I really enjoyed the fact that there are two Rainbow Roads in one game, even because I've had the opportunity to try the older one like 2-3 times in my childwood xD

Rainbow Road 7's music is simply amazing <3

Derekku wrote: 5h5e

Rainbow Road 7's music is simply amazing <3

This. Someone should map it. It's gooooood. I prefer Daisy Hills' music, though, but that's mainly because I have absolutely no taste (as anybody who knows me knows ).

But yeah, this game's track selection is great. They picked, like, all of my favorite courses from past MK games. And, my internet's at least manageable now, so <3. I'm going to be playing this for a long time.

jjrocks wrote: o5b4w

And with that the "osu!" community in mairo kart is ready to go! It's set as 150cc Grand Prix with all items on. Happy racing y'all~

The code for the community is: 22-4025-4967-5370

ed. Let's kart sometime, bictches........

Derekku wrote: 5h5e

Rainbow Road 7's music is simply amazing <3

Did I just hear a 64 remix...? This is simply too great.

Oh, what would be the best way to organize a game with you guys? #videogames? Something else?

Also, voice chat rules. Preferred means of voice chat? Skype? Mumble? I don't have Ventrilo but I guess I could install that too if you guys preferred.

I'm around generally anywhere between 7pm-12am EST. I'll lurk in #videogames or something and you can highlight me if you want to play...

3DS friend code in case you want to drop in on a worldwide game: 0817 - 3769 - 4108 (let me know if you add me and I will add you too)

I always lurk in #videogames, hl me if you want to play!~ Maybe we should do like...weekly races

Soaprman, I added you~ also, mine is 1848 - 1820 - 2782
*subscribes to topic*

Alright, I added you too! And a weekly race would be a cool idea... gotta find a time when everyone's around though. I personally can't commit to Friday nights but any other weeknight would probably work for me. Not too sure about times on the weekend.

Aww man, now I wanna . Guess I'll order this

jj & soapr: My internet's fixed! ^_^ I'll add you two and post my FC here soon.

EDIT: 3050 7685 5267

Bought the game, ed the community and subscribed to this thread. Weekends are best for me if we're going to have a weekly races.

Also:

jjrocks wrote: o5b4w

And with that the "osu!" community in mairo kart is ready to go!

Am I the only one who noticed tihs?

Just got the game today, hopefully I'll be able to get some races in with you guys.

We got a few games in last night before JJ had to do homework and Ekaru's internet went to shit. It was fun! Maybe we can try again tonight or this weekend.

Weekly races on weekends is probably most likely since people being in such different time zones makes scheduling on weekdays a bit tough.

What time did you get around to playing?

I get the feeling I'd have to be up at like 5am, which is fine and all.

Was around 7-8pm I think? Might be a bit off there. EST (GMT-5). Not sure if that'll be the "normal time" or not, but it's the earliest I can do on weeknights usually.

That would be around 2-3 am for me. Well I do stay up on the weekends so it would be acceptable.

Good news: my internet's stable now. I just did 7 races in a row on MKWii without any significant lag (a fraction of a second, which is normal) or DC issues.

Bad news: Still lag (we're talking entire SECONDS here... not normal) and DCing on 3DS games. I'm going to try DMZing later and see if that fixes it. If not I'll Nintendo's sooner or later.

I'll perhaps in a couple of weeks when I have more time!

Derekku wrote: 5h5e

I'll perhaps in a couple of weeks when I have more time!

Hurray! \o/

Also, I did indeed try DMZing. It's... it's... beautiful. *sniff sniff* AKA it actually works now. Hurray!

Derekku wrote: 5h5e

I'll perhaps in a couple of weeks when I have more time!

And great news about the net thing, Ekaru! I should be around tomorrow if you wanna give it a retry.

I love Mario Kart 7
just awesome :3 Even though i get the feeling that the red koopa shell acts like the blue shell because it follows you through the whole track.

