If you fall into a pit and have coins, Lakitu will put you a bit ahead instead of behind.
Shit, I forgot about that. Is that just if you have more than zero, though?
I think the game iteration matters.
This is anecdotal, but I feel like the coins made a noticeable different in the SNES Mario Kart title, but are mostly negligible or minor in impact in the Switch Mario Kart title, for instance.
I believe coins have an impact on your stats also, speed handling acceleration and the like.
Minimal impact but it’s there.
They also provide a minor speed boost when you run over them if I remember correctly.
I think you might be right, but I’ve also heard people swear that always having 10 coins is basically necessary, in order to be consistently good in the current version.
It’s always an argument, hence the meme.
Coins in Mario Kart make a pretty substantial difference. The speed difference between someone with 0 coins and someone with 10 coins is pretty huge. I typically won’t go too far out of my way for coins, but will try and pick up 10 by the end of the first lap.
They do nothing… right?
They raise you maximum speed, iirc.
Yep. But the argument is always, like, how much should you really be going for max coins, in a multiplayer race? And how much does that really affect who wins?
Are the people who collect all 10 coins that you can hold winning because they’re 10 percent faster, or do they just wind up with all 10 coins more often, because they aren’t getting knocked out as much? And therefore, those are also the fastest people, so they win more races?
People argue over the minutia of this shit.
There is no need to argue, go into time trail, complete a track twice. Once with coins and once without and you’ll notice a very significant difference (depending on skill ofcourse). Trying to go for records and missing one coin early on just kills your chances. I cant quantity how much though, but it’s really significant.
Oh, there’s definitely still a need to argue.
Time trials are not the same as head-to-head racing. I ask the same questions again: are the people who keep hold of 10 coins in multiplayer games always the ones who win?
When they are the ones who win, are they winning because of the speed advantage, or are they winning because they’re the ones who avoided being hit by shells, etc, and therefore have an advantage over people who ARE getting hit?
Would they have won anyway, then, even if they didn’t pick up any coins? Or did they need to both avoid being knocked out AND pick up those coins, in order to win?
I guarantee you can’t completely put all those questions to rest. And so it’s a perfect topic to bring up, if you want people to endlessly debate, without any hope of resolution.
Time trials are not the same as head-to-head racing
Time trail just demonstrates the effect for you if you look at the splits. Having 10 coins is a major advantage and will increase your chances of, grabbing the lead and staying first. Every time you have a larger amount of coins will ensure that even if you get hit, you still have more coins than the person behind you. Literally being the difference between getting an overtake opportunity again or falling further behind.
are the people who keep hold of 10 coins in multiplayer games always the ones who win?
That is a very different question from your post, Mariokart is an arcade racer with a lot of RNG, no-one can guarantee a win with that much RNG. What you can do is increase your chances dramatically.
That is a very different question from your post
No it’s not. You totally lost the plot of their post. The very first thing they said was, “how much should you really be going for max coins, in a multiplayer race?” And then you went on and on about time trials.
What you can do is increase your chances dramatically.
“Dramatically”. You are an expert exaggerator! In the chaos and RNG of a multiplayer race, 10 coins will not increase your chances of winning “dramatically”. smh
Nothing warranted your hostility? Anyway, the post (not the comment obviously) is asking how much impact coins have on the game. Answer? A lot, the exact number is not known but general consensus is 0.5-1% per coin, which on an average laptime of 35 seconds, could save you 1.7-3.5 seconds per lap. If you’ve ever played a racing game, that is the very definition of dramatic, grinding some time trails will even reveal that fact to you.
If you still haven’t noticed the dramatic difference 10 coins makes even in multiplayer, that’s a skill issue on your side.
And then maybe, if you get good, you’ll notice some coins have less importance than others, but in general go for the coins, they will help you gather momentum and dramatically increase your chance of winning.
Yeah they increase top speed. You can collect 10 maximum coins. Also they unlock car customizations after you get certain amounts.
I had no idea that was what was unlocking the car customizations, haha. TIL!
Yeah! Idk which game it started in, but in MK7 and 8 it does this. 😄
Their sound give you a small dopamine boost
They make you go a bit faster (and they unlock vehicles and characters)
If you have all 10 they make a good difference. Since all players will choose fast vehicles, having a little boost can often make a difference in a head to head situation.
My argument is always, what scrub can’t get the bare minimum? My niece could pull that off at 5 on the switch version. My mom could do it on the original. Both totally filthy casuals.
I have arthritis and I can manage it.
Freaking noobs ;)
“Everyone’s good at Mario Kart, Obi-Wan. It has auto-steering.”
- Qui-Gon Jin
Also, “the original”, you mean Mario Kart on SNES?
Yeah, at least that’s the first one I’m aware of.
In battle mode they can determine what place you get at the end of the match.
