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5263119 No.5263119 [Reply] [Original]

Am I one of the few people that still likes Mario Kart 64?
I've seen that this game has gotten a lot of hate lately (with complains like it hasn't aged well or that is considered the worst MK game by some, which I think is a pretty harsh statement), or that the competition of the time (DKR, CTR. etc...) makes it obsolete since those games made vast improvements over MK64, but dunno, replaying it and the controls are smooth as hell, the tracks are fun, the sound design is incredible and there's some tech to learn if you wanna get good or do the time trial thing, not to mention the multiplayer factor makes it a blast for anyone.
I know about the rubber-band AI, but at least they don't spam items all the time like in modern Mario Kart games.

>> No.5263134

Nope. It's one of the only N64 games I still like.

>> No.5263161

>>5263119
I like it, but I'm more likely to play Lego Racers since that's what I had as a kid in place of Kart.

>> No.5263246

>>5263119
Literally who says it's the worst?
That's most most retarded thing I've heard all year.

>> No.5263353

Stop listening to the opinions of Zoomers

>> No.5263370

I still get together with 3 friends and run through all 16 courses from time to time. We always have a blast.

Definitely my favourite Mario Kart.

>> No.5263372

It's an amazing game. Zoomers can't do the miniturbos properly.

>> No.5263378

DKR runs like trash in multiplayer, I can barely play it nowadays

>> No.5263383

>>5263134
64 really didn't have that many good games or games in general now that I think about it.

>> No.5263402

>>5263246
give it time. the year is still fresh.

>> No.5263407

>>5263246
I do. It's awful. Easily the worst in the series, and especially coming off mario kart on SNES it was an incredible disappointment. The terrible AI alone was just fucking inexcusable.

>> No.5263441

>>5263119
I fail to see how MK64 can be the worst Mario Kart when Mario Kart Wii and the original Super Mario Kart exist.

>> No.5263609

>>5263119
i still like it. i also still like super mario kart, which was the first one i played.. my favorite is double dash and the only one i dont like is wii

>> No.5263678

>>5263119
>still likes
I was disappointed with it from day one, preferred SMK and Diddy Kong Racing by a mile even back then

>> No.5263698

>>5263246
IMO it's the 2nd worst but it's my favourite

>> No.5263703

>>5263161
fuck, lego racers is /vr/ karting at its prime

>> No.5263717
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5263717

>>5263609
>my favorite is double dash
The patrician choice my friend

>> No.5264392

The 64 kart is the best one

>> No.5264402

>>5263407
How the fuck can anyone prefer SMK to MK64? It doesn't even have hills.

>> No.5264418

>>5263383
There were ones that were fun at the time for things like multiplayer but don't hold up very well (even comparing it to the generation that came directly afterward; I'd take a TimeSplitters game on the GameCube over any shooter on the Nintendo 64 for multiplayer any day).

Even at the time I preferred older games to the ones coming out on the N64. I'm glad there are people who like the system and all, but Mario Kart 64 is one of the only ones that holds up for me.

>> No.5264442

64 was probably the most satisfying entry of the series. Just got a really solid feel about it, and yeah the music is winner too. The best multiplayer Kart, especially battle.

At this point I can't even be bothered to play the new ones all the way through outside of the odd casual race. It's all the same at this point, and the newer ones have a 'looser' feel to them, for lack of a better way of putting it.

>> No.5264484

>>5264402
either contrariarism or some old fart that can't stand polygons.

>> No.5264690

My only problems with it are that with more than 2 players you can’t have grand prix, cpus, or even MUSIC.

Those are all glaring problems to me. But solo or duo it’s great. But Mario Kart has come to be seen as a party game.

>> No.5264701

>>5264402
Have you played SMK? I don't think so. It's the pinnacle of kart racing and a legend

>> No.5264712

I loved SMK, I loved MK64, I loved MKDD and I loved CTR
now, getting back to them every now and then since adolescence:
SMK still holds up and I play it often
MKDD still holds up and it's very fun
CTR is absolutely fucking amazing and definitely holds up (the most, in fact)
but MK64 is just unbearable. Aged like milk, dare I say it.

>> No.5264982

I hear many people bitch about Mario Kart 64, but I never hear them explain WHY they hate it.

