[Console] Mario Kart 8!!!

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Driver matters, but you can alleviate pros and cons based on cart. For me, I've found that a heavy driver on a bicycle is a good balance once I learned how to use the bikes. I'm still a little clumsy, but I'm making it work.
 
Dei

Dei

My daughter is banned from multi player Mario Kart because she gets too frustrated and starts crying. ;)

My son and I blow each other up as much as possible.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Dei said:
My daughter is banned from multi player Mario Kart because she gets too frustrated and starts crying. ;)
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I should probably ban my wife too :p. She's started blaming the controller, so she moved from Wiimote and wheel to nunchuk, and then from nunchuk to swapping me for the gamepad. I don't know if she's going to bounce back to anything or if I need to invest in a Wii U classic controller.
 
Dei

Dei

You can turn off motion controls for the Wiimote at least. I can't play with motion controls.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Squidleybits said:
The classic controller was the way to go for Mario Kart Wii. The wheel is rough.
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I think it's funny how much little kids (in my experience) love the wheel even though it makes the game so much harder.

I'm gonna try it tonight and see how I do. I'd really like to avoid spending $50 on a Wii U Pro controller for use with just one game.[DOUBLEPOST=1401740845,1401740425][/DOUBLEPOST]
Dei said:
You can turn off motion controls for the Wiimote at least. I can't play with motion controls.
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Yeah, but then you're just using the D-pad, which isn't great either. Certainly was a mess for Smash Bros Brawl.
 
grub

grub

I'm torn as to which game to get as the free one. I already have Zelda, so the choices are: Pikmin3, Mario, or Wii Party U. My wife and I are debating which would be best to play with our kids (4 and 7).
any ideas?
 
Zappit

Zappit

Staff member
Pikmin 3 is cute, but can be pretty slow for younger kids. Plus, the boss fights can be pretty tricky.

Mario - you just can't go wrong. So many of us came up on Mario. DO IT.

Wii Party U - It'll get repetitive...
 
Dei

Dei

I think Wii Party will be easiest for the 4 year old. I only chose Wii Party because I had all the others, but I also have an 8 year old so it works out.
 
Far

Far

Do we have a page or thread set up for adding Wii U friends from here yet? My name is Koraltz on there if anyone wants to race sometime and probably stomp me.
 
Zappit

Zappit

Staff member
New exploit found. Sigh. Apparently, after you boost, if you repeatedly hop, your boost lasts slightly longer. Driving flat on the ground burns the boost more quickly.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Zappit said:
New exploit found. Sigh. Apparently, after you boost, if you repeatedly hop, your boost lasts slightly longer. Driving flat on the ground burns the boost more quickly.
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Is that an exploit? It's been in past mario kart games, I thought boost hopping was just a thing.
 
linglingface

linglingface

Who's your arch nemesis in MK8? Mine is Toad. He's usually the one who's right in front of me or riding my ass. Twiggy's is Wario.

We got a pretty decent Luigi death stare... and when we watched it in slo-mo, we also backtracked to watch it again, and found a super creepy noise to go with the stare:
http://instagram.com/p/o5EygBlhVW/
(sorry for shitty vid)

Also, be my Wii U Friend! *Heatherling* naturally. :)
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

So who's the best driver?
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Going by the stats, I'm guessing it would be Iggy/Ludwig, with Yoshi a close second.

--Patrick
(and no, of course I've never played any Mario Kart game)
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

But then there's playstyle and kart customization--I'm sure someone could come up with the absolute best balance (or a couple of them), but stat comparison isn't enough.]

My wife keeps playing as the babies; my wife keeps losing.

 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

My wife was ready to snap the disc in half because the comp characters kept trouncing her. We played some 150 cc, where this trend continued, and then brought it back to 100 cc, and she started to do better.

I have a feeling I'll never be able to take her to the vicious world of online.
 
Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I haven't tried 8 online yet but the wii verso online was intense! Awesome but intense.

I'm still trying to find the right character and bike combo for me.
 
Hylian

Hylian

So far my favorite characters to use are Toad and Koopa Troopa. I know they don't have the best stats but they seem to seem to fit my driving styles pretty well but I am still messing around with different characters to see if any others work for me. :)
 
grub

grub

I'm more of a Luigi/Yoshi. It works for me. I like the Mach 8 with off road tires. just enough control for me.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Daisy, Flame Bike, I forget the wheels but I know what they look like.

My wife is copying this with Rosalina and doing much better.
 
Dei

Dei

I haven't unlocked the flame bike yet, but I've been using Daisy, Race Bike, Slim wheels. I need to tweak it some, but it's good enough to beat 100cc and my kids. :p
 
Far

Far

Rosalina is a machine. I used Pink Gold Peach until I unlocked her and have started using The Prancer with wood or sponge wheels. Doesn't matter. Sarah will beat me every time. I just try to secure her victory at this point rather than beat her.
 
linglingface

linglingface

Twiggy loves Rosalina and Peach. Yesterday I used Bowser on the tiny bike with bitty wheels as a joke, but found that was actually a pretty excellent build!
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Oh God this is so fun. I'm still unlocking characters/parts, but I've cleared 50cc and am working on 100. I'm really liking Ludwig on a cycle, though Iggy in a kart is pretty fun too. I mainly prefer Ludwig as my middleweight and Rosalina as my heavy. Haven't tried any light characters yet.

Also, the good ol' frustration of being in first and every fucking weapon hitting you at the same time is still here. BLUE SHELL'D GREEN SHELL'D FIREBALL'D RED SHELL'D KNOCKED OFF THE TRACK oh now you're in 8th with no coins tough luck.

linglingface said:
Who's your arch nemesis in MK8? Mine is Toad. He's usually the one who's right in front of me or riding my ass. Twiggy's is Wario.

We got a pretty decent Luigi death stare... and when we watched it in slo-mo, we also backtracked to watch it again, and found a super creepy noise to go with the stare:
http://instagram.com/p/o5EygBlhVW/
(sorry for shitty vid)

Also, be my Wii U Friend! *Heatherling* naturally. :)
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For the most part it seems like Baby Mario is the one that's always in second when I'm playing, and always seems to have a damn Red Shell when I'm taking a hairpin/90 degree turn.
 
linglingface

linglingface

I've really taken to super light characters on super small vehicles now. Toadette or the babies on the scooter and button-type wheels with almost maxed out acceleration and handling are stuuuupid fast. It's just terrifying when someone comes to punt you off of the course!
 
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