J's Mario Kart concepts
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J-Yoshi64
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Two words: Shop Mode.
Finally putting use to the Coin system. It also gives roles to some male Noki and female Piantas as store clerks. Its very similar to Mario Party 8s Fun Bazaar, in that you choose a character to go into the shopping area. You can buy vehicle parts, alternate costumes, new cups (not including the standard eight), battle courses, and more! But you can't buy new characters.
What is interesting is that, at the beginning of the game, only 50cc Mushroom Cup is available. Other cups and engine classes, as well as Time Trial, Versus, and Battle Modes, and Online Play, are unavailable. Once you win a copper, silver, or gold trophy in that Grand Prix, Shop Mode is unlocked.
Upon visiting Shop Mode for the first time, you unlock the following:
Time Trial Mode
Single- and Multi-Player Versus Mode (Includes new Backwards feature, where the race is in the opposite direction on the course. This feature is not available in online play.)
Single- and Multi-Player Battle Mode
Online Play
Shop Mode clerks and their roles: (some conjectural names)
"Durian lady" (next to the Shine Gate in Delfino Plaza): sells Extra Cups, but not Standard Cups, in the Grand Prix Shop
Yellow Pianta with white shirt and glasses: sells things related to Battle Mode (courses and battle types) in the Battle Shop
"Ladies' room Pianta" (in the ladies' restroom of Hotel Delfino at Sirena Beach): sells alternate outfits for characters and Miis at Mario Kart Outfitters
Noki Elders grandson (Noki Bay): sells Karts, Bikes, and ATVs at Mario Kart Body Shop
Pinna Park welcomer (the blue Noki just inside the gate to Pinna Park): sells Wheels at Kart Wheels
"Unlucky" (outside Hotel Delfino at Sirena Beach): sells Gliders at the Glider Shop
"Doot-Doot posse" (sisters, ukulele Pianta, conch Noki): Sound Test (available after unlocking all characters) + Data
Brighton & Twila: Mission Mode & Hints
While not a clerk, the Mii Kiosk is another big feature of Shop Mode, as is available after you unlock your Mii (win 100cc Special Cup). Here you can buy Mario Kart licenses (10 coins each) for your other Miis here. You can also edit your online profile.
Finally putting use to the Coin system. It also gives roles to some male Noki and female Piantas as store clerks. Its very similar to Mario Party 8s Fun Bazaar, in that you choose a character to go into the shopping area. You can buy vehicle parts, alternate costumes, new cups (not including the standard eight), battle courses, and more! But you can't buy new characters.
What is interesting is that, at the beginning of the game, only 50cc Mushroom Cup is available. Other cups and engine classes, as well as Time Trial, Versus, and Battle Modes, and Online Play, are unavailable. Once you win a copper, silver, or gold trophy in that Grand Prix, Shop Mode is unlocked.
Upon visiting Shop Mode for the first time, you unlock the following:
Time Trial Mode
Single- and Multi-Player Versus Mode (Includes new Backwards feature, where the race is in the opposite direction on the course. This feature is not available in online play.)
Single- and Multi-Player Battle Mode
Online Play
Shop Mode clerks and their roles: (some conjectural names)
"Durian lady" (next to the Shine Gate in Delfino Plaza): sells Extra Cups, but not Standard Cups, in the Grand Prix Shop
Yellow Pianta with white shirt and glasses: sells things related to Battle Mode (courses and battle types) in the Battle Shop
"Ladies' room Pianta" (in the ladies' restroom of Hotel Delfino at Sirena Beach): sells alternate outfits for characters and Miis at Mario Kart Outfitters
Noki Elders grandson (Noki Bay): sells Karts, Bikes, and ATVs at Mario Kart Body Shop
Pinna Park welcomer (the blue Noki just inside the gate to Pinna Park): sells Wheels at Kart Wheels
"Unlucky" (outside Hotel Delfino at Sirena Beach): sells Gliders at the Glider Shop
"Doot-Doot posse" (sisters, ukulele Pianta, conch Noki): Sound Test (available after unlocking all characters) + Data
Brighton & Twila: Mission Mode & Hints
- Brighton is in charge of the missions. Initial entry costs 100 coins. Only the first mission is available for free. You can unlock each mission by completing them in succession, or if you want to go out of order you can buy any one you want for a price. You play the mission with whichever character you entered Shop Mode.
