Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

[NSY]

Re: Mario Kart 8

I hope we get a bigger roster.

I don't see that won't happen. So far the bad examples in Mario spinoffs are Olympics and Sport Mix.

What was wrong with the Olympic roster, I thought it was fine.

 

[Dorayaki]

Re: Mario Kart 8

What was wrong with the Olympic roster, I thought it was fine.

I'm speechless.

 

[Koopaul]

Re: Mario Kart 8

I'm speechless.

Just because a roster doesn't meet your standard doesn't make it bad. The Olympics gave us the essential Mario characters... Even Sports Mix. As long as a roster gives us the essential Mario characters the rest is just a nice bonus.

I only consider it a bad roster when they leave out characters like Waluigi but put in characters like Honey Queen.

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

Re: Mario Kart 8

What was wrong with the Olympic roster, I thought it was fine.

I'm speechless.

I agree with NSY, it's not that bad of a roster. I mean really, the characters are mostly just the main characters from both of the series, and it's not like their stats really affect much in-game anyways...

Mario Sports Mix I definitely can understand and agree that the roster was terrible.

 

[Dorayaki]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Just because a roster doesn't meet your standard doesn't make it bad. The Olympics gave us the essential Mario characters... Even Sports Mix. As long as a roster gives us the essential Mario characters the rest is just a nice bonus.

I only consider it a bad roster when they leave out characters like Waluigi but put in characters like Honey Queen.

I don't criticize roster of every game frequently, but these examples have clear reasons. Olympics already becomes a series title, but not only Nintendo/SEGA don't change or exapnd the roster, no fans ever agree with the "essential characters" we see. Well, I think Kart 8 won't do that though.

There were three main characters missing in Kart 7. Though bad for Waluigi, at least he did appear in Kart DS.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

Re: Mario Kart 8

What was wrong with the Olympic roster, I thought it was fine.

I'm speechless.

I agree with NSY, it's not that bad of a roster. I mean really, the characters are mostly just the main characters from both of the series, and it's not like their stats really affect much in-game anyways...

Mario Sports Mix I definitely can understand and agree that the roster was terrible.

The problem, as Dorayaki said, I think, is that London Games did nearly nothing to expand the roster. We could have gotten Diddy Kong, Rouge, and Birdo for starters. I'm not as familiar with the Sonic characters, but there are some essential ones missing. Maybe Jet?

 

[Ray Trace]

Re: Mario Kart 8

The 3DS version of the London games limited characters even further by putting them in stereotypical categories ie the girls who can participate only in stereotypical events ie only girls can do figure skating and whatnot

That's super dumb.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

Re: Mario Kart 8

It's sexist that men can't participate in twirling pink ribbons and synchronized swimming! What were they thinking?

 

[Shyghoul]

Re: Mario Kart 8

It's sexist that men can't participate in twirling pink ribbons and synchronized swimming! What were they thinking?

ikr

 

[SonicMario]

Re: Mario Kart 8

It's sexist that men can't participate in twirling pink ribbons and synchronized swimming! What were they thinking?

Hehe, that reminds me of when I last rented M&S Olympics 2012. I played as a team of Wario, Waluigi, Bowser, and Dr. Eggman in Synchronized Swimming. My dad saw it and he was like (In a joking mode of course) "That might just be the worst thing I've ever seen" xD

 

[Anser]

Re: Mario Kart 8

I agree with male characters not being able to participate in ribbon twinking and synchronized swimming.

There were three main characters missing in Kart 7. Though bad for Waluigi, at least he did appear in Kart DS.

Waluigi and who else? Toadette is nowhere near being a main character, in my opinion.

 

[GalacticPetey]

Re: Mario Kart 8

I agree with male characters not being able to participate in ribbon twinking and synchronized swimming.

There were three main characters missing in Kart 7. Though bad for Waluigi, at least he did appear in Kart DS.

Waluigi and who else? Toadette is nowhere near being a main character, in my opinion.

Bowser Jr. and Diddy or Birdo

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

Re: Mario Kart 8

I agree with male characters not being able to participate in ribbon twinking and synchronized swimming.

