FiremanJoe Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I bought a Wii and Mario Kart today. My sister and I played a quick game and it seemed pretty fun. I prefer the GC controls to the Wheel though. Hopefully I'll get wi-fi sorted out tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Okay, so here I am, getting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and never going below 3rd. I get into the 7,000 bracket, and I'm going toe to toe with an 8,000+ guy. I'm right behind him the whole time. I chunk three frikkin' red shells at him and they all evaporate. He doesn't slow down a bit. He gets a banana and I get another red shell. I chunk it directly at him. It disappears, and doesn't even take his banana away. What the heck is going on? Is this guy cheating or is there some special maneuver for making red shells literally disappear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonectric Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I've had a red shell "evaporate" once, leaving the racer ahead of me with their item intact. It was kind of irritating, but I probably ended up owning them anyway. But then I've also had people suddenly jump places. The red shell thing could have to do with the online aspect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I've had pretty bad lag instances where I'd cross the finish line first, but I end up getting second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I mean, this guy evaporated four red shells. I would've beaten him for first otherwise. It just ain't right. I'm thinking that some of the players on there know something that we don't or either its some error like you said. Also, I've had places change too. My GF got second last night, although she appeared to be in third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul v2 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I played for the first time today. I've noticed that your shells/bananas don't always slow down the person they hit, but if I get hit by one, by golly I get slowed down. Whats up with that? And is that blue aura around every banana and shell? Why make it easier to notice obsticles? I still prefer the N64 version after today. I don't understand why they would make so many bad changes to a great game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecilff2 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Those auras only appear in a team mode. If the aura is the same color as your team it won't hurt you if you hit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majin GeoDooD Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Just got the game today, I've added everyone on the DB so far.. my FC is 1418-7520-5885. Gimme a day or two to play first before I play some online games, heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonectric Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I mean, this guy evaporated four red shells. I would've beaten him for first otherwise. It just ain't right. I'm thinking that some of the players on there know something that we don't or either its some error like you said.Also, I've had places change too. My GF got second last night, although she appeared to be in third. Yeah, I've been dropped into second after crossing the finish line. It was...irritating, to say the least. Especially when it was to a really good racer I had been sweating to catch up to for the last few tracks. I really think I have never cursed at a video game as much as I have at Mario Kart Wii. The fact that he evaporated four shells does make you wonder. But I'd think we would have heard something about a shell-dodging trick by now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 The only game that has pissed me off more than Mario Kart is Blaster Master. Spend two hours getting to the last level. Fall on the spikes. Die. Repeat. I literally broke a Gamecube controller on my forehead playing Mario Kart Double Dash. Anyway, I'm adding you as a friend Majin. Don't be afraid. I can't punch you through the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskyFerret Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I've also had similar strange instances of things occurring on the internet play. Red shells evaporating behind a player, then appearing to hit them 3 seconds later. Someone driving through a bomb I threw right in front of them. This can get irritating when you don't know if someone is actually in the position they appear to be. Biggest place drop was from an apparent 2nd to fifth, when the other players were quite a distance behind. But its all in the fun of the game I guess. I've had one instance of a problem when trying to connect with a friend on worldwide play. It would appear that I was joining him, but for some reason it would put me in a different game altogether. And at other times it wouldn't even recognise he was online even though I knew he was, because I was on the phone to him at the time. I just hope it works when I plan to play him tomorrow night. I've also added/going to add all the people on the database. My number is 3523-2384-7765. Hope to race you guys sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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