Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

[Windy]

Re: Mario Kart 8

Is this okay?

 

[Crackin355]

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I did do a minor update to my previous roster...

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Originally I had Boo on my roster, but I swapped it for Nabbit. In terms of the character sizes and types...

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Small
Accelerator
Baby Peach
Toadette
Koopa Paratroopa
Lakitu
Balanced
Baby Mario
Toad
Koopa Troopa
Dry Bones
Mii (Small)
Speedster
Baby Luigi
Baby Daisy
Shy Guy
Nabbit
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Medium
Accelerator
Peach
Yoshi
Dixie Kong
Kamek
Balanced
Mario
Birdo
Diddy Kong
Hammer Bro
Mii (Medium)
Speedster
Luigi
Daisy
Tiny Kong
Bowser Jr.
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Large
Accelerator
Waluigi
Rosalina
Wiggler
King Boo
Balanced
Donkey Kong
Kritter
Queen Bee
Dry Bowser
Mii (Large)
Speedster
Wario
Bowser
Funky Kong
King K. Rool
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I like this one, except for maybe the Kremlings. Don't see them being playable in Mario Kart 8, we'd have to see them in a new Donkey Kong game first and Tropical Freeze has penguin guys as enemies. I can't really say anything about the other Kongs since Funky managed to get in. They were also in Diddy Kong Racing DS so they have been in a kart racer before.

 

[Fawfulthegreat64]

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Is this okay?

Only really interesting newcomers you have is E. Gadd, Kamek and possibly King K. Rool. Boom Boom is fine, but I'd change Pom Pom to someone more interesting like *thinks of PM/M&L series* well, there's a crapload of better characters out there actually. Also it is a bit unbalanced, and Baby Peach should be there.

 

[New Super Mario]

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E.Gadd fits more into the small spot and there is enough medium spots out.

Lubba seems like the perfect addition. Luma WOULD honestly be better since they already had Luma as a playable character in Mario Tennis Open.

I will boycott the shit out of this game if Lubba's in it

Hey, you cutoff the sentence! I don't want Lubba in it; if you read, I was criticizing how NSM thinks that Honey Queen was not a good decision while he thinks Lubba would be better.

Hey, did I really openly criticize Honey Queen? Besides, I've come to like her more now that she's there anyway. Just mad they couldn't call her Queen Bee.

Besides, at least Lubba plays a major role in the story. Plus, he's adorable :D

 

[MnSG]

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I like this one, except for maybe the Kremlings. Don't see them being playable in Mario Kart 8, we'd have to see them in a new Donkey Kong game first and Tropical Freeze has penguin guys as enemies. I can't really say anything about the other Kongs since Funky managed to get in. They were also in Diddy Kong Racing DS so they have been in a kart racer before.

Toadette was able to come back in Mario Kart 8, albeit being absent since Mario Super Sluggers. A similar treatment could be applied to the Kremling Krew, but considering that their mainstream involvement has diminished, that could be a burden to them.

Basically, I included Kritter and King K. Rool to ensure that the Large size class has the exact same amount of characters as the Small and Medium size classes. I could've put down Petey Piranha as a Large sized Speedster type, but his big head could really mess up your awareness at spots. The next best input would've been Boom Boom, and he'd pretty much cover the Large sized Balanced type.

If you're wondering about how my stat system operates, I do have the following list in my disposal. The stat values are out of 24, as 24 is divisible by 6, and so that the values are integers, instead of decimals.

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[Anser]

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Is this okay?

I'll give my opinion:

1) It's missing Baby Peach and Baby Daisy.
2) No Kritter, Boom Boom and no Pom Pom.
3) Replace King K. Rool with Lubba.
4) Peach, Daisy, Yoshi and Birdo should be moved to Medium to balance things out.
5) I'd add Toadsworth.
6) I'd make Honey Queen return (seriously, I never understood all the hate, she's a good character).

Other than that, it's fine.

 

[Milo Thatch]

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You don't understand why Honey Queen's hated? BESIDES THE FACT THAT SHE'S A STUPID, MINOR BEE?!

 

[Fawfulthegreat64]

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I wouldn't mind if Honey Queen returned, although I would definitely not play as her and would try to hit her with shells and such more often. I am heavily anticipating the newcomer reveals though. I look forward to the day when I will pwn everyone else with my favorite character...

 

[ThePremiumYoshi]

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I look forward to the day when I will pwn everyone else with my favorite character...

Which is never.

Anyway, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Koopa and DK are there so I'm happy, although I do want Honey Queen to return.

 

[Ray Trace]

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You don't understand why Honey Queen's hated? BESIDES THE FACT THAT SHE'S A STUPID, MINOR BEE?!

Um, so?

 

[Anser]

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You don't understand why Honey Queen's hated? BESIDES THE FACT THAT SHE'S A STUPID, MINOR BEE?!

Excuse me, but I prefer having a stupid, minor bee over a cheap recolor at any day of the week. She's not that bad; people are definitely exaggerating. Besides, the Galaxy series needs more representation. It's overwhelming how heavily promoted the Sunshine era was compared to the Galaxy era. Hell, even TODAY, 11 years after its release, Super Mario Sunshine's elements are still used, whereas Galaxy elements are rarely used.

 

[Fawfulthegreat64]

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I look forward to the day when I will pwn everyone else with my favorite character...

Which is never.

Damn, that's harsh...

