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Official Mario Kart Wii Thread of Official Mario Kart

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mepaco

Member
I really like this game ... but I wish the characters would shut up.

Am I the only one who thinks that Donkey Kong sounds like Julia Child?! It is ridiculous.
 
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NomarTyme

Member
mepaco said:
I really like this game ... but I wish the characters would shut up.

Am I the only one who thinks that Donkey Kong sounds like Julia Child?! It is ridiculous.
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Yeah, I don't like my Mii character voice at all.
 
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Fantastical

Death Prophet
Forgive me for being ignorant but does this game have missions like the DS version? I vaguely remember IGN saying that you could download them...???
 
P

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
jibblypop said:
This game is really winning people over. My roommate who once said "the only good mario kart is the 64 one" is now completely hooked on this game and has retracted his statement.

Everyone is hooked. My girlfriend, my brothers and every single friend i have that plays games. They really nailed something special with this game.
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Yeah, my cousin doesn't like the wii at all but he thought using the wheel was really fun.
 
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Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
Fantastical said:
Forgive me for being ignorant but does this game have missions like the DS version? I vaguely remember IGN saying that you could download them...???
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No. Maybe what you remembered IGN mention was the tournaments?

I got a 1-star rating by my name today. I'll start to try to get a two-star rating this weekend.
 
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DataBot

Member
Vagabundo said:
This game is slowly taking over the WORLD..

Seriously, everyone I know has it and even casuals are getting it. I know someone who is getting a Wii just because of MK!

MK is the new Wii Sports. :D
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Same happened here a pal bought wii because of mkwii great game...
 
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MrWisker

Member
Just bought the game today though I have yet to play it. But I had a blast watching my 10yr old and 8yr old battling it out. Very nice to see how easily it was for my 8yr old to pick up the wheel add-on. My turn in a few minutes.
 
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Jaded Alyx

Member
MrWisker said:
Just bought the game today though I have yet to play it. But I had a blast watching my 10yr old and 8yr old battling it out. Very nice to see how easily it was for my 8yr old to pick up the wheel add-on. My turn in a few minutes.
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Congratulations on your first post!
 
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swerve

Member
Has everyone tried the current 'go through 10 gates' worldwide challenge? SO brilliant, it's taken the game from 'really like' to 'can not stop playing'.

My time is 1'18". Do better!
 
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Avrum

Member
swerve said:
Has everyone tried the current 'go through 10 gates' worldwide challenge? SO brilliant, it's taken the game from 'really like' to 'can not stop playing'.

My time is 1'18". Do better!
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The little tournament additions are pretty good for replay value. As messed up as the first one was (setup more like a race than a time trial) I still spent hours trying to increase my time ultimately moving my original time of 2 minutes plus down as low as 1 min. 45 sec. Not good enough for the top ten (except on my friends list, heh, heh) but I was proud of myself.

I'm not doing as well with this one as I'm not a native user of the Wii Wheel, I prefer the chuck'mote combo myself but I'm getting better.
 
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RagnarokX

Member
Fuzzy said:
No. Maybe what you remembered IGN mention was the tournaments?

I got a 1-star rating by my name today. I'll start to try to get a two-star rating this weekend.
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But tournaments are pretty much mission mode, just you can only do one at time and once a mission is over you can never do it again. I can't wait until we get a boss tournament :D


For tournament 1 my best time was 1:45.768. Tournament 2 really isn't my forte, as I prefer the GCN controller, but so far my best time is 1:13.892.
 
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Sir Alemeth

Member
This game is gold. Played 6 hours straight and now my eyes hurt...and the fact that I played 3 more hours of Galaxy afterward didn't help the matter. :D
 
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Nexus Zero

Member
swerve said:
Has everyone tried the current 'go through 10 gates' worldwide challenge? SO brilliant, it's taken the game from 'really like' to 'can not stop playing'.

