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Although the titles seems werid let me explain.

Snaking for those of you who don't know is a technique used in Mario Kart to get lots of boosts on straight roads. By using the power slide. It has become really big ever since MK biggrin S seeing as people could see others doing it. Alot of people ( Including me ) find this as a cheap way to score wins. My reasons 1 Sadly even the best non-snaking player would have trouble beating a snaker.2. Half the people can't see what they are doing and don't ever learn about it and thus have no chance of a win.3 EVEN NINTENDO said they were dissapointed to find out that the powerslide boosts were being used in a cheap way and thus in the next Mario Kart ( most likely Revolution) will not have powerslide boosts only the Powerslide.

My fear is that something similar might pop up in MPH for example a hunter may have a weapon that when combined with some certain aspect creates some sort of instant kill that requires no skill to pull off. Although MPH is less likely to have such a thing it is possible and I hope the use of voice chat will make people stop if it happens. Snaking really Ruined MK for me and I hope MPH stays nice and even

Snaking really annoyed me too. I can't believe a lot of people feel the same way. Even so I'm sure there won't be any sort of "cheat" that makes you super invincible and win every match like Mario Kart. Still there are bound to be MK players who will disagree with you, but you have my support. cool

I hated snaking too. But I figure, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. I'm not usually like that, but it was my only chance. So I learned it, and now I'm quite good at it. Anyway, I think Nintendo has learned from its mistakes. Nintendo will proubably check things over a little bit more before the release to prevent this from happening again.

I like that idea better but still it makes it like one always wins and thats doubtfull. And Girl_lover I understand what you mean problem is it just keeps spreading thats why my icon CLEARLY STATES i do not race snakers. Allthough im strongly against quiting when you are losing. being beaten by a snaker is like quiting when someone is cheating. If people cut down eventually only n00bs will do it

I really do hope its well balanced. As for bunny hopping and camping it something anyone can really do and everyone does.

Yeah very doubtfull So E R O S (nter) will you be joining the tournament as well. I will although it may seem un tournament like.

How did you work to balance the strengths and weaknesses of these new characters?

Balancing the character was something that we were doing literally 10 minutes before the game left our hands. We played this game constantly non-stop. This is the one game I've worked on that people were playing in their spare time. There was constant input from the entire team.

Do you think any hunters might have an advantage?

I think everyone is fairly balanced, but I think people will get a kick out of Weavel. In his alt form, he has an auto-turret that he can leave behind. There are certain ways to exploit that, depending on where you position it, and what weapon you arm it with when you drop it off. For example, the more powerful the weapon, the slower it shoots. But if someone attacks it while you're on the other side of the map, you'll take damage from that. The weapon affinity system also helps the balance.

Can you explain the weapon affinity system?

OK. Let's take Spire for example. His affinity weapon is called Magmaul. So if he powers up the weapon, his charge shot can set someone on fire. But if Samus were to use the same weapon, it would just bounce around the room. So, the way Spire uses the weapon is unique to him. Every hunter has a weapon like this.

I just read that interview. heres the full thing http://www.nintendo.com/newsarticle?articleid=a0khg4S5ojxyUJ1GX31j7VDPxidQe7zu&page=

So far, from what I can tell, the only character who's significantly underpoweredis Samus, who lacks any of the real unique abilities that make the other Hunters what they are. If you saw my original rant in the Metroid thread, ignore it, I was just pissed about seeing the sudden power of Weavel. sweatdrop