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Hello everybody. Today I'm going to be making my first top 10 based video. So, as you can probably see by the what's on the computer screen right now, which by the way this isn't my computer by the way that's why I'm not using a capture card. Just so any of you who are wondering why I'm not just recording this directly on the computer but I'm instead using a phone like recorder thing to do it. Well now you know. So today for this video I'm going to be taking you guys on a tour to the what I think are the top five best and the top five best and Worst Mario Kart items Okay, so I guess let's just get started then.
Hold on, just a second. Number 5. The fake item box. Oh, no, I meant number 5 worst. Number 5 worst, the fake item box. So, the fake item box is an item that first appeared in Mario Kart 64. And when it goes on to existing up until its final appearance in Mario Kart Wii. Where... Where by then, well, I guess Nintendo decided that they were that it was kind of a useless item and They just decided to stop using it. No, do I blame them for thinking this? Well, no, because it was a pretty useless item. I mean firstly It was way too easy in games even Firstly it was way too easy to tell apart from other item boxes. Like the one in Mario Kart 64 had an upside-down question mark, as opposed to the regular item boxes which have... A right set up question mark. The ones in Mario Kart... Don't hold that... Shhh! And we are both colored vastly differently from regular fake item boxes and again the upside-down question marks the only one that really looked like an item box was the one for Marker DS. However, it was also kind of useless because, well, one, it didn't move. And two, half the time whenever it was placed down, it would be placed down in a spot that was out of place. Therefore, making it obvious. And placing it in a spot that's with other item boxes or in sudden another item box is, well, a complicated thing to do. At least in my opinion it is. It might not be complicated for everyone but for me. And but now the main reason why this item is on the list is because well... Muscle? Much like the banana peel, red shell, green shell, and those other items like that, you can hold it behind you. However, unlike those other items, if you hold it behind you, well, unlike the other items which protect you from incoming items, except for, you know, the blue shell. But that makes sense because that one's flying. This item for whatever reason, if you get hit with anything and you're holding it behind you, you don't get protected. No, you just get hit, which in my opinion is dumb. If you're going to be holding it behind you, then you should be able to defend yourself with it. It should be an offense and defense item. But it fails in both. Fails more in the defense category than it does offense though.
So anyways... That's the fifth worst item, but now for the fifth best item. For the fifth best item we have the super horn Now you guys probably heard me talking about Actually, hold on just a second. Is there any way for me to get rid of this ad? I guess not. So anyways... The Super Horn. Now, you guys probably heard me mention the Blue Shell earlier. Now, as far as I'm concerned, a lot of People tend to dislike the blue shell, because it, you know, it punishes you for being in first place. And a lot of people have been wanting a solution for this problem. Now, of course, we do have the mushrooms. You can't avoid it with that. But... Why use a mushroom when you could use the Super Horn? And the great thing about this item is that it's not only for blue shells. You can use it on any incoming item you want, whether a green shell, a red shell, and even use it to attack other razors. It only appeared in Mario Kart 8. As you can see, since there's nothing up here to show the other... What it looked like in other appearances. So, yeah, that's all I have to say about this item.
Number 4 worst the power block Okay, oh boy Now me and this me and this I don't personally have a bit of a history. The history being that for a while I kind of considered this item to be the worst item ever in Mario Kart. However, not a thing about it. It's not really that bad. It's just, well, it could be better. Because firstly, one thing that makes it a terrible item is that it's a bit easy to dodge. All you have to do to dodge it is... Well, just whatever the... It does its shockwave or whatever. Just shake the Wii remote and then... Or hit the D-pad if you're using a GameCube controller or something like that and you know just then you'll avoid it you'll... Yeah, however even if you do a... One thing that really makes it bad is that even if you avoid it, you don't get to keep your item. Which stinks because like, imagine if you had a really good item with you.
Like a bullet bill or a lightning bolt or something like that. And then suddenly this thing pops up and then this thing pops up and then... Well, you can forget about using that good item you had.
