I Ranked ALL 48 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Original Tracks

[@ade1174]

Man, putting Bowser's Castle so low hurts my soul. I love the fire bars, ball and chains, boulders, lasers, and giant Bowser. So much enemy variety.

[@SwitchStop]

Valid. That’s definitely one of the most contentious takes I had. I just don’t really enjoy the course that much. Stuff like the boulders and fireballs is easily avoidable, and the big bowser gimmick was done better in past bowsers castles imo.

[@Cashewz698]

The only reason I agree with the guy is because I feel like there’s way better bowser castle tracks

[@Nintendo_Wolf]

Cheep Cheep Beach deserved better 😭

[@vegetables1593]

I find it meh because it feels SO short compared to other Bowser's Castles

[@pinty2109]

It feels more like a bowsers castle level than a race track and I like it

[@thetzar2573]

I think the takeaway is that none of these are bad, because the only criticisms were "I haven't had a fun moment on this track" Which is a feedback loop because you never play them. If you played them, you would have fun moments.

[@isaac36.]

based 💯

[@SwitchStop]

disagree. I exclusively play this game on random VS mode with friends

[@rbxstrobe]

toads turnpike at the very bottom is insane

[@ratsausage2543]

I find it a good track and I have fun with my bros on it

[@Connorsea]

Nah I think it's the worst track,just shit boring layout whilst not having the chaos of Baby Park

[@CertifiedSoapEater]

@@ConnorseaNot to mention there are no shortcuts, ITS LITERALLY FIGURE 8 CIRCUIT WITH CARS

[@Stratilex]

I enjoy every base game 8 track but Toad's Turnpike is near the bottom due to it being mostly straightaways

[@nintony2994]

@@Connorsea and it just gets more and more irrelevant everytime a traffic course gets added via the BCP lmao

[@sevenapollo6882]

N64 rainbow road is actually one of my favorite tracks, it hurt seeing it so low.

[@the_every-thing_guy]

Agreed

[@indigomizumi]

Yeah, same. I can't argue with the placement of Big Blue though.

[@SpyZ_Ultimate]

Agree

[@Turtle707]

I love rainbow road n64

[@landostar25]

I love it too. It just appeases the goblin in my brain.

[@isaac36.]

Tick Tock Clock at 32 is literally the most painful thing I've ever seen in my entire life, its my favourite rendition of any course ever. Its so unique with a fantastic song and beautiful visuals and really fun gameplay. HOW DID YOU ACTUALLY UNIRONICALLY PUT IT AT 32?????

[@jackbauer9225]

I agree, I love this course

[@FunnyFishGirlfromSBSP]

Tick Tock Clock is a great track, it's just that it can be a little annoying with all the obstacles.

[@SweetMelaninn]

I hate Tick Tock Clock

[@isaac36.]

@@SweetMelaninn why?

[@SweetMelaninn]

@@isaac36. Looks terrible and plays bad

[@Galactic_GD]

I have never seen a take like putting cheese land 25 spots above electrodrome 💀

[@liamheneghan4977]

I've never seen so many hot takes in one video before 😂 fair play, man

[@Billbobs678]

I've never seen so many bad opinions in one video

[@awoooga5857]

A bunch of L takes tbh

[@xiiwolfy]

@@Billbobs678 you when people don’t like the same things you do and have differing views: 😡😡😡😡😨😨😱

[@Billbobs678]

@@xiiwolfy so I'm not allowed to have opinions?

[@joec7217]

I love hot takes tbh

[@GameBlock_]

I actually agreed with most of this video! I would probably have swapped bowser's castle and mk8's rainbow road, since I for some reason really enjoy the former and very much dislike the latter, but other than that I thought the video had the exact ranking that I would do! Also the video edits and commentary were on-point as always 👌

[@laurens405]

Love your videos

[@GameBlock_]

@@laurens405 thanks! :D

[@prestonandtom9337]

Bone Dry Dunes' music is not forgettable! It's the only reason why the course is remembered.