>> No.5265001

>>5263119
On the contrary MK64 is part of a small group of good N64 games, but 3D was a fucking mistake

>> No.5265134

Mario kart 64 is my favorite karting game simply because of the Raceway circuits and also the controls (although you need to play with an original N64 controller, I tried it on Wii VC using Gamecube controller and it's not as good when it comes to the mini turbo)

>> No.5265139

>>5263119
A bunch of millennials will still agree that it's the best entry in the series because that or the SNES game were the only ones that they played. Its mainly everyone else that has played the others that will call it out for the dogshit that it is.

>> No.5265141

>>5265139
>dogshit
And that's why nobody take you zoomers seriously, you exaggerated manchildren.

>> No.5265156 [DELETED] 

>>5265141
>you zoomers
What a joke, I'm probably older than you.

>> No.5265160

>>5265156
Then you've got the mindset of a zoomer.

>> No.5265169 [DELETED] 

>>5265160
If being right is being zoomer then I'm proudly a zoomer.

>> No.5265180

>>5265169
>he actually thinks his unimportant opinion matters
Yeah, definitely a zoomer from the social media age.

>> No.5265202

>>5263119
i'm pretty sure everyone likes this one. my wife doesn't game that much but she'll play mario kart 64 w me
future titles after were soulless

>> No.5265204 [DELETED] 

>>5265180
>thinks 4chan is not social media

>> No.5265218

>>5265204
It's why you're here, zoomer.

>> No.5265224 [DELETED] 

>>5265218
Oh I see, when you are obviously defeated in your dishonest arguments you resort to calling the opposition zoomer.

>> No.5265238

>>5263609
>the only one i dont like is wii
How come? Maybe it might be the controls but MKWii was still good. I liked using the bikes.

>> No.5265239

>>5265218
You're seething so hard right now underage, it's almost pathetic if it weren't so funny. I'll let you entertain me for a little longer.

>> No.5265249

Mario Kart 64 is the best Mario Kart.

>> No.5265284

>>5265139
But WHY do you think it's dogshit, though?

>> No.5265298

>>5264982
either the graphics or the AI is what I hear all the time.

>> No.5265329

>>5265298
Regarding the graphics, it's a legitimate complaint, although I personally LIKE the look of the sprite drivers.
Regarding the AI, they should just get gud and learn the tracks to avoid getting fucked by the rubber band. That's what I did.

>> No.5265372

>>5265329
I agree with the graphics being bad, even at the time I never liked the sprites.
The AI isn't even that hard, yeah they get a rocket up their ass to get near you, but the CPUs never use items in a way that can fuck you up badly, and getting good at mini-turbos = you'll never see them again.

>> No.5265395

>>5263119
Do you ever attempt speedruns? Maybe you will like them.

>> No.5265418 [DELETED] 

IMO the graphics is not a legitimate complaint. For a fifth gen racer they're as good as could be. It's also not a major complaint of the game - it's just one person says graphics then another person it's like oh yeah immediately after.

Also the AI rubberband means that no matter how good you are it can always catch you. That's one of the main complaints, that the rubberband AI is unfair.

>> No.5265426

I don't agree with the graphics complaint. For a fifth gen racer they're as good as could be. Though you have two people saying graphics in a row here it's never been a major complaint afaik. Frame rate is really good also.

Also the AI rubberband means that no matter how good you are it can always catch you. That's one of the main complaints, that the rubberband AI is unfair.

>> No.5265439

1. MKDS
2. MK8/Deluxe
POWER GAP
3. MK7
4. MKDD
5. MK64
POWER GAP
8999. MKSC
9000. SMK
9001. MKWii

>> No.5265445

>>5265439
Why is DS so high and Wii so low?

>> No.5265450

>>5265445
DS has the best controls and Wii has the worst, plus Wii has the stupidest item balance/distribution in the entire series and it isn’t close

>> No.5265460

Honestly I was never a big of Mario Kart in general, I could never get into Super Mario Kart as it always felt too slow to me but maybe I was just playing wrong, I don't know. I don't mean to sound like someone who only plays new games and disregards anything older but MK8 is imo the best MK. I'd put MK64 under it though as I still think it holds up pretty well, rubber banding aside. I never liked Diddy Kong Racing and I really like CTR but I don't necessarily think CTR is the best kart racer of all time like a lot of people make it out to be.

