Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

Since Mario Kart 64 stuck with the Pipe Frame kart for everyone, I imagine that it would indeed be more polygonal since its 3D design commands more surfaces, compared to the simpler car, plane or boat designs in Diddy Kong Racing. You have to remember that the other Mario games for the N64 only have the character themselves, and if they have items, they have less polygons overall (example: tennis racket, golf club). Another thing to note is that Mario Kart DS doesn't have a Pipe Frame kart. I think it's one of the factors that prevent it from being full 3D for the time being.

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This might as well be changed to "Unpopular opinions about the Mario Kart series"
I think the point score on the top of the screen in Mario games makes the game somehow look more cluttered and ugly. That's one of the reasons I like 3D Land, another being that the graphics don't look like *bleep* for the 3DS (those character models in MK7). By the way, I don't HATE 7, if I'm giving that impression. I just think 8 is infinitely superior.
 
Lumastar said:
It would likely look like a downgraded DS.
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I'd still argue that

these N64 renders
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are miles better than

the respective Mario Kart DS renders
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I wouldn't mind having a Mario platformer that adds nothing new if it means fixing all the irritating things that make me hate them (lives system, points system. SM3D Land was a step in the right direction.)

To that end, Mario platformers right now are far outclassed by Kirby, Donkey Kong, Rayman, Shovel Knight...
 
winstein said:
Since Mario Kart 64 stuck with the Pipe Frame kart for everyone, I imagine that it would indeed be more polygonal since its 3D design commands more surfaces, compared to the simpler car, plane or boat designs in Diddy Kong Racing. You have to remember that the other Mario games for the N64 only have the character themselves, and if they have items, they have less polygons overall (example: tennis racket, golf club). Another thing to note is that Mario Kart DS doesn't have a Pipe Frame kart. I think it's one of the factors that prevent it from being full 3D for the time being.

Thanks for reading.
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...so?

The pipe frame isn't miles more complex than any other model. Hell I think the Pipe Frame isn't in DS because they haven't thought about returning it yet, which explains why Mario Kart Wii doesn't have a pipe frame model.
 
Unpopular opinion: Super Mario Kart was terrible because:
  • It is impossible to really see where you're going because everything is so flat
  • It's unfair because CPUs get really OP powerups that zoom them to first while you don't get any
 
i also think its terrible, but just because of the lack of proper control over your kart and track design.

rainbow road is bae though <3
 
Princess Luna said:
Unpopular opinion: Super Mario Kart was terrible because:
  • It is impossible to really see where you're going because everything is so flat
  • It's unfair because CPUs get really OP powerups that zoom them to first while you don't get any
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I think those powerups should have worked like Double Dash, where they are a characters special item and you could get it too.
 
I wouldn't call Super Mario Kart a terrible game, I'd call it "deterioration" or as by popular jargon, "aging"
 
Giga12 said:
I wouldn't mind having a Mario platformer that adds nothing new if it means fixing all the irritating things that make me hate them (lives system, points system. SM3D Land was a step in the right direction.)

To that end, Mario platformers right now are far outclassed by Kirby, Donkey Kong, Rayman, Shovel Knight...
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As I said a fair amount of times, Mario platformers just need more combat to it. All those games mentioned have a fair share of more combat options.