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FloY

i hope they make it like the 64 and gamecube versions in the collision physics..

in mario kart ds and wii when you hit a wall or bump into a wall slightly you lose all your speed....that kind of ticks me off..

FloY

BenAV

FloY wrote:

in mario kart ds and wii when you hit a wall or bump into a wall slightly you lose all your speed....that kind of ticks me off..

Just don't bump into anything then.

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Adam

MKW's walls were a few miles apart. You should be eliminated from the race for hitting one.

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Sonic the Hedgehog, Zero, Jill Valentine, Chie Satonaka, and Vegeta will all be playable characters.

You forgot MegaMan.....
everyone forgot about MegaMan

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FloY

BenAV wrote:

FloY wrote:

in mario kart ds and wii when you hit a wall or bump into a wall slightly you lose all your speed....that kind of ticks me off..

Just don't bump into anything then.

you serious..of course your going to hit walls....especially if im not pro like you..
for example you know that shortcut in delfino plaza towards the end in between the two houses theres a mud trail that you can take but you need mushrooms to go through it? im always hitting walls there...and theres many other examples.

FloY

FloY

Adam wrote:

MKW's walls were a few miles apart. You should be eliminated from the race for hitting one.

theres obstacles too..not just walls.

i should be eliminated from what exactly?
are you saying i should be banned from MKwii for hitting walls?

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FloY

Adam

I think your Wii should be bricked if you hit walls.

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Jspear

check out the trailer for Mario Kart 7. The track shown there is so narrow and full of useless eye-candy obstacles.

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GameLord08

You know what feature I'd want? Horns.

Big loud car horns that can scare the bejesus out of players. It sounds unreasonable, but it could probably only be used once in a race by every racer.

If that seems too unorthodox, then maybe a virtual wheel on the touch screen that we can control with our thumbs to drive. It would be so virtually realistic.

It may be the fact that I am doubtedly inebriated on pain meds for a headache (this is a joke), but unfortunately, these two ideas will obviously get me pummelled with vegetables of all kinds, so I shall just retire here.

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Man why want Mario Kart when you can have Fzero.

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LzWinky

NotFinite wrote:

Skill Over Luck:The only thing I ask if for driving skill to have a bigger impact than luck. I'd also ask for . I would prefer everyone to be on mostly the same footing when racing, that means less customization options on the karts, so winning will require driving skill and not kart choice or luck. I'd like the skidding feature of the N64 Mario Kart to return. It gives a small speed boost when you end your skid while the skid "sound" is red (the VEEEEEEEEE letters).

Appearances of the Karts: I also demand that Nintendo remove the ridiculous rocket booster exhaust things on the back of the karts and make the karts look more like go-karts. Another thing I'd like is for the karts to look less ridiculous in general. I don't like that Donkey Kong's kart is made out of a barrel. He should just be riding a regular kart with DK colors.

New Features:To keep the series fresh they should copy features of other popular racing games like:

  • Various hidden collectible items and shortcuts like in San Francisco Rush.
  • A very minimal air trick or stunt system that gives you a tiny speed boost when you land.

Miscellaneous: Lower the amount of obstacles on the track and remove some of the guard rails/walls that line the tracks. It's not fun to have to run an obstacle course on every race, and it's also not fun to bump into walls everywhere and slow to a near stop. Instead of walls that line the track, put grass or some other terrain that slows down the kart. This way a player who can't stay inside the track will slow down due to the terrain instead of coming to a near stop due to the walls.

So basically make the next Mario Kart not Mario Kart

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Jspear

lz20XX wrote:

NotFinite wrote:

Skill Over Luck:The only thing I ask if for driving skill to have a bigger impact than luck. I'd also ask for . I would prefer everyone to be on mostly the same footing when racing, that means less customization options on the karts, so winning will require driving skill and not kart choice or luck. I'd like the skidding feature of the N64 Mario Kart to return. It gives a small speed boost when you end your skid while the skid "sound" is red (the VEEEEEEEEE letters).

Appearances of the Karts: I also demand that Nintendo remove the ridiculous rocket booster exhaust things on the back of the karts and make the karts look more like go-karts. Another thing I'd like is for the karts to look less ridiculous in general. I don't like that Donkey Kong's kart is made out of a barrel. He should just be riding a regular kart with DK colors.

