How To Keep A Game Alive For Ten Years: Mario Kart 8

In today's episode I talk about the longest lasting Mario Kart, Mario Kart 8. The game was annouced ten years ag at this point during the Wii U era and still is lasting through the entirety of the Switch's life. But how did it manage this? Well constant content and updates of course!
Footage Credits (In Order of Appearence):
• Mario Kart: Super Circ... - ModernXP
• Mario Kart Double Dash... - packattack04082
• Mario Kart DS - Full G... - ModernXP
• Mario Kart Wii - Longp... - Project Longplay
• Mario Kart 7 - Full Ga... - ModernXP
• Mario Kart 8 - Longpla... - Project Longplay
• Mario Kart 8 - All Bat... - aWiibo
Music Used:
Los Angeles Laps - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Royal Raceway - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Dolphin Shoals - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Dragon Driftway - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Koopa Cape - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Mute City - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Electrodrome - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Battle Stadium - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Moonview Highway (Final Lap) - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Boo Lake (Final Lap) - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Bangkok Rush (Final Lap) - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Staff Credits - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST

[@NicoDoesStufff]

*"Mario kart Wii - how the community kept it alive for 15 years" enters the chat*

[@brandonhealy7158]

I have to agree. The 24 player mod was insane I even paid for that and I never buy add ons ever anymore.. but that was funny as hell. I had to drop the racer count to 16 as a maximum amount as my wii is quite weak I don’t know how people can play 24 racers on custom tracks lol.. but 16 people is better then 12 it’s so fun lol

[@NicoDoesStufff]

@@brandonhealy7158 there is also hide and seek! You could try it out!

[@meemee2832gokubettertbh]

Double Dash or 64:

[@NicoDoesStufff]

@@meemee2832gokubettertbhnot as much as MKWii.

[@general.kenobi]

Melee *exists*

[@discussingwhattodo5381]

I’ve been playing since the Wii U version. Although I haven’t played deluxe as much as the original. It’s so cool it’s stood the test of time

[@1996HerreraJohn]

Same I played maybe a handful of times on the switch. I feel like I burnt out on the game on the Wii u. Played so much of it. I'm glad it's still thriving but me personally I'm ready for the next generation of Mario kart

[@RENBA_XL]

Swear to god on 2015, 200cc felt like those star wars scenes that on the ships were super fast

[@galaxy0852]

I love how you touched on how good the game looks visually, it’s soooo pretty.

[@frizzyrascal1493]

This is what you get when you pick a smart art design.

[@HarvestHollows]

A game's soundtrack makes or breaks the experience. I kid you not, one of the only reasons I come back to this game occasionally IS for it's big band soundtrack. That's the only thing even the Booster Course Pass consistently got right. And thats a miracle in itself

[@mariotheundying]

No way Nintendo messes up the OST of a game

[@juke3748]

It still boggles my mine how underrated this channel is

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

I’ll get to a proper amount of ratedness hopefully

[@ChuyR.]

for the type of channel they started a decade too late, but there is always room for more, look at how Pitch Meetings destroyed Honest Trailers and Cinemasins, even though they were very late into the game.

[@alfieslade07]

@@SlightlyInDepthGamingkeep going, just like Scott the wozz when you blow up, so will ALL your content and therefore the growth will be more explosive

[@firegoatdx6869]

I want to make a joke about how he spelled mind incorrectly but I can’t think of any

[@juke3748]

@@firegoatdx6869 whoops, please keep in mine im not the best at spelling!

[@JcFerggy]

You glossed over how the double item box and it's changes. It plays at a mid point between Double Dash and the other Mario Kart games where you could hold your item to get another in reserve, but unlike double dash, you can't swap the items while driving. Plus with the coin item, some times it is better to hold off on using it, as you can't have two coins in your inventory. Then when you grab the single box, you're guaranteed an item.

[@s8v1]

wish i knew that last trick earlier. i have a 10000 score in online mode and never realized that lmao

[@orangez8710]

I normally don't comment on videos, but I was so surprised about how underrated this guy is. This video has the quality of somebody that has hundreds of thousands of subscribers that I genuinely thought it was one of those channels. Keep up the great work man, your gonna go far.