>> No.5265470

>>5265141
Funny, as a millennial I was speaking about millenials that played more than those two games. I doubt many zoomed have played Mario Kart 64

>>5265284
Rubber band ai, some of the tracks are atrocious (like the dock one), controls felt slippy

>> No.5265489

>>5265450
not to mention the W H E E L I E S

>>5265470
Okay, I'll admit it.
Banshee Boardwalk is bullshit.

>> No.5265506

>>5263407
Super Mario Kart is trash compared to the rest of the series.

>> No.5265508

>>5265470
Nah Zoomers into video games (the older ones at least, like 17 - early 20s, I myself am technically a zoomer unfortunately. ) love the N64 and the 5 games that everyone circlejerks about. Some of my peers would around school talking about how they play the "real, oldschool games" and not the new crap like Fortnite and it would always end up being the motherfucking N64 and the basic games everyone played back in the day like Mario 64, MK64, and the Zelda games. I'm pretty sure they were all just parroting e-celebs because they would always talk about how the titles listed above were the greatest games ever made but would never actually give any reasons why.

SNES was big with some of the nerdier ones, but again it was just the same handful of first party titles everyone and their mother played. Never met a single person who was "into retro" in school that played anything other than fucking Nintendo.

>> No.5265524

>>5263119
My friend hates it, but it's the only mario kart that I've enjoyed playing. we're both gen z

>> No.5265607
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5265607

>>5265426
>AI rubberband

This is the only lingering complaint I hear as well. MK64 is my personal favorite in the series, but that's probably because it was my first.

I feel like there's a "Zelda effect" where each person's favorite in the series is whichever one he played first, usually as a young child.

There has never been a bad Mario Kart game imho.

>> No.5265886

>>5265607
Why does everyone complain about the AI Rubberband? If it didn't exist then do you realize how easy the entire game would be.

>> No.5265889

>>5265607
>>5265886
Wait, every racing games does this in one form or another. Some more subtle than others.

>> No.5265903

>>5265886
I'm not complaining, I'm just saying it's the only complaint I ever hear.

>> No.5265905

>>5265886
Item chance makes rubberbanding unnecessary.

>> No.5265984

>>5264982
the controls and physics are unbearable

>> No.5266008

>>5265984
BS

>> No.5266080

>>5265439
>1. MKDS
At last, a true patrician.

>> No.5266087

>>5263119
Double Dash left that game in the dust. I still enjoy playing 64 alone, but multiplayer is pretty horrid when it comes to inputting controls (emulator or not).

>> No.5266114

>>5265905
That's a good point. Is there anything you can do to actually negate that? I don't enjoy Mario Kart, but I like racing games.

>> No.5266117

>>5265984
This is the argument of a scrub who is incapable of learning how to master said controls.
I once said the same about the SNES Mario Kart, and guess what? I fucking adapted, and I liked the game better afterwards.
jesus christ I'm supposed to hate nintendo these days why are you shitty drivers making me defend them
damn my fifth gen roots

>> No.5266125

>>5266117
You're a fucking idiot who judges games by the company who made them instead of their own merits.

>> No.5266131

>>5265238
it's the controls

>> No.5266141

>>5266125
What makes you say that?

>> No.5266151

>>5264982
This is just a 4chan thing. People are incable of reasoning or elaborating

>> No.5266167

>>5265607
>Zelda effect
Yeah thats just called nostalgia

>> No.5266205
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5266205

>>5266167
>Yeah thats just called nostalgia

Not necessarily. Each game in every series has different mechanics, some subtle.

When I tie a necktie, I like to use the four in hand knot. It was the first necktie knot I learned (it was in a scouting book), and I like the ease of it and the looks of the knot. I don't think that's nostalgia, and I don't think the effect in games I mentioned is necessarily nostalgia.

>> No.5267284

>>5263119
Everyone likes it. Even back at the beginning of this decade when I was in college, all the normies would always have it hooked up during their house parties. There is literally no one who doesn't play it.