It was the only track i couldn't get 1st on in 200cc for a long time, not because i was bad, but instead every time i got close to doing it something would happen for me to end up in like 7th
Can confirm, this is the worst feeling in the game as you can do nothing but sit helplessly while everyone passes you :( still my favourite track though because of the end shortcut and the drifting potential
after playing mario kart wii a ton recently and then playing this game for the new courses, this mk8 game gives alot of invincibility after one hit. I think way too forgiving and prevents classic "mario karting" like you can run into a banana to dodge a blueshell.
@@midnightgamer2088 I always felt everything added in MK7 and beyond was just because they ran out of ideas. I don’t need flying, diving and useless gravity sections, I prefer the basic tracks
@@dasallmaechtigeJ No the flying and diving are great, it's the anti gravity that I don't like because it's something you don't even notice while you're playing the game. It needs to be seen from another view to look cool. Also MK8 ruined gliding, not even a queen mushroom extends your flight a fun amount anymore
As someone who has put in the time and effort to get 3 stars, on all difficulties, on all cups... Cloudtop Cruise was worse than all three Rainbow Roads combined.
I’m currently trying to do that! (While also just having fun on 200cc). I have the gold trophy for every cup on every cc, and I have 3 stars on all cups on 50, 100, and 150. I’m currently working on 200 because it’s the most fun to me, and once I have all of them on that I’ll do mirror. What do you think is the most important advice/technique I should know in order to finish?
Can vouch. Track was a nightmare for me ngl (Edit)Also crossing cup and bell cup were hell. Had to restart multiple times for both at places like cheese land and super bell highway.
@@flashnrt just finished doing that yesterday actually! Besides luck, the biggest hurdle to get over on 200cc was brake drifting. I honestly didnt know it was a thing before, but on 200cc its almost required on some turns like in neo bowser city and rainbow road. Other than that it's not too bad besides the occasional frustrating blue shell etc
Getting Mario Karted can happen on any stage. Cloudtop cruise is really fun IMO, since it is wide and open, yet still requires precision and good timing. Plus, the scenery is really good.
Even worse, right after that you go to boost panels and think you have timing down but you still get struck by lightning, not once but twice, then get hit by a Rogue greenshell off the ramp and fall down.
For people saying "Oh this is bad on any map." The reason this is so bad here is that the main routes anyone with half a brain takes are that bounce they got knocked off at in the start which causes them to not be put after it but to the side (Even worse then before it) and the cannon where getting hit early takes you slowly all the way across. This map has some of the worst spots to get hit in the entire game given all those spots are easy/mandatory to get to and 99/100 you will go for those spots.
I mean, any track can become your least favourite when you get hit by an item at the worst time. Saw a guy put a track in f tier and the primary reason I got from it was he was unlucky enough to picked off by a red shell someone in front had hurled backwards
Dude I’ve seen that. Twisted mansion is a good track and should’ve been placed a little higher. Items should reflect the track itself (unless certain items have an advantage on the track ofc)
Not many tracks have a mandatory issue like this though, the straight line where if you fall off you get put to the side of it or the worst possible spot. The cannon which is just long enough and shoots you too fast which makes getting hit one of the most devastating things possible. It does have design issues which shouldn't be issues in the first place.
MK pro tip that everyone already knows: Throw red shells right before a jump so the target will get hit in the air, fall down and return even later to the track
That is personally my favorite segment of the track, but I'm more of a racing line kind of player rather than a mini-turbo one. That bill's still unlucky though.
Sometimes i think Nintendo doesnt understand that "party game" doesnt always have to mean "frustrating to play". Not every game needs to be like mario party!
well not every course is difficult, and having courses that everyone hates make them more fun to play which is exactly why there's difficult tracks. If every track was easy and weren't designed to screw people over at some point, then it would just be a normal racing game.
