Kasz216 said:
That wasn't the only way, every item in Mario Kart could be used to block or avoid a red shell. The only ways you were screwed were if you had no item, attacked you from above or caught you off guard by hitting you at an indefensible angle with the item you had. The best item wasn't even the Red Shell, it was the 3 green shells it produced a very hard to bypass shield, could be used as a weapon and really was only weak against stars, also after deployed you could collect a 2nd item. Go against those with a red shell and you were screwed. Most battles i've had usually involved covering the top level with all sorts of crap so it was near unnavigatable to force someone off one of the bridges then hitting them with a red shell while you were above them or chargeing someone with green shells to hit them at the right time. Nothing was more deadly then having 6 green shells. Stars could be deadly too... it was hard to hit with them, but if you hit once you could also screw someone with a second hit. |
Green shells are okay. However stars are the winning ticket all the way because all you need to win with a star is one shot shortly after activating it. After that you brake, back up in the enemy again, and plow forward into the enemy one last time for a kill. Do it right and the enemy never even has a chance.
Also green shells are not super shields. As soon as you lose one shell you're vulnerable once again and the amount of takes to discharge 2 green shells and activate your held item is long enough to give the opponent a winning shot.
