All the gameplay videos showed contradicts with the idea of manually charged mt's. In fact, from the last video posted by Husky (the only one wher the guy tests really well the demo and actually drive decently, by the way), it appears as a copy/paste of the MKW kart system.

Husky wrote on 06/09/11 at 10:58:15:

SpotPass : online wifi feature that allows system and game updates, and download of content, from your own internet connection or from dedicated spots (in retailers, for example)
In MK3DS, could be used for downloading time-limited competitions like in Mario Kart Wii, or even (potentially) extra tracks and characters

StreetPass : local wifi feature, which allow almost instanteous exchange and interaction of data between two 3DS, when they are in sleep mode. Therefore it works even when you are only walking past people who holds a 3DS, hence the name. Used, for example, for Mii exchange, or for "figurine fighting" in the Super Street Fighter 4 game.
In MK3DS, could be used for transferring stats, infos, friend codes, and maybe ghost data of both players interacting.

Troy wrote on 06/09/11 at 15:28:39:


Like how on that track you start the next lap in the glider, I mean if she kept straight she could have probably cut out the first turn, yay for trying to invent strats. Also on another thread in this forum the blogger says that the MT's are MKwii style so I assume that he is right.

What annoys me is how when the woman in the video was selecting her vehicle there were no stats, If none get put in people will have to do experimental stuff to find out what is faster

Troy wrote on 06/09/11 at 15:28:39:

At the end of the video, the glider seems really quick, so maybe less mt'ing will be done?
Also, for the comparative size of vehicle to road width, snaking with the mkwii system doesn't seem possible...

According to Glenn Craves (TGII), all the game-play footage you've seen has been with the auto-drift turned on.

Camster wrote on 06/10/11 at 07:30:32:

what's TGII?

someone else said the game has no auto/manual…

and in the vids, the karts hopped (if auto means no hop like in MKW)

Glen used to host tournaments (he has an account here, but I can't find it). He posted that video on his facebook along with the statement they were using auto-drift. I'll ask him for some more details.

Hey Camster! Was Glenn at E3?

ALAKTORN wrote on 06/10/11 at 04:23:55:


I noticed that in the MT at 1:10, she gets blue sparks while holding right the whole time. then after that she presses left then right and gets orange sparks. And I don't think I've seen orange sparks in any other videos (the french guy who was decent didn't get any), even where people are drifting for a pretty long time.

So here's my theory: there are MTs and super MTs. When you drift, you automatically get blue sparks after so long or turning so much, and pressing left/right doesn't matter for that. releasing the drift with blue sparks gives an MT. only after the blue sparks, then if you push left then right (or vice versa depending on drifting direction), then you get orange sparks. releasing the drift with orange sparks gives a super MT. Which is kinda a combo of mkwii and mkds I guess. And it explains why it looks like mkwii's system, but we're also hearing a couple of reports of manual MTs.

Edit: Nevermind, I think it's mkwii MTs now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJy2CPDpyA

Orange mt @ 0:40-0:43. Doesn't activate as soon as the guy press left, but slighty after => it's MKW system.
Doesn't exclude the possibility of a second system beeing available, though. We'll just have to wait for the next demos to know.

Mick wrote on 06/11/11 at 01:48:01:

I reckon it's a mix of the two - in the first half of the video, he's drifting, but blue sparks don't appear, but when he gets blue + orange, he's tilting left and right, which seems that while you have to turn left and right to get the sparks in the first place, the mt's are still based on the amount you're turning + time again, rather than solely on quick left and right like in mkds.
Or maybe the tilting he was doing was just the kind of thing we did in mkwii (more with bikes) before we discovered the straight hop and the fact that the optimal angle charges a mt quicker.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/10/nintendos-goal-for-mario-kart-3d-eight-play...

8-player local races are confirmed. 8-player online races are planned, but they currently have issues running the game at 60FPS in this mode. Let's hope it get solved before the release.

On a side note, the max coins you can get on a race is 10, and they are reappearing after some seconds a bit like item boxes after you take them.

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LAN : local area network. Lol