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No because this roster makes me genuinely happy. It references various Mario titles, dk, wario, and yoshi. I've been championing yoshi and especially Wario characters in Mario spinoffs for a while now
#Mariokart4sock I’m sure you won’t read all of this or include it in a video, but I thought it would be fun to share anyways As a person who thinks the series would be worse off by becoming smash kart, I do think this would be a pretty solid roster. (Other than the fact that shulk and marth just aren’t the mascots of their respective series anymore, and that their proper mascots of Pyra and Anna would be better fitting). Though I myself would probably still dial back the guests just a bit more, though not for reasons of fandoms or not getting more Mario, but rather just the gameplay ramifications Mario kart is a series that anyone of any age can pick up, know immediately how to play, and have a great time as any character they want and with any kart they want. If the series were to be made into a proper smash style crossover that fully incorporates their guest characters, we’d run into plenty of problems. Many characters would suddenly need flying sci-fi ships, horses, chariots and all sorts of other stuff that would behave vastly differently. This already goes against that simple fun spirit of Mario kart to make something much more complex (which is not inherently a bad thing on its own, but the main reason people love the Mario kart series is it’s simplicity). Now by having all these different sorts of vehicles that behave wildly differently, you run into other problems. Level design would either have to have a bunch of different paths to compensate, which would both up the already rising complexity and give strong advantages to some types of vehicles that can traverse every path. OR, you would have to make the level redesign INCREDIBLY basic in order to compensate everyone, which I think we can all agree wouldn’t be too fun, and would also defeat the purpose of having all the different vehicle types. Now one could argue that they could just plop the characters from the other games into go-karts, give them a level each, and call it a day. But at that point, there really wouldn’t be any reason to even make it a crossover anymore. Smash works because of just how much it brings from every series and every individual character into smash. So by not having that, there’s really no point in all the crossover stuff. In fact, by doing it this way, the characters crossovers would probably just feel lame and feel like they have rather little personality. The guest characters like link and isabelle work in Mario kart because theyre GUESTS. The novelty of them just being in the game is fun because they’re GUESTS to the game. Were the entire game built around said novelty, it wouldn’t have that same level of whimsy of seeing said characters in the racing game. So yeah. That’s my two cents on it all. I think a smash kart could be fun as it’s own game, but as a replacement for Mario kart, it simply wouldn’t work. Have a good day everyone
I think I’d much prefer a Nintendo Kart as its own thing and keep Mario Kart strictly to just Mario/DK/ Yoshi etc characters. That way everyone is happy.
This is a very solid lineup, dear Sock man, mm yes. Very good. I'd still prefer a normal mario kart, however. I just like how the series just expands on the world of Mario, in all of it's weird and awesome glory. I prefer the crossovers when they're smaller, that way it's more impactful or meaningful, gives them more attention. Soooooo #mariokart4sock babyyyyyyyy
Honestly, I have no personally idea where I'm at in terms of the general Mario Kart perspective since I'm on both ends of the spectrum. On one hand, I'm all down for more Nintendo content expanding within the series since honestly it's more exciting than just Mario exclusively. Though to potentially avoid any form of backlash, still emphasizing that it's still Mario Kart in brand and lending the most content, but emphasizes as a crossover-centered title. Somewhere like Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing was, Sonic is a very popular game brand and still carries the most in content, but it did emphasize a SEGA (or All-Stars if putting to Transformed) themed roster to where any fan can enjoy seeing their favorites whether popular or niche. Like I'm talking a scale of 36-38 Mario characters to a 12-14 Nintendo character line-up whether popular or niche to welcome those franchises to more casual audiences who aren't too familiar with them beyond the more prominent names of Nintendo.
Would you have 52 characters as the base game? If so, would you include DLC to take it up to the same number of characters as Smash Bros. To me, there's just so many neglected Mario universe characters such as Fawful, Cackletta, Vivian, Popple, Prince Peasley, Queen Bean, Il Piantissimo, Pianta, Noki etc.
My favorite Sock is back! I personally want to see The Fossil Fighter and Duna as racers in the next Mario Kart game along with a Vivosaur themed race course. I prefer Mario Kart Wii as my favorite entry along with Mario Kart DS. But Diddy Kong Racing will always be the best Mascot racing game.
I don't want to get controversial in regards to the FF series, but a bonebuggy kart would be sweet! If I were to pick a character from the series, I'd be down to see Diggins, he's fun!
Its so bad that I can't stop thinking about your mariokart purist and smash purist puppet characters as being powerful iconoclastic rulers of their ways of thought. The both of them being entangled in various never ending crusades and jihad between their followers never being able to come to a common ground. Them both being under the same idologic and theocratic following of nintendo but differing greatly upon who should be able to ride in a kart, or play in a sports game along side each other. Could make a good story of this if you so desired. Then again, ignore my ramblings please and thank you
This was a good middle ground as a stepping stone if there ever was an inevitable "smash kart", great roster! Im not sure if adding Pokémon would be a good move for this game, I believe they're treated as "second party" negotiations, and that could slow down planning etc... Might be misunderstanding it, but I know Sakurai has commented on that in the past
#mariokartforsock if they make the next one Mario Kart, I want neglected Mario characters like Foreman Spike, Donkey Kong Jr., Geno, and King Bob-omb. Plus I would love more spin off characters, like the ones you listed. If Smash Kart becomes a thing, all Mario spin offs will just become Smash spin offs
This is such an interesting roster. I love it. My next question would be, how many DLC characters would you add. I'd personally love to see a roster the same size as Smash Bros, which I believe is 80 characters? My roster would be this: Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Toad Toadette Rosalina Yoshi Donkey Kong Baby Mario Baby Luigi Wario Waluigi Bowser Bowser Jr Pauline King Boo Shy Guy Petey Piranha Diddy Kong Dixie Kong Cranky Kong King K. Rool Poochy R.O.B Ashley Mona Jimmy T Professor E. Gadd Hellen Gravely Vivian Link Zelda Zucker Cherry Inkling Kirby Samus Fox McCloud Pikachu Ness Captain Falcon Marth Shulk Pit Olimar Spring Man Earthworm Jim Webby Vanderquack Mii
This is an amazing lineup, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Princess Zelda and Pikachu would be good additions in terms of crossover characters! I agree Mario Kart should focus on Mario characters but it can't hurt to have some crossover.
No Marth from Fire Emblem. First of all, he's not very popular. Second, he's not a mounted unit. If you're going to have a racer they should be somebody who rides a mount. That actually narrows the list quite a bit and I think the most likely candidate is Dimitri from Three Houses. #Smash4Sock I could go into more detail why Marth is actually really overused as a Fire Emblem rep but the short version is that he lost six popularity contests held by Intelligent Systems in a row in the fandom including to a nameless, faceless NPC. No joke.
All right, gotta say I really liked the characters through the vid. You also did have some good picks here too. What I really like though was the absolute lack of metal characters. Though if I may, I'd say a Mario kart 9 aside from roster needs to have alternate costumes for characters.
