Mario Mario Kart 9 Wishlist

[-Apples-]

As Mario Kart 9 is coming to the Switch 2, what do you want to see in Mario Kart, in terms of tracks, characters, features, and more?

For me, this is what I hope to see:

• Zelda, Animal Crossing, Splatoon, and Kirby characters in the character roster.
• They should also have entire cups, not just individual tracks, dedicated to each non-Mario franchise featured in Mario Kart. For instance, if there was a Poké Cup, all of the tracks would be Viridian Forest, Mt Moon, Celadon City, and Indigo Plateau, not just one Pokémon track and three Mario track. I wouldn’t count on Pokémon in Mario Kart, but that is just an example.
• NO filler characters. Baby Rosalina, Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Tanooki Mario, Pink Cat Peach, and Dry Bowser must be dropped from the roster.
• It’s also time to retire the Retro tracks. They have been overdone to death.
• Blue shells may have been frustrating, but they are a necessary evil. Mario Kart without explosive blue shells is like Star Wars without Darth Vader. So they should keep the blue shells.

 

[DarthGohan1]

I would love to see more franchise crossovers, both tracks and characters. @-Apples- I like some of your ideas for Pokemon tracks, there are so many possibilities. Maybe there's some complication due to Nintendo only partially owning Pokemon, but if we can have Pokemon in Smash, why can't we have it in Mario Kart? A Safari Zone track would be awesome!

I also enjoyed the real world tracks in Mario Kart 8 that came as the DLC / Switch online tracks. Would be fun if more cities or locations were added.

 

[CoolJhon]

One thing I really hope is that it doesn’t become like the Smash Bros of racing games. I love the occasional crossover character like Villager and hope for more like Kirby, but I think the game should always be mainly Mario centric

 

[Javocado]

-no babie

-no tour

-sorry crazy 8 its all bout divine 9

-kirby w/warp star

-missions like mario kart ds

-even more cart customization... specifically being able to paint your whip like when you get bloopered and you get to see your kart/bike all murdered out in black but a bunch of different colors/options not only the cart tho lets get crazy with the rims too

-character costumes/skins ala smash, eg: tanooki mario is under mario's costume select instead of taking up a character slot and give other characters costumes

-basically the whole special cup from double dash

 

[Feyris]

Call me crazy but I want more things locked behind progression. Characters locked until you beat certain cups, certain cups locked until you beat others, etc. I love the feeling of unlocking things through playing.

Related to that, I'd love a hidden character/track/cup/etc. I don't think it's too common in games nowadays, but it's fun to discover and unlock secrets as well.

 

[DarthGohan1]

Call me crazy but I want more things locked behind progression. Characters locked until you beat certain cups, certain cups locked until you beat others, etc. I love the feeling of unlocking things through playing.

Related to that, I'd love a hidden character/track/cup/etc. I don't think it's too common in games nowadays, but it's fun to discover and unlock secrets as well.

hidden track is a great idea! need to take a secret exit / ramp with a certain timing to unlock secret tracks would be fun

 

[Croconaw]

No non-Mario characters like Villager, Link, or Isabelle. They look so out of place.

 

[Sheando]

I want an optional co-op Double Dash mode! Every track should be playable in normal mode OR with two characters on the same cart. Such a fun feature, and I know my partner and I would play a lot more Mario Kart if we could collaborate.

 

[potato-queen03]

I swear I think I saw Pauline, my main, in the footage. If she's in, I hope she's available right away. And if she's not, I hope she's not hard to unlock. Otherwise I'll temporarily main Peach (or any female character who's available ASAP).

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I think seeing Captain Falcon making a cameo as a racer would be both interesting and renew interest in the F-Zero franchise. F-Zero 99 is incredibly frustrating especially with the unskippable tutorials that you are forced to do before you can actually play the game. I’ve been stuck on that stupid tutorial where you need to hit those things to go into the sky and every single time I’m so close to placing and not failing that stupid mission, an AI car races ahead of me two seconds before the finish line and I can’t speed up fast enough to get there first. Captain Falcon deserves to be in a much better racing game if Nintendo has no real plans for F-Zero right now.