There were three main characters missing in Kart 7. Though bad for Waluigi, at least he did appear in Kart DS.

Waluigi and who else? Toadette is nowhere near being a main character, in my opinion.

Bowser Jr. and Diddy or Birdo

At the same time, Bowser Jr. and Diddy are about on the same level of importance as Toadette.

 

[Paper Mario]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Bowser Jr. is more of a main character than Toadette; he's been important in the main series.

 

[Ray Trace]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Bowser Jr. and Diddy appeared in Mario Party, Mario Sports Mix, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis...all before Toadette

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

Re: Mario Kart 8

I meant in terms of Mario Kart.

 

[Ray Trace]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Toadette actually is more important in this case

She appeared playable before both here

 

[Dorayaki]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Bowser Jr. is more of a main character than Toadette; he's been important in the main series.

Uh, if you're saying SMB games, don't forget that we still doubt the lack of Toadette in Mushroom Kingdom scenes. I don't see that difference big since both of them made debut in GC era.

Diddy has been overused among all DK partners (as shown in the table), so he shouln't been considered here.

 

[Shyghoul]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Bowser Jr. is more of a main character than Toadette; he's been important in the main series.

Uh, if you're saying SMB games, don't forget that we still doubt the lack of Toadette in Mushroom Kingdom scenes. I don't see that difference big since both of them made debut in GC era.

isn't Bowser Jr. in more SMB (mainstream) games though?

 

[Revin]

Re: Mario Kart 8

The 3DS version of the London games limited characters even further by putting them in stereotypical categories ie the girls who can participate only in stereotypical events ie only girls can do figure skating and whatnot

That's super dumb.

you mean i can't play as waluigi in rhythmic ribbon?

BLASPHEMY!

 

[NSY]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Bowser Jr. should get in over Daisy, Waluigi and Toadette, he plays a bigger role than these three.

Also Bowser is way superior to the Koopalings.

 

[Dorayaki]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Bowser Jr. should get in over Daisy, Waluigi and Toadette, he plays a bigger role than these three.
Also Bowser is way superior to the Koopalings.

isn't Bowser Jr. in more SMB (mainstream) games though?

If you compare Bowser Jr(semiboss) with Toad(NPC), yes, Bowser Jr is important in some SMB games.

But it's about spinoffs here. SMB isn't doing with that until all main characters have current participation in platfomers. Among the current main characters, Bowser Jr is still too new (before Toadette and Rosalina).

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

Re: Mario Kart 8

The 3DS version of the London games limited characters even further by putting them in stereotypical categories ie the girls who can participate only in stereotypical events ie only girls can do figure skating and whatnot

That's super dumb.

you mean i can't play as waluigi in rhythmic ribbon?

BLASPHEMY!

Yup. In the 3DS, characters are in certain categories.

Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Tails.

Amy, Peach, Daisy, and Blaze.

Knuckles, Vector, Bowser, and Donkey Kong.

Wario, Waluigi, Dr. Eggman, and Metal Sonic.

Yoshi, Bowser Jr., Shadow, and Silver.

So, basically, if you want Wario to be graceful performer in figure skating, you're out of luck. You're stuck with Amy, Peach, Daisy, and Blaze. And if you want Luigi to wipe the floor with Silver in ANY event, you're out of luck too.

Which is fucking stupid.

On topic, I can't imagine Bowser Jr. getting in over the likes of Daisy or Waluigi. And define "plays a bigger role", because I don't quite get it. So what he plays a role in the platformers? The Koopalings play a "bigger" role than Daisy or Waluigi, yet they're less feasible than the two.

 

[Ray Trace]

Re: Mario Kart 8

This mainstream argument always makes me laugh, and seeing that Toadette and Waluigi and Daisy were in before Bowser Jr makes it more hilarious.

 

[ThePremiumYoshi]

Re: Mario Kart 8

This mainstream argument always makes me laugh, and seeing that Toadette and Waluigi and Daisy were in before Bowser Jr makes it more hilarious.

Toadette? Before Bowser Jr.?