[@soggylikeapple4427]

i dont remeber the music

[@Nokyyyyy]

​@@soggylikeapple4427I kinda do, but less than the track itself, it's one of the mist unique desert tracks. After dry dry ruins and shy guy bazaar

[@FrazerEddy]

Bone Dry Dunes is decent enough, but it's hardly one of the first tracks I pick for this game.

[@maxrn3923]

Man I love Cheep Cheep Beach! It's such a vibe!

[@Cartofftheledge]

It’s one of my top 3 courses, soo underrated!

[@FrazerEddy]

Yeah, it's definitely one of the best beach levels in Mario Kart, but it doesn't compare to the much better and more ambitious tracks in my opinion. That being said, I do consider it to be the best track in the Shell Cup, which is saying something.

[@SamRegan610]

Here's my tier list, as someone who basically only plays GP and VS and doesn't touch online: Also I'm including the BCP tracks from the first two waves in parenthesis F -- Not great Excitebike Arena D -- Okay GCN Dry Dry Desert (3DS Toad Circuit) Ice Ice Outpost Water Park N64 Toad's Turnpike (Tour Tokyo Blur) (Sky-High Sundae) C -- Good (Ninja Hideaway) GCN Sherbet Land (SNES Mario Circuit 3) Twisted Mansion (GBA Sky Garden) Mario Circuit Animal Crossing SNES Donut Plains 3 SNES Rainbow Road Mario Kart Stadium Hyrule Circuit (Tour New York Minute) Sweet Sweet Canyon 3DS Music Park B -- Great GCN Baby Park 3DS DK Jungle Bone-Dry Dunes Toad Harbor DS Cheep Cheep Beach Wii Moo Moo Meadows N64 Rainbow Road (N64 Choco Mountain) (Tour Paris Promenade) N64 Yoshi Valley Wii Grumble Volcano Cloudtop Cruise (GBA Snow Land) (Wii Mushroom Gorge) (N64 Kalimari Desert) A -- Amazing N64 Royal Raceway GCN Yoshi Circuit (Wii Coconut Mall) (DS Waluigi Pinball) Wii Wario's Gold Mine DS Wario Stadium Sunshine Airport Thwomp Ruins Shy Guy Falls Dolphin Shoals Rainbow Road Mute City 3DS Neo Bowser City 3DS Piranha Plant Slide Dragon Driftway GBA Cheese Land Super Bell Subway (Tour Sydney Sprint) (DS Shroom Ridge) Bowser's Castle Wild Woods S -- Among the best in the series Electrodrome DS Tick-Tock Clock Big Blue GBA Ribbon Road Mount Wario

[@meesvanhaaren4459]

My favorite track is Yoshi's circuit. Idk what it is about it, I just love doing many drifts as tight as possible in a time trail

[@callum.n2612]

Switch Stop + Mario Kart = iconic Another great video Thomas!

[@braydenkatcher]

I know no one is gonna agree with me, but I actually really like Bone-Dry Dunes. I really don’t know why, but something about it just makes me happy.

[@DinoRyder4]

I know, it’s very underrated 😞

[@FrazerEddy]

It's a decent track, but it hardly compares to the more ambitious tracks in this lineup.

[@Terriblevisionthough]

Agreed, it ain’t the best track, but, I enjoy it and think there are definitely worse new tracks in the base game (lookin at YOU water park!)

[@InfamousBananaGoblin]

i cannot believe you did bowser's castle so dirty. it's legitimately one of my favorite tracks

[@MT_YT_1019]

Baby Park is literally underrated.

[@ezrasmolow]

It’s the bes

[@alessio2968]

It’s literally a Circle

[@timharbrecht357]

@@alessio2968 u obviously haven't raced with 3 friends with frantic items enabled

[@alessio2968]

@@timharbrecht357 I’ve done it with only blue shells turned on and 2 friends it’s still just a circle 😭😂

[@PWBS-yc6xi]

You probably think Waluigi Pinball is underrated as well

[@ego-lay_atman-bay]

I'm pretty sure the shortcut on rainbow road is intentional, because I've seen red shells take it, maybe even CPUs, heck I'm pretty sure it's not blocked with steering assist.

