What Character Has The Best Mario Kart Tracks?

This is a video where I rank every characters tracks in the Mario kart series. This branches from the flat 2D tracks to the newest entries from Mario kart 8.
00:00 - Intro
02:14 - 14th
03:22 - 13th
05:29 - 12th
09:34 - 11th
11:24 - 10th
13:13 - 9th
16:13 - 8th
22:04 - 7th
24:14 - 6th
28:03 - 5th
31:26 - 4th
35:17 - 3rd
39:24 - 2nd
41:50 - 1st
45:21 - Final Ranking

[@TheGeorgiio]

DAISY DESERVED WAAAAAY BETTER

[@glacierwolf2155]

She is literally the princess of an entire kingdom, and we have yet to see a proper Super Mario Land-related track.

[@GameEnjoyer-o2s]

i agree

[@ProjectMirai64]

Sarasaland Circuit where

[@joshdavenport6290]

For Bowser, you forgot to talk about Neo Bowser City

[@SMPSMLParodies_]

15 bowser tracks

[@Kirblae]

I mean I knew about it, I just didn’t find a good way to implement it into the script so I didn’t talk about it. But you can see at the end of the video I put it in b-tier

[@tomdin0]

It's also called koopa city in Europe so an argument could be made to include it with Koopa Troopa

[@Gamebuilder2000]

​@@tomdin0Nah Bowser is King Koopa, it's still a Bowser Themed track even with that name

[@SawyerPark-ol1up]

Thats because it sucks

[@DreamAngelYt]

Luigi got robbed. Luigi Circuit on gamecube. With all the items in that game. Chefs kiss.

[@Kirblae]

Maybe, but I’m not really a fan of courses with the gimmick being item chaos

[@DreamAngelYt]

@Kirblae Fair, but for most maps in double dash, the gimmiks and mechanics can only go so far with the premise of the game itself. If you rank double dash tracks next to all the other base form tracks, then they wouldn't fair well. So, for the game itself, Luigis Circuit can be seen as the best beginner course for the set up of it. But in that regard, it's fair to dislike it more than others because of that. It just seems that it's an instant knock against double dash tracks where that's there purpose.

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

Honestly, I think Royal Raceway should count as a Peach course. Its Japanese name is _literally_ "Peach Circuit", for crying out loud! Likewise, I'm not sure if Piranha Plant Pipeline should or shouldn't count as a Piranha Plant course, since its Japanese name is "(Warp) Pipe Canyon", making it as much of a Piranha Plant course as Mushroom Bridge, Mushroom City, Shroom Ridge and Mushroom Gorge being Toad courses. If it does count, then should other courses count which have character names in different languages? Would Ice Ice Outpost count as a Toad course because its Dutch name is "Toads Poolbasis" (Toad's Polar Base)? It's also kinda odd that the Tour versions of certain courses, most notably the GBA courses Cheep Cheep Island and Yoshi Desert, and maybe Luigi Circuit too, aren't being mentioned at all. Considering that literally every single course in the Booster Course Pass is revamped from their Tour incarnation, I feel like had these two in particular been added to MK8, they honestly wouldn't have changed a lot from how they appear in Tour... and while Tour does a good job in modernizing these GBA courses with added elevation and assets, it also kind of has the tendency to simplify their course maps with less narrow or less tight curves (Sky Garden being the most obvious example).

[@Kirblae]

I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t even consider the different names in different versions. Ive never played the Japanese version and I’m sure a lot of people haven’t either. I guess I’m only considering the English versions of each course. Also I’ve never played tour, and I see that more as a spin-off game kinda like the arcade games, so I didn’t really count any of the remakes unless they made it to the booster course pass

[@CathodeRayKobold]

@@Kirblae There are some internal filenames that attribute certain courses to characters as well. Mushroom Bridge and Mushroom City are actually dedicated to Koopa Troopa and Paratroopa instead of Toad. You can check out The Cutting Room Floor for that.

[@cvdusey]

@Kirblae From what I’ve seen online regarding speculation of the next MarioKart game, Nintendo considers Tour to be the official 9th entry in the series, and that thusly the next game will be the 10th. Maybe in a shorter, future video you could cover the tour and arcade tracks.