Luckily, I like to live by this gif:

Also, series that have no representation at all need some before series already represented are represented even more.

 

[LN1]

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You are complaining about RPG characters not being represented while I still am waiting for my DK Jr. Math rep.

 

[Super Whittle]

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You don't understand why Honey Queen's hated? BESIDES THE FACT THAT SHE'S A STUPID, MINOR BEE?!

Excuse me, but I prefer having a stupid, minor bee over a cheap recolor at any day of the week.

I agree completely.

Honey Queen > Metal Mario





As long as it's not going to have every Yoshi color be separate characters (looking at you Open), have more needless recolors like Metal Mario, or have even more babies taking up most of the lightweight spots I really don't mind who get's in.

 

[Anser]

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I only care about Yoshi and Rosalina getting in. The rest, I don't care.

 

[true_princess_rosalina]

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I only care about Yoshi and Rosalina getting in. The rest, I don't care.

Yay, me! *SHOT*

((Sorry for spamming... I'm a very random person. ))

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

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*30 characters*

i think they'll be a few more characters than this, but the ones you have are good imo

Well, you got to understand...

They started out with 8 in MKSC and MK64 and everything, and then expanded to 20 in Double Dash, and then went to about ~17 characters in MKDS (doing this off my memory). From there, they just had 24 in Mario Kart Wii, and then it went down to 16 in MK7.

I really don't know why you guys are all aiming for more than 30 or 32, because I doubt they'll go more than that. There may be more space on the discs, but you also have to remember that they care about the experience more than they care about how many characters they can squeeze into the game. I seriously doubt they'll do 36 characters or 40 characters.

 

[Fawfulthegreat64]

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all I care about really is my favorite character getting in.

I'd love to see him celebrating first place with that awesome remix of MK64's award ceremony theme playing...

 

[Anser]

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*30 characters*

i think they'll be a few more characters than this, but the ones you have are good imo

Well, you got to understand...

They started out with 8 in MKSC and MK64 and everything, and then expanded to 20 in Double Dash, and then went to about ~17 characters in MKDS (doing this off my memory). From there, they just had 24 in Mario Kart Wii, and then it went down to 16 in MK7.

I really don't know why you guys are all aiming for more than 30 or 32, because I doubt they'll go more than that. There may be more space on the discs, but you also have to remember that they care about the experience more than they care about how many characters they can squeeze into the game. I seriously doubt they'll do 36 characters or 40 characters.

Then again, you have to consider that handheld consoles' cartridges can't hold as much data as home consoles' discs can. You would have to compare handheld games with handheld games, the same with discs. Here, I'll help you:

Handheld:

Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA): 8 characters.
Mario Kart DS (DS): 12 characters.
Mario Kart 7 (3DS): 16 characters.

Home consoles:

Super Mario Kart (SNES): 8 characters.
Mario Kart 64 (N64): 8 characters.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN): 20 characters.
Mario Kart Wii: 24 characters.

That's why we think we're getting at least 30 characters, whether they're good or not. Like you said, they don't have to be bad characters; they're going to add the first people they come up with. They have made bad choices in the past, like Metal Mario and R.O.B. Plus, remember they tend to create new characters, like they did with Toadette and Baby Daisy.

 

[Shyghoul]

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I only care about Yoshi and Rosalina getting in. The rest, I don't care.

Yay, me! *SHOT*

((Sorry for spamming... I'm a very random person. ))

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*30 characters*

i think they'll be a few more characters than this, but the ones you have are good imo

Well, you got to understand...

They started out with 8 in MKSC and MK64 and everything, and then expanded to 20 in Double Dash, and then went to about ~17 characters in MKDS (doing this off my memory). From there, they just had 24 in Mario Kart Wii, and then it went down to 16 in MK7.

I really don't know why you guys are all aiming for more than 30 or 32, because I doubt they'll go more than that. There may be more space on the discs, but you also have to remember that they care about the experience more than they care about how many characters they can squeeze into the game. I seriously doubt they'll do 36 characters or 40 characters.

i still personally think they'll do about 32-34 but that's just me

 

[Baby Mario Bloops]

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*30 characters*

i think they'll be a few more characters than this, but the ones you have are good imo

Mini-rant

Argument

I don't understand; you basically just said the same thing I did. I don't know what you wanted me to realize.

Also, I don't need help knowing the obvious.

 

[Dorayaki]

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Besides, the Galaxy series needs more representation. It's overwhelming how heavily promoted the Sunshine era was compared to the Galaxy era.

I simply think she's a nice addition to heavy female racers.

Galaxy and Sunshine are just several single game titles, not a series of games. There are other main characters who had many appearances before their debut (eg, Dixie). It's just finding some candidates that have potential to be in other future Mario titles and spinoffs. If not, it's the same thing as someone always complains about no RPG participation.

 

[GalacticPetey]

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I didn't really follow the other Mario Kart games while they were in development. How do they reveal the game's characters? Do they have an official announcement, or do they just show up in gameplay trailers?

 

[Ray Trace]

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I'm sure they just show up in game trailers and they post it on some official site.

 

[Crackin355]

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http://gengame.net/2013/07/kart-customization-returns-with-more-choice-for-mario-kart-8-double-dash-mode-was-considered/

Apparently Double Dash mode was considered. Also, more customization choices for the game. Not sure if that means extra parts to work with or being able to customize more than the body, wheels & glider.