My 2nd Mario Kart 8 get-together was held today at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Cup #1
Josh, Jose, and Tom41 joined for the first cup of the day. That’s a much smaller turnout than I was expecting, especially when you consider Mario Kart 8 is still a fairly recent release. (Most of my Mario Kart Wii races had bigger turnouts even when the game was 4+ years old). But a few races in, DaBraxMan also joined in, giving us five racers. But Tom either left or disconnected prior to the final race, so the final standings for the first cup were:
- Jose – 15 pts.
- Josh – 14 pts.
- Jeff – 11 pts.
- DaBraxMan – 5 pts.
Cup #2
Even though I played some random worldwide races last night and did pretty well, I wasn’t doing as good in the friend races today. I think the people on my roster must be pretty good. Tom rejoined for the second cup; here are the results:
- Jose – 20 pts.
- Josh – 18 pts.
- DaBraxMan – 11 pts.
- Jeff – 10 pts.
- Tom41 – 5 pts.
Cup #3
On the first race of the third cup, I accidentally picked GCN Dry Dry Desert when I meant to pick SNES Donut Plains 3. And of course, my accidental choice ended up winning the random selection. Josh and I were both playing as Waluigi; early in the race we bumped into each other and then both veered a bit off-course at the same place.
- Josh – 18 pts.
- DaBraxMan – 17 pts.
- Jose – 13 pts.
- Jeff – 11 pts.
- Tom41 – 5 pts.
Cup #4
In the fourth cup, I had a few races where I was doing very well to start out, only to mess up badly towards the end of each race. I finished dead last in this cup. By the way, Tom41 has uploaded a video of the MKTV highlights of the N64 Yoshi Valley race from this cup. You can view it here.
- Josh – 21 pts.
- DaBraxMan – 11 pts.
- Tom41 – 11 pts.
- Jose – 7 pts.
- Jeff – 6 pts.
Cup #5
Before the fifth cup, Tom left. We only had four racers as I won my first (and only) race of the day, 3DS Music Park.
Jose left (or disconnected) after that race, but returned for the final race of the cup. Also, mlninten97 joined in, so we had five racers once again. I finished 4th in the final race, but third in the overall standings for the cup. Of course that’s only because Jose and mlninten97 only got credit for one race.
- Josh – 15 pts.
- DaBraxMan – 14 pts.
- Jeff – 10 pts.
- mlninten97 – 3 pts.
- Jose – 1 pt.
Cup #6
As for the sixth and final cup, here is a video of the whole thing. At the end of the video, there’s also a MKTV highlight reel of Toad Harbor, a race from the fourth cup.
Here are the results:
- DaBraxMan – 20 pts.
- Josh – 16 pts.
- Jeff – 12 pts.
- Jose – 11 pts.
- mlninten97 – 5 pts.
I had fun at the races, although I still need more practice if I’m going to be able to compete with these guys. As for the one-player grand prix mode, I have all of the gold medals except the last one in mirror mode (I hope to beat that soon). After that, I want to go back and earn three-star ratings on all of the cups.
Thanks for reading!