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Mario Kart 8 DLC |OT| DLC done right
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Heavy's Sandvich
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seventh the new first 8)
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I think I got at least 15 bullet bills there.
Incitemaybe
Member
So few?
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I can motion control on that track.
Lady Siara
Member
I'm out. GG's everyone, super fun as always!
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I'm so tired I drove off the track twice and still came in 3rd.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I got gg pushed off the track.
N64 rainbow road needs a second lap.
N64 rainbow road needs a second lap.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
That was lame. Used a mushroom to take the shortcut at the end but it didn't boost so I ended up just driving off. Weird.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
First win of the night thanks to two blue shells ruining kak.
PreyingShark
Member
To remind us just how much most of us suck at it on a regular basis.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I didnt mean to ragequit
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
2nd place blue shell.
TheShampion
Member
I choose Cloud Top Cruise, and I got sixth, which was a heckofa lot better than I was doing before.
I did get forth on one of the first races, which feels like 1st in my heart.
GGs everyone.
I did get forth on one of the first races, which feels like 1st in my heart.
GGs everyone.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Somehow in my drowsy state I won a race. That's a good note to finish on.
I even already forgot what track it was.
I even already forgot what track it was.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Nice one people.
Wario been the GOAT since 64.
Wario been the GOAT since 64.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Saint Gregory
Member
That was such a close 2nd, damn that boomerang!!!
Let's face it, Wario Shitium has to be the most haphazardly designed course in the game.
It's like, "OK guys, we need to put in every mechanic we introduced since MK7. Let's add this tilted Z-shaped platform with anti-gravity. And add some water after these ramps. Now we need a flying section at the end. Perfect. Oh, what's that? Water below the flying section? Brilliant idea."
The rest of the course is appropriately updated for MK8 though it is filled with too many "auto" sections with the ramps and boost pads.
It's like, "OK guys, we need to put in every mechanic we introduced since MK7. Let's add this tilted Z-shaped platform with anti-gravity. And add some water after these ramps. Now we need a flying section at the end. Perfect. Oh, what's that? Water below the flying section? Brilliant idea."
The rest of the course is appropriately updated for MK8 though it is filled with too many "auto" sections with the ramps and boost pads.
PreyingShark
Member
Well yeah, all those mechanics is what makes it awesome dude.
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SweetDonuts
Member
I think you only find courses bad if you can't race them well.
Apart from Sherbet Land, fuck that one.
Apart from Sherbet Land, fuck that one.
SoraanTribal
Member
I personally really like Wario Stadium in MK8, but one of my friends doesn't. His reason is because he isn't very good at the track, lol. It's true, so I don't blame him for disliking it. 
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I agree, DaBoss my nigga I hate it had to be him
I'm sure someone will agree with me. ;_;
Though I guess to be fair to the MK8 version of Wario Stadium, the DS version is probably the most boring Wario course in the series. Wario generally has some crazy courses with crazy ramps, so I guess they had to change it significantly to make it fit with Wario's typical courses.
The only part I have difficulty with on that course is probably the last item box section with the ramps and the water where I would get bumped easily and miss the boost pads or miss the item boxes.
Wario's Goldmine on the other hand isn't a bad course, I just don't have much fun racing on it for some reason. Probably one of the dullest courses to choose from Mario Kart Wii.
I think the list of courses I don't like racing on can be just boiled down to:
Rainbow Road 64 (this and Toad's Turnpike have the problem of you are either dominating in first, or you are in the middle of the pack going through hell)
Toad's Turnpike
Wario Stadium
Wario's Goldmine
Excitebike (mostly cause it is pretty boring; pretty much like Baby Park without the chaos of Baby Park and it being too long; cool fan service course though)
And the ones I tolerate are:
Dry Dry Desert (water section just blows)
Moo Moo Meadows (there's some sort of rule where people get crazy items in the first turn and that will decide the race, it may even work in my favor)
So yea, they just didn't make some of the retro courses fun or chose some bad ones for the most part for me.
And something I just noticed. Every retro course they chose to put in the game have made it so nearly all past Mario Kart games have a course to "represent" it. SNES Rainbow Road (SMK, MK:SC, MK7), Yoshi Circuit (MKD, MKDS), and Wario's Goldmine (MKWii). MK64 left out.
