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Perkilator · Jan 31, 2025

My top 5 favorite Tour courses in 8 Deluxe:

Squeaky Clean Sprint
- The most creative course in the entire game, with plenty of hidden shortcuts to boot. Probably my favorite course in the entire series.
Ninja Hideaway
- Plenty of alternate paths to the point of truly feeling like Mario’s platforming roots
Singapore Speedway
- Probably the best city course in the game purely for how varied its laps are and because its aesthetics make it feel like a proper race course
Athens Dash
- The second best city course IMO, because it feels like you’re going on an adventure throughout Greece
Piranha Plant Cove
- The only non-city course to have unique routes on each lap. Admittedly the weakest of the five courses on this list, but still a good, solid track.

I am hoping that these five tracks are the standard for new courses in the next Mario Kart game: courses with unique and varied laps and plentiful shortcuts / alternate paths that truly embrace their creative themes.

Perkilator · Jan 30, 2025

What do you think the next Smash is going to be able to pull off with the Switch 2 technology? 8-player Smash Run on an expanded map with all fighters being able to interact with each other? A more expansive Adventure Mode with bigger levels? Certain newcomer ideas that were held back by technical limitations getting a second chance here? Maybe not anything along the lines of 16-player Smash, since that would likely become an unplayable mess.

Perkilator · Jan 29, 2025

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— きくどん (@Kicdon_smash) January 29, 2025

Dracula should’ve totally been the boss of Wario’s Classic Mode.

Perkilator · Jan 27, 2025

If EA were brave then the PopCap games they own would lend themselves pretty well to Switch 2’s mouse mode

Perkilator · Jan 27, 2025

I just know you have the potential to become a playable character in the new Mario Kart game, you whimsical, little vegetable. pic.twitter.com/63H7UGrZqg
— Cresta (@Crestamorph) January 27, 2025

Perkilator · Jan 27, 2025

The global economy could really use a Bowser Revolution right now

Perkilator · Jan 26, 2025

I’ve seen some speculation that the next Mario Kart, based on the long road we saw in the snippet, will have cross-country races. At the very least, I can see a “cross-country” mode as a spiritual successor to Mission Mode from DS.

Perkilator · Jan 25, 2025

As of tomorrow, it’ll be a week since my Steam account got hijacked by a scammer. I wish Steam Support had an actual phone number so I could’ve gotten it back sooner instead of having to make a new one from scratch.

Perkilator · Jan 24, 2025

After thinking about the rumored mouse functionality for the Switch 2, I decided to use my beanie as a mouse mat as a frame of reference. It works surprisingly well with my mouse, and it makes me wanna use it for the Switch 2 if I ever get on for Christmas.

Perkilator · Jan 21, 2025

Probably not the best example, but watching this video made me think "If a fan mod could make 24 racers work with retro tracks, then maybe Mario Kart Switch 2 can, too."

Perkilator · Jan 20, 2025

definitive mario kart X roster prediction. (this is not a wishlist, I hate some of these. 😭) pic.twitter.com/dROoNPhkcb
— JOLLY J✨ (@DynamoSuperX) January 19, 2025

Perkilator · Jan 18, 2025

I’ve actually been thinking of something; you guys remember Luke from Street Fighter? He was the last DLC character in Street Fighter V before making his proper debut in Street Fighter VI, where he was meant to debut originally.

I guess what I’m saying is, it would be novel if Ultimate got one last DLC newcomer who was backported from the next Smash game as a teaser for the next Smash game.

Perkilator · Jan 17, 2025

I just realized that there’s a non-zero chance of Universal-branded DLC in the next Mario Kart, since Universal and Nintendo are business partners.

Perkilator · Jan 17, 2025

After how much of an opportunity Nintendo missed with Tate Mode, I seriously hope the rumored mouse functionality doesn't make a similar mistake of not using for DS emulation.

Perkilator · Jan 17, 2025

Supid headcanon of mine: A "canon" version of the events of Shadow the Hedgehog takes place at the same time as the events of Sonic Rush. My only real basis is the fact that both games share the same initial release date: November 15th, 2005.

