We Only Like It When It’s Dimed Out
Any time Nintendo puts a counter of some sort in a game, fans take that as a challenge. Look at how many people made sure to get 120 shine sprites in Super Mario Sunshine despite knowing you only get a photograph, or the coins in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Tell Nintendo fans they can max out their stats, and they will.
That’s why we like Youtuber Kalzec. He noticed that Mario Kart lets you raise your rating to 9′999 and taped himself chasing that number. He did it first for Mario Kart Wii and then did a series for Mario Kart 8.
Unfortunately the last update to his MK8 series was almost 5 months ago and he was still thousands of points off from 9′999. And of course, Nintendo has since elevated the max rating to 10 times that amount. (When you see what happens in the third race of that last video, you can’t blame the guy if he ragequit the series.)