If you fall into a pit and have coins, Lakitu will put you a bit ahead instead of behind.
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.
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?
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.
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!
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?
