Blått skal balanseras i Mario Kart

Det blå Spiny-skalet i Mario-kart, populärt kallat Jante-skalet, har straffat skickliga kartförare sedan Mario Kart 64. Kommer det att finnas kvar i kommande Mario Kart 3DS? Mest troligt, ja. Men Hideki Konno som arbetat med Mario Kart sedan SNES-debuten säger att man konstant försöker finjustera balansen i spelet:

"Going back to the blue shell, it sounds like maybe you have some issues with it. I think in our next Mario Kart, we'll be looking at the balance and I think we'll come up with some answers and some solutions to make the game fresh and exciting as we move forward," berättar Konno för Kotaku.

Konnu berättar också varför det blå skalet kom till världen. Det handlar om att skapa oförutsägbara lopp som är konstant intressanta:

"Fundamentally we're always playing while we're making adjustments [to the games]. We usually have some sort of theme to direct what we're looking at. With Mario Kart Wii, it was to create a race where, up until the finish line, you didn't know. We wanted to create a race where everyone was in it until the end," berättar Konno.