The Racing Game That Refuses To Die - Mario Kart Wii

[@Akshonmedia]

Hey guys we hope you enjoyed this deep dive into the Mario Kart Wii esports scene! Special thanks to TWD98, Arc Intel , NMeade, and Arsene/New Leaf Esports for their contributions to this video.

Thank you for covering this game

[@calumsutherland4927]

This is very good on describing the casual scene and where mario kart wii is at this point, but really fails to touch on mario kart wii as an esport. Time trialling is not an e-sport, most people would agree with that, at least prior to a tt online mod. Also not one of the players you mention as a source is even on an active team for the biggest e-sport league in the community right now, which is Mario Kart Professional Series (MKPS). I should mention Arc played in the first leg of this series, but his team has since disbanded and reformed with a roster that is not playing MKPS. At 8:01, you say lounge is the best to play to competitive. Lounge is widely regarded by almost everyone who plays this game competitively as far less competitive then wars (clan battles, as you say in your video, to circumvent demonetisation I assume), due to the fact that Item luck is much less of a factor in a war then a Lounge event (mogi). Also, you say Lounge was founded about 1 year ago, when in fact, It was founded on December 10th, 2017. Also, the elo system for lounge with the thresholds for rankings is from season 4, not the current season 5. Also, I'm very disappointed to see you didn't credit Joris in the video, here is his channel, most of the footage discussing wars is from him, kzbin.info. Overall its a very good video on the state of the game, but hardly touches the esports scene, leaving out the largest league (in terms of prize money and length of a season) this game has ever had for an e sport. I'm vert glad to see you did show it off on a large and diversified platform, hopefully it can direct people to the actual e sports side of this game

[@cocoyuh_]

what about nintendo they made the game

[@avazed_]

Akshon Esports never thought you would cover this game! Mkwii is so unique with its community

[@matthewb840]

Love the video! I would love to see a video about Mario Kart Ds (If you haven’t done one) as it is also a very popular Mario Kart game.

[@blakethesimms]

Imma sum up this video in one sentence: MarioKart Wii doesn't belong to Nintendo anymore, It belongs to the people

[@armandobueno1681]

Nintendo threw it away cause it wasn't making profit but the fans took it and made it bigger than everB)

[@ericmoreira670]

Communism intensifies

[@imlate-official3714]

A+ summary

[@LookaBazookah]

It belongs to mrbean

[@Brokenface]

✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

[@krazysamurai]

it’s broken enough to have sick tricks, but not enough to affect normal gameplay. i’d say that’s the recipe for a perfect game.

[@bolson42]

Exactly, this is what keeps the game so entertaining and makes me come back to it everytime, there’s so many things to learn but it’s nothing too groundbreaking which would give you an “unfair” advantage. You just use the skills that you learn overtime and have to use them in the right places, making it a sort of puzzle which makes it so good

[@harleyoyelade9988]

I used to have this game but I really didn’t know it was this loved like I’m not really sure what you all are on about lol like tricks and all that I’ve got to see for myself the big difference

[@harleyoyelade9988]

@Christian O'Connell damn I mean that does sort of change things and make it more I guess competitive

[@illford]

@@harleyoyelade9988 Just saying you seen the mushroom gorge ultra shortcut performed on the wiiwheel

[@harleyoyelade9988]

@Illford Official 🤷🏾‍♂️ nope lol but I’m conclusion mart kart wii is the melee of smash bros?

[@chilln0648]

I can now show this to people after they say stuff like “Man, I miss MKWii” or “I’m so sad that the online is down”

[@Madcat56]

@IamFrogGod i can't get that to work lol

[@orangestapler6892]

wabbit jevil go to the Michael guys video on “how to install homebrew to your Wii.” And then go to ctgp website and fill the wizard out saying you have homebrew. Easiest way to get it to work for me.

[@raphplays_MKT]

@@orangestapler6892 no, go to wii.guide and riiconnect24 server discord

[@thetoxicraptorz3482]

@wabbit jevil Its different if you are using the wii u emulator for the wii. Keep that in mind. I had to follow instructions in the website to get cgtp wiimfi on my wii u. But I dont know if your even trying to get it on wii u

[@chinmaygupta1530]

@@Madcat56 chec ouut mr bean's YT channel

[@breakoff2381]

How can u formally and sternly talk about Peter Griffin and Obama

[@thecorruptedbit5585]

The footage for Obama was from Mario Kart 8 too

[@dschaedler]

In one sentence as well.

[@superstar64]

I played in a lobby with Peter Griffin and Homer Simpson.