What is your favourite racing track?
My fav. New track is Dk Jungle and Retro Rainbow Road Snes
I guess that i have to start online

I love gliding through the air
Yoshi <3

Edit: I am disappointed that there is no Mission modus like in the DS version :'( it was easy but also cool

Red shells have worked that way for a long time now... of course, with the ability to drag items behind you, it's not so hard to defend against them.

I like that they keep bringing retro tracks back. It's nice seeing old tracks with a fresh coat of paint and the choices are always good because there pretty much aren't any bad tracks to choose from. The way they incorporated the glider in some of the old levels was really nice this time!

Soaprman wrote: 3v724a

Red shells have worked that way for a long time now... of course, with the ability to drag items behind you, it's not so hard to defend against them.

I know but this time it seems extreme to me :3
My rivals are half track behind me but they hit me with the red shell ... tooo bad i never got items by me

Know what's nice?

I no longer get single bananas in 7th place. That was the most frustrating thing in the Wii version, when you're coming 10th.

Rantai wrote: 495a4v

Know what's nice?

I no longer get single bananas in 7th place. That was the most frustrating thing in the Wii version, when you're coming 10th.

I found getting a thundercloud when nobody's around you to be way worse.

Maybe you should drive with more people around and stop being so antisocial, punk.

Besides the online on Mario Kart Wii, the Wii version of Mario Kart generally was a step down from Mario Kart DS (tricks are decent though...and so was the online)

Good about Mario Kart 7 because of:
[*]Sky and Water modes for the karts
[*]Newer machines, hopefully all are NOT broken (unlike DS)
[*]New set of retro courses (Maybe from MKWii)

Some flaws:
[*]If the RETIRE system was brought from WR64 and 1080 (Get hit too many times or fall from the course, you lose).
[*]The default controls aren't excellent; fair. If button config shows up, then this is the FIRST Mario Kart to use a button config feature. I want weapon firing as A button instead of L.

I think I'll be getting it for Christmas so hopefully I'll be able to you guys in a couple weeks ^_^

31Gabe: Well, see, what you do is you play the game, and then two good things happen. You find out whether it has any of the things you mention, and you're playing Mario Kart!

0_o: Look forward to seeing you on the track.

5026-4447-9979

Almost forgot to set this up on my 3DS >.<

Rantai wrote: 495a4v

5026-4447-9979

Almost forgot to set this up on my 3DS >.<

Oh snap, looks like you already me to your friendslist, I'll be more than happy to play tomorrow~

Ekaru: you should update the OP with 3DS friend codes as they get posted.

Soaprman wrote: 3v724a

Ekaru: you should update the OP with 3DS friend codes as they get posted.

Okay, I'll do it after I wrap up my English stuff.

Welp, I 3 starred every single grand prix, I'm ready for online races.

jjrocks wrote: o5b4w

Welp, I 3 starred every single grand prix, I'm ready for online races.

I should be able to you whenever my bro's not ing crap, then. You know why?

Because it turns out that somebody had hacked our connection! No bloody wonder our internet was so inconsistent over the past two weeks. My guess is that they hacked us the day before MK7 came out, because that's when the issues started. Also, one or two days ago my mom was told that her email had been hacked and was sending spam emails to people. Well, having a hacked connection explains everything! Then today our internet was going at 10 kps speeds, so I looked at the logs and figured it out. Changed + key, and now it's working properly.

I'll update the first post soon BTW; I need to celebrate first.

I have this. Bug me on IRC for races.

The big new gimmick is hang-gliding. With this information, what N64 level should've been in here? That's right, Royal Raceway. I would've been perfectly OK if they removed Luigi Raceway and shuffled stuff around to make that happen, but oh well.

Including Royal Raceway would have been a good idea, yeah, but I wouldn't want to give up Luigi Raceway for it. I love Luigi Raceway... it's so swingy.

