Every Mario Kart Wii Course Ranked 

James releasing 2 ranking videos in a row is truly a Christmas Miracle

“Coconut Mall is humanity’s greatest achievement to date.” -Schaffrillas, late 2022

Coconut mall was just incredible to me as a kid. Going up the sides of the escalators, taking a detour through all the shops, the fountain, the cars that would have your Mii’s driving them. Absolutely a top tier course

Back after Wave 4 released, and there is now not only a new Yoshi-themed course, but it's one of the best courses in the game.

I'm glad that the courses music from Mario Kart Wii got the love and recognition it deserves. I'd say my personal favorite is DK Summit. The swing with the melody and the laid-out notes after so feels satisfying. It's catchy and makes you almost bounce as the notes do. Everything about it just screams nostalgia to me.

Schaff's irritated ranting seamlessly transitioning into "Ohh, banana" was excellently done

Mario Kart Wii despite all of its flaws is probably the most enjoyable and iconic game out of the entire frachise due to just how memorable and top tier a vast majority these tracks and their music are. Seriously, strong selection of OG courses and Retro Tracks, and all further mario kart games hugely benefit their retro cups from having so many Wii tracks

To those wondering, he has now put donut planes 3 over donut planes 2

I honestly find grumble volcano extremely underrated, its probably my favourite course in the game. So even just seeing it in B tier makes me very happy

This man went from talking about movies to talking about mario kart. His empire is expanding.

The fact that James is so passionate about EVERYTHING is part of what makes this channel so wonderful!

The Yoshi curse has been lifted

Maple Treeway has always been the GOAT to me - the autumn theming, the colours, the Wigglers, the half pipes, the cannon, it just feels like such a fun adventure! As a kid it struck that perfect balance between having a good level of difficulty with the turns but not being too difficult. What an absolute bop (also shoutout to Toad's Factory bring it back please nintendo thank you)

I've always loved Maple Treeway. Good length and complexity. Good challenges in the form of the twisting start, the huge caterpillars after winding up the branch, and the final net bridge can catch you off guard if you're not paying attention. And the design is so indicative of a crisp autumn day. It's such a treat, visually speaking.

Excellent video as always

23:03 this aged surprisingly better than I think anyone expected

Mario Kart DS and Wii were a huge part of my childhood. I’m excited to see what you thought! Edit: Coconut Mall ranking as high as it did gives me SO much joy! It was my all-time favorite track to run as a kid.

When a shopping mall ranks higher than jungles, castles and even a glowing galactic highway, you know that mall was very well designed

The theme for toads factory is banger, hope that course returns

29:55 "see-through" aquarium.. as opposed to an opaque aquarium? "there are fish on the other side of this wall, trust me"

The little sound clips at every number before the track reveal gives this list so much more flavour

Shouts outs to TWD98 and the CTGP community for still keeping this game's community alive and thriving!

The jailed Thwomp always confused me too. Given that Bowser’s a villain, maybe that Thwomp tried to turn good and Bowser locked him up for turning traitor?

grumble volcano is such an amazing underrated course. "I will personally fight each and every grumble volcano hater to defent it's glory" I felt that.

i’m so glad schaff knows mario kart wii is the superior mario kart game

I don't know why but I got so excited when maple treeway was number 2. Everything from the music to the aesthetic to the course design just gives me this warm fuzzy feeling and I can't get enough of it. Loved this video

Schaff: Moonview highway is probably not gonna come back Wave 5: Are you sure about that?

As someone who LOVES simple snowy environments, DK Summit and any other snow themed track really are my favourites. They're so good.

Playing Maple Treeway for the first time via the 8 Deluxe DLC was magical, I see why it was such a fan favorite

Really solid list, honestly. The fact that all five of your “S Tiers” might be in the Booster Course Pass is actually pretty cool.

Videos like this are the perfect reminder that Schaffrillas is the ultimate relatable Gen Z nerd. It’s why he’s one of my absolute favorite RU-vidrs!

