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Message started by Sam F on 06/18/13 at 09:53:10

Title: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main page?
Post by Sam F on 06/18/13 at 09:53:10

I notices theres Mario Kart SNES link on the first page, same with MK GCN, MK advance, MK 3dfs and mk wii u
Can someone change it back to normal pls?
thx

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Jonesy on 06/18/13 at 13:23:03

Penev.

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Sam F on 06/18/13 at 20:45:09

Can someone change it back to normal? It doesn't seem right at all.

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Zarkov on 06/18/13 at 23:15:13

I think it looks quite nice.

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Yoshistar™ on 06/19/13 at 04:27:16

At least better than a number (64 not counted ;) ).

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Mario86 on 06/19/13 at 04:36:21

Actually, the following names are the original correct ones...

Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart Wii

And even Mario Kart Advance (this is how MKSC is called in Japan) :

http://www.mario-museum.net/images/collec_gba_mkadvance_jap.jpg

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Jonesy on 06/19/13 at 07:17:16

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/012/132/thatsthejoke.jpg

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Mario86 on 06/19/13 at 07:19:05

OH COME ON IT WAS SO FUNNY

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by IsThatAGoodTime on 06/19/13 at 22:27:02

I blame Sully.

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Nicholas de la Harvey on 06/19/13 at 23:39:09

Just poking a bit of fun at the more recent Mario Kart game naming conventions. MK7 and MK8 really kinda sound lazy, and even MKDS and MKWii do in fact. Double Dash!! was the last good Mario Kart game title. And I do think Mario Kart Advance was changed to Super Circuit in the West in order to liven the title up a bit. As for the first two Mario Karts, well the "Super" and "64" parts were the standard for game titles back in their respective days. Honestly I'm surprised The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past didn't get called "Super Legend of Zelda". :D
Though Ocarina of Time was (and still is) often called "Zelda 64" especially pre-release.

Hopefully by the time MK8 gets released, it will actually have its own unique title...?

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Mario86 on 06/20/13 at 00:24:49

51767C7770737E6C40577E6D697A661F0 wrote:

True, that's one of the only things I like with MKDD, lol.

I never understood why MKAdvance was turned into "Super Circuit", I mean, I don't get what that's supposed to mean for us Western players.

About those "Super" prefixes and "64" suffixes, I sincerely think it would have destroyed the image of Zelda being a very specific game far from any kind of hype. Even if we saw a "Super Castlevania", lol.

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by .Hahaae on 06/20/13 at 01:10:50

Unfortunately, MK8 is the game's official title. I honestly like the "Mario Kart Advance" title more than
"Mario Kart Super Circuit", tbh.

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Ridley_ on 06/20/13 at 13:37:11

595959310 wrote:

Unfortunately, MK8 is the game's official title. I honestly like the "Mario Kart Advance" title more than
"Mario Kart Super Circuit", tbh.

I prefer "Mario Kart Advance", too. Besides, isn't it the "official" name of this game ?

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by Mr.Nosey on 06/20/13 at 14:36:22

Noooooo, keep Super Circuit!

Title: Re: Who keeps changing the MK names on the main pa
Post by RRD on 06/24/13 at 07:13:42

71565C5750535E4C60775E4D495A463F0 wrote:

Hopefully by the time MK8 gets released, it will actually have its own unique title...?

It's not going to happen.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/06/17/e3-2013-mario-kart-8-interview/

Quote:

Q: In the logo of the game, it looks like you've incorporated a track, and in previous games, you've incorporated the checked flag - where do those ideas come from, that influence the art of each game, which seems to change for every iteration, which is somewhat different than most Nintendo and video game franchises.

Mr. Yabuki: It was kind of an organic thing, we were using the antigravity mechanic first, and we thought that was kind of fun, so they hit upon the idea of using a Möbius strip for the track. Then they made a Möbius strip track that kind of twists and turns, and we realized it looked like an eight, and this happened to be the 8th incarnation - and they said, well, that's the name right there "Mario Kart 8." The style just happened to kind of flow from this one mechanic, the antigravity, that they had gone with.

Mr. Konno: This is a little more abstract, but when we had "Mario Kart 7," we had the idea of calling it just "7," because it was something actually unique to the series - we hadn't used numbers before in any of the previous games, although the N64 had numbers. Mr. Iwata also like the idea of "7" being in the title. Then we started working on this project, and had the idea for this to be "Mario Kart 8" and there were some people who were opposed. They were like "Mr. Konno, didn’t you promise that we would only use the number 7, and that would be it for the numbering thing?"

So then what we did was grab those people, the staff members that were opposed to another numbered game, showed them the idea for the course, the Möbius strip, and how we twisted it into the number eight, and everyone was completely satisfied. "Oh, now we get it."

Someone who just saw "Mario Kart 7" and then "Mario Kart 8" - every day you see something like that, but then when you hear the story behind it, it makes complete sense. But, if you're not going to write that down about the story, then maybe it's not such a good idea to get out there.