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Congrats. New Game+? :p

Nice. I'm currently at 30 hours played and feel like I've barely scratched the surface of this game! Anyway, I now have access to the NPC that trades boss weapons. But is it just me, or are they all kind of crappy? I'm tempted to just use the boss souls for leveling up instead.

Arrgghh! Now I'm even more confused!

The idea of a track editor in Mario Kart is certainly interesting. I personally love track editors (or any kind of creative feature in games for that matter) and I also love Mario Kart (it is by far my favorite VG franchise of all time), but for some reason I'm not sure about combining the two. And that doesn't really make any sense, does it? Surely if you love both things, then bringing them together is definitely the way to go. But for some inexplicable reason (and believe me, I've tried to understand it) I just can't decide if I'd want a track editor in MK, or not. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. So yeah, guess I agree with both sides of the argument. To be honest I just want the bloody game now, the features (apart from online of course) are irrelevant. At the end of the day it's more Mario Kart, and that's good enough for me.

In that case...

Another free trial starting today. [tweet]446697356285992960[/tweet]

Sorry for bumping such an old thread, but this vid had me in stitches. I actually needed to pause it a couple of times to stop myself from passing out! : Can't wait for Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, which should be released this year. Also, I need to get myself a copy of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.

Yeah, I've got no intention of doing that (I barely manage to get over HR100 on Monster Hunter as well) just curious what the max level was. Cheers for that. I'd noticed my character was getting a bit sluggish, but didn't know why.Now I'm going around without any leg armour, in just my pants, but at least I can roll fast again. No kidding. Did my first invasion (first one where the other player didn't run away at least ) and it was awesome!Seriously exhilarating stuff. Nearly didn't make it (was down to a tiny amount of health, one hit would have killed me) but I just kept attacking them like a nutter and somehow managed to win! Got a Token of Spite, but seeing what it's used for I'm not exactly sure I want one. Also, do you steal souls from people you kill as well?! I'm not certain, but before invading I think I only had 17 souls (had just leveled up) but upon returning to my world I had 304. I haven't actually been invaded yet (perhaps I should use that Token of Spite ) but what happens if you take out an invader, is there a "reward" for that too? This game is mental.

That was exactly my point. This can definitely happen, even if Nintendo don't officially support such a feature.

True, but I don't think there's any risk of that kind of thing happening with MK8 at all. The online will almost certainly be on par with what was done in MK Wii, and we already know of one improvement/new online feature in the form of MKTV and Miiverse integration. Personally I'm not expecting Voice Chat, certainly not for random games, but you never know... Anyway, as long as it's quick and easy to find/setup games (they need to lose that watch the race you're joining thing IMO), and they bring back onscreen player usernames (which were annoyingly absent in MK7) I'll be more than happy.

Yeah, was noticing I kept going over the weight limit after equipping some rings. In fact, I've only got 1 shield and 1 sword equipped now, to be able to keep those rings and the best armour all equipped that the same time. By the way, do you think it's worth buying the fall damage ring from the cat in Majula? I've got enough souls to level up to 55, or get that ring, but I can't decide. Whoa! For some reason I thought the level cap was 100. Don't tell me it's 999?

Beautiful. On the subject of Yoshi and piano, everyone needs to check this out (pretty sure I've posted this before, but it can't be posted enough IMO ): For those that weren't familiar, he's a Ragtime pianist called Tom Brier and there are loads of vids on that channel of him sight-reading various VG tunes. It's pretty incredible.

That looks/sounds awesome! Will definitely be checking it out at some point.

I disagree, I think Nintendo have actually put out quite a few titles in recent times that were very much considering the western market.But the thing is, it's the kind of stuff that doesn't excite your typical gamer, like Brain Training, Nintendogs, Style Boutique, Wii Chess, Endless Ocean, Wii Fit... So yeah, hardcore gamers that don't enjoy the majority of Nintendo's output (think they're too Japanese or whatever) might have reason to complain, but they also have a shitload of alternatives in order to get their western gaming fix, in the form of the PS3/4, 360/XBONE and PC! The expectation or demand that Nintendo should westernize is bizarre, it just gives me the impression that there are quite a few people in denial about being Nintendo fans. Very nice.Unfortunately, going on how this kind of thing usually pans out, it'd probably be more like this: May - Mario Kart June - July - August - September - October - Yarn Yoshi November - Bayonetta 2, Hyrule Warriors December - Smash bros., X, Metroid Prime Nah, surely Nintendo will be forced to spread things out this year, due to having no 3rd party support.

Hehehe! True.

That's criminal if it's not in there. Keep us posted. Touching Fuzzy and getting dizzy in 3D would be so awesome.

So I just attempted an invasion, used a Cracked Red Eye Orb and arrived in someone else's game. Started looking for them, and after literally 20 seconds a message popped up on screen saying they had moved to another area or something, and I was sent back to my world. Was expecting to get the Cracked Red Eye Orb back (seeing as I didn't get to do shit) but no! It was gone. Not cool game, not cool at all. I was going to try again but using a Cracked Blue Eye Orb (got more of those) but I can't use 'em for some reason.

I'll never understand the problem some people seem to have with Nintendo or their games being too Japanese. It's one of the the best things about them! Anyone that doesn't appreciate this should just accept the fact and move on to something else. Nintendo aren't going to change in that regard (bloody well hope not anyway) and nor should they have to.

Is the "real" way also accessed by using the key from the 1st boss?

And make the wait for this game even more excruciatingly unbearable than it is already. Not that I don't want new info, I obviously do. But I'm just so hyped for MK8 already. A Nintendo Direct could be fatal!

So I defeated my second boss last night. And when I say I defeated it, what I really mean is me and 2 other players did. Yeah, I had to make use of the summon feature in order to take out...

The theme GPs are great, and 12 of the same character/kart in a race is seriously entertaining. It also has the added benefit of leveling the playing field (a little bit ) as nobody will have a faster or better handling vehicle than anyone else. And people can still play with their own vehicle or character selection anytime they like by simply playing on worldwide, but the theme GPs are only possible thanks to the league.

I know, was quite surprised by my playtime for it on the Activity Log.