[@Bostonsportsfan30]

Thank you for dissing Toad’s Turnpike! It’s so bad

[@kallmejaid3n315]

Yoshi valley….above grumble volcano….💀

[@SweetMelaninn]

This

[@epiclyslowcars]

The only reason why most people don't like thwamp ruins is because of how frustrating the course can be, once you nail it, it is a great track though

[@muffins901]

I honestly don't get why bowsers castle is so low, that bowsers castle is anything but boring and in my opinion one of the best

[@BossGaming-vg6zh]

Thank you SO MUCH for putting Toads Turdpike in last, I hate it so much

[@Billbobs678]

Toads Turnpike is one of the best ngl

[@SweetMelaninn]

Same

[@FrazerEddy]

I wouldn't put it in last place, but it is one of the more mediocre tracks in the game for me.

[@spongebobmusicuhg3420]

Dolphin Shoals, Wild Woods, Mute City, Sweet Sweet Canyon and Mount Wario are my personal faves

[@Solnop]

When I play with my sister, toads turnpike is literally her favourite, because she goes on the back of those cars, and she loves the side areas! She is 9 years old, and we only play for fun and are not skilled(don't know any shortcuts lol), but we love it when toads turnpike comes up.

[@Montra78]

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING CHEESE LAND IN A HIGH SPOT!!! Its such a fun track. It requires decent skill cause of the slipperiness and the holes in the ground, and it has good shortcuts, which is a rarity in this game.

[@Carlos1PlayerOfficial]

Finally, it’s insane how much work Thomas puts into these videos. The dedication

[@danimallover01]

Yeah, its just thomas no one else makes videos or edits videos

[@theepices2525]

Carlos, if you like long dedicated Nintendo videos check out Nathanial Bandy. Really good content there. These are both one of my favorite channels.

[@Carlos1PlayerOfficial]

@@theepices2525 yeah, he is one of my favorites

[@Adam.L02]

For me, I think dry bone dunes is so underrated

[@RedstoneAceTheSecond]

Same, dry bones for smash!

[@guus5504]

9:37 How do you not mention the amazing music in Thwomp Ruins, the best in the game.

[@FrazerEddy]

It's definitely one of my favourite songs, but there's loads of other fantastic songs in this game too.

[@stuffenjoyer6677]

Me personally, Dragon Driftway is godlike.

[@FrazerEddy]

Yeah, it's definitely one of my favourite tracks in DLC Pack 1.

[@bloxman-bl7qg]

@@FrazerEddybro it’s not a dlc track

[@imn_fauler6098]

Well we need another of this next year but with 96 tracks and the booster course pass only😊

[@zakattack9893]

That would be AMAZING!!!

[@qwertzilla7217]

I agree with you on big blue. I didn't time trial it for 88 hours on 200cc for no reason.

[@dugganater]

All you have to do to make a good Mario Kart track for this dude is grass and unlimited mushrooms.

[@VCosmoz]

Dude yes all he says is "this track has shortcuts" this is infuriating

[@therandomdude9989]

I'm not going to lie this video truly hurt me

[@chasele7642]

I have the Australian/European version of this game and music park is called melody motorway and i’m not sure if other countries call neo bowser city kooper city

[@TheEPICMarioBros2]

toads turnpike was the first track I played in this game on the Wii U, me and my siblings all played as Bowser and used the exact same character-kart combo. it was fun not knowing that the hell was going on

[@FrazerEddy]

Yeah, if you thought the Deluxe version was fun, wait until you try the N64 version. That version is extremely tense, especially on Mirror Mode.