My time is 1'18". Do better!
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1'12" here. My friend is at 1'07", which I cannot stand. I know what I'm spending my Sunday doing :lol
 
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Nexus Zero

Member
To get 1'11"892 I used Funky Kong and the Flame Flyer. I tried using the Twinkle Star but I just got 1'12". I'm going to unlock the last large bike, see if that helps any.
 
Christopher

Christopher

Member
I rather do hate the rankings on races - but if I may ask in this thread what are some tips to ensure that you have a star ranking? I consider myself decent, but are their some guidelines set forth that you have to do to get Star ranking??
 
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Captain N

Junior Member
Christopher said:
I rather do hate the rankings on races - but if I may ask in this thread what are some tips to ensure that you have a star ranking? I consider myself decent, but are their some guidelines set forth that you have to do to get Star ranking??
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I'm pretty sure one of them is being in first place more time then you aren't in first place. you need to get 60 points over all.
 
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Davidion

Member
Captain N said:
I'm pretty sure one of them is being in first place more time then you aren't in first place. you need to get 60 points over all.
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No, you can get a star without 60 points (aka 1st place every race). I've gotten into the annoying habit of getting second place on the fourth race of each circuits after steamrolling the first three, and I've gotten several star ratings this way.

A big, BIG no no if you want high ratings is to never, ever fall off the track and/or hit course obstacles. I won the special cup in mirror mode coming in 1st place every race yet walked away with a B rating. Why? I fell off of the track on Rainbow Road five times. :\ This is after having essentially lead the pack during the entirety of the first three races.
 
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Nishastra

Banned
Davidion said:
A big, BIG no no if you want high ratings is to never, ever fall off the track and/or hit course obstacles. I won the special cup in mirror mode coming in 1st place every race yet walked away with a B rating. Why? I fell off of the track on Rainbow Road five times. :\ This is after having essentially lead the pack during the entirety of the first three races.
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Also don't go offroad. In most vehicles that's a death sentence anyway, but I use the Magikruiser and there are some offroad shortcuts that are still shortcuts with it. However, if I use them, my rating suffers.

But yes, you definitely don't have to win them all.

I personally got 1'6.something" in the current tournament. I'm determined to at least get into the regional top 10 :p
 
Christopher

Christopher

Member
Am I doing something wrong with trying to unlock a certain someone....?

Apparently you have to unlock expert staff ghosts? Are these obtained by beating the normal staff ghosts? I've beat almost 7 now - yes with a three second difference or more, and still nothing. :(
 
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AniHawk

Member
Christopher said:
Am I doing something wrong with trying to unlock a certain someone....?

Apparently you have to unlock expert staff ghosts? Are these obtained by beating the normal staff ghosts? I've beat almost 7 now - yes with a three second difference or more, and still nothing. :(
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Stolen straight from gamefaqs:

Luigi Circuit
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:29.670
Unlock Time - 01:24.411
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 0.19.419
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BOsKYNfhmw

Moo Moo Meadows
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:37.856
Unlock Time - 01.33.571
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.25.909
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zIhpTxaKo0

Mushroom Gorge
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:16.110
Unlock Time - 02.05.494
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.01.011
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS2rroltsxo

Toad's Factory
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:22.480
Unlock Time - 02.12.784
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.05.593
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvQrgvxfFyo


FLOWER CUP

Mario Circuit
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:44.777
Unlock Time - 01.39.183
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.33.702
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AV1bVQt8qU

Coconut Mall
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:30.764
Unlock Time - 02.24.788
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.13.333
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1StSusVvG8

DK's Snowboard Cross
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:34.693
Unlock Time - 02.24.725
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.17.546
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g35nf8Oo-xY

Wario's Gold Mine
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:19.583
Unlock Time - 02.14.932
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.04.800
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my1-dnTmyG4


STAR CUP

Daisy Circuit
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 0:56.822
Unlock Time - 01.48.791
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.41.362
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9K-z8p8v_0

