special if this video hits 50K likes? y'know, Jopes, you should always stay true to your word.

[@patrickbutsmart]

nah he needs to do 96 track hell% speedrun for 100k subscriber special instead.

[@riversduvall1176]

Jopes gotta be one of the most underrated youtubers. He puts 101% into his vids and it shows. Keep up the excellent work.

[@RougeMephilesClone]

Very well done. It would be cool if the Reverse Cup became real some day, though only with a portion of its game's courses since others would have to lose some of their crazier elements to support it.

[@yashi18]

Holy youre voice changed so much. Ive been watching you since the beginning (the first video). Keep up the good work.

[@Dominator_425]

2:41 Erm, it’s an oval

[@zestastic1]

Respect the amount of effort put into this video; that's a sub from me

[@Scoob_547]

actual mirror mode

[@CR34M-P]

True lol

[@flavquellovero]

no

[@Gust_The_Man]

He didnt even give N64 Rainbow Road a chance, he just skipped it and marked it as impossible

[@SeanCMonahan]

How the heck did you get the recording at 2:59? That was so cool! Great work on this video.

[@ghb323]

1:39 possibly a trigger extending to that corner that tells the game you came from that “previous” area, so if you legitimately came from that “previous” area, lakitu wouldn’t randomly drag you despite not being out of bounds.

[@ihaveacutecat]

Everyday is a good day when hopes uploads

[@chili675]

Yeah *hopes* is one of the best small Nintendo creators

[@ihaveacutecat]

@@chili675 hopes is so cool

[@locrianico6843]

I love seeing your channel grow dude! Keep up this amazing work

[@LuxP64]

I don’t know why Nintendo doesn’t add backwards mode like the mirror mode

[@Deoxys1585]

Redfalcon feels ashamed of himself for not doing the stuff you did

[@myfly4711]

I always hoped that Mario Kart would one day add a mode where you could do all the courses backwards. Maybe flip the ramps in locations where it's necessary. That would be even more exciting and disorientating than mirror mode imo!

[@TicTacToeCraft]

It has already been done in Mario Kart Tour. They therefore could possibly add that mode to the next Mario Kart.

[@drybones2292]

Amazing vid, bro! Keep up the good work!

[@TurboBloost]

I always liked the idea of racing tracks in reverse. Luckily in Mario Kart Tour there are a couple of tracks that are reversed. Maybe who knows, if it will become a mode in MK8D.

[@Hewer86]

"a couple" being all a hundred and thirty something tracks in the game actually

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

This was actually planned for Double Dash. Plus, I have several ideas for a Mario Kart Ultimate, which would pull a Smash Ultimate with not only the characters, but also the tracks, modes, and items

[@TurboBloost]

@@Hewer86 Yeah, a couple of 130ish tracks. No big deal. 😂

[@TurboBloost]

@@pvzmariosonica8fan I mean... MK8D still has the potential to hit that Ultimate tagline if Nintendo were to actually add more items, modes and a few more characters. But I don't think they'll do it. [Hopefully Nintendo proves me wrong and releases a second booster course 👀]

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

@@TurboBloost Hey, how'd you know I like the 👀 emoji?

[@KipThe7O]

I remember not long ago when jopes was “a small channel trying to grow” How far my boy has come

[@CrimsonKingGaming]

BROTHER GOT THAT MAN VOICE 🥵🥵🥵

[@LoganverseS1]

Yep

[@elitobin]

cool vid, the fact theres a whole community for this is crazy

[@kayden2119]

Am i missing something? Why would you not just use the highest speed combo the whole time? Its not like mini turbos matter for any of the tracks right? I feel like things would have been a lot easier on a lot of tracks.

[@SwitheKun]

Another great video. Love seeing this channel grow with every upload!

[@jamesestes6851]

Where is the Neo Bowser City gameplay? U skipped it and went on to Super Bell Subway, then after Mushroom Gorge was completed, Neo Bowser City was red. how was it not possible? same for Sky High Sundae and Vancouver Velocity... 😔

[@Joe_789]

There’s a wall that has that glider on it, and it’s too high to go over

[@patrickbutsmart]

@@Joe_789 in Neo Bowser city, you can get over the glider part. it is a wall near the start that is the problem iirc

[@RyneMcKinney]

No other channel on KZbin captures puberty so well

[@jaxvr]

Now that i am seeing this video, i feel like we're closer to finding a MASSIVE shortcut in this game then we think

[@stamdar1]

90% of the time, when a content creator promises a link in the description, the link is not there. Good on you for being one of the few who follows through

[@keipos4520]

Great video as usual :) I hope your channel will grow as much as you expect it, you deserve it.

[@yonderjam]

Here's a fun fact about how the Tour cities, N64 Kalimari Desert, DS Peach Gardens and Piranha Plant Cove work. The tracks that have lakitu pick up the player when driving backwards are the ones where you drive backwards for the final lap (Paris Promenade, Sydney Sprint, Berlin Byways, Peach Gardens, Singapore Speedway, Athens Dash, and if my predictions are right maybe Madrid Drive). Tokyo Blur does the same, but that's because the pathway for laps 1 and 2 isn't blocked off in lap 3.

[@cheez8Productions]

I remember doing this with Mario Kart DS! This brings me back, but man, you put in so much more effort than I ever did. Amazing work.

