Huh so thats why i thought fake box can block shells after 64. I never knew they can’t in wii etc

​@@waiyon1951They also can't be used for defense in Double Dash or DS.

that's a good point, i should've mentioned them by name. the splatoon tech i'm referring to is substrafing, where by holding the sub weapon button (r) while swimming in ink, you can turn around much faster

i diy'd a pop filter a couple days ago, and it's been helping a little bit with unrelated stuff. i'll try the lower mic sensitivity though! thank you for the advice! /gen

i implore you to watch the second half of the video, which goes over a more overlooked aspect of the item

@@UDUC hmm, thanks I may check it out!

idk what was up with vr in mkwii it was crazy

for minecraft: quasi-connectivity, where redstone components will sometimes get powered despite not being physically connected for splatoon: substrafing, you can hold the sub weapon button (r) while swimming back and forth and it'll let you turn around much faster, letting you change direction much easier

great video tho! never thought abt the fake item box from this perspective

i'll probably make a dedicated video for mkwii's item balance but trust me, it is actually more balanced than other mario kart games (it's not perfect, not by any means, but it is more balanced than its competition)

it's bad if you think of it as a defensive item, but it's great if you think of it as an item that prevents people from taking ideal paths

It's worse at that role than it's peers. the design of it should be that it's bad as it's meant to be schlock which wastes an item box for first place so that they cannot further their lead, but it fails at this as 1. You can still screw someone over with it as they get close or enter a narrow road, and 2. Even in first it's weighted far below good items like peels and shells, so it's influence is rarely felt. The coin does a better job at stopping runaways as it's both really unhelpful and very highly weighted for players near the front, which means more often than not they will have to rely on driving to further their lead rather than items.

i don't agree. the coin lacking a lot of utility doesn't make the game more fair, it just makes you feel helpless in 1st. meanwhile, the fake item box being able to affect the people behind you means you can still fight back while in 1st. you're still vulnerable, but you aren't a sitting duck with a fake item box, whereas you are with a coin. the coin appearing more often just means there's no mystery to what you're going to get from an item box, since even if you get something other than a coin in your first item slot, it's still extremely likely that you'll get a coin in your second item slot anyway. the fake item box could appear at any time, and that's a mind game 1st needs to play into in order to stay ahead. it having the chance that it does means its influence is felt all the time, because you're taking a gamble every time you hit an item box. 20% doesn't sound like a lot, but that's every fifth item set. and, like, what do you mean the coin forces 1st to rely more on driving? no, it doesn't. red shells don't care how good you're driving in mario kart 8, if they're going to hit you, they're going to hit you regardless. plus, the fact that the only way to guarantee protection in 1st in mario kart 8 is to already have a coin, that means it quite literally forces you to rely on an item to get a different defensive item. the fake item box allows for skill expression, which includes driving. the coin simply doesn't, because the skill ceiling for the coin is far lower than that of the fake item box.

@@UDUC the red shells also don't care about your fake item box. I don't think the coin does make you helpless, I think it makes getting into first a more deliberate maneuver due to its high weight in first encouraging item smuggling. This again emphasises good driving as you want to avoid using items to get to first, and instead keep them while moving up places so that you can exploit a well earnt advantage later in the race. I think the coin does a really good job shifting the probability of winning away from being luck based due to poor item rolls and further towards being skill based as it promotes more careful item management and better driving (not that I think the lever should ever be fully pushed in either direction, it wouldn't be mario kart without a little tomfoolery)

sub strafing! if you hold the sub weapon button (r) while swimming back and forth in a stretch of ink, you turn much faster than usual

it's called substrafing! if you hold down the sub weapon button (r) and swim back and forth in a stretch of ink, you end up changing directions much faster o: afaik in splatoon 1 there are certain sub weapons that can't do this, which is because it was initially unintended, but then nintendo actually made it a real mechanic in splatoon 2 by making sure every sub weapon could do it

i watched hbomberguy's plagiarism video recently and decided to make absolutely sure i cite my sources /srs

unfortunately it is not a game, just a musical cover and some art made by my gf o:

sorry ;; i didn't realize how bad it was until after i uploaded it, future videos will have better audio quality

@@UDUC I'll subscribe for more cause I really liked everything else