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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |OT| Deluxe Salt

Jerm411

Jerm411

Member
Dat feeling when you finally find the right character and kart setup and start wrecking cups.....

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KingBroly

Banned
I got the Mach Bike, so now I have the Ultimate Combination back! Yay! Online Newbies will feel my reign of destruction...

after I rest, because my hands are destroyed right now.

150cc is pretty pedestrian after 200cc murdering your hands, though. Sigh...so many more Kart parts to unlock again >_<
 
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DrM

Redmond's Baby
Got it yesterday and now I am really tempted to try it on my nephews Switch. They will be totally surprised on Monday, when they return home :)
 
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Otnopolit

Member
So what's up with the orange stars you have six of and use by pressing X after a race? I used them all up, and I have no idea what they do.
 
Chittagong

Chittagong

Gold Member
Finished 100cc cup with all golds and decided to give the online a go, because surely I can beat most casuals, right? WRONG. Holy shit, everyone whizzes past me, with sheer luck
I managed to finish 7th in three matches in a row, but most of the time in races I was 9-10th...

Halp?
 
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Skittzo0413

Member
Otnopolit said:
So what's up with the orange stars you have six of and use by pressing X after a race? I used them all up, and I have no idea what they do.
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Those are the amount of favorite replays you can save. You can press X to save that replay, in addition to the last few races in general being saved.

Hollywood Duo said:
MK TV, favorite them to share
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Actually I haven't figured out how to share them to youtube like with MK8, is that doable in MK8D?
 
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TheGoreMagala

Member
Chittagong said:
Finished 100cc cup with all golds and decided to give the online a go, because surely I can beat most casuals, right? WRONG. Holy shit, everyone whizzes past me, with sheer luck
I managed to finish 7th in three matches in a row, but most of the time in races I was 9-10th...

Halp?
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Online should mostly be 150cc I believe. You need to turn off auto steering and acceleration for the best chance of beating others. As of the short lifespan right now, it seems the meta is to have both high speed and acceleration via the rollers and a heavy character. Inside drifting tends to be objectively superior on most maps if left uninterrupted due to cutting corners, but they're essentially neck and neck with carts. Ugh, neo bowser city..
 
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D23

Member
Wow ok im absolutely garbage online. Is there any tips? I feel like I'm always dead last or second to last &#128542;
 
Chittagong

Chittagong

Gold Member
TheGoreMagala said:
Online should mostly be 150cc I believe. You need to turn off auto steering and acceleration for the best chance of beating others. As of the short lifespan right now, it seems the meta is to have both high speed and acceleration via the rollers and a heavy character. Inside drifting tends to be objectively superior on most maps if left uninterrupted due to cutting corners, but they're essentially neck and neck with carts. Ugh, neo bowser city..
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Awesome, thanks! Will try a build like that
 
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gooderthanu

Member
Playing with friends is aggravating in matchmaking... friend kept trying to join and got room full. Finally got it to work but wow it needs an update
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

Gold Member
TheGoreMagala said:
Online should mostly be 150cc I believe. You need to turn off auto steering and acceleration for the best chance of beating others. As of the short lifespan right now, it seems the meta is to have both high speed and acceleration via the rollers and a heavy character. Inside drifting tends to be objectively superior on most maps if left uninterrupted due to cutting corners, but they're essentially neck and neck with carts. Ugh, neo bowser city..
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Wait, I thought auto acceleration didn't affect anything? Isn't it just a convenience feature? Really like it, not like you're gonna not accelerate constantly anyway.

Smart Steering disables ultra boost though.
 
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PreyingShark

Member
TheGoreMagala said:
OAs of the short lifespan right now, it seems the meta is to have both high speed and acceleration via the rollers and a heavy character. .
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More detailed explanation:

The MT (mini-turbo) stat appears to be kinda dumb now, and accel combos (like Streetle/Landship + rollers) tend to have a ton of MT. Combine that in with a heavy's naturally great stats and there you go.
 
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CPCunha

Member
You guys spoting any differences between Switch and WiiU versions, besides the obvious?

I don't recall hearing the airport announcer at Sunshine Airport!!

...dear god i missed MK.
 
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QuixoticNeutral

Member
Warming up on the GP for now to try out some different setups before I jump into the online play. All regrets about double-dipping for full price vanished as soon as I dove into the very first cup. On the Wii U I mostly played off-TV and the bump to 720p on the portable screen hits with the force of a full remaster, even though I'd technically seen it all on a television screen before. And the rumble effect on the pink boost, good lord.
 
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ChrisD

Member
Neoxon said:
About that lightning bolt....

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Well this is strangely nostalgic, lol!


Reading this last page, hearing how Heavies are even more powerful now. Poor Inklings get into a Mario Kart, and they're already nowhere near optimal. Same with AC, but we knew that already. Was hoping they would have toned Heavies down a bit, give all these new characters a better chance at things.

Here's to another few years of Morton and Wario in the same dang vehicles. At least there's Link to break the monotony of things now. :p
 
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PadWarrior

Member
ChrisD said:
Well this is strangely nostalgic, lol!


Reading this last page, hearing how Heavies are even more powerful now. Poor Inklings get into a Mario Kart, and they're already nowhere near optimal. Same with AC, but we knew that already. Was hoping they would have toned Heavies down a bit, give all these new characters a better chance at things.

Here's to another few years of Morton and Wario in the same dang vehicles. At least there's Link to break the monotony of things now. :p
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I will forever stay with Mario and the b-dasher. Hope to join you guys later tonight playing this with my daughter unlocking parts.
 
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