When comparing Super Mario Maker vs Mario Kart 8, the Slant community recommends Mario Kart 8 for most people. In the question“What are the best Wii U first party games?” Mario Kart 8 is ranked 2nd while Super Mario Maker is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Mario Kart 8 is:
The game has multiple game modes, various vehicles, bunch of usable items, an array of tracks, lots of customization options and fun gameplay mechanics, including anti-gravity, gliding and underwater driving among many other features to keep the game fun.
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Pros
Pro Swath of Mario themes from througout the years
From the original Super Mario Bros. to the new New Super Mario Bros the graphics contained in those games is available to use to create any type of level you want.
Pro Use Mario licensed graphics to create your own levels to play in
Mario Maker is about the user creating their own levels of Super Mario through the use of design tools and assets that can be found in a wide array of Super Mario games. This means one can mimic or expand upon ideas found in pretty much any Mario game that exists.
Pro Fun, varied gameplay
The game has multiple game modes, various vehicles, bunch of usable items, an array of tracks, lots of customization options and fun gameplay mechanics, including anti-gravity, gliding and underwater driving among many other features to keep the game fun.
Pro Up to 4 player split-screen
You can play all game modes locally with up to 4 players.
Pro Multiple game modes
There are 4 game modes in Mario Kart 8. There's Grand Prix, the main game mode where you compete in 12-player races using various items found in the level, Time Trial, where you fight against the clock, VS Race, where you can set up your own rules, and Battle, a variant on a typical race with 3 balloons added to each player, allowing you to pop your opponents balloons for points.
Pro Quick games
Races don't take too long (a typical race takes about 5 minutes) so you can play on your lunch break.
Pro Helps new players
While this makes it a worse competitive game, it makes it more accessible in the office for everyone to be able to play. A game where a few players can just dominate everyone else won't be fun for everyone, and will discourage people from playing in the first place.
Pro Supports up to 12 players online
In online mode you can compete with up to 11 other players.
Pro Glorious 60fps gameplay
The game runs at stable 60 fps with the exception of 4-player split screen, where the framerate is halved.
Cons
Con Online discovery can be difficult
One can spend hours making a level, to then upload it only to see almost no one play it. The reverse of that is also an issue as browsing for levels is not that intuitive, which makes finding good user made levels to download and play difficult.
Con Levels can be randomly deleted
nintendo has stated that any level that is uploaded online may face deletion if found to be "unpopular" after an amount of time. How much time this is or what specifically "unpopular" means has never been defined by Nintendo, leaving users to see their content deleted at random.