Koopa Cape
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 03:03.022
Unlock Time - 02.54.897
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.41.370
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UZC6hgHezM

Maple Treeway
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:58.633
Unlock Time - 02.50.229
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.37.812
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9o7ENhdOsM

Grumble Volcano
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:28.237
Unlock Time - 02.19.524
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.11.852
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsY9Yhy7RIc


SPECIAL CUP

Dry Dry Ruins
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:30.949
Unlock Time - 02.21.681
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.14.286
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jToIbQkwgSE

Moonview Highway
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:16.802
Unlock Time - 02.07.016
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.04.163
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLEplcWvp04

Bowser's Castle
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 03:04.836
Unlock Time - 02.55.017
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.42.098
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WzMSmxRVVg

Rainbow Road
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 03:05.895
Unlock Time - 02.59.293
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.44.734
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os61GcGxaJM


SHELL CUP

GCN Peach Beach
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:34.233
Unlock Time - 01.30.698
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.23.140
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKpsumnkV5g

DS Yoshi Falls
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:16.461
Unlock Time - 01.12.901
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.09.175
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gx3R1GhRNo

SNES Ghost Valley 2
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:06.595
Unlock Time - 01.03.752
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 00.58.907
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Q2iyBLzRo

N64 Mario Raceway
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:14.799
Unlock Time - 02.07.915
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.59.053
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpivNXVpzyo


BANANA CUP

N64 Sherbet Land
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:48.651
Unlock Time - 02.37.784
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.28.356
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5IS4h34fdM

GBA Shy Guy Beach
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:45.568
Unlock Time - 01.39.255
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.32.867
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEHzjreHAyg

DS Delfino Square
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:41.807
Unlock Time - 02.33.107
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.24.169
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LOnu72wRR8

GCN Waluigi Stadium
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:32.882
Unlock Time - 02.24.645
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.12.367
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLV6Srl33dA


LEAF CUP

DS Desert Hills
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:10.233
Unlock Time - 02.01.141
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.52.686
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnJ2TTZC5uU

GBA Bowser Castle 3
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:58.304
Unlock Time - 02.50.637
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.39.391
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8hHhwGCMZ4

N64 DK's Jungle Parkway
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:58.264
Unlock Time - 02.49.028
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.37.782
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq2TmDaL9YQ

GCN Mario Circuit
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:59.771
Unlock Time - 01.55.267
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.49.939
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze016Sx7kvw


LIGHTNING CUP

SNES Mario Circuit 3
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 01:38.880
Unlock Time - 01.34.828
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 01.26.659
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8N86xTpGUA

DS Peach Gardens
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:34.894
Unlock Time - 02.29.006
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.16.777
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r_cZZi89DQ

GCN DK Mountain
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 02:57.744
Unlock Time - 02.50.248
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.38.130
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAhFt_3xQTY

N64 Bowser's Castle
Normal Staff Ghost Time - 03:19.323
Unlock Time - 03.06.723
Expert Staff Ghost Time - 02.55.933
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrb_oc9Jg2Q
 
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reggieandTFE

Member
Surprisingly, I'm enjoying this game much, much more than Smash Brothers. I think it's the awesome online and the fact that my girlfriend (who rarely plays games) can get a hang on the mechanics.

The only glaring weakness is the selection of the retro tracks. Who the fucked picked some the N64 and GCN ones? I rarely played them back in the day. Also, Baby Park should be required in every Mario Kart game from here to infinity.
 
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ThatObviousUser

ὁ αἴσχιστος παῖς εἶ
reggieandTFE said:
Surprisingly, I'm enjoying this game much, much more than Smash Brothers. I think it's the awesome online and the fact that my girlfriend (who rarely plays games) can get a hang on the mechanics.
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Agreed.

reggieandTFE said:
The only glaring weakness is the selection of the retro tracks. Who the fucked picked some the N64 and GCN ones?
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Also agree.

reggieandTFE said:
I rarely played them back in the day. Also, Baby Park should be required in every Mario Kart game from here to infinity.
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Disagree. Replace Baby Park with Luigi's Mansion.

