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* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Several elements from ''Mario Kart 7''.
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* [[Base Breaker]]: Waluigi. His exclusion from Mario Kart 7 has really divided the fans over whether or not that was a good idea.
** Maka Wuhu was this for the online players due to the infamous cliff-falling glitch that puts the user of it ahead of others by several seconds. One portion considered it unfair for those who don't know about it or just want a simple race while the other portion said it's fair game for anyone since it's in there. Nintendo's response to the outcry by keeping said glitch did not help ease the fire, so to speak.
*** In a strange turn of events where [[Flip
* [[Best Level Ever]]: ''7'' introduces courses that forgo the usual roundabout design, instead using checkpoints rather than one finish line. Most people regard these as the best tracks in the game, especially {{spoiler|Rainbow Road.}}
* [[Breather Level]]: ''Mario Kart 64'''s Rainbow Road, unlike the tracks before it and its ''Super Mario Kart'' counterpart, is merely extremely long, and, unlike later incarnations, has rails on the entire track instead of just the curves.
* [[Butt Monkey]] \ [[Karma Houdini]]: Each race will probably have at least one of each.
* [[Character Tiers]]: In every single game, but most notably in the 3-D games. Mario Kart Wii had each character give invisible bonuses, with the more favourable quickly reaching [[Tier
* [[Complacent Gaming Syndrome]]: Almost a standard in the Wii version where most people will only use a bike and certain characters just for the sake of being slightly faster than others.
** May be a factor in why they were removed in 7.
** Speaking of 7... Hope you like racing against Metal Mario!
*** You can probably find Lakitu somewhere as well.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Plenty in every game, [[Super Mario Bros
* [[8.8]]: Gamespot (of "Mario Kart 64 is a 6.4" fame) is being bashed into the ground for handing out Mario Kart 7 an 8.0 when the general consensus is higher than an 8.5. Its especially notable here, considering Gamespot has recently [[Digging Yourself Deeper|bashed and have been bashed about a different]] [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Nintendo Killer App.]]
** [[Super Mario 3D Land|Two Nintendo Killer Apps actually.]]
** And then Jim Sterling gave ''7'' a 5 out of 10. The fans weren't happy.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: The infamous Spiny Shell is pretty much known to all its fans and haters alike as the Blue Shell.
** The most common name for the Spiny shell in Sweden is ''Ledarskalet'' translating into "the Leader shell", [[Exactly What It Says
** The Thunder Cloud from ''Mario Kart Wii'' is also known as the "Herpes Cloud". [[Don't Explain the Joke|Because you give it to other players by contact.]]
* [[Fan Service]]: The Mario princesses in leather racing jumpsuits? Yes, please!
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*** "Wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee...BAM!"
*** "CRACKOOM!!, bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz..."
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140712165439/http://www.mariowiki.com/images/3/36/Mkdd_double_item_box.jpg the Double Item Box.] Polyphony at its finest.
* [[Rage Quit]]: Commonplace once the series went online.
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: [[Super Mario Galaxy
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]
** No single-player vs. mode in 7? [[Sarcasm Mode|Nintendo clearly did this to spite their fanbase out of cold blood.]]
*** However, game modes such as "Quick Run" from ''Super Circuit'' as well as, well, the single-player vs. modes from ''DS'' and ''Wii'' '''were''' considered welcome additions, if only for the sake of being free to choose a single track to race in. Removing it in ''Double Dash'' was already a dumb move for a home console game, but removing it in a ''handheld'' title such as ''Mario Kart 7'' is arguably even worse considering the pick-up-and-play philosophy embraced by most handheld games.
** And now that [http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=167183 Hideki Konno admits Retro Studios' involvement in Mario Kart 7's development was primarily to design and model courses to speed up to get the game released before the end of the year] fans are declaring "[[Christmas Rushed]]".
*** Although in the officially translated Iwata Asks interview Retro's involvement is described less as last-minute desperation and more like something that was planned far in advance. Most of EAD was busy with [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]], leaving the Mario Kart team very short on talent. The Mario Kart team decided to recruit [[Retro Studios]] since they're full of [[Promoted Fanboy|long-time Mario Kart fans]] in addition to their close relationship with Nintendo and their [[Visual Effects of Awesome|graphical prowess]] in the [[Metroid Prime]] series and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns]], the latter of which they would finish right as EAD needed them.
** Waluigi not being in ''7'' may be worse than [[Mega Man (
* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]:
** The Spiny Shell, if the examples floating around didn't make it clear enough.
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** Mushroom Gorge in the Wii version. At least 1/4th of the track is over an abyss with only bouncy mushrooms to launch yourself across to another mushroom until you hit the other side. Hitting the mushrooms at a wrong angle will most likely throw you into the pit. Using a Bullet Bill while over the mushroom pit can also be disastrous if the power up runs out over the pit instead of a mushroom. Even simply going too fast with a mushroom item or a star can throw you into the abyss. To make matters worse, you also have to hope people don't use a red shell, spiny shell, or a thunderbolt on you as you cross the gap.
** Maka Wuhu in ''7'', due to the infamous glitch.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Rosalina, Daisy, Funky Kong and the four babies in Mario Kart Wii. The former 3 for [[Tier
** The biggest scrappy award goes to Baby Daisy, considering they made her up just to be one of the babies.
** Mario Kart 7 has two major offenders: Honey Queen, an ''extremely'' minor Galaxy character that [[The Unexpected|nobody saw coming]], and Metal Mario, a [[Base Breaker]] with half the fandom welcoming him to the roster for his unique appearance/voice and the other half detesting him for being just a silver Mario. Both were made [[It Got Worse|significantly more egregious]] by the fact that [[Ensemble Darkhorse|fan-favorite]] Waluigi is completely absent from the game. Wiggler, Shy Guy and Lakitu may also count as minor versions, but the latter two have also invoked [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]].
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