Mario Kart 9 - What It Should Be Like

Russian Baby Luigi said:
I dunno whether it's an unpopular opinion or not, but I'm frankly getting a bit tired of new nonMario characters being added in, especially in spite of the glaring omissions of veteran Mario characters such as Birdo or Diddy Kong. I want to see new Mario characters first.
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Absolutely agree, at the end of the day it's called "Mario Kart", so leaving out Mario universe characters in favor of characters from other universes doesn't make sense to me
 
The deal is, I have a threshold of tolerance for adding nonMario characters in comparison with adding new Mario characters. I didn't mind Link nor Villager being added. Inklings straddled it, being there mostly to serve as an advertisement for Splatoon. It's great we got returning Mario Kart veterans but I feel like there's a problem when the Mario Kart veterans (which, let's be honest, should have been in Mario Kart 8 to begin with) are the only "new" Mario characters we'd been receiving.

If they did mostly add new Mario content, I would have little issue with adding characters such as Kirby or whatever to the game, just as long as the focus still remains to be Mario.

(I never liked the idea of Nintendo Kart to begin with; one of the appeals of Mario Kart is the Mario-themes such as the items, race tracks, and soundtrack. i feel like Nintendo Kart would, weirdly enough as developed by the same people probably, just be a Mario Kart clone)
 
Russian Baby Luigi said:
The deal is, I have a threshold of tolerance for adding nonMario characters in comparison with adding new Mario characters. I didn't mind Link nor Villager being added. Inklings straddled it, being there mostly to serve as an advertisement for Splatoon. It's great we got returning Mario Kart veterans but I feel like there's a problem when the Mario Kart veterans (which, let's be honest, should have been in Mario Kart 8 to begin with) are the only "new" Mario characters we'd been receiving.

If they did mostly add new Mario content, I would have little issue with adding characters such as Kirby or whatever to the game, just as long as the focus still remains to be Mario.

(I never liked the idea of Nintendo Kart to begin with; one of the appeals of Mario Kart is the Mario-themes such as the items, race tracks, and soundtrack. i feel like Nintendo Kart would, weirdly enough as developed by the same people probably, just be a Mario Kart clone)
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I use Link quite a lot in MK8, so I'd be kinda disappointed if he was kicked. Inklings can burn.

The moment they even think about adding Kirby then it'll just be Super Crossover Kart, and I'm not a fan of that.
 
I think my opinion on non-Mario stuff in Mario Kart is pretty well known, but I will say that out of the other major Nintendo franchises, Kirby fits the aesthetic of the Mario universe the most. So if someone put a gun to my head and said "choose a non-Mario Nintendo character to add to Mario Kart" I'd choose Kirby.
 
I'd bring back R.O.B. He's not a Mario character, but he's not really a character from other series, either. He's the literal face of the SNES/Famicom — a whole system. That's a loophole I can get behind.
 
My ideal would be Kirby (because I have double standards); for anyone else, please put 5-10 Mario characters before one non-Mario character, veterans prioritized. Return Wiggler and Honey Queen.
 
J & Siph said:
I'd bring back R.O.B. He's not a Mario character, but he's not really a character from other series, either. He's the literal face of the SNES/Famicom — a whole system. That's a loophole I can get behind.
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I'm cool with R.O.B., but he's as far as I'd take it
 
Johnny Five said:
I think my opinion on non-Mario stuff in Mario Kart is pretty well known, but I will say that out of the other major Nintendo franchises, Kirby fits the aesthetic of the Mario universe the most. So if someone put a gun to my head and said "choose a non-Mario Nintendo character to add to Mario Kart" I'd choose Kirby.
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I would too. He does fit the bill for a Mario character...but it would seem like they've run out of ideas for new characters from the Mario franchise. This may actually happen in the future, as the previous Mario Kart literally just added the Koopalings instead of bringing back the unique characters like Birdo and Petey Piranha.


For the main topic, maybe a stage from DK: Tropical Freeze could be added. Maybe driving through several islands from the game, hopping from island to island via underwater and/or gliding. Of course, one of the islands would have to be DK Island frozen. That way, there would be several course elements combined into one course (off-road, gliding, underwater, snow).
 
Moldomré said:
I would too. He does fit the bill for a Mario character...but it would seem like they've run out of ideas for new characters from the Mario franchise.
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Well like I always say, this wouldn't be an issue if they'd be more open minded to the spinoff characters :P

Right now though, I'm not a fan of adding more crossover characters without cuts. I'd cut one of the existing ones for Kirby to join. I know Link is probably the least popular cutting option due to how iconic he is, but I'd probably cut him first just because his series' visual style differs the most from Mario's out of the crossover characters in MK8/Deluxe.
 
I would like a new item called Metal Box. It will turn the character metal and have increased top speed and weight.

Anyway, if I were to include a non-Mario character, it might be the StarFox crew (including Slippy), because them riding in Karts are a sight to behold.

Thank you for reading.
 
winstein said:
I would like a new item called Metal Box. It will turn the character metal and have increased top speed and weight.
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I support this if only for the fact that it would give a place for metal characters, and they even get to make metal versions of ALL the characters, but only for this item, and they are no longer separate characters on the roster :D