If you’ve ever played Mario Kart before, then you know the pain a Blue Shell can cause. If you somehow don’t know, this item will charge towards the player in first place and smash into them with a ...

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Well, don’t hold your breath. Eurogamer recently asked Kosuke Yabuki, director of Mario Kart 7 and 8, whether they’d ever consider ditching the blue shell, and he basically told players to suck it up.

Austin John shares 14 effective strategies for dodging the blue shell in the Mario Kart series.

Dodging blue shells in Mario Kart has long been a tricky, albeit perfectly doable skill that players have been executing for years at this point. The good news, then, is it looks like you can still do ...

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Switch is no exception to the one and only rule of blue shells: first is the worst. When a blue-colored spiny shell is launched in Mario Kart, it instantly seeks out ...

One of the most iconic weapons in all of gaming is the Blue Turtle Shell from the Mario Kart series. The weapon is just so devastating and frustrating when you're in first place, but probably the most ...

Heck, thanks to the new video editor in Mario Kart 8, you can even dodge blue shells with extreme style now. See this epic moment captured by Thomas Puttick? https ...

J. Brodie Shirey is a Contributor from the United States who currently lives in York, Pennsylvania. He's just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe, but aren’t we all? Brodie is a big ...

For nearly three decades, it has been gaming’s most ruthless foe: the blue shell. First introduced in 1996’s Mario Kart 64, I’d wager that the dreaded homing missile has been the cause of more broken ...

Felix "xQc" was seen playing a variety of games during a recent livestream. One of the games that the streamer ended up playing was the fun go-kart racing game, Mario Kart 8. The broadcaster had begun ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Let's just be upfront: The blue shell in "Mario Kart" is a frustrating, obnoxious item that we all wish would go away. It's the number one cause ...