[@Stratilex]

People hate on Bone Dry Dunes way too much. I honestly like it more than Sunshine Airport

[@SweetMelaninn]

This

[@gabriel912]

That man certainly loves his mushrooms

[@DefenderOfChrist_]

Bro people will Hunt you for putting Wario Stadium that low great course

[@SweetMelaninn]

It's crap

[@ob1474]

I love roads turnpike and idk why😂 just love the vibe and sneaking up behind cars on other players

[@-rebeccastudios-]

Just saying, Toad's turnpike has that one guy avoiding blue shells for the entire race

[@bio-jesus6967]

I had no clue Excite Bike stadium changed

[@1brockmalone]

MUSIC PARK AT 26?!?!?!?!

[@MeesterTweester]

Toad's Turnpike is also my least favorite in the entire game. At least on Baby Park something interesting happens. It's a giant, boring figure 8, plus you need to dodge traffic the entire time. The fastest path is literally just hugging the turns then go in a straight line to the next turn. Mount Wario and Big Blue are goated, I agree. My personal favorites are Electrodrome and Ninja Hideaway, but those two are up there too. 2:17 The underwater path is faster at the end so even the glider is useless

[@SweetMelaninn]

Yeah, Toad's Turnpike is so bad

[@spixel3230]

Questionable takes imo but everyone got their opinions

[@santaisreal]

every youtuber points out the r in "electrodrome" but then puts in an imaginary r into sherbet land making it "sherbert land"

[@rainman42]

Great choice for upload....the 3rd wave looks great!!! Last 1 was too....can't get enough of this game,even after playing constantly... My personal fav is Waluigis Pinball...I know ,not an original 1, but the colors and sounds are epic....

[@FrazerEddy]

Yeah, that is possibly my favourite Mario Kart track of all time.

[@PWBS-yc6xi]

The way he said Sherbet 😬

[@Falinkslord12]

Baby park in dd- I am a creation of Satan to drain the sanity of those who play. My tight oval shape allows giant items to take up a huge chunk of the road and my many laps allow for the full chaos. Baby park now- Oh, it's all anti gravity and no broken items.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Wow. what's with all the negativity with all these bottom tier courses? They aren't even that bad compared to some others I've experienced in both past Mario Karts and the Booster Pass! If this is what I can expect from Thomas on ranking Mario Kart tracks, then I don't think I need to see what he'll have to say about the Booster Pass when it's finally complete by holiday next year.

[@Nokyyyyy]

"Toad's turnpikes is the worst track in mario kart history." Figure 8 circuit on the DS: "heh"

[@ShyGuyKart]

Bone Dry Dunes has my favorite soundtrack, reminds me of Aladdin and Arabic culture. Super cinematic 😅

[@fijistarproductions990]

Nitro Tracks: - Toad Harbour - Dolphin Shoals - Mount Wario - Hyrule Circuit - Mute City/ Big Blue Retro Tracks: - Mario Circuit (GBA) - Royale Raceway (N64) - Yoshi Circuit (GCN) - Rainbow Road (SNES) - Cheese Land (GBA)

[@YourAverageGamer991]

You are the man you grown up so fast man i was there since you have 1 thousand subs

[@BossGaming-vg6zh]

Great video!!! Love the effort!

[@Sineadmurnanemurphy]

If you are underwater or in an antigravity section if you hold back on the joystick you slowly fall and at the end of the f-zero track(egg cup) and you hold back you make it over all the turns(you go even further in 200cc) and in dolphin shoals at the pipe section go to the middle on and trick of it then hold back and you completely skip the section

[@TheBigSmqch18]

Exitebike arena is so underrated the music is a banger and the originality is sooooooo goood. Although the layout isn’t fun, the idea Nintendo put into this track is outstanding like the f zero tracks

[@HiILikePizza]

Original? It was the third stadium track, and based off of a different game.

[@TheBigSmqch18]

@@HiILikePizzayeah ig I can relate but what makes it unique is that it changes its ramps and it comes from a different series

[@NP100n]

The fact that dry desert was out so high is crazy

[@Maurin67]

I love cheep cheep beach. Also, Bowser’s Castle and Grumbling Volcano should switch places.

