Mario Kart 8 has been out for a few months now, and is a pretty big hit for Nintendo as they try to sell more Wii U's to the masses. It's a pretty looking game, with great tracks and characters to choose from. It's very easy to hop online and get in a game in about a minute, and there are people playing around the world at all times.

But that still doesn't excuse the fact that there are things in Mario Kart 8 that drive me, dare I say, bananas.

Perhaps you have experienced a few of these...

So there you have it. What did I miss? What would you rank as the thing that makes you most mad? Sound off in the comments below!

Also, please note that these are things that would also normally happen during offline play. I chose not to address fire hopping, and other strategies other players employ during the online experience.

That's a pretty good list, and I will definitely agree with the "shortcut fails" mention. I'll try to take one and think I'm being super slick, only to fail miserable in my efforts. I'd also add one to your list: launching into an air glide only to get hit by a shell or other item. So frustrating!

Getting hit by an item that knocks you off the track and then you get set back on and before you can even move someone comes by and knocks you off again...

@NoName

Yeah I thought about that one, but lumped the general idea into the losing 9 coins in 1 second thing.

@Zero

Oh, yes. That's a classic. It doesn't happen very often to me though. But it happens.

People who throw things backward while crossing the finish line when they know they're safe.

Great list!

Perhaps another not worthy of the Top 10 is when you can sense a Star-man coming your way, so you get far to the side of the track, only for the computer to hit you anyway.

@PogueSquadron
I love doing this. Rub salt in 2nd places wound. *evil laugh*

@PogueSquadron

That drives me crazy too, but I tried to keep the list to whatever would happen during a single player experience too. I don't think the CPU tosses things backwards near the finish line, but I could be wrong!

The new Rainbow Road is infuriating sometimes, especially as a heavy character. Those first two big turns are tough when at full speed and full coins.

#6 is my biggest. Nothing is worse than working your way to first, particularly if you'd fallen behind significantly, only to wind up completely defenseless when you get there.

@PogueSquadron

Haha, I do this.

Haha it's awful. Amanda complains about it all the time. The only time I'll do this is if I really can't stand the person behind me other than that I just don't really care how well the people behind me do.

This was pretty funny, nice job.

I used to do #10 and #4, before I learned how the new controls work and still had muscle memory of Mario Kart Wii. I've gotten used to the game now so it rarely happens, though I still don't feel comfortable with the way this game controls.

Speaking of hitting walls, it annoys me how much more a wall hit messes you up in this game. In previous games you'd just bounce off and lose a little speed, but in this game it's more like pinball and you can fly off in random directions and lose a lot of speed. Chalk that up for my top ten of annoyances.

With #9, I think the advantage of the boomerang is that it is able to penetrate defenses. Otherwise, it's too functionally similar to a green shell. That said, I like the idea of the boomerang, but it would make for a better weapon if people could carry two items. I like your idea of grabbing coins, and to add to that, it'd be cool if it could also grab the coins out of the opponent you hit.

With number #8, are you suggesting that the red shell should switch targets after it is launched? I'm not sure I agree with that one, and either one of you it hits still helps the thrower. Switching targets increases its chances of running into objects and breaking without hitting anyone. If you pass someone when a shell is targeting you, you can still pull in front of the person you passed and try to get the shell to hit them.

#7 and #6 are definitely my big problem with this game. The whole item system is out of whack, I feel.

I don't have an issue with #5 since I can get a fire flower and I do the same thing.

My only problem with #3 is that your own item can hit you and make you lose more speed and coins. But, I don't have an issue with lightning otherwise because it hits everyone. When I get hit with lightning then I don't usually get passed up unless someone behind me had a Starman. I would argue the case of the triple red shells being the most powerful item in the game, because there's so little defense for it so it's almost guaranteed to give someone a place or two.

For #2, coins in general need to just go.

For #1, I swear that green shells bounce towards racers when they hit walls. Maybe it's just my imagination or maybe they just have wonky bounce physics, but I always feel like they target me or anyone else around.

@Mop it up

You know, I had a comment in my #1 about the Green Shells having a magnet like attraction when they bounce off walls, but I took it out because it made me sounds like a conspiracy theorist. So, I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice that shells usually bounce right towards someone.

@Mop it up

I've noticed that too. It's like I'm too accurate with Green Shells.

I've gotten pretty good at throwing a green shell and hitting someone without a bounce. Sports, y'all.

I'm also working on a positive Top Ten about Mario Kart 8 as well. It would be unfair to only address the things that make me mad without addressing the positives.

Heh, I agree with most of these. Except I like fireballs, lightning, and boomerangs. And I used to powerslide in the wrong direction much, much more in MKWiiii (especially with motion controls). I feel like they fixed it in 8.

Coins. Coins, coins, coins. What a shitty item. Is there anything more disheartening to receive? When I'm in the lead, I can't even fire off my current item to grab a new box. Because I might get COINS. On the other hand, maybe that's the point. On the OTHER hand, when you're in second, cruising towards the last set of item boxes, getting coins is an enormous bummer. And you should NEVER get them in the back or middle of the pack.

It really is the most irritating thing in the world when you get serially pelted with items and lose, like, 10 places in a race in five seconds. Especially in single-player, where it's not even funny. How do you guys think a short period of invulnerability would work?

Bombs are super-deadly. My batting average is about .500.

For hitting myself, I mean.

My biggest gripe is the same one I've had in pretty much every Mario Kart game: the AI just seems impossibly fast to me. I can hit someone with everything in the book, blow past them at top speed, and they'll pass me by three seconds later.

I totally powerslide in the wrong direction all the time, too. Very embarassing.

Oh, hey, so you said you focused on things that can happen in both single and multiplayer. Does the CPU employ the spread tactic with fireballs also?

@Mop it up

I'm not really sure? It's been weeks, maybe a month since I've played against the CPU.

How about seeing a vehicle that looks really cool and then looking at the stats and realizing they're god awful.

I feel like vehicle stats in general need to go. Everytime the higher level play has devolved into 'use the dry bones tank' or 'use funky + the flame rider' or my personal favorite 'metal mario + red monster'. (Because metal mario happens to have a slightly smaller hitbox in a game where half the items will always hit someone unless they're blocked.)

Nintendo, if you're going to allow these slightly overpowered stat combos exist then at least have the decency to allow me to apply them to the vehicle 'I' want to use.

Mop it up said:

Oh, hey, so you said you focused on things that can happen in both single and multiplayer. Does the CPU employ the spread tactic with fireballs also?

I get hit by fireballs from the computer more often than human players.