/!\ Advent Calendar 2024

I love todays and having to time the jump with the pows! It's a fun tech to pull off that I have only been able to use in Grand Prix/Vs until now

Day 1 - Open da gifts: Solid first challenge, nothing crazy but not bad either

Day 2 - Open da boxes: Kinda similar to day 1 so wish they were spaced out more, but still a cool challenge

Day 3 - Drive in the pyramid without having fun: Well this quickly went south. Boring as hell and slightly rng dependant, not to mention the track being 5 laps long making it last over 3 minutes of doing absolutely nothing

Day 4 - Mario Circuit 1 but fast: Not much to say other than it just being a very fun challenge, I am a good reviewer I swear

Day 5 - Coins on da beach: Feels like filler, this is the most average challenge of all time. Boring quick mode track and the coins aren't really put into any clever spots either (common quick mode L)

Day 6 - Dodge stuff as Toadette: I like dodging stuff but this was pretty easy, also Monty Moles are not good decors for a challenge like this since they just pop out of nowhere

Day 7 - Collect coins in da sand pit: Nice short challenge, no negatives to say

Day 8 - Coins on da beach (but good): Basically everything Day 5 wishes it could be. Coins are all put in clever spots

Day 9 - Racial war against slimes: Cool challenge, however the slime decors are probably the worst pick for a challenge like this since they can just despawn at any moment (yes it's technically not rng, but no it does not matter)

Day 10 - Coins at da roca picudas: Probably my favourite coin challenge, requires some nice routing and you actually need to use the time trial mushrooms which are often ignored in challenges

Day 11 - Shy Guy is going to die: fun challenge, I cheesed this one so bonus points for that

Day 12 - Big Maze: Another one I cheesed, the fact Wargor programmed it so you couldn't just take the image was really cool and I felt INCREDIBLE when I eventually outsmarted him, even though this probably took more time than just beating it normally

Day 13 - Commit robbery to kill fish: Really clever pow usage and hitting the cheep cheeps can be a bit challenging as well, especially if you're stupid enough to go for the first 5 cheep cheeps instead of the 5 cheep cheeps that are in a straight line. What really hurts this challenge tho is the fact it's quick mode. I'm fine with quick mode if it's for a challenge but the stupid 1 pixel wide holes on shy guy beach makes this really annoying

Day 14 - Dumbass puzzle: It was a cool idea I guess? I brute forced my way through this one ngl, wouldn't have figured out the solution if other people didn't tell me. But even when you know the solution, there's a 30 second time limit so you don't even have time to think.

Day 15 - Bro ate too much: Probably the most infamous challenge lmao. This challenge is hard as hell ain't gonna lie and let to several debates on challenge difficulty in the Discord lol. As much as I hated this, I honestly really like this challenge. It's not rng dependant which most "difficult" challenges tend to be and it's nice to have something hard as most of the challenges in this calendar are incredibly easy

Day 16 - Impossible possible puzzle: I like 'puzzle tracks' like this so I had fun, even though I already beat it earlier so it was a breeze for me

Day 17 - POW: Incredible challenge, really fun and cool and original. Excellent practice for pow dodging if people still aren't too familiar with the item (it's been 3 months man learn the game) and also a nice bonus unlock of an INCREDIBLE custom character. Challenge does have some rng but if you're skilled enough you should be able to dodge pow every time, though it can get quite hard at times when several pows stack on top of each other

Day 18 - Jump on da boos: Nice little platforming challenge that some people apparently struggled with lol, not much to say on this one it's just good

Day 19 - Cursed boobs or something: 'Battle mode bosses' is one of the worst genre of challenges imo, it's easily the worst case of rng = difficulty in this game, anyway I beat this boss almost entirely by standing still lmfao

Day 20 - Extreme difficulty king boo race: Neat idea but the restrictions can be negated very easily lol

Day 21 - Racial war against snowmen: Another glorified coin collection mission but still a good one, can get pretty tense as the challenge goes on

Day 22 - World's somewhat difficult game: I like dodging balls. Jokes aside, one of my favourite challenges. My only criticism is that the red balls can spawn right in front of your face which isn't very fair

Day 23 - Drive 4 tracks without having fun: Oh boy where do I even begin on this one, I am baffled someone thought this was a good idea. They really just picked one of the worst challenges (day 3) and said "Now you're gonna do it 4 times", it feels more like a joke honestly. This takes like 8 minutes to beat on a succesful attempt. I'm starting to understand why you forum kids always yap about things unrelated to MKPC, because this game is incredibly boring without reverse drifting. Add some rng dependancy on top of that and a very poorly programmed track (Rainbow Road) and you got yourself the worst challenge of the calendar.

Day 24 - Like 100 challenges in one: Luckily we don't end on a bad note as the worst challenge gets followed by the best challenge. I won't go in depth much as people still need to beat it, but I really like how broken this track is. It feels more like a sandbox and I hope Tox doesn't patch it ngl

Overall thoughts on the calendar: most challenges were pretty good but there naturally were some stinkers as well. The fact that all these challenges have to be possible without reverse drifting does kinda suck though, shows that there's some big skill gaps in this community. Hopefully we could possibly get an easy advent calendar next year, with a second "hard mode" calendar or something.

Anyway ggs if you read it this far, hope you'll note some things down if you're planning to make some challenges yourself (maybe it'll appear next year)

Merry christmas everybody, go spend time with family and friends instead of being on this Mario Kart fansite