Mario Kart is one of my favorite game series. I would consider myself a pretty good player after playing this game for over 10 years. Currently I own Mario Kart for the Wii, Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS, and Mario Kart 8 for the Switch.

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Mario Kart Wii Logo

Ever since I got a Wii as a kid, I have been playing Mario Kart. On the Wii, I made it my mission to unlock all the race tracks and get first place in every race. It took me a while but eventually I finished every single track. Then I would go on to do the ghost races against myself and race against really good players in order to improve. I don't even want to know how many hours I have spent on the Wii version of Mario Kart.

In the Wii version, there are 8 cups that you can race, and there are 32 tracks that you can race on (shown below).

List showing the Mario Kart Wii cups and tracks. Mushroom cup: Luigi Circuit, Moo Moo Meadows, Mushroom Gorge, and Toad's Factory. Flower Cup: Mario Circuit, Coconut Mall, DK Summit (DK's Snowboard Cross), Wario's Gold Mine. Star Cup: Daisy Circuit, Koopa Cape, Maple Treeway, Grumble Volcano. Special cup: Dry Dry Ruins, Moonview Highway, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road. List showing the Mario Kart Wii cups and tracks. Shell cup: GCN Peach Beach, DS Yoshi Falls, SNES Ghost Valley 2, N64 Mario Raceway. Banana cup: N64 Sherbet Land, GBA Shy Guy Beach, DS Delfino Square, GCN Waluigi Stadium. Leaf cup: DS Desert Hills, GBA Bowser Castle 3, N64 DK's Jungle Parkway, GCN Mario Circuit. Lightning Cup: SNES Mario Circuit 3, DS Peach Gardens, GCN DK Mountain, and N64 Bowser's Castle.

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Mario Kart 7 Logo

I started playing Mario Kart 7 shortly after getting my 3DS (I believe I never played it on my DSi at the time). I loved the new tracks and how I could be fully immersed in the game with the 3D feature on my 3DS. I could play Mario Kart anywhere now! I was so excited. I completed every track on this version of Mario Kart too.

In Mario Kart 7 there are 8 cups and 32 tracks (shown below).

List showing the Mario Kart 7 cups and tracks. Mushroom cup: Toad Circuit, Daisy Hills, Cheep Cheep Lagoon (Cheep Cheep Cape), Shy Guy Bazaar. Flower cup: Wuhu Loop (Wuhu Island Loop), Mario Circuit, Music Park (Melody Motorway), Rock Rock Mountain (Alpine Pass). Star cup: Piranha Plant Slide (Pirahna Plant Pipeway), Wario Shipyard (Wario's Galleon), Neo Bowser City (Koopa City), Maka Wuhu (Wuhu Mountain Loop). Special cup: DK Jungle, Rosalina's Ice World, Bowser's Castle, and Rainbow Road. List showing the Mario Kart 7 cups and tracks. Shell cup: N64 Luigi Raceway, GBA Bowser Castle 1, Wii Mushroom Gorge, DS Luigi's Mansion. Banana cup: N64 Koopa Beach (N64 Koopa Troopa Beach), SNES Mario Circuit 2, Wii Coconut Mall, DS Waluigi Pinball. Leaf Cup: N64 Kalimari Desert, DS DK Pass, GCN Daisy Cruiser, Wii Maple Treeway. Lightning cup: Wii Koopa Cape, GCN Dino Dino Jungle, DS Airship Fortresss, and SNES Rainbow Road.

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Logo

I started playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe a little while after I got my Switch. This game is the one I have spent the least amount of time playing. The graphics look very good, but they can make things overwhelming at times and that kind of ruins the fun of the game for me. Nintendo also made it so you have to pay to unlock half of the cups, which is really disappointing. If you pay $59.99 for a game, you should not have to pay to unlock everything!

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe there are 24 cups (only 12 are in the base game) and 96 tracks (48 base game tracks). This game features significantly more characters you can play as (including your Amiibos) and has a lot of vehicle options.

These are all of the base game tracks:

List showing the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe cups and tracks. Mushroom cup: Mario Kart Stadium, Water Park, Sweet Sweet Canyon, Thwomp Ruins. Flower Cup: Mario Circuit, Toad Harbor, Twisted Mansion, Shy Guy Falls. Star cup: Sunshine Airport, Dolphin Shoals, Electrodome, Mount Wario. Special cup: Cloudtop Cruise, Bone-Dry Dunes, Bowser's Castle, Rainbow Road. Egg cup: GCN Yoshi Circuit, Excitebike Arena, Dragon Driftway, Mute City. Crossing cup: GCN Baby Park, GBA Cheese Land, Wild Woods, and Animal Crossing. List showing the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe cups and tracks. Shell cup: Wii Moo Moo Meadows, GBA Mario Circuit, DS Cheep Cheep Beach, N64 Toad's Turnpike. Banana cup: GCN Dry Dry Desert, SNES Donut Plains 3, N64 Royal Raceway, 3DS DK Jungle. Leaf cup: DS Wario Stadium, GCN Sherbet Land, 3DS Music Park, N64 Yoshi Valley. Lightning cup: DS Tick-Tock Clock, 3DS Pirahna Plant Slide, Wii Grumble Volcano, N64 Rainbow Road. Triforce cup: Wii Wario's Gold Mine, SNES Rainbow Road, Ice Ice Outpost, Hyrule Circuit. Bell cup: 3DS Neo Bowser City, GBA Ribbon Road, Super Bell Subway, and Big Blue.

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Mario driving a car turning to his right.
Luigi riding a motorcycle doing a wheelie.
Mario Kart logo.