I'm personally on the Mario-centric side myself, but this would be ok (even if I would miss enemy characters like Koopa, Goomba would be a fun racer considering one rode a bike in Super Mario Party).
#Smash4Sock Sonic running on these tracks on foot. The customization of his stats comes in the appearance of his shoes, and his paraglider from Sonic 2 8-bit can make a return.
#Mariokart4sock Honestly, I could see the next Mario Kart having some representation for games from non Nintendo series sold as dlc waves. They would come with a new racer or two, vehicles for those racers, a new glider and wheels, a new item, and a new cup with tracks from that series. Here's an example... The Sonic Pack: Comes with Sonic and Dr. Eggman as racers, The Speed Star and Egg Booster as vehicles, the Hang Glider from Sonic 2, wheels that look like rings, Chaos Emeralds as items, and the Ring Cup with Green Hill Zone, Altar of Emerald, Central City, and Chao Garden.
#Smash4sock I think a smash kart would be a great excuse to bring back the fan favorite Double Dash gameplay, really enhancing the crossover concept through the core gameplay. I think having pairs of characters from different series, unique karts based off of the vehicles from their respective series, all the potential race tracks, and the items, it’d really bring that “mixing and matching your toys together” energy that Smash Bros is all about! I guess with how big that smash has become, I’ve honestly become a bit desensitized to the character reveals, Sakurai himself even said that it’d be impossible to make another entry without disappointing people with character cuts, so I honestly think this could also double as bringing back that fresh “Nintendo Crossover Party” feel of the older smash titles, I just really miss how unpredictable those roster picks would get and I’d love to see that type of energy in a game like this!
I would love the Double Dash element to return. I feel it should've been a given because of the double item boxes in 8 Deluxe. Do you think 50 characters is the right number? How many would you add as DLC?
#Smash4sock Opening the gates for a full on smash cart to exist would be a superb idea. One example that comes to mind being the three viruses from Dr mario as one racer, in one kart. They would bring neat opportunities for animations between the three of them controlling the cart, throwing items, getting hit and such. Other double or triple character racers could be expanded upon in such ways beyond my imagination to add some much needed variety to the hypothetical smash kart.
There are indeed some oddball picks and some rather unfortunate exceptions. I personally would've preferred more Mario themed characters over other IPs, so it still feels more like Mario Kart than Smash Kart. I think making it Smash Kart would be rather ridiculous for this type of game, but I still welcome the addition of non Mario characters, so long as it doesn't overrule them. In terms of tracks they could include in the new Mario Kart, after seeing what we're getting from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's booster pass, I say they could extend the roster to include 16 Nitro tracks, 16 All-Star tracks and 32 retro tracks. Mirror mode would no longer be tied to just 150cc and they could also include reverse mode and reverse mirror mode. Each one would be unlocked by winning enough cups on each variant, while Miis can be unlocked by winning all the tracks on a single cc and race mode. The coins can be used as currency for a built in shop menu, and there could be an inclusion of a mission mode or challenge mode, or if they're able to... a story mode consisting of challenges and races selected from an open world map.
While I'm in the camp of Mario Kart should stay MARIO Kart," I do want to see a couple more Nintendo characters get it. Captain Falcon, Fox McCloud, Samus, Olimar, and Kirby all sound like perfect fits to me. And damn! I forgot the Mario Kart and Arms studio was one in the same! I'd love to see MinMin or whoever they'd pick be in as well!
I think that Mario kart 9 should include underground courses, since i though that the underground mechanic was the next step for mario kart 8 and no anti Gravity and i was going to be included originally in the Game.
Entertaining and enlightening! Just how I always enjoy my socks! I'm not too big a fan of the Mario kart franchise anymore either. I don't know, I just feel like there are other, better kart racers out there. For me, Mario kart becoming smash kart would actually be the right move for people like me to get back into the series. I know most people are against the idea, but like, what's the problem with introducing extra characters outside of mario? Like I expected Captain falcon to be there years ago. Nintendo Land put him in, so why not Mario Kart?
#MARIO4SOCK Okay, I have a hard time supporting a Smash Kart, and there’s a lot of personal reasons that sadly align more with the Mario Kart supporter in this video than I’d like to admit. However, I do have one major reason that I think you’ll no doubt have to agree with. With the introduction of a new racing franchise by Nintendo, all it does is further ostracize the ones that face so much neglect as it is. If there’s a shiny new racing toy for Nintendo devs to play with, it just gives them further reason to push back any chances at a new F-Zero, Stunt Race FX, Wave Race, 1080°, or even Excite Bots!! Sure, those series could be represented, but it’s never going to be the same. I think there’s so much more potential in a Mario Kart and it gives a bit more breathing room in a genre already filled to the brim with unique Nintendo IPs.
#Smash4Sock #MarioKart4Sock This is honestly a really good roster, and one character I'd include is Nabbit, since he's gotten a surprising amount of promotion from Nintendo despite being such a minor character in the grand scheme of things. Yet has only been playable in one Golf and Olympics game, plus two mobile ones (Dr. Mario and Tour). Plus I just like his design, Waluigi doesn't have to be the only purple Mario character around. And I think I have an idea that counts for both a legit and a weird pick; Tingle. He's already got name recognition behind him, and his goofy attitude fits well among the other wacky Mario mainstays like Waluigi or the Koopalings. Plus it's an idea that practically markets itself. Imagine all of the Twitter buzz from ironic memers and people just in disbelief; "Can you believe they put Tingle in Mario Kart?", "#TingleMain4Life", "I don't trust a mf who picks Tingle in Mario Kart". And this might just be recency bias, but because Advance Wars is also now in the forefront again, I'd love to see a track that takes place in a warzone. Where you have to dodge a crossfire of bombs between Orange and Blue armies, and can get shot out of a large warship cannon in a glider . It could even be a single-lap track where you drop off from an aircraft carrier, down to a sea of subs and ships, and finally finish on land across a field of tanks, finally passing the finish line in an army home base. But that's probably way too ambitious of an idea, so I would settle for just a normal land battle track.
#MarioKart4Sock While I personally don't mind guest characters, I also don't really think they're needed, either. Mario IS Nintendo's flagship franchise, it's been around for almost 4 decades now. There was even a point in time he was more recognizable than Mickey Mouse. And Crash Team Racing features a roster of all sorts of different faces from throughout Crash history. And Into the Spider-verse also did a great job interconnecting everything under the Spider-Man umbrella. Why shouldn't Mario get to do the same? That kind of legacy ought to be more properly represented, and in my opinion, at least, a Mario Kart roster sounds like the best way to make that happen.
Personally I feel like Mario kart should stay Mario kart and Smash Kart could be an entirely new concept from the ground up. Whereas Mario kart is the more casual racing game, Smash Kart would be a bit more skill based, just like Smash. I'm thinking a more arcade style racing game with some sort of combat system and each character having unique abilities and have the goal be to not only get first place but destroy the other players' karts along the way and avoid getting destroyed yourself. I feel like this would be a great way to make both sides of the argument happy. Mario kart can stay Mario kart and Smash Kart would still be a thing. #Mariokart4sock #Smash4sock
Is there anyone who thinks we should have more than 50 characters. Or to change the question, if it had 50 characters, how many DLC characters should there be?