[@anida_boi]

@@superstar64 lol

[@TWD98]

:)

[@klaasklever4096]

The man, the myth, the legend himself

[@supernelsdo2nd531]

One of the best Mario Kart Wii Legends

[@_no1460]

troy pogu

[@rohankothari9785]

BAM! Shock Dodge

[@murtymcfly]

Oh...

By far my favorite Mario Kart game. I've dedicated so many years to it and it has given me hours of fun both alone and with friends.

[@therealjaystone2344]

The smash melee of Mario Kart. Ultimate is now the king as we are looking for 9 for the king.

[@DannyMeasho999]

@@therealjaystone2344 8d is basically ult

[@murtymcfly]

@@DannyMeasho999 tour is basically Brawl

[@mikerox-109xhavoc9]

This game and Wii sports! Fuck man, me and my friends had some crazy showdowns in these games.

[@slug8039]

Lank The Backup Hero tour sucked ass

[@ziltoidtheomniscient2398]

I'm so glad the Mario Kart Wii scene has been getting public notoriety and respect in recent times!! James Charles was even featured in a TWD98 video a few months ago, and his channel, as well as others like NMeade, Arc, and Sword0fSeals, have been steadily growing. Such a wholesome, grassroots community other esports scenes should aspire to be like.

[@Jellopuff_TAS]

Dude, have you seen how toxic this community has been at times?

[@eugenioleanza9190]

@@Jellopuff_TAS Some examples please

[@space2960]

Thinking the community isn't toxic shows how little involvement you personally have had with it

[@DannyMeasho999]

this game has a stupid community

[@chrismk4690]

@Eugenio Leanza we have the same last name

[@harrison.7124]

"*Mr Bean and his partner in crime Chadderz*" Seems about right.

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

Harrison accurate

[@mithmoonwalker]

they made god tier mods

[@curryfrieschallenges6595]

fighting cans deluxe yeah... about that... lol

[@windy2478]

@@curryfrieschallenges6595 Wait what happened to them?

[@dragonslayerz2220]

@@windy2478 Mr. Bean still develops the pack, and Chadderz occasionally helps troubleshoot.

[@thelavaslug5465]

That moment when Mario Kart Wii has more in-depth online than Smash Ultimate

[@sullivans2004]

It wasn’t developed by Bandai ‘We won’t make a new Pac-Man World’ Namco lmfao

[@GrammerPancreas]

Mario Kart online is rollback based so that's part of why online is so much better.

[@Confruggy]

@ElectroChill Hex Smash was never developed by Nintendo themeselves, Smash 64, Melee and Brawl were developed by HAL Laboratory

[@Edgeperor]

Also MKWii: *11 Funky Kongs and a Luigi*

[@pedrolopez9539]

​@@Confruggy It was developed by HAL Laboratory? I thought the Smash Bros series was developed by Sora Ltd.

[@MrBean35000vr]

Well, hey, how did I never know about this video? This is awesome! Yeah, MKW is going strong and I think a lot of us who have been playing the game since its inception are excited about the direction things are moving at the moment. Recently the MKW World Cup took place, which was a very exciting event and watched by many thousands of people. The game clearly isn't the size of Melee, but who knows what can happen, given enough time?

[@kalilreviews7852]

Hey mr Ben when you make 24 player open to the public

[@Oliver-b7j]

^ the price of fame

[@MKWahPhil]

MrBean35000vr you're a legend... BUT SIX KING LABYRINTH SUCKS

[@Oliver-b7j]

@@MKWahPhil take that back...

[@MKWahPhil]

@@Oliver-b7j Ok I'm gonna change my comment...

[@rippfrs]

1:50 Even akshon acknowledges the chad that is Funky Kong

[@user-lf5xq4gu1g]

The Virgin Funky Kong vs. The Chad Mii Outfit B

[@slug8039]

*HI IM DAISY*

[@yoshi_705]

Nintendo: Okay, the next one has come out. You may die now MKW- MKWii: no Nintendo: what MKWii: *no.*

[@Ragemodepigeon]

Nintendo: Wait that illegal

[@corbina9849]

Wow thats so funny haha

[@josh44026]

Mkds and mkwii are so good and fun

[@grayfoxr6397]

Love this comment.

[@Arcintel]

Hey, thanks for having us! Also shoutouts to JangB for doing a great job with the interviews and research. The video came out great! (Also big Valorant fan, appreciate the guides.)

[@Ragemodepigeon]

Hi arc

[@AaronK618]

"I'm using tilt controls!"

