Topic: What do you Hope to See in a New Mario Kart Title?

I feel like they could make some excellent Peach Showtime courses. I now want this.

@DarkRula with regard to track variants, I would like to see:-

1. All new tracks. No classic tracks, give us completely new ones

2. GP and Rally races. I think there should be a 50/50 split between GP and Rally trophies. GP trophies would be the same as what we have seen before, 4 separate races on 4 different circuits. With Rally, I would like to see a continuous race across 4 stages, maybe even with staggered starts of stages 2, 3 and 4 based on how far ahead/behind of other racers you finished in the previous stage, objects could be used to balance this out. These wouldn't be circuits (with multiple laps) but one continuous route, maybe take inspiration from recent releases with having one trophy being a 4 stage race from the Mushroom Kingdom to the Jungle Kingdom (like in the Mario Movie) or a 4 stage race to the Flower Kingdom, taking some art style inspiration from Mario Wonder.

3.Custom Trophies. I'd like to see the ability to create your own trophy, so you can select any circuits/races from any trophy so you can put all your favourite circuits in the same GP, even make it so you can select the same circuit more than once. Maybe make this unlockable so you have to race a circuit before you can select it in custom mode. I don't think these need to be saved or anything, it could just be a one off thing where you go in and select the circuits you want, just like you would select your racer and car etc in Mario Kart 8.

@rallydefault of course, they could add new themes (art styles from different types of tracks we've seen in older games), objects, obstacles etc over time.

@CaleBoi25 I think you're right, it could almost be a guided journey, where you're taken through a "setup wizard", first you draw the circuit, then elevation (as you said), then objects and obstacles, the stands and other look and feel elements etc.

@FishyS
I LOVE Showtime, and will defend that game until forever. Tracks based on it would be so cool.

@ChameleonBros NINJI REPRESENTATION SPOTTED! She (He? It?) has been in enough spinoff by now, she totally deserves a spot!

I just assume a F-Zero 99 battle royale-esq game mode will be baked in when MK 9 arrives.

I'm still convinced they went with F-Zero 99 rather than Mario Kart 99 because they couldn't figure out how to deal with items sanely with 99 people.

@Magician I love FZ99, adding it to MK would kill the game tho 😭😭 (also unrelated but 1371 games?!)

@CaleBoi25 I'm a manic Switch collector.

Never mind the fact I own a PS5 and XSX as well.

I don't even want to know... 🫨🫨

@CaleBoi25

Not nearly as daunting on those platforms as I'm purely digital for both. Playstation for the ecosystem, because that's where my friends play. Xbox because I wanted to play Starfield at launch.

@Magician Fair enough. I have a Switch, and play that with my friends. Outside of maybe AstroBot [edit: or those Ratchet and Crank games I think?] I see no need for me personally to get a non Nintendo system... (Also the $$$ haha)

Back on topic, I think Honey Queen getting a stage would be funny! I liked her being a racer, so having a Honeyhive Galaxy stage would be a nice callback.

I hope to see maybe another Zelda track this time inspired by TotK! I bet Nintendo could add some cool Sky Island gliding sequences to the track, making it really fun. They could add the battle between the Light Dragon and the Demon Dragon in the background. Some of the sky rocks could fall and be avoidable obstacles when driving on land.
Just dreaming though

@ThatZeldaNerd That would be sickkkk! Tho having a major spoiler like that battle may not be received so well, the falling rocks could be cool. Or what about a journey through the series: start in the Great Deku Tree from OoT [lap 1], fly up to Skyloft from SS, go down via Sky Islands from TotK [lap 2], and end with a trip thru Hyrule Castle Town (any version) and pull up to Hyrule Castle (any version) [lap 3].

@CaleBoi25 Ooooh I would love that! Similar to the four seasons Animal Crossing track in MK8DELUXE.
Imagine driving through Lost Woods to the Great Deku Tree and he kinda just opens his mouth and we drive down that would be hilariously cool

@ThatZeldaNerd Yes! Tho now I have a mental image of him just making a goofy "bleuh" sound effect to go with it lol!

Some ideas I have for crossover tracks...

Dream Land: A vibrant circuit set in Dream Land, this one is too easy to envision. Dream Land denizens for the spectators like Waddle Dees and Bronto Burts, plenty of references and landmarks like the Halberd flying up in the background and racers driving around Mt. Dedede, and classic bosses like Whispy Woods and Kracko being hazards. The music could be a big band cover of both Green Greens and Gourmet Race. I can almost hear it now in my head!

Diamond City: I know a Mario Kart Arcade GP tried this once, even though it was pretty generic, but how about a more proper WarioWare track set in Diamond City? It would be interesting even just to see its characters presented in gorgeous 3D rather than their usual art style...

Tropical Freeze: I think a Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze track would be very cool, pun intended. It'd be a perfect follow-up to the Returns-inspired DK Jungle. It would take place on a frozen DK Island with the Snowmads obviously being hazards. The music could be a cover of the Snowmads Theme.

Splatlands: It's time for Splatoon to have an actual racing track rather than just a battle arena this time. The Crater would make a great track with the Splatsville skyline and upside down Eiffel Tower in the distance and jellyfish for spectators. The best part would be gliding down into Alterna, driving on a circuit made around the sites, and then gliding back out again! The music would more than likely be a cover of Clickbait.

I wouldn’t want a full Nintendo Kart, but a few guest characters would be cool. I’m thinking maybe Captain Falcon, Zelda, Octolings, Olimar and Samus

Yeah, please no Nintendo Kart or Mario Kart Ultimate. That would be the laziest, most uncreative way to follow up an entry that's basically been the standard for the last 11 years and in desperate need of a shakeup. Just saying "LOL let's throw in more tracks/characters" is not going to make this next entry feel like the fresh, next gen experience it needs to be. I also don't mind a few more guest characters from other franchises, but let's get some actual new gameplay mechanics, not just new courses and characters.

I also am not the biggest fan of the idea of an Nintendo Kart, simply because I think the game would then become “Let’s see how many references we can throw into a track” and the tracks themselves would suffer as a result. When you look at the crossover tracks we already have in 8 Deluxe, there’s the F-Zero Tracks and Excitebike Arena, which all work because the devs clearly had an idea they wanted to go for the track (randomly generated ramps in Arena, lots of boosts and coin refuel stations in the F-Zero tracks), but there’s also the Zelda and Animal Crossing tracks, which, while not bad (the Master Sword shortcut and the changing seasons gimmick are both great ideas respectively) a large chunk of both courses are very basic because the devs clearly didn’t need to do anything beyond just make a track in a popular Nintendo location for people to enjoy it, and in a game that has the best nitro selection to date bar maybe Wii with tracks like Mount Wario, Cloudtop Cruise, and Sunshine Airport, as well as the Tour team knowing how to make excellent tracks when not restricted by the city gimmick (not you Sky-High Sundae), I wouldn’t want reference tracks for the sake of them. Having a few a game makes them more special and more likely to be bangers imo. I wouldn’t mind a few more Nintendo characters, as long as there aren’t any significant cuts to the roster as it stands; having the Blue Falcon and 2 F-Zero tracks with no Captain Falcon seems wrong.