I'm still pissed this has like three Delfino stages yet no Galaxy stage. =/ Rainbow Road in this game may be the best MK track ever, but it's still not technically a Galaxy stage...
 
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ruffles

Member
Nabster92 said:
JOIN OUR IRC ROOM. It's sooo much more convenient to set up games and be able to chat with everyone while playing. We're at:

server: irc.globalgamers.net
channel #gaf_sb


And for those too lazy to actually use an irc client. I think Blizzard said in the brawl thread this should work as well:

http://www.globalgamers.net/?p=webchat
use gaf_sb as the channel name.

And I hear of this chatzilla thing working as well in which to get to us you would type "/server irc.globalgamers.net" and then "/join #gaf_sb".

And this is a direct link to the web base version:

http://irc.netsplit.de/webchat/?net=GlobalGamers&room=#gaf_sb
just type in your nick and you're set.

Pretty sure you can get on through pidgin as well if you happen to use that already.

So NO EXCUSES! Maybe if we get enough of us in the channel we could make a new room that has a title more oriented around gaf_wfc or something rather than smash.
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^^^^
 
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LevityNYC

Banned
We used to play it back in the day it was a skill game on SNES. Mario Kart 64 was a little more luck based, but the balance between luck and skill was perfect. Skilled players would win and less skilled would lose, maybe not as bad as they should because of the items, but still. Its gotten ridiculous now though. I'm sorry, but any racing game where in order to win, you have to not try your best and pull up is broke in my opinion. Theres no point in power sliding, its merely a matter of hanging back and getting stars, bullet bills and blue shells. I shouldnt be losing to my wife and sister in law in a game that I've essentially been playing for 15 years. I guess thats just what Nintendo wants nowadays.

An easy fix is to just introduce balance sliders in the game, but thats just too much to ask for from Nintendo. Balance sliders = problem solved and everyone is happy.
 
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Cheez-It

Member
LevityNYC said:
We used to play it back in the day it was a skill game on SNES. Mario Kart 64 was a little more luck based, but the balance between luck and skill was perfect. Skilled players would win and less skilled would lose, maybe not as bad as they should because of the items, but still. Its gotten ridiculous now though. I'm sorry, but any racing game where in order to win, you have to not try your best and pull up is broke in my opinion. Theres no point in power sliding, its merely a matter of hanging back and getting stars, bullet bills and blue shells. I shouldnt be losing to my wife and sister in law in a game that I've essentially been playing for 15 years. I guess thats just what Nintendo wants nowadays.

An easy fix is to just introduce balance sliders in the game, but thats just too much to ask for from Nintendo. Balance sliders = problem solved and everyone is happy.
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What the fuck? You know, there is a reason people with massive scores online dominate time and time again. This game might be more difficult for you, but it is absolutely skill based.
 
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levious

That throwing stick stunt of yours has boomeranged on us.
you haven't been playing this game for 15 years though. You'll get much better at it.

I think this game has really made a huge chunk of Mario Kart players realize that they weren't as good at mario kart as they always thought they were.
 
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LevityNYC

Banned
Perhaps there is a gap between ungodly good and just good, but the very good player can very easily lose to a bad player because of the poor balancing.
 
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Davidion

Member
LevityNYC said:
We used to play it back in the day it was a skill game on SNES. Mario Kart 64 was a little more luck based, but the balance between luck and skill was perfect. Skilled players would win and less skilled would lose, maybe not as bad as they should because of the items, but still. Its gotten ridiculous now though. I'm sorry, but any racing game where in order to win, you have to not try your best and pull up is broke in my opinion. Theres no point in power sliding, its merely a matter of hanging back and getting stars, bullet bills and blue shells. I shouldnt be losing to my wife and sister in law in a game that I've essentially been playing for 15 years. I guess thats just what Nintendo wants nowadays.

