Mario Kart 8: Items are held instead of dragged behind you now? Dafuq!? <(o_O<)

[Lonely_Dolphin]

RolStoppable said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

RolStoppable said:
Wasn't that also the case in Double Dash!!? I don't remember ever dragging items behind me in that game, so red shells had to be blocked by dropping the item at the right time.

I have no idea, but since Double Dash didn't have online, no one would have cared. :L

Great rebuttal...

But seriously, all that changes is that you don't have to hold down an additional button for what can feel like an eternity, and it removes the risk of getting screwed over by another driver who cuts in front of you and only accidently hits you with an item that they drag behind them.

Double Dash!! had a red shell icon popping up behind you to alert you that you are about to get hit, so if MK8 uses the same item mechanic, it should have that icon as well. *EDIT: There were no banana packages in DD!!, and triple shells were juggled by Koopa and Paratroopa instead of circling around the karts.*

You still have to hold it down to have 2 items at once, and that last part is like saying people with Starman only accidentally kill you.
I definitely try to cut people off like that all day, aswell as watch out for people trying to do the same to me. Unsportsmanlike driving ftw!

Iirc MK8 does have the Red Shell alert, so I supose it'll just take practice to get the timing down, though this still isn't as effective a method for dealing with Reds, but ahwells I'll live. Still don't like this change tho!