Mario Kart SKill or luck (poll)

theres many arguments wether mario kart is based around skill or luck. I belive it is skill for automatic and manual

automatic u must pick the right kart (wild wing reccoomended) and u must time ur turns when it comes to tighht turns were u should drift

manual

takes a lot of skill cuz u must kno how to turn and stuff

and if this game was luck how come there a people that have 9999 vr points they cant get lucky that many times

Both, but mostly skill. When you're playing a few online races with the same people, there's always those who consistently finish around a certain place, which obviously isn't luck.

Of course we all get the odd race when we're first the whole way and end up last thanks to a 3rd lap shell slaughter, but it doesn't happen all the time.

Both.

If the blue shell wasn't there, i would say skill

Both, but mainly skill. Luck only comes with the items you get. Sometimes u get lucky and get a blue shell on the last lap just before the line.

For example, rainbow road needs skill for you just to be able to stay on the track. Luck can't keep you on the track the whole time.

Id say 80% luck and 20% skill. It takes little skill to get to first place, especially with the "trailing boost" you get when you tail someone close by. Then once your in front, a storm of blue shells prevent you from getting a large lead over second place, which keeps all the players in a bunch so that its anyones game right up to the last second of the race.

Personally, I think it's the worst Mario Kart yet.

Both, but mostly skill. When you're playing a few online races with the same people, there's always those who consistently finish around a certain place, which obviously isn't luck.Erebyssial

I agree with this. But, I also think the track plays a large roll in the luck vs. skill as well. Tracks that take more skill like Rainbow Road or even the Bowser's Castles tend to have much larger gaps between groups of players (i.e. skill levels) regardless of the luck of the items. Other levels, like the Yoshi Falls (or whatever) are entirely luck. The person who wins the track is usually the one who gets a golden mushroom at the begining of lap 3.

100% skill. At least for a MK vet.

This game is deceptively deep, you must learn how to counter, every weapon has a counter.

As for the blue shell, if you learn the tracks good enough you should be at least 1/4 lab ahead of anybody else.

Both, but mostly skill. When you're playing a few online races with the same people, there's always those who consistently finish around a certain place, which obviously isn't luck.

Erebyssial

Exactly

People new to the franchise or people who are awful at the game are going to say it's all luck.

People who have been playing the franchise for a while or people good at just this recent edition know it's all about skill with some luck mixed in.

You make your own luck in the game for the most part. Creating courses and deciding when to use and get power ups play a big part of the game. You have to be doing three things at once every second you're driving.

It is both skill and luck, as skill can keep players ahead from the pack, but luck will be determined by the number of spiny shells and powerful items that appear in the race. Luck also factors in with the number of racers using items and the number of item boxes on a course (the more there are, the greater the chances of a powerful item like the spiny shell being used).

I have played Mario Kart games long enough that I have the skills to finish first in almost every track, but the instances that I do not will be based on luck.

I'd say that skill and luck both play an even role in determining the winner. Lyphe2k

I agree. Even if you are lucky, you will still lose if you aren't an able racer.

As a known MK pro on Gamefaqs, I'd have to say both.

Normal Worldwide/Regional Matches- 70% Skill, 30% Luck

A room where all 12 players have over 9000 VR-90% luck, 10% Skill.

with items on its both with items off there is no luck 12341234j

..... ok where should I start?

1. It's possible to turn items off?

2. Why in the hootenanny did you bring this topic back?

As a known MK pro on Gamefaqs, I'd have to say both.

Normal Worldwide/Regional Matches- 70% Skill, 30% Luck

A room where all 12 players have over 9000 VR-90% luck, 10% Skill.

toadster101

Idk if you tried making a reference there, but I loled :P..but I agree with you.

I think it's mostly skill. Luck can be a factor when the players are all pretty much equal in skill, and in some extreme or exceptional cases it can play a small role if not, but as someone said, if you play in an online server you mostly see the same 3 or 4 racers finishing in high places. If I end up in a server with people who have Versus Records of 5000-6000, and I become first 5 times in a row by a long stretch, you can't tell me luck is the dominant factor in this game.