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Mario Kart 8 |OT2| I'm using tilt controls!

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StrikerObi

Member
DLC characters would certainly be cool but having 30 to begin with is pretty good already. I'd definitely prefer DLC courses, and I'd love to see them add in some proper battle arenas via DLC.
 
JaseMath

JaseMath

Member
I can't even imagine 150cc—I keep getting fucked in 100cc. Yesterday, I came in first overall in the 100cc Special and received ZERO stars. How? I don't even...
 
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Nyteshade517

Member
Porcile said:
Currently spectating in GAF Tourney. I need my daily beating. This game is worse for you than heroin.
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lol...This is one of those games that makes you wanna punch a hole in the wall at times but then a few minutes later you're back to having the need to play again

I get a few good races in and the rest are pretty brutal but the fun is still there
 
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Nyteshade517

Member
JasonMCG said:
I can't even imagine 150cc—I keep getting fucked in 100cc. Yesterday, I came in first overall in the 100cc Special and received ZERO stars. How? I don't even...
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I think to get 1 star you have to get 3 1st place finishes in the races for a cup but I'm not 100% sure
 
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masud

Banned
Playing with a lightweight character is so aggravating in the gaf tourney. A third of the time I get punted completely off the track at the first turn. Fucking Rosalinas...
 
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batbeg

Member
masud said:
Playing with a lightweight character is so aggravating in the gaf tourney. A third of the time I get punted completely off the track at the first turn. Fucking Rosalinas...
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This is the first time I've ever not played Toad :(

One more race left in me, come on first place :D

Edit: bahaha funny finish too.
 
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chaosblade

Unconfirmed Member
Nyteshade517 said:
I think to get 1 star you have to get 3 1st place finishes in the races for a cup but I'm not 100% sure
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I'm almost positive I got one star once when I finished with two 1st and two 2nd place finishes. Read you need 55 points, but I think you can get it with 54.

Doesn't matter though. Go big, get three stars.
 
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Lord_Byron28

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masud said:
Playing with a lightweight character is so aggravating in the gaf tourney. A third of the time I get punted completely off the track at the first turn. Fucking Rosalinas...
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My favorite ones that I usually use in past karts were shy guy, Koopa, Toad, and Lemmy. However I soon realized that it was much better to go with Iggy or Rosalina this time around
 
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PhaZZe

Banned
Already 3 stars in 50 and 100, only mushroom cup with 3 stars in 150

online is amazing, i need to play it with gaf!
 
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Nyteshade517

Member
I switched from Iggy to DK last night because I was kinda tired of getting knocked around. It at least gives me a better chance to have a decent race. I'm usually near the back anyway with the occasional good race thrown in.
 
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StrikerObi

Member
Lord_Byron28 said:
My favorite ones that I usually use in past karts were shy guy, Koopa, Toad, and Lemmy. However I soon realized that it was much better to go with Iggy or Rosalina.
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I have played as Yoshi in every MK game up until this one. I was looking forward to playing as Lemmy because he's adorable, but once I found out that he's classified as a babyweight I decided to go with Iggy instead. Dem crazy eyes.
 
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Kai Dracon

Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I must admit now that I am familiar with all the tracks, IMO MK8 has the best track selection overall in the series. I like every new track and think most of them are pretty ingenious designs. In the retro tracks I never cared for Yoshi Valley or DK Jungle, but otherwise I like them all and the changes made to them.

But the new tracks really are something, bringing up memories of the best tracks in F-Zero GX and the art direction fiercely evokes Sega Blue Skies.
 
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StrikerObi

Member
Kai Dracon said:
I must admit now that I am familiar with all the tracks, IMO MK8 has the best track selection overall in the series. I like every new track and think most of them are pretty ingenious designs. In the retro tracks I never cared for Yoshi Valley or DK Jungle, but otherwise I like them all and the changes made to them.

But the new tracks really are something, bringing up memories of the best tracks in F-Zero GX and the art direction fiercely evokes Sega Blue Skies.
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I was thinking the same thing last night, about the F-Zero comparison. Some of the tracks that really twist around a lot like Bowser's Castle have a big F-Zero vibe.
 
