Your Trick DIRECTION matters in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!

tutorial: how to do tricks with drifts in mk8dx on 150cc and 200cc. sharp tricks, counter tricks, and drifting angle

[Shortcat]

Up and down tricks have a purpose too! Check the "related video" at the bottom left!

The final clip is the world record on Mount Wario by legendary Japanese player "F". There are actually more uses to trick directions than just left and right, which I will explain in future videos!

Also shout out to Pii for teaching me about this!

[Pit]

Wait we can choose the trick animation? Thank you I will now proceed to always have Bowser Jr. laughing as he flies

[Mushroom-]

It's been 9 years since I started playing Mario Kart 8, and I never knew about this.

[ThePiesrbest]

Ive been doing that instinctively without thinking about it. That's great game design when the mechanics support what comes naturally.

[gyalaxy]

wow it surprises me just how technical this game really is

[Mysticscubing]

for some unknown reason i feel like this guy would be really good at solving rubiks cubes

[tubthungusbychumbungus]

So youre telling me you can make DK dab every

[nicktherange]

Im still not over how DK straight up dabs on everyone when he tricks

[unfunnyducky]

Peach commenter is a main character of the channel now

[Spletz]

It’s amazing how this wonderful game released on the Wii U nearly 10 years ago has so many little details and mechanics packed into it

[jenesisdelacruzjdc]

I love Daisys Bike Animation where she jumps from her bike, twirls and poses in the air. It's beautiful

[BigRedBoi]

guy at the end is down bad for a trick animation 💀

[zaboi]

I love this man, when I first started off I didnt know about late and early tricks, and other cool facts about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, until I met this man on my fyp and am getting better overtime ❤

[melissacampesi]

Bro is making everyone want to play mk 8

[TaidaLillazy]

I always knew there were different ways to stunt, but i always thought it was js a funny animation, good to know it actually helps !

[afox]

That Peach dude is a legend, he's already appeared in 2 videos already 😂

[UltraCenterHQ]

Donkey Kong dabbing was something I would've never expected in my life

[PovYourReadingMyHandle]

I’ve played mario kart 8 for years and im only just discovering the sharp, and counter trick.

[joshuaweikle]

There are secret trick animations as well. I’ve noticed with Link that if you do a neutral trick in a short time after doing another trick, he’ll turn around and flash the triforce

[crashingblow]

Believe it or not, I actually learned about this outside of Mario Kart. There is this game I got from PS Plus when it was free called Team Sonic Racing, and it had a lot of similarities to Mario Kart, and the tricks was definitely one of them. When I first played Mario Kart Wii and every other Mario Kart game that came after like 7 on the 3DS and 8 on the Switch, I thought the tricks were just for extra boost and just to look cool and nothing else. But when I played Team Sonic Racing, I noticed that the way you do tricks in that game is slightly different from Mario Kart.

In Mario Kart you just push a button or shake the controller, while in Sonic Racing you have to move the right joystick (R3 since I'm on PS4). That was when I realized that the direction you push the joystick determines what animation will the trick be. Example: You push the right joystick forward or backwards, the character and the Kart will do a flip, and if you move the joystick to the side (left or right), the character and vehicle will spin around sideways. With all this in mind, I then realized that depending on what trick I do will be the direction I'll go when I land, which is why I founded myself struggling to make turns when I did the wrong trick, and why I turned corners so flawlessly when I got the right one.

When I went back to play Mario Kart, I decided just for fun to try out the trick philosophy Sonic Racing taught me, and to my surprise it worked exactly how I would have expected it to work. Even in previous Mario Kart games with tricks like Mario Kart Wii you can use directions to do tricks and change the way you move when you land.

I just wanted to comment how funny it was that I learned what I guess is supposed to be a common knowledge Mario Kart strategy OUTSIDE of a Mario Kart game and instead I learned it in a knock off Mario Kart game. Don't get me wrong, Team Sonic Racing is solid, but we all know Mario Kart will always be the greatest.