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[Geno]

Although....did they bring back hard AI setting for MK8?

Yes.
Yes they did.

The only fun thing about Mirror Mode was running through traffic in Toad's Turnpike and seeing if you could do it without getting hit.

Oh yeah, by the way, MK8 is terrible.
Mirror Mode acts just like 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc.
In that, the cars do NOT change direction!  

Also, I discovered that MK8 has the worst ever feature ever.
If you start driving backwards, after a few seconds, Lakitu picks you up and places you back where you were before driving backwards!
I remember in the older games, playing through the courses in reverse for fun, and going all like "wow, they look so cool!"
And my sister and I would mess about and find secret areas like those climbable walls in MK64's Koopa Troopa Beach, or that long OB track in MKWii's Wario's Gold Mine.

So much for that.


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[Beed28]

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I bet Donkey Kong's going all like "RAAAAGH LOOK AT MY GAPING MOUTH RAAAAGH". Or is he trying to eat the camera?

It's not as great as the Luigi Death Stare, though.

[MusashiAA]

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I bet Donkey Kong's going all like "RAAAAGH LOOK AT MY GAPING MOUTH RAAAAGH".

[Geno]

Huh. So as it turns out, not only does Mario Kart Wii have an unused icon for Paratroopa, but MKWii's Koopa model still has the bones for Paratroopa's wings from MKDD, as well as supposedly a wing texture.

Which means the only things missing for Paratroopa in MKWii are voices and special animations (in other words, not Koopa's) (and maybe red Koopa textures as well?).
So I assume that Paratroopa was pretty close to being finished.

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Did Nintendo REALLY have to (technically) replace him with Baby Daisy?

[BiscuitSlash]

There's also an unused icon for Hammer Bro. Honestly I would love to see Hammer Bro. as a Mario Kart racer. He would certainly be a far better choice than those racers that don't even exist. Honestly I thought Hammer Bro. being a playable character in Mario Party 8 was a neat addition.

[Geno]

I know Hammer Bro has an icon. Petey does too.

However, Paratroopa is the only one to have more than just an icon in MKWii's data.

Since I was bored, I was fooling around in MK8.
Turns out, Lakitu won't turn you around in Time Trials, so I can fool around in that mode all I want!
Of course, the maximum time limit has been decreased from 59:59:999 to just 9:59:99.
And unlike MK64 (the only other game that I maxed out the timer on), the Time Trials match automatically ends when you hit the limit.

But I was able to do some silly things, which even though my Wii U can't connect to the internet, I can still make "screenshots" the old fashioned way! 3DS camera ahoy!

In Wii Moo Moo Meadows, you can glide surprisingly far out of bounds before Lakitu picks you up.

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Also, the colours of the minor enemy characters on the sidelines changes every race (and in some cases, their locations do too!)
Here's two pictures of the same place in two different matches. Also, pissed off Lakitu.

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In Electrodrome, there are Grand Stars on some of the tiles.

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Also in Electrodrome, one of the paths has flashing SMB NES Invincibility Star sprites on the sides.

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Electrodrome again. You know those 2 paths that have these weird square things show up on the screen?
Well, they aren't there if you use rear-view mode!

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Have some neat pictures of DS Wario Stadium's shiny new Wario statue!

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no this will not send you to Noki Bay

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Just like MKWii and MK7, you can do stuff like this (similar thing is happening in that second Wario statue screen)

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have a moving goomb

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Whenever a character is driving on terrain that slows down their Kart, they look downwards

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You can actually get on top of one of the platforms that a collapsing pillar is on in GCN Dry Dry Desert
It is the third of the three ones that actually WERE in the original.

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wow. It's weird how most of those cropped photos ended up being the same size.

[ZeStopper]

So when is that Mercedes Benz DLC coming West?
I really want to pimp up Metal Mario.

[Doctor Jughu]

There's also an unused icon for Hammer Bro. Honestly I would love to see Hammer Bro. as a Mario Kart racer. He would certainly be a far better choice than those racers that don't even exist. Honestly I thought Hammer Bro. being a playable character in Mario Party 8 was a neat addition.

that sounds like kinda good
if they brought back the mission system back from mk DS
they might could used this as a boss icon?

[GameAndWatcher]

I'm just going to leave this list of retro tracks I'd put in Mario Kart 9 here, for no real reason, and in no particular order.