@@secoTheSonicFan that's the point here, I get that but what's frustrating about Nintendo is that there's no real way to play online with a rule set that you want consistently unless you have enough friends that want to play Mario kart regularly to organize your own lobby. I get that non-competitive gameplay is a selling point for some people, but Nintendo tends to think that they know best and not give the consumer options of how to play the games that they pay for. Plus, there are many aspects about Mario kart online that are frustrating from a gameplay standpoint that aren't really about competitiveness, more just bad gameplay and frustrating lobby systems. Item lag is noticeable even to casual gamers online, and the random course selection thing is kind of a joke.
You do realize both Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 came out years before Mario Party, right? If anything, Hudson took some inspiration from Mario Kart when starting the Mario Party series.
I don't have MK8D yet so I mostly play the Wii U version but I swear I *always* get shocked on the airship/cannon section at least once per race. Not sure why Lightning is so common on this track, other than for thematic reasons
I believe item chances are based on distance from the racer in first. The cannon puts a huge distance between first place and everyone else. Since there are items right before the airship there's a good chance someone towards the back pulls a lightning while the middle of the pack is in the cannon.
Obviously its always a ton of bad luck but tbh this track was never that fun for me anyway. The cloud texture is annoying and the track in the clouds is just very boring. Airship Fortress is a far better track and I wish they would have done more with the ship in this track
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I hate how Lakitu pulls you at like 60% of the cannon speed.
Still better than the previous games, where if you drop in the middle of a flying section Lakitu flies you all the way back
Yeah try Mario kart Wii. If you fall of in that game you're instantly going to 12th place.
@@LukieLuke5 the black screen of death lol
Facts just put me behind the fucking cannon
He's trying his best
Player: “Come on, I need to get back in this race!”
Lakitu: “I missed the part where that’s my problem.”
“You’ll get your race when you fix this _damn door!_ “
Gonna cry?
I hope they put this exact joke in the Super Mario Bros. movie
😂😂😂😂
"Hey! You get back to the race when I say you can get back to the race!"
It's always nice to find something to relate to.
Yes
YES
Lakitu is so irritating
Those were their fault, the track did what?
fr it always feels like everything that can go wrong, goes wrong in this track
In this track and also in shy guy falls
This track is the embodiment of Murphy’s law
OMG I thought I was the only one. Legit been trying to 3 star the special cup on 200cc and something always goes wrong on that cup
It was the only track i couldn't get 1st on in 200cc for a long time, not because i was bad, but instead every time i got close to doing it something would happen for me to end up in like 7th
@@femtondemasker325 welcome to Mario Kart!
Can confirm, this is the worst feeling in the game as you can do nothing but sit helplessly while everyone passes you :(
still my favourite track though because of the end shortcut and the drifting potential
Agreed
It's such a good course. I remember just practicing that shortcut for like 3 days straight lol
*favorite
@@chl_ca Favourite and favorite are both correct, it's like color and colour or defence and defense.
@@chl_ca it’s spelled favourite in other countries
0:18 I’m impressed that star didn’t hit him, it was soo close
So when you get hit by an incoming item, (like he did with the lightning) you become invincible for about 2-3 seconds
@@bryandavila5215 but that way he would be pushed by the guy with star ._.
after playing mario kart wii a ton recently and then playing this game for the new courses, this mk8 game gives alot of invincibility after one hit. I think way too forgiving and prevents classic "mario karting" like you can run into a banana to dodge a blueshell.
@@peaknostalgia but you can
Cannons should grant immunity, like they did in Mario Kart Wii and before. Mario Kart 8's mechanics are really scuffed.
Ikr, gliders ruin the point of the cannons. They are supposed to shoot you through the skies, not put you into a slow, graceful flight.
@@midnightgamer2088 I always felt everything added in MK7 and beyond was just because they ran out of ideas. I don’t need flying, diving and useless gravity sections, I prefer the basic tracks
@@dasallmaechtigeJ what else are they supposed to add?
