Princess Céline
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The same also applies to shells circling you.
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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luigidabest said:
They're not really the best defense, they spin too slowly. Too many times have I rammed into Wario with Triple Bananas and I just bumped into him rather than spinning him out.
MnSG
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luigidabest said:
Red Shells can end up below your character, completely bypassing all of your defenses. Even Green Shells can bypass your defenses if they're aimed just right.
Baby Luigi said:
That's online lag for you. I've had triple items a good number of times and ram into other players, but lag can make them unaffected.
Freddie Freaker
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And the triple mushrooms, they ruined them more in my opinion. They made it, so if somebody bumps into one of your mushrooms, they get a boost. I believe if the player can strategically time the bump into you, they can take shortcuts without the need of a mushroom.
On the bright side, if you strategically bump into someone will you have triple mushrooms, you could possibly send them over the edge of the track? (I haven't tried any of this myself). Also, you don't loose any of your mushrooms when you bump into someone.
I'm guessing that Nintendo did this, so people know you have triple mushrooms by looking at your character (like the other items), but if they wanted to do that, they could've just made the character juggle the mushrooms like in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
On the bright side, if you strategically bump into someone will you have triple mushrooms, you could possibly send them over the edge of the track? (I haven't tried any of this myself). Also, you don't loose any of your mushrooms when you bump into someone.
I'm guessing that Nintendo did this, so people know you have triple mushrooms by looking at your character (like the other items), but if they wanted to do that, they could've just made the character juggle the mushrooms like in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!.
Czario
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IKR to all of you. I actually lost a Grand Prix because of Triple Bananas circling around me instead of being lined up once. It was me against my brother, the fourth race at Shy Guy Falls. Whichever of us beat the other in this race would win in the Grand Prix. I was ahead, but right at the end, he got Triple Red Shells while I got Triple Bananas. They failed to protect me and I lost. 
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I like the change to the triple mushrooms at least, I'm good at stealing speed boosts like that
The triple bananas not trailing behind in a straight line is the only real disappointment /but/ at the same time I don't really mind being able to actually kill someone who's hoarding bananas as opposed to whittling them away shell by shell while they stay in first and get more bananas
The triple bananas not trailing behind in a straight line is the only real disappointment /but/ at the same time I don't really mind being able to actually kill someone who's hoarding bananas as opposed to whittling them away shell by shell while they stay in first and get more bananas
I'm gonna miss that mechanic though. Always in Mario Kart Wii, when I was in first place, the best item I could get was the triple banana, because it granted the best defense you can have in first place, as you can avoid being hit by three red shells. It was still annoying trying to hit the racer in first place while they had that item, but at least that proves it was efficient. But based on what I hear about spinning bananas, I think I will need a lot of time to get used to MK8 mechanics.
I remember back when I played Mario Kart 8 I would just drop one of the 3 bananas behind me as the red shell got close to intercept it if I wasn't mid-air.
Princess Céline
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I still don't like that red shells can hit you in midair.
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I do this too but sometimes that shell seems to swerve around the bananaAltera said:
Unless I'm the one who fired the shell. In that case it usually hits any stray banana or shell on the track.
Cirdec
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Just checked new stats to compare some builds, and I see...
So max speed Baby Rosalina can't even be faster than min speed Bowser, has slighly more handling but is worse at everything else. Yeah, so why pick a lightweight.
| Baby Rosalina + Circuit Special + Slick + Wario Wing | Bowser + BiddyBuggy + Roller + Peach Parasol | ||
| Speed | 3.25 | 3.25 | |
| Acceleration | 2.75 | 4.5 | |
| Weight | 2.75 | 3.5 | |
| Handling | 4 | 3.25 | |
| Traction | 1.75 | 2.75 | |
| Mini Turbo | 2.5 | 4.5 |
So max speed Baby Rosalina can't even be faster than min speed Bowser, has slighly more handling but is worse at everything else. Yeah, so why pick a lightweight.
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Like the original Mario Kart 8, I feel like I'll have a lot of trouble, finding a combination I like.
Princess Céline
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Shy Guy on Wheels said:
I used a stat calculator to find mine.
MnSG
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Cirdec said:
17 vs. 21.75; a very huge stat total difference between the two.
The stat total difference between those two combos was less extreme in Mario Kart 8 (18.75 vs. 21.75), but it should probably be noted that the slowest vehicle parts have stronger stat totals than the fastest vehicle parts.
Princess Céline
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Baby Luigi said:
I did use the parts I thought looked the best.
J-Yoshi64
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Like with Mario Kart 8, I made a Google Drive spreadsheet for some characters and combinations. One combo for 50cc-150cc, and one special combo for 200cc. Except this time I gave myself 2 combos for 200cc.
For 200cc, I have two characters I can choose from. These combinations are focused more on control than speed (200cc has enough of that already).
[td]1[/td][td]2.25[/td][td]2[/td][td]1.25[/td][td]5.5[/td][td]1.25[/td][td]5.5[/td][td]5.25[/td][td]5[/td][td]5[/td][td]3.5[/td][td]5.5[/td]
EDIT: I forgot to list Baby Daisy's tires.
EDIT 2: I apparently copied my MK8 Roy stats instead of MK8D Roy stats. They're the same parts, though. Anything else I missed?
| Ground speed | Water speed | Air speed | Antigrav Speed | Acceleration | Weight | Ground handling | Water handling | Air handling | Antigrav handling | Traction | Miniturbo | |
| Roy Koopa | 4.5 | 4.75 | 5 | 4.25 | 3.25 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Yoshi Bike | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Crimson Slim | 0.25 | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | -1 | -0.25 |
| Bowser Kite | -0.25 | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0.25 |
| Total | 4.25 | 4 | 4.75 | 5 | 3.25 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.75 | 2.75 | 1.75 | 3.25 |
For 200cc, I have two characters I can choose from. These combinations are focused more on control than speed (200cc has enough of that already).
| Ground speed | Water speed | Air speed | Antigrav Speed | Acceleration | Weight | Ground handling | Water handling | Air handling | Antigrav handling | Traction | Miniturbo | |
| Lemmy | 2.25 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 2 | 4.25 | 2 | 4.75 | 4.25 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 3.75 | 4 |
| Pipe Frame | -0.5 | 0 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -0.25 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 |
| Roller | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | -0.25 | 0.75 |
| Bowser Kite | -0.25 | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0.25 |
| Total |
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EDIT: I forgot to list Baby Daisy's tires.
EDIT 2: I apparently copied my MK8 Roy stats instead of MK8D Roy stats. They're the same parts, though. Anything else I missed?