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WARNING: Long as heck rant coming up

Okay then, answer's obvious. Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Simply put, London 2012 is my second-favourite game of all time and was my favourite at the time. It had everything I ever wanted, so why would you take a step back from that in every direction?

The sports are boring compared to the previous games, the character roster hadn't improved at all and the stat system was dumbed down to just 3 stats instead of 4, and the stats didn't even change slightly depending on the sport. You also had to unlock characters in the fun and brand new game mode, Tournament! Literally playing the same boring sport over and over until you got a decent win streak was the only way to unlock characters, and there were only 3 to get. WHY?

Then there's the controls. UNPOPULAR OPINION INCOMING: I liked the motion controls in London, they made the game feel more realistic, so having them stripped away and having every sport come down to button mashing was a terrible idea (That they fixed in Tokyo by letting you choose).

Then there's the unlockable content, which adds nothing to the game. You just play sports, go somewhere else and hope and pray you get something you want. Yes it was the same in London but with the scratch cards there was a 100% chance you'd get something new. Not here.

Oh, and this game also had a "unique" game mode, Heroes' Showdown. Literally just normal games but you can't use a character after you lose.

Biggest problem I have with the game though? No dream events. The thing that set these games apart, gone and replaced with "duel" events, which are the exact same but with items. And there's only a duel event for Football, Volleyball and Rugby Sevens. Overall, there's nothing here. 10 regular events and 3 duel events. Every game prior had at least 20, with London providing over 40. Is less than a third of that the best you could do?

However, what puts it as my least favourite ever is how it almost killed the series. When 2017 rolled around I was waiting for news on the Korean Winter Olympics, and of course the M&S game that would accompany it. Nothing. There was no 2018 and the only reason I could think of was that Rio did so poorly. Had it not been for the next one being held in their home country, my favourite video game series was OVER. FOR GOOD. Rio de Janeiro, I love you but whenever I think about you I can only think of the disappointment that is this game.

Do crossovers count?

Thank you for posting this.

Alright guys, I'm officially on Multi Team.

Haha no
You don't just sacrifice mini turbo for items, you sacrifice EVERYTHING for items. Worse stats across the board. From 1 mushroom karts to 2, the difference isn't so bad, hence why standard karts are used occasionally for 1 lap records. But it's so much clearer when you go from 2 to 3, and you lose so much time from it. Don't ever use the 3 shroomers

If Rainbow Road is too much of a struggle, focus on winning the first 2 races. Item smuggling is a perfectly valid strategy to get around the CPU's insane rubber-banding, so make good use of it.

You're not gonna win Bowser's Castle as the CPUs can take all the shortcuts every time since they somehow drive like the rotating ground isn't there. Get as high as you can and then just play it safe for RR.

Reminder I was one of those people at one point. Look at me now

Egg 1 and dry bomber are the ones you want to use, while Banisher is only really good for starting out, and even then on one track. Also kart customization would be cool but the time has passed for that

Hello, I started getting into MKDS competitive a couple of months ago. Just wanted to let you know that you NEVER want to use BLS on grand prix, or any form of racing with other players. It's too hard to control.

Alright, as one of, if not the best Luigi out there, I disagree. It takes time to learn his handling and you need to anticipate the turns before hand. But I get it, all my friends say that they can't use Luigi and I understand that, but you just need time and patience.

No, that's just young DK, not Dk jr. But yes, he is forgotten, we need the DK that people are more familiar with

Oh god, here we go. While the common consensus is that Funky Kong's sprite needs fixing, I'm ok with it. Personally, i feel like you didn't do Bowser or Donkey Kong justice. I'm not angry, but with every other MK game, the bigger characters are faster. So Bowser being the slowest in the game makes no sense. And While I get that this is the SMK art style, We need grown-up DK spirtes, please...

I'm gonna lock the topic now because I don't want an argument to ensue.

Mind staying just for a little longer so I can resolve this between you and garfield?

Before you go, I want to talk to you about the situation, if you don't mind
While I may not know much about what happened in the forum, this is not a way to handle an insult. Announcing your departure due to a single comment is quite immature and only makes people want you gone. Also, is making a player feel guilty really worth it if you're going anyway? It just doesn't make sense.

I'll rank the ones I've played:

Mario Party 8: Best game of them all in my opinion. Large amount of content with interesting gameplay and great boards, with really fun minigames with a lot of variety.
2) Mario Party DS. Love this game, it's got the best board in Mario Party (in my opinion) with an amazing story mode. In terms of content it has by far the largest variety, but it doesn't have the same feeling as 8. Still an amazing installment though.
3) Super Mario Party. Great game modes, but I wish that there were more boards in the game.
4) Mario Party 9. Decent game, but only extremely fun with friends...which I didn't have when I played this game
5) Mario Party 10. Bowser Party HARD CARRIED this game. Nothing else about it is that good.
6) Mario Party Star Rush. Uhhhhhhhhhhh do I really need to talk about this game? SMP did its gimmick much better in just one of its game modes...

Sure you were joking. Not like you can come close enough to me for the blue shell to have any effect on who wins.

I have a tendency to make long posts because there's a lot I have to say about MK-related topics. You think I'm gonna multipost?

Now for my actual thoughts on the item. I've never had any respect for the blue shell. As a pure casual it was annoying, but now I'm a lot more experienced and am in 1st a lot more often, it's a nightmare. As LuigiDawg mentioned, the Super Horn is a counter to it in MK8 but what are the chances of getting it in 1st? 1/40 or 2.5% (in a 12 player race). That's incredibly low. I get it's supposed to make the race more interesting, but the fact that the blue shell only spawns AT MINIMUM every 30 seconds, it doesn't do that good a job. It just bullies the 1 person who manages to break ahead instead of holding multiple players back.

You're not helping yourself by using the blue shell, you're helping 2nd place, a position you shouldn't be getting blue shells in anyway.

Oh, and don't even get me started on the MK7 rendition of the blue shell. Take the mechanics of the blue shell in MK8, but without the super horn. You have a fast item that has the ability to hit other players harder than other shells, when it's supposed to target a single player.

Sure, there are ways to dodge it, but those involve taking mushrooms or power items to first. If you have that sort of skill you should be far ahead enough for the blue shell not to matter.

I'm sorry, what?