You SHOULDN’T hate the Blue Shell

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!

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SOURCES
Super Mario Kart
- https://guiguilegui.wordpress.com/201...
- https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario...
- 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_...
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- https://web.archive.org/web/201306220... (Mention MK64)
-    • Mario Kart 64 - Rainbow Road Cheating...   (Cheating CPU video via superluigikart)
Mario Kart 8
- https://www.eurogamer.net/arms-yabuki...

CREDITS
-    • Longplay of Super Mario Kart   (Super Mario Kart Footage)
-    • Nintendo 64 Longplay [002] Mario Kart 64   (Mario Kart 64 Footage)
- https://freesound.org/people/Iwiplopp... (Explosion Sound Effect)
- https://www.deviantart.com/railroadnu... (Kalimari Desert Train Diagram used with permission)