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[IchigoSharingan]

GAF I need your help. Here are the fast facts to help you assess the sitch:

• She enjoys playing 50 cc and knows most of the tracks and probably half of the shortcuts.
• She is easily distracted by objects off track, like the Electrodome course or the boxes on the luggage belt in the last bit of the Sunshine Airport course.
• She usually gets 3-5th place when focusing. If she's 1st and loses her spot near the end of the race, she gets mad and stops right before finishing the race, plummeting down to 6th and 7th.
• She has difficulty drifting.
• She sometimes does the tricks but then tries to do them off normal surfaces.
• She has learned how to use all the items appropriately.
• She prefers to use her mother's Mii with a high acceleration kart.
• She is almost 2.5 years old.

What can be done to help her focus on the race and not be easily distracted? What's a fast way to teach drifting/boost?

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Your child isn't even 3 yet. She doesn't have the physical or mental capacity to "get better." She is literally at her ceiling.

 

[Bio-Frost]

I'm gonna go with she is only 2.5 and wont be able to grasp half of those concepts

 

[TwoDurans]

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way... turn.

 

[moogrose]

Jesus. 2 and a half years - she's doing great!

 

[Kor of Memory]

Have her learn how to play smash brothers with items on. Then, when she gets to be average/mediocre at that, give her back to Mario Kart and watch as an average smash player becomes a good mario kart player.

 

[Bsigg12]

She's almost 2 and half years old. The motor skills just aren't there yet.

 

[valouris]

She already seems really good for her age. Best advice... wait?

 

[MattyG]

Just grab her by the shoulders, look deep into her eyes and whisper... "git gud".

That outta do it.

 

[Bubbavelli]

Stealth brag thread about your child being a Mario Kart prodigy?

 

[PedroRVD]

Congratulations. At 2.5 years she's a Mario Kart god. I see her doing fire hopping when she's 3.

 

[MiniBossman]

I'd say she is doing great for 2.5 years old.

My 4 year old does about the same.

Just be patient and don't rush her. She will figure it out in time. Being supportive is the best thing to do here.

 

[Mailbox]

At 2 and a half that's amazing.
For someone that age, it's more about waiting and time than teaching.

 

[Altered Juice]

She is almost 2.5 years old.

 

[adamantypants]

GAF I need your help. Here are the fast facts to help you assess the sitch:

• She is almost 2.5 years old.

What can be done to help her focus on the race and not be easily distracted? What's a fast way to teach drifting/boost?

I don't know if you know this, there's a reason why people use "attention span of a toddler" as a pejorative.

 

[Transistor]

This is a stealth "my 2.5 year old is better than your kid" thread, isn't it?

 

[Gamesgbkiller]

wow. A 2.5 and you want her to improve ?

Sorry, never been in that situation. Just let her play more and more and more..!

 

[khaaan]

• If she's 1st and loses her spot near the end of the race, she gets mad and stops right before finishing the race, plummeting down to 6th and 7th.
  

Same. Except I rage quit out to the menu, Gold trophy without three stars is what losers get.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Racing games are a bit difficult for kids to get the grasp of at a incredibly young age. 2.5 be happy that she can move around collecting things with accuracy.

 

[Muffdraul]

Tell her to git gud or git out!

 

[Mesoian]

NEver not drifting.

 

[BadWolf]

Dude... she isn't even 3 years old yet.

Just let her have fun in whatever way she can play.

 

[Fhtagn]

This is a stealth "my 2.5 year old is better than your kid" thread, isn't it?

Haha yeah, I lol'ed when I got to that bulletpoint.

 

[Cow Mengde]

I was expecting her to be older...

 

[PROJECTZERO]

wow. A 2.5 and you want her to improve ?

Sorry, never been in that situation. Just let her play more and more and more..!

.

 

[NetMapel]

Are you an Asian tiger parent ? No 1st place ? I have no daughter !

 

[montopolis]

She needs to be faster than the other characters if she wants to win!

 

[stufte]

My daughter is terrible at Mario Kart 8 and needs advice

She's 2.5 years old.

 

[Pewpewlazors99]

Wait what...a 3 year old shouldn't be playing video games

Spoiler

Can't tell if this is a legit thread

 

[oti]

Just let her win or lose. Tell her having fun is all that matters and everything will be OK. She's really young as well so don't let the competitive nature of video games get in her enjoyment of playing them.

 

[Ferrio]

E-sports training getting more ridiculous as time goes on.

 

[Transistor]

She needs to be faster than the other characters if she wants to win!

Right you are, Ken!

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

I dunno, expecting a 2.5 year old to not get distracted by flashy visuals is like asking a cat to not chase a string

Most people playing have 30 years on her and are worse anyway, I wouldn't sweat it

This is a stealth "my 2.5 year old is better than your kid" thread, isn't it?

It's a stealth my 2.5 year old is better than you thread

 

[Lulubop]

10 hour a day training sessions, no breaks. If she doesn't improve in a month, just give her away.

 

[akidnamededdy]

wow. A 2.5 and you want her to improve ?

She's gotta get into the esports scene and start earning papa some cash I guess.

 

[JC Lately]

This is a stealth "my 2.5 year old is better than your kid" thread, isn't it?

Came to post this, more or less. For 2.5 years, she's S-tier at this game. Could probably beat my 10 y/o on an off day, even.

 

[Madao]

if i had a kid, i wouldn't try to teach them more serious tricks until they were like 6-7. at that age it's all about doing random stuff.

MK is also a game that's quite hectic even on the lowest settings. Mario Party would be a better game to play for her since easy mode there is very forgiving.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Let her play with Kart-GAF. Either she'll step up real quick or she'll get beat so bad she'll stop playing.

 

[Vecks]

She is almost 2.5 years old.

Why is this the last bullet point? This should be the first and only bullet point.

 

[Maintenance]

GAF I need your help. Here are the fast facts to help you assess the sitch:

She is almost 2.5 years old.

 

[Platy]

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Be proud of your child and let her grow

 

[Magnet_Man]

Teach her to curve the green shell.

 

[lethial]

Has to be a joke thread. Or a joke dad.

 

[D_prOdigy]

step away and just let her have fun

that's for you, OP. that's advice for you

 

[The Flash]

She is almost 2.5 years old.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Honestly, what kind of advice are you expecting here for a 2 year old?

 

[Qurupeke]

Put her on 200cc. If she doesn't rank at least 1st until she's 2.5 exactly, disown her.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

 

[Neiteio]

If she's 2.5 years old and confused by the bright lights of Electrodrome, there's no way she'll survive in the mega-cities of the future, when everything is neon and has "neo" affixed to it.

Do her a favor, drive out to the woods, and release her to the wilderness.

 

[Woffls]

If she's 1st and loses her spot near the end of the race, she gets mad and stops right before finishing the race, plummeting down to 6th and 7th.

We all know that feel

At 2.5 years she should have mastered Mario Kart by now and be playing F-Zero GX. Feel the shame.