Letterbomb
Banned
I'll also join in the race with you guys tonight. Gonna check the OP real quick to see how to join the lobby, but if it's not there, can someone guide me through the steps?
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Mario Kart 8 DLC |OT| DLC done right
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oh god. thx!!
Amen to that. Nintendo may be lttp when it comes to online, but god do they put to shame all the industry when they arrive.
I've been smiling all day playing this dlc.
yeah, I can
My review of the 8 DLC tracks.
GCN Yoshi Circuit - A lot of sharp corners. There's no antigrav and at least from an initial sweep, no gliding section either (though, could be wrong)
Excitebike Arena - It's Baby Park with randomized hills. It's a lot longer to accommodate 12 players without any significant overlap with last place racers. The random layout. It may get a little too boring in Time Trials since the track doesn't change layout.
Dragon Driftway - Aside from one obvious shortcut I saw near the beginning, it's a very straight forward course. The theme is charming though, it doesn't really sway me either way.
Mute City - This one I was a little bit worried about because I didn't know how F-Zero would mesh into Mario Kart gameplay. It works rather well. The elliptical curve of the track, complete antigrav, and constant speed boosts make for one hell of a Mario Kart track.
Wii Wario's Gold Mine - It's like a roller coaster. There's at least two shortcuts that are relatively easy to pull of. Wario's sitting on some prime real estate.
SNES Rainbow Road Flat simple. Feels a bit wider than the 3DS version. The Thwomps create more of a ripple of the track.
Ice Ice Outpost To me, it's the weakest of the bunch. Track splits I've seen in a few core tracks and some of the shortcuts take practice.
Hyrule Castle Fan service. Rupees and other Zelda style sound effects are a nice touch. The track's puzzle is haven't been able to pull of myself but it's easy to piggyback from other racers. Parts of it reminded me of Moo Moo Meadows and Twisted Mansion fused together.
Hyrule Castle, Mute City, and Wario's Gold Mine are my favorite of the bunch. Everything else except Ice Ice Outpost is really good.
GCN Yoshi Circuit - A lot of sharp corners. There's no antigrav and at least from an initial sweep, no gliding section either (though, could be wrong)
Excitebike Arena - It's Baby Park with randomized hills. It's a lot longer to accommodate 12 players without any significant overlap with last place racers. The random layout. It may get a little too boring in Time Trials since the track doesn't change layout.
Dragon Driftway - Aside from one obvious shortcut I saw near the beginning, it's a very straight forward course. The theme is charming though, it doesn't really sway me either way.
Mute City - This one I was a little bit worried about because I didn't know how F-Zero would mesh into Mario Kart gameplay. It works rather well. The elliptical curve of the track, complete antigrav, and constant speed boosts make for one hell of a Mario Kart track.
Wii Wario's Gold Mine - It's like a roller coaster. There's at least two shortcuts that are relatively easy to pull of. Wario's sitting on some prime real estate.
SNES Rainbow Road Flat simple. Feels a bit wider than the 3DS version. The Thwomps create more of a ripple of the track.
Ice Ice Outpost To me, it's the weakest of the bunch. Track splits I've seen in a few core tracks and some of the shortcuts take practice.
Hyrule Castle Fan service. Rupees and other Zelda style sound effects are a nice touch. The track's puzzle is haven't been able to pull of myself but it's easy to piggyback from other racers. Parts of it reminded me of Moo Moo Meadows and Twisted Mansion fused together.
Hyrule Castle, Mute City, and Wario's Gold Mine are my favorite of the bunch. Everything else except Ice Ice Outpost is really good.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
DaBoss killed NormalGAF
Your username is fitting for your post.
PreyingShark
Member
You talkin' about Excite Bike Arena? 'Cause when I played WWs earlier, I've had times where the vote for that track was unanimous.
Yoshi Circuit also had an 11 out of 12 vote for it, but of course the game picked Grumble Volcano because Yoshi Circuit is my favorite track in the entire series. Always has been, probably always will. Dragon Driftway is a close second though.
Yo, jc, I don't know how you manage to avoid us from going to Yoshi Circuit, but keep doing that.
And yo, don't think I didn't see what you were planning on doing.
EDIT: Why didn't you guys get a red shell and destroy the green shells I had? Instead every one of them were destroyed by things lying around or bats.
And yo, don't think I didn't see what you were planning on doing.
