Robin64
Member
Mario Kart is going to hit Wii U this year, it's a bit of a no-brainer. I am just hoping that they aren't having to rush to do so and the game doesn't suffer because of it. But I will maintain faith for now that it will be okay. So I started thinking about what I want.
I want the karts to control as they do in Mario Kart 7. Those things were perfect, the level of drifting needed for boosts is spot on, the hop is exactly right and the general driving feels great.
The underwater and air sections should return. I think they really mixed up the formula without feeling forced. Online racing is amazing when you see half the people taking the road and half gliding overhead.
I'd also like to see less secondary characters. Queen Bee and Wiggler? Why not E. Gadd?
And courses.. There are still locations from Mario games that have yet to be represented in a Kart game. Where's the Mario 2 (USA) course? That could look amazing. There should be a Galaxy course that has us racing around a giant sphere.
Also, this game should and could have fantastic Miiverse integration, especially with the Community feature of 7 returning:
New posts in a community you are a member of may pop up ingame while you are doing single player stuff, letting you know there's activity.
It may let you record important races (like, the final of a huge tournament) and embed the YouTube video in the community.
It may allow automatic poll creation, which affects the community. "Next week, what item shall we ban?" as a quick example.
Players in your community could post time trial ghosts, and with the new Miiverse feature of being able to launch a game at a specific point from a link, it could be set that picking someone's ghost automatically opens Mario Kart 8 and has you racing against it within a minute.
I want the karts to control as they do in Mario Kart 7. Those things were perfect, the level of drifting needed for boosts is spot on, the hop is exactly right and the general driving feels great.
The underwater and air sections should return. I think they really mixed up the formula without feeling forced. Online racing is amazing when you see half the people taking the road and half gliding overhead.
I'd also like to see less secondary characters. Queen Bee and Wiggler? Why not E. Gadd?
And courses.. There are still locations from Mario games that have yet to be represented in a Kart game. Where's the Mario 2 (USA) course? That could look amazing. There should be a Galaxy course that has us racing around a giant sphere.
Also, this game should and could have fantastic Miiverse integration, especially with the Community feature of 7 returning:
New posts in a community you are a member of may pop up ingame while you are doing single player stuff, letting you know there's activity.
It may let you record important races (like, the final of a huge tournament) and embed the YouTube video in the community.
It may allow automatic poll creation, which affects the community. "Next week, what item shall we ban?" as a quick example.
Players in your community could post time trial ghosts, and with the new Miiverse feature of being able to launch a game at a specific point from a link, it could be set that picking someone's ghost automatically opens Mario Kart 8 and has you racing against it within a minute.
Also, make the blue shell much rarer