Mario Kart 7 or Mario Kart DS?
Discuss.
there's a difference?
DS is the best mario kart period
DS.
>>319344517
one is penis and the other is I focked yor mom
>>319344453
DS is arguably the best in the series.
7 has great graphics, and is a solid portable entry.
DS
Had a much better (and almost perfect) cast of characters. Had cool unique cars for everyone. Pioneered net play. Required you to be good at snaking to really have a chance of winning.
>>319344587
*Wii
>>319344927
Wii is thebest console mario kart
I'd say DS. Mario kart 7 got rid of the missions and VS modes, which were pretty cool. Mario Kart 7 had better tracks but some of the character choices were just plain stupid.
>>319344927
Not with that abortion of a Battle Mode. Bikes were great, but it's just decent in my book.
Now Double Dash, on the other hand, is excellent.
DS > Super Circuit > 7
Double Dash > 8 > 64 > Wii > Super
>>319345247
Double Dash and 64 are the best console Mario Karts. Wii and WiiU are both good too.
>>319345440
>super circuit above ANYTHING
Wii u's mario kart is fucking depressing. Sure I liked the races and all, but balloon battle just killed it. Wii and DSI version is better.
they went full retarded with the character roster in 7 and 8
like, what's the most important thing in nario kart after the tracks? the fuckin characters dawg, I don't wanna play as baby rosalina. how are you gonna get rid of dry bones and put in baby rosalina.
>>319344927
The only good thing that wii has is it's hacking community.
DS. I hate how customizable racers are in 7 and 8. I can make fucking Toad heavier than Bowser or at least close to it. No. Toad is a light character and Bowser is heavy. At least in DS even if you put Bowser in Toads car he's still a heavy character, just a little lighter.
>>319345440
Man, I like Super Circuit too, but that high?
DS > Double Dash > 7 > Wii > 8 > Super Circuit > 64 > Super
>>319344453
>tfw never played 8 or double dash
DS was the last Mario Kart game that relied on skill to win. Wii and everything afterwards is rubberband a.i. casual trash.
>>319345760
Double Dash is bad.
>>319345726
>best roster
>best drifting
>unique courses
>good graphics
nah
>>319345710
They also took away wheelies and inside drifting for bikes.
>>319344453
What shitty font did you use for your ms paint picture?
>>319345775
64's rubberbanding is literally the worst in the series. orange/star/mushroom boosts literally mean jack shit, the AI will still be right behind you
>>319344927
What the fuck are you smoking? Mario Kart Wii was hot garbage.
>>319345809
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
>>319345682
>disliking Super Circuit
>>319345837
because plebs bitched that it controlled too well
>>319345860
fucking papyrus, as a graphic designer it hurts to see this piece of shit font every where
>>319345682
>>319345750
I separated handheld and console Mario Karts and I liked link cable battle mode a lot in Super Circuit over 7's multiplayer stuff.
snaking is still a thing in mk7, or at least it was on launch, I havent played it a long time though and they might've patched it out.
If they haven't. then my vote goes for mario kart 7 because kart customization was extensive, good selection of characters, and had more maps in a single game than any mario kart in history.
DS
>best single player in the series
>strong roster
>pretty tight gameplay
>pretty ugly
>online was pretty shit and no longer exists
7
>low latency online mode with a ranking system and good matchmaking
>beautiful for a 3DS game
>still has tight gameplay
>fantastic variety of courses
>customization options and coins on the track contributing to speed add a little depth and decision making
>roster isn't as good as DS imo
>single player lacks some oomph
>battle modes could be better
>>319345775
8 has Fire Hopping, which is it's equivalent to DS's Snaking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zC519Ned_8
>>319346235
>DS
>shitty online
>>319346134
Super Circuit had 48, being the most tracks in any mario kart game excluding dlc in mario kart 8.
>>319346046
I know, it was like i went around a bend in the road, and the first thing i saw was a clusterfuck of poorly made life decisions somehow became a font.
