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Mario Kart DS was released 20 years ago today on November 14th, 2005 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by DJalexTheGameDev@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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20 years of Snaking and Waluigi Pinball !

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Left-right on the D-pad is hardly a complex input. Just about every child managed to discover it. It was one of the few ways they could make Mario Kart a bit more skill based.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The way to make MK more skill based was to balance item distribution, which they started doing decently after MKDS.

It's not like drifting is automatic in modern MK (well, it is in auto mode, but it's meant for complete beginners and it sucks for anyone who knows how to play). You're still calling all the shots regarding when to drift and for how long. It's just less annoying to do.