#Smash4sock As a casual fan of Mario Kart, I don't think I'd prefer it one way or the other in regards to the next Mario Kart to be a Smash Kart. That said, perhaps the biggest appeal for a Smash Kart for me wouldn't be the characters, but rather, the tracks! Imagine, driving in the skyworld of Kid Icarus, drifting past Pokemon in Veridian Forest, or racing around in Metroid infested catacombs! Also, the music for each track could potentially be great, especially if they go with the jazz style of MK8. While I'm not particularly wishing for a Smash Kart, I sure wouldn't complain if there is one!
#Mariokart4sock I do agree with the roster choices you made for this hypothetical new Mario Kart installement. If I did a roster like this, I would keep it similar but include more Wario Land representation besides Captain Syrup like Princess Shokora or The Shake King, include out there characters like Ayumi Tachebana from Famicom Detective Club and Elimine from Fire Emblem, who originally appeared in the Mario Kart Double Dash!! Bonus Disc, and if Nintendo does bring back the clone and baby characters, either make them one character with the rest being alternative costumes or echoes based on and placed either next to or with the existing racers with an option to swap the two settings if need be.
I think that the most likely Nintendo reps would be samus and olimar. Aside from these ones, i think that a Rhythm Heaven and a advance wars Rep could happen.
"How has there not been Dr. Mario representation in Mario Kart yet?" The upcoming event in Tour is giving it representation now, but it's just Dr. variants of Mario and Luigi. They do make more sense compared to some of the other variants that have been added, but it's still really lame.
#Smash4sock If the mario kart fans don't want their game to be rebranded as "smash kart" than let us diddy kong racing fans, have a new game for once, and use it as a base for a nintendo racing game crossover. i just don't care anymore if most characters will be guest or not, i just want a new game.
From what I recall, there were actually rumors running around that that's exactly what they've been trying to do since the Wii era, with the last we heard of it being that it would be moved over to what would become the Switch. Tho, given it was Retro working on it, and given they're currently working on Prime 4, and given it was years since we heard about it, it's probably not the most actually-alive project...
It's one of the big hangups with Retro output being so slow, they dont' have the staff and Nintendo won't fund hiring more staff because it's more traditional that the partner company comes with their OWN funding. I find it pretty plausible that Nintendo has compromised at limiting the funds they hand out to Retro, but approached Bandai Namco to take on some of those IP projects. Bandai is a big co-developer of MArio KArt as well. Now they have job listings for "action game remake" and background 3d texture artist, which COULD also be concealing a racing game. "Action" here doens't really mean genre, but that level of requirement from a technical perspective, so it's not like backgrounds for a digital game of Shogi or anything.
I feel like for either #Smash4sock or #Mariokart4sock, that Monita from Nintendo land would be a great racer similar to ROB. Maybe even use Nintendo controllers as karts? Would be a fun way to reference Nintendo’s history.
The issue i hsve, is I think the modern day popularity of franchises needs to be taken into account. Like Star Fox, for example. I Star Fox isn't even in like the top 50 best selling Switch games. You've got franchises such as: Animal Crossing: New Horizons The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Super Mario Odyssey New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe Ring Fit Adventure Splatoon 3 Luigi's Mansion 3 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Kirby Star Allies Fire Emblem: Three Houses Paper Mario: The Origami King Yoshi's Crafted World Metroid Dread Arms Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Big Brain Academy WarioWare: Get it Together Astral Chain Bayonetta 3 Game Builder Garage These are the franchises i would pick characters from.
I'm of the opinion that including less popular characters is cool 😎 Captain Falcon is a household name and Earthbound is a cult classic that has inspired countless indie games because, despite not being particularly popular characters, they were boosted by their inclusion in Super Smash Bros!
This I think would be my final roster. 50 characters, plus 14 DLC. Can add more DLC if you think there should be more: Base game: Mario Luigi Wario Waluigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Toad Toadette Bowser Bowser Jr Yoshi Poochy Kamek Shy Guy Birdo Petey Piranha King Boo The Viruses Donkey Kong Diddy Kong Dixie Kong Funky Kong King K. Rool Professor E. Gadd Hellen Gravely Mona Jimmy T Captain Syrup Link Zelda Samus Pit Captain Falcon Marth Fox McCloud Kirby Pikachu Ness Villager Isabelle Olimar Ring Fit Trainee Shulk Inkling Spring Man Upa R.O.B Mii DLC: Koopa Troopa King Bob-omb Dr Lobe Karate Joe Excitebiker Jump Rope Challenger Thales Andy Bayonetta Musashi Rex Malos Whomp King Nabbit
I only have one question, why?, why that need to turn Mario Kart into a kind of Super smash Bros when it is mainly a Mario game, just to clarify that I have a qur another guest for me is fine.
#mariokart4sock I am shocked that you just casually tossed aside the characters from the RPGs like that. Cause like, they're such a big part of the Mario world in my and a lot of others' views. Heck, the exact reason why I'm mad about the addition of characters from other franchise is because of the neglect of the RPG characters, and how it further relates to how Nintendo wants them to rot in a sewer somewhere because of how they gutted the RPGs to force that boring and creatively dead New SMB aesthetic they seen to want to mandate everywhere. Doubly so when you consider the fact that there used to be small crossovers between the RPGs and the "main" Mario spinoffs back in the day, but they seem to have actively stopped that during the Wii era; and even actively cut content based on that (See: Some cut M&L and Paper Mario references from the official Mario Minecraft skinpack) All of this is to say, if the RPG characters are cut from that hypothetical roster, they should get their own dedicated DLC pack. Or packs, with 10 from Mario and Luigi and 10 from Paper Mario; without the stupid cheat of using just "paper" versions of existing characters for the latter! I could probably cobble together a list, but I am curious about what yours would look like.
#Smash4sock I personally think Banjo-Kazooie would be a fun pick, they've got history in the racing scene for better or worse, even though its certain that might never happen but its nice food for thought.
#Smash4sock As neat as racing through generic volcanoes, deserts, etc. with bits of Mario-adjacent paraphernalia in them is, I'd MUCH prefer to see several locations from across Nintendo's franchises!
I gotta do both #smash4sock I would love to see Game & Watch added as well as Isaac from Golden Sun just for obscure fan service. #mario4sock Maybe just any of the Paper Mario character should be added. The man himself Paper Mario and Olivia from Origami King.
#Mariokart4sock A couple more guests like Olimar, Fox, and Springman would be fine, but if they going to make a Smash racer, I'd like it to be totally separate from Mariokart.
#Mariokart4sock What if we got a MK game which basically only Mario Characters but like 3/4 of the tracks are Nintendo based. You Know like Fzreo and other racers, DK Jungle, Hyrule, PNF-404 from Pikmin, Planet ZDR, Dream Land, a Pokemon region or two. What you would expect to work as racecourses from popular Nintendo IP.
