Topic: Mario kart 7 Discussion

I didn't really care for the bikes either way, but I do hope they at least bring Wario's bike back. I believe it was a "kart" in the DS game

I preferred bikes to karts in MKW but with the game at this stage in development, we're not getting them but other Mario karts that came before MKW were awesome so they're not needed but it would still be awesome if they were in.

i want it im gona be like vrooooooooooooooooom bep dep wooohooo se you on the flip side soker!

No. I hope bikes never come back, unless they balance things out. Because Funky Kong+Bike combo ruined the game when you're playing online and freaking 5 or 6 people race as him. There goes my hard earned VR points.

That's true

it is man bye

wut

It is hard to avoid making one best kart. At least in MKDS the characters could all use each kart, so you had a variety of faces, even if they were all riding in Egg 1. They need to bring back DD's character specials so that karts aren't all-important. Of course, the new system of kart parts may be enough to balance it out.

i just hope that it won't be no hacker's -___-

I don't think Hackers will be too much of a problem this time. Nintendo seems to have 3DS on lock down

Hopefully hackers are gone for awhile but I have never had trouble with hackers except for on time trials.

In MKWii, in can get funny. They launch lots of blue shells and these Funky Kongs get pwned and rage quit lol its kinda fun..

If Queen Bee can race, so can Goomba.

Goomba can swing a baseball bat. That requires more arm strength (arm presence?) than driving. Personally, I like to see Mario Baseball as proof that Goomba has telekinetic abilities he simply chooses not to use against Mario for his own personal reasons.

Lol Adam.

Anyway, can anyone tell me exactly how the game controls? I read in Destructoid's preview that you can do MKWii style tricks with the R button after jumping off a ramp, and in MKDS, iirc, the R buton was used for drifting and L for items. But I also read somewhere, _{don't remember exactly where, maybe here(?)} that tricks are deployed using the d-pad. I'm kinda worried that there either (a) won't be a manual drift mechanic or (b) it will be handled like MKDS's was, by pounding on left/right sides of the d-pad. I want it to be like Double Dash's personally, but MKWii's would be fine too. I just hated how MKDS handled.

The R button is used for jumping, so it seems that it will be used for both drifting and tricks.

What do you mean, like Double Dash's drift? It has been a long time since I played Double Dash or MKDS unfortunately, but I thought mini-boost worked the same way in MK64, MKDS, and MKDD: pressing the opposite direction of the turn three times while drifting with R. MKW is the only one I remember to do it different, where it just boosts automatically.

You drift with R then press left right 3 times then let go of R.

That is what I just said.

Oh, really? It's been a while since I played either of them either, but I guess I just thought it was easier/more comfortable to do it with the analogue stick as opposed to the d-pad, combined with the fact that I've become so adjusted to the MKWii control scheme that I've forgotten how older games controlled, haha. Sorry about that.

But maybe it's just me, but I'm kind of concerned about R being used both for tricks and drifting, as I would often start driftinng right before going off a ramp in MKWii, so I could angle myself for a tight pass, and then I would perform the trick. But who knows. Maybe it will come naturally when I actually get my hands on the game.