Corpse Run 335: It’s all about the green
In reality I wouldn’t make a big deal about someone else picking Yoshi in Mario Kart 64.
I probably wouldn’t even make a small deal about it.
That said, I really do prefer Yoshi; in a game where you’re constantly knocked around by random shells and explosions high acceleration/speed is a great combination. Who needs the benefits of a heavy character anyway?
Players who actually know what they’re doing, I guess… I’m not very good at Mario Kart; Richard routinely kicks my butt when we play it.
…and when we play Kirby’s Dream Course… and Smash Bros…. and Mario Tennis… and Future Cop: LAPD… and pretty much every video game ever.
I’m also the dead weight in Gunstar Heroes…
Jeebus.
Back on topic, character selection in Mario Kart was never a problem while growing up; my sister always picked Toad, who if I recall correctly (and I might have this totally wrong) had the fastest acceleration but had a slower top speed.
Who were your go to guys? Not necessarily in Mario Kart, but any racing game/fighting game/etc?
Finally, a quick video from Saturday. As a part of my job, I slap together slideshows at the end of each session for the kids to watch. In order to make these, I spend a lot of time running around with the camp’s video camera. While hanging around the tennis courts, my friend Laura (who doesn’t appear in the clip), took the camera and turned it on me:
Fun stuff right there.
Luigi. Always Luigi or Baby Luigi for the Wii Mario Kart. Hell, in almost everything involving him except for Smash Bros. I am Luigi. Smash Bros. I am Kirby or Fox.
Also, always try to be York, if that counts, on War of the Roses.
Super smash bros (on emulator): Fox
Super smash bros brawl: Kirby (although I also like Link, Samus or Marth)
Battle Arena Toshinden: Duke (which had a special attack neither me or my brother knew how to counter)
Worms 2: team TEAM17MicroProse
The Elder Scrolls: a Khajiit, because I like playing a thief
Civilization IV: Peter the Great (as my name is Peter)
Age of Empires 2: Celts, because Woad Raiders
Black and White: the ape, because the cow kept eating my people and the tiger was an idiot.
Pokémon: water-based starter
The Battle for Middle Earth (1 & 2): Elves, because Silverthorn arrows
Rollcage: Ria (Always)
And that’s all I can think of at the moment
I’m always Peach… Dunno why… But 99% of my wins were as Peach…
In the SNES version of Mario Kart, I always played koopa, because he had the smartest AI in the game and the easiest way to eliminate that was to play as him.
In Mario Kart 64, I used to always pick Toad as a kid, but then discovered how much fun it is to play a heavy character and shove others out of my way. Wario has a good balance of speed and weight, so now I always play him.
As to the later releases, I don’t care for them enough to have played enough to pick a favorite character. …Please don’t shoot me with a red shell…