After seeing this video I think I’m more down just for a Mario kart with The majority being spinoff characters like geno sounds really good! #mariokart4sock
#mariokart4sock #smash4sock they could always make that smash kart game, and keep supporting mario kart 8 with more dlc, more tracks and even characters focused on mario, keep releasing dlc for both games, supporting both, everyone will be happy. if they could support mario kart tour and mario kart 8 at the same time, why not do the same with the smash kart as well?
One character I wish for the next Mario Kart would be Tiny Kong. If we were to get a Smash Kart I'd hope for Sora from Kingdom Hearts or Roy from Fire Emblem. #Smash4sock
Honestly I want wario kart Edit I can imagine the gameplay to have the transformation from the wario land series and maybe be more focused on getting the most coins instead of trying to get in first and so people don’t take 2 much time on the track there will be a timer counting down (idk how long the timer should be but let do 2 minutes fore example) and of the player dose not finish it less then 2 minutes well the player will start to lose the coins they made and if they lose all of there coins well they get a game over (basically it works similar to wario land 4 timer) #wariokart4sock
You my friend, NEED to play Excitebots. Races are decided not by who finishes first, but who collects the most stars. Stars are earned by performing tricks. And some of those tricks are essentially microgames within the game (sound familiar?)
A pick for me would definitely be Count Cannoli, from Wario: Master of Disguise! I would've went with Mad Scienstein from Wario land, but I feel like he sort of steps on Egads shoes if you get what I mean! #Smash4Sock
#Mariokart4sock I'm of two minds about this. Call me a tradionalist, but I don't think adding more characters from unrelated franchises is answer to make Mario Kart more interesting and the focus should remain on the Mario cast and Mario adjacent properties. I don't necessarily hate thier inclusion but there's better ways to include them rather just placing them in the game with no real differences from the rest of the roster, especially when their settings aren't know for racing or even have cars (I'm looking at you Legend of Zelda, which for the record the bike in BOTW is still very out of place and I feel was only ever included because of his inclusion in MK) That's not to say they can't work, but you have to work around it, which frankly can apply to the rest of the roster and even potentially make the gameplay more interesting Mario Kart Double Dash had the right idea, with each set of characters having their own signature vehicle, with its own stats (at least on paper), you can easily implement that in the next game. And with that in mind why even limit it to just vehicles? Wouldn't Magikoopa be riding on a broom rather than a Kart? In Tropical Freeze Funky Kong can ride his surfboard on dry land, why not just use that? Mona canonically has her own motorbike she uses to deliver pizzas why can't she use that? That same logic can be used for characters from outside franchises too, seeing Captain Falcon in anything other than the Blue Falcon would just be wrong, and you can have a character like Pikachu run around in a pokeball shaped hamster ball. It's a small thing, but I think it can go long and help inject some more personality into Mario Kart as a whole and maybe even spice up the gameplay if done the right way.
Smash Kart would be an anti-celebration of games, just like Smash itself became a petty battling ground over who is "good enough" to "waste a slot" on. Every remotely obscure character from Mario series or any series would just be another case of Piranha Plant, that a lot of people wouldn't celebrate even getting it for free. Unless of course, if the new series gimmick is TO feature all the underdogs, underlings, and undergrowth with too few polygons to qualify for $50 a year. #WaluigiKart4sock
Mario Luigi Peach Yoshis (green, red, blue, yellow, light blue, pink, black, white, orange) Koopa Troopa DK Junior Bowser Toad DK Wario Daisy Birdos (pink, light blue, yellow, blue, red, green, orange, black, white) Baby Mario Baby Luigi Paratroopa Diddy Kong Bowser Jr Waluigi Toadette Petey Piranha King Boo Professor E. Gadd R.O.B. Shy Guy (red, blue, yellow, green, black, white, pink, orange, light blue) Baby Peach Baby Daisy Dry Bones Rosalina Funky Kong Dry Bowser Mii Metal Mario Wiggler Honey Queen Lakitu Baby Rosalina Gold Mario Larry Roy Wendy Iggy Morton Lemmy Ludwig Pink Gold Peach Tanooki Mario Cat Peach Link Isabelle Inklings (male and female) Villagers (male and female) Pauline King Bob Omb Peachette Chargin’ Chuck Monty Mole Dixie Kong Nabbit Captain Toad Kamek Hammer bro Boomerang bro Ice bro Fire bro Dr. Mario PAC-MAN Ms. PAC-MAN Blinky Don-Chan Mametchi Roving Racers (red, blue, green, purple, gold) A generic race car driver scrapped from SNES Super Mario Kart
Wow this is odd Let me fix that roster for ya Im gonna remove and remplace... The viruses for dry bones H. Gravely for king Bob-omb Jimmy t for koopa troopa Zelda for the babies Samus for hammer bro Pit for wiggler Captain falcon for monty mole Marth for Chargin chuck Fox for dry bowser Pikachu for luma Ness for SNES Donkey Kong jr Olimar for nabbit Dr lobe for lakitu Shulk for plum (from mario golf) Spring man for honey queen And devil for wart
#Mariokart4sock Mario Kart is THE Nintendo kart racing game, nothing could possibly replace it. Besides, Smash Bros Kart sounds..kinda dumb, idk why, I just rather have crossover characters just be little extras lol
![The ULTIMATE Character Roster For Mario Kart 9! [Mario Series]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-3s3ZtmtmVI/mqdefault.jpg)
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No other series characters until we get Fawful, Funkey Kong, Honey Queen, King Bob-bomb, and Toadsworth together
We're never getting Fawful.
No because this roster makes me genuinely happy. It references various Mario titles, dk, wario, and yoshi. I've been championing yoshi and especially Wario characters in Mario spinoffs for a while now
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I’m sure you won’t read all of this or include it in a video, but I thought it would be fun to share anyways
As a person who thinks the series would be worse off by becoming smash kart, I do think this would be a pretty solid roster. (Other than the fact that shulk and marth just aren’t the mascots of their respective series anymore, and that their proper mascots of Pyra and Anna would be better fitting). Though I myself would probably still dial back the guests just a bit more, though not for reasons of fandoms or not getting more Mario, but rather just the gameplay ramifications
Mario kart is a series that anyone of any age can pick up, know immediately how to play, and have a great time as any character they want and with any kart they want. If the series were to be made into a proper smash style crossover that fully incorporates their guest characters, we’d run into plenty of problems. Many characters would suddenly need flying sci-fi ships, horses, chariots and all sorts of other stuff that would behave vastly differently. This already goes against that simple fun spirit of Mario kart to make something much more complex (which is not inherently a bad thing on its own, but the main reason people love the Mario kart series is it’s simplicity).
Now by having all these different sorts of vehicles that behave wildly differently, you run into other problems. Level design would either have to have a bunch of different paths to compensate, which would both up the already rising complexity and give strong advantages to some types of vehicles that can traverse every path. OR, you would have to make the level redesign INCREDIBLY basic in order to compensate everyone, which I think we can all agree wouldn’t be too fun, and would also defeat the purpose of having all the different vehicle types.