Although, I guess this isn't really that bad of a thing, because hey, at least all the other racers don't get to keep their items either right but yeah anyways number 4 best so for the number 4 best item we have a tie That's why there isn't that's why I'm specifically on the category page instead of the Emma actual items page and this tie is between the crazy eight and the lucky seven although consider Although considering that the creep of the lucky seven came first. I think I'll start with that one. So, lucky seven. Okay, there's going to be no and showing up I was wrong you know it so anyways the lucky seven. Lucky seven and the crazy eight are both items which... Have which have similar abilities. No, I'm just going to... Those abilities being that when you get them, you get multiple items in one. Oh my... You get multiple items in one. Like for example with the um uh lucky 7 you might get items such as well a green shell, a red shell, a banana peel, a mushroom, of Blooper, a Star, and a Babam. Now this personally in my opinion is great because of the fact that it gives you 7 opportunities for items.
Now are all the items good? Well not really. In fact, one of them is even on this list, but the other ones are great. Now if you want to become a master player in my card, then what I would suggest is when you get this item, instead of using all the items at once, which is something that I would do, maybe instead what you could do is time your usage of each item. The crazy eight. Which adds... I guess it's... Which has pretty much all the same items as the Lucky Seven, except it also has, well, I mean, another item that's on this list.
So, yeah. Anyways, Moving on, number 3, worst. Excuse me. The blooper. So, remember how I said that the AMOF fake item box was a useless item? Yeah, well that item is nothing compared to what I am going to I'm going to be talking about next. The blooper. The blooper, one of the few items, is one of the few items in my card to be based off of a species. In this case, the blooper, which I think I've said too much. It first appeared in Mario Kart DS and has been appearing and becoming even more uselesser. The more it's appeared. The more it's appeared. So basically, well, what it does is when you activate it, it swims up and then hits players with ink. And if it hits you then well it'll splotch your screen up making it well harder to see what's coming towards you. However, the only way that it could be, however, it doesn't make it impossible to see. In fact, the only way you could ever make it impossible to see what's coming in front of you would be if you had never played a Mario Kart game in your entire life and just, well, didn't know the courses. However, if you're someone who played Mario Kart a lot then even if you have the even in games where you don't have a bottom screen to look at a map, you're then you're going to know just where everything is in the racetrack automatically even if you were to be blindfolded. In fact, that would actually make for an interesting challenge. Is it possible to be my car while blindfolded? I'm not going to be doing that guy, but if you guys want to do that then go ahead Anyways Now is there a way, I think they could make this item better. Well, yes Simply what they could simply do is make it to where it says bring ink on the screen, it's bringing ink on the actual race track. The way it actually, you know, does slow down the other racers. It would also probably slow you down but no You might be wondering why didn't I say anything to improve those other items? Well, okay, the big end box makes it be able to defend the player and make it harder to tell it from other iron boxes to end to for the power block other iron boxes. Tend to... For the Pal block, make it a throwable item.
That's all I can think of with that one, I guess. But anyways, number 3 best. For the number 3 best item we have, the Starman. Or the Superstar. Or a star. This item is a rare item. It has appeared in pretty much every Mario Kart game so far. And, well, basically, when you get it, it gives you a small speed boost, but also makes you invincible for a short-limited amount of time. And while you're using it, you even get to hear the classic super star song for a little bit you know that that song Now there's a lot that you could do to improve this item. It's already great. However, one thing I think that they could do to improve it is, well, for the next Mario Kart game, if they make another Mario Kart game, maybe change the song of the place a little bit like maybe base it off of the song you hear when using the wing cap in Mario Kart and not Mario Kart, Super Mario 64 you know add the you know add the Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da that part.
