Let’s get straight into it, because every time I play online there’s at least one dumbass who shouldn’t have a karting license.
Lightning – Do not mash the item button the second you get a lightning. Look at the damn map. If you get a lightning, chances are you’re pretty far back so you need all the help you can get! Watch 1st place and use the lightning when he’s over a gap or in a difficult spot. If there’s a tunnel, use it in the FIRST half of the tunnel so they get put back before it, not after it, because that can help them. Also make sure to watch other players’ items; if someone has a star when you use the lightning, you’re practically handing them the race lead. Resist the urge for instant lightning gratification and you’ll unlock your inner karting power.
Don’t fight for scraps – This is a highly competitive yet highly balanced game and if you’re good enough to do one error free race then you’re good enough to win. Never give up and start firing items backwards, always aim AHEAD. If 1st place is blocking with a banana, shoot that shell to the side and try and get a rebound shot. It happens; think of all the rebound shots that hit YOU. Never settle for 2nd until it’s over and unleash everything you can on the leader. The best victories are the ones that seem out of reach.
Repeating tracks – I don’t care if you’ve spent all night practicing Bowser’s Castle in Time Trial. I don’t care if your WHEELS aren’t suited to underwater tracks. When your track is chosen, don’t pick it AGAIN immediately after. It’s cool to have a favourite, but there’s 32 tracks and we shouldn’t be racing on the same track twice in a row. Picking the same track 20 times in a row just shows how scared you are of losing. I can smell fear and it makes me drive faster.
Metal Mario – He’s lame and you’re lame. We get it, you unlocked him by playing a lot. You’ve picked the fastest secret character, now you have no excuse for losing. You and your 5 Metal Mario friends can enjoy sinking to the bottom of the grid in mass confusion.
Playing Single Player – It’s amazing how many people have the 3 star logo for clearing single player races a hundred times. Every second you play with single player bots you get dumber and lose your strategic edge. The mode is great for killing your awareness and leaving you vulnerable to item placement from real people.
Sore Loser – OK, you didn’t win. It’s not a big deal, nobody can win every race. Things happen; shells ricochet off walls, lightning comes at bad times (see above), bombs can drop in the perfect (worst) place. Some races just won’t go your way, that doesn’t mean you have to start driving backwards to prove a point or stop before the line; “hurp durp I should have won”. You lose all respect when you start doing that; a worthy competitor would happily cross the line in 2nd because he knows he tried his best. People notice bad behavior, so don’t be surprised if you become a target.
NOA REGGIE is watching.
I hope you use these tips to improve your experience, and mine! Happy Karting!
IS YOUR BODY READY?
Hey you aren’t you in a community? Post your community code I wanna race against you. I am a GREAT Jamaican racer.
Get N or get OUT!!!
still waiting pietriots
Feel free to find our community. We have this place called a “web site,” and in it, there’s links.
@ prodaisy
I want the community that he is playing… In the above article it seems that he is very good. I like to play against player who are. So I want the community that he is playing in to join. I don’t wanna search for any random community
Get N or get out!!!
Let me guess, you use Metal Mario?
The Pietriots community is mainly for events, we race worldwide on a normal day. Leave your 3DS friend code in the Community room and i’ll add you, and i’ll be happy to race when our paths cross.
My problem is none of the above. Because of lag, I have crap teleporting all over the place. I can’t rebound a shell if I can even be sure of your position infront of me. Hell, I have rammed people with shells to no effect.
Doesn’t matter how good of a racer you are if what you are seeing right in front of you is nonsense most of the time..
Playing with friends + playing Mario kart where two on my favorite pastimes growing up. The thought of playing it with friends the world over and always having someone to play with would have made me crap my 1994-2004 pants. Sadly, today there’s 3 different ‘online’ MK’s on the market and I’ve spent little time with any of them, why? oohhboy hit the nail on the head.
As much as I love Nintendo and think 90% of game media and forum goers need to get off their back for things that they aren’t even doing wrong…I’m 100% on board the “Pull your heads out of your ass and give us a good online experience” train. The ONLY reason I spent more time on my 360 this gen than my Wii was online multiplayer/coop, if the Wii U gives me functional UI and good servers I’ll have little need to risk my financial stability on another FailBox product. Sadly, it still looks like a BIG if.
And before you ask, no. My internet does not consist of two soup cans and a piece of string. Sadly, even people I know with horrid internet…like cell phone cards jury rigged to a PC, can play stuff like L4D2 and Battlefield 3 with smooth gameplay and little to no lag. So when my high speed, in town, Cable connection that has a constant full signal in the middle of a thunderstorm on every other online service I use leaves me thinking my Wii games are a slideshow…it’s not my Internets fault.
I’ve played several online matches between Grub, Bill and Pro, and I have not suffered any lag problems. What I did suffer were things Grub listed… eh.
Funny you should mention the 360 though EV, because when I took part in a recent Playbit of TMNT 1989 Arcade, the lag on that game was HORRIBLE. Shortly after that, Live decided to be an ass and not work for me at all for nearly a month, which in turn screwed over plans for a Simpsons Arcade playbit.
But yeah, Nintendo needs to improve its online gaming stuff. Thankfully the 3DS has been making major strides to change this.
I won’t deny some games run like ass on the XBL/PSN/Steam etc. Sometimes it can occur with an older or downloadable title for whose reserved servers are probably kept in a furnace room buried under some old blankets full of spider eggs. Doom on XBLA in particular runs like a POS and it’s odd since I have few other issues on XBLA games. Another common issue is EA games since Darth Riccitello insists on using their own servers even on XBL (probably so they can pull the plug on year old sports game).
Yet, surprisingly… Mario Kart 7 never ran like shit for me. Keep in mind I played matches with people all around the world, with Bill and Pro both in California and Grub in Australia. Same is true for the Heroes of Ruin demo, with the same three people.
I have no idea why you are having lag problems, EV. I boggles meh mind.
Well keep in mind I haven’t played MK7 or any 3DS game online yet as I don’t have the system. So I can hope they’ve taken some big steps towards fixing that particular issue. Let’s hope UI and the many other aspects continue to be improved as well.
I live in Jamaica and I have NO problem playing Mario Kart 7 on my 3ds. I am like the top rank jamaican player!!!! The wii online wasn’t that great i admit but the 3ds is great!!!!
Get N or get OUT!!!!!
@EV: They did! It has a very nice UI design and there is hardly any slowdown… for me at least.
@venomjamaica: Can you please cut down on the use of exclamation marks? We get you are excited.
lol
I guess he doesn’t want to race the Pietriots anymore.
Ridge Racer Vita suffers from some of these problems too. It’s frustrating having the same track every 3rd race, and my ghost data keeps driving exactly the same way.
You forgot one (though this is more of a Mario Kart Wii point – I’ve not yet got a 3DS): cheaters. It’s no fun when you go for a random match and find there’s someone spamming infinite items. Especially when they’ve hacked the bullet bill so it travels several times faster than usual, with the result being the round ends part-way through lap 2 (MKW forces a result 30s after the winner crosses the line).
Luckily cheating doesn’t seem to be possible in Mario Kart 7, for the moment at least.