LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Yeah, that's the risk you take if you choose to go for it!
1st to 12th at end of second lap ;b
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Mario Kart 8 DLC |OT| DLC done right
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Yeah, that's the risk you take if you choose to go for it!
1st to 12th at end of second lap ;b
Incitemaybe
Member
GAF conspired to keep me powerless and low that time
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
God dammit. Yoshi Circuit, guys.
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
Can we just get this damn yoshi map please?
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
Not today, Hays. Not today.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
That blue shell came right as I hit first, hah.
Incitemaybe
Member
I'm surprised we keep bypassing it somehow
Captain_Spanky
Member
Is anyone on?
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Incitemaybe
Member
This is probably the most I've seen you active in a MK thread
I have the ipad by me today haha
PreyingShark
Member
The track picking RNG hates that track.
One time in WW there were eleven Yoshi Circuit votes and one for Grumble Volcano. I don't think I need to say which track got picked...
Yeah, the Tournament "host" specifies when the scores reset when creating it. I also think it will reset if you hit the score cap.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Weird thing is, I had a couple of hundred points yesterday. Today I started at 0. Anyone else?
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Never thought the F-Zero course would be a billion times better than the Hyrule course.
Probably because I'm an idiot.
Probably because I'm an idiot.
I see haha
You should post more. You're a rather silent guy. Sometimes I wonder what crosses your mind when you get item raped :O
Grumble Volcano >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yoshi Circuit
Even the game knows that.
CHOO CHOO
Incitemaybe
Member
I didn't see who stopped between the first two thowmps with a horn and blasted everyone on the first lap.......that was hilarious hahahahah
PreyingShark
Member
Grumble Volcano's jump cuts require shrooms. Yoshi Circuit does not so you can do them every lap. Therefore, Yoshi Circuit is superior.
Seriously though, GV is indeed a good track, but when that happened I hadn't played Yoshi Circuit online yet because it never got picked. At least it didn't pick like SNES RR because fuck that track.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Red shell right before the finish line again, haha, worst feeling there is in MK.
Incitemaybe
Member
Well, I've been "Gaf banged" so often in this game I've come to love it ;p
Yeah, SNES RR has been giving me a hard time lately.
Is not as bad as Ice Ice Outpost tho. That slippery feel the ground has is stupidly annoying.
It's like a permanent Blooper. I always do terrible there.
Dat Stockholm syndrome lol
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
3 starred both circuits in 150CC, and Mirror Mode, beat all the staff ghost times, and played a bunch of games online, thought I'd share my opinions of this DLC with you folks, now I've had enough time to enjoy and learn each track.
Rainbow Road (SNES):- Wouldn't have been my first choice of the SNES tracks to include in the DLC, but it's a solid pick. It's basically the MK7 version of the same track but with a ton more visual polish, and some adder flare. The much more generous width of the roads in this version make it a heck of a lot less frustrating than the SNES original. Also love how the thwomp's pounding has a much more drastic effect on the tracks stability than the 3DS version. Kind of encourages you to straighten up, as turning while the track sways can throw you around a little! Also love how each pair of thwomp's take turns hitting the track so you have to look ahead to judge which half of the road is safer. Kind of like the lightning storm on Cloudtop Cruise.
Yoshi Circuit (GCN):- In my opinion the most difficult track in the series, but it's easily one of my favourites. Out of all the Double Dash tracks to bring over to MK8 this was my most wanted, and it more than makes up for the dissapointment of Sherbert Land, and Dry Dry Desert. The whole track is a drifter's dreams, full of both long, and short curved turns and nary a straight stretch of road in sight, an interesting early shortcut that requires skill to pull off effectively, and a really unconventional track layout compared to the majority of the series maps. I absolutely adore it, and in terms of throwback tracks, it's easily MK8's best. The inclusion of this track along makes the first DLC pack worth it for me.
Wario's Gold Mine (Wii):- A solid pick from the game that, in my opinion, easily has the best overall track variety of any of the MK games. Not much really had to be fixed to make this fit in with the rest of MK8's track roster, and apart from the visual upgrade, nothing's been added really. Fun track to drive around, with a neat hidden boost pad to find on one of the track's earlier corners, and an alternative path later on, in the minecart section towards the end. I do miss the half-pipe right at the end though, but due to the game not having them in the first place, it's understandable why they took it out. The weakest of the throwback tracks, but by no means a bad track. Toad's Factory or Mushroom Gorge would've been better picks in my opinion.
Mute City (NEW):- Fantastic piece of fan-service to F-Zero fans like myself (By the way, get to work on a new one Ninty!) Only other track apart from MK8's Rainbow Road that's constantly in anti-grav mode to my knowledge. The theming of the track is spot on. Striking a nice balance between MK8's own style, and that of the F-Zero games as well. Also love that no matter where you are on the track, there's always something to give you a boost of speed, be it F-Zero themed boost pads, or pegs on the cylindrical section of the track about halfway through. The boost charge lanes scattered throughout giving you coins is also another neat addition that just adds to the authenticity of it all, gives you an interesting choice of whether to sacrfice speed off of the boost pads in favour of a more passive speed increase from the coins. Outstanding work.
