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Title: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Penguin_Of_Thyme on October 16, 2011, 09:32:17 PM

Check out video of Mario Kart 7 that NWR took at New York Comic Con 2011.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/video/28086

Nintendo had the E3 demo of Mario Kart 7 available to play at New York Comic Con this weekend. Watch 7 minutes of footage that Nintendo World Report captured from the show floor below. Also, enjoy footage from Super Mario 3D Land and the 3DS version of Sonic Generations. 

Title: Re: Mario 3D Kart NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Razorkid on October 16, 2011, 10:34:57 PM

Mario Kart looks so smooth on the video and the gliding really looks like it adds a lot to the racing.  I can't wait for this one.  As for Sonic Generations, this video has officially put it on my 2011 buy list.  It looks absolutely phenomenal, and more importantly, fun!

Title: Re: Mario 3D Kart NY Comic Con Video
Post by: DanielM on October 16, 2011, 11:11:52 PM

Yah Mario Kart is looking nice. But then again when hasn't a Mario Kart game been awesome.

Title: Re: Mario 3D Kart NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Caterkiller on October 17, 2011, 01:20:12 AM

Quote from: DanielM on October 16, 2011, 11:11:52 PM

Yah Mario Kart is looking nice. But then again when hasn't a Mario Kart game been awesome.

Double Dash.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: nickmitch on October 17, 2011, 01:37:16 AM

I liked Double Dash!!.

Title: Re: Mario 3D Kart NY Comic Con Video
Post by: KITT 10K on October 17, 2011, 01:45:20 AM

I liked Double Dash too. I loved how you could have 2met characters on one kart and that each pair had special items of their own. I wish they kept that in the ones that did and will follow.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Dasmos on October 17, 2011, 03:47:10 AM

Quote from: Caterkiller on October 17, 2011, 01:20:12 AM

Quote from: DanielM on October 16, 2011, 11:11:52 PM

Yah Mario Kart is looking nice. But then again when hasn't a Mario Kart game been awesome.

Double Dash. Mario Kart 64.

Fixed.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: AV on October 17, 2011, 07:16:45 AM

The detail in mario kart is impressive, it looks better than the wii game

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 17, 2011, 09:13:38 AM

Quote from: Dasmos on October 17, 2011, 03:47:10 AM

Quote from: Caterkiller on October 17, 2011, 01:20:12 AM

Quote from: DanielM on October 16, 2011, 11:11:52 PM

Yah Mario Kart is looking nice. But then again when hasn't a Mario Kart game been awesome.

Double Dash. Mario Kart 64.

Fixed.

Mario Kart 64 may not have aged well, but it was definitely awesome at the time.

Title: Re: Mario 3D Kart NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Ceric on October 17, 2011, 09:32:51 AM

I still stand by to this day that Double Dash is the best Mario Kart.  I love DS and I do like the Wii one.  (Though not enough to own a personal copy because of DS.)  A game I can play with my Mom and she actually enjoy it or with my Son who can enjoy it and its not super critical he does anything is a win.

The Wii U version of Mario Kart definitely needs a DD mode.

Title: Re: Mario 3D Kart NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Tantlerkan on October 18, 2011, 10:21:16 AM

What do the coins actually do?

Title: Re: Mario 3D Kart NY Comic Con Video
Post by: MegaByte on October 18, 2011, 02:26:49 PM

They increase your top speed, the same as in the original game.

Title: Re: Mario 3D Kart NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Caterkiller on October 18, 2011, 05:23:02 PM

I hated Double Dash for the crappy graphics, the extremely narrow tracks for such huge karts, and the over all track design. Not to mention it was the slowest Mario Kart by far, I remember that being an issue during the first preview of E3. 150 cc couldn't even resolve that.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Mop it up on October 18, 2011, 08:51:04 PM

Double Dash was okay, it at least had an interesting dynamic that tried to spice up the gameplay. I consider Mario Kart Super Circuit to be the worst game in the series, although I don't really like any of them besides Mario Kart Wii.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 18, 2011, 08:55:08 PM

Mario Kart DS is the best game in the series, but it's also one of the hardest to get a good game going of. Even with the ridiculous sales of both the game and the system, it's still tougher to get a group together for it than to get four people in front of a TV. The online is broken and fairly limited even if you manage to get a game together where people won't snake. But man, when I was at PAX and in the MKDS tournament it was just amazing.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Mop it up on October 18, 2011, 09:00:16 PM

What's so good about Mario Kart DS? Most of the tracks are pretty simple and don't make good on their overlaying concepts, and the series' awful control before Mario Kart Wii is made even worse by the lack of analogue control.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 18, 2011, 09:45:50 PM

I thought the track design in DS was significantly better than that of Wii, and more tied to actual Mario games, and I feel like the controls are much more precise in DS than in Wii. Mario Kart doesn't really need analog, and DS's controls are much tighter for the lack of it.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Stogi on October 18, 2011, 10:51:54 PM

The best Mariokart is MarioKart: Super Circuit for the GBA.

I've spent many hours playing the 64 version with friends so it'll be near and dear to my heart always (so much drunk driving*), but Super Circuit had it all - The tracks, the tight controls, and the lack of terrible items.

*Drunk Driving is a game where all the contestants start off with an unopened beer. The objective is to finish your beer before winning the race. You cannot drink and drive at the same time. If you want to drink, you have to put down your controller and start chugging.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: nickmitch on October 18, 2011, 11:45:40 PM

That sounds like an awesome game. I'm so gonna do it.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Stogi on October 19, 2011, 02:47:02 AM

Word of advice. Just chug the whole beer from the get go and rack up them lightnings and stars.

Oh and if you lose...you still have to drink your beer.

Title: Re: Mario Kart 7 NY Comic Con Video
Post by: Dasmos on October 19, 2011, 05:03:07 AM

Mario Kart DS is broken and unbalanced. I agree the track designs are great, but trying to find a game online without someone snaking is damn near impossible. (Back when I used to play online that is)

Mario Kart 64 suffered due to its relative early release in the realm of 3D console games (just as Banjo-Kazooie did). People designing early 3D games pretty much forgot what made games good in the transition from 2D to 3D. Mario Kart 64 may have had decent track design if the tracks weren't so inflated and desolate. Just because you can make a track that is 10 minutes long, doesn't mean you should.