Kart Talk - Episode 31 (Season 2, Episode 5) - September 17th, 2022

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 5 of Kart Talk! We hope you enjoy this awesome episode! Join Studfit, his members, and friends from around the community to discuss the hottest topics in Mario Kart Tour. 

This episode's guests include:
Firestorm - Not A Dud Member
Draco655 - Stud Member/Content Creator
Kevin Garrett - Content Creator
Kronos - Friend of the StudFAM
Groovy - Stud Member

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Welcome & Introductions

ICEBREAKER
4:25 - Which team did you pick (Mario or Luigi) and why? Do you think your team will win or lose?

MARIO VS LUIGI
6:44 - Have you enjoyed this VS tour more, less or the same than past VS tours and why?

9:44 - With 4 new sets of tracks released this and last tour, the good news is that you have 12 new tracks to grind EXP on, but bad news is that you have 12 new loadouts to cover. Do you see this new “trend” as more positive than negative or vice versa?

18:26 - "Mariokarted" is a term we use to describe when the the game decides to completely wreck our "perfect" runs at the worst absolute time. Such as blue shelled inches in front of finish line only to come in 4th. However, we have seen some really off the wall examples of being "Mariokarted", what is the worst MarioKarted runs that happened to you?

29:05 - Last VS Tour was Bowser Vs Peach. By the end of day 9 of that tour 2.65 Million tokens were collected. In comparison, players have collected 2.02 Million tokens in the current Mario Vs Luigi Tour which is about 31% lower than last tour. One could assume that would equate to a 31% percent loss in player base. Is the drastic changes to the game next tour be enough to blow wind in the games wings? 

BATTLE MODE
53:55 - Nintendo has so far mentioned we would have Balloon Battles in the upcoming Battle Mode update. Will they add other fan favorites modes like Coin Runners, Bob-omb Blast and Shine Thief? 

ANNIVERSARY TOUR
57:28 - What skill do you think King Mario will get? Will we see another must-pull coinboxer before ruby pipe pulling goes away?

PIPE PULLING/SHOP UPDATE
1:04:31 - How are you approaching the new restructured shop? Are you saving resources like rubies/coins more or is there a thought cashing in on quick ticket refreshes and pipes while they’re here?

1:11:17 - With the Spotlight Shop’s addition next month, new spotlight items will likely be much more accessible for many players, including F2P and GPO players. My question is would this encourage Nintendo to tilt the value even more onto pack exclusive items? Will we see more valuable pack items and less valuable spotlight items going forward, since the Spotlight Shop makes these items easily obtainable?

ANNIVERSARY TOUR (CONT.)
1:28:23 - When Gold Mario Drops will he have two skills? 1 being a passive with coin vacuum that’s always active, and 2 with a random skill that’s appears for him in the item boxes. With this addition he may be a new tier of unit or a new tier of high end so that he is able to consume the normal high end tickets. What do you think?

1:32:05 - What do you enjoy the most about Anniversary celebrations? It’s been a while since we saw cities, are you excited to get some city tracks back?

RANKED
1:41:38 - Since hitting Tier 80, I have been enjoying T-ball ranked groups where I have been doing little to no investments to take the W. However, my Dons in T71 to T79 has been running through the gauntlet with fierce competition. Is this the case everywhere? Is this a sign that T90 is around the corner? 

FINAL THOUGHTS
1:50:45 - Advice to New Fans & Goodbyes!