Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Re: Mario Kart 8

Here's what I have to say...

I just recently came back from trying out the Mario Kart 8 demo, and I was quite fortunate that my local GameStop wasn't very busy. That gave me over an hour to try out the tracks and certain combinations.

The Grip stat is called "Traction" for the NTSC-U version of the game. I also tried out the Sport Bike and Jet Rider, and apparently, inside drifting has been trickier to handle than outside drifting. In fact, it seems that you're less likely to mess up with the outside drifting vehicles now. In other words, inside drifting may not be as helpful as in Mario Kart Wii, especially without the wheelie boosts.

In terms of the races, I was able to take 1st place most of the time, while my 2nd place finishes were mostly due to Spiny Shells; I never did finish lower than 2nd place. However, I was able to anticipate at least one Spiny Shell ahead of time, but this will come down to if you can check back on the GamePad enough times to see it coming. Some of the combos that I've used did prove to be rather promising as well.

Anyway, the demo gave me a chance to try out some things, and it seems that the game may prove to be a promising one once it's out in less than two weeks.
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Re: Mario Kart 8

No-Face said:
Magikrazy said:
oh hi nabber i was expecting you

None of us are saying it would be bad to put a human of another race in Mario. We're just saying it's not as big a deal as you're making it out to be.

The Mario games are plenty diverse. There are humans (aka the only race of people), turtles, dinosaurs, mushrooms, primates, etc.

If you're still unsatisfied, there's this thing called "making a Mii". You can make a Mii that's black or white or brown or whatever. There. Problem solved.
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I think you're missing my point; I'm not trying to say that Mairo Kart 8 is an awful game because it lacks diversity (though it is a problem); I'm saying the fact that people are making fun of the reviewer for pointing out that there is a lack of racial diversity is a big deal, because it's wrong.

While it's great that there are a number of species that you can play as, that doesn't really fix the problem. No one's complaining that you can't play as an imaginary species, because we've been able to do that for ages.
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My problem is that the reviewer said 14 when 5 of those are just redundant with babies and 2 more are toads that the reviewer felt the need to include in "white". Mario and Luigi are Italian; Wario and Waluigi are arguably Italian; Daisy is from a kingdom that's heavily Chinese-inspired so there ya go with that. That leaves Peach and Rosalina. Peach is arguably within the same realm as Mario and Luigi, so that leaves Rosalina, and very easily could've been an oversight or just seen as a non-issue, seeing that this company is in Japan where the whole race thing isn't as much of a catered-to issue as it is in America. It's kinda like that gay thing in the Tomodachi whatever game; the creators are in Japan and the gay thing isn't as heavy of an issue as it is here, and gay marriage is illegal over there so that's the culture the game is based around. It was translated and stuff for America but there was an oversight with bringing it to a different culture. Yes, it'll be nice to have some more diversity in terms of races (further note, we're debating human races and this is a fantasy realm so things aren't always necessarily applicable but who knows someone of some level of non-whiteness could be somewhere), but, Mariokart 8 is definitely not the place to drag it out of.
 
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I played the demo. Sometimes I feel like the game hates me, lol. I'm a bit annoyed that the X button is used to look back instead of one of those shoulder buttons. But I'm super happy you can spam the horn button with the item button! :D

I used my trust traction combo, Baby Luigi + Monster + Super Glider + Badwagon and it was a totally awesome experience. <3 Baby Luigi really. He's SOO cute when he does his trick animations. Also, his, "Go Weegee! Go Weegee!" when he's first was the best thing I ever heard.

I played this for 4 hours in the GameStop; luckily only one or two people were interested in it. I'm definitely going back to play that demo.
 
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^That's actually hilarious

Time Paradoxes for life.
 
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Anser said:
You guys need to watch this:


Truer words have never been spoken.
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I like the starring part.
"Starring Bob Hoskins, Green Mario, Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Fat Mario, Shrooms, a Snork, Business Kong, Ghost Rider, Reptar, Bow Wow, Lil' Bow Wow and The Time Paradoxes."

"If you suck at racing, there's always battle mode. Heh, heh, but lose."
 
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Baby Luigi said:
I played this for 4 hours in the GameStop; luckily only one or two people were interested in it. I'm definitely going back to play that demo.
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4 hours? Dang. I only played once on each track, then came back later and did 5 more races.

But yeah, i'm also going back tomorrow.