If I had to give up a track for Royal Raceway, it'd probably be Mushroom Gorge... not sure why, but I don't care for that track too much.

i used to love mariokart

then i found forza motorsport :\

Come to think of it, all the courses from MK64 are Mushroom Cup courses. What's up with that?

N64 had 16 courses and 8 have been featured as retro courses in newer games already. Not that many left to use. Guess they wanted to use the three they did instead any of these: Toad's Turnpike, Wario Stadium, Royal Raceway, Yoshi Valley, Rainbow Road.

Maybe I will save for a 3ds and for this game in february.
Hope to see more good titles like this in 2012.

I got it today
I'm still on 50cc but did Rainbow Road just got harder? I liked the moon part anyways.

ed the osu! community~

Derekku wrote: 5h5e

ed the osu! community~

Post your FC in the 3DS thread so we can randomly your WW races.

JUST ED MYSELF IN THE OSU COMMUNITY ALSO

Ekaru wrote: 2h4253

...No Thundercloud.

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard to be done to Mario Kart. And yet I haven't even started playing Mario Kart 7.

Got it and ed the osu! community

Friend code 4682 - 8543 - 0494

Also considering how osu! is a music game I'm surprised nobody mentioned music highway/Music Park. That course is just awesome.

Currently playing Mario Kart with CDFA and Soapr. Come in and !

Damn, I'm going to get a 3DS soon, don't worry! I'll you JJ!

ed the community. Also, my FC is 0602-6573-5201.

0_0 and Sopar still playing on worldwide, feel free to when you guys can.

I'll live blog a bit while I'm here

Race 1: Ultra traffic jam at the end, I go from 3rd to 6th
Race 2: Neo Bowser City, had to quit to help a friend, 0_o leaves for a bit
Race 3: Dino Dino Jungle, Soapr gets first like a boss
Race 4: DINO DINO JUNGLE, Sopar 1st I get Fourth. People keep on missing that shortcut
Race 5: DK , Soapr 2nd JJ 3rd NO BLUE SHELLS
Race 6: Toad Circut I....got first, Soapr 3rd. He shelled himself. I played it cool in the back until the very end
Race 7: Mushroom gorge, Soapr,1st JJ 3rd Yoshi flew over me near the end ;-;
Bomber34 ed
Race 8: Koopa Beach, bomber34 1st JJ 4th Soapr 7th Blue shill hit soapr, I got lucky at the end, let me tell you that.
Faceman s
Race 9: DK Jungle, Soapr 2nd bomber 3rd 0_o 4th JJ 5th Intense race but 1-4 and 5-8 where split up by sooo much
Xgor s
Race 10: Shy Guy Bazar, I didn't see the results but I got 2nd Soapr 5th JJ 6 bomber 7 0_o ...maybe
Race 11: Rainbow road 1 Sopar 2.Yoshi 3.0_0 4.bomber 5.xgor 6.JJ CURSE YOU RAINBOW RAOD
Race 12: Airship Fortress 1 JJ 2. Soapr 3. bomber34 4. James 8. Xgor NO BLUE SHELL AGAIN.
Jacob s
Soapr s again
Race 13: Music Park 2. JJ 3. James 4. bomber34 4. Xgor 8. Jacob
Race 14: 2. Xgor 3. bomber34 4. 0_0 5. JJ 6. Soapr SNES Rainbow Road Fell of the road THREE TIMES
Race 15: Bowsers Castle 2. JJ 3. bobmber34 4. 0_o 5. xgor 8 Jacob Castle Blue shell at the very last second for me ;-;
Race 16: Maka Wuhu 2. Xgor 5. bomber34 6. Soapr WAY TOO CLOSE XGOR
Race 17: Bowsers Castle I FORGET
Race 18: Forget 1. Xgor 5. JJ 7 Soapr. 8 Bomber 3RD TO 5TH RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FINISH LINE

that's ithttp://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/po/122658That's it for me, Wonderful time with you guys, if you want you can keep on playing!