For me, I think DK Summit is a perfect Mario Kart course, such a simple concept that was executed perfectly with it being almost entirely downhill and all the snow obstacles you have to get around, and the skips over the gaps and the massive half pipe at the end are truly iconic, definitely deserves to come back in 8D My only question is why is it named after DK when the course’s most iconic landmark is a giant statue of Mario

Mario Kart Wii was my first Mario Kart and I played it right up until they took the Worldwide Vs. servers down in 2014. I was regularly the only American in queue, and toward the end often it was just me, playing as Baby Daisy, and 11 Funky Kongs from South Korea. Getting to hear someone else talk about this game with so much passion was fantastic. An excellent and well-argued ranking, A++, and now I'm itching to play Maple Treeway again!

Schaff continues to impress me on how interesting he can make these random topics

Daisy Circuit is absolutely beautiful coming from a Daisy hater. The use of beautiful orange sunset lighting to parallel her orange dress is so coincidentally beautiful.

1:46 GBA Shy Guy Beach 2:28 DS Yoshi Falls 4:00 N64 Sherbet Land 4:28 Luigi Circuit 5:19 SNES Mario Circuit 3 6:33 N64 Mario Raceway 6:58 Mario Circuit 7:45 SNES Ghost Valley 2 8:09 Moo Moo Meadows 8:42 DS Desert Hills 9:36 GBA Bowser Castle 3 10:11 Dry Dry Ruins 10:53 GCN Peach Beach 11:46 N64 DK’s Jungle Parkway 12:42 GCN Mario Circuit 13:32 Grumble Volcano 14:22 Battle Mode Segment 17:07 Squarespace 18:24 DS Peach Gardens 18:58 Daisy Circuit 19:43 N64 Bowsers Castle 20:32 DS Delfino Square 21:03 Wario’s Gold Mine 21:47 Bowsers Castle 22:27 GCN Waluigi Stadium 23:01 Moonview Highway 23:59 Mushroom Gorge 25:07 GCN DK Mountain 26:16 Toads Factory 27:12 DK Summit 28:01 Rainbow Road 29:11 Koopa Kape 30:17 Maple Treeway *31:33** YOU JUST GOT COCONUT MALLED!!!!!!!*

The "SHOWTIME" billboard from Bowser's Castle Wii may be a reference to how Bowser says "Showtimeeeee" before every battle in Bowser's Inside Story. (His battle theme in that game is named Showtime too)

Coconut Mall was my absolute favourite as a child, to the point where me and my sister would roleplay shopping on the track XD It's still my favourite to this day, the visuals, the inspired idea, the Miis, the elements such as the cars and escalators, they're all tied together with the hectic music, it's chaotic fun to the max. Rainbow Road (the DEFINITIVE Rainbow Road), Maple Treeway, Koopa Cape (I'm in love with the music that plays when you're underwater) and Moonview Highway are the runners up for me.

Mushroom Gorge has always been and will always be my favorite course of all time. The environment and difficulty changes throughout the course to keep it interesting and the music is friggin perfection. Also, being a 4-8 year old with little to no motor skills, I always felt so accomplished when I finished the mushroom portion without lakitu pulling me out of the gorge at least 10 times. (Honestly I feel like lakitu would get called out to a job, notice my baby peach main, and be like "not that friggin kid who drives into walls") Anyways.. Mushroom Gorge will always hold a special place in my heart.

My favourite detail about Wii Bowsers Castle is its theme. It is Maple Treeway (which is awesome already), but in darker and slower, I love it! This has so many dark implications, which I never expected Mario Kart to do

Can we appreciate how much dedication Scaff has on his videos

Damn I kinda wanna see Schraff do a ranking of every mainline Mario game.

