It is not the game is very easy. Yoshi is also one of the best characters (there’s a total of 3 characters, light, medium and heavy).
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tetrachromacy@lemmy.world 2 months agoYeah… Seeing this as a retro game hurts. Also, I can’t remember if winning this cup as Yoshi is a noteworthy accomplishment or not.
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ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It isn’t about the character you choose to use for the race. I’d be more concerned about the 50cc part. Although, now that you mention it, it seems like using bigger characters (Bowser, etc) made the car move slower.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Bigger characters had a lower top speed, but could maintain speed while turning better. They could also bump lighter characters and spin them out.
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My recollection was big characters had a higher top speed, but slow acceleration. Small characters were the opposite. Medium characters didn’t excel or suck at either.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
This isn’t correct for N64 Mario Kart. They actually did give the lightweights the best acceleration and top speed. I found a video that did some analysis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6AxbNL2ET0
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, Bowser would hit the highest speeds, but if you hit a wall or a shell, it would take forever to get going again.
Ithi@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That’s roughly what is was for the SNES game. Probably N64 too but I don’t recall.