Perkilator · Jan 15, 2025

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— Media with Brawl SFX (@SmashBrawlMemes) January 8, 2025

Pic unrelated idk

Perkilator · Jan 13, 2025

With how much of a darling that both Metaphor and Persona 3 Reload were for Atlus, both of them being their fastest-selling titles, I could see them getting representation in the next Smash game in some form. Maybe Metaphor will get a DLC fighter with or without a Switch 2 port? After all, the lack of a Persona 5 Switch port in 2019 didn’t stop Joker from being the first character revealed for Fighters Pass Vol. 1.

Perkilator · Jan 11, 2025

If I had known sooner that I share a birthday with Haru Okumura, I probably would’ve asked for Persona 5 for my 17th birthday for that reason alone.

Perkilator · Jan 10, 2025

I just had a though; what if the next Smash game had a Gen 9 Pokémon newcomer in the base roster…but then also had a Gen 10 Pokémon as a bonus DLC character?

Perkilator · Jan 8, 2025

If Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers started today do you think bigots would call it “woke” for turning one of the Rangers into a girl

Perkilator · Jan 7, 2025

I just came up with a new idea for Battle Modes in the next Mario Kart game, though this is built around my idea of Item Boxes giving you three items at all times (a la Mario Kart Tour): an Attack, Shield, and Speed item, respectively.

Balloon Battle
- Each player holds up to three balloons at a time
- If one of your balloons gets popped, picking up an Item Box fills one of your slots with a spare balloon
- The less balloons you have, the better times you can get. If you only have one balloon, there’s a chance to get a Special Item.
Coin Blast
- A variation of Bob-omb Blast that uses Coins
- In this mode, collecting more coins allows you to open up more slots for holding Bob-ombs to score points with
  - You start out with 0 coins, and thus can only hold one Bob-omb at a time
  - Collecting 5 coins lets you hold two Bob-ombs at a time
  - Collecting 10 coins lets you hold three Bob-ombs at a time
  - Collecting 15 coins puts you in a temporary Frenzy state where you chuck Bob-ombs to your heart’s content
  - Getting hit causes you to drop three coins
Shine Runners
- Returning from Mario Kart DS, functioning how it did back then
- Each player has a time limit above their heads, which resets whenever you pick up a Shine (which you can only hold for a few seconds). If it runs out, the player is eliminated
- There are a limited amount of Shines on each battle map, which decreases with each player eliminated
Renegade Roundup
- Players on either side can pick up a key from within an item box
- Renegades can use keys to break out of their cage, while the Authorities can use keys to relocate their cages

Perkilator · Jan 6, 2025

Every further Waluigi-related argument I see here just makes this tweet more and more relevant.

Perkilator · Jan 6, 2025

Boys had their fun last year with Shadow the Hedgehog. Now it’s real men’s turn.

Pokémon Center has just updated and it seems that 2025 is the "Year of Eevee", even with its own logo. Presumably this is just a merch celebration.

With Prismatic Evolutions releases covering all year, it makes sense.

You guys won't jump to crazy conclusions, right? pic.twitter.com/tp6nVq5UdY
— Joe Merrick (@JoeMerrick) January 6, 2025

Perkilator · Jan 6, 2025

How to fix Nintendo Switch Online in 3 easy steps:

Upgrade to more modern online server technology
Make the basic online features of your games not locked behind the subscription service
As far as said subscription service, combine the regular and expansion packages into a single package that costs, at most, $29.99 a year

Perkilator · Jan 5, 2025

After thinking about it, I’ve become a little more open to the next Mario Kart dabbling in more guest content…but only a little. Hence,
I've decided to do what Delzethin did and make two Mario Kart rosters: one that's focused on Mario-adjacent content, and another that dabbles into guest content. Only two things will be 100% consistent:

40 characters at launch
48 tracks at launch

Characters

Mario	Luigi	Peach	Daisy	Rosalina	Pauline	Cappy	Metal Mario
Wario	Waluigi	Bowser	Bowser Jr.	Donkey Kong	Diddy Kong	Dixie Kong	Cranky Kong
Funky Kong	King K. Rool	Toad	Toadette	Yoshi	Birdo	Koopa Troopa	Hammer Bro
Dry Bones	Dry Bowser	Baby Mario & Baby Luigi	Shy Guy	King Boo	Wiggler	Kamek	Petey Piranha
Nabbit	King Bob-omb	Chargin' Chuck	Poochy	Honey Queen	Donkey Kong Jr.	Elephant Mario	Mii