@@dasallmaechtigeJ No the flying and diving are great, it's the anti gravity that I don't like because it's something you don't even notice while you're playing the game. It needs to be seen from another view to look cool.
Also MK8 ruined gliding, not even a queen mushroom extends your flight a fun amount anymore
@@narnianninja4964 Mechanically you should notice it since you can get boosts by bumping into other players which is a lot of fun.
0:03 nice red shell dodge tho
I'm more used to hearing the high-pitch Cloudtop Cruise music than the normal music 🙄
lol
Lakitu carrying you all the way to the track feels like a walk of shame 😭
i feel like i remember the lightning version of this song more than the actual song
I always really liked the silence when Lakitu carries you. Really changes the vibe.
As someone who has put in the time and effort to get 3 stars, on all difficulties, on all cups...
Cloudtop Cruise was worse than all three Rainbow Roads combined.
I’m currently trying to do that! (While also just having fun on 200cc). I have the gold trophy for every cup on every cc, and I have 3 stars on all cups on 50, 100, and 150. I’m currently working on 200 because it’s the most fun to me, and once I have all of them on that I’ll do mirror. What do you think is the most important advice/technique I should know in order to finish?
Can vouch. Track was a nightmare for me ngl
(Edit)Also crossing cup and bell cup were hell. Had to restart multiple times for both at places like cheese land and super bell highway.
@@flashnrt just finished doing that yesterday actually! Besides luck, the biggest hurdle to get over on 200cc was brake drifting. I honestly didnt know it was a thing before, but on 200cc its almost required on some turns like in neo bowser city and rainbow road. Other than that it's not too bad besides the occasional frustrating blue shell etc
Rainbow road was my kryptonite. I only now just got all three stars on all 12 cups in every class except 200cc.
As someone who also did this, I can confirm. This track is hell in the sky.
Welcome to Mario kart.
lol
I read this in Mario’s voice in MK64…
@@acampbell2499 select your player!
@@marvvan_ OK?
Random Thing: Is just with me, or the Triforce Cup seems to conspire against you in the last two tracks?
Idk but in shy guy falls it sure does seem like it
I feel the same
@@bullymaguire632 That’s the Flower Cup. Triforce is Wario’s Gold Mine, SNES RR, Ice Ice Outpost and Hyrule Circuit.
If you manage to do well on two of the hardest courses in Mario Kart history, yes.
Hyrule Circuit is hit or miss, but Ice Ice Outpost... It doesn't even look that bad but it always is...
Getting Mario Karted can happen on any stage. Cloudtop cruise is really fun IMO, since it is wide and open, yet still requires precision and good timing. Plus, the scenery is really good.
Love how the music just stopped for a minute just to take a second to take in what just happened
0:18 Is anyone going to talk about HOW CLOSE THAT STAR WAS?
"I'm sure your day wasn't that bad..."
When I clicked on this video I immediately knew that they would get hit during the cannon shot. The worst part of a great stage.
I hate having moments like these…
Also, I never heard the music transition that slow before🤔
The music transition is this slow because he's taking twice the normal time to get to the cloud storm. This game is cruel
Even worse, right after that you go to boost panels and think you have timing down but you still get struck by lightning, not once but twice, then get hit by a Rogue greenshell off the ramp and fall down.
For people saying "Oh this is bad on any map."
The reason this is so bad here is that the main routes anyone with half a brain takes are that bounce they got knocked off at in the start which causes them to not be put after it but to the side (Even worse then before it) and the cannon where getting hit early takes you slowly all the way across.
This map has some of the worst spots to get hit in the entire game given all those spots are easy/mandatory to get to and 99/100 you will go for those spots.