Now one could argue that they could just plop the characters from the other games into go-karts, give them a level each, and call it a day. But at that point, there really wouldn’t be any reason to even make it a crossover anymore. Smash works because of just how much it brings from every series and every individual character into smash. So by not having that, there’s really no point in all the crossover stuff. In fact, by doing it this way, the characters crossovers would probably just feel lame and feel like they have rather little personality. The guest characters like link and isabelle work in Mario kart because theyre GUESTS. The novelty of them just being in the game is fun because they’re GUESTS to the game. Were the entire game built around said novelty, it wouldn’t have that same level of whimsy of seeing said characters in the racing game.
So yeah. That’s my two cents on it all. I think a smash kart could be fun as it’s own game, but as a replacement for Mario kart, it simply wouldn’t work. Have a good day everyone
Nice 👍🏽👍🏽
I think I’d much prefer a Nintendo Kart as its own thing and keep Mario Kart strictly to just Mario/DK/ Yoshi etc characters. That way everyone is happy.
This is a very solid lineup, dear Sock man, mm yes. Very good.
I'd still prefer a normal mario kart, however. I just like how the series just expands on the world of Mario, in all of it's weird and awesome glory. I prefer the crossovers when they're smaller, that way it's more impactful or meaningful, gives them more attention.
Soooooo #mariokart4sock babyyyyyyyy
This video is the core reason Nintendo is extremely selective about who they hire and *don’t* hire.
You should add Banjo-kazooie. They need to beat their best friend again.
They've even got history in racing. its perfect.
Honestly, I have no personally idea where I'm at in terms of the general Mario Kart perspective since I'm on both ends of the spectrum. On one hand, I'm all down for more Nintendo content expanding within the series since honestly it's more exciting than just Mario exclusively. Though to potentially avoid any form of backlash, still emphasizing that it's still Mario Kart in brand and lending the most content, but emphasizes as a crossover-centered title. Somewhere like Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing was, Sonic is a very popular game brand and still carries the most in content, but it did emphasize a SEGA (or All-Stars if putting to Transformed) themed roster to where any fan can enjoy seeing their favorites whether popular or niche.
Like I'm talking a scale of 36-38 Mario characters to a 12-14 Nintendo character line-up whether popular or niche to welcome those franchises to more casual audiences who aren't too familiar with them beyond the more prominent names of Nintendo.
Would you have 52 characters as the base game? If so, would you include DLC to take it up to the same number of characters as Smash Bros. To me, there's just so many neglected Mario universe characters such as Fawful, Cackletta, Vivian, Popple, Prince Peasley, Queen Bean, Il Piantissimo, Pianta, Noki etc.
My favorite Sock is back! I personally want to see The Fossil Fighter and Duna as racers in the next Mario Kart game along with a Vivosaur themed race course. I prefer Mario Kart Wii as my favorite entry along with Mario Kart DS. But Diddy Kong Racing will always be the best Mascot racing game.
I don't want to get controversial in regards to the FF series, but a bonebuggy kart would be sweet!
If I were to pick a character from the series, I'd be down to see Diggins, he's fun!
No still no goomba!
#Mariokart4Sock
Needs more Fire Emblem characters.
You always know how to Mediate, Sock
Its so bad that I can't stop thinking about your mariokart purist and smash purist puppet characters as being powerful iconoclastic rulers of their ways of thought. The both of them being entangled in various never ending crusades and jihad between their followers never being able to come to a common ground. Them both being under the same idologic and theocratic following of nintendo but differing greatly upon who should be able to ride in a kart, or play in a sports game along side each other. Could make a good story of this if you so desired. Then again, ignore my ramblings please and thank you
This was a good middle ground as a stepping stone if there ever was an inevitable "smash kart", great roster!
Im not sure if adding Pokémon would be a good move for this game, I believe they're treated as "second party" negotiations, and that could slow down planning etc... Might be misunderstanding it, but I know Sakurai has commented on that in the past
Great lineup you really can't go wrong with this
Yeah that's a great roster.
#mariokartforsock if they make the next one Mario Kart, I want neglected Mario characters like Foreman Spike, Donkey Kong Jr., Geno, and King Bob-omb. Plus I would love more spin off characters, like the ones you listed. If Smash Kart becomes a thing, all Mario spin offs will just become Smash spin offs
I love your voices - they crack me up
11:51 our entire cast shakes in terror for that which we cannot comprehend
Great line up, I would only add Cranky to the DK line up, I mean he's the OG DK so would be nice having him, Mario and Pauline reunite there.
This is such an interesting roster. I love it. My next question would be, how many DLC characters would you add. I'd personally love to see a roster the same size as Smash Bros, which I believe is 80 characters?
My roster would be this:
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Daisy
Toad
Toadette
Rosalina
Yoshi
Donkey Kong
Baby Mario
Baby Luigi
Wario
Waluigi
Bowser
Bowser Jr
Pauline
King Boo
Shy Guy
Petey Piranha
Diddy Kong
Dixie Kong
Cranky Kong
King K. Rool
Poochy
R.O.B
Ashley
Mona
Jimmy T
Professor E. Gadd
Hellen Gravely
Vivian
Link
Zelda
Zucker
Cherry
Inkling
Kirby
Samus
Fox McCloud
Pikachu
Ness
Captain Falcon
Marth
Shulk
Pit
Olimar
Spring Man
Earthworm Jim
Webby Vanderquack
Mii
This is an amazing lineup, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Princess Zelda and Pikachu would be good additions in terms of crossover characters! I agree Mario Kart should focus on Mario characters but it can't hurt to have some crossover.
#ExciteBots4Sock
No Marth from Fire Emblem. First of all, he's not very popular. Second, he's not a mounted unit. If you're going to have a racer they should be somebody who rides a mount. That actually narrows the list quite a bit and I think the most likely candidate is Dimitri from Three Houses. #Smash4Sock
I could go into more detail why Marth is actually really overused as a Fire Emblem rep but the short version is that he lost six popularity contests held by Intelligent Systems in a row in the fandom including to a nameless, faceless NPC. No joke.
All right, gotta say I really liked the characters through the vid. You also did have some good picks here too. What I really like though was the absolute lack of metal characters.
Though if I may, I'd say a Mario kart 9 aside from roster needs to have alternate costumes for characters.
I'm personally on the Mario-centric side myself, but this would be ok (even if I would miss enemy characters like Koopa, Goomba would be a fun racer considering one rode a bike in Super Mario Party).
#Smash4Sock
Sonic running on these tracks on foot. The customization of his stats comes in the appearance of his shoes, and his paraglider from Sonic 2 8-bit can make a return.
As a more left field pick, I would choose Upa from Bio Miracle to replace Devil from Devil World. I would also put Ring Fit Trainer ahead of Dr Lobe.
