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Mario Kart 8 DLC |OT| DLC done right
- Thread starter Roo
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Excitebike Arena is the best and funniest track of the whole DLC for me
So much chaos, just like Baby Park
I actually love Rainbow Road. Something about tracks with lots of right-angles just feel so good to me. Plus it really showcases the gorgeous lighting.
edit: That Sunshine Airport was carnage!
This is the best part about the DLC. The less people using my waifu, the better.
Jeff Vader
Member
10 people pick snes rainbow road, one picks other.
Edit: this was the dlc room so yeah. Why you guys do that?
Edit: this was the dlc room so yeah. Why you guys do that?
I don't take anything for granted that comes from Andre and co since their videos are usually polluted with "I think" "maybe" "who knows" instead of real facts.
Plus, I wanted to know the source anyway since it was the first time I heard about this "rumor".
The other best part is that now a batallion of characters I actually like seeing are racing with me.
Which reminds me, where did all the PGP players go? :lol
haha, what do you mean?
Just because it's a DLC room doesn't mean we need to race on DLC tracks all the time
Racing on the same track three times in less than 20 minutes feels kinda boring
I used to play karts only and hated bikes in mk wii. But in 8 I started with bikes and now I can't play karts anymore lol.
I spent a bit of time messing around with various setups. I have sets for time trials (speed focus), normal rooms (slight speed focus) and frantic rooms (balance focus) and it's been working well for me.
As much as I like the master cycle, the lack of acceleration kills it for me in frantic. I need that acceleration. And from what I read acceleration stat works in even amounts or does nothing, i.e 2.0, 3.0 ect. For frantic I like having at least 3 acceleration. I would love a 4 speed, 4 acceleration setup but with rosalina and a bike I don't think it's possible. I'd have to play another character and possibly use a kart.
Also I have to like how it looks or its a no go. Sometime when I'm messing about I'll put monster tires on a bike because I think it looks awesome. It just ends up sacking stat wise.
The Bankslammer
Member
if we don't get ribbon road in DLC pack 2 i swear to god
all the cool super circuit tracks will forever be in the shadows of the circuit tracks and bowser's castles
Jeff Vader
Member
I used to play karts only and hated bikes in mk wii. But in 8 I started with bikes and now I can't play karts anymore lol.
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Also I have to like how it looks or its a no go. Sometime when I'm messing about I'll put monster tires on a bike because I think it looks awesome. It just ends up sacking stat wise.
All of this. My first real setup that I ran with just because it looked incredible thematically was Rosalina (Sky Blue) + Sport Bike (Orange) + Retro Off Roaders (White) + MKTV Parafoil. As much as putting Slicks on the bike made it as competitive a bike/character combination as I was going to get in an era post firehopping bans, I kinda miss the color scheme of my og setup. :lol
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Strange question, can you play Mario Kart Wii online using Dolphin?
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Sport bike > *
if we don't get ribbon road in DLC pack 2 i swear to god
all the cool super circuit tracks will forever be in the shadows of the circuit tracks and bowser's castles
I've been aching for a Ribbon Road that actually floats in the breeze like a decorative ribbon and bends a la Mario Circuit/Dragon Driftway for years. Cheese Land (dat music), Rainbow Road and Bowser's Castle 4 could turn into AMAZING tracks too.
You sound like me when I first bought the game.I used to play karts only and hated bikes in mk wii. But in 8 I started with bikes and now I can't play karts anymore lol.
I spent a bit of time messing around with various setups. I have sets for time trials (speed focus), normal rooms (slight speed focus) and frantic rooms (balance focus) and it's been working well for me.
As much as I like the master cycle, the lack of acceleration kills it for me in frantic. I need that acceleration. And from what I read acceleration stat works in even amounts or does nothing, i.e 2.0, 3.0 ect. For frantic I like having at least 3 acceleration. I would love a 4 speed, 4 acceleration setup but with rosalina and a bike I don't think it's possible. I'd have to play another character and possibly use a kart.
Also I have to like how it looks or its a no go. Sometime when I'm messing about I'll put monster tires on a bike because I think it looks awesome. It just ends up sacking stat wise.
I used to think Standard ATV+ Monster Tires + Standard Glider was GOAT
then I saw the stats and my dreams shattered like glass.
