hey guys it's Troy here and today this
video is going to be a little bit
different we are going to be making a
tier list which is something we've never
done before I've been playing Mario Kart
Wii for 10 years now and one thing I've
always wanted make a video on is the
vehicles in this game they've become
increasingly interesting to me over time
and I think that stems from playing the
new Mario Kart games it's the last game
of the series where Nintendo went really
out of control with the stats and Mario
Kart 7 and onwards they balance the
vehicles pretty evenly for the most part
so even the worst combinations didn't
feel too out of place on the racetrack
Mario Kart Wii on the other hand is an
entirely different story similarly to
Mario Kart vs there's a clear hierarchy
of vehicles in this game which makes it
the perfect game to create a tier list
for so today I'm gonna share my opinions
on how I would rank the vehicles in this
game for online play on the 32 Nintendo
courses for those of you who aren't
familiar with the term a tier list is a
system people used to rank things from
best to worst in language you'll often
see use with the term and video game
culture is people calling things s tier
a tiara B tier and so on it's a simple
way to categorize stuff so we're gonna
be going back to this chart quite a bit
I created this one based off of a Super
Smash Bros one I used to look at all the
time on reddit character cheerless are
really popular in the smash community
and often result in a lot of discussions
and debates I'm hoping this video gets
people talking about Mario Kart Wii
vehicles as well it's always interesting
to hear people's opinions based on their
experiences okay so starting things off
every vehicle has seven sistah Kolkata
Gauri's but it's important to note these
categories are not equally important if
I had to make a tier list on the seven
categories it'd be something like this
speed is the most important without a
doubt followed by drift and then wait
there's a steep drop-off of importance
after those three but fourth would be
mini turbo v acceleration sixth off-road
and dead last handeling handeling
doesn't matter much because in this game
almost every time you're turning you're
also drifting especially with inside
drifting bikes so the game cares about
the drift stat and not the handling stat
character stats only slightly affect how
your vehicle performs meaning all
characters are viable online but funky
Kong and Daisy are the most used
characters entirely because they have
the highest speed stat bonuses
respectively for their weight classes
and
we said earlier speed is the most
important I'll go into detail with the
rest of the stats as the video
progresses but for now let's jump into
my vehicle tier list s tier y tearless
start with us I'm not entirely sure but
that's just the way they've been done
for years from what I've seen it pretty
much means best of the best and in this
game I'm gonna be putting flame runner
in s tier and as my number one ranked
vehicle overall big surprise there's a
reason why when you join a good Lobby
it's not uncommon to see ten funky Kong
is all sporting the singular vehicle you
look at its stats and it's not maxed out
anywhere not even close to it really but
it feels like it is I remember using
Darth Maul and Star Wars racers revenge
on the ps2 when I was younger and his
vehicle felt similar to the flame runner
and dominance and that actually had max
that's looking at the flame runner it
has four categories where it really
thrives speed weight drift and mini
turbo and backtracking to what we talked
about earlier the four most important
stats in the game are exactly those four
we already know drift is another word
for handling in this game but
accelerations got to be important right
wrong not in this game if you get hit
you charge one of these bad boys up a
standstill mean turbo and you're back to
full speed pretty much instantly
acceleration only matters in instances
where you lose half your speed I'm
getting bumped and you're really or
something like hitting a banana peel
struck by lightning something along
those lines and last off-road well as
long as you stay on the road you won't
have to worry about offroad you really
only go off-road in this game when
you're boosting with a mushroom or star
now despite dominating at the four major
stat categories there is one hidden stat
category in which the flame runner would
be completely irrelevant if it did not
have this feature and that feature is
inside drift only nine of the 36
vehicles in this game have it and it is
completely broken I can spend a whole
video talking about the differences of
the drift styles but long story short
inside drift gives your vehicle better
mobility than outside drift okay since
now you guys understand the core
mechanics a little bit better we're
gonna speed things up the second vehicle
I have placed in STR is the Mach bike
it's got the flame runner beat in five
of the seven categories
but it's losing its speed and weight so
it gets bumped off on tracks like
Rainbow Road however it definitely makes
a case for being number one because it
really thrives on the Kirby tracks like
they came out
due to its drift stat and it's compact
hitbox makes pulling off some of the
most difficult shortcuts in the game
