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[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago

Do yourself a favour and play Aero GPX instead

[–] elrecoal19_1@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Just the Mario part, I think you could make a clone with just different scenarios and characters (even the same track shapes) and be 100% legal.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 22 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

piracy makes for the easiest boycotts ever.

just saying.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Excuse me, it's not piracy if it's Nintendo.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

nintendo is one of those companies where ill take pride in STEALING from, even if piracy isn't stealing.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm still busy enjoying their older consoles. They probably hate that.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

judging by how hard/expensive it is to obtain their older games on their newer consoles, yeah you bet they hate it.

luckily those are both easy to emulate and buy second hand.

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If the emulators work. I mean, didn't Nintendo just shut down two of the best recently?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 48 minutes ago

they tried to shut down two of the best recently.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Yep, I like to play their older games on a mix of original hardware, modding, and emulation.

[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 7 points 20 hours ago

Modded Wii U playing online on Pretendo Network 😚👌

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Wii is still a good platform

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Wii U also. You can download pirated games directly from Nintendo official servers.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Th Wii U didn't sell that many consoles compared to the Wii.

Also there isn't much need for piracy for the Wii as there are tons of games that can be had for cheap.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 44 points 1 day ago (8 children)

The Mario part. You can copy the Kart part all day. They've been doing so since at least the 64. See:

  • Diddy Kong Racing

  • Crash Team Racing

  • Burger King Pocketbike Racer

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] applemao@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I love tuxcart but I can never find anyone else playing? Is the player base just that small?

[–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago

Most of people are self-hosting the server. You can go to the official Discord or Any STK commmunity to find friends to play together :)

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Tbh I have no idea. I've only ever played single-player!

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

The crash racing games are actually amazing, their boost system is the best

I'll never fucking forgive y'all for leaving out Dr Robotnik's Ring Racers (FOSS sonic fangame)

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[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (18 children)

Edit: Some salty commenters here. This isn’t my graph, just one I grabbed. Notes aren’t mine.

I’m a huge proponent for inflation adjusted livable minimum wage- which should be close to $30 an hour these days. Also hugely worried about our housing cost trends.

I’m only pointing out that expecting games to cost 40-60 for life is a little silly- yall still paying $.10 for a loaf of bread? I remember when games inched from $40 to $60 and everyone lost their minds- no one complains about it anymore. Don’t wanna pay retail? Wait for sales, bundles, used copies.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

The thing that graph doesn't take into account is barely anyone payed full price for those older games. Games used to lower prices to increase sales volume and those sale prices are significantly less than $80 even accounting for inflation.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 75 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Okay, but now do housing and groceries and you'll see why people don't have extra money laying around for another Nintendo and its Mario kart.

Economics is significantly more complicated than a bar graph of inflation-adjusted video game price tags lol. Hell, even just value of each game in their respective release time period is more complicated than that. I doubt there's anything unique to this new game (other racing games have done the open world thing several times starting like 15 years ago), but the kart racer genre itself was new back in the 90s.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is a valuable way of seeing how prices have changed in different ways for different categories, just since 2000.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why are TV's listed as "100% cheaper"? I'm a little confused about that number.

[–] theolodis 7 points 1 day ago

Looking up the source, they state: "At the turn of the century, a flat screen TV would cost around 17% of the median income of the time ($42,148). In the early aughts though, prices began to fall quickly. Today, a new TV will cost less than 1% of the U.S. median income ($54,132)."

So a Flat screen TV used to cost around $7165, and does now cost around $541, which is about 7.5% of the original value. That means a deflation by 92.5%.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

In fairness here, it's not Nintendo's fault we let landlords gobble up all our spare money.

Maybe they need to send Luigi to have a word.

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[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Basically every kind of game needs a "MUGEN" for that genre. Then we just put in the content we want and theme it appropriately.

[–] hexabs@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does SuperTuxKart fit the bill?

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The world needs wacky wheels again

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[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled: A remaster of the classic

PlayStation kart racer, featuring Crash Bandicoot and his friends.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed: Characters from SEGA franchises race in vehicles that transform into boats and planes.

Diddy Kong Racing: Race with Diddy Kong and his friends in karts, planes and hovercraft.

Team Sonic Racing: A kart racer where you work together in teams, using team moves and ultimate abilities.

Nickelodeon Kart Racers Series: Features characters from various Nickelodeon shows.

Disney Speedstorm: A kart racer featuring characters from Disney and Pixar franchises.

KartRider: Drift: A free-to-play kart racer with a focus on drifting.

Lego Racers: Build and race Lego vehicles on various tracks.

Garfield Kart Furious Racing: Race as Garfield and his friends on themed tracks.

Konami Krazy Racers: Race as characters from Konami's popular franchises.

Blur: Combines arcade racing with vehicular combat and power-ups.

ModNation Racers: Features track creation and customization.

LittleBigPlanet Karting: Brings the creativity of LittleBigPlanet into a kart racing experience.

F1 Race Stars: A more arcade-style take on Formula 1 racing.

SuperTuxKart: An open-source kart racing game.

Starlit Kart Racing: A free-to-play kart racer with a variety of game modes.

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