10 Things We Want In The Next Mario Kart Game

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00:00Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we're taking a look at 10 things we really, really want

00:14in the next mainline Mario Kart game.

00:16I know we've only seen like 5 seconds of footage, but I'm amped.

00:21Let's do this!

00:26But before we begin, we publish new videos all week long, so be sure to subscribe to

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00:35Improved Kart Customization

00:44Starting with Mario Kart 7, players were able to fully customize their karts with different

00:49bodies, wheels, and gliders.

00:51It was a welcoming addition to the franchise for both casual and hardcore players, and

00:56Mario Kart 8 bolstered this feature with even more parts than ever before.

01:09The only problem we have with it is that your stats entirely depend on only which kart body

01:15you go with.

01:16The wheels and gliders and even the character's weight class don't change much else that'll

01:22affect your playstyle.

01:24If the next Mario Kart is to continue kart customization, we would like this feature

01:28to be expanded upon or just fleshed out a bit more to where other kart parts can greatly

01:34alter your stats, not just wheels and gliders.

01:37Maybe take a page from Mario Party 5's Super Duel mode and have us pick from different

01:42engines and special weapons as well?

01:52A Better Replay System

02:01All kinds of crazy things can happen in a single race.

02:05Problem with Mario Kart 8 is that it doesn't always recognize these moments and will instead

02:10show highlights of a more mundane moment.

02:22For the next Mario Kart, we would love to see Nintendo put the camera in the players

02:26hands.

02:28Instead of a pre-made highlight reel, why not record the entire race or Grand Prix instead?

02:34Give players the ability to scrub through the race and make our own awesome reels.

02:39With this kind of a feature, you can guarantee that there will be countless clips to find

02:43that are both hilarious and wild from other people's races.

02:54Different Perspectives

03:03This is a small thing, but it's something we would still like to see, and it's different

03:07camera angles.

03:08Ever since Mario Kart 64 in 1997, the series has only given us a couple of camera angles,

03:14but only the necessary rear view and zoom out features.

03:18What about, say, a first person mode?

03:28We know that Mario Kart has never been about immersion like other racing games try to achieve.

03:33However, we did get close to that viewpoint with the augmented reality game Mario Kart

03:38Live Home Circuit, and it was kinda neat.

03:40Even if we can't get the camera set at the very front of the kart to feel that sense

03:44of speed, could we maybe just get one that sits on the hood of the kart?

03:58More Meaningful Roster Picks

04:09Don't get us wrong, we love Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but there is one glaring issue regarding

04:14the roster.

04:16Well, seven glaring issues, in fact.

04:19Why do we have Mario, Metal Mario, Tanooki Mario, Peach, Pink Gold Peach, Cat Peach,

04:28and Peachette?

04:29What is the point in all this?

04:37We know the other variants of Mario and Peach have their own stats, but why not give those

04:42stats to completely new characters then?

04:46Different characters, characters that may not have been in a Mario Kart game before.

04:50All of these variants could have just been costumes, y'know?

04:54We know a similar case could be made against Bowser in Dry Bowser, although the case with

04:59Mario and Peach was just way, way too egregious.

05:04Please Nintendo, don't pull this again with the new game, please.

05:14Less Tours and More Tracks

05:28Another gripe we had with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the booster course DLC.

05:33Now, we were super happy overall with the tracks that were included, specifically the

05:37remakes of older tracks and even the few original courses we got like Merry Mountain and Yoshi's

05:44However, every single cup had at least one course from Mario Kart Tour, the mobile spin-off

05:50game that fans weren't super crazy about with its monetization and course selection.

05:54One cup in particular had TWO Tour courses on it.

06:06We know why these courses were included too.

06:09It was most likely a cheaper way to give us more content without having to go and redesign

06:14older courses.

06:16Recycle over remake.

06:18If that truly was the case, then fine, but let's not get carried away with the Tour

06:23representation in the next game when there are still plenty of courses from Mario Kart

06:28Wii, Mario Kart 7, Double Dash.

06:32Just prioritize, man.

06:35No one wants Tour back.

06:45Revamped Progression

06:53If you wanted to unlock every single kart part featured in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, you

06:58would have to collect a grand total of 3,100 coins from your races.

