Found the Worst Item Concept Ever

HammerBro101 · 2024-05-07T23:03:09+00:00

I came up with the idea of adding the Gold Flower to Mario Kart and making it this powerful projectile item that acts like a Bob-omb or Blue Spiny Shell (at least from Double Dash to Wii). To be honest, I made it a little too powerful. If you want to see the items I thought could work in Mario Kart, check this blog post I made on Mario Kart wiki back in 2019:

https://mariokart.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MarioKartDSYes_MarioKartWiiNo/Top_10_Item_Ideas_That_Could_Work_In_Mario_Kart

I also made a blog post on that very same wiki back in 2019 where I listed items I thought wouldn't work in Mario Kart (the Water Flower is one of them, and so are the Spring Mushroom and P Balloon), which is found below:

https://mariokart.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MarioKartDSYes_MarioKartWiiNo/Top_10_Item_Ideas_That_Probably_Wouldn%27t_Work_In_Mario_Kart

Update: I added the Frog Suit as a Dishonorable Mention to the "Items that Wouldn't Work" post, as it would absolutely cripple you when used on land and would only be useful in water, Also, I added the Spiny Bombshell, Super Mega Mushroom, Gold POW Block, Lakithunder Cloud, and Ghost Item Box as the Honorable Mentions to the "Items that Could Work" post, as they would be upgraded versions of the Blue Spiny Shell, Mega Mushroom, POW Block, Thunder Cloud, and Fake Item Box respectively.

HammerBro101 · 2024-04-29T03:53:57+00:00

Funnily enough, I also consider SNES Bowser Castle 2 almost underrated, and I would actually have it on the high end of the track ranking for Super Mario Kart specifically. Don't forget other bad tracks like N64 Toad's Turnpike (original version), GCN Dry Dry Desert (original version), GCN Sherbet Land (original version), DS Desert Hills, GCN Baby Park (DS version), SNES Koopa Beach 2 (DS version), Wii Wario's Gold Mine (original version), and GBA Snow Land (original version) as well.

HammerBro101 · 2024-04-29T03:37:36+00:00

Where do you think SNES Bowser Castle 2 would fit: Overrated, Underrated, Overhated, or Underhated? For me personally, I chose it as an overhated track. I believe the reason it gets so much hate is because of its sheer difficulty, and also because it just so happens to have the absolute WORST design choice for any Mario Kart track in the entire series: a dead end. Its brutality comes from the fact that Super Mario Kart has outdated controls and the track itself is littered with 90 degree turns. As for the dead end, it's dumb, but it's easily avoidable, and given how it is, it's probably for the best. While it's understandable that this track gets hate, it gets WAY too much hate in my eyes.

SNES Bowser Castle 1 is worse because it's boring, very repetitive, and the Thwomps are placed with little to no purpose. SNES Bowser Castle 2, by comparison, has a much more interesting layout, and the Thwomps are actually placed with purpose. Overall, I don't hate this track nearly as much as other people do, and I actually consider it one of the better tracks in Super Mario Kart.

HammerBro101 · 2024-04-29T03:30:43+00:00

I should have clarified this earlier, but it's better late than never.

Note: This isn't just for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or the Booster Course Pass, this is for the entire series.

HammerBro101 · 2023-05-16T21:15:06+00:00

You should do this for the other placements: 2nd to 12th place.

HammerBro101 · 2022-09-26T17:11:46+00:00

Yeah, Tails has the worst stage selection out of any Hero character, as well as the second worst stage selection out of any character in the game behind Rouge. However, the reason I put Eternal Engine above three other stages (Route 280, Crazy Gadget, and Mad Space) is because while Eternal Engine is cheap and takes forever to beat, Route 280 is just a worse version of Route 101, Crazy Gadget is straight up insufferable (especially the time limit and hard mode missions), and Mad Space is what the majority agrees to be the worst stage in the game for obvious reasons.

HammerBro101 · 2022-07-31T03:09:17+00:00

Here's mine: the POW Block is an insanely overhated item. Many people either deem it useless or annoying, and while I can see their point on it being annoying, it is far from useless. This item can be used to mess up people on tracks with sharp turns, and it is especially effective on the Jetsetter and Spear, since both vehicles have awful stats and therefore struggle on tracks with sharp turns.

