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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2014 15:51:39 GMT -5
The Blue Shell does... what, again? I haven't played Mario Kart in so long. It flies forward until it hits whoever is in first place at the time it's launched. It stuns you for longer than pretty much any other item and it can only be avoided under very specific circumstances that pretty much require you to plan for it in advance to pull off.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2014 15:52:58 GMT -5
The Blue Shell does... what, again? I haven't played Mario Kart in so long. It targets whoever's in first place and makes them no longer first. Oh god... THAT? Yeah, I hated those things. Especially when they derail you near the end of the final lap.
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Mochi Lone Wolf
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 19, 2014 15:57:49 GMT -5
The reason my group hates the blue shell is because you can be in first place and still get murdered and brought back to the rest of the pack. The reason we love the blue shell is because whomever is in first place and still get murdered and brought back to the rest of the pack. It's the great equalizer. Just like items in Brawl, it allows newbies and pros to play together without having a hundred Mortal Kombat style Flawless Victories in a row. There are better ways of doing it though. Sonic and Sega Racing does it much better I feel, though I feel those games are far superior to the Mario Kart games so I may be a tad biased. They use a Star that activates the chosen characters special power, for Banjo giant Jiggies fell out of the sky onto random spots on the track and it was goddamn awesome. It's no guarantee that it'll increase your standing in the match, screw somebody over or even be the reason you won, it just gives you a pretty solid chance of that which makes the entire mechanic much much less frustrating when you are on the receiving end of it. This. Sonic and Sega All stars/Transformed are much better games than any Mario Kart. Though none of them are better than Crash Team Racing. As far as the Blue Shell goes, I like how they did it in Mario Kart 7 where it can hit everyone in front of the person who uses it on the way to first. Getting a blue shell at the back of the pack in Mario Kart Wii did preciously f*** all for that person and helps the people in 2nd or 3rd much more than it does the racer who used it.
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