[@RSYDMNTP]

I honestly feel like Luigi Circuit and Daisy Cruiser's best version is in the original Double Dash. I get that you haven't played Double Dash yet but I feel like they're the most fun in that version as it feels perfect for Double Dash's gameplay and controls and I feel like you're kind of missing out on why most people find those tracks fun. Of course, I do respect on your takes on those tracks but just throwing it out that you might think differently of those tracks once you've played their original version, or not but that's okay, I get that as well Btw, GCN Luigi Circuit is a retro track in Mario Kart DS along with SNES Mario Circuit 1 which you both thought never returned in another Mario Kart

[@Ben-fl3xk]

Great video but I was screaming at my screen because of your rankings 🤣🤣

[@matthewjackson8598]

Only real issue I have with this is when you call a track not fun to play. Like Shy Guy Falls. You called the end clunky and the shortcut not even fun. That’s a skill issue. If you learn how to do it, it becomes crazy fun. Same for a few other courses you mentioned.

[@morpheel]

I agree. Based on the gameplay footage, this youtuber doesn't seem to be extremely skilled at mk8 deluxe. Learning the track definitely makes it more enjoyable

[@matthewjackson8598]

Another example is waluigi stadium. I love the Wii version, but I hated the MK8DX version when it came out. After watching the shroomless WR and practicing the track and learning the tech, it’s become one of my favorite tracks.

[@TKCEDM]

So does Excitebike Arena or Baby Park become fun to play if you learn how to play it, or is that a skill issue? Track quality isn't objective lol

[@summysailar]

​@@TKCEDMthose are luck based tracks and their layouts are too simple. The only skill there is consistently performing the shortcuts/bagging well, which goes the same for every track. Those two tracks leads more on their gimmick to be fun.

[@matthewjackson8598]

@@TKCEDM Exitebike arena has tech in it that lets you go faster and get ahead of the pack for front running. Baby park involves strategy as far as item usage. Running the track isn’t going to get you a win against skilled players. Bagging until the last 3 laps and then using your dodge items will net you a lot of wins. And of course taking good lines and being aware of threats around you is very important. 1 bad race isn’t the end all, but on literally every track in the game, there’s stuff to learn, whether that be lines or strategy. You can’t win every race, but you CAN make your average placement go up. Literally all you have to do is look up shroomless wr and figure out how to replicate it. Once you know all the tracks, all the tracks are fun.

[@m3lgar582]

Piranha Plant Pipeline, Piranha Plant Cove, Ninja Hideaway, and Squeaky Clean Sprint are one of my all time favorite Tour original tracks. Just absolute fun. And the music is fun to listen to

[@splaturials9156]

Dumb rules we all know royal raceway is peaches track

[@LuigiXP]

I feel like it has to be WAAAAAARIO

[@glacierwolf2155]

I don't know, Waluigi definitely contends.

[@joec7217]

YOU PICK DONKEY KONG!!!!

[@Beatboxing_Leprechaun]

40:33 I love how it cuts away before the Ball Bouncing Back hits Funky Kong, it caught me off guard😂

[@jamesestes6851]

interesting idea for a vid! love it ❤

[@luiscolin2021]

27:02 yoshi desert has a great remake in tour

[@Kirblae]

I wish it came to the booster course pass

[@TheEmjayer]

This might just be my own stupid opinion but I feel that yoshis island should be a bit higher in the tier list

[@GameEnjoyer-o2s]

Another hot take, piranha plant cove is fantastic, from the music, to the scenery, the underwater ruins vibe, the tunnel with all the sea creatures, driving through the piranhas above land, with the torches, to the shortcuts with the tricks to floating across corners, the thwomps to avoid, and the eels swimming around. You can trick off the pillars too, and it’s just some of the best variety you can have. It’s my 3rd favourite dlc track behind wii rainbow road, and yoshis island, and my 5th favorite overall, behind dolphin shoals, and music park.

[@Hunt708]

How does this only have 4000 views? Keep up the good work man!

[@josiea.3855]

Piranha Plant Cove is one of my FAVORITE tracks in the whole game 😭😭 but that might be because of the little anglerfish enemies in the background, anglerfish are my favorite animals so seeing them in the track made me so excited. But I also just love water tracks, especially if they take place under the water, so I may be a little biased lol

[@TKCEDM]

Watching you hit me over and over with red shells in this video is making me rather uncomfortable

[@Kirblae]

I made sure to include the best moments

[@Bunny_flowers_]

👤➕𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗵!

[@SMPSMLParodies_]

Yall need to stop hating on Tour cities, they’re so unique and cool!

[@Kirblae]

Some of them are cool like Sydney and Berlin, but most of them are pretty boring

[@josiea.3855]

Cheep Cheep has always been my favorite enemy (along with Boo) I love to see the little guy getting recognition and appreciation for once

[@ProjectMirai64]

Nice vid!

[@blurbstv]

He's back and he's poppin off!!!

