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How To Keep Mario Kart From Going Stale

Lucas M. Thomas: ''It’s been three weeks now since Nintendo President Satoru Iwata confirmed the development of a new Mario Kart sequel for Wii U, an announcement that shocked absolutely no one. The Kart series has solidified itself as one of Nintendo’s no-brainer franchises – it’s just a foregone conclusion that a new sequel will show up on every new piece of hardware the company puts out.

For some, that regularity has become a comfortable consistency. For others, the series has grow too stale after too many sequels. So how can the upcoming Wii U edition keep the racing feeling fresh? We have a few ideas.''

PopRocks3594077d ago

My two cents would be simply to keep the online system used in Mario Kart 7 (communities and what have you), make the game with a new engine instead of recycling the Double Dash engine again, make the gameplay a little faster and try to make the item balance a little more effective.

That's really it. Aside from some DLC and new concepts in levels, I'm pretty content with the current formula.

ZoidsRaven4077d ago

I have learned to love all MK games equally......... TAKE THAT F'N BLUE SHELL OUT!

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Pozzle4077d ago

Or at least limit it's use...like in Mario 64 where it barely showed up. I would have enjoyed Mario Kart Wii a lot more if it weren't for that damn blue shell showing up so often. Where's the fun in playing a racing game that DOESN'T want you to play well and stay in first place? :(

CouldHaveYelledUiiW4077d ago

I agree.

They should do a little like Smash Brothers and allow for certain items to be turned-off, increased, or decreased in frequency.

I find that many times Nintendo intentionally tries to make the game unsuitable for Competitions and Tournament Play (ironically like they did with the Trip mechanic in Smash Bros).

I think that they want to focus on the Fun buy making OWNing less certain. -

While I see their point-
-OPTIONS are a better choice. Allowing the game to appeal to a broader base.

krazykombatant4077d ago

Make it more like diddy kong racing??

kirbyu4077d ago

They should let us make our own courses.

Theyellowflash304077d ago

I think the move to HD and the online community from Mario Kart 7 is enough for the next Mario Kart game.

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5 Games Totally Ruined By Rubberbanding AI

Games that cheat are the worst, and not for the reasons you think.

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Retroman2725d ago

Reboot Need for speed should be #1 on the list.

wonderfulmonkeyman2725d ago

Super Mario Kart.
Good lord, the struggle...
Mario Kart 64 was almost as bad, but not quite.

blawren42724d ago

Tiger woods pga tour golf. No matter how good you played, the other players scores were close at end of round. I had to take extra strokes, then play my game the last round to prevent this.

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Top Ten Most Anticipated Games of E3 2013

SuperPhillip Central writes, "E3 2013 is but a handful of days away, and as is customary on SuperPhillip Central, we're going to list our ten most anticipated games for the show. From first-party offerings to third-party offerings, these are the games that get our mouths wet and our adrenaline running."

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TheOneWhoIsTornApart3965d ago

Me and a whole lot of other people.

Donnieboi3965d ago

My top list (not in any actual order of preference):

1. MGS V
2. MGO 3 reveal (Metal gear Online 3--hopefully we see something about it)
3. Dark Souls 2
4. The Witcher (next gen)
5. Thief (next gen)
6. Persona 5 (hopefully)
7. Destiny
8. New Zelda (not just the WW remake)
9. Infamous ps4
10. New unnanounced Naughty Dog game

Crazyglues3959d ago (Edited 3959d ago )

@ thesavagelife7

That's the thing about Gaming, everyone has things they like, we don't all game the same...

We may all be Gamers but we like different things. (nothing wrong with that)

For Me I'm a Racer & FPS first and everything else second..

So for Me:

1. MGS V -(is this going to be PS4?)
2. DriveClub -(not to sure about this one though) Gameplay is different then what I thought it would be.
3. GT6 -(wish it was Nex Gen)
4. The Division
5. BF4
6. GTA V
7. Destiny
8. WatchDogs
9. Infamous Second Son
10. New unnanounced Naughty Dog game
11. KZ:SF

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Transporter473965d ago

For me missed the margin with 6 of those games, but to everybody their own.

Phil323965d ago

You are awesome, and I mean that. You're the type of gamer who realizes that other people have their own opinions, doesn't think their opinion is fact, and respects that idea. I wish there were more gamers on message boards and comments sections like you.

febreeze13965d ago

For me
1 Dark Souls 2
2 MGS5
3 KZ:SF
4 Infamous second son
5 Thief
6 New smash bros game
7 Rayman Legend
8 Knack
9 Watch Dogs
10 BF4

Ragthorn3965d ago (Edited 3965d ago )

Nice Dark Souls II pic, just like mine!
OT: My top ten in no order would be
- Dark Souls 2
- Payday 2
- Wasteland 2
- Amnesia: Machine for Pigs
- GTA V
- Total War Rome II
- Arma 3 (Full Release, loving the Alpha though)
- BF4
- The Last Guardian (If it comes)
- Day Z Standalone

febreeze13965d ago

WOO dark souls 2! I totally forgot about payday 2! I'm about to pre-order it. I agree with your list. There's just too many games coming out this year!

Lord-choas3965d ago

Dark souls II and Batman AO

S2Killinit3965d ago

what a crappy wishlist... Where was Destiny?

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The SideQuest Episode 509: Pr-E3

From SideQuesting.com

"In this episode: E3 is next week! OH GOD, E3 IS NEXT WEEK! We host a fantastic roundtable discussing Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo at the event, the third party publishers, the challenges, and what our ultimate surprise announcements would be."

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