Of all the racing games , what is peoples obsession with Mario Kart ?

[mightymuffy]

I never actually managed to do the wario stadium glitch. My little brother on rainbow road on the other hand.... at his peak I swear he had it at about 90% success rate *every lap*.

....I never managed it either! 5 minutes trying and it was a case of 'ahh this is sad!' Rainbow Road I managed a couple of times....

Think Diddy Kong Racing (and CTR) have already been mentioned, clearly the better kart racers in that generation!
Hmmm.. 7 Mario Karts (and I've got/played them all) - list time:

1st - Super Mario Kart
2nd - Mario Kart DS
3rd - Mario Kart Wii
4th - MK 7
5th - MK Super Circuit
6th - MK Double Dash
7th - MK 64

I'm torn between 1st & 2nd though, it's close! As is 3rd & 4th!

 

[The Real Jdbye]

It is exploitable. You could either hang out in the middle of the pack and push ahead in the final 1/4 lap, or fall behind until
the final lap and have the computer push you ahead.

If you fall behind, the computer thinks you suck and helps you out, if you hand in the middle of the pack, then the computer thinks
that you are average and does nothing. The computer can't determine if you are doing it intentionally.



Link to patent.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=aT-pAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

It's neither. He gets an early lead and more or less keeps it for the entire race, being far ahead of everyone else by the end. I'd almost think he was cheating, but that's not possible.
Edit: He's about as good at Sonic Transformed as well. He beat single player in S-class when I even had trouble with some stages in B-class :S

 

[kristianity77]

Mario Kart is the best multiplayer for the simplest of reasons. Anyone, regardless of how good they are, can win. This is because Mario Kart makes use of rubber banding like no other racer ive ever seen. At the back of the pack, you'll get the very best weapons and perks to push you towards everyone else. At the front, youll get nowt but greens shells, bananas etc. For racing purists, this is a bit frustrating. But for out and out fun with mates, its a hell of a lot more fun as no matter how shit you are, or how good you are, your only a stones throw away from being back in the game.

 

[Sakitoshi]

i only have two things to say: Modnation Racers.
that game is a fair kart racer period.

and just to ask, anyone had encountered a bob-omb ace mii on streetpass?? these guys are the most annoying miis you can find that almost made me throw my 3ds for the window.

 

[Hielkenator]

Yeah, the game is unfair and all but if you are good you will still win the majority of the races, when you don't win because of bad luck everyone gets a laugh, it's part of the fun, at least when you are playing locally or in a community. People you play against are aware they won unfairly because of a blue shell so in the end who cares? If you want to prove that you're better than someone at the game for whatever reason you can play timetrials or play single item only, but that kinda ruins the point of the game imo.

? the game is'nt unfair?
you need to have a certain amount of tactics to win the easy way, wich is alway sort of a gamble depending on your opponents
The trick is to not stay on pole position the whole time, save your best lap for last.
When everybody wants to stay 4th or second untill the last lap, the fun really begins.

 

[Opticum]

Mario is awesome. And there is a game, where you can drive a Mario in a kart. And you have race with other characters.
Isn't that awesome?
Anyway a lot of people like race games, and MK is very nice and funny game of this type, additionally with other famous Nintendo characters.