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DCharlie · (12-02-2011, 12:38 AM)

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Not to open up a can of worms, but... this game has snaking?

This kind of kills any desire I might have had to play it online.

yeah, first thing i checked and thought "oh ffs... :/ "

not tried online, other than that - offline seems fairly slow even in 150cc, looks very nice, in short : It's Mario Kart!

Starchasing · (12-02-2011, 12:41 AM)

Originally Posted by AkimbO_Arcana:

hahaha the second one was super close! :P

blue shell !!! LOL

Emitan · (12-02-2011, 12:42 AM)

There was a serious missed opportunity for a stage to be called Piranha Plant Plant

MasterShotgun · (12-02-2011, 12:49 AM)

Just a few more days. I've got the Mario Kart itch bad, and it will finally be scratched on Sunday. Can't wait!

AkimbO_Arcana · (12-02-2011, 12:50 AM)

Damn it... US GAF needs to get this game. EU GAF is sleeping way too early :(

Starchasing · (12-02-2011, 12:51 AM)

Originally Posted by AkimbO_Arcana:

Damn it... US GAF needs to get this game. EU GAF is sleeping way too early :(

Yeah a 2 player race aint the same...

Anasui Kishibe · (12-02-2011, 01:01 AM)

Originally Posted by BY2K:

Not if Metal Mario has anything to say about this.

yeah his clanking sound is gonna be awesome when I send a shell up his arse!

Starchasing · (12-02-2011, 01:06 AM)

Im off for the night... im going to practise alone i need to get ready for the weekend!

SecretMoblin · (12-02-2011, 01:06 AM)

Originally Posted by Chet Rippo:

So what are the weight classes in this? I checked the Mario Wiki, but they keep waffling between showing weights or not, so I'm not sure I can trust them at all on this yet.

Well the Mario Wiki shows weight modifiers for each character, so we can determine the classes from that:

Lightest, 2.3 weight: Toad, Koopa Troopa, Lakitu, Shy Guy
Light, 2.8 weight: Peach, Daisy, Yoshi
Medium, 3 weight: Mario, Luigi
Heavy, 3.8 weight: Donkey Kong, Rosalina, Wiggler
OMFG Heavy, 4.2 weight: Bowser, Wario, Metal Mario, Honey Queen

AkimbO_Arcana · (12-02-2011, 01:11 AM)

Originally Posted by Starchasing:

Im off for the night... im going to practise alone i need to get ready for the weekend!

gg dude, my victory on Daisy Cruiser was cheap because of the blue shell... didn't feel good.

Cynosure · (12-02-2011, 01:21 AM)

Originally Posted by BooJoh:

Not to open up a can of worms, but... this game has snaking?

This kind of kills any desire I might have had to play it online.

Kai Dracon · (12-02-2011, 01:23 AM)

Isn't the "snaking" in that video clip being triggered or sustained by some kind of item usage? Comments on it say there's a cut and a mushroom involved...

Sinthetic · (12-02-2011, 01:31 AM)

I've tried doing snaking just for the sake of it, it didn't work. It's sure to be some trick involving the shrooms.

RagnarokX · (12-02-2011, 01:33 AM)

Originally Posted by Kaijima:

Isn't the "snaking" in that video clip being triggered or sustained by some kind of item usage? Comments on it say there's a cut and a mushroom involved...

They're blue sparks. Not a full miniturbo. MKDS was red sparks.

Papercuts · 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by Kaijima:

Isn't the "snaking" in that video clip being triggered or sustained by some kind of item usage? Comments on it say there's a cut and a mushroom involved...

Well it does flash white and a mushroom is gone as it skips 5 seconds ahead. Either way, even if it's possible, blue is not nearly as bad as red, and it seems more dependent on width of the track, in DS you could get good enough to do it anywhere on any track with a bigger boost.

CrazedProfessional · (12-02-2011, 01:41 AM)

Even if they do snake in this game, they won't really get that far on blue sparks.

DoctorWho · (12-02-2011, 01:44 AM)

I've been playing this for three hours and have yet to unlock any more characters. What gives mang?!

Also, loving this game!

AkimbO_Arcana · (12-02-2011, 01:47 AM)

Well, he is snaking. But I don't see where he could pull this off besides Luigis Raceway, which has a straight and wide track as no other course in the game... He has to use the full breadth of the street to keep it coming...