[@cirlu_bd]

in fact, yes, you would prefer to use tilt control as it allows a greater range of turn angles.

[@Homme_De_Kro-mignon]

@Ulric-cirlU Really ? I'm always choosing the wiimote-nunchuck combo, it's like 3DS controls but on the Wii

[@Nao-ll7su]

@@cirlu_bd only diagonal inputs, so unless you're playing MG glitch it's irrelevant

[@jakezepeda1267]

Slap City? 👀

[@KevSB07]

“Go easy on me!”

[@SaltyBanjos]

I could go to college, start a family, become a billionaire, become a pokemon trainer, go to Hogwarts, Go to U.A high, Invent time travel, become king of the pirates, find all the dragon balls and Mario Kart Wii will still be alive

[@pocket1355]

Becoming king of the pirates will take longer than the rest combined

[@astralmaster]

@@pocket1355 he could find all the dragon balls and summon shenron, wish for being king of the pirates, and BAM! SHOCK DODGE

[@minipsitigrivideos9415]

Don't forget going to Hope's Peak Academy and survive a killing game

[@asdunlavey]

It's crazy to think how different the game would be right now if MrBean35000vr never contributed to the Mario Kart Wii community.

[@torbensugden]

It would be completely dead, without mr bean wiimmfi probably wouldn’t have existed and it would be really boring to play against CPU’s and watch people play against CPU’s on youtube. The only aspect of the game that could survive without wiimmfi and CTGP is world records in time trials

[@iicynicy9473]

Torben Sugden mr bean is the GOAT like he literally saved a game when Nintendo was like nah men get outta here

[@Larry98]

@@torbensugden Wrong wiimmfi would also exist when ctgp-r wouldn't exist. Wiimmfi was mainly created to continue the weekly (wednesday and thursday) wiimms mario kart fun online matches. Also Wiimms Mario Kart Fun is together with ctgp the only distributions which exist since the beginning (2010) and still gets updates nowdays. CTGP-R gets smaller track updates every few months, while mkw fun gets a bunch of new tracks and updates every 3 months. wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Wiimms_Mario_Kart_Fun

[@chilln0648]

Well, let’s tally the things Mr. Bean has done. -He figured out how the checkpoint system worked, thus leading to the discovery of many ultra shortcuts -He is the main person behind CTGP -He held the longest lasting world record in the game’s history, a 32.818 on Wario’s Gold Mine which lasted for over 6 years -He made the Ghost sharing platform that is still used today -He helped make the anti cheat system that plagued Nintendo WFC -He made the “My Stuff” folder, allowing other mods to be used

[@SolarLight]

@@chilln0648 "My stuff" was a Riivolution feature that was simply ported to the CTGP channel. People could make other mods just fine without needing CTGP. A better example would be how Bean and Chadderz made the SZS modifier and CTools, which paved the way for other file editors to pop up.

[@iliaschaikalis8579]

A few reasons why MKWii is still so popular nowadays and why it sold so well. -The Wii was a very successful console and for every Nintendo console, the Mario Kart is always a must have. - The Wii is very easy to mod. That way CTGP, which is super easy to install, not only maintains the online experience, but also adds soo much more to the game (200cc, item rain, hundreds of custom tracks etc.) - The game has no skill ceiling. Even after years of playing you can find ways to optimise how you play, plus its mechanics can get very complex. Plus the game is actually hard to completely master. It's even relatively hard to unlcock certain characters and vehicles. - The game introduced a ton of a new stuff to the series (12 racers, motion controls, bikes, inside drifting, tricks, first great online, yes ds had online too but it wasn't nearly as widespread as wii). - The game is broken, but in a good way. It has a ton of small glitches that when properly utilised can make a huge difference. Those glicthes also provide a ton of variety to the game and make it stand out. - The shortcuts are INSANE. Some of them were so massive you had to make a special term for them (ultra-shortcuts). New shortcuts are still being found today. - The item distribution is INSANE. Combine that with all the shortcuts and you get the most chaotic MK game ever made. You can get hit with 4 blue shells in one race. You can go from first to last in 2 seconds. The thundercloud might give you nightmares. The game can be so unfair, but at the samr time it's part of what makes you want to come back to it time and again. - Not as important as the rest but best MK roster. Yes it's not as big as MK8 Deluxe but it has great variety and who am i kidding it's literally got Funky Kong

[@nicks8946]

DiX Inc. what I’ve noticed about this game is that by making things hard to unlock, it’s indirectly forcing you to get way better to unlock more stuff, which makes you come back to the game...very sneaky and I love it

[@DTheAustralian]

I mean yeah the roster is great, but does it really matter when most people feel like only 2 characters are viable?