[@FortunAdlaich]

I’m pissed about Toad’s Turnpike being where Shy Guy Bazaar would have been if Nintendo didn’t horribly despise Mario Kart 7

[@solelak]

Grumble Volcano is my favourite track of all mario kart games, and Donut Plains 3 above it is ILLEGAL!

[@HiILikePizza]

YAAAAAAHHHHHHH LETS FUCKING GOOOO!!! TOADS TURDPIKE IN LAST!!! Edit: The rest of this was awful

[@mrdojjan]

Never make a list again💀

[@sad_eagles_supporter7186]

a lot of interesting takes here imo, personally neo bowser city, donut plains 3, dry dry desert, thwomp ruins are all way too high and tick tock clock, bowsers castle, electrodrome and grumble volcano got done dirty

[@marcusalxander9115]

Neo Bowser City would be number 48 for me. I hate that one! I think it’s because I had to play it so much back when I played MK Tour 😂😂

[@danimallover01]

your probably just bad lmao

[@randompersontrying9700]

@@danimallover01 Nah, playing that course in Mario Kart Tour control scheme is actual bullcrap.

[@itzmuppy888]

Finally another person who likes MKS

[@Sineadmurnanemurphy]

why does no one mention the fact that the animal crossing maps changes the coin icon to a bell sack and the coins get a star on them😭

[@Daath8]

Bro ranked shortcuts💀

[@the_sizzlemaster5137]

Right!

[@benleblanc7907]

music park deserves top 10 FOR THE MUSIC ALONE

[@ferimokis3931]

Shy Guy Falls and Dragon Driftway the GOATS

[@Davestyn11910]

Bone Dry Dunes has grown on me, ive never picked it online so the one time random got picked, that was the one selected and i really enjoyed, a top 5 track for me now

[@TheAmazingRaptor]

Mount wario is easily one of the worst tracks. Not because of its design, because it’s what people choose 90% of the time in online lobbies

[@SweetMelaninn]

This

[@SilkyIsLucky]

the visuals are really important for me and sunshine airport gives me the same kinda vibe as coconut mall (my fav track from mkwii, my fav mk). Happy it got in the top 10.

[@thatJAWNraps]

I think its unfair to rate courses on their 'missed potential' like i LOVE the water park track and sure they couldve taken that theming idea waaay farther but i wouldnt let that taint my scoring of the track which is prob a top 10 original MK8DX course for me tbh

[@smirkyglint5437]

I like how everyone seems to agree that sunshine airport and mount wario are 2 of the best tracks

[@RadicalRaptor]

7:36 For all these years I thought the sword path randomly opened.... good to know I guess lol

[@AloofAthlete979]

This is the most based Mario kart video I have ever seen

[@CJ2KTHEFIRST]

My top 3 were in the 40s…

[@JoshAllenberg]

As someone who's never played anything past MKDD, to me it looks like making all the karts go faster would make the tracks better. What made MKDD good was that there were some treacherous sections at 150cc/Mirror. All the subsequent games' tracks look too big/wide for the speed

[@theunderwatercrew7553]

I’m going to be honest, I disagree with most of this list lol. But that’s what makes these fun!

[@SweetMelaninn]

Same

[@Zoe_Coles]

Bro, not Baby Park! I love Baby Park so much! 😭😭 And Cheep Cheep Beach being so low HURT.

[@alexmueller828]

I always love water and ice themed anything (even Zelda dungeons), so Cheep Cheep Beach and Water Park, and Sherbet Land are easily top half for me.

[@I.rod.2022]

You should do a video of all shortcuts on every Mario Kart 8 course! That’s super interesting IMO.

[@Fernando2441f2]

11:12 Tom & Jerry vibes in this circuit HAHAHA

[@NotPythagoreas]

You forgot that baby park is just pure chaos

[@yandema211]

Oh hey it's my Wild Woods transcription

[@U1coolguy]

Rainbow road doesn’t even really feel like a rainbow road compared to every other game.

