Mario Kart 8 Official General Discussion

[Jinglefruit]

For me its "Biker's gotta bike" cause I'm a type of Mario Kart racer who chooses bikes only.

Atvers gotta crash over every possible surface?

I generally only pick karts. Without wheelies I don't see the point in bikes when karts seem to handle better, and they have that extra orange drift boost.

That's a bad time for me, I'll be asleep!

Unfortunately for my eyeballs, I like to prioritise MK8 over sleep.

 

[Holla]

I generally only pick karts. Without wheelies I don't see the point in bikes when karts seem to handle better, and they have that extra orange drift boost.

Just a small correction here. Back in MK Wii Bikes did not have the longer drift boost in order to attempt to balance out the fact that they could wheelie while karts couldn't. Since the wheelie was removed in MK8 Bikes were given the longer boost. I know this as I use my trusty Flame Rider Bike in MK8 all the time and pull off lots of the orange drift boosts. ^.^ I can see how you might have thought it was left in that they couldn't though.

You are probably right handling wise but I'm not one to judge as I hardly use karts. One thing I do know though is that Bikes take corners better and quicker than karts, but karts are faster on straightaways so it really depends on the course as to which has the advantage.

 

[Jinglefruit]

Just a small correction here. Back in MK Wii Bikes did not have the longer drift boost in order to attempt to balance out the fact that they could wheelie while karts couldn't. Since the wheelie was removed in MK8 Bikes were given the longer boost. I know this as I use my trusty Flame Rider Bike in MK8 all the time and pull off lots of the orange drift boosts. ^.^ I can see how you might have thought it was left in that they couldn't though.

You are probably right handling wise but I'm not one to judge as I hardly use karts. One thing I do know though is that Bikes take corners better and quicker than karts, but karts are faster on straightaways so it really depends on the course as to which has the advantage.

I didn't know that was bought in at all. ~ which kind of shows how little I use bikes. xD Still, I'm in the habit of drifting long before the turns so I don't think I'd adjust well switching. I very rarely drove bikes even on MK wii.

 

[Celestefey]

Quick question guys! On the Animal Crossing track, you get numerous villagers to appear by the side of the track, cheering you on. I've noticed multiple times I have Chrissy and Francine appearing by the side, often cheering me on together. Which was weird because I was like oh my gosh, my favourite villagers, and they're appearing at the same time! Then I realised that... Are they taking data from the Animal Crossing Plaza game for the WiiU? I know on that you can favourite certain villagers so they stay in the plaza, so I'm guessing that when you favourite that villager, they are then more likely to appear cheering you on in the course. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but that's a pretty neat function, actually. Now I'll feel even more motivated knowing my two favourite bunnies are cheering me on. <3

But from the new DLC, I am reallly loving Wild Woods, Super Bell Subway, Ribbon Road, and of course... Animal Crossing (the winter track is AMAZING <3). The only one I'm not so keen on is Cheese Land. I feel like it's just a little bit plain, really. I like the music, haha, with the little squeak sound effects in them, but yeah, I'm not so fond of Cheese Land. Plus it's just HELLISH on 200cc. x_x I kept getting 2nd on it and I wanted to get like 3 stars in each cup, and I realised it was because I was braking WAY too much. But I just get so scared I'm gonna fly off the road because it's so bumpy. Managed to get 3 stars in the end, but it took me a few attempts!

 

[Jinglefruit]

Quick question guys! On the Animal Crossing track, you get numerous villagers to appear by the side of the track, cheering you on. I've noticed multiple times I have Chrissy and Francine appearing by the side, often cheering me on together. Which was weird because I was like oh my gosh, my favourite villagers, and they're appearing at the same time! Then I realised that... Are they taking data from the Animal Crossing Plaza game for the WiiU? I know on that you can favourite certain villagers so they stay in the plaza, so I'm guessing that when you favourite that villager, they are then more likely to appear cheering you on in the course. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but that's a pretty neat function, actually. Now I'll feel even more motivated knowing my two favourite bunnies are cheering me on. <3

But from the new DLC, I am reallly loving Wild Woods, Super Bell Subway, Ribbon Road, and of course... Animal Crossing (the winter track is AMAZING <3). The only one I'm not so keen on is Cheese Land. I feel like it's just a little bit plain, really. I like the music, haha, with the little squeak sound effects in them, but yeah, I'm not so fond of Cheese Land. Plus it's just HELLISH on 200cc. x_x I kept getting 2nd on it and I wanted to get like 3 stars in each cup, and I realised it was because I was braking WAY too much. But I just get so scared I'm gonna fly off the road because it's so bumpy. Managed to get 3 stars in the end, but it took me a few attempts!

Pretty certain it's just luck. The only villagers on the AC track are Rabbits, cats, wolves and squirrels. And not all of them either, so probably only like 10% of the villagers from NL. Also all my favs on the plaza aren't available so 0 chance for me.

Congrats on 3 starring crossing cup though. I still haven't. ~ albeit I haven't attempted it that many times and just left it as a 2 star for now. I can usually get 1st on cheeseland, but everytime I'm frontrunning on the Animal Crossing track I get hit by an item at the final bend and a cpu mushrooms over the final turn into 1st. D:
EDIT: okay, I just 3 starred it finally, only bell cup left!

The only track I'm not keen on in the new dlc is Neo Bowser City/Koopa City. I did like it on day 1, and I loved it on 3ds, but I so rarely get 1st on 200cc for it. I've attempted it like 50 times now and then whenever I actually get 1st on it, Super Bell Subway or Big Blue then messes up for me. It's not even driving that infernal corner that's the problem anymore, I can drift it perfectly with light characters, but I will always get rammed off by a heavy at some point, and once I've dropped behind slightly I get mullered by shells. The cpu were all incompetant the other 5 cups, but the new dlc tracks they're too spammy for me.

