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Forums - Nintendo - You can Mushroom dodge Blue Shells in Mario Kart 8! <(^_^<)

 

Are you ok with the Blue Shell now?

Heck yeah!!! 60 81.08%
 
Naw mawn... 13 17.57%
 
Total:73
Conegamer on 08 May 2014

Good stuff; though I expected it to be like this.

Also, you are in the Gaming Discussion no longer!



 

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Lonely_Dolphin on 08 May 2014
Metrium said:
I never managed to pull it off in MK7.


It's really not that hard, just takes some practice before you're dodging them almost everytime! 



IsawYoshi on 08 May 2014
ktay95 said:
Everyone who votes "Naw mawn..." simply lacks the skill to shroom dodge =P

Or they lack the shrooms. :D

 

 

Honestly, how often do you find yourself in first position with a mushroom?



Lonely_Dolphin on 08 May 2014
famousringo said:
Ninricken said:
That's a good thing, not so unfair^^
But I want to be honest: A Mario Kart without blue shells wouldn't be the same. They shouldn't be used for rankings or so but you only have the true Mario Kart experience if there are blue shells.


Blue shells need to be unfair, because being in first place is so unfair.

First place only has to worry about attacks from second place, while somebody in say, sixth place needs to worry about attacks from several players.

First place will rarely get crushed by a giant mushroom, star, or bullet bill, and instead mostly faces easily defended green and red koopa shells.

First place doesn't have to worry about being rammed off the road, and so is always free to race the cleanest lines and get maximum boosts.

First place always gets a question block, while players farther back often find none left to take or need to drive out of their way to get one.

It seems the reason so many players find the blue shell objectionable is that it's one of very few things not stacked in the leader's favour.

QFT!

The one item mechanic also nerfs front running since you can't backspam as much and it's much riskier to do since you'll be completely defenseless until the next item box, and even then you could get the Coin item.



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 08 May 2014

Yay, now there can be less qqing about how op it is



                  

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Lonely_Dolphin on 08 May 2014
Conegamer said:
Good stuff; though I expected it to be like this.

Also, you are in the Gaming Discussion no longer!

Yeah ever since I saw that the Blue Shell looked exactly the same as it did in MK7, I figured it'd work the same aswell. Good to know I was right!


And thanks mate! <(^_^<)



Pavolink on 08 May 2014

Dodging is like cheating.



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Lonely_Dolphin on 08 May 2014
IsawYoshi said:
ktay95 said:
Everyone who votes "Naw mawn..." simply lacks the skill to shroom dodge =P

Or they lack the shrooms. :D

 

 

Honestly, how often do you find yourself in first position with a mushroom?


Not every race of course, but it does happen pretty often. It certainly helps that everyone stops when someone gets a Blue Shell, allowing me to keep on going if I have a Mushroom in tow! 



ktay95 on 08 May 2014
IsawYoshi said:
ktay95 said:
Everyone who votes "Naw mawn..." simply lacks the skill to shroom dodge =P

Or they lack the shrooms. :D

 

 

Honestly, how often do you find yourself in first position with a mushroom?

Actually it was incredibley common in MKWii. That is provided your not someone who wastes their shrooms on a straight or minute short cut.



Lonely_Dolphin on 08 May 2014
Pavolink said:
Dodging is like cheating.


Naw, Nintendo has allowed it for four games now so that means it's fair game!