Excitebike Arena (NEW):- The second game crossover track offers something MK8 has needed since it first came out. A basic loop shaped track that pretty much anyone, new and experienced, can play and get into without being overwhelmed by all of the new stuff MK8 introduces. The random ramp generation each time you play really keeps the map fresh, and on the first lap around the track, it's exciting to take note of what you're flying past so you can improve your performance the second and third time you loop around so you can hit all the right ramps, hit all the speedboosts, and dodge all of the mud puddles, and gain a lead on the competition. The simplistic look of the track works really well in MK8's graphics engine too!
Hyrule Circuit (NEW):- The last of the crossover maps, and the most traditional of the three. Hyrule Circuit has a fairly straight forward layout, but it's the theme, and a few little neat touches that make this one interesting to play through. There's a bunch of open corners that allow for boost shortcuts if you have a mushroom handy, and an interesting little "puzzle" as you head into the foyer of hyrule castle, with some hookshot switches to hit that activates a ramp to jump over the master sword at the centre of the castle that gives you a small boost, and a shortcut. Visually it's another great example of Nintendo balancing out styles from both this game, and the game it crosses over with. Much like Mute City. Weakest of the crossover tracks for me, but still great!
Ice Ice Peak (NEW):- Out of all the new, original tracks, this is easily my favourite. Music is killer, and the track layout is really interesting despite the simple shape of the circuit. Two different coloured roads weave over and under each other, which makes for some unique track navigation as you drop off of one track and onto another, not only does this allow for some interesting experimentation when it comes to figuring out a faster route, but it also makes ambushing people interesting as well as you drop off onto another track to hit an opponent or swap lanes to pursue. A couple of tricky shortcuts too that require you to drift early on on straights to hit ice bergs with boost ramps on them that cut some corners, but with the added risk of falling in the drink if you mis-judge your drift. There's even a sneakily hidden ramp you can find by dropping off the left hand side of the track, after the first shortcut. Easily up there with the best of MK8's original tracks.
Dragon Driftway (NEW):- The concept and design of this track is great. An almost entirely cylindrical track that takes place on the back of Mario Galaxy 2's "Gobbegut" that almost exclusively makes use of the anti-grav, much like Mute City. While the layout of the track is pretty simple, it does have some devishly steep turns to navigate towards the middle of the track, and with the added looseness in handling that anti-grav causes, it can be tricky to predict how early to drift to avoid banging into the barriers as you turn a corner, there's also a fun series of bumps that you hit towards the end that require you to time your hops perfectly to get all 3 stunt boosts as you descend. Love the chinese theme as well, with Lakitu references everywhere.There's also a ramp that you can boost across that cuts a corner early on, and a grassy knoll that can be boosted across near the end to make the last turn shorter. Fits right in with the rest of MK8's track roster.
Rainbow Road (SNES):- Wouldn't have been my first choice of the SNES tracks to include in the DLC, but it's a solid pick. It's basically the MK7 version of the same track but with a ton more visual polish, and some adder flare. The much more generous width of the roads in this version make it a heck of a lot less frustrating than the SNES original. Also love how the thwomp's pounding has a much more drastic effect on the tracks stability than the 3DS version. Kind of encourages you to straighten up, as turning while the track sways can throw you around a little! Also love how each pair of thwomp's take turns hitting the track so you have to look ahead to judge which half of the road is safer. Kind of like the lightning storm on Cloudtop Cruise.
Yoshi Circuit (GCN):- In my opinion the most difficult track in the series, but it's easily one of my favourites. Out of all the Double Dash tracks to bring over to MK8 this was my most wanted, and it more than makes up for the dissapointment of Sherbert Land, and Dry Dry Desert. The whole track is a drifter's dreams, full of both long, and short curved turns and nary a straight stretch of road in sight, an interesting early shortcut that requires skill to pull off effectively, and a really unconventional track layout compared to the majority of the series maps. I absolutely adore it, and in terms of throwback tracks, it's easily MK8's best. The inclusion of this track along makes the first DLC pack worth it for me.
Wario's Gold Mine (Wii):- A solid pick from the game that, in my opinion, easily has the best overall track variety of any of the MK games. Not much really had to be fixed to make this fit in with the rest of MK8's track roster, and apart from the visual upgrade, nothing's been added really. Fun track to drive around, with a neat hidden boost pad to find on one of the track's earlier corners, and an alternative path later on, in the minecart section towards the end. I do miss the half-pipe right at the end though, but due to the game not having them in the first place, it's understandable why they took it out. The weakest of the throwback tracks, but by no means a bad track. Toad's Factory or Mushroom Gorge would've been better picks in my opinion.