[@ortherner]

im starting to think these “i normally dont comment on videos” comments are bots

[@orangez8710]

@@ortherner Not a bot surprisingly, I just wanted to comment something nice for the algorithm

[@blami8]

He speaks well but its discourse is not qualitative

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

If I had a nickel for every Mario kart video I made just to gush about the soundtrack I’d have 2 nickels

[@N_the9AMER]

thats isnt alot but it is weaird that it happend twice

[@badingott]

Which isn't much and definitely not enough.

[@superjumpbros64]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@willterry7012]

ONLY 2?!?!?!

[@trashpanda9160]

@@N_the9AMERDid you type that with your toes?

[@lewatoaofair2522]

-“Hey all, Scott here. What will it be?” -“Mario Kart 8!” -“This is a bar.”

[@IIILEMONIII]

MK8DX is back to being one of my favorite games due to the course pass, but I’m not going to pretend like it wasn’t a dead game for like 4 years

[@JoSephGD]

I do have to admit: prior to the BCP's announcement, MK8DX was getting kinda stale. Due to that, I was playing quite a bit of Tour, while also delving into the modding community for Wii. These new stages are cool, and they definitely reignited interest in the game for me.

[@PotatoKing147]

Loved the video! Keep making more, they're absolutely fantastic! :D

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@trentmaxwell9082]

I did definitely get bored of it for a while, but I admit that Nintendo pumping extra content to keep it afloat has got me playing again.

[@eddiec9756]

Back in March my high school friends and I got together and dusted off one of our old Wii U's and started playing Mario Kart 8. We were playing the base version from spring 2014 and it was so strange seeing how small the character select screen was and the smaller amount of courses to drive on. The same thing applies to base Smash 4. With all the updates it means that the next Mario kart game has some really big shoes to fill.

[@kevoqq]

Not only the soundtrack keeps me engaged in the game, but also keeps me engaged watching your video. You're Awesome dude!💙

[@TheBackRoom_Gaming]

I hope they add Toad colors in the final wave! I really want Blue Toad

[@theghosttm8245]

I do hope they add a lot of costumes from Tour.

[@Hyper_Kong]

Can't believe you didn't mention more returning characters from the MK series that were never in 8.

[@justintendo4302]

Idk what it is about this game but it always has this fresh feeling that it had when it first released. I think for a Nintendo game in 2014 it was way ahead of it’s time so it still feels modern today

[@brimstoneseal7695]

It is truly insane that this video has 2 thousand views, I’ve watched videos with a fifth of the quality get quadruple the views, nice work

[@Syluxa]

Good video man keep up the good work!

[@jackybones5887]

Great video! Just subscribed, excited to see more

[@gnarwhal7562]

I hope by the end of the Booster Course Pass updates they include a Random Map Select option, like in Smash Ultimate or the ability to create a playlist of tracks. There's so many now that it kind of becomes overwhelming selecting one sometimes haha

[@arin4395]

fantastic video , you're incredibly well-spoken !! ya deserve more attention , your content is great !

[@swordmasterarie7752]

Surprised you didn't mention that one of the recent updates introduced custom items, but great video nonetheless!

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

Oh yeah that completely slipped my mind good catch

[@danieester2788]

All those updates and nearly 10yrs after the release we got FUNKYY

[@mwiah46]

my jaw dropped when i finished the video and saw 3K videos, severely underrated for the amount of effort, i sincerely hope the algorithm blesses you

[@Skailed]

amazingly underrated channel, keep it up!

[@Goofyahhsmg]

Gotta say! This is quite the video and it DEFINITELY encapsulates EVERYTHING great that went into Mario Kart 8 and DX. From whatever the hell an idea it was to add in returning karts for the first time, a whole row's worth of spinoff AND Crossover characters, and 16 whole courses to doing all in one big thing of an update to positively setting off the fans with a DX port that has so little yet so much enough to offer from the start, this definitely gives you that cue to remember what MK8 is. May as well say that in itself and for a two game collection, MK8 is a franchise on it's very own!

[@GetMadz]

great video!!

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

Thanks! I’ve watched some of your videos before and your content is fantastic!

[@Challenger10K]

Slightly In-depth gaming: There was one combo to win and thats that Mariokart Wii: You have not seen me yet

[@mussim2919]

Love this video!

