19 replies to this topic

[BlueBlur]

One thing i want to see in the next Mario Kart is the option to turn off Blue shells or just for Blue shells to be removed all together, when i play Mario Kart 7 online, whenever someone gets a blue shell all the players up ahead stops then backs up in reverse, i want a Mario Kart game that i can win with skill rather than luck.


Does anyone else feel this way?

[Mitch]

I like the idea of an option button to turn them off if you wish, however most of my mariokart multiplayer was local multiplayer with my family and they didnt stand a chance unless they had the blue turtle shell or the bullet bill

[Hunter]

just get rid of them all together, they ruined mario kart wii imo

[Blake]

Hell no, they balance the game. Without it, you'd have people getting in first and staying that way for the whole match.

 

You say that you want to win by skill and not luck, but Mario Kart has always been based on luck. The items you get are random, if you're the fortunate one of get three mushrooms at the start of the race, you have a good chance of winning.

Edited by Blake, 26 April 2013 - 10:25 AM.

[TheUltimateWaddleDee]

I personally don't have a problem with it: while it foes come up a lot I can usually recover pretty quickly. An option to select what items you want like in Smadh Bros would be great though. Wasn't there a setting in Double Dash that allowed you to select what types of items appear? (Either normal, weak, or powerful)

[GhostDrive]

MK Wii had the worst item balance ever. It ruined the game for me. Imo MK DS had the best in terms of balance, and there fore was more enjoyable. MK 7 is an improvement over MKW but once in a while it still does a "get a blue shell in 3rd place" bs. What they should fix is the item balance, that's about it. The blue shells don't bother me, I just don't think you need them if you're in 5th place or something.

[Abcdude]

Once I got hit by a blue shell and I cried

[Hunter]

MK Wii had the worst item balance ever. It ruined the game for me. 

 

 

Yeah I agree, it is more the balance of weapons that ruined the game. It's just not fun getting hit by a red shell, then a blue shell, then a bullet bill all in the space of 30 seconds.

[3Dude]

Only when they hit me. Then its cheap and unfair.
 

[Half]

It doesn't ruin it, It balances the game, gives noobs a chance, and it still requires skill over luck.
It would be lovely to turn it off though.

[tboss]

MK wii campain blueshels had issues, 4 in a lap on the smallest levels BS. but i like the DS one more, it hits the people in the middle of the road on the way to first. blueshells help 2nd-4th place mostly, the person who gets it rarly benefits unless it hits people on the way(in the middle of the track). but the wii version were you get hit constantly from first to last is terrable. DS version is better balanced. hated the wii version storm cloud things. 

 

dont remove blueshells. rebalance items. 

 

also the 1st place got well ahead in wii version so easly because the second and 3rd place had to worry so much about the people behind them getting good items to slow them down alot.

[Colinx]

I think there needs to be some sort of way to dodge them strategically. 

[Alph]

I actually like the blue shell. It would be good to switch items on and off for other players though.

[Julio93]

They should just bring the blueshell from Mario Kart 64

[Alex Wolfers]

I find them to be more harm than help. I just hate those things.

[dante👌]

I agree with Blake, And i have no problem with them, Sure they get annoying when you're about to cross the finish line then BOOM, someone passes you. But other then that i don't have a problem with them.

[Hikaruchu]

I like them, I never played mario cart as a "fair" racing game. I always liked how the game was so crazy and you could go from first to last in 10 seconds.

[Alianjaro]

Really, if they do that, they'd have to rethink every kart's stats to make it possible to overtake other karts with our own skills.
You can do like me: be sure to be far ahead of the second, actually so far that you could get hit by two blue shells and stay first...

[umegames]

they dont bother me, all part of the challenge. But if they took them out, wouldn't bother me either

[Falco]

instead of getting rid of an item add a new item such as beetle armor