10 Iconic Nintendo Games You Must Replay

5. Mario Kart 8

mario kart 8 blue shell
Nintendo

Perhaps it could've been Mario Kart 64 or Double Dash that made the list, but there's a certain lack of replay value when compared to the magnificence of Mario Kart 8. The N64 and GameCube titles were very restrictive by comparison - only a few battle modes and very limited numbers of tracks on reflection leave me a bit cold when I think about them now.

Mario Kart 8 introduced 32 tracks off the bat, 16 more as DLC, an inordinate amount of characters including a lot you'd forgotten about and it perfected the art of playing Mario Kart online with your friends. The anti-gravity sections were a bit hit and miss for me; mainly because they usually end with me getting stuck somewhere and losing horrendously.

New weapons, HD graphics and more DLC than you can shake a stick at makes Mario Kart 8 a game that actually reinvents itself to some extent, encouraging you to replay over and over again. I've heard it mentioned as the reason many people purchased Wii U consoles in the first place.

Replay Highlight: The Amiibo compatibility. Admit it: You love them and can't hide it, no matter how hard you try.

Contributor
Contributor

Probably the only person ever to see all the endings of the awful Shadow the Hedgehog video game. Professional proofreader, football fanatic, lion tamer and occasional liar.