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MKSC and sound-- I am curious about your interaction between the two.

I'm playing rMC1 right now, not in shortcut but something else that I'll post tomorrow or friday, and when it's about doing PRs I usually play with the game sound only (kinda obvious), or also with some musics, but also listening to webradios/radios-- and in that case I listen to voices only (interesting topics, debates) and I focus at what they are saying while playing.
At some point I need to play with no sound at all.

What are your habits?

In-depth:

>>Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games

I definitely went through a weird phase with MKSC and the different feelings. I started out on GBA then went to Wii U then went back to GBA and finally landed on SP AGS-101 and throughout this I had went from playing as Yoshi to Toad to Luigi to Bowser.

I play mostly with background music, varies from electronic to metal, but it helps to focus, to feel it. I cannot describe it, I just feel like I can do anything with the right music. The only case I never use music is GV1 in SMK PAL, cuz I need the sound of the boost. In MKSC there's no need as there are no real indicators for jumps that require the sound.

I sometimes like to hear the noise during the shrooms.  Otherwise, I have the sound turned off and just listen to the radio or music.  Sound is definitely helpful though in GP for timing when the star's effect wears off etc.

Turn the sound off

I usually do game music. Other music throws me off a lot, as I do patterns based more on music than anything else :|

Weirdly I do usually listen to other music when playing Mario Kart 7.

Ideal for me is to have the sound playing, but be watching/listening to something else at the same time on my laptop/tv. That way I can still hear the game sounds, but without being driven crazy by listening to the same 1min of game music on repeat for several days in a row (looking at you MC/SW).

Though if I don't have that option, I generally still my headphones in because I think it makes me focus a bit better. But even then, if I feel like listening to my mp3 instead, it doesn't seem to too strongly affect how I play, which is handy.

I prefer to listen to music or a podcast of some sort, but I still have to be able to hear the game because I take cues from the music. Plus, I end up fucking up the startup boost if I can't hear the countdown for some reason. I have the same problem with MKDS and MK8.

Hooray for bumping old threads.