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2 per console (unlikely that Nintendo'll do this considering what they've been doing with the lack of GBA courses in recent titles)
SNES Bowser Castle 3
SNES Vanilla Lake 2 (Both these series of tracks have been long overdue.)
N64 Wario Stadium
N64 Moo Moo Farms again (since at this point all the N64 courses will have reappeared)
GBA Cheese Land (Thank goodness Ninty's taking a break from those GBA Bowser Castles)
GBA Rainbow Road (Gotta keep the Rainbow Road theme going)
GCN Wario Colosseum
GCN Bowser Castle (No others left aside from Rainbow Road, and we've gotta save that for Mario Kart 10)
DS Mario Circuit (was originally Figure-8 Circuit, but I realized the lack of MARIO courses, so it's in its place)
DS Shroom Ridge
Wii DK Summit
Wii Daisy Circuit (Dat Sunset Doe (intentionally skipped out on GBA Sunset Wilds for this)
3DS Rock Rock Mountain
3DS Neo Bowser City (Both these tracks had awesome music)
Wii U Shy Guy Falls down Shy Guy Falls
Wii U Sunshine Airport

Please critique.

[Geno]

You're a little wrong with the amount of GCN courses left.

GCN Mushroom City wasn't remade yet.


But other than that small mistake (that didn't even impact the list!), they all look good.
And I agree that the lack of SNES Bowser Castles, and SNES Vanilla Lakes needs to end
(Same with the lack of "unique GBA courses"basically anything that's not a circuit or a Bowser Castle and DS Circuits even though the DS ones aren't my favourites)


Also, I noticed something.
Considering how MK8 has unique music tracks for each of it's courses (the first to do so), and I assume that newer games will continue that, I thought I'd list how many musics per game (not counting "retro" courses)
The first number is how many unique music tracks there are, the second is the total amount of courses in the game.
The spoilers contain all the tracks that share music.

SMK- 8/20

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4 Mario Circuits
3 Donut Plains
3 Ghost Valleys
3 Bowser Castles
2 Choco Islands
2 Koopa Beaches
2 Vanilla Lakes

MK64 - 11/16

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Luigi Raceway, Mario Raceway, Wario Stadium, and Royal Raceway
Moo Moo Farm and Yoshi Valley
Frappe Snowland and Sherbet Land

MKSC - 13/20

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Peach Circuit, Mario Circuit, and Luigi Circuit
Shy Guy Beach and Cheep Cheep Island
This game has four Bowser Castles
Boo Lake and Broken Pier

MKDD - 10/16

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Luigi Circuit, Mario Circuit, and Yoshi Circuit
Peach Beach and Daisy Cruiser
Mushroom Bridge and Mushroom City
Waluigi Stadium and Wario Colosseum
DK Mountain and Dino Dino Jungle

MKDS - 14/16

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Figure-8-Circuit and Mario Circuit
Waluigi Pinball and Wario Stadium

MKWii - 15/16

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Luigi Circuit and Mario Circuit

MK7 - 14/16

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Toad Circuit and Mario Circuit
Wuhu Loop and Maka Wuhu (PAL: Wuhu Island Loop and Wuhu Mountain Loop JPN: Wuhu Island 1 and Wuhu Island 2)

MK8 - 16/16

So, in the order of most music tracks to least music tracks, it goes
MK8, MKWii, MK7, MKDS, MKSC, MK64, MKDD, SMK.

[GameAndWatcher]

You're a little wrong with the amount of GCN courses left.

GCN Mushroom City wasn't remade yet.

I completely forgot about Mushroom City, thought it had been remade (I guess I was thinking of the MKWii custom track).
In that case, I'm going to replace Wario Colosseum with it. When I revise it, I mean. I don't really want two Wario tracks. (I wouldn't mind multiple Bowser Castles, though, considering one of them is from a game with 4 of them.)

[Geno]

Err, SMK has THREE Bowser Castles, not four.

I think you're thinking of MKSC.

Still, I think it's good to keep Wario Colosseum for a console installment.
I dunno. It just seems that the MKDD courses happen to always be downgraded when on a handheld system.

[GameAndWatcher]

Err, SMK has THREE Bowser Castles, not four.

I think you're thinking of MKSC.

I can be an idiot sometimes. Thanks for pointing that out.

Still, I think it's good to keep Wario Colosseum for a console installment.
I dunno. It just seems that the MKDD courses happen to always be downgraded when on a handheld system.

Nintendo always alternates between making a new handheld then a new home console and back and etc., so Wario Colosseum (post-track-list-revision) would probably be on a console. (Only assuming if my choices are the same as Nintendo's, which most likely it's not.)
Edit: Fixed a typo on the title of the thread.    How long has it been there?

[Mr.Faq2014]

Does someone here know something about MKWii Custom tracks and textures stuff?

[GameAndWatcher]

Does someone here know something about MKWii Custom tracks and textures stuff?

Yep, I've got the CTGP installed on my Wii.