Yeah. Anyways so moving on we reach number two worst. With the number two worst this one is this one may surprise you all. But as you can see, the Thunder Cloud is not number 1. I know, shocking right. A lot of people actually probably hit this item more than the blue shell, probably. But now, about this item. The Thunder Cloud, also known as the Lightning Cloud, or TC, and originally known as Thunder Cloud with no space apparently, is an item which, well, originally, I thought it first appeared in Mario Kart Wii. However, it first appeared in the Mario Kart arcade games, Which the reason I haven't been referencing those is because I haven't played them but whatever that's not important. So how it works is when you get it, unlike most other items where they have to be activated by you, when you give this item, it activates itself. And it's one of the few items in the game that actually doesn't really act as an ally, but more as an enemy. As well, it gives you a speed boost. However, after 10 seconds, if you don't get rid of this item quick, then... Well... All the places that... Well... The place you're in... You better hope that that's not a very high spot because if you're in a high place, like say third place I guess, or fourth place, then well, you're going to lose all of that. And like, and especially like imagine if you got this item in say a place like, oh no, like a lap like Third and you're like almost to the Finish line and then you get hit by it well then just you're just going to want to have to start over.
Well, that's all I have to say about this item. So anyways, number 2 best. So anyways, number 2 best. And then this number two best one will get on to the honorable mentions. To the honorable mentions. For the number two best item, as you can see, it's the bullet bill. And really speaking, what else could it be? Now, I get it, this isn't... Okay, so many people might consider this to be the best item, but just me when you see what really is the best item. Yeah. So basically, how this item works is, it briefly transforms the player into a bullet bill, which I'm not really sure how that Works like how does that how exactly does it feel for the characters when they get transformed into a? Bullet bill anyway, so and it gives the... Unlike most other items, like the Megan Mushroom, the Super Star and other items like that, which give you only a small speed boost, this item gives you the greatest speed boost out of any item ever. Use it, and it just zooms you. And I mean just zooms you to maybe not first, but close to first.
And one thing that Max... And now there's another item from... MyRotaro double dash is actually similar to this item, the Chain Jump, the item that can only be used by the baby brothers. Now, this item is actually superior because, well, it's more controlled and you can tell when it's going to run out because, well, basically you'll out because well basically you'll hear it. It will go from something like it slows down. Which is a good thing because saying it's about to go off when you're about to go off a ledge well then, you'll know it's about to go off that way Then you'll be able to turn around. And then you won't fall. The other first appeared in Marker DS and has appeared in Marker game since then. In each game the possibility has buried, of getting it, from sixth place to eighth place to all the way up to places like, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth place apparently.
What, what is this? 99999th place apparently. What is this? Oh, that's distant units. Not places. Okay. I Not places. Okay. I was confused there for a second. Now the bull. And so that's the bullet bill for you. A fast item with a great speed advantage. Now for the honorable mentions for best and worst. For the worst items in the honorable mentions category these are the green shell which is bad because well it doesn't lock on to other players when you throw it. However, it's still... However, that's not to say that it's that bad. Because I mean, well, if you're already going to hit it with a green shell, well at least it feels more rewarding than getting a hit with a red shell which is much easier. But then the banana peel, which, I mean, where else would you put that?
Then the super leaf. Another, another useless defense item and finally the boo half the time you don't even get an item from this item but anyways and now for the honorable mentions for number one... For best items. First, the blue shell. I get it, this is not really a beloved item by a lot of people, but still, it does add some balance to the game.
And now, if that sentence sounds familiar, then that's probably because that's a point that another YouTuber used for when he made a top 10 list about top 10 best and worst Mario Kart items. Now I'm not going to say who this youtuber is because well I don't know if that'd be a good idea but... Yeah. Are there any ways? Oh, and also the fire flower, red shell, obviously it's better than the green shell, and boo for some reason.
