10 Old Video Games Kept Alive By Hardcore Fans

10. Mario Kart Wii

The Mario Kart series is one of those gaming franchises that will always boast a strong player base, no matter how old the titles get. The ultimate party game for groups of families and friends to lose their minds over, it's amazing how many people have a copy of Mario Kart Wii lying around their place ready to pick up and play.

The second best selling game on the console that blew up in the late 2000s with 37.34 million sales and later becoming the highest selling game in the entire franchise, there's plenty to suggest that the game isn't even done yet either. Nintendo is still shipping out thousands of copies of this iconic title to retailers around the world, and sales of Mario Kart Wii are continuing to rise.

On top of that, the game's legendary online modes have helped birth an active modding community of players who have kept the game alive by creating new courses and porting over both classic and newer tracks from other titles in the franchise.

Why bother buying any other Mario Kart title when there's an active community building everything in one place?