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Mario Kart 8 Info Thread
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That is ass. I'll get over it, but damn that's lame...
Battle Mode seems super weak all around. I don't know why it's so hard for them to make a good one again.
LegendofLex
Member
^ Time to bitch on Miiverse for a patch!
I don't get it either. It's one step forward and two steps back. Ugh. I have no reason to touch that mode now, unless they patch it.
Well it makes sense. There definitely would be douchebags who would not do anything and just camp which will make the game last forever. The ghosts thing can only do one hit right?
Should be allowed to disable it when playing with friends though.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
I never touch battle.
The Awesomest
Member
I hope you can still drive to the castle in this game.
It would make sense if infinite time/no time was an option but it's not an option. If I was concerned about campers, yeah I would turn the timer on but if I was intending to play with friends? It would be off. The omission of no time is stupid.
And the whole problem about campers wouldn't even be an issue if they weren't using the racing tracks but... they are =\
It is like they forgot battle mode existed and said "Oh right, we gotta make this mode. Oh shit we only have two months of dev time left!" and produced what we see here.
Beelzebufo
Banned
For anyone who didn't know, character weights (which Andre was unsure of) are listed on the website. Mii does change based on size.
The bike drifting gets me excited!
The bike drifting gets me excited!
Beelzebufo
Banned
That's probably it, it would explain pink gold too
Tabasco
Member
Haven't they had plenty of time to work on the game?
That isn't an excuse for not having any battle arena tracks.
I'm officially not touching battle mode this time around. I knew they would half assed something.
I kinda agree. Maybe the fact this is their 1st HD Mario Kart is part of the reason.
Tabasco
Member
To me that's not a reason to boycott battle mode.
I'm just disappointed by the lack of any new and retro battle arena tracks. They could have made some really creative stuff with the anti-gravity but they're probably thinking that since they've worked hard on what the core of the game is, they choose to just be lazy with battle mode.
I'll still play battle mode but the fact that they don't even bother to add any battle arena tracks whatsoever is just mind boggling. The time limit thing I can probably live with.
I'll only miss the SNES battle arena. All the other ones has always been crap anyway. Fort Block is okay though. But an asymetrical mode like Cops & Thief or something could have been really cool.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Unless you assume that they got every single thing they wanted into the game, they had to not include some stuff, and I imagine all new battle arenas was pretty low on the list.
Anyone else think it's weird that there are pirahna plants in like every level?
Mario Kart 8 online Tournament options: http://youtu.be/tWn0FD_M5_o
PotionBleue
Member
Sweet Sweet Canyon, Mario Circuit, (Shy Guy Falls but just as decoration), Bone Dry Dunes (Bone Piranha Plant), 3DS Music Park, 3DS Piranha Plant Slide
Am I forgetting some? That seems far from every level
You can make 'tournaments' daily. See, nothing to fear they're basically communities.
Sweet, thanks.
Who's up for a 32-race tournament? It should be great.
Edit: VR only goes up to 9999 like in MKW? That kinda sucks.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Why are there piranha plants in sweet sweet canyon? They should call it "killer plant canyon" instead.
Yup. Also noticed the group shuffling option where people can only join after every fourth race like in MK7.
Yoshi Valley would be great!
Hey NateDrake, could you please tell me all of the Single-Player Vs. options? For example, I take it I can pick a single course and race against a full field of CPU with items on, right? Can I set the CPU level? The speed (50cc, 100cc, 150cc)? Can I set course selection to Random? Please tell me all of the options in Single-Player Vs!
Booty Patrol
Banned
Battle mode was always boring to me, so it being gutted makes no difference to me.
PotionBleue
Member
Very cool, thanks a lot!
Mode: 50cc Race, 100cc Race, 150cc Race, Mirror Race, Battle (enables Round Time setting)
Teams: No Teams, Team Game
Items: All Items, Shells Only, Bananas Only, Mushrooms Only, Bob-ombs Only, No Items (not available in Battles), Frantic Mode
Round Time: 1 minute, 2, 3 (default), 4, 5
Vehicles: All Vehicles, Karts Only, Bikes Only
Control Methods: All Controls, Tilt Controls Only
COM: No COM, Easy COM, Normal COM, Hard COM
Time Settings
Frequency: Weekly (enables Start Day / End Day settings), Daily, Fixed Period
Start Day
Start Date
Start Time: Default is 18:00 (6pm), increases of +00:30
End Day
End Date
End Time
Race Count: 3 Races, 4, 5, 8 (default), 12, 16, 32, No Limit
Group Shuffling: Don't Shuffle, Every 4th Match
Other
Public/Private: Open to Everyone, Code Required
Global/Regional: Global, Regional
Player Rating: Any Rating, 0-1500, 0-2500, 0-5000, 1500-2500, 1500-5000, 1500-9999, 5000-9999, 9000-9999
Hey NateDrake, could you please tell me all of the Single-Player Vs. options? For example, I take it I can pick a single course and race against a full field of CPU with items on, right? Can I set the CPU level? The speed (50cc, 100cc, 150cc)? Can I set course selection to Random? Please tell me all of the options in Single-Player Vs!
Sure thing. Available options:
Teams Race/No Teams
All items, Frantic Mode, No items or coins, No items, Shells-only & etc. of those.
Class: 50cc, 100cc, 150cc, Mirror
CPU level: Easy, Normal, Hard
CPU Vehicles: All, Karts only, Bikes only
Course: Choose, In Order, Random
Race Count: 3 up to 32.
MannyToons
Member
All I want you to do, Nate, is use Wario. NOBODY USES HIM. </3
This is so true lol. I think I only seen him like 5 times when playing WW in MK7.
Eh... Online battle mode has always had a timer, though, so that's not really a step back. In Mario Kart 7 you only had 2 minutes, so it's actually a small step forward. The only step back MIGHT be that there aren't arenas, but we don't know if that's a bad thing or not yet. Changing it back to once you are out you are out is DEFINITELY a step forward, though.
They removed coin runners thought so and that's a huge step backwards. I actually enjoyed that a lot more than balloon battle.
Booty Patrol
Banned
El Pescado
Member
This actually happened to me in a game of Steel Diver. It was down to me and one other guy vs. another guy and suddenly the guy on my team turns and kills me and then him and our opponent just sit there looking at each other for like 10 minutes before I turned the game off.
PadWarrior
Member
Nate which buttons are for drifting on the wii u pro controller? And can you upload sunshine airport?
Not a course request, but could you capture a race with bowser driving one of them tiny bug karts? I just want to see how funny that looks.
MannyToons
Member
A shame they got rid of the 99999vr limit but it's nice to see we're able to pick the vr range.
xxbrothawizxx63
Member
I really don't understand why they couldn't implement Smash Bros style item customization. The *insert item* only formula really isn't what I wanted at all. I thought it wasn't a good idea in MK7 and them bringing it back here is disappointing. I'd rather have the strategic, balanced, etc. settings from Wii back.
This is awesome. It's odd they make you choose at least three courses, but you can always pick the course you want to play first and simply quit after so it's no big deal. So pleased with this news! And I can totally see myself doing a 32-course random circuit, something I really enjoyed in MKDS.