quite a bit easier you generally see a
couple people on daisy mach bike and
compare their world lights or tournament
races although just because daisy is
slightly better than the rest of the
medium weights you can still get away
with using the others they all have
their respective unique stat bonuses now
we're moving on to a tier meaning this
next vehicle is a step below the last
two the third best vehicle for online is
the bullet bike this thing has even more
mini turbo tundra than the Mach bike and
close to the same speed however its
Achilles heel is its light weight not
only does it get shoved off the track
easily but unfortunately in Mario Kart
Wii vehicles with lighter weight also go
higher off of ramps and in this game you
travel faster on the ground than you do
in the air so it has a hard time
maintaining a lead on stunts heavy
courses like waluigi stadium this
vehicle is pretty common in worldwide
races online but unfortunately you won't
see too much of it in a tournament or
clan war setting simply because of its
weights at being too low similar to the
funky Kong and Daisy baby Daisy is the
most common character on lightweight
vehicles like the bullet bike due to
your high speed and mean turbo static
but when I use lightweights I personally
like to use drive islands because he's
my favorite
we now drop down another tier where we
have three comparable vehicles these
three vehicles have very imbalanced ATS
but they're all inside your bikes and if
there's one trend you've probably
noticed so far watching this video it's
that inside your bikes are the best
vehicles in this game by far in fourth
we have the sneak stir impressively it
has slightly more speed than even the
flame runner but it's drifts that is
mediocre which equates to it struggling
on one or two turns and about half of
the 32 Nintendo tracks it has a very low
mini turbo stat - so these factors when
combined make it not better than the
flame runner on really any of the 32
tracks but it's close on the spear
oriented ones with very few turns it
does have a decent acceleration stat
which is worth mentioning because it's
higher than the flame runner
mock bikes overall this thing can
compete with the top tiers but it's
mediocre drifts that holds it back also
in the B tier we have the dolphin Dasher
back in 2008 if you would have asked me
what the best vehicle in the game is I
would have said this without any
hesitation
it's the perfect training wheels to
anyone trying to learn inside drift it's
actual drifts that value is pretty weak
but when learning inside drift it helps
to have a low drift stat so you don't
drive into the walls too easily so
besides training wheels what does this
vehicle have to offer well it has three
times as much off-road in comparison to
the two st air vehicles so on sherbet
land and shyguy Beach it has the
advantage it also has a decent weight
stock and all-around no glaring
weaknesses it's simply just not fast
enough on most courses compared to the
four vehicles I placed ahead of it
now on to the fan favorite magic cruiser
this is the extreme version of the
dolphin Dasher it has even more off-road
than the dolphin basher so it dominates
serpent land and shyguy Beach and you
can do a lot of off-road shortcuts
shroomless on other tracks about losing
really any time however I have it below
the dolphin Essure despite more off-road
because it's worse on the other 30
tracks this is because of slightly less
beef but also more importantly this
vehicle is as light as a feather and any
buffets from heavier vehicles sense this
thing flying off into B of this it's an
extremely fun vehicle to use and on
off-road oriented trucks it definitely
competes next up seats here where we
have one vehicle to showcase this
vehicle is a step below B tier but I
believe it's a solid notch above
everything placed in deep it is the most
fascinating vehicle in the entire game
because it has just as many time travel
world records as the Mach like like ten
world records but despite this online I
have it ranked below six other vehicles
and yes we're talking about the sphere
while the sphere is in a wheelie there
is nothing in this game that is faster
than it contracts with few turns this
thing breaks away it also has slightly
more weight than even the flame runner
but similar to the sneaker it has
a weakness and it happens to be the same
one the spears drift is just a Bismil
but this vehicle is one stat away from
being arguably the best vehicle in the
game and it's worth mentioning online
this thing can put up a fight with top
tiers just like the B tier vehicles but
you need a lot more skill to control it
and on some tracks like DK jungle
Parkway you'll feel a bit hopeless ok we
are on the D tier now and we're about to
see a shift in vehicle diversity at last
at number 8 we have the wildling
although it's close I have the wild wing
as the best Kart for online play and to
me it's fascinating how similar it stats
are to the flame runner it has high
values on the four categories which
matter most and straight up if this
thing was an inside three pipe it would
be STR but because karts don't have
wheelies or inside drift they can't take
as many shortcuts dodge items as easily
or take as tight of lines they also have
bulky hip boxes which is almost never a