Nitro Grand Prix

Mushroom Cup	Flower Cup	Feather Cup	Egg Cup	Star Cup	Special Cup
Peach's Driving School	Mario Kart Stadium	Dr. Mario's Office	Kamek Book Store	Haunted Hotel	Big Band Boulevard
Shy Guy Skate Park	Stardust Fields	Waluigi Island	Poochy Park	Morton Construction	DK Docks
Bonneton Museum	Autumn Mountain	Painted Swampland	Stork Bay	Dry Dry Wasteland	Bowser's Castle
Luigi's Casino	Piranha Plant of Horrors	Tomorrow Hill	Yarn Yoshi Yard	Koopa Clown Carnival	Rainbow Road

Retro Grand Prix

Shell Cup	Banana Cup	Leaf Cup	Bell Cup	Lightning Cup	Spiny Cup
GCN Luigi Circuit	SNES Mario Circuit 4	DS Delfino Square	8DX Super Bell Subway	N64 Wario Stadium	8DX Squeaky Clean Sprint
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar	DS Luigi's Mansion	Wii Dry Dry Ruins	GBA Lakeside Park	GCN Wario Colosseum	DS Airship Fortress
SNES Koopa Beach 1	N64 DK's Jungle Parkway	Tour Warp Pipe Canyon	SNES Vanilla Lake 2	3DS Wario Shipyard	Wii Bowser's Castle
N64 Moo Moo Farm	Wii Toad's Factory	3DS Wuhu Loop	GCN Mushroom City	8DX Mount Wario	GBA Rainbow Road

Characters

Mario	Luigi	Bowser	Bowser Jr.	Peach	Daisy	Rosalina	Pauline
Wario	Waluigi	Donkey Kong	Diddy Kong	Toad	Toadette	Yoshi	Koopa Troopa
Shy Guy	Kamek	Petey Piranha	King Boo	Dry Bones	Dry Bowser	Link	Zelda
Villager	Isabelle	Tom Nook	Inkling	Callie / Marie	Dragaux	Biff	Olimar
Pit	Captain Falcon	Kirby	Meta Knight	King Dedede	R.O.B.	Excitebiker	Mii

Nitro Grand Prix	Retro Grand Prix	Cross Grand Prix

Mushroom Cup	Flower Cup	Shell Cup	Banana Cup	Crossing Cup	Inkling Cup
Peach's Driving School	Mario Kart Stadium	GCN Luigi Circuit	SNES Mario Circuit 4	Retro Circuit	Ring Fit Circuit
Shy Guy Skate Park	Waluigi Island	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach	DS Delfino Square	Green Greens	Cinema Deux
Bonneton Museum	Kamek Book Store	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar	Tour Warp Pipe Canyon	Hyrule Castle Town	Serene Shores
Luigi's Casino	Piranha Plant of Horrors	Wii Toad's Factory	3DS Wuhu Loop	New Horizons	Inkopolis Plaza

Star Cup	Special Cup	Lightning Cup	Spiny Cup	Triforce Cup	Falcon Cup
Haunted Hotel	Big Band Boulevard	N64 Wario Stadium	8DX Cloudtop Cruise	Murasame Castle	Port Town
Morton Construction	DK Docks	8DX Super Bell Subway	Wii Dry Dry Ruins	Skyworld	White Land
Dry Dry Wasteland	Bowser's Castle	GBA Lakeside Park	DS Airship Fortress	Zebes Escape	Fire Field
Koopa Clown Carnival	Rainbow Road	GCN Mushroom City	GBA Rainbow Road	Tal Tal Heights	Phantom Road

Perkilator · Jan 5, 2025

What if Nintendo saved the concept of retro courses for Mario Kart Wii?