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-PXG-

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JasonMCG said:
I can't even imagine 150cc—I keep getting fucked in 100cc. Yesterday, I came in first overall in the 100cc Special and received ZERO stars. How? I don't even...
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If you can't overcome 100cc, don't ever play online. Hell, you can forget about rolling with GAF, lol. Pure, next level insanity goes down and it never stops.
 
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TheSpaceBetween

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Eh, as usual, there are several boring/crappy choices for retro tracks. They butchered Dry Dry Desert and Sherbet Land from DD. Moo Moo meadows is the most boring track from MK Wii, and there are much better choices from SMK than MC and DP. I actually love what they did with the Mario Kart 7 tracks... They aren't that different, just prettier, but they picked three of the stronger tracks overall from that game. And RR is just great, but it is borderline criminal that it is a single lap. They should have made it a two lap race like Wario Colosseum from DD.

The new tracks are of great of course. Tied with Double Dash for me in new course design. On another note, I finally picked up a lan adaptor so I will see you guys online sometime today!
 
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-PXG-

Member
TheSpaceBetween said:
Eh, as usual, there are several boring/crappy choices for retro tracks. They butchered Dry Dry Desert and Sherbet Land from DD. Moo Moo meadows is the most boring track from MK Wii, and there are much better choices from SMK than MC and DP. I actually love what they did with the Mario Kart 7 tracks... They aren't that different, just prettier, but they picked three of the stronger tracks overall from that game. And RR is just great, but it is borderline criminal that it is a single lap. They should have made it a two lap race like Wario Colosseum from DD.

The new tracks are of great of course. Tied with Double Dash for me in new course design.
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Cosigned, stamped, sealed and sent
 
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balladofwindfishes

Member
ViewtifulJC said:
you toad turnpike fans disgust me

some of the retro choices are weird. Like, did we really need two fuckin' rainbow roads? Two Mario Circuits? Don't Royal Raceway and Donut Plains fill that nostaglia/old school map spot already?
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Yes, we do need 2. Especially since RR64 is still the best RR Nintendo's ever done and is the basis for most of the other RR's in the series for ascetics and music.

Also Royal Raceway and Donut Plains aren't even from the same game. What an odd caparison to make.

The GBA Mario Circuit is in name only. It could as well been called "Grassy Gasslands" or whatever.

This is also the first Mario Kart without a retro Bowser's Castle.
 
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The Bankslammer

Member
why are the super circuit track selections always so garbage

i mean at least it wasn't another damn bowser's castle but mario circuit isn't much better

where the hell are ribbon road and cheese land dammit
 
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ViewtifulJC

Banned
balladofwindfishes said:
Yes, we do need 2. Especially since RR64 is still the best RR Nintendo's ever done
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stop reading there, RR64 is boring as hell, goes on forever with very little to do, best anything is laughable. Wii U is better by the simple fact that its short.

good tracks: Most of the new ones
Wario Stadium
Tick-Tock Clock
Donut Plains 3
Grumble Volcano
DK Jungle
Cheep Cheep Beach
Royal Raceway

Rainbow Road Tracks:
Rainbow Road Old and Busted
Rainbow Road New Hotness

Scust tracks:
Bone Dry Dunes
Sweet Sweet Canyon
Moo Moo Meadows
Dry Dry Don't Pick This Track
Piranha Plant Slide
Sherbet Land
Music Park
Yoshi's Valley
Toad's Turnpike
 
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chaosblade

Unconfirmed Member
ViewtifulJC said:
you toad turnpike fans disgust me

some of the retro choices are weird. Like, did we really need two fuckin' rainbow roads? Two Mario Circuits? Don't Royal Raceway and Donut Plains fill that nostaglia/old school map spot already?
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Two Rainbow Roads is fine, but RR64 could have been done better. Original was long and boring, but the new one is too short.

I'd have rather seen other tracks in place of the entire Shell Cup, Dry Dry Desert, and Sherbert Land. Rest of the retro picks I'm okay with.
 
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