[@jakemon1017]

Wait you should try to time trial piranha plant cove even tho you don't like it. It's one of those tracks that becomes pretty amazing with it being one of the most technical tracks in all of 8 deluxe with its many challenging shortcuts

[@MaxBurgesDay]

I agree it is my favourite tour track

[@The-Jai-5328]

Toads Factory in S? Give this man a sticker!🎉🎉

[@GeoDeo]

The fact that you didn’t use the Tour version of Peach Circuit is so sad… it’s such a cool and dynamic remake

[@Kirblae]

I don’t know any tour remakes, asides for the ones that appeared in the BCP

[@Sly88Frye]

0:18 I mean if you are saying that mushroom gorgeous the world one theme from New Super Mario Bros Wii, that game came out a year after Mario Kart Wii. However if you mean the world one theme in general throughout the Mario series I guess that would be potentially accurate. I'm not sure how accurate though because a lot of world one's don't have a bunch of mushroom towers or mushroom trees

[@KrlosHM123]

Wario, next question

[@elephantintheroom333]

Shy Guy and Daisy deserve better! Both of them have more recognizable courses. When you think of MK7 Shy Guy Bazaar is the course. When you think of MKDD, you think of Daisy Cruiser. I dare anyone to say I’m wrong…

[@Kirblae]

When I think of mk7 I think rainbow road or wuhu loop. And double dash I think of dk mountain

[@ppheard1254]

Daisy and Luigi should have beaten Mario and Toad.

[@BadmanYT-1254]

How did Shy guy manage to beat 2 of the most iconic Mario pairs like whaaat??

[@paulinetrivago.7540]

I really enjoy the video idea, only 11 minutes in and im very surprised by your hot takes of thinking Daisy Cruiser and GCN Luigi Circuit are bad. Although i do have a question, if you counted Royal Raceway in Peach's count how would she have performed? (Its weird how its not Peach Raceway, i get the alliteration, but like... its Peach's track, name it after her) Edit: just finished Bowser, i hope you didnt forget Neo Bowser City, not that i like it, but its the one Bowser course that isnt a Castle

[@Kirblae]

Idk what the rank would be, probably a lot higher cause I love royal raceway. But I was really only counting the English versions cause that’s the only versions I’ve ever played

[@paulinetrivago.7540]

@Kirblae ya I saw that in another comment, didn't even think about named courses in other languages, I just meant it more so because it's a Peach course in all but name

[@Joarthefcker]

Shortcuts doesn’t make a track better!

[@sonicjhiq]

mk8 did piranha plant cove dirty

[@GameEnjoyer-o2s]

That is literally one of my favorite tracks.

[@morpheel]

This is an interesting video. I like the concept. I had a similar idea of ranking tracks by value but I feel like it's good for the base ranking to organize your opinions, but there's other factors that aren't included in the criteria that are still relevant. For example you said you think wario should get 2nd place. If you truly feel that way, he should be 2nd. It's your list based on your own subjective opinions. A tier list can't always accurately rank your enjoyment of a track compared to the other tracks. Some tracks are so amazing they should be in S+++++++++ tier but that's unrealistic for the tier format unless you manually add separate tiers. Ranking them by score does make the video more interesting I guess since there's a value to each character, I just feel like the tier list to determine a score is very limiting. I enjoyed the video. I would recommend watching shortcats guide for mario kart 8 deluxe if you're interested in getting better at the game. You might be able to have more fun on some tracks. It would be cool to do an updated list like this when the next mario kart comes out or if your opinions end up changing a lot. Also I hope you like double dash when you play it. I think it's the most unique an beautiful mario kart game

[@Kirblae]

There’s definitely huge issues with the ranking system, but I love ranking things and having actual data and categories to things. The result is only a little off my own opinion and honestly I’m ok with that. When the next Mario kart comes out in 10 years I’ll be sure to make a bunch of different videos on it.

[@w4ffleman]

500th subscriber!!!

[@BritishThomasGuy]

it’s nice to hear someone pronounce yoshi the same way i pronounce it😭

[@Overkill9991]

Personally I think piranha plant cove is an S tier track. I just love all the different shortcuts

[@PeachyFanboy]

I think my man Toad has the greatest selection Harbour and Factory are done great and Circuit is alright, and Mushroom Bridge and City are good stuff too

[@natk205]

GBA Yoshi Desert would've made for a nice addition to the BCP, if Nintendo hadn't brazenly put in GBA Sunset Wilds without the Sunset.