#Mariokart4sock
Honestly, I could see the next Mario Kart having some representation for games from non Nintendo series sold as dlc waves. They would come with a new racer or two, vehicles for those racers, a new glider and wheels, a new item, and a new cup with tracks from that series.
Here's an example...
The Sonic Pack: Comes with Sonic and Dr. Eggman as racers, The Speed Star and Egg Booster as vehicles, the Hang Glider from Sonic 2, wheels that look like rings, Chaos Emeralds as items, and the Ring Cup with Green Hill Zone, Altar of Emerald, Central City, and Chao Garden.
#Smash4sock I think a smash kart would be a great excuse to bring back the fan favorite Double Dash gameplay, really enhancing the crossover concept through the core gameplay. I think having pairs of characters from different series, unique karts based off of the vehicles from their respective series, all the potential race tracks, and the items, it’d really bring that “mixing and matching your toys together” energy that Smash Bros is all about! I guess with how big that smash has become, I’ve honestly become a bit desensitized to the character reveals, Sakurai himself even said that it’d be impossible to make another entry without disappointing people with character cuts, so I honestly think this could also double as bringing back that fresh “Nintendo Crossover Party” feel of the older smash titles, I just really miss how unpredictable those roster picks would get and I’d love to see that type of energy in a game like this!
I would love the Double Dash element to return. I feel it should've been a given because of the double item boxes in 8 Deluxe. Do you think 50 characters is the right number? How many would you add as DLC?
Personally, I would add Sonic as the final character. Mainly because he was almost a guest character in Double Dash. Other than that, great roster.
#Smash4sock
Opening the gates for a full on smash cart to exist would be a superb idea.
One example that comes to mind being the three viruses from Dr mario as one racer, in one kart. They would bring neat opportunities for animations between the three of them controlling the cart, throwing items, getting hit and such.
Other double or triple character racers could be expanded upon in such ways beyond my imagination to add some much needed variety to the hypothetical smash kart.
There are indeed some oddball picks and some rather unfortunate exceptions. I personally would've preferred more Mario themed characters over other IPs, so it still feels more like Mario Kart than Smash Kart. I think making it Smash Kart would be rather ridiculous for this type of game, but I still welcome the addition of non Mario characters, so long as it doesn't overrule them. In terms of tracks they could include in the new Mario Kart, after seeing what we're getting from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's booster pass, I say they could extend the roster to include 16 Nitro tracks, 16 All-Star tracks and 32 retro tracks. Mirror mode would no longer be tied to just 150cc and they could also include reverse mode and reverse mirror mode. Each one would be unlocked by winning enough cups on each variant, while Miis can be unlocked by winning all the tracks on a single cc and race mode. The coins can be used as currency for a built in shop menu, and there could be an inclusion of a mission mode or challenge mode, or if they're able to... a story mode consisting of challenges and races selected from an open world map.
While I'm in the camp of Mario Kart should stay MARIO Kart," I do want to see a couple more Nintendo characters get it. Captain Falcon, Fox McCloud, Samus, Olimar, and Kirby all sound like perfect fits to me. And damn! I forgot the Mario Kart and Arms studio was one in the same! I'd love to see MinMin or whoever they'd pick be in as well!
Smash is technically a mario spin off in a way
i dont wanna
I want to see how you would tackle a nintendo all star MOBA next.
Holy crap, you predicted Poochy before he came into Mario Kart Tour lmao
Beautiful quality as always Mr. Sock! Keep the grind up!
I think that Mario kart 9 should include underground courses, since i though that the underground mechanic was the next step for mario kart 8 and no anti Gravity and i was going to be included originally in the Game.
I'd actually love to see Vivian from Paper Mario in there.
Entertaining and enlightening! Just how I always enjoy my socks!
I'm not too big a fan of the Mario kart franchise anymore either. I don't know, I just feel like there are other, better kart racers out there.
For me, Mario kart becoming smash kart would actually be the right move for people like me to get back into the series. I know most people are against the idea, but like, what's the problem with introducing extra characters outside of mario? Like I expected Captain falcon to be there years ago. Nintendo Land put him in, so why not Mario Kart?
#MARIO4SOCK Okay, I have a hard time supporting a Smash Kart, and there’s a lot of personal reasons that sadly align more with the Mario Kart supporter in this video than I’d like to admit. However, I do have one major reason that I think you’ll no doubt have to agree with. With the introduction of a new racing franchise by Nintendo, all it does is further ostracize the ones that face so much neglect as it is. If there’s a shiny new racing toy for Nintendo devs to play with, it just gives them further reason to push back any chances at a new F-Zero, Stunt Race FX, Wave Race, 1080°, or even Excite Bots!! Sure, those series could be represented, but it’s never going to be the same. I think there’s so much more potential in a Mario Kart and it gives a bit more breathing room in a genre already filled to the brim with unique Nintendo IPs.
#Smash4Sock #MarioKart4Sock This is honestly a really good roster, and one character I'd include is Nabbit, since he's gotten a surprising amount of promotion from Nintendo despite being such a minor character in the grand scheme of things. Yet has only been playable in one Golf and Olympics game, plus two mobile ones (Dr. Mario and Tour). Plus I just like his design, Waluigi doesn't have to be the only purple Mario character around.
And I think I have an idea that counts for both a legit and a weird pick; Tingle. He's already got name recognition behind him, and his goofy attitude fits well among the other wacky Mario mainstays like Waluigi or the Koopalings. Plus it's an idea that practically markets itself. Imagine all of the Twitter buzz from ironic memers and people just in disbelief; "Can you believe they put Tingle in Mario Kart?", "#TingleMain4Life", "I don't trust a mf who picks Tingle in Mario Kart".
And this might just be recency bias, but because Advance Wars is also now in the forefront again, I'd love to see a track that takes place in a warzone. Where you have to dodge a crossfire of bombs between Orange and Blue armies, and can get shot out of a large warship cannon in a glider . It could even be a single-lap track where you drop off from an aircraft carrier, down to a sea of subs and ships, and finally finish on land across a field of tanks, finally passing the finish line in an army home base. But that's probably way too ambitious of an idea, so I would settle for just a normal land battle track.
Then things got REALLY crazy when the Sonic fans got involved!
#MarioKart4Sock
While I personally don't mind guest characters, I also don't really think they're needed, either.
Mario IS Nintendo's flagship franchise, it's been around for almost 4 decades now. There was even a point in time he was more recognizable than Mickey Mouse. And Crash Team Racing features a roster of all sorts of different faces from throughout Crash history. And Into the Spider-verse also did a great job interconnecting everything under the Spider-Man umbrella. Why shouldn't Mario get to do the same?
That kind of legacy ought to be more properly represented, and in my opinion, at least, a Mario Kart roster sounds like the best way to make that happen.
