Red Shells are the new Blue Shells! Acceleration actually matters! <(^_^<)

[TK14]

Red shells ARE WAAAAAAYYYYY OP in this game. Also, there's simply too many of them in the item balance. It used to be that green shells would appear 2-3 times more often than red shells. Now they seem practically equal. I can't tell you how many times I've been in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd online...only to get hit by a red shell and come to a complete stop. Then, as I'm trying to start again, there's a massive hoard of players all grouped together in 4th-9th, and as they pass by, they nail me with another red shell and every other item in their arsenal. And then, in a matter of 3 seconds, I've gone from top 3, to 10th or lower. So maybe I WILL have to try switching to a vehicle with better acceleration. It makes playing online very frustrating sometimes otherwise.

PS: I DESPISE the coin item. There are plenty of coins on the tracks, and part of the strategy is getting as many of them as you can while also preventing your opponents from getting them. Plus, it's just useless to anybody in the top half of the pack.