[@WooperK]

THE MOST WII BAISED RANKING EVER🔥🔥

[@odinulveson9101]

Great list! Nice to see the big ape man DK got first, the two scoundrel bros ( yes Nintendo said they are not related, cover up I say ). Sad for Luigi and Daisy though. Would wish Rosaline and Pauline had their own tracks aswell. Star Road tracks could easly be linked to our cosmic lass and Pauline? Showbiz, cazinos, theathre based tracks!

[@Kirblae]

Maybe the next Mario kart will shine a light on the characters with no tracks

[@chaselafata9195]

Toad is indeed the best character in Mario

[@lizliz1151]

oh yeah, Nintendo if your loking at this, WE NEED A WALUIGI GAME!

[@Kirblae]

I swear this will never happen, much like how we’ll never get a Rosalina game

[@odinulveson9101]

I would love Waluigi, Rosalina, Daisy and Pauline get to be main characters in own games. But its better to hope for them being present in mainline games of the three others. Mario, Luigi, Peach and Wario. At least at first. Saying that... The couplings! Mario+Peach Luigi+Daisy Wario+Pauline ( similar interests, Bonny and Clyde shenanigans, Wario get kinda revenge at Mario finding love with his ex gal, thoug Mario couldnt give a darn ) Waluigi+Rosaline ( Waluigi wants to be loved, famous but is ridden with self pity and world burning intentions. Rosalina is a compassionate, caring, wise and understanding girl. She could guide Waluigi through his own stories to rid himself othe self pity aspect. Still a scheming, sports fan but also a charming dancer and have a glint of humour. Rosalina would find his more down to earths antics attractive and Waluigi could finnaly find a lady that understands him and look up too

[@plushiesdx]

31:57 the toads seized the means of production

[@GameEnjoyer-o2s]

hot take, each koopaling could have a themed course, with like different elements and stuff, it could be a lot of variety

[@Kirblae]

The koopalings need to be deleted

[@mailpaper7754]

I’d say either DK or Waluigi. Waluigi only has 2 but they’re some damn good tracks, and DK’s only ehh one is Jungle Parkway and DK Jungle.

[@Kirblae]

You’re spot on

[@2fast4u23]

Free my man Luigi he aint do nothin

[@Kirblae]

I have nothing against Luigi, it’s all Nintendo

[@BringBackOGClubPenguin]

I feel like it’s definitely DK, all of his tracks are bangers.

[@GameEnjoyer-o2s]

I clicked on this, haven’t watched it, but If it isn’t DK, i’m gonna cry. DK Summit, and DK Mountain are just some of the best tracks out there.I also love jungle parkway, and dk pass. Please, I better see Dk in first.

[@GameEnjoyer-o2s]

I am satisfied. DK’s tracks are the best!

[@PonKa-wi8zc]

Luigi circuit from GameCube bad? While the one from wii is good?? That is definitely an opinion I can't comprehend

[@BobAnimate2k9]

Get some respect to my boy Waluigi

[@angus80w]

You should have included battle tracks as well

[@pigzero8920]

i feel like ranking battle tracks would be separate from the regular racing tracks

[@mikeyventura5993]

30:04 This is called "Pirraaha plant slide" I thought

[@Kirblae]

It’s called different things in different regions

[@barelyhere7200]

I think Bowser Jr is the only mainstay Mario character not to have his own track yet. He does in some of the arcade games but those don’t really count

[@Kirblae]

But why would they give a track to bowser jr, when it could easily go to bowser

[@barelyhere7200]

@@Kirblae I guess but Bowser Jr is a pretty important Mario character. I think he more than deserves his own track by now. There are ton of really wacky tracks. I’m sure they could come up with something for Jr

[@Gamebuilder2000]

There's also The Koopalings You could argue Dry Bones and Dry Bowser shre Bone Dry Dunes (yes I'm counting enemies as Mainstays) But of these yeah Bowser Jr. And Kamek are the most Major But Kamek wasn't a racer until just recently he still doesn't have a track

[@Sylvieboy72]

​@@KirblaeIf games like Mario Hoops 3 on 3 and Mario Sports Mix can do it (which they did), Mario Kart can also..

[@dscrib2492]

my favorite character is "figure-8" from figure-8 circuit and i hate you for not including it 😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@sprokenvansami3134]

That's because your character the well absolutely fabulous Figure 8 has only one track and to be required in liat you mist have at least 2 ande

[@alan-tairov]

(i will edit this comment every time i see something wrong in the video) 1:24 thats whomp, also royal raceway is peach circuit in japanese version of mk64, also daisy hills is flower themed, 16:56 skill issue, 34:28 you literally said you hate snes bowser castle 2 for it being too difficult, 40:44 wario stadium? you mean waluigi stadium? ERROR COUNT: 6

[@XZavierdoesStuff]

Mario Circuit 1, GCN Luigi Circuit, etc... are all in DS, but he counts them as not having a remake?