[@Akay4444444444444444]

Don't forget it's successors being a handheld game and a game for one of Nintendo's least popular systems and then a port of that one

[@starman1158]

I think mk8(the wii u one) not that good also contributed to mkwii’s success

[@MKWahPhil]

@@DTheAustralian The characters don't matter that much. funky Kong and Daisy are only slightly better then the other characters. The big difference in stats are due to the vehicles. So what I'm saying: The best combos in the game are because of the vehicles, not the characters.

[@instanttregret]

Ah, the Melee of Mario Kart. Got it.

[@blazingbowman9295]

with a friendlier fanbase

[@kingmushroomboy824]

What you mean

[@MagikMKW]

@@blazingbowman9295 hahaha funnee melee players are assholes and don't shower hahaa so funnee

[@dingding12321]

@@MagikMKW now we don't have to. B)

[@MagikMKW]

@@dingding12321 ROLLBACK BABY

[@robo567]

“wait, it’s all funky kong?” “...always has been...”

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

Me a Rosalina Flame runner main: I feel left out here tho not much I can do about it.

[@smooofer]

“who is then the President of Nintendo America” ):

[@troncho1385]

Smoof doug bowser

[@NavyNexus_]

@@troncho1385 Bruh, you clearly didn't understand

[@why3994]

doug bowser

[@ObeliskWithLimbs]

President Bowser lol

[@LivenSixtyFive]

Sadly not Reggie guy

[@faerris]

this game was and is just straight fire

[@Mqstodon]

@Jonathan Wade underrated? Everyone loves it even though it's broken as fuck and easily the less fair of the series

[@XolifreX]

I've been in the mkw community for over 10 years now and activily playing clan wars for the clan Avail for almost 5 years now and it has been an absolute blast!! Really great job with this video, especially seeing you're not appart of the community!! Hope some of you guys got inspired to join this awesome, ever growing game and community. Mkw really is the Meelee of Smash Brothers!! :p

[@user-zu8ru4sx3w]

holy shit its oli

[@reazy843]

Holeeeeshitttt

[@AvaiLeon]

Oh hey Oli. :)

[@raygames2776]

*of Mario Kart

[@snixwrld]

"New Character's like Funky kong and Funky kong" 😂

[@markymark443]

Dry Bowser, Baby Peach, Baby Daisy, and Rosalina: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@CookieGal-]

100% the best Mario Kart game. Some of the incredible tech you can do and the incredible community makes me absolutely love it. It sits right in that threshold of extremely fun, competitive AND glitchy. It's stunning.

[@adamsinnott1601]

I never thought I'd see TWD on Akshon😂

[@JoeMama-dk6xr]

Dang i got spoilered

[@imcarlosjr4898]

Yeah

[@bobwilliam6242]

I know... weird to think I’m not the only one that faithfully watches both channels...

[@zipsnap]

Mario Kart Wii and Melee hell yeah lets go!

[@tonyf3431]

one of the most interesting things about this is that if the game gets a large competitive fanbase like Melee, we could see a "Mario Kart Ultimate" down the line intended to try and win that fanbase back as Smash Ultimate was intended to (and to some extent did) with the Melee fanbase.

[@sullivans2004]

I would love that tbh, especially if they bring back every technique as well, like Snaking, Wheelies, etc etc

[@jemtjinaton8042]

Yeah instead of mario kart 8 daluxe bwueeeh they were too lazy to make a mario kart game for the switch so they just copy and pasted the whole thing improved the graphics a bit and threw it out for everyone to play

[@randsome2374]

@@jemtjinaton8042 Did you actually play deluxe? Like yeah its mario kart 8 again but they did more than just up the graphics lol

[@Confruggy]

​@@randsome2374 1080p instead 720p, two item boxes, new characters, new battle mode, bugfixes, but at the end of the day: it's still Mario Kart 8

[@Lightning-gg5iu]

Default They change stuff from MK8 to Deluxe Not to mention MK8 didn’t sold very well because it was on Wii U. The switch aloud it to have even bigger sales

[@jejesiwhite9624]

I remember waking up every morning and getting out of the bed and going into the living room just to play Mario kart Wii and Wii sport resorts Ahh..good times

[@samuelgregr8451]

Yeah i miss thoes days

[@TacetTheTerror]

Funky Kong is more of a main character in Mario Kart Wii than in Donkey Kong.