In Race 1 I was in second at the very last turn, with 3 bananas trailing me and a mushroom. I ditch the bananas to use the mushroom at the last second. I then get owned by 2 red shells and finish 7th.

And that, my friends, is Mario Kart in a nutshell. If only it wasn't so fun.

And yeah, I left to change my kart to something with more acceleration since I clearly needed it

Everything race 12 onward is a computer-controlled ghost of me because my connection keeps dying. We are still playing though!

edit: I'm not playing anymore... not sure if anyone else is or not. My net's acting up too much. I will be on more tonight though...

also, added Blazevoir. Make sure you also post your code in the 3DS thread!

Whoever said that the items were more balanced is silly :<. I went from 1st to 8th while racing with JJ and Soapr :<

Also, added blaziken.

Shy Guy Bazar was awful to me :'(

i was first, then 3 red shells, and then i crashed into the canyon and i was the last one D:
Even though i got 2x 3 mushrooms ... good thing i got the banzai bill rocket

CDFA wrote: 2s6v1k

Also, added blaziken.

Added you (and everyone else here) too

): was out running errands earlier and missed the party, it seems

Also: I hope none of you exploit the glitch in Maka Wuhu :I

Derekku wrote: 5h5e

): was out running errands earlier and missed the party, it seems

Also: I hope none of you exploit the glitch in Maka Wuhu :I

I don't think anyone did, I was keeping track and all the osu players seemed fine (except maybe Xgor)

Add our friend codes in the 3DS thread and post yours so we can add you. When we played today, it was in a worldwide game and it was a bunch of us chained together by ing friends' games.

As for Maka Wuhu, I don't use it if there are people I know in the room because it's more fun to actually play the entire track. Against randoms though I'll use it because they're going to use it.

If anyone does the glitch in a community game with friends who don't all prefer it then they're just an asshole and that's all there is to say on the matter.

Also, as horrible as the place is, we use #videogames as a meetup spot. So highlight one of us in there for an on-demand game?

Just updated the 3DS thread and added my friend code there~

Soaprman wrote: 3v724a

As for Maka Wuhu, I don't use it if there are people I know in the room because it's more fun to actually play the entire track. Against randoms though I'll use it because they're going to use it.

So THAT explains why that track is really popular, lol.

Anyway, I'll probably do the same as you (that, and monitor the touch screen during that part of the race).

Thing is, I don't get why people spam-pick the track. Most people who have played a few games online are at least aware of the trick if they don't already know how to do it, and one person spamming the track doesn't make it get picked much more often... certainly not enough to give any significant boost in VR. Maybe they just feel cool doing it or maybe they particularly enjoy racing the same 2/3 of a track as much as possible. I really don't know!

(also, added Derekku)

Eh, who knows...

Anyway, *spams Waluigi Pinball*

Yeah, they just want to increase their VR and ruin the fun for everyone else.

It's even worse when there's more than one person doing it... This morning I was playing online and THREE people kept spamming the track and exploiting the glitch. I eventually just ragequit because since maps automatically end 30 seconds after someone crosses the finish line, most players don't even get to finish. :I

Blazevoir wrote: 6ij51

Eh, who knows...

Anyway, *spams Waluigi Pinball*

Naw dawg, everyone knows ? is the best level.

And yeah, I guess there's always the "problem u mad im so epic troll guy" aspect of spamming Maka Wuhu too.

Honestly, they should put a restriction on how many times you can race on one track during one session or patch the game (not sure how that'll work, but...).

From what I've read, it doesn't seem like it's possible to patch, but I'm thinking that the track could at least be blocked from online play...

Was anything ever done about the Volcano glitch in MKWii? :/

Another glitch I'll have to look up...

whoooooops >.>;;;

Son of a, seriously?

Damn.

...

Woooooooooooooooooooooow...

Anyway, I don't even play MKWii anymore, so I wouldn't know.