Mute City (NEW):- Fantastic piece of fan-service to F-Zero fans like myself (By the way, get to work on a new one Ninty!) Only other track apart from MK8's Rainbow Road that's constantly in anti-grav mode to my knowledge. The theming of the track is spot on. Striking a nice balance between MK8's own style, and that of the F-Zero games as well. Also love that no matter where you are on the track, there's always something to give you a boost of speed, be it F-Zero themed boost pads, or pegs on the cylindrical section of the track about halfway through. The boost charge lanes scattered throughout giving you coins is also another neat addition that just adds to the authenticity of it all, gives you an interesting choice of whether to sacrfice speed off of the boost pads in favour of a more passive speed increase from the coins. Outstanding work.
Excitebike Arena (NEW):- The second game crossover track offers something MK8 has needed since it first came out. A basic loop shaped track that pretty much anyone, new and experienced, can play and get into without being overwhelmed by all of the new stuff MK8 introduces. The random ramp generation each time you play really keeps the map fresh, and on the first lap around the track, it's exciting to take note of what you're flying past so you can improve your performance the second and third time you loop around so you can hit all the right ramps, hit all the speedboosts, and dodge all of the mud puddles, and gain a lead on the competition. The simplistic look of the track works really well in MK8's graphics engine too!
Hyrule Circuit (NEW):- The last of the crossover maps, and the most traditional of the three. Hyrule Circuit has a fairly straight forward layout, but it's the theme, and a few little neat touches that make this one interesting to play through. There's a bunch of open corners that allow for boost shortcuts if you have a mushroom handy, and an interesting little "puzzle" as you head into the foyer of hyrule castle, with some hookshot switches to hit that activates a ramp to jump over the master sword at the centre of the castle that gives you a small boost, and a shortcut. Visually it's another great example of Nintendo balancing out styles from both this game, and the game it crosses over with. Much like Mute City. Weakest of the crossover tracks for me, but still great!
Ice Ice Peak (NEW):- Out of all the new, original tracks, this is easily my favourite. Music is killer, and the track layout is really interesting despite the simple shape of the circuit. Two different coloured roads weave over and under each other, which makes for some unique track navigation as you drop off of one track and onto another, not only does this allow for some interesting experimentation when it comes to figuring out a faster route, but it also makes ambushing people interesting as well as you drop off onto another track to hit an opponent or swap lanes to pursue. A couple of tricky shortcuts too that require you to drift early on on straights to hit ice bergs with boost ramps on them that cut some corners, but with the added risk of falling in the drink if you mis-judge your drift. There's even a sneakily hidden ramp you can find by dropping off the left hand side of the track, after the first shortcut. Easily up there with the best of MK8's original tracks.
Dragon Driftway (NEW):- The concept and design of this track is great. An almost entirely cylindrical track that takes place on the back of Mario Galaxy 2's "Gobbegut" that almost exclusively makes use of the anti-grav, much like Mute City. While the layout of the track is pretty simple, it does have some devishly steep turns to navigate towards the middle of the track, and with the added looseness in handling that anti-grav causes, it can be tricky to predict how early to drift to avoid banging into the barriers as you turn a corner, there's also a fun series of bumps that you hit towards the end that require you to time your hops perfectly to get all 3 stunt boosts as you descend. Love the chinese theme as well, with Lakitu references everywhere.There's also a ramp that you can boost across that cuts a corner early on, and a grassy knoll that can be boosted across near the end to make the last turn shorter. Fits right in with the rest of MK8's track roster.
SweetDonuts
Member
Hi guys
Joining y'all in frantic
Joining y'all in frantic
If one of you can leave so I can take your place ty
Incitemaybe
Member
It seems to me Link is the new Rosalina.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Metal Mario will always be GOAT in MK8. DK is funniest though. Link is just weird in MK.
AlexMeloche
Member
I seem to be unable to race with more than 3 other people.
Incitemaybe
Member
I agree on the Link thing somewhat....it's strange.
So yeah, I love how Lakitu now has his own course in the form of Dragon Driftway, as made evident by the Lakitu statues and wall-scrolls, the Jugem's Cloud on the flags at the finish line, etc. An oriental shrine featuring an ouroboros Gobblegut -- who would've thought!
Def love this level's design!
Rosalina will always be Rosalina to me <3
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Done for today. GGs.
There's a reason if i use always bike suit Rosalina.
Incitemaybe
Member
Well that was.....dramatic.
Lol! Me too! Hahahhahah. I can't stand her mumu dress. The bike suit tho... She just looks so good leaning over a sports bike, platinum blonde hair waving in the wind, the sparkle of her silver crown glinting in the eyes of the losers behind her.
SweetDonuts
Member
Albo always avoiding those blue shells tho
Incitemaybe
Member
I saw it crash and then....and then....he was fine....and really far ahead.