What most people don’t know about why certain tracks are put in certain cups is that it’s based on which cups they came from in their debut games. For example, if a track came from Star Cup or Special Cup, most times it would end up being in the Leaf Cup or Lightning Cup. That’s not always the case however, seeing that SNES Mario Circuit 3 was from its debut game’s Flower Cup.

I'd love to see you do 7 next. Such a brilliant, brilliant selection of returning courses that somehow (criminally) did not make it into wii, as well as brand-new favourites. Good luck making a definitive number one when you have Music Park, Wario Shipyard, Pirahna Plant Slide, Maka Wuhu, Waluigi Pinball, Rainbow Road, and Airship Fortress to contend with!

Toad's Factory has always held a special place in my heart. From the exciting, varied, and fun course, to what I consider to be the best song in all of mario kart. Edit: Also, I couldn't disagree more on the N64 Bowser's Castle track. I played it with my sister the other day, and both of us had completely forgotten about it, probably due to being very boring in our opinions.

29:06 I'm from the future, and I can happily say that this line aged like fine wine.

I just realized that Coconut mall probably takes place in Florida. You got all the palm trees, sunny skies, horrible drivers, it has everything.

To give Shy Guy Beach _some_ credit, you can actually reduce your airtime drastically by hopping into the ramp instead of jump going off of it normally. Airtime in this game slows you down, so it's very beneficial if you can land a good ramp hop.

Schaff coming with the absolute HEAT this Christmas

27:59 Can confirm, it didn't age like milk

So glad he did a mini ranking of battle mode maps. Funky stadium was my childhood from 6-10

Here's your timestamps folks! 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - #32: GBA Shy Guy Beach 2:28 - #31: DS Yoshi Falls 4:00 - #30: N64 Sherbet Land 4:28 - #29: Luigi Circuit 5:18 - #28: SNES Mario Circuit 3 6:33 - #27: N64 Mario Raceway 6:58 - #26: Mario Circuit 7:45 - #25: SNES Ghost Valley 2 8:09 - #24: Moo Moo Meadows 8:42 - #23: DS Desert Hills 9:35 - #22: GBA Bowser Castle 3 10:10 - #21: Dry Dry Ruins 10:53 - #20: GCN Peach Beach 11:46 - #19: N64 DK's Jungle Parkway 12:42 - #18: GCN Mario Circuit 13:32 - #17: Grumble Volcano 14:09 - Intermission Time! 14:24 - Battle Mode Discussion & Course Ranking 17:08 - Squarespace Ad 18:24 - #16: DS Peach Gardens 18:57 - #15: Daisy Circuit 19:43 - #14: N64 Boswer's Castle 20:32 - #13: DS Delfino SQUARE 21:03 - #12: Wario's Gold Mine 21:47 - #11: Bowser's Castle 22:27 - #10: GCN Waluigi Stadium 23:01 - #9: Moonview Highway 23:59 - #8: Mushroom Gorge 25:07 - #7: GCN DK Mountain 26:16 - #6: Toad's Factory 27:12 - #5: DK Summit 28:01 - #4: Rainbow Road 29:11 - #3: Koopa Cape 30:17 - #2: Maple Treeway 31:33 - *#1: COCONUT MALL* 33:04 - Outro Enjoy! ;)

The half pipe trick stuff is why Wii is my favorite. No other game after has captured that thrill for me sadly.

Get well soon Schaff.

As someone who played funky kong/jetsetter, coconut mall was a nightmare, i still have nightmares of getting hit with stuff as the escalators change directions, because you physically couldn’t make it up the stairs afterwards. You had to turn around, go back down and then up the other side.