[@dg_777player5]

Not a bad list but I certainly disagree with a lot of it. Here's my personal list at the moment (I'm changing my mind constantly): 64 - GBA Sky Garden 63 - WiiU Excitebike Arena 62 - GBA Mario Circuit 61 - WiiU Water Park 60 - WiiU Mario Circuit 59 - WiiU Mario Kart Stadium 58 - DS Wario Stadium 57 - Tour Tokyo Blur 56 - WiiU Big Blue 55 - WiiU Mute City 54 - WiiU Bowser's Castle 53 - WiiU Rainbow Road 52 - WiiU Bone-Dry Dunes 51 - GCN Dry Dry Desert 50 - N64 Royal Raceway 49 - 3DS Toad Circuit 48 - WiiU Shy Guy Falls 47 - GCN Yoshi Circuit 46 - Wii Moo Moo Meadows 45 - WiiU Cloudtop Cruise 44 - SNES Mario Circuit 3 43 - WiiU Dragon Driftway 42 - Wii Wario's Gold Mine 41 - SNES Rainbow Road 40 - WiiU Twisted Mansion 39 - WiiU Animal Crossing 38 - WiiU Sweet Sweet Canyon 37 - WiiU Thwomp Ruins 36 - N64 Choco Mountain 35 - GBA Snow Land 34 - WiiU Wild Woods 33 - N64 Toad's Turnpike 32 - WiiU Super Bell Subway 31 - WiiU Hyrule Circuit 30 - SNES Donut Plains 3 29 - GBA Cheese Land 28 - 3DS DK Jungle 27 - WiiU Electrodrome 26 - DS Tick-Tock Clock 25 - Tour Paris Promenade 24 - BCP Sky-High Sundae 23 - Tour New York Minute 22 - 3DS Neo Bowser City 21 - GCN Baby Park 20 - Wii Grumble Volcano 19 - N64 Kalimari Desert 18 - 3DS Melody Motorway 17 - 3DS Piranha Plant Slide 16 - WiiU Dolphin Shoals 15 - Wii Mushroom Gorge 14 - DS Shroom Ridge 13 - Wii Coconut Mall 12 - N64 Yoshi Valley 11 - WiiU Sunshine Airport 10 - WiiU Mount Wario 09 - DS Waluigi Pinball 08 - Tour Sydney Sprint 07 - GCN Sherbet Land 06 - WiiU Toad Harbor 05 - WiiU Ice Ice Outpost 04 - GBA Ribbon Road 03 - DS Cheep Cheep Beach 02 - N64 Rainbow Road 01 - Tour Ninja Hideaway

[@girahimar2122]

Seeing Bone dry dunes do low is a shame the background is cool the music is incredible and bowser castle is a BANGER thé music thé track thé background its easy top 10 mk8 how Can it bé do low

[@o-o857]

Looking forward to the booster course version of this

[@Thegamegeek1]

Love this list would of put toad harbour higher though that’s one of my favourite courses

[@timmarks976]

Bowser's castle is my favorite track literally how can you put it that low!!!

[@willbrock1962]

Unironically ranking mario kart stadium and all the nes courses so high is a sin

[@thatJAWNraps]

UNPOPULAR OPINION: my fav course, due in large part to the themin/music, is Sweet Sweet Canyon - plus despite being short its still got atleast a lil of all 3 extra 'elements' (glider at the start, anti grav/underwater with the split paths) and i like that donut shroom cut at the end leading to exciting finishes

[@Gnawy]

My brother played déjà vu while my sister were playing toads turnpike

[@theawemazingcrew9702]

Thank goodness they got rainbow road 3ds in the game. That's the best one by far

[@artesianglitch1652]

Yes thank you

[@romancondic8556]

As a viewer of Nintendo tonight I need to know when is the next Nintendo tonight episode? I agree with all of these

[@LosAngelesDodgersFan9779]

We let him cook, and we got food poisoning.

[@OctoLeoYT]

Him putting n64 rainbow road so low made me pretty mad.

[@burnt-potatoes]

Sweet sweet canyon above electrodrome is pain

[@bouble2135]

Wild woods is my favorite track

[@SweetMelaninn]

That's one of my favourites