You SHOULDN’T hate the Blue Shell

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The Blue Shell is Mario Kart's most HATED item. In every single Mario Kart game since 1996, this one item attacks players and causes RAGE. But if everyone hates it, why won't Nintendo get rid of the Blue Shell from Mario Kart? Well, it turns out that the Blue Shell fixed one of the biggest problems in Mario Kart 64! PATREON - https://patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs MERCH - https://www.thomasmerchdocs.com TWITTER - https://twitter.com/thomasgdocs SOURCES Super Mario Kart - https://guiguilegui.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/rubber-banding-in-super-mario-kart/ - https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Kart#Rivals - http://shmuplations.com/supermariokart - Polygon’s History of Fun Podcast - Super Mario Kart Mario Kart 64 - http://shmuplations.com/mariokart64/ - https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_64#Differences_in_multiplayer_modes - https://kotaku.com/the-maker-of-mario-kart-justifies-the-blue-shell-5780082 - https://web.archive.org/web/20130622013753/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/06/17/e3-2013-mario-kart-8-interview (Mention MK64) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usus7kUQ0kI (Cheating CPU video via superluigikart) Mario Kart 8 - https://www.eurogamer.net/arms-yabuki-mario-kart-nintendo-interview-birdoplease CREDITS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE8FfpbU2Hk (Super Mario Kart Footage) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASWgJvuQhTA (Mario Kart 64 Footage) - https://freesound.org/people/Iwiploppenisse/sounds/156031/ (Explosion Sound Effect) - https://www.deviantart.com/railroadnutjob/art/Kalimari-Desert-Express-354761111 (Kalimari Desert Train Diagram used with permission)