[@mrxlgames7679]

Don’t like your own comment

[@edgelord8337]

Because it had funky kong. It's quite the amazing game tbh. And has probably one of the best rosters of characters and stages.

[@Oh-lk2qd]

The variation of the characters and the map glitches really help. Daisy and Funky Kong are meta but you decide who to pick based on the maps etc

[@giahypham4111]

O h it’s not that diverse. Funky and Daisy are default for most map. Unless they decide to do a certain weight class only, you’ll see Daisy and Funky all the way.

[@Oh-lk2qd]

@@giahypham4111 True... I realised that as I was writing that comment and was considering deleting it. It's mostly the maps honestly along with the community

[@giahypham4111]

O h at least the community is active. The balancing is bad, but people make it work by doing game mode like certain kart combinations only, outside drift bikes only etc.

[@chevyash]

character variation and stages made it for me....and funky kong lol even if he wasnt the fastest id still play as him just cus hes a badass hahaha

[@imrsv_]

Hi, Arsene here. Thankyou so much Akshon for the opportunity to interview! Very proud to have been included in this project. Please check out the awesome work MarioKartBoards and MarioKartCentral (MK8 Deluxe Scene) do for the two games, there are a ton of leagues which are super easy and accessible even for the average player.

[@Sane51]

The lounge/ranked system implemented in the last 3 years or so has really spiked player interest. It's never the same race or situation which is part of the reason it's so addicting. For the most part, there's always room to improve which also contributes to so many people continuing to play.

[@Joshy-]

yo, competitive mkwii player here, nice video! great having exposure do the quiet competitive scene.

[@seasonally.]

Turtle 7eam josh moment

[@Joshy-]

@@seasonally. Turtle 7eam season moment

[@dwdadevil]

Just stop calling trash to MK8

[@Joshy-]

@@dwdadevil I have played MK8 competetive for ~220 hours. I've had more fun playing mkwii than mk8.

[@MKWahPhil]

@@Joshy- Same. I played every Mario Kart game to death, even Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart Super Circuit. And I find Wii to be by far the most enjoyable and interesting one, mainly because of the controls and shortcuts.

[@lopezzfrancisco7447]

This game was my childhood I never have had a game that’s stuck with me for all these years except Mario kart Wii. I am so glad it’s still thriving.

[@tapatiolays4174]

It was my first game and my first console that's why I always play it time to time

[@JaggyMK]

Ayyy, glad to see that a few clips from my Exalt vlog made it at 0:29 and 9:38. I gotta say, this video was well put together! I wish the video also included talks about the resurgence of the MKB media staff and league match casts. Otherwise, great job!

[@ozwi6163]

When you watch the clips and see an old clan member of yours. FATAL

[@Nightcaat]

I love Mario Kart Wii and still play it regularly. I’m happy to see that faces such as ArcIntel and NMeade made it into the video. Some issues I have with the video: • The consoles are simply called Wii and Wii U, not the Nintendo Wii or the Nintendo Wii U • 1:46 - Why are you showing MK8 gameplay here? • 2:55 CTGP 2.8 actually only had 28 custom tracks (hence the name). When CTGP 4.4 came out, it had 44 custom tracks and introduced custom course slots for the first time. CTGP Revolution v1.0 then improved on this with 104 custom tracks (as well as the original 32 Nintendo courses), the custom menu system we know and love today, and Custom Tracks Worldwide. • 3:02 Chadderz wasn't his “new” partner in crime - in fact, he made SZS Modifier, the first tool that allowed people to make custom tracks and what was used for the first few years of the game’s life. • 3:39 The features you mentioned were not initially included with CTGP v1.03 (however, Bean refuses to change the version number past v1.03, as he sees it as the “last” version due to the channel’s automatic updater). • 11:12 These numbers are inaccurate due to the pandemic, which is noted on the Wiimmfi website. Take a look at the average numbers and you’ll see they shot up starting in March. Also, that image you showed is of logins in the past 10 hours, not the past 10 days. Other than those issues, you guys covered our community’s game pretty well. Looking forward to seeing more in the future 👍

[@wezthehobnob4141]

Mario Kart Wii has started my gaming career when I was 5 when It got released. I’m now nearly 17 and I always will have a grin on my face when I see this gem and play it myself every now and again with my own custom textures

[@phcookie.t]

When my friends say "you wanna play Mario Kart", Mario Kart wii is the one they're talking about.