I had a feeling Coconut Mall would be #1, and honestly, why wouldn't it be? Driving through a shopping mall is such an insane concept for an already insane game series, and it did Not disappoint. Everything about it from the mall's layout, mii drivers, and ESPECIALLY the Music is all Top Tier Game Design. 🏆

23:11 I'm from the future, I have news for you

D Teir: 32. GBA Shy Guy Beach 1:46 31. DS Yoshi Falls 2:27 C Teir: 3:50 30. N64 Sherbet Land 4:00 29. Luigi Circuit 4:27 28. SNES Mario Circuit 3 5:18 27. N64 Mario Raceway 6:33 26. Mario Circuit 6:57 25. SNES Ghost Valley 2 7:45 24. Moo Moo Meadows 8:08 23. DS Desert Hills 8:42 B Teir: 9:29 22. GBA Bowser Castle 3 9:35 21. Dry Dry Ruins 10:10 20. GCN Peach Beach 10:52 19. N64 DK's Jungle Parkway 11:46 18. GCN Mario Circuit 12:42 17. Grumble Volcano 13:32 A Teir: 14:09 16. DS Peach Gardens 18:23 15. Daisy Circuit 18:57 14. N64 Bowser's Castle 19:42 13. DS Delfino Square 20:32 12. Wario's Gold Mine 21:03 11. Bowser's Castle 21:47 10. GCN Waluigi Stadium 22:26 9. Moonview Highway 23:00 8. Mushroom Gorge 23:59 7. GCN DK Mountain 25:07 6. Toad's Factory 26:16 S Teir: 27:02 5. DK Summit 27:12 4. Rainbow Road 28:01 3. Koopa Kape 29:11 2. Maple Treeway 30:17 1. Coconut Mall 31:32 Top 10 Stages: 10. GCN Waluigi Stadium 22:26 9. Moonview Highway 23:00 8. Mushroom Gorge 23:59 7. GCN DK Mountain 25:07 6. Toad's Factory 26:16 5. DK Summit 27:12 4. Rainbow Road 28:01 3. Koopa Kape 29:11 2. Maple Treeway 30:17 1. Coconut Mall 31:32 All Battle Courses Ranked: 14:22 10. GBA Battle Course 3 14:34 9. GCN Cookie Land 14:47 8. SNES Battle Course 14:55 7. Chain Chomp Roulette 15:05 6. N64 Skyscraper 15:12 5. Thwomp Desert 15:24 4. DS Twilight House 13:31 3. Block Plaza 15:43 2. Delfino Pier 15:53 1. Funky Stadium 16:11

30:38 Oh my God, Night in the Woods. Didn't think I'd ever see this banger of a game in a Schaffrillas video. Also you're right : fall is definitely the best season.

I love how detailed he can go into all these things. Not just this video, but every analysis video

I grew up with Mario Kart DS, and I will always vibe to Waluigi Pinball. It’s colorful, the pinball dynamic is dodgy but fun, and it has the catchiest music next to Coconut Mall.

"There has not been a single new Yoshi themed track since Yoshi Falls" YOSHI'S ISLAND LETS GO BABY

Still one of my favorite games of all time. So much nostalgia with this one.

Mario Kart: Double Dash is my absolute favorite entry in the series. I think a lot of it had to do with me teaming up with a friend of mine on it. Being able to ride shotgun was excellent, and the unique character powers really helped it too.

Well guys, we did it. All of the S tier tracks are in 8.

The reason I love this game is because of the difficulty progression. You beat Dk summit? well here is Wario's Gold mine Beat Wario's Gold mine? Well beat Maple Treeway Beat Maple Treeway? Now beat Grumble Volcano And then the perfect example of this is Special Cup Dry Dry Ruins Then Moonview Highway Then BOWSERS CASTLE THEN THE HOLY RAINBOW ROAD Brilliant Level Design.

This game was everyone's childhood as far as I'm aware

as someone who mains koopa and has since childhood, koopas track is my all time favorite. so much nostalgia and i remember getting mad at my brother when he would win, even when i tried my hardest. it's so cute and i felt special playing as koopa in it ❤️

one of the reasons why I love coconut mall so much is because there is one of the best out of bounds glitches in all nintendo games, there are so many places to go, cheer on the other racers with the Miis, and so on.