[@philledzone]

As you named the DLC courses of the Wii U DLCs I just remembered that I forgot many of these were actually DLC courses. They fit in so naturally that you can easily forget. The newer DLC courses on Switch are a bit lazier, but still very fun!

[@giganticmoon]

Now we just wait for this game to die for a year, and then 9 comes out 10 years later, which leads to a 20 year wait, we then become the Kid Icarus fandom.

[@onebear6504]

As many comments have said, I really thought you were a standard channel or something, this channel got quality for sure! Hope the channel grows well!

[@simongamer987]

This video is fantastic 👏

[@bluejay21.]

Tour is MK9. None of these tracks are original. They're ported from Tour, which doesn't have the gacha mechanic anymore. They patched it out.

[@NotPsyduckc]

Not all of them, some just have the same release dates and are designed for tour

[@PNats-fg4bw]

Ok and

[@Birdblocks.]

@@NotPsyduckcyou seem familiar..

[@NotPsyduckc]

@@Birdblocks. i have no idea who you are :A_Mood_Gleeful:

[@kingovhartz1148]

✨W video Mr. In-Depth. The first few waves of the circuit pass were pretty decent to be honest. The low quality was noticeable though.✨ Hopefully the waves that are left, will have more worked put into them🙏. Sensational take on this video man. Be safe and well everyone. 😌💗

[@Ablackguy]

It’s kinda crazy how Mario kart 8 has a longer lifespan than Fortnite

[@ukraineball953]

I've re-watched this video multiple times.That is how good it is.

[@MeMyselfI__]

This video is really really well made. I will inform everyone who says it. Mario Kart Tour is no longer super Gacha heavy. You can just buy the Characters you want with Rubies

[@Freeando]

sooo... it's now p2w?

[@andy-opia4306]

Forgot to mention that you can now do races where every item is a blue shell.

[@fartsmella7416]

Why am I getting nostalgic for Mario kart 8

[@maxvelocity07]

FIVE YEARS I have been playing the game. I had no clue having more coins gives you a higher speed. FIVE YEARS.

[@DuskDalmatian]

Great video! You missed the Labo & Master Cycle Zero/Champions Tunic Link Updates though for Deluxe.

[@ego-lay_atman-bay]

I'm sorry to break it to you, mario kart tour is mario kart 9. The next mario kart game will be mario kart 10, or mario kart x.

[@Rixuous]

Well made content for such a small channel!

[@jordandutra9029]

Great video! I would love to do a video on Mario Kart 8 next year for both the Wii U and the Switch deluxe.

[@OneWeekFreeTrial]

what an amazing video

[@panduino2156]

Not to mention, if you’re emulating it on PC you get access to custom characters, courses? etc.

[@Daylen523]

When Mario Kart 8 deluxe was teased or whatever, I was still wondering what else was there to improve like jeez its already a great game.. I love it!

[@The.simple.thatworks]

It's crazy that we don't have Mario kart 9 yet, agree with you

[@YuhHuhNuhUh]

Awesome video

[@SethCocker05]

Duude when I went over to my friend’s house in 2014 and was introduced to his Wii U and Mario Kart 8 my mind was blown by how beautiful the graphics were. Even now I still boot up 8 deluxe and marvel at how good it looks compared to every other title.

[@tjeerdtrekkie1030]

9:41 "Just watch in horror as you see the roulette skip your pick and sends you straight into Bangkok" 😂😂😂😂

[@ancalagon3740]

I actually think the most important change from wiiu to deluxe was the removal of fire hopping in exchange for purple mini turbo. Greatly reduced the skill requirement to be considered good at the game as well as how you think about racing lines.

[@TKDPandaa]

very good video

[@mikayel6175]

Tour is mainline and it is also MK9 and it hasnt been gacha for a year. Also, the BCP doesnt have nitros, those r tour nitros.