New Features:To keep the series fresh they should copy features of other popular racing games like:

  • Various hidden collectible items and shortcuts like in San Francisco Rush.
  • A very minimal air trick or stunt system that gives you a tiny speed boost when you land.

Miscellaneous: Lower the amount of obstacles on the track and remove some of the guard rails/walls that line the tracks. It's not fun to have to run an obstacle course on every race, and it's also not fun to bump into walls everywhere and slow to a near stop. Instead of walls that line the track, put grass or some other terrain that slows down the kart. This way a player who can't stay inside the track will slow down due to the terrain instead of coming to a near stop due to the walls.

So basically make the next Mario Kart not Mario Kart

I was thinking more along the lines of making the next Mario Kart into Mario Go Cart Racing.

Jspear

GameLord08

@NotFinite You just can't change a franchise that drastically with one sequel. That just wouldn't be Mario Kart anymore. Not to criticise, but those ideas put together would pervert the entire game as we know it.

See, the thing about Mario Kart is that the luck over skill balance gives a wide range of players a chance; both newcomers and veterans. It isn't fair, but I guess Nintendo didn't just want a select group of experts winning all the time. It makes it so that no race is the same. But that doesn't mean I don't agree with how annoying it is.

Also, the appearance of the karts are unique and wacky. Donkey Kong in a barrel is his trademark. I suppose it is a little off-putting and kiddish, but Nintendo is who they are, and when it comes to creativity...

I do agree about the walls though. The terrain would be a much better alternative.

GameLord08

Adam

The game already favors skill much more than luck. Luck is just a convenient excuse for those who lose.

The kart selection has nothing at all to do with luck unless you select random. The only source of luck is items, and most items can be blocked by trailing a banana (which you'll get plenty of in first place — where you'll be if you're the most skilled) or other item. Blue shells are your only real worry. But even these can be strategically dealt with, and in some games even dodged.

Anyone who disagrees with this assessment is welcome to race me when MK7 comes out.

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Late

Adam wrote:

The game already favors skill much more than luck. Luck is just a convenient excuse for those who lose.

The kart selection has nothing at all to do with luck unless you select random. The only source of luck is items, and most items can be blocked by trailing a banana (which you'll get plenty of in first place — where you'll be if you're the most skilled) or other item. Blue shells are your only real worry. But even these can be strategically dealt with, and in some games even dodged.

Anyone who disagrees with this assessment is welcome to race me when MK7 comes out.

I'm with you. And if you're good enough you can get far away from others and not even Blue Shell can drop you out from the first place. Unfortunately most of the time there's some players that can keep up with the speed and they can't be left behind that easily.

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Adam

That, too. Yoshi's Falls was my best course in MKDS, and I could handle being blue shelled twice without much of a problem. And even with the blue shell, you have to consider that second place is getting bombarded with red shells since red shells are more common in the middle of the pack. What luck there is balances itself out.

And if second place is real close, you can hit the brakes and make him get hit, too (or better yet, pass you up and get hit instead of you), if the tracks aren't super wide like in MKW.

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Aviator

Adam wrote:

And if second place is real close, you can hit the brakes and make him get hit, too (or better yet, pass you up and get hit instead of you), if the tracks aren't super wide like in MKW.

I do this all the time, works wonders when it works and you get third aswell.

As long as I can still pull off my mushroom avoiding skill then I'm happy.

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GameLord08

Never having played Mario Kart (only other racing games, but not out of choice), I only assumed the luck over skill thing was true over the opinion of others. Anywho, I'm still curious to see how Mario Kart 7 shall turn out. I'd like to test these theories.

GameLord08

kuzronk

Terave wrote:

Who says this will ever come? I do think it comes, but just wait. There hasn't been anything announced for a Mario Kart on the Wii U.

There been one on the SNES,N64,GC,Wii,GBA,DS and soon 3DS

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FloY

Adam wrote:

The game already favors skill much more than luck. Luck is just a convenient excuse for those who lose.
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mario kart wii is all about who can pop the most wheelies in under 2 minutes...its wack..

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