BundysFeet
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Yea, I don't believe this. It will not be 1080p native.
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Mario Kart 8 Info Thread
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Yea, I don't believe this. It will not be 1080p native.
Davey Cakes
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It was confirmed 720p a while ago.
Really wish the whole 1080p thing would just stop. It's keeping people in "wishful thinking" mode.
Really wish the whole 1080p thing would just stop. It's keeping people in "wishful thinking" mode.
That wasn't a shortcut, it was clearly a glitch. With this, you're jumping from one part of the track to another. With that, you fell off the track and got placed in a completely different spot.
Karts/Bikes/ATVs stats matter more than the character stats do. We don't know every vehicle's stat distribution (much less what each part does to each vehicle) so it's hard to say what a good combo is going to be yet.
That's what I assumed with screenshots, but even so.
The game is undeniably beautiful.
When was it confirmed to be 720p? I can't find anything on google with direct proof of the resolution. Mind posting link?
Beelzebufo
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PadWarrior
Member
Nate can you get footage of the circuit special kart? Thanks!
Thanks, I'll check it out.
That looks awesome. Definitely gonna have a ton of fun just from taking screenshots of this game.
Davey Cakes
Member
I don't have a link. I forget who confirmed 720p.
I'm really curious to see how the scores are going to pan out. I have feeling we're going to see a lot of 8.5s to 9.5s just because it's Mario Kart in HD. Pretty much every single huge change to the game is aesthetic (I include anti-grav) and its clear this is just more MKWii/7, but I'm concerned that a lot of people are going to unfairly shower praise on it regardless.
Well guys, it looks like the individual characters stats have been confirmed.
Well, it looks like NSMBU's ending's hinted "weight scale" for the Koopalings is proven correct. Morton is indeed heavier than Roy, now!
And Rosalina weighs as much as giant ape. "Watch out for da big gurrrl", indeed. :lol
Geez, that's two whole weeks before the game releases!
Lé Blade Runner
Member
Why "unfairly"? I don't think they can improve the basic formula of Mario Kart that much, so the new one will live and die on its visual presentation ( which seems amazing ), track design ( which looks good ), online play and minor improvements. I have a feeling that it will get a lot of good scores for a good reason.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Just like 95% of sequels???
I don't know why you are singling out this game, there's a lot of changes whether subtle or not(some source did an article on how it's not the same Mario Kart).
Sequels to established games usually don't have revolutions but rather evolutions.
LegendofLex
Member
Last year at E3 I spoke to numerous people who confirmed that the only first-party (Nintendo-developed) game announced at the time that was native 1080p is The Wind Waker HD.
LegendofLex
Member
I don't see why more of a good thing deserves a lower score than the previous good things.
wat?
BigEvilTurtle
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So uh, I got answers about the stats but I'd like more info. I get what the numbers mean, but what are the numbers relative to? They're just arbitrary and pointless numbers without knowing what they're relative to. I mean, what does a 4 in speed REALLY mean? Higher is faster, but to what degree?
Lord_Byron28
Member
Peach weighs more than Wendy? Lemmy weighs the same as a baby?Well guys, it looks like the individual characters stats have been confirmed.
http://mkboards.com/forums/threads/general-mk8-discussion.8/page-28#post-114226
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Awwwww hellllll nawwww, what are you trying to say about my goddess?
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Jaded Alyx
Member
They probably felt it wasn't worth whatever performance hit they might have experienced.
Davey Cakes
Member
I was really hoping for 5-player as well.
That said, I'm sure it was omitted for good reason.
That said, I'm sure it was omitted for good reason.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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I'm sure they tried it.
But like the person above you said, they probably weren't happy with the unideal performance.
Looks good but such a shame you can't control the camera.
I thought they might have even pushed it to 6 players to make it their first dual gamepad game.
Still....I'd rather have it looking as it does than see it downgraded to allow additional players.
Saint Gregory
Member
How could you lump those two together? I can't even go back to playing MKWii now (and I've tried) after prolonged time playing MK7.
I know everyone has their personal favorites but MK7 is the pinnacle of the series so far imo and I can't be anything but excited for more of the same in that's what MK8 turns out to be.
...In HD.
Wow that was pretty freaking fast, no load time at all. Is there really load time or did they cut it out?
I hope you level the same arguments for the game that is your avatar and every other AAA shooter sequel -- otherwise you're quite the hypocrite, mate.
And besides that there's only so much you can do to MK without making it a completely different racer and scrapping the formula. I don't see how MK8 will be "unfairly showered with praise" in that case...
I guess you just don't like Nintendo games still getting good scores.
Beelzebufo
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MK7 has worse track designs, character selection, game options, and drifting mechanics than Wii. What are you talking about?
thanks for this information.
werent most shortcuts like this (see the discussed star road once)? and i think nintendo don't want to see anything like this in an online game.
of curse there are going to be the official shortcuts that always where on the tracks, but there will be no way to trick the game (like star road). lakitu is gonna haul your ass back in!
and even there is an intance for this, nintendo is going to pach it.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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It's not completely random.
Not everything, the Rainbow Road 64 shortcut shown is more an exploit than a glitch. You get enough top speed and then use the drift hop to jump over the RR64 wall to land on a lower portion of the track that just so happens to be skipping a huge chunk of the course. A glitch would be more like intentionally jumping off the track (or hitting yourself off of the track) to get Lakitu to pick you up and spawn you on a further piece of the track.
That would be more of a glitch because the game is literally not putting you back at where you *last* were on the course -- instead it's putting you on the course where you fell.
Though I suppose they probably would patch RR64 if it were released in a modern era and such. But it's not so we'll never know how they feel about it.
Well guys, it looks like the individual characters stats have been confirmed.
http://mkboards.com/forums/threads/general-mk8-discussion.8/page-28#post-114226
Fun with math: the Medium class has lower standard deviations across their stats than the Cruiser weight class. Therefore Peach is a more balanced racer than Mario.
I really want to learn more about that stats of Mario Kart. Is the top speed of a Super Heavy really twice that of a Feather? Can someone link me to any resources examining the mechanics of past Mario Karts?
I have a feeling I'm going to be making liberal use of my stopwatch in a few weeks.
BigEvilTurtle
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Seriously what do the numbers mean? What's the unit of measurement?
Jaded Alyx
Member
BigEvilTurtle
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The number of bars, out of 6.
As seen here:
THANK YOU. So what's the relationship between player and kart stats?
blu
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Perhaps I'm looking at the wrong table, but where's the deviation? Aren't all class stats indentical within the given class?
It's always been this way. You can see the picture proof here.
It was already explained. The units are out of 6. 6.00 is the total maximum stat for each of the 5 categories.
These are base stats. When you select a character, these are the stats you automatically have when chosen. Then next comes the vehicle customization. Here, vehicles will either add or remove from the base stats depending on which one you select (-0.25 speed from featherweight's base of 2.25 for instance, etc.).
That's all it is.
Yes, that's what the colors indicate. There are 7 weight classes, so whichever the 29 characters are in, they have the same stats depending which one they are in.
BigEvilTurtle
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Where was this already explained? Thank you for the explanation.
Beelzebufo
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MK7 was not random mess of a game. All of that doesn't make up for that fact that MKW's racing fundamentals are broken.
All I see in that link are screenshots of the stats. What I'm talking about is proof that there is a linear correlation between the stats and kart performance. To reiterate, is a Feather weight truly less than half as fast at top speed than a Super Heavy?
"6" isn't a unit of measurement. Mario Kart has real internal units of distance as well as accurate accounting of time. Therefore Speed and Acceleration values do exist; I want to know their relation to the 1-6 scale.