Mario Kart Wii (cheap gameplay)

[tuoyo]

NJ5 said:

tuoyo said:
Yes I agree. It's absolutely ridiculous to suggest it all comes down to skill. But it's even more ridiculous to suggest (as some reviews do that it all comes down to luck). I played against TWROO (Larry Lion) last week and I was in total shock at how far ahead of the rest of us he was in most races. That was all down to his skill. But at the same time there was a race where he finished only 4th or 5th despite being far better than the rest of us. And that is all down to the blue shell. I think items work perfectly to balance the game out but blue shell really should not be in this game. You can lead the whole race, be hit by blue shell just before the line and be overtaken by two others. That's just to random and unfair. And to suggest you can always be so far ahead of the pack that blue shells are irrelevant is rubbish. What if you are playing against 11 fantastically good players? Or what if as in the case of TWROO you are on a short track where getting so far ahead of an even average pack is not that easy. Other than the blue shells I think the catch up works perfect.

 

The blue shell isn't enough to make a skilled player lose a race.

 

It is when you are playing against other players who are also very good and you are just slightly better than and even if you are much better than them.  That's why I gave the example of TWROO.  He is clearly a skilled player and holds most of the time trial records on this site.  In a race you could be driving flawlessly then get hit by a blue shell and suddenly lose the items you are holding for protection.  Then a red shell could come your way.  Next thing you know one or two racers have raced past you.  Or my personal favourite (which I never hope to experience again) - you get hit by a blue shell, then before you start moving again get a red shell, then as you are about to start moving again you get crushed by someone who has used a giant mushroom and before you know it you have dropped from 1st to 8th place after leading for 2.75 laps of the race.

And it is when it hits you when you are just doing a jump and find yourself falling into a lava pit.