Are you guys crazy? Blue Shells are the most despised. They were...acceptable in Mario Kart 64 when they could hit other racers, but now they're just around to p!ss people off. They don't exactly help the user either, since you have to be in something like ninth place to get one. Almost every reviewer criticises the Blue Shell but Nintendo don't take the bloody hint and keep it in the next game.
Conveniently used Blue Shells have resulted in me taking first place in the past (someone's Blue Shell hits the leader when I'm in second place), and if you're in first place with people tailing you, you can fall back a little so they also get hit by the blast. But overall, I don't like it. Ironically, the one Blue Shell in a match hits me, and that's usually when I've been in first place for about three seconds.
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