Epic gamer roster
Personally I feel like Mario kart should stay Mario kart and Smash Kart could be an entirely new concept from the ground up. Whereas Mario kart is the more casual racing game, Smash Kart would be a bit more skill based, just like Smash. I'm thinking a more arcade style racing game with some sort of combat system and each character having unique abilities and have the goal be to not only get first place but destroy the other players' karts along the way and avoid getting destroyed yourself. I feel like this would be a great way to make both sides of the argument happy. Mario kart can stay Mario kart and Smash Kart would still be a thing. #Mariokart4sock #Smash4sock
Is there anyone who thinks we should have more than 50 characters. Or to change the question, if it had 50 characters, how many DLC characters should there be?
#Smash4sock
As a casual fan of Mario Kart, I don't think I'd prefer it one way or the other in regards to the next Mario Kart to be a Smash Kart.
That said, perhaps the biggest appeal for a Smash Kart for me wouldn't be the characters, but rather, the tracks! Imagine, driving in the skyworld of Kid Icarus, drifting past Pokemon in Veridian Forest, or racing around in Metroid infested catacombs! Also, the music for each track could potentially be great, especially if they go with the jazz style of MK8. While I'm not particularly wishing for a Smash Kart, I sure wouldn't complain if there is one!
#Smash4sock your forgetting about the sportsmates
#Mariokart4sock I do agree with the roster choices you made for this hypothetical new Mario Kart installement. If I did a roster like this, I would keep it similar but include more Wario Land representation besides Captain Syrup like Princess Shokora or The Shake King, include out there characters like Ayumi Tachebana from Famicom Detective Club and Elimine from Fire Emblem, who originally appeared in the Mario Kart Double Dash!! Bonus Disc, and if Nintendo does bring back the clone and baby characters, either make them one character with the rest being alternative costumes or echoes based on and placed either next to or with the existing racers with an option to swap the two settings if need be.
I think that the most likely Nintendo reps would be samus and olimar. Aside from these ones, i think that a Rhythm Heaven and a advance wars Rep could happen.
"How has there not been Dr. Mario representation in Mario Kart yet?"
The upcoming event in Tour is giving it representation now, but it's just Dr. variants of Mario and Luigi.
They do make more sense compared to some of the other variants that have been added, but it's still really lame.
If I had to pick one third party, it would be Pac-Man. Due to a Mario kart arcade game by Bandai Namco that had Pac-Man as a guest
I feel like if Nintendo/Smash Kart exists, then it shows Nintendo doesn't care about any other racing franchise they own (F-Zero, DKR, etc.).
I agree with this mostly, all we need is FLUDD. #MarioKart4Sock
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#Smash4sock If the mario kart fans don't want their game to be rebranded as "smash kart" than let us diddy kong racing fans, have a new game for once, and use it as a base for a nintendo racing game crossover. i just don't care anymore if most characters will be guest or not, i just want a new game.
From what I recall, there were actually rumors running around that that's exactly what they've been trying to do since the Wii era, with the last we heard of it being that it would be moved over to what would become the Switch.
Tho, given it was Retro working on it, and given they're currently working on Prime 4, and given it was years since we heard about it, it's probably not the most actually-alive project...
It's one of the big hangups with Retro output being so slow, they dont' have the staff and Nintendo won't fund hiring more staff because it's more traditional that the partner company comes with their OWN funding. I find it pretty plausible that Nintendo has compromised at limiting the funds they hand out to Retro, but approached Bandai Namco to take on some of those IP projects. Bandai is a big co-developer of MArio KArt as well.
Now they have job listings for "action game remake" and background 3d texture artist, which COULD also be concealing a racing game. "Action" here doens't really mean genre, but that level of requirement from a technical perspective, so it's not like backgrounds for a digital game of Shogi or anything.
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So cute lol
I feel like for either #Smash4sock or #Mariokart4sock, that Monita from Nintendo land would be a great racer similar to ROB. Maybe even use Nintendo controllers as karts? Would be a fun way to reference Nintendo’s history.
Mach Rider!
The issue i hsve, is I think the modern day popularity of franchises needs to be taken into account. Like Star Fox, for example. I Star Fox isn't even in like the top 50 best selling Switch games. You've got franchises such as:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Super Mario Odyssey
New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe
Ring Fit Adventure
Splatoon 3
Luigi's Mansion 3
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Kirby Star Allies
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Yoshi's Crafted World
Metroid Dread
Arms
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Big Brain Academy
WarioWare: Get it Together
Astral Chain
Bayonetta 3
Game Builder Garage
These are the franchises i would pick characters from.
I'm of the opinion that including less popular characters is cool 😎
Captain Falcon is a household name and Earthbound is a cult classic that has inspired countless indie games because, despite not being particularly popular characters, they were boosted by their inclusion in Super Smash Bros!
Great point Sock! How many DLC characters would you add to the 50? @ATalkingSock
This I think would be my final roster. 50 characters, plus 14 DLC. Can add more DLC if you think there should be more:
Base game:
Mario
Luigi
Wario
Waluigi
Peach
Daisy
Rosalina
Pauline
Toad
Toadette
Bowser
Bowser Jr
Yoshi
Poochy
Kamek
Shy Guy
Birdo
Petey Piranha
King Boo
The Viruses
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Dixie Kong
Funky Kong
King K. Rool
Professor E. Gadd
Hellen Gravely
Mona
Jimmy T
Captain Syrup
Link
Zelda
Samus
Pit
Captain Falcon
Marth
Fox McCloud
Kirby
Pikachu
Ness
Villager
Isabelle
Olimar
Ring Fit Trainee
Shulk
Inkling
Spring Man
Upa
R.O.B
Mii
DLC:
Koopa Troopa
King Bob-omb
Dr Lobe
Karate Joe
Excitebiker
Jump Rope Challenger
Thales
Andy
Bayonetta
Musashi
Rex
Malos
Whomp King
Nabbit
#MarioKartForSock Smash already covers remixes of existing tracks. I want original music in my Mario Kart
I only have one question, why?, why that need to turn Mario Kart into a kind of Super smash Bros when it is mainly a Mario game, just to clarify that I have a qur another guest for me is fine.
#mariokart4sock I am shocked that you just casually tossed aside the characters from the RPGs like that. Cause like, they're such a big part of the Mario world in my and a lot of others' views.
Heck, the exact reason why I'm mad about the addition of characters from other franchise is because of the neglect of the RPG characters, and how it further relates to how Nintendo wants them to rot in a sewer somewhere because of how they gutted the RPGs to force that boring and creatively dead New SMB aesthetic they seen to want to mandate everywhere.
Doubly so when you consider the fact that there used to be small crossovers between the RPGs and the "main" Mario spinoffs back in the day, but they seem to have actively stopped that during the Wii era; and even actively cut content based on that (See: Some cut M&L and Paper Mario references from the official Mario Minecraft skinpack)
All of this is to say, if the RPG characters are cut from that hypothetical roster, they should get their own dedicated DLC pack. Or packs, with 10 from Mario and Luigi and 10 from Paper Mario; without the stupid cheat of using just "paper" versions of existing characters for the latter! I could probably cobble together a list, but I am curious about what yours would look like.