So, I guess boo is honorable mention for worst and best I guess anyways so number now for number one worst Number one, worst. So, we've talked about a lot of useless items in this video before. We've talked about the fake kind of box, which is useless in defense. Then we've talked about the fake, no the fake, the blooper which is useless in categories like, well, off and send defense. But now we have an item which is useless not only in those categories, but also in idea. Not just useless, but pointless. The coin, as you can see right here the coin This item first appeared in my card and Super Mario Kart and was removed from every other Mario Kart game until Mario Kart 7, where it was on the racetrack. And then in Mario Kart 8, where it became an item. Which I don't think re-became is a word but whatever. Now... Now I'm not going to say who this youtuber is because well I don't know if that would be a good idea but... Yeah. Is this in one of the ways? Yeah, there's so many ways. Oh, and also the fire flower, red shell, obviously it's better than the green shell and Boo for some reason So I guess boo is honorable mention for worst and best like I guess anyways, so number now for number one worst. So, we've talked about a lot of useless items in this video before. We've talked about the fake item box, which is useless in defense. Then we've talked about the fake blooper, which is useless in categories like well often sent defense but now we have an item which is useless not only in those categories but also in idea not just useless but pointless. The coin, as you can see right here. The coin. This item first appeared in Super Mario Kart. It was removed from every other Mario Kart game until Mario Kart 7, where it was on the race tracks. And then in Mario Kart 8, where it became... Well, it re-became an item. On the racetrack and then we'll create where it became an item. Which I don't think re-became is a word but whatever. Now firstly let me go through all the good things about this item and that's only one thing. One, it gives you a small speed boost if when you have a plenty of them and two it lets you unlock stuff. However, those are the only good things about this item. The bad things about this item, or bad things, because there might not only be one bad thing is well even if there is only one bad thing about this item it greatly outweighs the the good things because of how dumb it is as you may have noticed in Mario Kart 8 it is an item that you can get in an item box. Right? Well, that wouldn't be such a problem if it didn't already exist on the racetrack. Yeah, if you need to coin people, then just look on the racetrack, then you'll see plenty of coins. And the other thing that makes this item really bad besides the fact that it's pointless to be even put in an item box is, well, the place you get it in. In Mario Kart... In games in Mario Kart, like especially in Mario Kart 8... You're most commonly likely to get it in places like, especially in Mario Kart 8, like first place. That's right. Getting a coin in first place. The place where it's useless because well you don't need a speed boost, I need extra speed boost when you're already in first place no what you need when you're in first place are items like banana peels, red shells, green shells, boomboxes, other things like that they actually help defend you from the other items. This item doesn't help you defend yourself. No, it just gives you some extra points and helps you unlock stuff. Extra points and that helps you unlock stuff But I mean like how but I mean like Basically, I don't think I have to say more about this item.
You guys all know why it's a terrible item. You guys all know why it's the worst item ever. So, guess it's enough of that. Now, for the number 1 best item. The number one best item. So, you people probably saw this coming, something you probably didn't.
The Thunderbolt, also known as either the Storm shock or the lightning bolt. Now this item first appeared in Mario Kart 64 and we go on to appear until the latest game of Mario... Of my Cart tour. However, if you don't consider Mario Kart Tour to be canonical, then that would mean that it's the latest appearance would be in Mario Kart 8. Now what makes this item great and also bad for people who might dislike it as well? Most other items, besides the power block, can only hit a certain number of players. Like say 2 or 3. However, the lightning is one of the few items that can actually hit every and ruin the days of every other player on the racetrack, you know, besides the person who's using it. It shrinks them down, slows them down, makes them an easier target, and say they're going over a left going over a pit well then unless it's in a game like Mario Kart 8 where Lakitu is as responsive as ever, then well, the player that it's used on, that includes you, will get destroyed. I know that destroyed isn't really the slang words that people are using these days, but I'm too old to be using slang words, so you're not going to hear me using those anytime soon or you might be I don't know the places you can get the item in are like well like guess we'll never know because it doesn't appear to be saying what place it is. But it's very rare. Very rare. I had to say that again because it kind of sounded like I said very rare and not very rare.
Excuse me. Now, anyways, that's the best item in my cart, that's all you have to say about it. So that's my list. So anyways, thank you guys for watching this video.
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