Things that you think Mario Kart can improve upon or should add.

Mari Ohara said:
Ninelevendo said:
Eh personally I like seeing characters with specific kart combos, since it kinda feels like it's showing what they prefer aka their personality.
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i guess everyone in the mushroom kingdom prefers the standard kart and pipe frame
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Pretty much every Mario character is generic and under-developed so that makes sense.

Making Mario Kart 8 texture changes would be awesome. I've already seen a Fire Luigi mod ages ago, which looked cool, imagine making a Blue P-Wing. Would be great.
 
I think characters like Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario should've been alternate costumes or outfits for Mario and Peach that you should have the option of changing into when you select them. I mean take a look at Mega Man Powered Up with Roll. Roll had lots of costumes and whatnot. Roll and her outfits/costumes were all DLC and that was PSP.

It should also work the same way that Mario Sports Mix did with Peach's tennis wear with a press of another button.

I think Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario could have easily been free DLC and not be included in the paid Zelda and Animal Crossing DLC Packs.
 
Adrian Fahrenheit "Alucard" Tepes said:
I think characters like Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario should've been alternate costumes or outfits for Mario and Peach that you should have the option of changing into when you select them. I mean take a look at Mega Man Powered Up with Roll. Roll had lots of costumes and whatnot. Roll and her outfits/costumes were all DLC and that was PSP.

It should also work the same way that Mario Sports Mix did with Peach's tennis wear with a press of another button.

I think Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario could have easily been free DLC and not be included in the paid Zelda and Animal Crossing DLC Packs.
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I agree, especially considering that the Animal Crossing slot has two characters with different stats. I fear that the reason why the costumes were introduced as new characters instead is that the developers desperately needed to fill the roster of DLC characters but had very little time and resources to do so.
 
Returning King Boo takes less time and effort to make than Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario.

Same with Kirby, who would also be an excellent choice as a racer in Mario Kart.

Both are literally single-colored balls with a lot of 1 and 0 animations, unlike Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario, who basically have to be rerigged due to their polygon change. AND they have their own animations, which probably took the most time to make for these guys.
 
When it comes to Time Trials, an option to compete with a Ghost of the closest time would be great. I believe Mario Kart Wii uses that, but what inspired me in this decision is the Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games where you can race other characters from around the world (though it only has 3 sports to use this feature on).

Beyond that, expanded amiibo support would be cool too, so hopefully it's got support beyond unlocking new costumes. Perhaps a new feature where you can unlock challenges to overcome (Mission Mode)?

Thanks for reading.
 
Baby Luigi said:
Same with Kirby, who would also be an excellent choice as a racer in Mario Kart.
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He even has his own racing game.

Honestly I don't understand why they didn't add Captain Falcon.
 
Adrian Fahrenheit "Alucard" Tepes said:
I think characters like Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario should've been alternate costumes or outfits for Mario and Peach that you should have the option of changing into when you select them. I mean take a look at Mega Man Powered Up with Roll. Roll had lots of costumes and whatnot. Roll and her outfits/costumes were all DLC and that was PSP.

It should also work the same way that Mario Sports Mix did with Peach's tennis wear with a press of another button.
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I just discovered that, incidentally, in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX they did exactly that.
 
I've known that a while ago

Mario Kart Arcade seems to be FAAR ahead of Nintendo EAD when it comes to actually making alt characters their own slot
 
I'm quite jealous that the North American version of Mario Kart Arcade GP DX doesn't let you choose your kart and items; they're chosen by roulette, which you have no control over.
 
Me, I'm just jealous that the Japanese Mario Kart Arcade GP DX has more stuff in general. Such as, I don't know, BABY MARIO.
 
The Mario Kart game that's coming for the Switch may no doubt be an enhanced Mario Kart 8 which may fix some of the flaws of the game.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! will still be in my book the most pure pleasure multiplayer racing game of all time.

It still could use my ideas of improvement.