An easy fix is to just introduce balance sliders in the game, but thats just too much to ask for from Nintendo. Balance sliders = problem solved and everyone is happy.
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And to think, just a few pages ago, people are complaining about how bike players who are too good are absolutely unstoppable, even with a whole backfield of 10+ players hurling items at them.

I swear this game brings out the complaints better than any game around right now.
 
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Deleted member 20415

Unconfirmed Member
Just an anecdote:

My friend has been trying to buy this game for 2 days now... can't find it in stock anywhere. It looks like it's backordered in a lot of places.
 
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Threi

notag
LevityNYC said:
Perhaps there is a gap between ungodly good and just good, but the very good player can very easily lose to a bad player because of the poor balancing.
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That is true, but not consistenly.

A good player will beat a bad player about 75-90% of the time.
 
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desh

Member
Andrex said:
Agreed.
I'm still pissed this has like three Delfino stages yet no Galaxy stage. =/ Rainbow Road in this game may be the best MK track ever, but it's still not technically a Galaxy stage...
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What are the other two "Delfino" stages (DS Delfino Square being the first of three). Also, what is Delfino from?

The worst retro choice selection has to be GBA Shy Guy Beach; they only took two GBA courses, and one of the ones they selected was this one, argh!

The N64 courses I really really miss are Royal Raceway/Circuit and Yoshi's Island. Then again, N64 had some of the best courses (looking through nostalgia colored glasses?).

Edit: After doing some research, I was able to answer my two questions. Peach Beach and Coconut Mall are two other "Delfino" stages, and Delfino is from Super Mario Sunshine (never played SMS).

Edit2: Here is an interesting, aerial photo of Peach Beach: http://www.mariowiki.com/Image:Mkddtrack2.jpg
 
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Amir0x

Banned
DavidDayton said:
Oh, come on now... try the wheel.
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I did, it's really fucking crappy. I mean I know this is the closest Mario Kart console fans have had to actual wheel peripheral support, but as someone who has played with many different Wheels over my life this is a really cheap, poor excuse for a wheel. It's not worth the effort at all.

Fortunately, it seems most tournaments won't require the wheel.
 
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DDayton

(more a nerd than a geek)
Amir0x said:
I mean I know this is the closest Mario Kart console fans have had to actual wheel peripheral support, but as someone who has played with many different Wheels over my life this is a really cheap, poor excuse for a wheel. It's not worth the effort at all.

Fortunately, it seems most tournaments won't require the wheel.
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Actually, Double Dash supported the Logitech wheel...

I don't know; I rather like the wheel support in the game... again, tastes differ, but if you really find it THAT abysmal...

(I like it more than the DD Logitech wheel support and/or the arcade Mario Kart wheel, but hey, that's me.)
 
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Teknoman

Member
Sure its not an ACTUAL wheel controller, but the motion controls in the game are well done. Fan or not, you cant deny that...

Can you?
 
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ThatObviousUser

ὁ αἴσχιστος παῖς εἶ
desh said:
What are the other two "Delfino" stages (DS Delfino Square being the first of three). Also, what is Delfino from?

The worst retro choice selection has to be GBA Shy Guy Beach; they only took two GBA courses, and one of the ones they selected was this one, argh!

The N64 courses I really really miss are Royal Raceway/Circuit and Yoshi's Island. Then again, N64 had some of the best courses (looking through nostalgia colored glasses?).

Edit: After doing some research, I was able to answer my two questions. Peach Beach and Coconut Mall are two other "Delfino" stages, and Delfino is from Super Mario Sunshine (never played SMS).
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In addition to the Delfino battle stage.

=/

I think they should include less GBA/SNES courses next time around, but they probably won't. I wish they would eventually make an MK where it includes all Retro stages, but then the amount of new ones would seem small so they probably won't do that either.

What they could do, though, (or could have) is DLC tracks. Ah, sweet, sweet dreams...
 
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