Derekku wrote: 5h5e

whoooooops >.>;;;

That one can only be done in time trials though. There's another one that can be done in any race. Although the glitch in this game is pretty bad.

*suddenly, re all the MK64 glitches* Ah, nostalgia...

Anyway, I'm up for a race anytime within 12 PM - 12 AM CST (GMT -6) assuming I don't have anything else to do.

I only spam retro Rainbow road because i love the song Maybe i map it sometime ... but i suck at mapping D:

I don't know which glitch you mean? because when i play the track online nobody do this ^^
Btw who cares about your online points? I don't even know how some people got 3 stars next to their name

Btw i really didn't know so many people from osu! played yesterday xD because i only recorgnized JJ, soaprman and Xgor ...
(maybe because the others didn't add me )

bomber34 wrote: o1q2a

I only spam retro Rainbow road because i love the song Maybe i map it sometime ... but i suck at mapping D:

I don't know which glitch you mean? because when i play the track online nobody do this ^^
Btw who cares about your online points? I don't even know how some people got 3 stars next to their name

Btw i really didn't know so many people from osu! played yesterday xD because i only recorgnized JJ, soaprman and Xgor ...
(maybe because the others didn't add me )

My name is just "no" on 3DS, so you might not recognize me :>.

Although I don't think I've raced against you yet :<.

CDFA wrote: 2s6v1k

My name is just "no" on 3DS, so you might not recognize me :>.

Although I don't think I've raced against you yet :<.

I wanna race against you
Edit: This part is unimportant now

bomber34 wrote: o1q2a

Btw who cares about your online points? I don't even know how some people got 3 stars next to their name

For the Wii, it's if you only keep using the Wii Wheel long enough. For the 3DS, if you keep using gyro controls.

Blazevoir wrote: 6ij51

bomber34 wrote: o1q2a

Btw who cares about your online points? I don't even know how some people got 3 stars next to their name

For the Wii, it's if you only keep using the Wii Wheel long enough. For the 3DS, if you keep using gyro controls.

No .3. You just get 3 stars on every single grand prix in the game

You get a black wheel for using gyro controlls, though, right?

Yeah, a black wheel if you're using gyro controls. It turns into a gold wheel if you win a lot with gyro controls or something? Not sure. I've seen a golden wheel online only once.

Playing Mario Kart 7 with Dangaard more live blogging!

Race 1: Wuhu Loop 1. JJ
CDFA s
Race 2: Kalimari Desert 2. CDFA 3. JJ STUPID TRAINS KILLING ME >:U
Dangaard s
Soapr s
Race 3: Toad Circuit 2. JJ (I was busy so I didn't see the rest) BLUE SHELL AT THE END RAAAAWR
Race 4: Waluigi Pinball 1. JJ 2. Dangaard Heet him with a green shell last second
Blazevoir s
Xgor s
Race 5: Luigi Raceway 2. Dangaard 5. Xgor 7. Blazevoir
Dangaard leaves
CDFA s
Race 6: Maka Wuhu 1. Blazevoir 3. CDFA 4. JJ 6. Xgor No one cheated, I'm glad c:
Race 7: Kalamari Desert 1. JJ 2. Xgor 3. Blazevoir 6. CDFA 8. Soapr Blueshell kindly waited for me
Race 8: Bowsers Castle 1. JJ 2. Xgor 3. Blazevoir 5. CDFA 6. Soapr lol that blueshell kindly hit the first place person for me c:
Race 9: Rock Rock Mountain 1. Jj 2. Blazevoir 3. CDFA 5. Xgor That was super awesome c:
COMMUNITY SWITCH
Dangaard s
JJ s
Blazevoir s
CDFA s
0_o s
Race 10: Rainbow Road 1. 0_o 2. Blazevoir 3. JJ 4. Dangaard 5. CDFA That place is crazy
Race 11: Airship Fortress 1. Dangaard 2. JJ 3. Blazevoir 4. CDFA 5. 0_o
Race 12: SNES Rainbow Road 5. JJ too busy to look
Race 13: Music Park 1. Blazevoir 2. JJ 3. 0_o 4. CDFA 5. ? That was fun
Blazevoir wins grand prix
Xgor s
bomber34 s
WHO IS CODY
Race 14: 1. Blaze 2. bomber 3. Cody 4. Xgor 5. JJ 6. Dangaard
Race 15: Mushroom Gorge 1. Cody 2. blaze 6. JJ
Race 16: SNES Rainbow Road PUSHED OFF SO MANY TIMES
Race 17: Rainbow Road
Grand Prix Winner: Blazevoir
Race 18: Luigi Circuit I GOT FIRST FOR ONCE YAAAAAY
Race 19: Maka Wuhi ;-; curse you shortcut cuuuurse you
Race 20:
I won <3

