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Ookamikun This is going to be so much fun. (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
This is going to be so much fun.
#3876: Apr 22nd 2025 at 10:19:08 AM

Oh they use DK, just usually the core cast. If they really, really need to, they can pull the others.

If you notice they keep it within the "core Mario cast", and it's pretty understandable, considering how off-their-hands the RPG characters are.

Edited by Ookamikun on Apr 22nd 2025 at 10:19:29 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#3877: Apr 22nd 2025 at 10:23:07 AM

The Koopalings...

Mario Kart 8 came out before Color Splash, Paper Jam and the 2 Mario & Luigi remakes.

They might not be used again, but 8 Deluxe doesn't count as their latest appearance.

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ObligatorySarcasm Since: Aug, 2016
#3878: Apr 22nd 2025 at 10:23:41 AM

it really feels dumb for nintendo to intentionally limit their cast for no real reason

Or create characters like Baby Rosalina or Pink Gold Peach. Just.....why. Honestly, it's a miracle Pauline even made it this far.

Its like Square making FF Kart, and after adding from IV, VIII, X and the 47 VII characters, they make Tonberries or Behemoths or Imps or Imps under the Pig status or Kain-in-7th-Grade playable instead of characters from V or VI or IX. They clearly aren't hurting to find characters, but it gives them the image that they dislike them.

-Witty line-
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#3879: Apr 22nd 2025 at 12:50:07 PM

I think the one that really shocks me has ever been invited to MK is E. Gadd.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#3881: Apr 22nd 2025 at 1:01:13 PM

For a while there, Toadsworth was in a bunch of Mario games, just everywhere. Then they phased him out for some reason...

Fireball246 Since: Jan, 2023
#3882: Apr 22nd 2025 at 1:12:40 PM

[Forget this]

Edited by Fireball246 on Apr 22nd 2025 at 1:49:41 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#3883: Apr 22nd 2025 at 1:24:02 PM

It wouldn't do that at all...since they exist in separate continuities.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#3884: Apr 22nd 2025 at 1:28:45 PM

[up][up] I think that's a false dichotomy. It's not like literally the only characters they haven't used are the complete monsters, nor would opening up the roster to the spinoff characters force them to use those characters in the first place.

Fireball246 Since: Jan, 2023
#3885: Apr 22nd 2025 at 1:45:00 PM

[Forget this]

Edited by Fireball246 on Apr 22nd 2025 at 1:49:21 AM

Kiobi20 Since: Sep, 2016
#3886: Apr 22nd 2025 at 1:51:40 PM

warioware alone is filled with characters that would be great additions for Mario kart, it has a really fun cast but Nintendo seems to force itself for no reason to limit them to just the spin-off they originated from.

tell me none of you would pick ashley

NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#3888: Apr 22nd 2025 at 2:27:19 PM

I'd honestly main Dribble and Spitz, since Taxiing is their whole schtick.

Ookamikun This is going to be so much fun. (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
This is going to be so much fun.
#3889: Apr 22nd 2025 at 3:29:31 PM

Isn't King Boo not even the same one from Luigi's Mansion?

MetalMichelangelo Since: Nov, 2012
#3890: Apr 22nd 2025 at 3:43:02 PM

Only character not shown so far that I want within reason is Pom Pom.

NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#3891: Apr 22nd 2025 at 4:05:09 PM

[up][up]Ostensibly he's the same one, since multiple official profiles (Smash, etc.) apply the events of Luigi's Mansion to his mainline look. I think his case of You Don't Look Like You is moreso just for tone reasons, though he does have his classic look as an alt in Tour. Which in THAT case is probably for money reasons.tongue

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chino514 (Apprentice)
#3892: Apr 22nd 2025 at 4:41:39 PM

In Tour, the Luigi's Mansion King Boo is an alt.

Another alt, Gold King Boo, takes after the main series King Boo.

Edited by chino514 on Apr 22nd 2025 at 7:42:03 AM

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#3893: Apr 25th 2025 at 9:20:45 AM

I found a fun video by RedFalcon where the goal is to avoid driving on certain colors for as long as possible. I wonder how long it took to put together...

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#3894: Apr 29th 2025 at 3:43:14 PM

I wonder how World is going to handle DLC. Like, I guess they kind of have to release DLC in batches with a certain progression to them, to fit with the grandprix mode's whole "every grandprix is in a region of the country" deal.

What happens if we get like with 8, and Link shows up with his own track? Or other characters like Inkling? Do we get an entire Hyrule Grandprix with a set of Hyrule stages and transitions? Do they slot Hyrule into a bunch of different stages? Or maybe they'll do a bunch of crossovers at once, and give them all their own region of the World.

I also wonder how stages like Rainbow Road are going to work. Maybe there'll just be a total "in space" grandprix where the whole region and all of its transitions are in space. Or... I would love a Rainbow Road based on the movie version, that's more close to the ground and set above a beautiful ocean and sunset.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Apr 29th 2025 at 3:43:44 AM

chino514 (Apprentice)
#3895: Apr 29th 2025 at 4:02:00 PM

the interpretation I've heard the most on World getting DLC would be relegating the DLC tracks to it's own island.

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#3896: Apr 30th 2025 at 8:24:34 AM

The Direct video seemed to indicate that Rainbow Road would appear over the center of the world. So there might be multiple paths leading to it.

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#3897: Jun 6th 2025 at 10:59:36 PM

Okay, having played with Mario Kart World for a bit...why the fuck is DK always on my ass whenever I play as Mario? Does the game have a rival system it's not telling me about?

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#3898: Jun 6th 2025 at 11:22:52 PM

[up]considering the fact that 8 and 8 Deluxe also had rival systems the game never tells you about, i wouldn't be surprised if World follows the same formula.

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RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#3899: Jun 7th 2025 at 3:42:03 AM

Welp, according to this video, I've been charge jumping on straightaways for no reason. Slowest way to go straight in this game, since it is only meant to facilitate tricks.

Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#3900: Jun 7th 2025 at 11:33:35 AM

I must have spent two hours trying to get a 3 star rank in a cup and I always get screwed over last minute. I'm exhausted.

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