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Re: Talking Point: Could 'Mario Kart 9' Be The Smash Bros. Ultimate Of Racers?

Roam85

My ideal Mario Kart 9:

Double Dash as a mode (so you can play either way), Mission Mode returns (with bosses), 6 new cups, 6 retro cups, track variants (take from the phone game, add ramps, reverse/mirror, all the stuff), all the tracks from the mario kart arcades that never got home release, all previous drivers return (with alt costumes from phone game where applicable), and any completely new tracks from the phone game (the ones based on locations) get added.

Also an F-Zero mode. Big Blue and Mute City are ace tracks in 8’s DLC(or the deluxe version). So yeah, give me all the original f zero tracks mario kartified all the way up to port town. Of course with amazing music remixes.

Re: Random: Look, It's The Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai On A Horse

Roam85

After riding day and night across the countryside, Sakurai finally thought he reached peace, dismounted his steed to feed it an apple when Sakurai noticed there was something on the horse’s bridle. Sakurai tried to flick it away and realized he just unmasked two smash fanatics in a horse costume that were begging him for a third battle pass.

Next time, Sakurai knew, he’d need to go somewhere even more isolated.

A rogue smash fanatic also knew this as they prepared their penguin costume.

Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Now Outsold Mario Kart Wii

Roam85

@Dethmunk what can you do to elevate a mario kart 9? It’s pretty easy.

Bring in character costumes, MKTour has already made plenty.

Bring in the alternate modes of tracks from MK tour. Hell, bring in all the custom “world tour” tracks from that game.

Make a new mission mode (with battle mode bosses) like MKDS.

Make a separate additional option for double dash mode, complete with new and retro tracks, and new double dash karts and kart parts. Double Dash mode would be able to toggle on or off “character specific items”.

Throw in Kirby and a Kirby stage to celebrate his move to 3d and as a cheeky air ride nod.

I’m good here.

Re: Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Release Date And Pricing Revealed

Roam85

This is terribly priced. More than doubling it?

Yes, I’m going to give in. But in the vain hope that the cost increase is to herald a better product (which yeah, you now need more systems than 64 and genesis to add to it. So maybe if those rumors about the saturn are true… throw in dreamcast, game gear, gb(c), gba, DS (two switches required even), 3ds, wii, and wii u (two switches required again), turbografx 16, and virtual boy) and stop drip feeding the games.

Re: Ubisoft's Rabbids Invade The Palace Of Versailles In New Augmented Reality App

Roam85

@YusseiWarrior3000 no, they are ubisoft characters that have an existing shared franchise with nintendo characters and get lumped in.

Kind of like when nintendolife does an article on someone digging up the segasonic the hedgehog arcade. Sonic is not a nintendo character, but he has mario and sonic at the olympics. So he’s “close enough” to make news on a nintendo site.

Re: Ubisoft's Rabbids Invade The Palace Of Versailles In New Augmented Reality App

Roam85

@YusseiWarrior3000 Rabbids appear in numerous games on numerous nintendo systems and they first appeared on a Wii launch title, which already made their ninty association strong. Now, as the sequel has been announced, they have a crossover franchise with Mario which is more Nintendo action than many Nintendo franchises get.

Also, hey, global tourist attraction and slice of history. Maybe mario went there with his …time machine…