Shell Cup	Banana Cup	Lightning Cup	Spiny Cup
SNES Mario Circuit 1	N64 Mario Raceway	GCN Mario Circuit	DS Waluigi Pinball
GCN Peach Beach	GCN Waluigi Stadium	DS Peach Gardens	GCN DK Mountain
N64 Moo Moo Farm	SNES Ghost Valley 2	GBA Bowser Castle 3	N64 Bowser's Castle
GBA Shy Guy Beach	DS Delfino Square	N64 Choco Mountain	SNES Rainbow Road

Shell Cup	Banana Cup	Lightning Cup	Spiny Cup
DS Figure-8 Circuit	SNES Mario Circuit 2	DS DK Pass	SNES Vanilla Lake 2
N64 Koopa Troopa Beach	N64 DK's Jungle Parkway	Wii Maple Treeway	DS Airship Fortress
GBA Bowser Castle 1	DS Luigi's Mansion	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	GCN Bowser's Castle
Wii Mushroom Gorge	GCN Daisy Cruiser	GBA Sky Garden	GBA Rainbow Road

Shell Cup	Banana Cup	Lightning Cup	Spiny Cup
GBA Luigi Circuit	Wii Coconut Mall	Wii Grumble Volcano	DS Tick Tock Clock
SNES Mario Circuit 3	N64 Royal Raceway	DS Wario Stadium	3DS Piranha Plant Slide
DS Cheep Cheep Beach	DS Shroom Ridge	GCN Sherbet Land	SNES Bowser Castle 3
Wii Moo Moo Meadows	3DS DK Jungle	3DS Music Park	N64 Rainbow Road

Perkilator · Jan 3, 2025

I've been listening to some Sentai insert songs, and man...I wish at least of the Sentai music made it into Power Rangers. The Red Puncher song from Ohranger particularly sounds like a song that would be right up Ron Wasserman's alley.

Perkilator · Jan 1, 2025

Happy New Year!

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Perkilator · Dec 26, 2024

I’ve been thinking about some of the comments I’ve made those year about “what if the Jim Henson Creature Shop made Power Rangers” and now I’d like to imagine such a timeline. Maybe the franchise would feel less overtly cheap, limitations of tokusatsu aside? Maybe the Creature Shop would be able to collab with Toei to design some Super Sentai characters? Would the PR side of things still continue the practice of splicing in Sentai footage?

Perkilator · Dec 25, 2024

With the Switch’s 2024 holiday season out of the way (Merry Christmas, btw), I can see the Switch 2 being revealed in January and then releasing in either May or June next year.

Perkilator · Dec 24, 2024

Perkilator · Dec 24, 2024

Merry almost Christmas! Here’s my Steam wishlist, if anyone’s interested. https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561199492787847/?sort=dateadded

Perkilator · Dec 23, 2024

Just got out of Sonic 3.

Mushroomguy12 Assuming you haven’t seen the movie yet…boy, have I got good news for you (I’m not gonna spoil it, of course).

Perkilator · Dec 19, 2024

Anyone here remember Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time? It used a special engine called Pollux that allowed the DS version to be emulated via the Wii version.

However, this engine was never used again, not even by Square Enix. Which is a shame, because I can name at least 20 DS games that would get mileage out of this engine.

Perkilator · Dec 19, 2024

『イースⅩ -Proud NORDICS-』2025年発売決定！
新規ストーリー&冒険の舞台、
多数の要素が追加され大幅グレードアップ！

もうひとりの“マナ使い”との出会いが、
アドルたちを未知の冒険へといざなっていく──
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— 日本ファルコム (@nihonfalcom) December 19, 2024

Falcom stonks continue to grow

Perkilator · Dec 17, 2024

I think one of the worst parts of the creative process is when you have a million ideas dancing in your head, but then you never have the motivation to bring them to life even when you have plenty of free time.

Perkilator · Dec 17, 2024

What do you guys think of this Sonic overhaul mod?

Perkilator · Dec 15, 2024

You know what I just realized? The world really did end in 2012…except the Mayan calendar didn’t predict the world being ravaged by natural disasters. It predicted Disney’s buyout of LucasFilm enabling the monopoly under their grimy, money-hungry grasp.

Perkilator · Dec 13, 2024

Here’s my plans for Kingdom Hearts in 2025:

Get myself a new laptop that can run melonDS
Purchase 1.5+2.5, 2.8, and 3 on Steam once I have the money
Play the games in the following order:
- Kingdom Hearts
- Chain of Memories (primarily the 1.5 version unless Nintendo drops the GBA version on NSO)
- Kingdom Hearts II
- 358/2 Days (melonDS)
- Birth by Sleep
- Re:Coded (melonDS)
- Dream Drop Distance
- Kingdom Hearts 0.2
- χ Back Cover
- Kingdom Hearts III + Re:Mind
Catch up on Everglow’s KH Timeline Project

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