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Official Mario Kart Wii Thread of Official Mario Kart
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Some of them are a real pain while others are amazingly easy. I think I had most trouble in Bowser's Castle where I spent several hours, always hitting something on the last lap.Davidion said:
I rarely see warping, but this is very common. I guess the game checks first with the player that gets hit that the shell really connects before registering the hit. Sometimes also banana peels appear a bit behind the drivers who chuck them, which makes driving behind someone a bit challenging.mattso said:
As for the AI - sure it's rubberband, but I don't think it cheats too much. Occasionally you will get pummeled by items galore, but now that I know the courses and drive pretty well, I win most of the time also in mirror class despite all the blue shells etc.
Who are the sadistic bastards that keep picking Rainbow Road? They must love torture because I never see them finish first or second.
I always pick Luigi Circuit. Easy as pie but add 11 more players and you will be tearing you hair out.
Also found a shortcut/trick on Rainbow Road. Know those dough nut hole thingys with the blue stunt ramps? Just hit the left first one and stay straight don't do a stunt and you will go over both of them on the left side and also avoid that hairpin turn and the end of them.
I always pick Luigi Circuit. Easy as pie but add 11 more players and you will be tearing you hair out.
Also found a shortcut/trick on Rainbow Road. Know those dough nut hole thingys with the blue stunt ramps? Just hit the left first one and stay straight don't do a stunt and you will go over both of them on the left side and also avoid that hairpin turn and the end of them.
Cheez-It said:
Oh man, I love SNES mario circuit 3. I almost never lose this one. Yes, it is short, but there are a lot of sharp turns that will separate the good from the bad. Luigi Circuit, on the other hand, is both short and has only easy turns, so it makes it difficult to separate from the pack.
slaughterking
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I did it in 21 sec. ;IRagnarokX said:
Its the first challenge I tried and while it sure is pretty funny, it feels a bit too pointless and non-competitive, too. :I
Phife Dawg
Member
20 sec? 
More racing related Wheel-only challenges please :lol .
More racing related Wheel-only challenges please :lol .
:Motorbass
Member
I sent my 29.8xx for now. Pretty cool competition.
slaughterking
Member
My new record is 14.9 seconds. I don't think I can improve on that, though. :I
Starchasing
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So does anyone know if the tournament content is on the DVD or is it downloaded?!?
slaughterking
Member
Everything's on the DVD. There is zero download time.
Starchasing
Member
slaughterking said:
maybe its downloaded using wiiconect24
slaughterking
Member
Maybe not.
There is no Wii game that randomly fills your limited storage space with game data.
Plus someone already dicovered the boss battle theme being on the game disc.
There is no Wii game that randomly fills your limited storage space with game data.
Plus someone already dicovered the boss battle theme being on the game disc.
Starchasing
Member
slaughterking said:Maybe not.
There is no Wii game that randomly fills your limited storage space with game data.
Plus someone already dicovered the boss battle theme being on the game disc.
oh ok thats lame them...
:Motorbass
Member
Surely it would be possible, if FF:CC MLAK is <43MB, then a small platform, one enemy, some music and a bit of code would surely be ~4-5MB of data. Yeah, it's already on the disc, but it surely wouldn't be impossible for future Wii games.Wizpig said:
But I think they could still create new challenges by shifting the existing stuff around. (If such functionality is already implemented in the game.)
Picross DS for example has real downloadable levels (although they only consist of some parameters and not new graphics)
As long as this stuff is free, I don't see anything lame about it.
It's perfectly possible for developers to leave an area of reserved memory (ESPECIALLY considering the Mario Kart Channel exists) for scripts to be downloaded into. These scripts could be used to re-organise current stages, apply new rules, and so on.
For example, the 'race through ten gates' stage doesn't need to store any new assets, it only needs to know where to put the assets, which music to play, which texture sets to use, and so on. So they *could* have done it that way.
The fact that they *didn't* doesn't bother me in the slightest - I'm loving the weekly/bi-weekly new challenges and I'd certainly not enjoy them in the same way if they were all exposed at first and I could just run through them all and then get bored.
I'm at 34' 398 and I see no chance that I'll be getting it any lower than that this week
For example, the 'race through ten gates' stage doesn't need to store any new assets, it only needs to know where to put the assets, which music to play, which texture sets to use, and so on. So they *could* have done it that way.
The fact that they *didn't* doesn't bother me in the slightest - I'm loving the weekly/bi-weekly new challenges and I'd certainly not enjoy them in the same way if they were all exposed at first and I could just run through them all and then get bored.
I'm at 34' 398 and I see no chance that I'll be getting it any lower than that this week
Exactly, all the stuff is on the disc..
Is like a..randomizer..
Basically, the tournament is a little code..probably 2-5kb of size, that loads everything..
Pretty much like how the Custom Stages in Brawls are handled..each stage is like 1-2kb..is not like you actually save the entire stage plus song on the system/SD Card, you just save basically the code to let the system know what do you want and where do you want it.
Is like a..randomizer..
Basically, the tournament is a little code..probably 2-5kb of size, that loads everything..
Pretty much like how the Custom Stages in Brawls are handled..each stage is like 1-2kb..is not like you actually save the entire stage plus song on the system/SD Card, you just save basically the code to let the system know what do you want and where do you want it.
Starchasing
Member
fernoca said:
I see that as a better option. They can design totally new stages using the assets on the disc.
If its unlockd from the internet i find it lame because it adds nothing to what you could have done in the past
Phife Dawg
Member
Wow, seeing all these numbers I won't even bother to get better :lol .
Here's my strategy, try copying it:Stitch said:
Don't turbo start, instead calmly drive forward and slightly left to get the incoming item. Brake immediately and do a fast turn to face the first Topman (Who should be right behind you now). Boost him off.
Do another quick turn and face the middle, hit the second one as soon as he touches the ground (Don't even wait for him to bounce once, as soon he touches the ground hit him) and then immediately hit him again to boost him off (You have to hit him head on twice here, if you're off slightly he won't go off). With the second boost you should also manage to grab another item box.
When the last two appear instantly boost into one of them twice when he touches the ground to knock him off, reverse for a second, and as soon as the other one passes by (Only a split second) knock him off too.
Do another quick turn and face the middle, hit the second one as soon as he touches the ground (Don't even wait for him to bounce once, as soon he touches the ground hit him) and then immediately hit him again to boost him off (You have to hit him head on twice here, if you're off slightly he won't go off). With the second boost you should also manage to grab another item box.
When the last two appear instantly boost into one of them twice when he touches the ground to knock him off, reverse for a second, and as soon as the other one passes by (Only a split second) knock him off too.
Teknoman said:
Racing. Would work something like this. Everyone signs up, then we split into atleast 2 divisions (more if we haven larger participation) of no greater than 6 people (since ya know, coordinated that many people is going to be tough enough) . Those divisions each race the default 8 nintendo GP's. We use a point system based on everyones ranking in each of those GP's. If its only 2 divisions of 6, the top 3 would move on to the championship series, where they'll race on 4 custom GP's using the same point system.
Saint Gregory
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Dragmire said:I just got 16.75 in the tournament! I managed to hit both of the last Topmen at once and knocked them both off.
The lowest I can get is 32 seconds. Even if I can get those last two off at once I can't fathom getting down to 16 seconds.