[@realnametba2]

I remember as a kid being severely addicted to Mario Kart wii around 2011-2012, and I never imagined it would still be alive in 2021. It makes me so happy that it did

[@JorisMKW]

Mom I'm in a video! Jokes aside, this video is HUGE! Very well made :)

[@drewsterling113]

"new nintendo characters, like funky kong, and funky kong." hit the nail right on the head

[@riccoe364]

This game has "the melee effect", beacuse has a big competitive scene that refuses to the new games of the series, andI love it!!

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

Riccoe still my favorite Mario Kart wii

[@DannyMeasho999]

And the fan base hate the newer games and they’re toxic

[@crobodile]

The new ones are very different from mkwii, the skill ceiling of wii is much higher, while the new games were toned down for casual players.

[@KeemySmith122]

@@DannyMeasho999 Melee players like you dont shower.

[@DannyMeasho999]

@@KeemySmith122 what? i was saying that melee and mario kart wii have toxic fanbases

[@MarioPower55]

I'm really excited for what our community has in store next. Respect for making this!

[@judge81]

Amazing video, thanks for putting some more attention on MKW! Could have mentioned the 24 player mode coming soon, you use clips of it at 6:16 (Yes it will work online too)

[@coolbrotherf127]

I need to get my Wii out. I played the modded tracks back when they first released but I didn't realize how much had improved since then.

[@RedBoi88]

This is the Smash Melee of Mario Kart

[@vxel]

0:40 TROY’S IN THE VIDEO LET’S GOOOOO

[@TJ-Henry-Yoshi]

Really good video! Always nice to see this game get the love it deserves from OUTSIDE the community

[@FrankDaSpeed]

By the time this happened, I joined the community back in 2018, but I used to play this in my childhood, I was a casual player back then. Now I am very competitive at the game, things have changed over the years, adding 200cc, Item Rain, New CTGP Tracks, 24 Player Mode, Lounge, and Online TT. It has some potential to be the best game. I looking forward to the MKW Community to continue to grow. Shout out to TWD98, Arc, Sword, NMeade, Mr. Bean for keeping Community alive.

[@TheRedCap]

I've always said MKWii was the Melee of MarioKart.

[@atlafan7364]

me too

[@silferbuu86]

Shoutouts to TWD98 for helping to keep the community alive

[@JeremyBX]

Ironically, this game had 0 DLC or Updates. I think that says something.

[@Larry98]

I think custom tracks and other modifications is one of the big reasons why mkw is still very popular. So technically there were a lot of updates.

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

Not really, DLC was new at the time and something the Wii just did NOT do.

[@NinjaWeedle]

Animal crossing city folk dlc

[@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly]

I think that says the game came out in 2008

[@n00blyn00b]

My favorite part about mario kart wii is that there is actually a skill gap. In mario kart wii, the better player will almost always win, while in mario kart 8 deluxe, it is super easy to be screwed by items. It will always be the melee of mario kart, full of jank but that’s what makes it good :)

[@MKWahPhil]

I agree. I hate how in MK8 you can get a star or a golden mushroom in second place.

[@hudsonc466]

I was the rosalina player at 9:12, this video was awesome man

[@hazyalia]

'So when do you plan to stop making mario kart games?' Nintendo: 'Yes'

[@yellowshoe6365]

? What do you mean

[@tangerinepaint3643]

A Yellow Shoe Yes usually means a lot of something, the way “Yes” is being used in this situation means Nintendo won’t stop making Mario Kart games any time soon.

[@chris_ss2]

No no you did it incorrectly It should have been "So how many Mario kart games will you make" or something along those lines

[@MattTheCommenter]

I thought I knew everything about MKWii online, but I learnt a few things in this documentary alone, such as the fact there's E-Sports events and that MOGI isn't a general term for standard online clan battles.

[@elijahtorres2688]

Now, Nintendo is trying to make Mario Kart 8 NOT die instead of making a brand new one 💀

[@alessandrobaroncini6769]

*4:16* As soon as he begins talking about MK8, creepy Bowser castle music starts in the background 👌👌👌😂

[@JoelDaKing]

the BEST mario kart that was ever made.

[@sfgiant1]

Wrong, double dash is

[@AllUpOns]

@@sfgiant1 This guy knows.

[@KeemySmith122]

@@sfgiant1 No mkwii is

[@KeemySmith122]

@@AllUpOns nope

[@KeemySmith122]

@@samanthashoemaker5908 nah, its actually mario kart wii. Get over the truth because mario kart wii is better than double dash

[@julez2106]

Damn thanks a lot for the tribute to this amazing game, can't believe you featured Troy and NMeade, amazing! 😊☝🏼

[@lpsamyrose]

Mario kart Wii just gives me this warm fluffy feeling in my chest that other Mario karts don't :')

[@KK-ve8uc]

Mario Kart Wii is the Melee of Mario Kart in the sense that it never dies.