>>319346297
yup
laggy, limited to 4 players, no items IIRC
>>319345682
Super Circuit is literally just SMK with improved mechanics. It's only downside is the lack of multiplayer. Aside from that only nostalgia could make you think the original SMK is better than SC.
>>319345917
The a.i. only has access to fake item boxes, bananas, and the occasional star in 64. They can't throw any shells at you to fuck you over.
>>319344453
DS.
Better online, mission mode, and my nigga R.O.B.
>>319346534
>no items
you fuckin WOT
>>319346534
Don't forget you can only race on certain tracks.
DS has the best mechanics in the series, mario kart 8 has the best content and polish
MK8 + MKDS drifting = GOAT kart racer
inb4 scrubs who are shit at the game cry about snaking, the best shit ever
>>319346297
mario kart DS is one of the most hacker-infested online communities i've ever seen
>>319346658
No, that's wii.
>>319346601
Is that not the case
At the least they were limited. It's been a long time since it has been around, anon.
Another factor is that it doesn't exist anymore
>>319346658
wii was worse
and its not necessarily Nintendo's fault
>>319344927
this is a joke right? the only good thing wii had was its roster. Its mechanics are shit and it's extremely unbalanced
>>319346627
mario kart 8 has one of the worst rosters in a videogame
>>319346715
I raced online all the time and there were definitely item boxes. WFC shutting down sucks, but they couldnt support such an old system
>>319346737
t. scrub
DS because it has WaLuigi
DS. 7 had some of the worse AI rubberbanding I have ever seen. It's the only game where I got hit by 7 blue shells in one race
>>319346715
That was not the case, and the items weren't limited. Not sure where you're getting this from.
>>319346841
So why do you consider DS online better than 7?
>>319344453
DS has better courses and quicker/more fun gameplay, so it's great for single player and local multiplayer, but only if everyone else also had the game.
7 brought back two of the best DS courses and has online, but is overall slower and not as fun to play. It's also mssing many single player modes like Mission which DS and wii had and a basic VS mode.
Character/Kart balance is fucked for both, Dry Bomber and Egg 1 were the only good DS Karts and Dry Bones had far better Offroad, while B-Dasher is the best and Metal Mario is a middleweight with a heavy's stats.
Overall, DS is better but get 7 if you want to play online and don't have MK8 or modded MKW.
>>319346759
you're right on that.
I hate the koopalings, their designs are garbage and they are in everything now. The babies suck too as do the metal characters
roster doesn't mean much in MK though since every character falls into one of 5 weight classes
>>319346841
scrub? MKWii was the most casual friendly with its drifting mechanics in addition to its piss easy shortcuts.
Fuck MKWii, going form DS to Wii was like going form melee to brawl
>>319346235
and id yet still take DS over 7
dat single player was god tier
>>319345775
DS had terrible rubber banding too. Good luck catching Toad if he was the lead racer.
>>319346986
guess you never played 150cc then
DS
>tfw you and 7 other friends would bring their DS to school and play during class.
DS is still the best racing game ever made, but 7 was pretty good mostly for the online matchmaking
>>319347024
>rubber banding
>lead racer
I don't think you know what rubber banding is
also learn to snake
>>319347086
you're really retarded if you think I'd argue without playing all of the MK modes. Even on 150 CC, it doesn't fix the easy as shit shortcuts or the casualized drifting mechanics so I don't even know why you brought it up
in fact, Wii was probably your first MK
>>319345775
dude mario kart 64 had rubberbanding ai, it's been a staple of the series since then
>>319347024
*Dry Bones and Yoshi.
Top racers are automatically given max speed regardless of their other stats, and Dry Bones has perfect acceleration normally.I'm glad he's gone
>>319346986
>melee to brawl
But Melee was shit anon.
>>319347247
64, actually. How could wii have casualized the drifting mechanics if it was the tightest in the series. People literally COMPLAINED because the bikes worked too well
>>319347308
>hating on dry bones
nigga...
Super Mario Kart was the best one.
