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Mario Kart 8 DLC |OT| DLC done right
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Burning Justice
the superior princess
Oh my god, flew right over the fence. lol
Good :3
Tried to drift after it ended and fell.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
Comm error. Oh well, I was gonna get off soon anyway. GGs, guys!
GgsYeah, this will be my last race.
Ggs everyone who played tonight.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
You get Mini-Turbos now based on both how long you hold your drift and how sharply you're drifting. Been this way since MKWii. Snaking is pretty much useless now thanks to that change.
Yeah, I'm really bad at timing blue shells.
Plus, that track is too wide so predicting the middle of it in such a tight turn pretty much sealed the deal.
Like Justice told you, snaking is not a thing in this game.
There is firehopping and demon sliding which are this game's snaking but they are nowhere near as bad.
Youtube has tons of videos of them if you want to learn.
PreyingShark
Member
Snaking was pretty rad in MKDD and then it went and got broken in DS. Then it became the karts' only way to stand a chance against bikes in Wii, and then it only became useful in very specific circumstances in 7 with MK64-style SSMTs being the main thing to do on straightaways, with the occasional bunnyhopping. And in 8 it's just firehopping and demonsliding and shit, yeah.
As for what killed snaking... It wasn't the change to MT charging since you could still snake in Wii. It's more of a physics change that killed it I believe.
As for what killed snaking... It wasn't the change to MT charging since you could still snake in Wii. It's more of a physics change that killed it I believe.
PreyingShark
Member
New Ice Ice Output strat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yZw26gexJk
I haven't even tried it yet but I can already tell that learning how to do that last turn, the only major difference in the new strat, is going to give me hell.
I haven't even tried it yet but I can already tell that learning how to do that last turn, the only major difference in the new strat, is going to give me hell.
PreyingShark
Member
See, if you could actually see that turn then it wouldn't be too hard.
The problem is that you basically have to memorize it, and while I can memorize facts and such really easily, I suck at memorizing racing lines.
The problem is that you basically have to memorize it, and while I can memorize facts and such really easily, I suck at memorizing racing lines.
Decided to give it a shot and surprisingly it's not too had to pull off. Messed up the landing angle twice but that can be fixed with a bit of practice. I'd probably get a worst result if I used a heavy instead of Peach.
Edit: Go figure it really does make a difference. Shaved off 1.72 seconds. Guess I will take a risk online occasionally.
Edit: Go figure it really does make a difference. Shaved off 1.72 seconds. Guess I will take a risk online occasionally.
Dusk Soldier
Member
If you want to play vs. GAFfers you need to check this thread first to see if anyone else is playing.
Just the two of you.
The game only supports two local players for online mode.
If all your friends have their respective Wii U consoles then it's up to 12 players in a single lobby.
Story time:
One of our teachers sent a mail out telling us that she'd be an hour late, so naturally I thought - hey, i'll take my Wii U to class to play with some of those who didn't read the mail before taking the bus.
So we set it up and start playing with classmates as they get to school, and the third girl who joined was the most hilarious Mario Kart player I've ever faced.
She was trashtalking, but she was incredibly polite about it, so zingers like:
Hilarious morning.
Oh and why the fuck does this game not have a handicap setting? Playing with first-timers is so incredibly boring.
One of our teachers sent a mail out telling us that she'd be an hour late, so naturally I thought - hey, i'll take my Wii U to class to play with some of those who didn't read the mail before taking the bus.
So we set it up and start playing with classmates as they get to school, and the third girl who joined was the most hilarious Mario Kart player I've ever faced.
She was trashtalking, but she was incredibly polite about it, so zingers like:
Hilarious morning.
Oh and why the fuck does this game not have a handicap setting? Playing with first-timers is so incredibly boring.
PreyingShark
Member
There's a handicap setting. It's called being a baby. ;P
Seriously this game's balancing is... questionable.
Seriously this game's balancing is... questionable.
PreyingShark
Member
I might join if you guys are still playing after the new episode of Castle is finished. Unfortunately it starts in just a few minutes.
Uhh...I'm not even online right now.
Yeah, this room is gettin nasty pretty quickly 😐Again last.
Do you want to switch to frantic til we get more people?
It's fine. I like challenge.
Roo pls
Edit: joining