Best Mascot Racing Game (Round Two)

[This Old Neon]

Round Two of the “Best Mascot Racing Game” side-event includes the games that advanced from the first round as well as 4 games that got multiple nominations and were awarded byes directly into this round. There are 2 polls of 7 games each.

• You can vote for UP TO THREE (3) games per poll, or skip a poll entirely.
• The top 3 games in each poll will advance to the category finals.
• You can’t change your votes once they’ve been submitted, so click carefully. Voting closes on Saturday at midnight ADT.

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Poll 1 of 2 - On Your Marks
Diddy Kong Racing (1997, N64)
Crash Team Racing (1999, PS1)
Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64)
Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii)
Crash Nitro Kart (2003, Multiplatform)
Beach Buggy Racing (2014, Multiplatform)
Chocobo Racing (1999, PS1)

Poll 2 of 2 - Get Set
Mario Kart DS (2005, DS)
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN)
Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES)
Wacky Wheels (1994, PC)
Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing (2010, Multiplatform)
Lego Racers (1999, Multiplatform)
LittleBigPlanet Karting (2012, PS3)

[Kong Wen]

Poll 1 of 2 - On Your Marks
Diddy Kong Racing (1997, N64)
Crash Team Racing (1999, PS1)
Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64)
Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii)
Crash Nitro Kart (2003, Multiplatform)
Beach Buggy Racing (2014, Multiplatform)
Chocobo Racing (1999, PS1)

Crash Team Racing is a great little racer. Underrated for some reason, maybe because they didn't make a new one almost every year. (It'll be interesting to see how well the new Nitro-Fueled does.)

Poll 2 of 2 - Get Set
Mario Kart DS (2005, DS)
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN)
Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES)
Wacky Wheels (1994, PC)
Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing (2010, Multiplatform)
Lego Racers (1999, Multiplatform)
LittleBigPlanet Karting (2012, PS3)

Super Mario Kart is the best Mario Kart in this poll. Hail to the couch! Online Mario Kart is a travesty. This one had an actually good battle mode, too.

Also voting for Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing for the reasons I stated in the previous round (it brings elements of a challenging racing game in the traditional Sega arcade vein than as a gimmicky comical kart-fighter shenanigans racer) and LittleBigPlanet Karting for the major user-generated and community elements that take it beyond a simple track-memorizing game.

[Sharecrow]

Beach Buggy Racing for the world! I played it as recently as yesterday.

[Kreegs]

LEGO Racers is super fun! I have it on the 64. I loved creating my kart!

[Ouenben]

Mario kart Wii needs to be far far far away from these polls. Not only is it the worst Mario kart it's one of the worst kart/racing games I've played.
It ruined battle mode, it ruined grand prix and Vs and it ruined the tracks by making them a mile wide. The graphics actually seemed worse than double dash and it bought in awful motion controls.

Diddy Kong, MK64 and Crash from poll one
Super mario kart, DD and DS from poll two. Each for different reasons

[The Shoemaker]

Mario kart Wii needs to be far far far away from these polls. Not only is it the worst Mario kart it's one of the worst kart/racing games I've played.
It ruined battle mode, it ruined grand prix and Vs and it ruined the tracks by making them a mile wide. The graphics actually seemed worse than double dash and it bought in awful motion controls.

Diddy Kong, MK64 and Crash from poll one
Super mario kart, DD and DS from poll two. Each for different reasons

I really only have great memories of Mario Kart Wii! MK64 I don't find as enjoyable to come back to today. Soundtrack and voice clips are classic, but the actual karting doesn't feel great.

I have more affinity to Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Transformed, so I don't think this one gets my vote.

[This Old Neon]

Here are the winners of Round Two! All of these games will advance into the finals to face the highest seed from the nomination round!

Poll 1 of 2 - On Your Marks
Diddy Kong Racing (1997, N64)
Crash Team Racing (1999, PS1)
Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64)

Poll 2 of 2 - Get Set
Mario Kart DS (2005, DS)
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN)
Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES)
Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing (2010, Multiplatform)