[@atab24]

THAT CASKET JOKE HAD ME DYINGGGG

[@VitaliLeHusky]

I got Mario Kart 8 day first, at the time I was in elementary school... now I'm in college 😭

[@GalaxiaKnightX]

Honestly I'm giving Waves 1 and 2 some slack. I mean given that it had been years since Mario Kart 8 had any huge updates since when it was released as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and they were working on Mario Kart Tour as well. I can understand the mishaps. Plus I guess I don't really get mad at graphics like other people do. I enjoy getting new courses, listening to cool music, and just having fun. Which Mario Kart 8. Or I'm calling it Mario Kart Mobius Strip at this point. Is a beautiful game and honestly that one day. We'll have that Mario Kart Ultimate. Where EVERY single course from Mario Kart SNES all the way to now and in the future. Can be possible. Just like with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Either way this was a great video to watch.

[@TheBenjaman]

I had this prophetic dream, where after the bcp is done, nintendo releases this nintendo direct where it shows the 8 in the logo flipping on its side and the game changing name from mario kart 8 deluxe to mario kart infinity (deluxe). And with that the announcement of a second bcp with more tracks, more characters, more battlemode maps and modes.

[@XxTurk3ybo1xX]

4:09 That's me. I liked Rob.

[@Wiref.]

Dry Bones has a car BECAUSE he’s dead. Think about it, if he robs a bank, he could just fall apart and avoid the police, which explains how he got so much money.

[@levimorton483]

I played the Wii U version and the Switch version too. Wave 6 is expected to come out in the fall/wintertime, and apparently Mario Kart Tour will soon be no more once the Tour servers shut down, so Mario Kart 8 is porting the Tour tracks into Deluxe.

[@therealjaystone2344]

Once Mario kart 9 drops, tour is gone

[@Lanosrep]

@@therealjaystone2344 Mario Kart 10* Tour is treated as a mainline entry by Nintendo

[@spencerthompson9091]

Going into 200cc I had literally never used the brake button unless I was goofing off. Going into 200cc I literally couldn't drive without falling off a bunch. It really did change everything about the game

[@jasonfanclub4267]

It's broken

[@philipmurphy2]

Mario Kart 8 has boost connections for sure with people throughout the years.

[@Martyste]

The second biggest flaw of the Wii U version was a bug that was present on 50 to 150cc class, called Fire Hopping and extended your boosts if you hopped left and right. This favored meta builds to focus on ground top speed as back then, there were little to no impact on the mini-turbo duration between opposite builds. So while there was more variety with heavy Mii, Bowser, Morton, Wario and Dry Bowser than when Waluigi reigned mostly alone, the massive presence of heavy vehicles on the road made it unplayable for lighter kart who would get bumped out easily. And, our R triggers and Left sticks were beginning to suffer from the abusive hopping, pretty much like the ancient era of GC/DS snaking.

[@Martyste]

@Sparksterlot To be honest with you, after 1100 hours of fire hopping and pretty much killing my gamepad's left stick, I had enough and even tho at the time I wasn't happy to see MK8 getting ported rather than replaced, it was all worth it at the end.

[@Herosadvisor]

I wish i could enjoy Tour, but its not possible. Great vid!

[@idoghacker8008]

Only 373 views about 4 hours after the video released? This clearly deserves more.

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

Thank you so much!

[@NintendoMania]

I love this game, I've played it since day 1 on the wii u!

[@brikfanz]

i got this right when it released. where has the time gone...

[@yiffytimes]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an incredible game

[@squidsofty8507]

My little cousin just got MK8D and seeing him play it reminded me of being 12 in 2014 and getting a Wii U bundled with MK8😢

[@joshslater2426]

It genuinely amazes me that this game has somehow been the only console Mario Kart for nearly a decade. I’m not a big fan of the base game’s hyper realistic style or crossovers, but I’m glad it gave us new tracks and new characters. The next goal should be a Booster Course Pass 2, which adds the remaining retro tracks, characters, battle maps, karts and items from Mario Kart Tour. That could last for another year or two, or keep the game as Mario Kart Ultimate for now.

[@therealjaystone2344]

How many remaining courses left from tour? There aren’t much left let alone nitro courses

[@bogonelle]

Ok but like i constantly rewatch this video and i dont know why is that just me

[@mrkiddo7511]

This person deserves more subscribers 😢

[@strawwpurry]

the innovation of the switch is something for everyone to learn from because it's been like 6 years without another console

[@luigitime202]

Do you really wanna bet me that I can't take on all 96 courses in one afternoon?