EDIT: Why didn't you guys get a red shell and destroy the green shells I had? Instead every one of them were destroyed by things lying around or bats.
D
Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Hey guys! I was Captain Falcon for all those races. Whoever was Samurai Goroh, thanks for being awesome and playing along.
And thanks for always choosing Mute City unanimously every time. This is why I love GAF.
And thanks for always choosing Mute City unanimously every time. This is why I love GAF.
It's rather easy, just quote the OP and find the codes hidden under the "Tournaments" section.
There are 4 tournaments, right now we're playing in the first two.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Took a little break, going back to normal to annihilate all of you again.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
fuck whoever threw that green shell backwards in between the blocks on RR
Incitemaybe
Member
Cat-a-strophic!
How cute cat peach ;-)
How cute cat peach ;-)
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
rooooo!!
same here. Me and my brother had both goose bumps when the zelda theme started. lol
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Haha, or not :3 Who chose Dry Dry desert aka worst level in the game?
Ricocheted auto-aiming green shells will be the cause of my death.
You're welcome.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
DaBoss trollin
MisterLuffy
Member
ggs. I was this close taking first place at cloudtop cruise. At least I took first in excite bike map 
shysaursoft
Member
If someone in the room didn't buy the DLC, nobody in the room can play the DLC tracks.
D
Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Gonna stop for now. Had fun.
uh, I didn't. they're in the files (when you're in first, they play).
so blame nintendo, yeah? I would go through and fix it, but I can't be fucked.
The life of a lightweight.
Cause it ain't Toad's Turnpike or Yoshi's Circuit.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
There we go.
Also, Yoshi Circuit is awesome. Only people who don't like it are people who suck at drifting :3
Also, Yoshi Circuit is awesome. Only people who don't like it are people who suck at drifting :3
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
cleared that strip of bananas there for you, ryuchi -_-
freakzilla3000
Junior Member
Can't wait!! Will be downloading soon! Such a great deal.
Letterbomb
Banned
sry then. i was rude.
But i heard some house/Techno drums on the hyrule track and it was awful, lol
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Are you joining the DLC rooms?
After you converted the original files to .wav you have to extract the first two audio channels only. I don't have the original files of the dlc so I cant test that, but that worked well for the "normal" MK8 Soundtrack. My script:
Code:
for /F "tokens=* delims=." %%i in ('dir /B *.wav') do (
ffmpeg -i "%%i" -map_channel 0.0.0 -map_channel 0.0.1 -aq 1 -channel_layout stereo "%%i.mp3"
)
pause
exitYeah. Finally got into Frantic but there's only 2 other people here.
Spirit Icana
Member
Phew, dat was fun. I gotta head out soon, so I have to leave.
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
gtg
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
There's a bunch of us in normal, but the room isn't full so there's room for you too!
Not really. Put that code into a batch file, put the batch file in the folder with all .wav and start it. After a few moments all songs are "corrected". Should go faster as to do that with every single track in audacity
Still can't get in! nvm I'll keep trying.
Not really. Put that code into a batch file, put the batch file in the folder with all .wav and start it. After a few moments all songs are "corrected". Should go faster as to do that with every single track in audacity
oh shit. ok, I'll do that now!! thanks
edit: done! hahahaa. uploading now!
Incitemaybe
Member
attempting to take the shortcut at the end of Ice Ice Outpost is my doom.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Done for today. GG's guys; loads of great runs in normal!
Yeah that last one is sneaky. Not worth the risk most of the time ;b
Yeah that last one is sneaky. Not worth the risk most of the time ;b
I hope that in a future update, Nintendo allows us to upload 60FPS replays to YouTube. I'm over here about to upload something fun and find it so jarring seeing it all in 30FPS.
On another note, the single coolest visual touch on Rainbow Road SNES is how the characters are mostly dark with all the light in the stage coming from the rainbow panels under themselves. It creates this really dreamy atmosphere that I never really thought about until I saw my replays from the earlier GAF matches I had.
The second coolest is actually seeing Dinosaur Island (SMW) under the stage. (RRSNES is the Star World?)
On another note, the single coolest visual touch on Rainbow Road SNES is how the characters are mostly dark with all the light in the stage coming from the rainbow panels under themselves. It creates this really dreamy atmosphere that I never really thought about until I saw my replays from the earlier GAF matches I had.
The second coolest is actually seeing Dinosaur Island (SMW) under the stage. (RRSNES is the Star World?)