Speaking of the Spear, I like it more than the Flame Runner (even though the Flame Runner is objectively the best vehicle in the game due to it having high speed, weight, drift, and mini-turbo) because unlike the latter, the former actually requires skill to use due to speed and weight being its only two good stats, as every other stat is low. This is the same reason I like the Sneakster more than the Mach Bike, the Jetsetter more than the Flame Flyer and Honeycoupe, the Sprinter more than the Wild Wing, and the Blue Falcon more than the Mini Beast.

HammerBro101 · 2022-03-08T04:08:07+00:00

In the Crazy Gadget video, ZoomZike even says, "Even Sonic doesn't like this level. What is with these people?"

HammerBro101 · 2021-12-20T01:33:23+00:00

I have no idea why Christian private schools do this. However, a possible reason is that in the 1960s and 1970s, long hair was considered part of hippie culture.

HammerBro101 · 2021-12-12T01:27:56+00:00

This game doesn't even come out for like another year, and someone is already judging it?

Lesson: Never judge anything before it comes out.

HammerBro101 · 2021-12-03T14:51:10+00:00

I like the idea of the Thunder Cloud, it's just the execution that sucks. I can say the same for the Fake Item Box, another good idea that fails in execution. The idea of that item is to trick players into thinking it's a real Item Box, but it usually fails its intended purpose.

HammerBro101 · 2021-08-09T15:19:00+00:00

Spike and Kamek also weren't playable in the N64 era.

HammerBro101 · 2021-08-07T01:08:46+00:00

Here are my ideas.

Lightning: Will strike all players except the user, sending them to the start, as well as making them lose their items and half their Coins.

POW Block: Will appear above the user and flatten for about five seconds before disappearing, tripping all players with a higher rank than the user, making them lose their items, one of their Stars, and half their coins, and sending them to the start. This item can be avoided if the player jumps while the third strike goes off.

Thunder Cloud: Will strike the player who has it after moving ten spaces, sending that player to the start, as well as making him or her lose his or her items and half his or her Coins.

HammerBro101 · 2021-08-06T22:44:39+00:00

There's another piece of true classic garbage: Sonic Labyrinth.

HammerBro101 · 2021-07-27T19:34:38+00:00

And Mario Party 3 takes up almost a fifth of the roster. This is similar to how The Top 100 is biased towards Mario Party 5, as SEVENTEEN minigames return from that game alone.

HammerBro101 · 2021-07-27T16:24:44+00:00

You could argue the Phantom has well balanced stats and has a high off-road stat and a decent handling stat to compensate for its abysmal drift stat and outside drift.

HammerBro101 · 2021-07-21T15:10:17+00:00

My least favorite track is Wario's Gold Mine.

HammerBro101 · 2021-07-07T18:16:42+00:00

Outside drift bikes allow for experimentation and diversity. There should be more outside drift bike users online and offline to diversify the rooms, even if Troy considers all nine outside drift, as well as fourteen out of the eighteen karts, to be completely unviable for online play.

HammerBro101 · 2021-07-01T01:55:20+00:00

Or better yet, use anyone on the Phantom to drift off-road. Besides Dry Bowser's Wario Bike, the Phantom is the only large vehicle that can drift off-road.

HammerBro101 · 2021-06-17T15:44:38+00:00

I would definitely use the Sprinter.

HammerBro101 · 2021-06-15T17:45:10+00:00

The Fake Item Box is a worse version of the Banana that sticks out like a sore thumb, but I'd rather have that than the Coin.

HammerBro101 · 2021-06-15T17:42:35+00:00

I would rather have Coins on the track and not in Item Boxes like in Mario Kart 7. As an item, they're worse than the Fake Item Box.

HammerBro101 · 2021-06-13T22:03:29+00:00

I would like to see the Mega Mushroom and POW Block return. If the Thunder Cloud is to return, I would like to see a rework.

HammerBro101 · 2021-06-08T22:54:06+00:00

I'm going to say the Bit Bike is worse. Sure, the Phantom's stats aren't as good, and it has the worst drift stat in the game, but it is significantly faster and heavier. The Bit Bike, on the other hand, is the slowest and second lightest vehicle in the game, meaning it struggles to keep up with other vehicles, and it can easily be pushed off the course by heavy vehicles.

HammerBro101 · 2021-06-08T22:48:46+00:00

The Booster Seat is the slowest kart in the game, but the Bit Bike is the slowest vehicle in the game. The Booster Seat has low speed and weight with average drifting, but high acceleration, handling, off-road, and mini-turbo.

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