[@bogonelle]

Uh oh

[@JRBowling1997]

I don't really see a diffrance in speed gaining coins... btw does it also do it during online play? Or just singleplayer?

[@stephenhiney5018]

I was expecting a boring video essay with some interest. I was not expecting to have some genuine laugh out louds, high quality editing and gameplay, and equally high quality writing. Take my subscribe.

[@nathanchappell9850]

Mario kart 9 is confirmed to be in the works I’m pretty sure

[@WritingCountingOriginal]

It’s been out for 4 years almost

[@piratekingluffy1148]

just like how minecraft is still alive by adding more to the game

[@jonathancandelario9976]

According to Nintendo, Mario Kart Tour is Mario Kart 9

[@JL-zw7hi]

This game will live on for years

[@wileecoyotegenius5955]

Biggest addition you forgot to mention is the custom items mode added in BCP, you have so much freedom with your item choices, there are nearly infinite permutations.

[@LightPink]

There's only 4194304 (a number that is infinitely far from infinite) and the right word is "combinations" because the order you choose the items doesn't matter 🤓

[@danandtab7463]

This video makes me want to go play Mario Kart 8 right now with some online. Here's to 12th place!

[@Gears-rb2ox]

If they made a track based around the number “9”, the racers would just fall off

[@bobboberson8297]

finally a youtuber who actually knows how to write an essay

[@ZeeCH_Music]

I really like this game. I'm only playing the base game and it has so much content already! never got bored! I love this I'm still thinking if I should get a booster course pass but I don't play often. also, with the rumors of the next switch I'm thinking if I should go and wait for MK9. the question still follows ("How are they gonna surpass MK8?")

[@Cainenghis]

Very interesting vid

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@mister_john]

Step one: Be the newest MarioKart. Step two: Don’t release another MarioKart.

[@Megalodon27_]

The drinking games surrounding it kept me invested

[@LandonEmma]

POV: Mario Kart 9 (Tour)

[@GeoFrituurpan]

Underrated youtuber

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrewzink5623]

The one thing that always puts how old this game truly is into perspective for me is that I won a MK8 tournament at a mall back in middle school...and I'm going into my senior year of college now. And I STILL love playing this game 🥲

[@ChuyR.]

I like toad circuit, if you start first it is very likely you will front run the race, the track is so short and so fast the blueshell and lightning never come out soon enough.

[@joshslater2426]

I like the track too. It’s simple, but pleasant. The textures aren’t a big problem.

[@DripKirby219]

It’s a decent track, but I feel like the grass is a bit of an little eye sore

[@ChuyR.]

@@DripKirby219 lol, the grass in this track is pretty much a meme now, i didnt notice it until i saw it on reddit or somewhere.

[@DomoPenguin123]

4:07 it’s me. I’m the person who liked ROB in DS. He was my favorite character and I’m actually praying So Much that they let him be one of the last remaining DLC characters.

[@davida12345]

Mario kart tour is 9, but I feel ya. That also means the next will probably be called Mario kart X

[@esmooth919]

I'm willing to bet that the main reason we even got the booster course pass in the first place is because Mario kart 8 Deluxe continued to sell like hotcakes ever since it was released on the switch! Like, that game just would not stop selling!

[@WritingCountingOriginal]

The main reason is actually because Tour won’t last forever so they’re just archiving all Tour tracks. That’s it. You can thank Tour for 8 deluxe’s dlc

[@jasonjungreis203]

Mario Kart Tour is Mario Kart 9. I imagine we’ll get Mario Kart 10 in 2025

[@Mkgamer_2]

Yes

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

Tour is a wacky one for sure because they’ve clearly put a lot of effort into it but it’s also a mobile gatcha game so I can’t acknowledge it

[@Bavid1805]

​@@SlightlyInDepthGamingNintendo removed most of the gacha features during 2022, they got a battle pass now lol

[@moneykenny119]

@@SlightlyInDepthGaming Its not a gatcha game dude why do you say that

[@VancouverVelocityFan]

@@SlightlyInDepthGamingeven if it did have gacha, that would not mean you can just dismiss it especially because Nintendo has pretty much confirmed that it’s a mainline game