Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

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Anser said:
I hope this doesn't become a trend. I mean, we once had a cool name like "Double Dash!!". It will be boring and lame if from now on all Mario Karts are called 7, 8, 9, etc... This is not freaking Mario Party.
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Well, the only possiblity is we come up with a theme, story or exclusive driving system like duo teams in Double Dash.

If it's Tennis Open, honestly I don't see much thing special. I'd rather leave it a number/console name, or make the club story back to make it distinctive (though Advanced Tour isn't clear enough).
 
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I was the only one who say that the trailer only had the main/most importants characters in the mario series

Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy, Bowser, Koopa, Toad, Toadette, Dk, Wario and Waluigi

Weird because i remember in the Mario Kart Wii E3 trailer saw Boo (who later will became KingBoo) and Baby Mario, just a observation, and as a Console title, I think now we can see a bigger cast that in the portables ones (MK7), the last time we had 24 characters, now i can see 28 max (i would like to said 32 but i dont see it too probable) and 24 at least.
 
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King Antasma said:
I predict 50+ excluding DLC. Any less would be a waste of potential. Although after seeing Sticker Star I doubt Nintendo gives a flying fuck about potential.
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50 seems a little too much.

I think maybe 36. There was 24 characters in MKWii which was double the amount of characters in a race (12 per race) so triple the ammount of characters per race for this game (12).

But, I don't think they even have enough important characters to fit 50. They have some very minor characters that are possibilities, but that's a lot of effort for characters that aren't very popular.
 
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King Antasma said:
Crackin355 said:
I don't think they even have enough important characters to fit 50.
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um...Fawful? Dimentio? OK, maybe not Dimentio, but at least Fawful. It's about time the RPG's are represented, come on!
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no
 
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King Antasma said:
Crackin355 said:
I don't think they even have enough important characters to fit 50.
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um...Fawful? Dimentio? OK, maybe not Dimentio, but at least Fawful. It's about time the RPG's are represented, come on!
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How about the other Mario spin-offs first?
 
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Baby Luigi said:
King Antasma said:
Crackin355 said:
I don't think they even have enough important characters to fit 50.
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um...Fawful? Dimentio? OK, maybe not Dimentio, but at least Fawful. It's about time the RPG's are represented, come on!
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How about the other Mario spin-offs first?
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Name some spinoffs (not already represented) with characters unique to them that are more well-known than some RPG characters
 
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It doesn't necessarily have to be characters. How come there aren't any courses based on Mario Party, Mario Tennis, or Mario Golf yet?
 
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King Antasma said:
Crackin355 said:
I don't think they even have enough important characters to fit 50.
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um...Fawful? Dimentio? OK, maybe not Dimentio, but at least Fawful. It's about time the RPG's are represented, come on!
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no

They haven't added them yet and I doubt they will. They can stay to their RPG's. I put my expectations low on purpose, so that I don't get pissy when it isn't exactly what I want. The characters I expect are based on who has appeared previously and RPG characters have not appeared in a MK game before, so thats why I doubt they will appear. Same with seeing warioware characters in MK, that is another thing I doubt will appear ever. If they do add them, then they broke my expectations. If they don't, then it doesn't affect me. Either way I end up liking what I get.
 
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Crackin355 said:
King Antasma said:
I predict 50+ excluding DLC. Any less would be a waste of potential. Although after seeing Sticker Star I doubt Nintendo gives a flying *bleep* about potential.
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50 seems a little too much.
I think maybe 36. There was 24 characters in MKWii which was double the amount of characters in a race (12 per race) so triple the ammount of characters per race for this game (12).
But, I don't think they even have enough important characters to fit 50. They have some very minor characters that are possibilities, but that's a lot of effort for characters that aren't very popular.
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50 is a really optimistic number, or we should already get 25 characters in Kart 7.

DD had 20, and Kart Wii had 24. Technically, I guess there would be 30 and not more than 36. Unless they made a rumored crossover and only half seats for Mario characters.

According the games we got since 3DS, I don't think Nintendo develop DLC to grant our wishes, honestly.

King Antasma said:
Baby Luigi said:
How about the other Mario spin-offs first?
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Name some spinoffs (not already represented) with characters unique to them that are more well-known than some RPG characters
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If we say subseries, many unused DK/Wario characters have enough appearances to be in Kart games.

Some RPG characters can also be used to solve species problem. However, this time koopa-troopa seems to be generic again.

Crackin355 said:
They haven't added them yet and I doubt they will. They can stay to their RPG's. I put my expectations low on purpose, so that I don't get pissy when it isn't exactly what I want. The characters I expect are based on who has appeared previously and RPG characters have not appeared in a MK game before, so thats why I doubt they will appear.
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All Mario characters have a chance. If they can fit in the game and be more popular outside an RPG, I don't think it should be questioned when it occurs, unless it's too random.

It's Nintendo's duty to think how to deal with RPG characters. They could had chosen other existed characters as partners, like Toad and Wario, and as a result they decided to go with original important characters.
 
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Koopa Troopa mostly appears, so I guess he is in the games to represent his species.

Also, I think King Boo might take his LMDM appearance if he makes it, just hope so.
 