[@evanshanley8110]

@E Peen How exactly? Don't get me wrong, mkds is a great game, but it doesn't have nearly as big of a community as mkwii.

[@MontagnaMagica]

Been playing for all 12 years. Haven't gotten bored yet!

[@MKWahPhil]

Same. Wii is by far the most interesting Mario Kart game because of it's competitive controls and difficult shortcuts. Mario Kart 8 as an example gets boring quickly.

[@mehtabsandhu3000]

Ikr mk8 just gets so repetitive after a while but mkwii always comes out with new stuff for every aspect of it (custom tracks, custom game modes, WRs, TAS strats, etc.). No race every feels the same, and while I can’t say it’s never frustrating (losing to RNG lol), it’s never boring, which is what solidifys itself has my favourite mk game

[@exaltmkw8139]

Awesome and well informative video! Thank you so much for including us as well, as Exalt 2019 was a very memorable experience in the Mario Kart Wii timeline! There will definitely be more memories to be made and we can’t wait for what more Mario Kart Wii has to offer.

[@realreptillianjesus]

Sometimes I forget this game even is 12 years old. The fact that people who were born when this came out are gonna be teenagers scare me.

[@NinjaWeedle]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly]

It looks like it

[@ImNact]

This is beautiful thank you for showing a little of our community :)

[@shoxk9981]

When I heard the opening for MKWii again, I felt nostalgia wash over me like waves over rocks in the sea. I need to get another Wii.

[@lejoueurfreetoplay]

I like how this game is so popular but have literaly 3 good motors and others are just bad vehicules

[@xpr0gidy]

Not only is it the best Mario Kart game, it’s the greatest video game of all time. Better than literally any other game ever released, and you can’t change my mind.

[@joltrona6141]

I agree, Mario Kart Wii is the best video game imo.

[@DannyMeasho999]

Noooooo

[@mysticalcobra2893]

Name checks out

[@MKWahPhil]

A few years ago I would have said that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is better. But now that I learned how to play Mario Kart Wii competitive, I definitely agree with you. Mario Kart Wii is my favourite game of all time.

[@yungmuney5903]

No it doesn't lmao, it has serious balancing problems.

[@mrt8bit692]

Mario Kart Wii is the Super Smash Bros Melee of the Mario kart games and it’s amazing. So glad I grew up with this masterpiece.

[@GhibliNova]

It's crazy how perfectly this parallels to Melee's scene, that's freaking awesome they found a way to keep it alive! Edit: they should team up with the Melee community to put on some events! It'd be a good way to get exposure to both scenes

[@Lucky_Seven48]

As a competitive player I am very grateful to see a video regarding the competitive scene of a game that's usually only referred to through a casual perspective. Keep it up!

[@lucentshadow]

100 years from now, when the next Avatar wakes up from their frozen slumber, people will still be playing Mario Kart Wii and Smash Bros Melee.

[@Lepouuu]

I'm glad they made the customs servers to keep the community alive. It's better than ever now. Throwback to the last race on WFC too :D

[@MoistyRain]

I'd play this game, if I had my Wii back.

[@samuelgregr8451]

You can play it on your phone/pc

[@Kjeldvk]

Thank you for talking about a game that I truly love and have played competitively for years.

[@Tommy-lc3kh]

Its not refused, its refusing. Its still going stronger than mk8 deluxe

[@thekoopaguymk]

no it's not lol. Maybe in North America, but the Japanese 8D community is massive, easily 3k+ players just there, not even touching Europe + americas. And even comparing western communities head to head, 8D just got the largest team entrant tourney, MKU S10 with 92 teams, beating WCL's record of 90 teams by 2 (WCL was on MKW back in 2010). The only thing that MKW has that's bigger than 8D is the lounge, which is somewhat larger than 8d's in terms of number of players

[@therealjaystone2344]

MK8 DX won’t outsell Wii. We are looking for MK9.

[@ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest]

By which merit?

[@HDRookie]

@@thekoopaguymk The lounge for MKW isn't even larger too, so you can throw that out. Both have 3300 players and the 8D one is way more active. Really the only thing that MKW is currently beating 8D at I think is total sales and presence on KZbin, probably. Troy brings in lots of new players for sure. Sales wise 8D is actually catching up to MKW fast. If there's no new MK on the Switch it's honestly more than possible it'll outsell it. I think MKW also had about 25 million sales through the first 3 years. Impressive considering the game was already launched. I think everyone hopes this doesn't happen though since MK9 would be better. If you combine 8U and 8D sales though, it's almost certainly going to pass MKW in a little over a year. But yeah, the original point. Saying MKW is going stronger than 8D is completely false currently. But it's honestly incredibly impressive just how committed the players are to the game.

