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I think that using the Olympic Games as the reason for Mario and Sonic to crossover was a really cool idea, but it's a shame that the actual games I played from that series were kind of mediocre.
 
It might have been fun if the gang had contextually appropriate nations to represent at the Olympics instead of per character flags. So...
CharactersNation
Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Toadette, BirdoMushroom Kingdom
DaisySarasaland
Bowser, Bowser Jr, Larry, Ludwig, Wendy, Dry Bowser, Boom BoomKoopa Kingdom
Donkey Kong, Diddy KongDonkey Kong Island
YoshiYoshi's Island
RosalinaSpace
NabbitIndependent
WarioIndependent (I don't think they'd reference WarioWare any further than WarioWare, Inc., and Wario is always only in things for himself anyhow)
WaluigiIndependent
Dr. Eggman, Metal Sonic, Egg PawnEggman Empire
Jet, WaveBabylon
Zavok, ZazzLost Hex
KnucklesAngel Island
BlazeSol Dimension
Every unlisted Sonic character would sign under Independent. (There's a chance Eggman Nega would sign under the Eggman Empire, but he hates vanilla Eggman so I feel like he wouldn't.)

(And yes, there would absolutely be a silly story reason for the International Olympic Committee agreeing that the non-existent Eggman Empire counts as a nation. Eggman has his ways.)
 
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I was trying to look for a Bowser level theme, wtf is that first prediction

I swear this screen cap is not doctored and I have search history disabled

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I've been playing Super Mario Kart at my local library recently, and dear God, the controls stink. The drifting is inconsistent as hell. When I want to turn slightly, I go crashing into the inner wall, but when I want to drift sharp, I veer wildly and end up off-road. I've gotten better, but it's still really tough to overcome

Is it just me, or are the controls just terrible?
 
Veteran Mario Kart player here. Mario Kart titles prior to Mario Kart DS didn't control fantastically and were quite slippery. This is especially true of Super Circuit, which I believe tries to imitate Super Mario Kart's control scheme. I dunno, I've never played Super Mario Kart, and I have no desire to. If I wanted to play a kart racing game in a 2D sprite based engine, I'd just put on Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart.
 
I would be fine if Mario's mobile game period was left behind as a brief experiment. I wasn't really in the audience for it in the first place though, so I'm curious if other's feel the same way.
 
Mario Kart DS was the first video game I ever played, and I played it endlessly for hours on end for years. So I guess I had gotten so used to the controls for that game that I was expecting them to be the same for Super Mario Kart.

Heck, it's not just Super Mario Kart. I actually started by playing Super Mario Bros 3, and the controls for that game were about as slippery as a tobacco salesman in the 1950s. I cannot tell you the amount of times I game-overed just from trying to get to the tower in World 1. It was insane! Specifically, Mario's traction when he stops running is bad. He doesn't stop immediately; he keeps running a couple steps before coming to a halt. That causes him to run straight into enemies on the ground or fall into pits, and it cost me endless lives because I couldn't stop right when I wanted to. Seriously, I expect that sort of slipperiness from Luigi. He doesn't have his usual higher jump and lower traction in this game, but I can't imagine how much worse I would have fared if he did.
 
Skuchi037 said:
Mario Kart DS was the first video game I ever played, and I played it endlessly for hours on end for years. So I guess I had gotten so used to the controls for that game that I was expecting them to be the same for Super Mario Kart.

Heck, it's not just Super Mario Kart. I actually started by playing Super Mario Bros 3, and the controls for that game were about as slippery as a tobacco salesman in the 1950s. I cannot tell you the amount of times I game-overed just from trying to get to the tower in World 1. It was insane! Specifically, Mario's traction when he stops running is bad. He doesn't stop immediately; he keeps running a couple steps before coming to a halt. That causes him to run straight into enemies on the ground or fall into pits, and it cost me endless lives because I couldn't stop right when I wanted to. Seriously, I expect that sort of slipperiness from Luigi. He doesn't have his usual higher jump and lower traction in this game, but I can't imagine how much worse I would have fared if he did.
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hm... that's odd, I haven't really seen SMB3 described as slippery before. He's not as heavy as he is NSMB or Wonder, but it really doesn't feel slippery to me. Maybe I'm just so used to it. The only mario game I would really describe as Slippery is the first one (or any game with Luigi's Characteristics) SMB3 has always had a nice feeling of momentum to me without going full into that like sonic. That's interesting though!
 
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