#Smash4sock
I personally think Banjo-Kazooie would be a fun pick, they've got history in the racing scene for better or worse, even though its certain that might never happen but its nice food for thought.
#Smash4sock As neat as racing through generic volcanoes, deserts, etc. with bits of Mario-adjacent paraphernalia in them is, I'd MUCH prefer to see several locations from across Nintendo's franchises!
I gotta do both
#smash4sock
I would love to see Game & Watch added as well as Isaac from Golden Sun just for obscure fan service.
#mario4sock
Maybe just any of the Paper Mario character should be added. The man himself Paper Mario and Olivia from Origami King.
#Mariokart4sock A couple more guests like Olimar, Fox, and Springman would be fine, but if they going to make a Smash racer, I'd like it to be totally separate from Mariokart.
#Mariokart4sock What if we got a MK game which basically only Mario Characters but like 3/4 of the tracks are Nintendo based. You Know like Fzreo and other racers, DK Jungle, Hyrule, PNF-404 from Pikmin, Planet ZDR, Dream Land, a Pokemon region or two. What you would expect to work as racecourses from popular Nintendo IP.
After seeing this video I think I’m more down just for a Mario kart with The majority being spinoff characters like geno sounds really good! #mariokart4sock
#Smash4sock all around pretty cool tho there should be more characters from racing games like mach Rider
ness 😭😭😭
#mariokart4sock #smash4sock they could always make that smash kart game, and keep supporting mario kart 8 with more dlc, more tracks and even characters focused on mario, keep releasing dlc for both games, supporting both, everyone will be happy. if they could support mario kart tour and mario kart 8 at the same time, why not do the same with the smash kart as well?
me still a toad main.
One character I wish for the next Mario Kart would be Tiny Kong.
If we were to get a Smash Kart I'd hope for Sora from Kingdom Hearts or Roy from Fire Emblem.
#Smash4sock
Honestly I want wario kart
Edit I can imagine the gameplay to have the transformation from the wario land series and maybe be more focused on getting the most coins instead of trying to get in first and so people don’t take 2 much time on the track there will be a timer counting down (idk how long the timer should be but let do 2 minutes fore example) and of the player dose not finish it less then 2 minutes well the player will start to lose the coins they made and if they lose all of there coins well they get a game over (basically it works similar to wario land 4 timer)
#wariokart4sock
You my friend, NEED to play Excitebots.
Races are decided not by who finishes first, but who collects the most stars.
Stars are earned by performing tricks. And some of those tricks are essentially microgames within the game (sound familiar?)
Ok 👌
Also my guess is warioware
A pick for me would definitely be Count Cannoli, from Wario: Master of Disguise! I would've went with Mad Scienstein from Wario land, but I feel like he sort of steps on Egads shoes if you get what I mean!
#Smash4Sock
#Mariokart4sock
I'm of two minds about this. Call me a tradionalist, but I don't think adding more characters from unrelated franchises is answer to make Mario Kart more interesting and the focus should remain on the Mario cast and Mario adjacent properties. I don't necessarily hate thier inclusion but there's better ways to include them rather just placing them in the game with no real differences from the rest of the roster, especially when their settings aren't know for racing or even have cars (I'm looking at you Legend of Zelda, which for the record the bike in BOTW is still very out of place and I feel was only ever included because of his inclusion in MK)
That's not to say they can't work, but you have to work around it, which frankly can apply to the rest of the roster and even potentially make the gameplay more interesting
Mario Kart Double Dash had the right idea, with each set of characters having their own signature vehicle, with its own stats (at least on paper), you can easily implement that in the next game. And with that in mind why even limit it to just vehicles? Wouldn't Magikoopa be riding on a broom rather than a Kart? In Tropical Freeze Funky Kong can ride his surfboard on dry land, why not just use that? Mona canonically has her own motorbike she uses to deliver pizzas why can't she use that?
That same logic can be used for characters from outside franchises too, seeing Captain Falcon in anything other than the Blue Falcon would just be wrong, and you can have a character like Pikachu run around in a pokeball shaped hamster ball.
It's a small thing, but I think it can go long and help inject some more personality into Mario Kart as a whole and maybe even spice up the gameplay if done the right way.
i hate the antichrist #smash4sock
Smash Kart would be an anti-celebration of games, just like Smash itself became a petty battling ground over who is "good enough" to "waste a slot" on. Every remotely obscure character from Mario series or any series would just be another case of Piranha Plant, that a lot of people wouldn't celebrate even getting it for free.
Unless of course, if the new series gimmick is TO feature all the underdogs, underlings, and undergrowth with too few polygons to qualify for $50 a year.
#WaluigiKart4sock
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshis (green, red, blue, yellow, light blue, pink, black, white, orange)
Koopa Troopa
DK Junior
Bowser
Toad
DK
Wario
Daisy
Birdos (pink, light blue, yellow, blue, red, green, orange, black, white)
Baby Mario
Baby Luigi
Paratroopa
Diddy Kong
Bowser Jr
Waluigi
Toadette
Petey Piranha
King Boo
Professor E. Gadd
R.O.B.
Shy Guy (red, blue, yellow, green, black, white, pink, orange, light blue)
Baby Peach
Baby Daisy
Dry Bones
Rosalina
Funky Kong
Dry Bowser
Mii
Metal Mario
Wiggler
Honey Queen
Lakitu
Baby Rosalina
Gold Mario
Larry
Roy
Wendy
Iggy
Morton
Lemmy
Ludwig
Pink Gold Peach
Tanooki Mario
Cat Peach
Link
Isabelle
Inklings (male and female)
Villagers (male and female)
Pauline
King Bob Omb
Peachette
Chargin’ Chuck
Monty Mole
Dixie Kong
Nabbit
Captain Toad
Kamek
Hammer bro
Boomerang bro
Ice bro
Fire bro
Dr. Mario
PAC-MAN
Ms. PAC-MAN
Blinky
Don-Chan
Mametchi
Roving Racers (red, blue, green, purple, gold)
A generic race car driver scrapped from SNES Super Mario Kart
Zelda is Nintendo’s third biggest
Wow this is odd
Let me fix that roster for ya
Im gonna remove and remplace...
The viruses for dry bones
H. Gravely for king Bob-omb
Jimmy t for koopa troopa
Zelda for the babies
Samus for hammer bro
Pit for wiggler
Captain falcon for monty mole
Marth for Chargin chuck
Fox for dry bowser
Pikachu for luma
Ness for SNES Donkey Kong jr
Olimar for nabbit
Dr lobe for lakitu
Shulk for plum (from mario golf)
Spring man for honey queen
And devil for wart
2:36 not true, the ds didn't get one
Home consoles
#Mariokart4sock
Mario Kart is THE Nintendo kart racing game, nothing could possibly replace it.
Besides, Smash Bros Kart sounds..kinda dumb, idk why, I just rather have crossover characters just be little extras lol
one change I would make is replace Jimmy T with Ashley as I feel like she way too popular is warioware ever get an rep Ashley gonna be the first
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#fzero4sock.
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