good thing in Mario Kart the only
positives carts have in this game are an
orange marine turbo and the fact that
well you're never going to get really
bumped you're going to be the one doing
the bumping the mini beast is right
behind it for me and arguably better
than the wildly this is probably my
favorite name of any vehicle the mini
beast slightly less speed but slightly
more drifting meter mode the reason I
have it lower is because its weight is
significantly worse than the wobbling
and I think that's the main advantage
carts have if they get in front they can
be tricky to pass up because they're
always sliding left and right and their
weight can do some serious damage
alright and to round off the D tiers
here is the jet bubble our 8th inside
drifting bike on this list and 10th
overall the phrase jack of all trades
master of none is the perfect analogy
for this vehicle it's so brutally
average it's comical but hey it has
inside drift so it should be at least
CTA right well yeah it's actually only
average on 6 of the 7
it's weights that is still abysmal which
is why we have it ranked so far down the
list
Nintendo really screwed up the weights
that in this game making vehicles go
higher off of ramps and the collision is
just brutal when playing online I'm glad
they fixed it in the newer games made it
less punishing alright guys if you're
still here we are scrapping the bottom
of the barrel now as we move on to ETA
but Troy there's 36 vehicles in the game
and you've only listed 10 what's going
on well this game might be the most fun
game I've ever played but that doesn't
mean it's balanced
I have 2/3 of the vehicles in the game
in the FT air category but we'll get to
that in just a moment so starting off
each here we have the honey coupe I love
the look at this thing it reminds me of
the gold cart when paired as rosalina it
also has an extremely small hitbox for a
cart which is super helpful I believe
this is also arguable as the best cart
because it has it has an extreme weight
stat and it as a small hitbox and it
does have slightly less speed than the
wildling and mini beasts but I'm just
not great at using this thing personally
I'm interested to hear what cartmanez
think of this vehicle so leave a comment
and let me know what you guys think the
flame flyer is up next and the last cart
that's worth mentioning it has a decent
drift stat awesome speed wait and may
turbo but as the largest hitbox and
handling actually does matter for carts
and this thing can't turn to save its
life it's great for time trials but it
struggles online if you get ahead and
you know what you're doing it's not all
that bad I think it's the fourth best
part in the game but I'd have trouble
putting it any higher
rounding out each here we have the final
inside drifting by the legendary mean
vehicle the one and only
quacker this thing has more stat points
than any other vehicle
I'm not even kidding it has beastly
acceleration handling drift and me turbo
also the off-road is not too shabby
someone who's playing this game for the
first time may see this thing and think
to himself wow this thing is the cat's
pajamas
it is absolutely broken but wait it's
slow as molasses and as delicate as the
babies who drive it it has the lowest
weight stat in the game if this thing
gets in front it can't hold the lead and
when you're in the middle of the pack
you're getting bumped off on every turn
it does all right on tracks with walls
and a fair amount of offroad and it's
extremely easy to use so I believe it is
worthy of ET air and just barely viable
you can steal the occasional first place
with this two-wheeled mean machine and
last but not least ft air in this tier
resides the Forgotten 23 I'll be quite
honest I probably can't even name them
all which is pretty sad you just never
see them on the racetrack and if you do
it's because people are memeing or try
and challenge themselves I think it's
fun to have really bad vehicles in the
game but 23 out of 36 is a bit much
however I do want to give an honorable
mention to both the shooting star and
the bit bike if you guys saw my if all
vehicles had inside drift video a few
weeks ago you probably noticed how good
this thing was with inside drift easily
an ATR vehicle unfortunately it was
given outside drift making it awkward
and clunky despite it having good stats
the bit bike is also comparable to the
quacker and very forgiving but overall
outside drifting bikes are some of
tendo's worst ideas and I don't think
I'd still be playing this game if it was
the only vehicle option thankfully
inside drift is incredible and combined
with wheelies makes Mario Kart we've
feels so unique to every other game in
the series in the best kind of way in
fact inside Drake who is so great that
we may never see it again and that
awkward hybrid drift we got a Mario Kart
8 doesn't count so don't even start
alright guys that brings us to the end
of my mario kart wii tearless video
thank you so much for watching this took
me a while to make so I'd appreciate it
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and comment on your thoughts I'm curious
to see your guys
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videos planned in this sort of format so
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