Ranking Every Mario Kart From Worst To Best
5. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U, 2014)
This was a Mario Kart game that offered a lot of firsts. It was the first HD, 60 frames-per-second entry. It was the first Mario Kart game to have a fully orchestrated soundtrack with jazzy renditions of classic and new music tracks alike (Any Nintendo fan would cry tears of joy hearing Mute City and Rainbow Road performed with such brilliance). It was the first MK game to offer DLC including *squeal* Link as a character with Hyrule Castle being his associated track.
It blended in a little of long-time fan favourite F-Zero with its anti-gravity track sections that allowed for some real roller coaster tracks that looped and twisted their way around great backdrops. The graphics were incredible and the then newly-launched MKTV website allowed you to watch replays and highlight reels of your best bits. Sadly, it's now closed, although you can still watch highlights from inside the game.
Plus, it was the game to give birth to Luigi's death stare, which is plainly the most awesome character development since New Super Luigi U. Incredible to think the game is just three years old!
This one sits right in the middle of our list at number five, for reasons that will become clearer as we move up through the list.