But I did! A true legitimate dodge, not just avoiding it by dropping back into second before it locks on. So this is what happened. As you'd expect, I was nearing the finish line on the last lap of the race. A combination of feeling confident that I had the race won while I was dodging thwomps (was at SNES Rainbow Road) and strategically placing my triple bananas caused me to not bother looking at peoples items. Big mistake, as I suddenly saw the blue shell appear above me on the top screen. Uber surprised I was when I saw it, and so a rush of panic took over, causing me to use my Mushroom I had saved without thinking. Normally that'd be a dumb move as it'd be better to use the shroom after recovering from the Blue Shell, however, somehow, I got through it unscathed. I kid you not! The Blue Shell fell and made an explosion as normal, but did not stop me at all as I continued through the finish line. I bet my opponents were calling hax lol.

In all my years of Mario Kart action, I've never ever been able to avoid the blue shell post lock on, as once it has you in it's sights, you're pretty much dead one way or the other, but not today! Today I made major history in my video game career! They will tell stories of this moment, generation to generation! A monument will be made in my glorious achievement's honour! Today will become the first universal holiday, "Dodged a Blue Shell Day!" They will ask of me to give a speach, and I will tell them I have a dream, a dream where anyone, regardless of race, gender, size, intelligence, and so ons, will be able to dodge blue shells! Today, the world has just become a much better place to live in!

 

Alright enough of that nonsense. The main question here is just how did it happen? Perhaps I didn't really dodge it and the lag was playing a trick on me, or perhaps it was just a glitch. What I think though, is that it was the mushroom I used. The sudden speed increase must have thrown off the blue shell. You know how a bomb you're holding behind you wont hurt you if it explodes as long as you're going a decent speed? Well I think a similar thing happened here. Instead of exploding right where I was, sudden speed boost caused it to explode right behind me, like where a bomb would be. Just my theory though, what do you all think? Also has anyone else ever dodged a blue shell?

It's possible to dodge a blue shell with a mushroom in Mario Kart Wii as well.

That's a legitimate tactic, i've managed it 2 or 3 times myself in online play, stuffed it up a few times too.

It's just so rare that you actually have a mushroom when you are in first place, when it does happen it's hard to control the rush of blood to the head when you hear that blue shell coming. Your timing has to be spot on.

Ah so it was the mushroom! Yeah it is a very rare situation to be in as you can't get Mushrooms while in first place (or atleast it's extremely rare). Do you know what time exactly you're to use the mushroom?

Yep, you could do that in MKWii.

I thought everybody knew about that. I have already dodged too, 3 on Wii and 1 on 3ds.

i use this tactic all the time, rarely do i screw it up. its actually programmed into the game. so even if you hack and say double your speed you still bet hit by the blue shell

The way I avoided them was falling off the course

Well, I'm happy for you that you found about this before the tournament on Sunday. Might come in handy :)

 

As for myself, I have never actually dodged a Blue Shell in Mario Kart 7 using a mushroom. I know it's possible, but the opportunity has never turned up. (Usually I just use it to go through grass/mud  asap to leave room for another item.) I've dodged plenty using the boosters on the road though.

In Brawl, I can win against Meta Knight using Captain Falcon