Though I guess to be fair to the MK8 version of Wario Stadium, the DS version is probably the most boring Wario course in the series. Wario generally has some crazy courses with crazy ramps, so I guess they had to change it significantly to make it fit with Wario's typical courses.
The only part I have difficulty with on that course is probably the last item box section with the ramps and the water where I would get bumped easily and miss the boost pads or miss the item boxes.
Wario's Goldmine on the other hand isn't a bad course, I just don't have much fun racing on it for some reason. Probably one of the dullest courses to choose from Mario Kart Wii.
I think the list of courses I don't like racing on can be just boiled down to:
Rainbow Road 64 (this and Toad's Turnpike have the problem of you are either dominating in first, or you are in the middle of the pack going through hell)
Toad's Turnpike
Wario Stadium
Wario's Goldmine
Excitebike (mostly cause it is pretty boring; pretty much like Baby Park without the chaos of Baby Park and it being too long; cool fan service course though)
And the ones I tolerate are:
Dry Dry Desert (water section just blows)
Moo Moo Meadows (there's some sort of rule where people get crazy items in the first turn and that will decide the race, it may even work in my favor)
So yea, they just didn't make some of the retro courses fun or chose some bad ones for the most part for me.
And something I just noticed. Every retro course they chose to put in the game have made it so nearly all past Mario Kart games have a course to "represent" it. SNES Rainbow Road (SMK, MK:SC, MK7), Yoshi Circuit (MK
D, MKDS), and Wario's Goldmine (MKWii). MK64 left out.
As it should be since people only liked it for the battle mode and not the racing.
PreyingShark
Member
Wait, wait, wait a sec DaBoss.
You could race in MK64?
You could race in MK64?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
with tracks like Toad's Turdpike or Rainbow Road 64, no wonder people stuck to the battle mode
real talk, MK8 may be the first console MK game I wasn't disappointed by to some moderate degree. 64, Double Dash, Wii...DS and 7 shit on 'em. And MK8 ended up being the prettiest, most polished MK they ever made.
MisterLuffy
Member
I really like Rainbow Road SNES track. I hate the new Rainbow Road because there are parts where I mostly make a wide drift, though I'm using a bike, and fall off the track.
SMH, hatin' on Rainbow Road 64 and Toad's Turnpike (in MK64). I do agree though that 8 is pretty much the single best Mario Kart free currently. I've felt that way for a while now, especially since the game has made it so even as someone who fondly enjoys rounds of MK64 or thinks highly of Super Circuit and DS, I don't think about them as much more than DLC stage fodder now.
Edit: Double Dash was complete ass outside of Baby Park, Wario Colosseum and the double kart idea/mechanics.
Edit: Double Dash was complete ass outside of Baby Park, Wario Colosseum and the double kart idea/mechanics.
PreyingShark
Member
Double Dash!! had the best snaking mechanics in the series though, compared to DS's "kill-your-fingers" snaking and Wii's "You're still slower than bikes" snaking.
What you need to do for those turns is tap B while going "in" and then accelerate out. Karts also have to do that here and there on that course for the fastest lines, though most combos can technically do those turns without braking without falling off.
MisterLuffy
Member
Thanks for the tip. I usually make it without falling nor breaking, but I would rather do a sure thing that would help me not fall off the track.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
that's another thing, snaking, don't miss any of that shit. But I love the other additions like tricks, or getting rid of item hording, and I think the addition of anti-gravity transitions has actually made the underwater/glider stuff more seamless. The coins, the tricks, the drifts, the items, vehicle transitions; they all seem to flow together now, and it looks and feels great.
not the same without a GAF room.
Joined world wide and kept coming in 1st. Felt wrong.
Like I didn't earn it.
MisterLuffy
Member
I feel like that too when I raced against randoms. Racing against gaffers and taking 1st place is more of an achievement than getting 1st against randoms since it's more challenging.
im attempting to join atm
edit:
joined
but might be leaving to pick up Dragon Age, debating on if I want to face the cold weather.
Nice, Teegs is in here as well.
I'll probably join in for a little while too.