07:05Sounds easy, until you realize that the game only counts the total you have at the end

07:10of each race, which caps out at 10 coins per race.

07:23To some, this grind isn't a big deal, especially since the game is just really fun.

07:28For us though, when we were trying to unlock everything, it was grueling.

07:33For the next Mario Kart, we are just praying that Nintendo comes up with a far better way

07:38for us to earn kart parts and characters.

07:41Tie them to beating Grand Prix's like you used to.

07:44Tie them to Grand Prix ranks.

07:46Tie them to flipping time trials if you want, just like you guys did with Mario Kart Wii.

07:51But if you are really adamant about the coin counter, the least you can do is raise the

07:57cap, specifically for the cumulative total.

08:01Let the coins count even if we hit the cap, that's all we're asking.

08:05You're making a gameplay mechanic serve double time as a currency, it just doesn't make

08:10sense, please.

08:18Give us a career.

08:26One concept we're surprised Nintendo hasn't tried with Mario Kart is a proper campaign

08:31or adventure mode.

08:32This is an idea that was explored by other kart racers like Diddy Kong Racing in 1997

08:37and Crash Team Racing in 1999.

08:48The closest we ever got to something like this was a mission mode in Mario Kart DS.

08:53To this day, that mission mode is a big reason why some folks still go back and play Mario

08:58Kart DS.

08:59The thing is that Mario Kart 9, or whatever the next game is going to be called, shouldn't

09:04just do another mission mode.

09:06It needs the same treatment as the Mario sports games get, where there is a full-fledged story,

09:12places to go to between races, characters to talk to, things to collect, challenges

09:17to overcome aside from the normal gameplay.

09:20Make it an adventure.

09:22Give us the Grand Prix tradition, of course, but let's do something truly magical with

09:27a full-blown campaign.

09:37Expanded Battles

09:46One of the most disappointing aspects of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was just how neglected battle

09:51mode was.

09:52While Balloon Battle, Renegade Roundup, and Bob-omb Blast were delightful breaks from

09:57normal racing, this side of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe never saw any ounce of post-launch

10:02support.

10:03No new maps, no new modes, nothing.

10:13Maybe some data on Nintendo's end showed them that not as many players really cared

10:18about battle mode?

10:19Who knows, but we would love to see at least a couple of updates if the next game keeps

10:24battle mode around, which it should regardless of what the data insinuates.

10:37New Race Modes

10:46Speaking of missions and battles, there is something to be said about the core of Mario

10:50Kart.

10:51So many unlockables are tied to Grand Prix and Grand Prix only that a player really has

10:56no reason to do all the extra stuff like time trials, battle mode, or anything.

11:01If the next Mario Kart is going to keep Grand Prix as the most important mode in the entire

11:05game, we'd need not just different speeds, but different kinds of races to keep things

11:11fresh.

11:18Why not let us race on courses backwards?

11:21That's an idea that was explored on some of the booster courses.

11:24Or how about a mode of no item boxes?

11:27Or a mode where you must drive through gates?

11:29Or a mode where if you get hit by course obstacles, you lose a life, and if you get hit too many

11:34times, you're done?

11:36Let's get nutty with the races like we did with Deluxe's custom race options.

11:40I mean, why not make Blue Shell only a main mode of the game?

11:51And lastly, the never-ending guest list.

11:59In 2014, Mario Kart 8 director Kosuke Yabuki was asked by Nintendo Life about the possibility

12:06of a Smash Bros.-esque roster for a new Mario Kart, to which Yabuki replied with, quote,

12:12ellipses, I'm not ruling out the possibility of such an approach, end quote.

12:17Sure enough, Mario Kart 8 and its Switch port would bring in Link from The Legend of Zelda,

12:22the Inklings from Splatoon, and Isabelle and the Villager from Animal Crossing.

12:33Mario Kart 8 Deluxe even received amiibo support, where Miis could don racing outfits based

12:39on other Nintendo characters.

12:41We would absolutely love for this concept to be revisited for the next game, so long

12:45as we don't stray too far away from the Mario in Mario Kart.

12:57But enough about our list, what would you like to see improved upon or added into the

13:02next Mario Kart game?

13:03Let us know down in the comments, and don't forget to subscribe to Mojo Plays for more

13:07great videos every day.

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