Lozmaster Wrote:Stuffs
I think Mario Kart 8 really just...lacked content. Maybe this is unpopular opinion, but it feels really empty in terms of features, like it offers less than previous installments. That being said, characters are a lot more intricate than stages. With a stage, you pretty much have the base assets available to you that are globally used on all stages, just need to make the quirks and scenery. You don't have to worry about balancing, because it's a stage. There's not a lot that can mess up if you're using the assets already present, so play testing and bug fixing aren't too intensive. With a character, you have to actually balance it properly with the rest of the cast, make a lot of assets from scratch that are required for their unique mechanics, and playtest for a lot of potential bugs due to new mechanics added to the game. You have to test how their mechanics function with all the other characters. Overall I feel like a lot more work has to go into creating a smash character than creating a stage in MK8.