CrazedProfessional · (12-02-2011, 01:49 AM)

Especially with the new shortcuts and stuff, Snaking doesn't really matter when some random can just take that one shortcut you forgot about and completely ruin whatever small advantage snaking gave you.

EvilMario · (12-02-2011, 01:54 AM)

Originally Posted by DoctorWho:

I've been playing this for three hours and have yet to unlock any more characters. What gives mang?!

Also, loving this game!

Apparently all the characters are unlocked in 150cc, aside from the Mii, which takes the most work to obtain.

p.s., Where did you pick it up in the city?

dr3upmushroom · (12-02-2011, 02:01 AM)

Originally Posted by CrazedProfessional:

Especially with the new shortcuts and stuff, Snaking doesn't really matter when some random can just take that one shortcut you forgot about and completely ruin whatever small advantage snaking gave you.

You really think people competitive enough in this game to learn how to snake will just up and forget to take a shortcut?

Hopefully people are right that it's only possible to do on the one course.

Chet Rippo · (12-02-2011, 02:02 AM)

Originally Posted by SecretMoblin:

Well the Mario Wiki shows weight modifiers for each character, so we can determine the classes from that:

Lightest, 2.3 weight: Toad, Koopa Troopa, Lakitu, Shy Guy
Light, 2.8 weight: Peach, Daisy, Yoshi
Medium, 3 weight: Mario, Luigi
Heavy, 3.8 weight: Donkey Kong, Rosalina, Wiggler
OMFG Heavy, 4.2 weight: Bowser, Wario, Metal Mario, Honey Queen

I saw that, but I'm not sure I can exactly trust it. Oh well, I updated the op with that stuff, and if it's wrong I'll take it down.

DoctorWho · 02:07 AM

Originally Posted by EvilMario:

Apparently all the characters are unlocked in 150cc, aside from the Mii, which takes the most work to obtain.

p.s., Where did you pick it up in the city?

I think you know.

Mii I unlocked by finishing all of the 50cc races.

edit: WTF unskippable credits?

CrazedProfessional · (12-02-2011, 02:09 AM)

Originally Posted by dr3upmushroom:

You really think people competitive enough in this game to learn how to snake will just up and forget to take a shortcut?

Hopefully people are right that it's only possible to do on the one course.

Snaking isn't that hard to do, you could do it in Double Dash and some lifeless script kiddies hacked it into Mario Kart Wii. Most of the shortcuts by the looks of it are narrow, high risk, high reward shortcuts. Most of the courses also look Anti-Snaking with trick ramps, piranha plants and goombas everywhere.

AkimbO_Arcana · (12-02-2011, 02:09 AM)

Originally Posted by EvilMario:

Apparently all the characters are unlocked in 150cc, aside from the Mii, which takes the most work to obtain.

p.s., Where did you pick it up in the city?

My Mii was the first character i got after winning every cup in 50cc. Is there a harder way to unlock the Mii?

DoctorWho · (12-02-2011, 02:10 AM)

Originally Posted by AkimbO_Arcana:

My Mii was the first character i got after winning every cup in 50cc. Is there a harder way to unlock the Mii?

Yeah. I guess I should skip right to 150cc to unlock my characters. I need to play as the fatty.

AkimbO_Arcana · (12-02-2011, 02:14 AM)

Originally Posted by DoctorWho:

Yeah. I guess I should skip right to 150cc to unlock my characters. I need to play as the fatty.

Yeah she is cool. But get ready for HONEY QUEEN! She is fat and annoying and I'm in love with her!!

DoctorWho · (12-02-2011, 02:20 AM)

The Mii has the most annoying voice.

Boney · (12-02-2011, 02:23 AM)

wednesday...

Berordn · (12-02-2011, 02:29 AM)

Originally Posted by DoctorWho:

The Mii has the most annoying voice.

Is it just one voice for all the Miis or is it like the Wii version where there were a few for each gender?

The Lamp · (12-02-2011, 02:37 AM)

Snaking?

Game ruined. What sucks is that Nintendo doesn't really patch their games.

Damn it....

EDIT: well at least it isn't as bad as it was in MKDS.

CrazedProfessional · (12-02-2011, 02:43 AM)

I can tell you now that it's not really snaking if you're not getting red boosts. I doubt it'd make the game ruined forever. Just hit them with a shell.

Papercuts · (12-02-2011, 02:45 AM)

Originally Posted by The Lamp:

Snaking?

Game ruined. What sucks is that Nintendo doesn't really patch their games.

Damn it....

EDIT: well at least it isn't as bad as it was in MKDS.

