"For one, the heavier characters seem to have a really big advantage this time around."
I find this to be almost true. I've played the demo and easily adapted my MK7 skills, kart setups and found no trouble winning as light weight characters.
I played as Toadette with tons of different vehicle combos an it was pretty easy to win, but when playing Pink Gold Peach, I found myself so far ahead of the pack, I felt little challenge, which was disappointing to me. So I will have to say that speed and drifting plays a big part in this game, not just weight.
I could beat the CPUs easily with the lighter characters without any issue at all (especially considering it's only 100cc), but when playing against my friend who's pretty decent and was using a heavy character, it was really challenging to keep up with a lighter weight class.
If he got out to a lead then I could never catch up, because his character is faster (fast vehicle too of course) and there aren't many items to help.
I didn't have the same luck as him with getting triple red shells in second place, I kept still just getting coins, green shells and bananas.
What made it even more annoying was he kept getting Mushrooms in first place at perfect times, he really had all the luck, haha.
Try this: If in first and you're holding a coin, don't use it right away if an item is going to hit you and there's no item box in sight. Instead use it after you get hit so you can reduce your coin loss to only -1.
-3 per hit + 2 per pickup= -1 coin lost.
Use the coins when you're approaching an item box so that the game is less likely to give you the same item coin.
That's pretty much what I was doing.
I'd often just hold onto an item so I'd have some red shell protection, and I'd hold onto my coins till the next item block is coming up, but it was still nearly always another coin.
I had races where the entire first lap I would literally get nothing but coins, so I'm just a sitting duck when the red shell finally comes.
That's pretty much what I was doing.
I'd often just hold onto an item so I'd have some red shell protection, and I'd hold onto my coins till the next item block is coming up, but it was still nearly always another coin.
I had races where the entire first lap I would literally get nothing but coins, so I'm just a sitting duck when the red shell finally comes.
Then I only have one question. During the race, when you got the coin item, were you maxed out at 10 coins already?
I can't really advocate for multiplayer since I haven't played with others, but I'm guessing the game will probably feel different when it comes to luck.
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Then I only have one question. During the race, when you got the coin item, were you maxed out at 10 coins already?
A majority of the time, yes.
I make sure to pick up as many coins as possible, even while at ten, so that my opponents miss out on them (unless it requires me going out of my way, of course).
I got the coin item many times while holding ten coins... wish it wouldn't appear if you had ten, then I wouldn't have any major complaints.
A majority of the time, yes.
I make sure to pick up as many coins as possible, even while at ten, so that my opponents miss out on them (unless it requires me going out of my way, of course).
I got the coin item many times while holding ten coins... wish it wouldn't appear if you had ten, then I wouldn't have any major complaints.
Oh, by the way, if you're maxed out at 10 coins, don't go out of your way to get more unless the opponents are right behind you, or if you need to unlock parts. Otherwise you might waste time trying to get them when you can be cutting sharper corners instead. The coins just respawn too fast to be able to prevent someone else from getting them.
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A majority of the time, yes.
I make sure to pick up as many coins as possible, even while at ten, so that my opponents miss out on them (unless it requires me going out of my way, of course).
I got the coin item many times while holding ten coins... wish it wouldn't appear if you had ten, then I wouldn't have any major complaints.
Oh, by the way, if you're maxed out at 10 coins, don't go out of your way to get more unless the opponents are right behind you, or if you need to unlock parts. Otherwise you might waste time trying to get them when you can be cutting sharper corners instead. The coins just respawn too fast to be able to prevent someone else from getting them.
I know, hence the part in brackets.
I wouldn't go out of my way just to pick up more coins, but if they're basically in my path and won't slow me down then I make sure to pick them up as I go past.
Even as far as vehicle parts go, I'm pretty sure you can only get the ten per race anyway.
@BenAV Your friend's MK luck sounds like my Mario Party luck. I'm usually the winner because I know how to play the game, but even when I'm losing, I win. Example:
I was playing MP8 with my sister and we were in King Boo's Mansion (or whatever that level was called.) She got an early lead and kept it through the whole game. At the end, she had 3 stars, Mario had 1, the other CPU had none and neither did I. I got every single bonus star and came in first, regardless. Another time, I was playing with a group of people on Koopa's Tycoon Town. I had 11 stars at some point because I landed on both lucky spaces and owned at least three other hotels. Naturally everyone got pissed and made it a personal mission to start taking my stars, but I still ended off with about 8 stars under my belt. Short version, I'm the guy nobody likes to play with.
@BenAV Your friend's MK luck sounds like my Mario Party luck. I'm usually the winner because I know how to play the game, but even when I'm losing, I win. Example:
I was playing MP8 with my sister and we were in King Boo's Mansion (or whatever that level was called.) She got an early lead and kept it through the whole game. At the end, she had 3 stars, Mario had 1, the other CPU had none and neither did I. I got every single bonus star and came in first, regardless. Another time, I was playing with a group of people on Koopa's Tycoon Town. I had 11 stars at some point because I landed on both lucky spaces and owned at least three other hotels. Naturally everyone got pissed and made it a personal mission to start taking my stars, but I still ended off with about 8 stars under my belt. Short version, I'm the guy nobody likes to play with.
Haha, nice one.