I thought that was the point of that room? I guess I was wrong
The point of the room is to race on DLC tracks yeah, but not only
If that was the point, then we would only be choosing between the same 8 DLC tracks every time
I used cyber slicks sometimes on the sports bike but I don't like how they look that much. I've found the slim tires to be almost as fast and the extra traction can help on icy/muddy tracks like shy guy falls, yoshi for example. Being able to take those turns easier is sometimes worth the slight speed sacrifice.
Also, since it's a pain to change setups I try to use something that will cover most tracks, even if it's not optimal for any single one.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Which I appreciate about them. They usually make it pretty clear whether something's a fact, opinion, or pure speculation
I don't think so since Nintendo's Wii servers were disabled, unless someone made their own?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I'm with Grizzo, in that the DLC tracks are suppose to be an addition to the ones we already had, not replacements. We all love Mute City and Hyrule Cicuit, but you don't need to vote for it every single time it shows up if we did it twice in the last hour. There are 40 tracks in the game now, most of them very good actually. Variety is the spice of life and all that jazz
I used to be PGP, and then I found that I could play as Fat Albert. FA > PGP.
FleetingFlowAir
Member
My own Green Shells came back and ruined me forever.
The Bankslammer
Member
At least if the trend keeps up, Mario Kart 9 should be getting GBA Rainbow Road, lol
Super Circuit just has some cool, really unique track aesthetics so it's kinda a shame that they keep going for the generic circuit tracks and Bowser's Castle (without going for 4, which is by far the most interesting). I'd definitely love to see Ribbon Road or Cheese Land show up in the next DLC or a future game. At least we got Sky Garden in DS, I guess!
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Agreed; it really allows for some unique track designs
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Stop, Stop! Don't get our expectation too high for DLC2.
Ribbon Road or Cheese Land tracks would be amazing to see in HD
Jeff Vader
Member
lol ok ok I get it, I just took the DLC part of the room name too literally.
HypnoDarkrai
Member
Surprised at no blue shell.
I honestly felt this way from the first time I played GAF on Mario Circuit and Rainbow Road 8/64 specifically. There's just something about the idea of your biggest in game rival also becoming your best frenemy when antigrav sections kick in and you're now bump boosting off one another for long chains and overtaking large numbers of people in the process.
Seeing entire levels being made out of the stuff though has really kicked the idea into "classic" territory.
@The Bankslammer: After playing Cloudtop Cruise the first time, I swear Sky Garden got robbed being a retro course on the DS version. :lol
Exactly, so I hope y'all are gonna vote for Toad's Turnpike next time you get the chance to do it
don't actually do that please
what does PGP mean outside of maybe Pretty Gross Princess?
Jeff Vader
Member
I know what track I'm picking next time!
HypnoDarkrai
Member
Slipstream OP.
FleetingFlowAir
Member
There really does need to be more Super Circuit tracks. Isn't GBA Mario Circuit the only one that got a retro track in this game?
Agreed.
I'm really so upset at how Toad's Turnpike turned out in everything but level aesthetics/visual touches. That track should have been one of the most tense and Mario Kart™ levels ever. Instead they fuck the whole concept over by making the whole track the size of an Xbox One and traffic slow as fuck. Even the cool little touches like the ramp trucks don't get utilized because everyone's just hugging the corners for 30 seconds straight then going to the other corner and holding it for the other 30 seconds of the lap.
They really should have stuck to three hyper condensed lanes, cars/trucks that actually take up the full width of the lane they're in and made them faster.
Pink
Gold Peach
Also, while we're still talking stages, what are the courses that surprise you most in both how competitive and fun they can be playing with GAFcc?
I'd say my top three post DLC are Yoshi Circuit, Grumble Volcano and Mario Circuit GBA
They really should have stuck to three hyper condensed lanes, cars/trucks that actually take up the full width of the lane they're in and made them faster.
Pink
Fool's
Also, while we're still talking stages, what are the courses that surprise you most in both how competitive and fun they can be playing with GAFcc?
I'd say my top three post DLC are Yoshi Circuit, Grumble Volcano and Mario Circuit GBA
HypnoDarkrai
Member
That banana came out of nowhere.
So gooooood
Seriously I use to listen to select this track on time trial just to listen to the music with my headphones
I love all the tracks on Super Circuit, they were all really good looking. I hope they're gonna bring one of them back for the 2nd DLC pack (I also can't wait for it to come out)
Lady Siara
Member
Wow, yeah, these new tracks don't disappoint. Super fun and varied.