It always seemed like a kiddie game that’s not meant to be taken seriously, but apparently a bunch of people in their 20s and 30s take it very seriously.
Why? Isn’t it pretty much random and unfair by design?
Do people really get hours of fun out of losing races due to catch-up mechanics?
It’s fun because you never know what will happen. It’s not totally random, the more skilled players will tend to win more often than not, just not every time. Also there are other game modes than just racing. Back when me and my friends played on SNES and N64, it was almost always battle mode.
Yup. In a regular racing game, if one person knows how to play, they’re going to wreck everyone else, and that’s not fun. Mario Kart is more accessible, and the items, it adds an extra influence element to the game.
That’s fair.
I honestly forgot about all the fun I had at a friend’s house playing the battle mode. Thanks for the memories.
Why do people like video games?
It always seemed like a kiddie hobby that’s not meant to be taken seriously, but apparently a bunch of people in their 20s and 30s take it very seriously.
Ironically, the older you get, the better video games are for you, flexing your memory and hand-eye coordination.
I don’t understand why it’s difficult to see the appeal. To me it’s just like watching TV, but you can participate.
Edit: I was never big on racing games but boy I loved Excite Truck on Wii back in the day.
Whacky Wheels forever! Fuck Nintendo!
Rock and Roll racing on the Genesis.
I’ve been playing racing games ever since I was a kid but was never into Nintendo. I played everything from Crash Team Racing to Assetto Corsa and everything in between, but never own a Mario Kart game.
Just in the last year my roommate picked up a Wii U and I played through 8. It doesn’t necessarily do anything that other racing games haven’t individually done better and there’s nothing truly unique.
That being said, the one thing it does better than anyone else is precision and feedback. It is exceptionally tight and responsive compared to others like it. It’s also just incredibly well animated and visually consistent. The game still looks good a decade later, no issues.
I would akin a lot of what Nintendo does to Apple. Not necessarily the first, or the most powerful, but almost always the most polished.
Have you ever played Mario kart racing on mushrooms? Holy balls good times and laughs.
It’s the only racing game I’ve ever been good at. 🤷🏻♂️
Do people really get hours of fun out of losing races due to catch-up mechanics?
I regularly get blue shelled and I still smoke people. There’s still lots of strategy in the game and randomization is something that keeps games fresh. At the end of the day it’s an arcade racer, not everything has to be Gran Turismo
The only thing that comes to mind is that it’s a Nintendo game and most people with Nintendo consoles don’t have access to the variety of games that the rest of us do.
They’re kind of stuck with whatever Nintendo puts out, so I guess it makes sense they would value it more.
I remember when I first bought my Gamecube… I had to sign an agreement that I would never play a non-Nintendo property again. “How could they ever enforce this?” I thought. Little did I know that the next day, the Sony SWAT Team would be bursting into my house to extract my Playstation. It was absolutely terrifying.
I haven’t played a single non-Nintendo game since.
