[Cool King]

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD What I do with the Crazy 8, is the second I hit a straightaway I fucking unload everything in the direction with the most opponents. The monster plant is really good during traffic or hazards. That fucker will eat almost anything provided he's not in recovery of his last chomp. Son of a bitch ate a boomerang coming back at me. Crazy. The boomerang is basically a green shell with a second try tied to it. If you miss the first shot you can angle behind the other guy and ensure he gets hit on the rebound. It's also good for getting a red shell of your ass if you time it right. Yeah Battle Mode is shit. It's only remotely viable a gametype on the smallest, simplest track (the first track), and even then I wish for an arena map. Kinda crazy they didn't roll with that for whatever reason. If DLC is to be attempted, let it be arena maps for Battle Mode.

I've slightly grown use to the Boomerang Flower now , it's not great, but it's ok. I still don't like the Piranha Plant, and I now just get rid of the Crazy Eight as soon as I get it as I don't give a damn about it.

Originally Posted by Fignuts Mario Kart 8 is fucking tits. New tracks are so fun, and they picked some good oldies too. Can't wait to get some friends, a case of beer, and go nuts.

Ditto, though I was hoping to see more tracks from the Super Nintendo, GameCube and Wii. Tracks such as Koopa Beach, Choco Island 2, Daisy Cruiser, DK Mountain, Waluigi Stadium, Peach Gardens and Toad's Factory. Any of them would have been nice. Also, having Baby Park back would have been great, considering how crazy the game can get and even more so when playing online.

I'm just slightly disappointed at the lack of "old" older tracks, but that's probably down to me being a little biased when it comes to this sort of stuff. For example, I love Super Mario Kart, so I was hoping to see more tracks from it but instead, there's only one.

Originally Posted by Fignuts Reiterating though, that after this game they need to do something to keep the franchise fresh, like incorporate all Nintendo franchises into the series.

I've been thinking about that kind of stuff myself. Characters is one thing I was thinking about. I was thinking which new characters can they introduce to the next one. So far, I've got Kamek, a Hammer Brother, a Pianta and a Noki from Isle Delfino, Professor E. Gadd and a Bandit from Yoshi's Island.

If they were to incorporate other Nintendo franchises, then wouldn't a name change have to happen, as it would no longer be "Mario Kart" but more "Nintendo Kart"?