Mario Kart glitch shows flaw in Wii Virtual Console

**Iria** · Feb 1, 2007, 03:42 PM

Source: TG Daily
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Redmond (WA) - The recent addition of Mario Kart 64 to the Wii's Virtual Console digital download store showed what could be a big flaw in future releases to the Nintendo 64 channel, as technical problems prevented the implementation of part of the game's save mechanism.

In Mario Kart 64, while the main game data can be saved, the ghost rider feature, which allows players to essentially race against previous versions of themselves, has been scrapped, after it was deemed impossible to replicate on the built-in emulator on the Wii.

pr0digal jenius · Feb 1, 2007, 03:48 PM

sounds like something you could spoof pretty easily even fi you can't implement it as is to me....lol...oh well. I fail to see how this is a "huge flaw" tho

BlueMak · Feb 1, 2007, 03:51 PM

I would say "stupid flaw", but not "huge flaw". I don't get how they couldn't implement it on the emulator though.

pr0digal jenius · Feb 1, 2007, 04:03 PM

probably has to do with the ghost being implemented as a simultaneous thread as opposed to an AI mechanism?

I would have just recoded the ghost as a completely pre-scripted, semi transparent AI entity and called ti a day, but having never coded for a console, it may not be that easy?

Judas · Feb 1, 2007, 07:14 PM

They probably don't want to spend all that much time having to recode a few things... even simple things.

how this is a flaw really, don't know. I can't see it as any REAL concern as it's not any big impact on the game, i mean it's ocasionally fun to race yourself or race a saved ghost of someone with a top time to try and learn and follow the path. But Come ON, it's from a n64, a 2 generation old console.

I mean they may as well be poking fun at Super Mario Bros orginal (with duck hunt) and say that instead of black clay pigeons being shot, they are red. or in the mario game, that bowser when killed with a fireball, doesn't show different forms as he dies vs the orginal.

it's kinda a "aww, well whatever, lets have fun" kinda deal. Glitch/Flaw? call it then when the console crashes, or the game corrupts, and it's reproduceable.