I mean, any track can become your least favourite when you get hit by an item at the worst time. Saw a guy put a track in f tier and the primary reason I got from it was he was unlucky enough to picked off by a red shell someone in front had hurled backwards
Dude I’ve seen that. Twisted mansion is a good track and should’ve been placed a little higher. Items should reflect the track itself (unless certain items have an advantage on the track ofc)
Well then, why not just turn on the "smart steering in 8 Deluxe?
@@flashnrt should*
Not many tracks have a mandatory issue like this though, the straight line where if you fall off you get put to the side of it or the worst possible spot. The cannon which is just long enough and shoots you too fast which makes getting hit one of the most devastating things possible.
It does have design issues which shouldn't be issues in the first place.
You forgot getting red shelled every 3 seconds
I swear, this track, Neo Bowser City and a few others just won't let you go a few seconds without being hit by something
I have beat all 150 and 200cc dev times in time trials, but this track, even on 150cc, still infuriates me sometimes. The turns are too tight!!
I was expecting more of the RNG-esque lightning boost panels inside the cloud.
Wow, I don’t have the best time on this track, but THIS is a whole other level.
Any time before midnight, Lakitu. I'll wait. No, no, take your time. It's not like I'm IN THE MIDDLE OF A RACE!
This is what edging for 2 hours straight feels like
MK pro tip that everyone already knows:
Throw red shells right before a jump so the target will get hit in the air, fall down and return even later to the track
At that point, might as well let Lakitu drive you through the rest of the track. Instead of giving you the illusion of CHOICE!!!
That is personally my favorite segment of the track, but I'm more of a racing line kind of player rather than a mini-turbo one. That bill's still unlucky though.
0:24 I can't unhear it now. Nintendo recycled a sound of a Siren from an Ambulance.
Outside of online this track is one of the best.
same...
and it's always the same inconvenience in the exact same places
I understand what you mean. Thats just mariokart. But I love this track. Thats also why I play no items, then its actual skill.
sometimes if there’s items where lakitu picks you up he makes sure to put you far ahead and not where the items are so you won’t get them
That stretch is of the track is brutal
This is so true I don’t know what it is about this course that screams bad luck but it always comes
Those were the most relatable 30 seconds I have ever experienced
I swear, every time I’ve gotten shocked in this track it has always been in that split path
Finally someone who *REALLY* know my pain in tour
shy guy supremacy
-orange shy guy main
What a wild series of events
Algorithm's gonna blow up on this, anyway still this is VERY bad luck lmao
This is the most Mario Kart thing I've ever seen
I can’t hate though because the music is to damm good
agreed. love the galaxy music remix for this track
ohh my god dont get me started on this music
Agreed, this music was the Bomb!
This is a certified MK classic
This is me for all tracks in the Egg Cup at 200cc
you should try using waluigi wit the wild wiggler and roller tires
nothing goes right in this video pure chaos 🤣
Yeah I was more than halfway across the track in first place and I still got 2nd because I got hit by 5-6 red shells in around 30 seconds.
Still better than being target shocked on the cannon in Big Blue
That is literally what happens to me every time I play cloud top cruise lol.
Hey look there is a portuguese, that sure is a rare sight
I think it would've been less slow if he let you take the cannon normally
The amount of times I had to replay cloudtop because the cpu did some cheap bs to get me to come second, it made it my "favorite course"
Just what happened to me, but instead of a bill, it's a thunder
Looks like fun 😅
Most relatable thing I’ve ever seen
Sometimes i think Nintendo doesnt understand that "party game" doesnt always have to mean "frustrating to play". Not every game needs to be like mario party!
well not every course is difficult, and having courses that everyone hates make them more fun to play which is exactly why there's difficult tracks. If every track was easy and weren't designed to screw people over at some point, then it would just be a normal racing game.
@@stoopybutt1085 it's not the tracks, it's the gameplay.
@@secoTheSonicFan that's the point here, I get that but what's frustrating about Nintendo is that there's no real way to play online with a rule set that you want consistently unless you have enough friends that want to play Mario kart regularly to organize your own lobby. I get that non-competitive gameplay is a selling point for some people, but Nintendo tends to think that they know best and not give the consumer options of how to play the games that they pay for.