My experience with playing Mario Party with friends is usually I start well, then get all the worst luck ever and fall behind, then come back a little at the end and win with bonus stars.
I hope my luck in Mario Kart 8 when it actually comes out is nowhere near as bad as it was last night.
Having three laps instead of two might help a bit as well, because at least there's a bit more time to make a comeback rather than it just being game over when a CPU hits you with a green shell from the first item block.
The two laps are always a standard in demos, so I was never caught by surprise by that.
Neither, I remember the Mario Kart 7 demos being two laps so I expected much of the same here.
Pretty sweet that they gave us eight tracks to play on, could have easily been a lot less.
Kept us pretty entertained for a couple of hours, only stopped playing because it got to 7pm and the store was closing.
I just thought i post just for laughs or something: Whenever i play games like Mario Kart (or even fighting games), even if i space out/daydream/fantasize/etc while playing, i still manage to win the race, or at least don't drive into walls or off cliffs.
I just thought i post just for laughs or something: Whenever i play games like Mario Kart (or even fighting games), even if i space out/daydream/fantasize/etc while playing, i still manage to win the race, or at least don't drive into walls or off cliffs.
That's what I do.
I just get into my zone and completely stop paying attention to what's happening.
I was surprised that the demo let us play the entire roster. It would've been nice to play a retro track or two, but I was pleased with the selection of new tracks, even with a late one like Cloudtop Cruise.
Yeah, true.
Cloudtop Cruise is a pretty fun track.
Wish the music on these demo systems was a bit louder though, would love to be able to actually hear the music as I race.
Mount Wario looks like a lot of fun, can't wait to give it a go myself.
Really hard to know for sure what my favourites will be till I actually play them all.
I actually quite liked Mario Circuit surprisingly enough, it doesn't have anything spectacular but it just felt good to race on and I was just smashing it every time.
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I'm playing a bit of the oldschool Snes version with my brother. I guess I forgot how difficult 150 cc on the last cup was ... Or is the the last cup? It's the fourth one. Mario kart 8 is gonna be so fun
Last night I finally bothered to go and play the demo for a couple of hours with a friend while I was in the city after Pokemon regionals.
The game looks amazing and feels really balanced compared to previous entries (took about six races or so till I saw my first Blue Shell), but I definitely have a couple of concerns.
For one, the heavier characters seem to have a really big advantage this time around.
Once a good player with a heavy character gets in front, it's almost impossible to catch up with the item balancing.
I always played as Peach in Mario Kart 7 without a problem, but I was having a bit of trouble consistently winning with her here and found it a lot easier when I gave Bowser a shot.
It was just the two of us on 100cc, however, so it's hard to say how much of a factor this'll be till I can actually play with more competition.
My other major issue is the fact that you can get coins as items.
I often found that I could go for a whole lap with getting nothing but coins from item boxes, and quite often shortly after my friend would get triple red shells right behind me and it's an automatic loss right there.
I was actually losing my voice by the time we stopped playing due to how much I was yelling about the stupid coins.
All in all, had a really fun time though, and can't wait to play the game for real in less than a week.
Had the best banana snipe against my friend.
We were getting towards the end of the race on Sweet Sweet Canyon and he was just chilling in first with a red shell, and I got triple bananas so just took my time and waited for a bit of a straight, lined it up and threw it right on top of his head.
Always a good feeling.
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@BenAV Your friend's MK luck sounds like my Mario Party luck. I'm usually the winner because I know how to play the game, but even when I'm losing, I win. Example:
I was playing MP8 with my sister and we were in King Boo's Mansion (or whatever that level was called.) She got an early lead and kept it through the whole game. At the end, she had 3 stars, Mario had 1, the other CPU had none and neither did I. I got every single bonus star and came in first, regardless. Another time, I was playing with a group of people on Koopa's Tycoon Town. I had 11 stars at some point because I landed on both lucky spaces and owned at least three other hotels. Naturally everyone got pissed and made it a personal mission to start taking my stars, but I still ended off with about 8 stars under my belt. Short version, I'm the guy nobody likes to play with.
People don't usually like playing with me either. I don't have any specific stories, but sometimes when I play a game with my brother and sister they rage quit because I win too much.
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@BenAV Your friend's MK luck sounds like my Mario Party luck. I'm usually the winner because I know how to play the game, but even when I'm losing, I win. Example:
I was playing MP8 with my sister and we were in King Boo's Mansion (or whatever that level was called.) She got an early lead and kept it through the whole game. At the end, she had 3 stars, Mario had 1, the other CPU had none and neither did I. I got every single bonus star and came in first, regardless. Another time, I was playing with a group of people on Koopa's Tycoon Town. I had 11 stars at some point because I landed on both lucky spaces and owned at least three other hotels. Naturally everyone got pissed and made it a personal mission to start taking my stars, but I still ended off with about 8 stars under my belt. Short version, I'm the guy nobody likes to play with.
People don't usually like playing with me either. I don't have any specific stories, but sometimes when I play a game with my brother and sister they rage quit because I win too much.
Sounds like me, my friends and Smash Bros. & Mario Kart in a nutshell. It's weird, when we went to the expo yesterday and played MK8; the worst player of our trio (typically due to bad luck) got 1st in all of the races he played. Total role reversal.
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