jjrocks wrote: o5b4w

No .3. You just get 3 stars on every single grand prix in the game

Wait, really? I thought the stars were just based on how much you used gyro controls...

Meh... Not that it matters... I can't STAND not having 3 stars on each Grand Prix.

I have a healthy mix of 1-3 star ranks and unplayed Mirror cups.

WHO IS CODY!

Dear "Cody": spamming Maka Wuhu to get useless internet points in a small community is a pretty douchey thing to do. The rest of us prefer racing on an entire track to racing on 2/3 of a track.

Someone should edit the OP to note that we prefer playing without glitching and that glitchers are frowned upon and make great item targets during races.

Seriously... Nintendo needs to restrict how often you can spam a track >_> *looks at Cody AKA (possibly) Foggen*

The who is cody game is fun
I spam rainbow road because i can (until i played it one time ^^)
btw i don't even know what you are talking about? which glitch
because i really don't get it

A way to skip nearly 1/3 of the track by falling off at a certain point and having Lakitu drop you much further into the track. You don't need a mushroom to do it... just need to land within a sweet spot in the water.

Is it alright to vote on Maku Wuhu if we won't actually use the exploit and don't spam it?

rust45 wrote: 1m2867

Is it alright to vote on Maku Wuhu if we won't actually use the exploit and don't spam it?

In a no-glitch community, yes. On Worldwide... not really.

Can't wait for school to begin again so I can play online properly again! ^_^

If you meet a Konata Mii, that's probably me. I don't pick Maka Wuhu, but if someone else does I usually use the glitch, cause that's why most people pick this course.
btw: Cody is stalking me :U

airship is best!

Soaprman wrote: 3v724a

A way to skip nearly 1/3 of the track by falling off at a certain point and having Lakitu drop you much further into the track. You don't need a mushroom to do it... just need to land within a sweet spot in the water.

ty very much
I never use glitches, cheats and stuff like that ^^
(only in singelplayer offline after beating the game )

I guess Mario Kart 64 had the most glitchy shortcuts.
btw it was really great to play with you <3

We should add "kart" to our highlights so you can say "kart" and people will know what's going on!

I'll probably do that for a while unless it gets rapid-spammed, lol.

Anyway, how often are community races?

Soaprman wrote: 3v724a

We should add "kart" to our highlights so you can say "kart" and people will know what's going on!

wouldn't it be smarter if we write Mariokart as higlight so that the danger of spam is more reduced?

Good point... but if we're going to do that, why not make it a specific phrase? I'm going to nominate "kartparty".

Finally 3-starred everything. Had everything but 2 cups on 150cc and but kept getting hit with blue shells at the end of races thus screwing up the chance for a 3-star. :I

Unfortunately, I'll be out-of-state for the rest of the week, but perhaps I can finally a kartparty when I get back!

I've ed the osu! community but i'm not giving my friend code just yet.

Just give me a shout on IRC by highlight or PM (look for Remmy, I'm rarely on osu! client anymore) if we get a bunch of racers together