- Twila gives hints on how to unlock characters for 15 coins each.
While not a clerk, the Mii Kiosk is another big feature of Shop Mode, as is available after you unlock your Mii (win 100cc Special Cup). Here you can buy Mario Kart licenses (10 coins each) for your other Miis here. You can also edit your online profile.
While I admire the choices of shop clerks, I would certainly not like having to go to different shops to buy what I want. This is just too much. I'd much rather have it all in one place with one clerk than have to load up a new character model whenever I want to browse something else. Personally, I'd go with either a Shy Guy or the Isle Delfino sunglasses vendor.
What are your ideas for kart customization? Not sure if you talked about that yet.
What are your ideas for kart customization? Not sure if you talked about that yet.
MnSG
Cosmic Beauty
Personally, my idea of a shop is purchasing vehicle parts only. And if you purchase every single vehicle part that you can acquire at the shop, you'll be rewarded with the Gold Standard kart body. The Gold Tires and Gold Glider can't be purchased at the shop, however, as the Gold Tires would be acquired by star ranking all the GP cups in every engine class, while the Gold Glider would be acquired by defeating all the staff ghosts in Time Trials.
I also had the idea of a coin reward upon finishing a GP cup. How big the reward is will depend on your final racing position, along with the engine class that's played. As such, finishing in 1st place at a 100cc GP cup would reward you more coins than if you finish 1st at a 50cc GP cup.
I also had the idea of a coin reward upon finishing a GP cup. How big the reward is will depend on your final racing position, along with the engine class that's played. As such, finishing in 1st place at a 100cc GP cup would reward you more coins than if you finish 1st at a 50cc GP cup.
Czario
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Worked well enough in Splatoon, where you could press the L/R buttons to switch shops almost instantly. That only had four shops though.Magikrazy said:
J-Yoshi64
Always remembering Walkazo
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New Kart body! The Bow-dozer
The Bow-dozer a bulldozer whose blade (the part that pushes dirt) is shaped like a bow. The name is a portmanteau of the words bulldozer and bow. It has perfect flip symmetry, with the exception of the exhaust pipe sticking out the left side.
On the back view, you'll notice I included the Roller and Blue Standard tires on the left side, and the Monster tire on the right side, just so you know what the Bow-dozer looks like with all tire sizes. It is not raised by large tires (at least, not as dramatically as other vehicles). For the other POV's, I just used the Standard tires.
There are four color palette swaps (shown on the left):
Which palette swap would you have?
As you can probably guess, I had Birdo (actually Baby Birdo) in mind when I came up with the Bow-dozer (hence her emblem being used for the magenta swap, as well as the magenta swap being the standard colors for the different POV's).
The Bow-dozer a bulldozer whose blade (the part that pushes dirt) is shaped like a bow. The name is a portmanteau of the words bulldozer and bow. It has perfect flip symmetry, with the exception of the exhaust pipe sticking out the left side.
On the back view, you'll notice I included the Roller and Blue Standard tires on the left side, and the Monster tire on the right side, just so you know what the Bow-dozer looks like with all tire sizes. It is not raised by large tires (at least, not as dramatically as other vehicles). For the other POV's, I just used the Standard tires.
There are four color palette swaps (shown on the left):
- magenta and red
- blue and white
- yellow and black
- green and dark red
Which palette swap would you have?
As you can probably guess, I had Birdo (actually Baby Birdo) in mind when I came up with the Bow-dozer (hence her emblem being used for the magenta swap, as well as the magenta swap being the standard colors for the different POV's).