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sc94597 on 29 February 2008
blaydcor said:
sc94597 said:
kenzomatic said:
If they win...........

They win because they took in consideration the exceptions but by saying that it started out as all mario characters they don't conflict with the four exceptions. They also tell me another reason why samus wouldn't be in the game. She doesn't fit.

Which is obvious to anybody without a sub-functional common sense meter.

 

 Nvm

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The Ghost of RubangB on 29 February 2008

R.O.B.'s been all over the place for a while. You just gotta know where to look. You can remix the music for Gyromite in Elektroplankton even.


You should just chill out, join us, and DO THE R.O.B.!















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sc94597 on 29 February 2008

^ Lmao



plzdontbanme on 29 February 2008

Dude, at first I thought you were a dumbass but now you're my hero. You have excellent insight and superior logical analysis skills.



"Why isn't samus in a mario kart game?"

sc94597 on 29 February 2008
plzdontbanme said:
Dude, at first I thought you were a dumbass but now you're my hero. You have excellent insight and superior logical analysis skills.

 Sure W/E. You aren't sarcastic right now/sarcasm



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sc94597 on 29 February 2008
RolStoppable said:
sc94597 said:
RolStoppable said:

Samus doesn't belong into Mario Kart. It just doesn't make sense. Why would she use shells and banana peels? She would be totally misplaced in Mario Kart. She would be the only character/thing from the Metroid universe. Or should there be a Zebes course and a super missile item? It would feel just weird.

Super Smash Bros. works because characters, items and stages from a lot of different franchises come together, so everything is represented by several characters/things of its universe.

Or simply put: Mario Kart started as spinoff of Super Mario with everything taken from Mario games into a racing game, the sequels were expanding this basic formula. Super Smash Bros. always was a battle of Nintendo's franchises and logically, the sequels were expanding this basic formula.


Thank You I think your answer is the best yet. Instead posting multiple posts of FAIL you use a logical explanation rather than say " Only Mario Characters Belon in Mario Kart" and not counteracting with the faults I found in that theory. You win in the thread that is made up of fail.


I want to answer your other questions too. First off, regarding the Namco characters, I have to make a correction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart#Playable_characters

The two arcade games actually contain four (not two) characters from Namco-Bandai. Obviously the only reason why they were put into the games is because Namco co-developed the game (*EDIT: I think I can trust Rubang, Namco fully developed the game with license of Nintendo*). It's not an unusual practice to use cameos in co-operations like this.

Next up: R.O.B., he isn't a character of a game, but an accessory for the NES. Basically he is a neutral "character" which can be put in a lot of games in one form or another.

Lastly, Diddy Kong: Remember Double Dash, a special item was given to each pair of characters. Now besides Donkey Kong, who would you add to the roster as second character to use a giant banana peel? Donkey Kong Jr. was in Super Mario Kart, but he isn't a popular character (also the reason why he was replaced by Donkey Kong ever since MK64), so why not just use Diddy Kong instead, a character starring in several popular games before? He fits into the game quite well, don't you think? Toadette was thrown into the mix for the same reason, a second character to have the same special item as Toad.


 I agree that these characters fit while samus/link don't but the whole point of bring these characters up was to prove the statement that only characters from the mario universe are in mario kart. 



sc94597 on 29 February 2008
RolStoppable said:
sc94597 said:
RolStoppable said:

I want to answer your other questions too. First off, regarding the Namco characters, I have to make a correction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart#Playable_characters

The two arcade games actually contain four (not two) characters from Namco-Bandai. Obviously the only reason why they were put into the games is because Namco co-developed the game (*EDIT: I think I can trust Rubang, Namco fully developed the game with license of Nintendo*). It's not an unusual practice to use cameos in co-operations like this.

Next up: R.O.B., he isn't a character of a game, but an accessory for the NES. Basically he is a neutral "character" which can be put in a lot of games in one form or another.

Lastly, Diddy Kong: Remember Double Dash, a special item was given to each pair of characters. Now besides Donkey Kong, who would you add to the roster as second character to use a giant banana peel? Donkey Kong Jr. was in Super Mario Kart, but he isn't a popular character (also the reason why he was replaced by Donkey Kong ever since MK64), so why not just use Diddy Kong instead, a character starring in several popular games before? He fits into the game quite well, don't you think? Toadette was thrown into the mix for the same reason, a second character to have the same special item as Toad.


I agree that these characters fit while samus/link don't but the whole point of bring these characters up was to prove the statement that only characters from the mario universe are in mario kart.


Which makes me wonder how you could forget about the Miis in Mario Kart Wii.

 Oh I didn't notice them. LOL. 



spdk1 on 29 February 2008

You know what this thread needs?

 

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Coglestop on 29 February 2008

I don't count the arcade games due to those being developed primarily by Namco with permission from Nintendo as part of a deal made to help get more exclusives on the Gamecube. The inclusion of the non-Nintendo characters was done by Namco, not Nintendo.

As far as Diddy Kong goes... Donkey Kong Island has been established as PART of the main Mario universe by way of Donkey Kong Land(Big Ape City is the city where the construction site of Donkey Kong, the first game to star Mario, took place)

R.O.B. does present a problem.. Best thing I can think of is that during Mario Bros, Mario and Luigi were living in Brooklyn, N.Y.. Nintendo had a warehouse in New York during the 80's and New York was also where Nintendo first test marketed the NES and R.O.B.

It's also possible that R.O.B. is one of E. Gadd's inventions that just happens to LOOK like the old NES R.O.B. I really don't know...



BenKenobi88 on 29 February 2008

Again, Miis, Rob...general Nintendo characters are obviously fine...it's throwing in Nintendo characters from anywhere not related to Mario at all that would pretty much not make it Mario Kart anymore.

Which might not be so bad...a Smash Bros. Racer or something could actually be pretty sweet, with Zelda, Star Fox and Metroid tracks...items from various franchises...but that doesn't exist.



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