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Dorayaki said:
many unused DK/Wario characters have enough appearances to be in Kart games.
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While Wario characters have yet to be represented, I think RPG characters (which come from games that contain Mario) should take precedence over them and DK characters which already are represented by characters like Diddy Kong and Funky Kong. Not saying I have anything against DK and Wario characters.
 
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Dry Bones 2.0 said:
Koopa Troopa mostly appears, so I guess he is in the games to represent his species.
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Only individuals can be use to be representives. If you mean Yoshi's case who is a total stereotype of his species, it's only after Nintendo make an official introduction of such a character. For now, the problem remains.

And since we already have better Paper candidates, the necessity to make "new" characters is questioned. If Nintendo find it necesarry in early games, it should have been done decades ago.

King Antasma said:
Dorayaki said:
many unused DK/Wario characters have enough appearances to be in Kart games.
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While Wario characters have yet to be represented, I think RPG characters (which come from games that contain Mario) should take precedence over them and DK characters which already are represented by characters like Diddy Kong and Funky Kong. Not saying I have anything against DK and Wario characters.
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Personal opinions I think. All Marioverse games count, so it's a fact that subseries characters have more total appearances than RPG characters. It shouldn't be that having a "Mario" in game titles measn any of those one-appearance characters have precedence. (And it's not about RPG only, many examples: Ella, Perry etc ...)

There are many kongs and King K Rool haven't bee in. Nobody ever said that Diddy and Funky are "representives", while only DK himself is the major protagonist that can represent "his" series.
 
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Dorayaki said:
Dry Bones 2.0 said:
Koopa Troopa mostly appears, so I guess he is in the games to represent his species.
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Only individuals can be use to be representives. If you mean Yoshi's case who is a total stereotype of his species, it's only after Nintendo make an official introduction of such a character. For now, the problem remains.

And since we already have better Paper candidates, the necessity to make "new" characters is questioned. If Nintendo find it necesarry in early games, it should have been done decades ago.

King Antasma said:
Dorayaki said:
many unused DK/Wario characters have enough appearances to be in Kart games.
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While Wario characters have yet to be represented, I think RPG characters (which come from games that contain Mario) should take precedence over them and DK characters which already are represented by characters like Diddy Kong and Funky Kong. Not saying I have anything against DK and Wario characters.
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Personal opinions I think. All Marioverse games count, so it's a fact that subseries characters have more total appearances than RPG characters. It shouldn't be that having a "Mario" in game titles measn any of those one-appearance characters have precedence. (And it's not about RPG only, many examples: Ella, Perry etc ...)

There are many kongs and King K Rool haven't bee in. Nobody ever said that Diddy and Funky are "representives", while only DK himself is the major protagonist that can represent "his" series.
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King K Rool and other kongs appears in Mario Super Sluggers, but well that´s a game that need TONS of characters because the baseball teams have many players.

I dont think we can see K. Rool anytime soon, the new DK games make it unlikely, you can said that too for Funky but he appers in the DK Climber series so far and in that time it was recent.

An as console title, i think we can began to think in the ALL-NEW CHARACTERS, like Toadette in DD and Baby Daisy in Wii.
 
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KingMario128 said:
i think we can began to think in the ALL-NEW CHARACTERS
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In all honesty, I don't want to see any new characters created while still having no sign of Fawful or another character from the RPG's who've been waiting to be represented for years.
 
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KingMario128 said:
King K Rool and other kongs appears in Mario Super Sluggers, but well that´s a game that need TONS of characters because the baseball teams have many players.

I dont think we can see K. Rool anytime soon, the new DK games make it unlikely, you can said that too for Funky but he appers in the DK Climber series so far and in that time it was recent.

An as console title, i think we can began to think in the ALL-NEW CHARACTERS, like Toadette in DD and Baby Daisy in Wii.
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Yes, King K Rool is a current problem since he relies on main platformers, like babies rely on spinoffs.

For other characters, it's mostly that they're still the official main characters but don't receive enough appearances these years. Too few DK/Wario games are made for each console recently, making Mona or Cranky appear less in front of public. Or they need addtional apeparances in different kinds of games.

Original characters can appeal consumers if they are made in a good way. However, both Toadette and Baby Daisy are bad examples who should had made their debut in SMB and Yoshi Island respectively, or in other words they're not "all-new". Reintroducing Gene and Plum in Golf 3DS seems more brilliant to me.

King Antasma said:
KingMario128 said:
i think we can began to think in the ALL-NEW CHARACTERS
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In all honesty, I don't want to see any new characters created while still having no sign of Fawful or another character from the RPG's who've been waiting to be represented for years.
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Though RPG representive is still questioned, for other secondary characters, agreed.
 
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That was predictable.

And lol they actually used the Möbius strip to make the logo of the game.
 
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Well that was an interesting interview.
 
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I've always preferred Spiny Shells without wings. In Mario Kart 7, though, they botched it by having it fly, pass through walls, and make characters bounce in a random direction when it explodes. The Spiny Shell should be destroyed when it falls and runs into a wall, and when it hits, it should be just a notch more powerful than a red shell. And, it penetrates bananas. Also, you can hold it behind you.
 
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