[@nouche]

All of them, in Tour. That was one of the few brilliant ideas that game had, and I hope they keep it for the next installment. I’d honestly find it way more appealing than, say, mirror mode.

[@mindopolis6089]

Mad respect by pulling out the maps for observation use

[@TheFirstCurse1]

I've always wondered this when playing Mario Kart DS as a kid, so it's cool to see that so many others wondered this as well.

[@marioman118]

Bro Your mike has gotten way better! Same with your content! (it was good before anyway, now it's better)

[@b.n9076]

LOL THE VOICE GOT DEEPER AGAIN 😭🙏 I’ma need you to upload another video cause I’m wondering how low your voice goes

[@APersonm]

Last time I saw you on the internet, you sounded so much younger than this! Cool knowing you’re still around doing Mario kart stuff, keep up the good work!

[@ZeldaACFan17]

Music Park just looks so unique... The piano, marimba and vibraphone curves, the drum and tambourine bounce pads.. The fences looking like music staff designs... Crazy detail!

[@mothinamoth]

Love how he doesnt just spend minutes trying before giving up, but _hours_ .Guys got dedication.

[@NatetheNerdy]

Sounds like a fun time with friends, racing to see who can complete some of these backwards first

[@MoonlightMirage]

Those 3D visuals are insane I mean, even Baby Park's got one, and you don't even talk about how you conquered that one backwards - especially since Lakitu likes to keep respawning you when you even try going backwards 😭

[@patrickbutsmart]

you can surpass this annoying behaviour of lakitu if you go in time trials

[@Lando_Calzonian_MK8]

By the way, Boo Lake, Daisy Cruiser, Mushroom Gorge, Snow Land, Waluigi Stadium, Choco Mountain (when it was Possible), were all discovered by me lol (Waluigi stadium was actually co discovered by both me and placid mink)

[@Jopes]

I am incredibly surprised that I was able to get mushroom gorge, but daisy cruiser was really easy lol (also good job on boo lake, that run is really cool)

[@Lando_Calzonian_MK8]

@@Jopes oh yeah, when I found snow land i felt the exact same way you do in this video lmao. It felt so obvious once I got it

[@ghb323]

If Nintendo is making MK9 or any future MK series, hopefully they add a “drive backwards” mode instead of just mirroring the tracks.

[@willowallen4688]

When I was younger, me and my brothers would play mario cart on the Wii and my dad would sometimes challenge himself by doing the first lap backwards before catching up and taking first place anyway. He only did this on easy backwards tracks though

[@Tgamer1Games]

12:27 “Cause Lakitu to have a stroke” 💀 😂

[@Xpe3681Espinoza]

Fr

[@StingRai08]

i know im late, but i love hearing the videos from younger youtubers who are still old enough to know what they're doing. hence why i love watching danerade. this video fills that weird niche for me, so honestly this is really cool! keep it up man!

[@logangould9918]

12:28 "Cause Lakitu to have a stroke," Best delivery of this line he could have possibly done 😂

[@Thebluestone]

Interesting video, as always! Keep up the good work! :)

[@Dougy]

I stumbled upon this type of video many times, but this one is well edited!

[@iDontReallyKnowTbh]

Anyone else remember when Nathanial Bandy did this challenge on every single track in every 3d game?

[@ramroller]

Wait this is actually sick! I'm glad I stuck around for this ❤

[@tims5994]

Great video Jopes!

[@Majoru-]

You make the literall best vidoes and you put in so much effort, and it really shows

[@VolcanoGamingVR]

3:36 - I call it Melody Motorway as that’s what my original Mariokart 8 calls it that

[@Yoshifan6]

your video came on my recommended, i picked your video and i’m very impressed and you just earned yourself a new subscriber ❤

[@xvgm24]

Awesome Wirtual music at the end there!

[@preede5409]

Alternative title: Gaslighting lakitu for 14 minutes straight

[@TroboTicTac]

There is a (backwards) run of squeaky clean sprint where they land on the toilet without dying Pretty cool and nice video

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

1:47 I'd guess is you're able to hit the trigger that disables lakitu

[@GraniteStateVictoria]

Doing courses backwards in Mario Kart is something we all did as kids for fun (I did it with MK64 and Double Dash) but at the time there's so much we don't think about that could make them possible.

[@superyoshiparker8979]

I know I haven’t commented in a year on this video, but you missed 2 possible tracks, Tokyo blur and peach gardens, the only reason why you couldn’t do them is because Lakitu picks you up, city tour tracks, kalamari desert, and peach gardens work on a lap based system, and when going backwards you take the path on the previous lap (lap 1-lap 3, lap 2-lap 1, and lap 3-lap 2). Edit: Amsterdam drift is posted too

[@just_ur_local_idiot]

A way to keep Lakitu from pulling you away is using reverse (on switch) click and hold the B button to go backwards, which is how I did it back then when I tried it (and the DLC courses didn’t exist at the time) but it makes it much slower and difficult, but still Lakitu won’t do anything at all to stop you

[@patrickbutsmart]

Lakitu won't pull you away for going backwards if done in time trials

[@joshslater2426]

Great video, can’t wait for a Wave 6 update. I imagine most of those tracks will be very difficult to do backwards.