[@MrKentuckylucky]

I'm so happy that there's still such a huge community of people who play MKW and invent new tracks and mods... and I'm so glad to be part of this Mario Kart Wii community

[@Kossestu]

Still my favourite mario kart game to this day

[@TheAbel94]

i never knew why i was so attracted to playing mario kart wii over any of the other mario karts, but being so into melee made me appreciate the feeling of being fully in control over my character. I wasn't aware of all the mods and custom servers, i just play the original tracks by myself for hours or whenever a friend is over. I'm really excited to try out all of the options that are available for this game.

[@Larry98]

And in the future people can also enjoy the game in various new languages like Dutch, Portuguese (PAL), Portuguese (NTSC),Russian, Greek, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Czech, Hungarian, Catalan, Croatian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Latin, Andalusian thanks to our Translation Project by Larry98, Zach, Atlas and Syara and a lot of translators. And those are just the languages which we are currently testing. Another 27 languages are currently in progress by our translators.

[@Homepage_]

Great video, nice explanation of what the game has become and its potential. I play this game almost every day since summer 2018 and it's definitely one of my most favorite games, even today. One thing I wished you'd go more in depth are the extra gamemodes of CTGP, especially 200cc and 24 players, but still a great video!

[@john3260]

6:38 is when they explained why MKW hasn't died.

[@sapphirebulletbill]

This isn't the only Mario Kart game that refuses to die.

[@blazeyy3210]

“Log into wiimfi daily” NOPE not me definitely lmao

[@Gryffon]

WAW it's been since 2013 and I am STILL PLAYING WITH IT !! 7 Years man !!!!

[@MKWahPhil]

I'm playing it for over 10 years now. It never gets boring for me

[@dwdadevil]

Better called: "Funky Kong Bike"

[@emilygould135]

It’s great how these guys are still keeping Mario Kart Wii alive! Thank you guys for creating these awesome servers and mods and thank you for those of you who are part of the community!

[@pixel_6493]

Nintendo: **D I E** MKWii: Nah, I don't feeeel like it.

[@Ant645]

And to think this is my first ever video game I played in my life is still astonishing to me. I was literally 3-4 years only when I started playing it (now I'm a teen who recently took his first ever exams in his life) and i still have the original disk that still works till this day. I'm too happy for it keeping it up till this day because of the fans. *sheds tears*

[@KeyboardNewbie]

With 500 daily logins I can’t really keep my hopes up for this game getting big again. The cost of entry is high with the limited hardware supply, plus the mods you have to implement, and then you jump into a minute pool of players who have years of experience ready to crush you. Unless there’s a way for new comers to get into, this game won’t grow to the level melee has. It’s just not possible.

[@user-rs2gv4vk1g]

that's not true. people pick up the game relatively fast - i know people playing competitive after 6 months of playing the game, whereas i have played since 2010 and i am only low level competitively

[@yaikogomez5649]

In case people were fooled by this ignorant comment, there are many ways of being paired up with racers with little to none experience, skill based match making exists, top players don't play people that just started, you don't see messi playing with ur neighborhood kids do you? of course not. lol

[@Shakked_R.]

2024 and I’m still playing mk Wii competitive everyday, like this if you in da lounge 💯

[@buzzb2121]

1:50 Funky Kong and Funky Kong Just thought that was funny because Funky Kong is the most OP character in mkw

[@wystxrr]

I have a new favourite combination Toad Magikruiser

[@samgreen8865]

There is still a serious opportunity for esports and competitive play. For example, 2v2, and full teams but without immunity. You'd be surprised at the amount of communication and complex playing at that level.

[@not_ike]

Whe he said "as well as the addition of new Nintendo character like funky kong and... Funky kong" i laugh so hard

[@Me-sw2is]

This is my favorite game. I wish I could still play it but my Wii broke years ago and I don't know where to find one.

[@SameTheta]

they should be really easy to find. try looking at your local retro games shop or flea market (if you have one)!

[@MKWahPhil]

@Me 6 Do you have a Wii U? You can also play it on the Wii U (including Ctgp)

[@BlakDragon1]

Thanks for uploading! This game is sick, I've been enjoying Twitch streams for this game lately. I had no idea Exalt happened, either. Looks like I've got some VODs to hunt down later!