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Official Mario Kart DS topic!
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Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
nice game 
TurtleSnatcher
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maynerd said:
yar your eyeball looks cool now
you did exactly what i did to mine, explode in paint ftw
PkunkFury
Member
Anyone have any insight on the meanings behind the kart stats? I understand speed is the top speed your kart can hit and acceleration is the rate at which you achieve that speed. Playing with a low and high acceleration kart is like night and day, and I haven't been able to notice the difference between low speed karts and high speed karts on turns so much, but I definitely catch people on straight aways with Bowser.
Weight seems to allow you to knock characters out of the way, but it also causes your speed to drop faster when driving off road (this sucks in choco island and Luigi's Mansion). Does it effect anything else? When you use a kart with different characters, it seems all stats stay the same except for weight, which changes based on the size of the character. Do any other stats change for some karts? This means weight can be variable for any play style. Do you like playing with the heavier or lighter characters? I think heavier would be better for anyone who knows how to stay on the track, but I see mostly Mario Luigi and Yoshi whenever I play online, so I guess going middle of the road is the best.
How about those other stats? What is drift? I guess it has something to do with power sliding, is it the size of the boost you get from the slide? What about handling? Is that how sharp your character can turn? does it effect power slides?
Also, has anyone noticed any difference between low and high item karts? It seems in every character's 3 kart set they have a kart with max stats and min item, a kart with min stats and max item, and one kart in between on both. Do you pick the karts on the high item end or the low item end? Do you see it effecting your races?
Weight seems to allow you to knock characters out of the way, but it also causes your speed to drop faster when driving off road (this sucks in choco island and Luigi's Mansion). Does it effect anything else? When you use a kart with different characters, it seems all stats stay the same except for weight, which changes based on the size of the character. Do any other stats change for some karts? This means weight can be variable for any play style. Do you like playing with the heavier or lighter characters? I think heavier would be better for anyone who knows how to stay on the track, but I see mostly Mario Luigi and Yoshi whenever I play online, so I guess going middle of the road is the best.
How about those other stats? What is drift? I guess it has something to do with power sliding, is it the size of the boost you get from the slide? What about handling? Is that how sharp your character can turn? does it effect power slides?
Also, has anyone noticed any difference between low and high item karts? It seems in every character's 3 kart set they have a kart with max stats and min item, a kart with min stats and max item, and one kart in between on both. Do you pick the karts on the high item end or the low item end? Do you see it effecting your races?
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Good race civil..
Fkin blue shells are soo lame.. specially when ur purposely braking to get them
Fkin blue shells are soo lame.. specially when ur purposely braking to get them
PkunkFury
Member
maynerd said:Just play the game.
eh, just curious. I have been playing for a couple of days, but I don't have online at home so I need something to do while the rest of you are having fun
So I figured I'd find my "best" kart. I was using Bowser on the unicycle but I see so many Luigis and Yoshis online I figured their must be a reason they were being picked so often, and decided it was their stats. But some of the stats don't make sense to me. I guess it could just be the popularity of the characters. Luigi and Yoshi are popular Mario characters maybe?TurtleSnatcher
Member
nice races ;p
Damn red shell on that first track got me at the end..
Bomb f'd me for good on yoshi falls..
Oh well tie for first
akia: tie me on a 1v1?
Damn red shell on that first track got me at the end..
Bomb f'd me for good on yoshi falls..
Oh well tie for first
akia: tie me on a 1v1?
Companion Cube
Member
Ya know, I've never been able to find a rival with my record of 9/24 or whatever it is now. :lol
Well played guys. I'll add those that added me when I get my cart back.
So am I the only one that feels like the top speeds of the heavier characters aren't that much better than the lighter ones? I must be doing something wrong...
Well played guys. I'll add those that added me when I get my cart back.
So am I the only one that feels like the top speeds of the heavier characters aren't that much better than the lighter ones? I must be doing something wrong...
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Error2k4 said:
i disagree if a large char can get a good powerslide off theyll hit there max top speed and have a stronger boost then you, it then balances most of it out..
At the same time itll keep em at there top speed since the powerslide just fades from past max to regular max and there regular max is higher then lets say luigi or yoshi
make sense
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645435
I dunno how this friend code stuff works yet, but I'm jumping on here in a minute. I randomly got a WiFi router on clearance for $20 and it worked...it's way easier than I EVER imagagined it would be...here I was worried that it wouldn't work, but BAM I'm on right now!
645435
I dunno how this friend code stuff works yet, but I'm jumping on here in a minute. I randomly got a WiFi router on clearance for $20 and it worked...it's way easier than I EVER imagagined it would be...here I was worried that it wouldn't work, but BAM I'm on right now!