 

[Zigzag991]

I was barely able to get it done after what seems like 30 attempts, but holy that was annoying.

 

[Pokemanz]

Ugh, I'm never gonna get to 10k in battle. Been at 9.5-6 for months now.

I'll do good for a while, then start doing poorly or DC and by the time I'm done I'm back at 9.59 again. :/

 

[Jinglefruit]

I was barely able to get it done after what seems like 30 attempts, but holy that was annoying.

Not sure if you 3 starred bell cup, or literally just took 30 attempts to get 1st on NBC.
I got 1 star on it again ealier after being shoved off Big Blue near the end of the track by 2nd place who I swear was nowhere near me at the time. :c

Ugh, I'm never gonna get to 10k in battle. Been at 9.5-6 for months now.

I'll do good for a while, then start doing poorly or DC and by the time I'm done I'm back at 9.59 again. :/

This is me, but around 7.5k. I yo-yo around it all the time now, but don't seem to be progressing. S: I take it as a sign if you can't hit 10k, I never will. Atleast I got there on MK7.

 

[Holla]

I didn't know that was bought in at all. ~ which kind of shows how little I use bikes. xD Still, I'm in the habit of drifting long before the turns so I don't think I'd adjust well switching. I very rarely drove bikes even on MK wii.

I know what you mean! I am also used to drifting long before corners so I strictly use Outside drifting bikes (same drift style as karts). I cannot for the life of me use a sport (inside drifting bike) I always end up in the grass on the inside of a corner haha. ^.^

 

[Zigzag991]

How Ben best it probably did take me over 15 tries on NBC, but in total it took me around 30 to 3-Star the cup.

 

[Pokemanz]

This is me, but around 7.5k. I yo-yo around it all the time now, but don't seem to be progressing. S: I take it as a sign if you can't hit 10k, I never will. Atleast I got there on MK7.

I battle for maybe an hour and a half usually. When I first join, I instantly dominate the room. For the next few battles I'll do really well, placing in the top 3 often. Then it starts going downhill. I'll get spammed on; hit with one green, then another while trying to recover, or maybe while trying to grab an item for defense. Of course every ghost is after me. Then I'll DC somewhere along the line (often times at the very end of a battle where I'm doing quite well) which is when I usually give up. The end result being that the 60+BR I gained is lost, taking me back to where I started. :/

All of this happened tonight, by the way.

 

[Paperboy012305]

I really do suck at battles, though. Don't know why, maybe its because I get rekt bunch of times or something. And my BR, is untouched. I have never played online battle mode cuz I suck. I'm more of a racer and its been my thing because I mostly raced through the mario kart generations.

 

[device]

lol that used to happen to me all the time on mk7

 

[Serine_Sapphire88]

I really like all the tracks from the most recent DLC pack. Especially the Animal Crossing and Wild Woods tracks. And the new 200cc speed difficulty is really challenging.

Also, they made Ribbon Road look really nice. Anyone manage to use those ramps that are off to the side of the main track? I'm just curious.

 

[Zigzag991]

I really like all the tracks from the most recent DLC pack. Especially the Animal Crossing and Wild Woods tracks. And the new 200cc speed difficulty is really challenging.

Also, they made Ribbon Road look really nice. Anyone manage to use those ramps that are off to the side of the main track? I'm just curious.

Are you reffering to the ones next to the blue portion of the course? I've really only played on Ribbon Road on 200cc (few times on 150cc but I don't think I knew they were shortcuts at the time) but from what I've tried they're really difficult to land if you have a speed boost going, especially the second one. It's kinda like on Mount Wario at the entrance to the cave, but with the added trouble of having to deal with the moving road. I'd suggest not doing on tricks near them and drifting a bit before reaching it to get more accuracy when landing.

 

[DaCoSim]

Ha! Been playing the new courses on mk8 and trying to get all the easy trophies for them while my kids are at school. (Plus gives me practice time to learn the new ones so my kids won't completely kick my @$$ when we play later.) I spotted all these villagers on the AC course. Francine, Bunnie, Chrissy, filbert, marshal, peanut, poppy, bob, tom, freya, chief, fang, Wolfgang, Whitney, dotty, Mitzi and ruby. Anyone seen any others?

 

[Paperboy012305]

Ha! Been playing the new courses on mk8 and trying to get all the easy trophies for them while my kids are at school. (Plus gives me practice time to learn the new ones so my kids won't completely kick my @$$ when we play later.) I spotted all these villagers on the AC course. Francine, Bunnie, Chrissy, filbert, marshal, peanut, poppy, bob, tom, freya, chief, fang, Wolfgang, Whitney, dotty, Mitzi and ruby. Anyone seen any others?

I think that's all of them unfortunately.

- - - Post Merge - - -

And I haven't seen Tom before. Wait, I think that's Rover.

 

[Jinglefruit]

I finally got 3 stars on Bell cup, ~ so every cup ow. 8D Now I can finally avoid GP altogether.

 

[Pokemanz]

Ha! Been playing the new courses on mk8 and trying to get all the easy trophies for them while my kids are at school. (Plus gives me practice time to learn the new ones so my kids won't completely kick my @$$ when we play later.) I spotted all these villagers on the AC course. Francine, Bunnie, Chrissy, filbert, marshal, peanut, poppy, bob, tom, freya, chief, fang, Wolfgang, Whitney, dotty, Mitzi and ruby. Anyone seen any others?

I believe I've seen Punchy before, can't remember.
Though I do know one of the "villagers" is Rover, don't know why they threw him in like that instead of making him act like an NPC.

I love how three of my villagers are on the track. c:

 

[DaCoSim]

Ahhh it could be rover. I've seen him on the beach. Prob so!!!