I don't have the game yet, but it's probably like Akimbo said above. It looks like you need a REALLY wide and straight track, I doubt it's even possible to do it on most of them.

Nub · (12-02-2011, 02:54 AM)

Just saw this and thought it was pretty funny, sorry if it was already posted before.

DoctorWho · (12-02-2011, 02:59 AM)

Originally Posted by Berordn:

Is it just one voice for all the Miis or is it like the Wii version where there were a few for each gender?

I don't see or hear multiple voices.

Boney · (12-02-2011, 03:03 AM)

Just realized there's been more cod's than mk's

Emitan · (12-02-2011, 03:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Boney:

Just realized there's been more cod's than mk's

but each one is a special unique snow flake

Berordn · (12-02-2011, 03:05 AM)

Originally Posted by DoctorWho:

I don't see or hear multiple voices.

Each Mii only had one in the Wii version, you couldn't change it on your own, just swap the associated Mii... but there were at least more than one.

MatthewB92 · (12-02-2011, 03:09 AM)

Originally Posted by Berordn:

Each Mii only had one in the Wii version, you couldn't change it on your own, just swap the associated Mii... but there were at least more than one.

Thought it changed on weight?

Berordn · (12-02-2011, 03:12 AM)

Originally Posted by MatthewB92:

Thought it changed on weight?

It might have, though on MKWii I had two medium Miis that had different voices. I guess it doesn't really matter that much since I'll only ever be playing Shy Guy. Ever.

KittenMaster · (12-02-2011, 03:23 AM)

I didn't get this question answered earlier, but now is a good time to ask. Do Miis change stats or rather weight classes depending on what they look like?

Dr.Palutena · (12-02-2011, 03:30 AM)

Originally Posted by NubInaTub:

Just saw this and thought it was pretty funny, sorry if it was already posted before.

You know, when people complain about mario kart "not changing", I really am interested in what they want changed about it. It's a freaking racing game, really, what is there to change. Heck my problem is that they bring in new things and then completely remove them by the next outing.

Thoraxes · (12-02-2011, 03:46 AM)

Originally Posted by BooJoh:

Not to open up a can of worms, but... this game has snaking?

This kind of kills any desire I might have had to play it online.

Oh fuck yes! About time I could finally do that again. I look forward to snaking against all of you now if that was it.

Yes, I am one of those assholes.

AceBandage · (12-02-2011, 03:47 AM)

Originally Posted by DoomXploder7:

You know, when people complain about mario kart "not changing", I really am interested in what they want changed about it. It's a freaking racing game, really, what is there to change. Heck my problem is that they bring in new things and then completely remove them by the next outing.

Needs guns and boobs. That makes all games better.

friskykillface · (12-02-2011, 03:53 AM)

i don't have a 3DS anymore :(

lol smh if snaking came back, that ruined MK ds for me but it was awesome to beat a person that struggled at snaking

Emitan · (12-02-2011, 03:54 AM)

Originally Posted by friskykillface:

i don't have a 3DS anymore :(

lol smh if snaking came back, that ruined MK ds for me but it was awesome to beat a person that struggled at snaking

What happened to it?

D:

CrazedProfessional · (12-02-2011, 03:55 AM)

Originally Posted by Thoraxes:

Oh fuck yes! About time I could finally do that again. I look forward to snaking against all of you now if that was it.

Yes, I am one of those assholes.

I loved snaking too but I could see why people would hate it, I doubt you'd be able to snake much in this game unless you just spammed Luigi's Raceway every game. Which would be sad and boring.

Tenck · (12-02-2011, 04:01 AM)

Unfortunately my Wifi is down :/

Might have to wait on the game so I can get Wifi up and running. Save some fun for me though!

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I loved snaking too but I could see why people would hate it, I doubt you'd be able to snake much in this game unless you just spammed Luigi's Raceway every game. Which would be sad and boring.

Seems like the only place on that track you'd be able to do it is at the tunnel. Just get near a snaker and make it impossible for them to start the momentum :P

Emitan · (12-02-2011, 04:01 AM)

Originally Posted by Tenck:

Unfortunately my Wifi is down :/

Might have to wait on the game so I can get Wifi up and running. Save some fun for me though!

No, it's too late Tenck, they USED UP ALL THE FUN

CrazedProfessional · (12-02-2011, 04:03 AM)

What would be cool to balance it is wheels that could snake and require snaking to get to the same speed as the regular racers.