Critical Hit | 8 Examples of Mario Kart 8s Broken Item Balancing

and THAT!!! is why I still play 7 over 8 any day of the week. It's honestly one of the most balanced Mario Karts ever which is sad how a handheld beats out the console version. The good news is with SSB4 Nintendo is getting used to "Patching" so to speak so it is "Possible" they fix 8. Until then I'll stick with either 7 or the N64 version.

They need to cut down on triple mushrooms, or just not make EVERYONE get them. They become so useless since everyone gets them. There's also been a lot of races where I get absolute trash weapons and I'm right at the back. Stuff like a single green shell and loads of single mushrooms, which is never going to help ever!

The balance seems so weird in MK8, I definitely think they hit the nail on the head with MK7. I never remember complaining much about weapons in that game.

Stuff like a single green shell and loads of single mushrooms, which is never going to help ever!

Definitely - those weak items at the back are useless, particularly the green shells when there's no-one in front. Needs more Golden Mushrooms, at least, or stars. Stars seem a bit gimped this time round, though.

and THAT!!! is why I still play 7 over 8 any day of the week. It's honestly one of the most balanced Mario Karts ever which is sad how a handheld beats out the console version.

True - I agree, didn't have many issues with that one.

Really, they need to make it more like MKWii (just less frantic) and MK7.

Viendra said:
and THAT!!! is why I still play 7 over 8 any day of the week. It's honestly one of the most balanced Mario Karts ever which is sad how a handheld beats out the console version. The good news is with SSB4 Nintendo is getting used to "Patching" so to speak so it is "Possible" they fix 8. Until then I'll stick with either 7 or the N64 version.

OT: trust me they will patch it by the time mario kart 8's 2nd dlc comes out if you people gather enough people on miiverse and make some NOISE. maybe it will happen before the 2nd pack comes out.

( Edited 01.01.2015 06:06 by Brando67854321 )

Mmmh while I DO win more often at MK7 than 8, I still do prefer 8 overall for the actual racing. The only things really bothering me, and I've been saying so quite a few times already in the forums , are the item balancing and the battle mode which is utterly crap XD. But the actual racing I prefer way wayyyy more in 8 and also the online seems to be more stable for me in 8 than in 7. Both games are good in my opinion, but my own preference still goes to 8. It's the most fun I had with a MK game in a long time and for me it's not quite as frantic as MKWii, at least against the CPU, it's far more bearable.

Well the main thing to admit is its all opinion based. For me N64 will always be the best. Hopefully Nintendo fixes 8 soon

Yeah, I'm the same, Rudy. Despite some problems, I still love Mario Kart 8 the most of any Mario Kart game. The actual racing is perfection and the most polished of any of the games in the franchise.

Marzy said:
Yeah, I'm the same, Rudy. Despite some problems, I still love Mario Kart 8 the most of any Mario Kart game. The actual racing is perfection and the most polished of any of the games in the franchise.

For me Mario Kart Double Dash had the best Battle modes, but not the best arenas. Best arenas, I 'm not sure which one that would be. MKDS I guess, cause it had Block Fort from MK64 . I can't remember the name of the kinda similar arena in MKWii too, which I loved as well . Battle Arenas should have been brought back already and most certainly NOT as paid DLC !!

Interesting to read other people's thoughts. Before this article I would not have thought I would be in the minority here in thinking that Mario Kart 8 does item balancing very well.

Yes! The item system in this game is utterly broken. I have never gotten a bullet in the entire time that I'm playing, where's others seem to get them all the time. Also, in this game it seems to be possible for multiple people to get bullets at the same time, where as in previous games it seemed only one at a time. But by far the worst offender is are the mushrooms, which pop up far to frequently in 3-1st place.