3:38 ironic now that a new yoshi map is coming out in booster course 4

Mario kart Wii will remain in history as the timeless Mario kart classic we will cherish for time

Coconut mall is mad dad’s favorite course and he loves watching your videos with me, so it was a fun surprise to see it ranked as number one :)

Truly the most Mario Kart of all time

23:57 this aged well

Fun fact about Luigi Circuit, it's layout is basically a carbon copy of a real life racetrack called Monza, a very famous historical racing circuit known for high speeds. It hosts a bunch of Formula One races, and it's a fan favorite in that sport, but it doesn't translate well to Mario Kart at all.

I want to see a ranking for every Super course next. I really want to watch Schaff try to come with things to say about all of its courses.

They still all hold a place in my heart.

I thought James was going to be done for the year after a 2 hour long video about Disney, but he had to swoop in less than a week later with FUNKY KONG BAYBEE this channel is the gift that keeps on giving. more specifically, keeps on giving FUNKY KONG BAYBEEE

it took me until last night to realize that koopa troopa's shell changes depending what team you're on.

1:03 He does in fact rank Donut Plains 2 over Donut Plains 3. 29:06 Wii Rainbow Road also happened to be the last course added onto the BCP.

I never thought the thwomp in N64 Bowser's castle was being punished, but rather he WAS the punishment. People who really piss Bowser off get locked in the thwomp cage and get thwomped to death for their sins.

Ahhh, Mario Kart Wii...The one that made me fall in love with videogames. Those 4-player matches with family and friends were the best thing ever at that age. Really brings me back to simpler times.

Mario Kart Wii is probably my most played game from my childhood. It’s probably been overtaken by recent games, but never the less, I love it.

Now, on every ranking video in last place, I always sing “disappointment in the game of life”

Him: I don’t think Moonview Highway will get a remake Wave 5 be like HOL UP

Oh my god, thank you for doing this. It makes me unreasonably happy. Mario Kart Wii was my childhood.

Every ranking video is always a banger hope he does more of these love this one

I once had a lucid dream that one of those creepy eels on Koopa Cape broke through the glass as I was driving past it, and for years I considered it actually possible for those eels to burst through the underwater tunnel and attack you. And I was also terrified that that imprisoned thwomp would break out and chase me. So much so that I frequently looked behind me with the A button (I think it was the A button) to make sure he was still incarcerated.

I loved all the little stories you and your brother made up. Reminded me of playing this game with my brother when I was growing up :)

The thing about bowser's castle 64 that always scared me as a kid (and still does like it literally showed up in one of my nightmares recently) is the thwomps laughing. Like, dear god it's a freaky sound

28:53 A part of Rainbow Road's theme is also a cheeky reference to Good Egg Galaxy and I _love_ it.

It’s an absolute travesty that Toads Factory didn’t come back in 8 given the big band jazz style of the whole soundtrack

23:09. Well now we have Moonview Highway in 8 Deluxe in the DLC for wave 5.

Koopa Cape was my favorite track as a kid. Partly because I loved and mained Koopa Troopa for some reason, but also because I loved the underwater segment and the overall color scheme

28:15 Luigi literally went "Fuck-a this shit. I'm out-a!"

2:30 the *outrage* i felt when i thought for a second that mushroom gorge had been ranked second to last...

Literally one month later Nintendo announces a brand new yoshi corse lol.

Mario Kart Wii was the first Mario Kart game to come out when I was an adult. At the time, I was trying to do way too much, and I didn't have time to play video games. As a result, it's the first Mario Kart I never played. Mario Kart DS was my most played game, as I had a 3 star rating on everything in that game. It was very interesting to see this game that I missed through your eyes, James. Thanks for that.

3:39 Who's here after the Yoshi's Island track announcement? 😂

3:40 this didn't age well 26:10 you forgot to mention the more laps you go through, the angrier the mountain becomes, causing more boulders to fall