[@Pandgo]

The first letter in your sentence is lowercase. The tracks you listed should all be uppercase since they are titles. “I” is a pronoun and should be capitalized. You wrote a very long run on sentence and should have separation with periods or colons. You listed 7 errors yet wrote 6. ALSO DK WOOOOO 100% AGREE WITH DK!

[@morpheel]

@@XZavierdoesStuff I feel like the video wasn't fully researched and just made for fun. It would've been nice if there was more accurate information instead of subjective opinions, but it was still a decent video

[@Pandgo]

I always wonder why it takes you so long to make videos and then you drop an entirely scripted 46 min movie (it makes sense lol)

[@Kirblae]

Tbf, probably shouldn’t have taken 5 months

[@CathodeRayKobold]

3ds bowser's castle has variety, but it's not cohesive at all. It's just random bowser-themed junk thrown together with no thought to how they flow together. I find a lot of 3ds courses have that due to how rushed the development was. I also don't like how so many of 3ds's shortcuts are just "drive off the side onto a ramp" but I will admit this track's take on that trend is significantly more dynamic than the others. If it were the only track with that mechanic it would be so much cooler.

[@CathodeRayKobold]

That said, I like how you give really solid reasoning for your opinions. I can really see where you're coming from even if I don't agree with every entry.

[@TheEmjayer]

Honestly I think my least favorite track is toad circuit. At least other tracks TRY to make themselves interesting, but toad circuit is just so boring it’s easily hated by me.

[@Kirblae]

Toad circuit still has at least 3 places for shortcuts, and the maze of pipe shortcut is genuinely still difficult

[@TheEmjayer]

Thats true, the course does have some interesting shortcuts, I just wished it had its own little gimmick to make it stand out more as a track

[@angus80w]

29:36-43 makes absolutely no sense

[@TCperry]

Interesting choices for track placement. I would say the dk tracks are very good, maybe not the best but definitely up there. Jesus loves you!

[@superflameking03]

31:31 since Bowser Jr. unfortunately doesnt have any tracks to his name, I'll allow you to get away with this one

[@AlexPies1]

doesn't Rosalina's Ice World have like. two galaxy references? that track sucks.

[@lizliz1151]

ON 44:56 one of the players is an npc for the marioandluigi brothrship! i think...

[@TheRealVbros]

It's Bomberman

[@elikramer9234]

I would have ranked toad harbor and dk pass higher. As well as ds bowser castle. That track helped save that game from becoming another basic old school game. Tracks I would have bumped down: Wario colosseum down 1 - I have never played it and the color looks bland. Shy Guy bazaar down 1 - the weaker of his tracks Cheep cheep beach down 1 - ds tried, but mk8 looks better Mario circuit 2 down 2 - let’s be honest, Mario circuit 3 beinv remade twice hurts this track. Warios goldmine down 1 - only track in Wii that I hated as a child. Deluxe adding the trick at the end helps but that’s about it for me. My s tier tracks: Wii bowser’s castle Wii toad’s factory DS bowsers castle Wii koopa cape DS dk Pass Wii dk summit GBA dk mountain Mk8dx shy guy falls Wii (mk8dx only) daisy circuit Mk8dx toad harbor

[@svendvendb]

all daisy tracks are perfect to me... she's first in my heart

[@jakemon1017]

It definitely isn't mario

[@XZavierdoesStuff]

You're gonna rank DAISY HILLS higher than DAISY CRUISER? The Mushroom Cup track over the fan favorite. This whole list bothers me because it's all based on your opinions, so I disagree on more than a few points, I wish it could somehow be more objective

[@GregTP]

LMAO of course it's gonna be his opinion bruh it's his channel. And there's no "objective" tier list.

[@burakoktem7784]

1:24

[@AcetylCoA605]

My favorite course selection has to be Daisy's. Daisy Cruiser is one of my favorite courses from the series, being super fun to play on, and Daisy Circuit is fantastic as well, being easily the best circuit course from the series. Daisy Hills is great as well, though, being a mushroom cup track, a little simple.

[@FLUDDgate-dc2sp]

12:37 Skill issue

[@Kirblae]

Perhaps

[@jamesestes6851]

I wish you would have mentioned RMX Mario Circuit, it could have affected the ranking just a little. still tho, great vid

[@Kirblae]

Never played any of the Rmx tracks