Plus, there are many aspects about Mario kart online that are frustrating from a gameplay standpoint that aren't really about competitiveness, more just bad gameplay and frustrating lobby systems. Item lag is noticeable even to casual gamers online, and the random course selection thing is kind of a joke.
You do realize both Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 came out years before Mario Party, right? If anything, Hudson took some inspiration from Mario Kart when starting the Mario Party series.
Mario Kart is not just for kids tho
absolute chaos
DUDE I had lighting hit me within 10 seconds of each other on this course
Welp, at least we're getting a good cloud themed track soon.
You know its bad when even the games music slows down to a stop for a moment. Oof!
Then proceed to get hit by 3 lightnings
This is so relatable 😭
man gets mario karted 2 the squeakqual
Cloudtop cruise is one of my more fav maps, baby part is easily my least fav map
this happened to me on Big Blue (my mii was Matt) and i still got first in the end
Now imagine this on the Wii
whats worse is a course where you die mid-glide and lakitu takes you baCK TO THE GLIDE RAMP
As Zuko once said: That's rough buddy
what cc do you play on?
I always crash in the wall in the airship part
I don't have MK8D yet so I mostly play the Wii U version but I swear I *always* get shocked on the airship/cannon section at least once per race.
Not sure why Lightning is so common on this track, other than for thematic reasons
Are you planning on having the deluxe version when da DLC comes out?
@@Alpha-oo8 oh definitely. I know there's a lot of mixed opinions on how it looks but I'm just glad to see some of my favourite tracks return
@@ayo.2022 well, I hope you have fun!
And I hope the tweaks don’t throw you off too much!
(Also, hope you enjoy battle mode, is pretty good)
@@Alpha-oo8 thanks! I've heard a lot lot of good things about the rest of the game too
I believe item chances are based on distance from the racer in first. The cannon puts a huge distance between first place and everyone else. Since there are items right before the airship there's a good chance someone towards the back pulls a lightning while the middle of the pack is in the cannon.
Me: *is first*
Glide sections: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"
Cloudtop cruise got that bumpin music tho
Hahahaha that lakitu was really bad luck
You forgot to add the part where the very last piece of lightning hits you and cancels your glider and makes you fall off
every bad thing that could possibly happen in mariokart happen to this man under 5 minutes
Didn't you have something with 4k subs yesterday? If I'm correct, then congrats on 5k!!
Same, but it’s the 3DS tracks for me
Ouch, that's the worst luck ever
This is what a bad day looks like
An interesting map, but I hate getting hit by something, and being dragged slower than the damn cannon :S
Everyone has a sworn enemy, mine is the guy who programmed the bouncepad physics in this course.
oh my gosh they are so jank
"This is why I hate Cloudtop Cruise"
Proceeds to show no issues unique to Cloudtop Cruise
Obviously its always a ton of bad luck but tbh this track was never that fun for me anyway. The cloud texture is annoying and the track in the clouds is just very boring. Airship Fortress is a far better track and I wish they would have done more with the ship in this track
I like Cloudtop Cruiser tbh but lets hope Airship Fortress comes in the Booster Course Pass!!
@Alt Account DLC? For what?
It's sad too cause the music in this track is one of my faves in the series.
@@williamgriggsjr7271 Recently Nintendo announced a DLC booster pack for MK8Deluxe with many new/revamped tracks
"W E L C O M E T O M A R I O K A R T"
Always look back before jumps
At least I’m not the only one
The only part about cloud top cruise I like, is the gusty gardens musical motif.
youre not alone
and right after the longest part without a box
Cloudtop Cruise is labeled my favorite track by the game on both MK8 and MK8 Deluxe because of how many times I've had to play it to get three stars
Holy mother of Murphy's law
Now do that damn cheese map