DS is the best Mario Kart period and 7 is one of the worse ones, easy choice
>>319347346
bikes didn't "work too well", they were overpowered because of their wheelies shitting on karts
it would be balanced if the drifting mechanics were like DS since karts could get red sparks more often, but instead you are rewarded for tilting up during a straight line. How fun.
>>319347313
regardless of what you think, anyone with a brain consideres brawl the worst smash game. It never had a big scene and immediately died when 4 came out.
It needed a fan team to make the game have a life
>>319344453
7 is my favorite in the series so I guess I'll go with that
>>319347803
wiggling while drifting doesnt even make sense. The sustained drift makes more sense. And why wouldnt you include wheelies in bikes? That was one of the best things that seperated them and karts
>>319347313
>Revisionist history
>Being this much of a contrarian faggot
Nobody liked Brawl by the end of its life. Nobody will remember 4 beyond shit like Mega Man and Cloud.
>>319348087
I liked brawl. Still do
DS has snaking, so I'll go for that.
Hey /v/, OP here.
Here's the poll:
http://strawpoll.me/6207711
Vote if you feel like it.
>>319348018
if it was so good then why is it not in 8? Because it was a shitty overpowered mechanic on top of everything else that made MKWii a mess
also, who fucking care what makes sense it's a goddamn mario kart racer, what's fun is what matters
>>319348202
>50cc
disgusting
>>319348087
Meele's only kept alive by nostalgiafags who can't let go of the past
>>319348245
if you were good, you could bump em and make them lose a ton of speed. Git gud
or, you could go into options mode, and have it be a kart only race
but I guess too many options is a negative aspect of the game
>>319345837
Uh, inside drift is still there. Try the sport bike you nigger.
Mario Kart DS didn't have Automatic drifting, so 7 is my favorite.
>>319348360
>second highest entrants at evo
keep telling yourself that
>>319348416
bump into them? They are always in front of you because of how linear Wii's stages where. They just wheelie and zoom past karts
>>319348432
>he cant drift
>>319346095
Valid point. Carry on.
>>319348432
>he can't drift manually
>>319348360
so why aren't brawl or 64 kept alive by nostalgiafags?
or could it be you're talking about things you don't actually know very much about
Reminder that you are a tryhard if you used any of these characters in multiplayer
>Toad
>Yoshi
>Dry Bones
>Daisy
>Funky Kong
>Heavyweight Mii
>Metal Mario
>Morton
>>319348670
Dry Bones is the GOAT racer, and Im drinking your tears while you eat my dust, scrublard
7
>>319348740
>m-muh off-road stat
>removed in 7 and later replaced by Dry Bowser in 8
>now stage hazard tier shit
Whatever you say bonesfag
>>319348986
>removed because babies like you cant git gud and complained to daddy nintendo to make it easier
truly GOAT
>>319348670
you forgot Rosalina
>>319348986
Acceleration, not off-road
>>319348432
>Mario Kart DS didn't have Automatic drifting
And hence, why DS is superior. Snaking was awesome.
>>319349089
>implying Dry Bones wasn't babymode for having a blatant advantage over the rest of the cast
>>319349145
Off-road is determined by character weight and Kart handling in DS. Dry Bones is the lightest racer, even lighter than other lightweights like Peach and Yoshi, and is therefore the fastest offroad.
Is Wii still alive? Last I heard some clan nerds made custom online servers for it. Kinda want to try it out again despite the horrible balance overall
>>319349381
you know you can have every kart with every rider in MKDS right, there is no character advantage
>>319349527
Character weight is still played into account for the off-road stat. Use Dry Bones, Luigi, and Bowser all in the Egg 1. Dry Bones will slow down the least in grass.
>>319347203
>not being able to play all course
It was shit, 7 is where is at.
>>319349710
well shit, good to know
>>319348432
7 doesn't have auto neither
>>319350190
7 mixed both auto and manual drift into one. If you keep turning, you'll drift but won't gain sparks like you would if you pressed R.
